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ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Extraordinary Success of .. Marianne; or, The Child of Charity," and the New Comic Pantomime. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to submit a list of the EN GAGEMENTS, and an outline of the ARRANGEMENTS which be has entered into for the ENSUING SEASON of FRENCH PLAYS, which will commence on MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 27, and which, he trusts, will be deemed worthy the distinguished Patronage hitherto conferred upon his Theatre. The Season will commence by the Engagement of Monsieur Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), his First Appearance at this Theatre, for whose performance the popular Plays of " Le Che valier de Saint Georges," " Le Chevalier du Guet," " Pierre le Rouge," " Requefinette," " Pere et Fils, &c , &c., &c., will be produced. Mademoiselle Nathalie (of the Theatre du Gymnase) will also appear conjointly with Monsieur Lafont. After whom, the eminent Actor, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre (who has accepted an engagement for a limited number of Nights only), and Mademoiselle Clarisse, will appear, until the close of the Season at Easter. During the Engagement of Monsieur Frede rick Lemaitre, the popular Plays of " Don Ca.sar de Bazan," and "Ruy Bias," by Victor Hugo, as originally performed by him with so touch success, will be produced; as well as the last New Piece of the Porte SL Martin, which now excites such extraordinary interest in Paris, and in which M. Frederick has performed for Ten consztutive Weeks, entitled " La Dame de Saint Tropez." After Easter, the eminent Actress, Madame Albert (engaged for a few nights only), will appear in the Two New Comedies of the Theatre Francais, " tine Femme a Quarante Ans,'' and " Le 3fari a la Campague," in addition to " Mathilde, ou la Jalouise ;" end Marie, ou les Trois Epochs;" with other favourite Pieces of her repertoire ; and will be succeeded by the popular Comic Actor, Monsieur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royale), who will make his First Appearance in this Country. The Engagement of Monsieur Ravel will be followed by those of Mademoiselle Plessy, and Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Francon, hls First Appearance in this Country). It is intended, at that period of the Season, to produce, under the superintendence of Monsieur Cartigny, some of the finest Comedies of the French stage. In addition to which, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to announce, that an entire►y New Comedy will be produced, written oxpressly for the Company by the eminent French Author, Mon sieur Alexandre Dumas, who will be present in London to direct the raise en scene of his New Composition. The Favourite Actor, Monsieur Achard, is also engaged for a few Nights, and will appear in the last New Vaudeville of Le sflymnase, entitled " Bahiole et Johlot," by Scribe, " Ywan le Moujick," and other New Pieces, with the occasional Representa tion of some of the most popular Plays of that admired Actor's repertoire. The Season will terminate by the Engagement of Monsieur Arnal (of the Theatre du Vaudeville), who will have the honour of making his First Appearance at this Theatre, and during whose Engagement the following Popular Plays, as originally performed by Monsieur Arnal, will be produced :—" L'Homme Blase," L'Hurnoriste," " Les Gants J iune," " Passe Minuit," " Les Cabinets Particulaire," " Renatzdin de Caen," " Le Poltron," "La Mansarde du Crime," " Le Bal du Grande Monde," &c., &c. The Company for the Season will be carefully selected from the Theatres of Paris, including M. Cartigny, M. Oudinot, M. De •kampes (of the Gymnase), M. Masquilller (of the Porte St. Marti.), M. Lienard, M. Tourillon, M. Bizot, M. Bonnet, Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot, Mdme. Croset, Mdlle. Mery, Mdlle. Chaplin, Mdlle. Oey (of the Varietes), Mdlle. Andrea (of the Porte St. Martin), Estelle (of the Palais Royale), Mdlle. Bonval (of the Theatre Francais), Mdlle. Valerie (of the Odeon), Mdlle. Lambert (of the Yarietes), &c., &c., &c. Leader of the Orchestra, M. Burotte (for Twenty Years Second Chef d'Orchestre at the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Directrice, ikdlle. Eliza Forgeot ; liegisseur, M. Cloup. The Subscription will be for Forty Representations, which will lake place on Mondays and Fridays ; the Performances on Wed 166daY Evenings will not be included in the Subscriptions, but Sub scribers will be allowed to exchange either the Monday or Friday Evening for the Wednesday, when they may desire to do so, for Ihe accommodation of their other engagements, an arrangement l 'hich, on former Seasons, has given such general satisfaction. A pplications for Season Boxes and Sta:ls to he addressed to Mr. Ifitchelrs Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.street ; Mr. Sams, 1, St. lames's-street ; and Messrs. Andrews and Ebers, Bond-street. TIIE OLD EST SOLDIER IN EUROPE.—On Wed nesday, the 22d in at the Roman Catholic chapel in the London-road, inst., Poles assembled to attend the funeral servic e in honour of their late General-in-Chief, M. Casimir MalachowuskThe Rev. H. B rzez i ns ki, the chaplain to the Polish refugees, officiated. The Gallant General eighty-three yea rs o f age, and served no less than sixty-five years in the armies which best served the cause his unfortunate country. General Malachowski was one of the distin the army of tuished members of the six armies, •it General Kosciuszko, the Polish Legion in the service of France ; he was also a General in the of the Grand Duohy of Warsaw, of the French exarlitil?" Polish pin to Russia, in that of the late Viennese e kingdom ; and, lastly, he was a General of the P el lc s army in 1831. It was he who by mistake signed') the ih capitulation of Warsaw. As soon as he found out his fatal mistake, he ordered a general parade of the s despairing army, and in the front of it in the most ener getic manner accused himself of the fact, in vo ki ng court /Partial and death for his unintentional crime , but the gallant patriots, moved to tears by the self-acc usa ti on o f Ile grey-headed soldier, would not comply with hi s re vest. The General, faithful to the last, emigrated fl)r the third time in his life from his native land, anal on the Sth instant died at Chantilly, near Paris, having served tatj-fm years, ancl fought to eighty-four pitched battles. ttrL ?Edit \, t ) 7,...: \° ~r, ‘..‘ , - - .7"/, 4, _ , A 7 a --S- UNIFORM WITH THE AUTHOR'S OTHER WORKS. MA cheap Edition, in one vol., pr i ce on l y 12s. bound, of R. LEVXR'S NEW WORK, "ARTHUR O'LEARY," EITED 13 I' UER, AND ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY GEORGE LORRE CR Q UIKSHANK, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRU RY-LA NE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGIITEIt OF ST. MARK Lusignano Mr. Burdini • Andrea Cornaro, Mc. Borrani • Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. . Harrison'; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Poole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinade, 'LICK'S PANT OMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON C RUSOE. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. 7ieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Ct ilurnbine, Miss Carson. the Box-otHce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six , the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, an d Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Win t . .`e _eerf ormed- THIS EVENING Zi New and Original C ome dy, i n Fi ve Acts, alled OLD HEA :o's AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland;; 3 _,ttleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mather s ; Torn Coke Mr. Webster . -xib, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; 'The Coml.!. .1% 'of Poinpion, Mrs. W. Cliff or d ; L a d y A li ce Hawthori,, Madame lestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Pennett. After, which a New Grand M us i ca l Fairy Extravaganza, A".<l GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorious, Mr. J '01; Princess Gra.iosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Pereinot, Miss P. ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To Conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. ''TORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. 'Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, - from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated ( by sp ec i a l perm issicn of Charles Dickens, Esq.) . a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, ; Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin s on ; Sir Joseph Bowle g , B ar t , M r. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. ludson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Mi ss F or t escue ; M rs. 4 'hickenstalker, M rs. Frank :Matthews. After which will be repeated a New Farce, called THE CDR.- ! 'ORAL'S WEDDING; or, a Kiss of the Bride, in which Messrs. I ambert, Hudson, and Selby, cid Miss Woolgar will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas E 'antomiine, called CAT'S CASTLE ; or, Harlequin and the Ki.'g o r the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Low_ d. ile ; Clown. Mr C. J. F,inith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San 'ers. Prompter, Mr. Gallo',. P r i nc i pa l Painter Mr. Pitt; Leader or th e El ind, Mr. Mellon. — ' . .,ox-o,lice open from Elevon till Four. Private g - acts to be had at Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRIN r .:ESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. Will tY THIS EVENING repeated an English Version of the ceebrated Opera Ruth. in Two Acts, called I'HE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. Tha Music, by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corti ; Linci,or, Mr. Allen; Tae.deo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattacks ; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant ; Zulma, Miss Brer.tnall. To be followed by a new Divertissement, called THE IRI WEDDING. Principal characters by Mdlle, I :2aroline Rousset, Miss Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. it ou.set, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. • Gilbert. To be succeeded by a New Comedier.a, entitled THE WIDOW tEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furrdval, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. L °rimer, Mrs. Stirling, After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather -reratic BurlesTae Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS M EN. Grindbff, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, It r. Granby ; Riber, Mr, Corti, Oolot z , M r . W a l ton; Cl au di ne, iss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 48.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Fine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pat, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Ptive„ e B oxes , Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. ...Aura Boxes, Two G u i neas and a-Half. Doors be opened at Half_ /pint Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massinghari. 'Private Boxes and Free Admissioma for the Season to be had at the 'Theatre. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Mi ss W a l cott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic IPantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Colli er , f urner, Kinloch , Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Utter, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—Beicony ;roses. 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery. lid. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; (lover Boxes, is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier etolding eight persons) Two Guineas. Private Boxes o n th e S econ d Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a_Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. The Box.officei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. GRAND JUVENILE FETES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Prepri - .lor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brithant Success of the New Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be r , _peated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; **Jr, The Race-Horse and Life' s C ourse o f M an an d St ee d ; introduc',ng unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in ',he Circle by living Foe and real Pack of Hounds, purchased ! ‘ llif r. Batty of Mr T a tt ersa ll , t o rea li se t hi s nove l production. 1.14 , Jrn Races and other Sporti ng F ea t ures . ) ...lew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse t uanship. After which, a Brilliant Military Cavalcade, introducing Thirteen Female Equestrians, entitled THE HUNGARIAN BRIGADE; .)r, Female Cavalry. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, tilled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the lack Witch of Edmonton. Harleeum, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. "ii'arry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury , Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells. Acting and stage.m'anager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Ele•ien till Five. Lessons in the Art o Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVID(;F,•S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE n compliance wilh the wishes of numerous Families, the Pantomime will be performed in the middle of the Evening.—Continuation of the moat tr.dliant Success ever known. THIS E Will bit repeated THE SEVEN VENI AGES NG OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corti (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. It. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. %V. Daly, and Miss Martin. To be fol'owed by an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called 'POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN 'L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; _Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. To conclude with THE WET NURSE. Supported by Mc , srs. Neville, W. Smith,;and Lewis, Miss Martin, &c. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. *Mee, from Eleven to Four. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sup ported by Mr. Oibaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson T. H. Illggie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Mi ss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, MONSEIGNEUR. Monseigneur, the French Jack Sheppard, Miss Vincent. To corm:lade with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman and the arinon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapivo; Clown, Mr. Blanchard ; Pantaloon, M r . C oney ; C o l um bi ne, M dlle Le Vite FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TtiF SU.N, LON AON. FBIDA Y MORNING, JANUARY 24 1345. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 23. CHEITMOMETER, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, 30.9.-WIND, S. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the 'Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All he other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers " Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and "Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY. ... 32 minutes after 2 I Evenlr.g 50 minutes after 2. But the testimony of Captain NVlLtuats—a very intelligent observer—on the subject of convictions under the Game-laws, reinforces the argument against those founded on their anomalous relations to such as regard all other species and rights of property among us, by this striking exposition of their utter futility, as regards the accomplishment of the great object all penal laws propose to effect—namely, to deter by example. In spite of Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S ecstatic commendations of this bar barous feature in our code, convictions for poaching seem only to multiply poaching offences, and render callous to punishment or remonstrance offending poachers " While upon the general subject of prison discipline, I may remark that, however severe in physical restraints or powerful in moral influence, it signally fails in pro ducing any salutary impressions upon offenders con victed of infractions of the laws enacted for the pre servation of game. These men, while undergoing im prisonment, appear possessed with the idea that these laws are more harshly and inflexibly administered than in other cases of a more serious character, and that the punishments awarded are unequal, disproportionate, and unjust. In support of their views, they instance the double convictions and cumulative penalties and im prisonments under various statutes for one offence, and the Act against night poaching, under which offenders are adjudged to hard labour while detained for the want of sureties, contrasting the law in this respect, with its different application to those committed for sureties in assaults and other cases, where the penalty of hard labour does not attach. The testimony of the chaplains of prisons will be found to furnish abundant testimony that argument, admonition, entreaty, are all unavailing to induce in these offenders any admission of criminality or a promise of relinquishing this pernicious pursuit. There can be no question that the tenacity of this feel ing among poachers is in some degree to be traced to the support and encouragement it receives from the sym pathy so notoriously prevailing among the middle and lower classes of society, and which is well described by a chaplain in the following terms:—' I have frequently endeavoured, but quite in vain, to persuade prisoners convicted of poaching that they offend God in breaking the laws of their country; they answer, the law is op pressive, and they have as much right to th e game as others. The man's neighbours, too, second him in this feeling when discharged ; they receive him as usual, saying, " You have been in prison, it is true, but not for stealing or felony." A man loses no caste by having committed an offence against the game-laws, but when discharged, goes into the society of his fellow-men quite as usual.'" If these extracts from the " Ninth Report of In spectors of Prisons" do not establish against the laws fur the punishment of debt and the protection of game, the anomalies we speak of, and make out an irre- sistible demand upon the Legislature for the re vision and correction of such outrages on the common sense and humanity of the country, NA e shall be at a loss to conceive what call of graver urgency can be devised for such an intervention. The Madrid Gazette of the 15t} inst. contains the new regulations for the management of municipal cor porations throughout the country, the great object of which is to place them as much as possible under the control of the Central Government. The debate on the Clergy Dotation Bill was still going on in the Chamber of Deputies. Her Majesty the QUEEN.. MOTHER had announced to the Committee on the Es- timates her marriage - with MUNOZ, for the purpose, we suppose, of obtaining a pension suited to his new rank and dignity as a grandee of Spain. The intelligence from Morocco, by way of Gibraltar, is not favourable. Anarchy was said to prevail in the interior, and the authority of the EMPEROR had been much weakened by the peace with France. Some accounts even infer that Ann - EL-KADER is plotting against him. The Three per Cents. closed at 32i for cash, and 33 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 23i for cash, and 24 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 27i for the 15th of February next ; and the Floating Debt at 80 at 60 days. The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies, I such an exhibition can be so called, was resumed on Friday ; and as M. Limas, who is supposed to be the prime mover in the intrigue against his friend M. Gurzor, was to speak, some interest was excited to hear his denunciations against the Ministry; but mi serable must have been the disappointment, judging from the first part of his speech. It contained abso lutely nothing except what had been said and written fifty times about Morocco and Otaheite, the Eng lish alliance, and the visit to Windsor Castle. We never remember any similar occasion when the French orators were in such difficulty for a theme. Un luckily there is no passion of the day to play upon— every foreign grievance is worn out ; the right of search is an old almanac, and no fictitious story has been got up, to give it life, about the capture of fair traders on the coast of Africa, and the brutality of Eng lish sailors. This is a grievous oversight on the part of the coalition. In fact, if these intriguers had not England to talk about, and especially "one PR ITCHARD," who from a quiet, inoffensive mis_ sionary, has been transformed into the " lion of the day," they might give up business. Yet the occasion is not so barren of subjects. Why not talk about other countries as well as England ? 'Why do these p , trans of democracy—these friends of the people, and these ardent advocates of liberal institutions— not pass the Pyrenees, and see what Frenchmen have done for liberty in Spain ? In that devoted country they could find ample scope for the expression Of patriotic feeling (for France cannot see despotism in Spain without thinking of her own fate) ; they would see the Constitution trampled upon by a mer cenary army—trial by jury, and eveu the ordinary forms of justice, which are observed in absolute states, set at defiance—hundreds of Spaniards who resisted NARVAEZ and an abandoned woman shot like mad dogs, and the only men who could raise their voice in the Cortes against such atrocities, either thrown into , prison or banished like felons to penal colonies. But Lord HUNTINGTOWER was known to all the world in the relations of his son and heir. Conduct like this is so truly paternal—this solicitude of a parent to withdraw his son from being made, as it was em phatically styled, " a public spectacle"—is so im pressive, that we should have concluded the Noble Earl had been one of the young Lord's most fa mished and eager ere ditors, had we not the authority of DEBRETT and BURKE to confirm the recognition of Commissioner FONBLANQUE. But the Earl of DYMART is by no means singular in his animosity for debtors, or his notions of the treatment which is proper for them. The intelligent officer whose " Report" is now before us, Captain WILLIAMS, shows us that debtors who probably are not amenable to such charges of wanton extravagance, absurd and childish credulity, and reckless desperation in in curring embarrassment, as have been imputed to Lord HUNTINGTOWER, are subjected, in our north eastern districts, to the same sweeping construction of meditated bad faith which we suppose to be alone adequate to the justification of imprisonment as the penalty of debt. Captain WILLIAMS says— " The condition of many of the lock-ups in this dis trict, and the treatment of prisoners when detained in them, has occupied much of my attention ; and I have not failed to visit those which opportunity or convenience krought within my reach. I regret to report that a number of these places are wholly unfit for the reception of human beings; and that the tre a t men t o f p r i soners , while in custody of constables, is in many cases very far from satisfactory, In many instances they are unpro vided with bedding or artificial heat; and the allowance of food to prisoners is arbitrary and irregular, although in most places ample provision is made by the justices through the agency of the keepers. The insecurity. danger to health, and inadequacy of many of these lock ups, are mori clearly shoffu by the fact, that prisoners, before examination, are often retained in custody by the constables at a public or private house. It must also be observed, that by the intervals of several days elapsing between the holding of petty sessions, prisoners are liable to be detained in these places for a considerable time, and that instances occur of their being kept in them after conviction or committal, to suit the con venience of those charged with the duty of conveying them to prison. The complaints to me by prisoners of the sufferings and inconveniences thus imposed upon them are most frequent, and corroborated by my personal observations. " The discreditable condition of the gaols for debtors, attached to peculiar jurisdictions, and the condition of their inmates, have long been the subject of animad version in these Reports ; and although by the passing of the 7 and 8 of Victoria, cap. 96, the number of this description of prisoners has been materially and perma nently diminished, yet they still continue liable to re ceive debtors in execution for sums above 201. " The accommodation in many of these prisons is limited to the bare walls. No respect being paid to re ligion by the performance of Divine service ; no medical assistance in, cases of sickness ; no provision of food, bedding, light, nor fire. No authority exercised by hich the brutal and hardened are restrained from prac tising on the weak and better disposed. Idleness and corrupting influences prevails in all, unchecked and un reproved. It is worthy of remark that imprisonment in the gaols of the Courts of Request at Sheffield was found to make so little impression, that it was deemed necessary to heighten its severity, by ordering that prisoners should not be allowed to employ themselves in any kind or description of work. I may add, that I never wen into these prisons without finding a party engaged al cards, or some other idle game." "We learn from the Cherbourg journal that a com pany of infantry, which has been embarked at that port in the Pra.voyante, for Brest, is to proceed to Otaheite. A company of grenadiers will be taken on board at Brest for the Marquesas Islands. "A letter from Oran, of the 10th, states that the officer of the Emperor of Morocco, who is charged with General Delarue to fix the limits of the frontiers, had arrived at Ouchda, and that the Emperor appeared to be sincerely desirous of fulfilling all his engagements with Franoe, but that his power over his subjects was becoming every day less. The same letter states that Abd-el•Kadsr had succeeded, notwithstanding all the precautions that had been taken, in getting together nearly 1,000 men, at the head of whom he was waiting for some turn in his fortunes. " The France publishes the following letter from St. Petersburgh, dated the Bth. It shows that the report from Berlin of the illness of the Emperor and Empress of Russia was wholly without foundation:--' Last Satur day the Emperor held a grand review of the garrison. The troops were drawn up in the square of the Admi ralty. His Majesty was on horsback, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke Alexander and a numer ous suite. 'The Emperor wore a general's uniform. The troops were two hours in defili ng b e f ore hi m . On the 6th, the festival of Christmas, according to the Russian calendar, was celeb ra t e d. A hi g h mass in music was performed i n the chapel of the imperial palace. The Emperor, the Empress, and all their fa mily were present, in deep mourning. It is the day on which, in all the churches of Russia, a public prayer is offered up, thanking God for having repulsed the inva sion of 1812. After the mass, there was a grand recep tion in the outer palace of the civil and military autho rities and the nobility. The Duke de Leuchtenberg is expected here the day after to-morrow, to be present with all the Court at the celebration of the Russian New Year." We learn from Zurich that the Swiss Vorort has re solved to convoke an extraordinary Federal Diet for the end of January. The Universal German Gazette states that the Aus trian Government, in order that France may not assume to herself the exclusive Protectorate of the Christians in the Holy Land, has appointed a Commission charged with that duty on the part of Austria. THE BOURSE--TIIESDAY, JAN. 21. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents l2l 95 .. 122 05 121 95 •• 122 05 Three per Cents..." 84 95 85 10 .. 84 95 85 10 Bank of France 3262 50 —3262 50 3262 50 •.3262 50 &win Bank, I,ooof. Shares 1097 50 ..1100 ..1097 50 • • 1100 Belgian Fives, 1840 104% .• 104 3 i .. 104% 104 3 % 1842 10634 106 1 ,i .. 1061 •. 106y4 Spanish Threes • • Active . ....... 37% • • 38 .. 3714 • • 2.8 Passive 6% • • 6% .. •• "" New Deferred l6 • • 16 .. 16 .. 16 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 59 • • 59,4 • • 59 M • • 591, 4 Neapolitan ............. Roman .... 105 10514 .. 105 .. 105 1 ,6 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .. • e. Versailles, R. 13.— ••• • • • 495 .. 498 75 .. 495 .. 498 75 L. 8....... •••• •• 317 50 .. 382 50 380 .. 382 50 Rouen •• •• •• • • •.1057 50 . 1062 50 ..1055 ..1058 75 Rouen to Havre.... Orleans .........•• •• •• ••1132 50 ..1132 S 0 ..1131 25 ..1131 25 Strasburg to Bale • . •• •• 301 25 .. 303 75 •• 301 25 . 303 75 Avignon to Marseilles...... 927 50 . 930 • • 927 50 .. 927 53 RAILWAYS FOR TIIE ACCOUNT, JAN. 31. St. Germain Versailles, 1t.1t.. • ..1010 .. 500 L. 8.•• • ...... ... 382 50 :: 385 .• 380 •. 385 Rouen • . Rouen to Havre 822 50 .. 823 75 •• 822 50 .. 622 50 Orleans •••• ••••• •••• •• • 1127 50 ..1132 50 ..1127 50 ..1127 50 Strasburg to Bale•••• •• •• .• 301 25 .. 303 75 .. 301 25 .. 302 50 Avignon to Marseilles.. 925 .. 930 •• 925 •• 930 THE Emu. oF MORNINGTON.—We regret to state that the strength of this venerable Nobleman is fast sinking. On inquiry at the Noble Earl's residence in Grosvenor-square, yesterday, the reply was, that his Lordship was not quite so well as he was on Wednesday. CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses were issued from the Foreign-office for a Cabinet Cossnoil, tie lee held this afternoon. SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S MEDICAL BILL.—A meet ing of the medical profession of Brentford and the neigh bourhood was held on Tuesday evening, at the Royal llotel, Brentford, to consider the provisions of Sir James Graham's Medical Bill. The meeting was numerously attended. Dr. Day was in the chair, and resolutions were agreed to condemning the Bill, and expressing con currence in the proposal of the Society of Apothecaries for the establishment of a college for general practi tioners. Some gentlemen objected to the discussion of any other subject th an th e o b nox i ous Bill, against which they conceived all their efforts ought to be concentrated, but they ultimately acceded to the propositions. A Mr. Bonny was appointed honorary local secretary, to act in communication with the Central Association of Medical Practitioners. Thanks having been voted to the chair man, the meeting separated after a very animated dis cussion. KINGSTON, JANUARY 16.—0 n Tuesday morning last the preventive service men on this station fell in with and captured a boat containing 120 casks of con traband spirits, and subsequently took four men into cus tody on suspicion. The spirits were safely lodged in the Custom-house: at Arundel ; but the men, after oeing examined before the magistrates, were discharged._ Brighton Herald. perhaps we do AI. TRIERS injustice. He had not finished his speech when the post left Paris on Tues day ; he may have asserted thelprinciples which brought him first into notice as a Politician ; but the chances are small, when we look at the utter silence of the Opposition press, and, above all, the silence of his own journal on every topic that ought to exercise the mind of a liberal statesman. The following brief extract from his speech will show that Morocco, Ota heite, and PRITCHARD are the great grievances of which he complains. The speaker, after lamenting that neither Marshal BUGEAUD nor the Prince DE JOIN VILLE had sufficient forces under their com mand to vindicate the claims of France, says—" It was not in consequence of the difficulties offered by the season that the treaty had been so hastily concluded ; it was owing to the apprehension of new complications with England. France had made England the judge of her grievances, which the latter had pronounced to be well-founded, and it appeared, even by the documents seized after the victory of Isly, that she recommended the EMPEROR to satisfy them. France was consequently, at the time, in a favourable condi tion to obtain an advantageous peace. But then she was engaged in one of the most serious compli cations with England ; the young diplomatist who represented her in Londan, described in terms of great emotion the dangers of the position, and insisted on speedy satisfaction being given by France. The Ministry in their alarm had then seen the necessity of throwing the heavy baggage over board, and on the 29th and 30th of August, within an interval of 24 hours, satisfaction was granted to Lord ABERDEEN' for the treatment of Mr. PRIT CHARD at Otaheite, and directions were forwarded to its negotiators at Cadiz to insist only on the redress of the four grievances which France complained of previous to the commencement of hostilities, and to conclude peace at any price. All these concessions, he maintained, had been made under the impression caused by the complication of Otaheite, and the inte rests of France in Morocco had been sacrificed to that consideration." The Journal des Debuts, and indeed most of the papers, assert that nothing can be gained by talk. There is but one question which occupies every mind —" Shall the Ministry be overthrown by the coali tion That is the entire affair. As long as the co alition shall not have appeared at the tribune, there will be words but no action, and it is action alone which gives importance to words. Well, the coalition has appeared in the person of M. TRIERS, and still there are only words, because there are no facts; the vote is everything. The following remarks of the Presse on this point display judgment, though we re gret to say, the latter paragraph contains assertions which destroy much of their effect, because the writer must have known that he states what is contrary to facts. England was deserted by France, when it suited her purpose, both as regards the affairs of Spain and the East : "We gave good advice to the adversaries and to the friends of Ministers, but neither followed it. The ad vice we gave them was to pass over th e genera l dis cussion, and to arrive at once at the paragraph upon which the existence of the Cabinet ought to turn. To what purpose are all those preliminaries except to ener vate the debate ? The sitting of Monday will not have changed our views on that subject. Five orators were heard, and still the question did not advance one step. Why not at once enter on the affairs pending ? Our foreign and domestic policy have been in turns brought before the public in the reply to the Speech from the Throne. Every opinion, therefore, those which are favourable to the policy of Minis ters, and those which are opposed to it, might declare themselves on the speeial debate on each paragraph. The general debate is only calculated to lose time, and to drown facts in an ocean of common-place phrases. It was certainly to this cause which must be attributed the little interest with which most of the orators were listened to. Some of them made sensible speeches, which merited more attention. Messrs. de Tocqueville and de Beaumont, for example, were happy in their defi nition of the attitude which France ought to assume in her relations with foreign Powers. The system:of an exclusive, permanent, and absolute alliance with Eng land, found in them convinced and enlightened adver saries, who indicated without passion the general and particular reasons which ouht to lead France to see k assistance in other points of Europe. In their minds no more than in ours, that did not mean that we should hastily break off from England, prefer misunderstanding to good accord, or seek pretexts for collision or war. Such conduct would be insane. It simply means, that whilst living in peace we ought to reserve our liberty and our independence, and not devote ourselves exclu • sively to a Power whose assistance, ever interested, and for that reason capricious, has already abandoned us in the most decisive circumstances." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : THE GAME MANIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The game-laws were passed by a landlording Parliament, for the especial use of the " English country gentleman." Hence the desire, as has been for years, to increase game preserving, and monopo lise game to themselves. The game-laws, every one knows, have been carried out with a savage ferocity If one of the " lower orders" has been detected com mitting a theft, and he happened to be a poacher, the full vengeance of the criminal law was sure to be dealt out to him ; and more particularly in quarter sessions and petite sessions. Most country magistrates would get up at midnight after a game case, but keep people waiting for several hours, perhaps a day, for any other j usticial matter, unless the accused was a poacher, then the matter received different attention. The game-preserving propensity, the game-laws, and the administration of them, are a great stain upon our national character. LOOKER-ON. January 22, 1845. 44 1 e, 14 41. 01 -- ~ 1. 4" - a- _.. . ' ofr OA 1.: 1 • .4 , . 1 , -- ',.E 4 < • V 0.,. , . , * / I ',Jr . ,,,, , ' •4 1 ,k, ,, ` ,;\ ... b it , u ~,, w. ...,,., • MON ... 4,.„..g. s brtorr 1r .., . ' 46, 7; AC . : ' f - ? i t ~ , . ',-.. • . S - I'; ', >'.' ..: ''''' 4. liW , _ • Ditto fo; the Account Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto for the Account. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Belgian Scrip, 2 1 A per Cent 1 Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent Ditto, 5 per Cent 991/ SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Ditto New Shares, 1712 paid 26 Caledonian, 5 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1 1 / paid Churnet Valley, 2 paid 6 , Pirect Northern, 2 1 /, paid 2 sg Direct Norwich, 1 paid Dublin and Mullingar, 2 1 / 2 paid iii pm Eastern Counties, 25 paid... Eastern Union, 10 paid ..... l - Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid 1112 Great North of England, 100 paid Ditto New, 2 paid Great Western, 75 paid... 17 4 1/ Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid lOl Harwich, 1 paid 2% Lancaster and Carlisle, 15 paid .. London and Birmingham (Stock) ... .- Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 paid London and Brighton, 50 paid London and Greenwich, 12'S 3 paid London an.: South Western, 41i paid Ditto New, 2 1 / 2 paid London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. raid ...... London and York. 2 1 / paid • Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ...... Midland, 100 paid Ditto New Shares, 3 paid B4 Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 100 paid 93 Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 24 paid 62 Neweagt to and Berwick, 1 1 / 2 paid ........ .... North British, 7 1 / paid Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid 4% Rugby, 1 paid Shrews., Wolverh., Dudley, and Birm., 2i pd. 3% South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, 33h paid 4 8 1,4 Ditto, New Shares 4 paid Ditto New, 2 paid Staines and Richm on d, 1 pa id 1 74 '7B South Wales, 2 1 / 2 paid 4 Trent Valley, 2 paid York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid Ditto Extensi o n, 11 paid l3 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Paris and Lyons, ..1 paid Paris and Orleans, 20 paid ,x - - ------ Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday from Strathfieldsaye. INDIA.—An extra mail, via Marseilles, will be dispatched from the Post-office this evening. Letters for Bombay should be also addressed ria Madras. MRS. TAWELL.—The present Mrs. Tawell is the daughter of the late Mr. Edward Appleby, formerly of North Shields, but who died at Houghton-le -Spring some years ago. Her first husband was a Mr. Cutforth, by whom she has one daughter, still living. She was mar ried to John Tawell (accused of the murder of Sarah Hart) in 1841 ; the issue of which marriage is an infant of about fifteen months old.— Tyne Mercury. NOVEL DISCOVERY.—As a small farmer named Eaton, residing at Norton-juxta-Kempsey, was digging in a field near the two-mile scone on the Spetchley-road, near this city, he discovered something buried in a cloth, which, upon examination, proved to be a quantity cf jewellery, such as is carried about by pedlars, and which appeared to have been in the ground a considerable time. Worcester Chronicle. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—On Saturday night a boy, named Dynes, aged twelve years, died of hydro phobia, in Moyntaghs, near Lurgan. The disease made Its appearance o n th e Wednesday morning previous, nearly thirteen months After he had received a scratch froin Luoth ot a dog on the hand—the wound at the time being so slight, that no blood appeared.--. Northern Whig, pated, viz., Churnet Valley, Caledonian, Trent Valley &c., are held for very full rates. PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21 3 1/ 212 3 4 213 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns lOO% 100 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll 15-16 12 Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860 India Stock 287 India Bonds 1,0001 77 pm. Ditto under 1,0001 77 pm. South Sea Stock ll6 Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 41 1 1 Ad. 1,0001. 500/. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... ... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account.: 343/ Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 84% Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 6O Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 281%% Ditto for the Account. N Ditto Passive Bonds 6.4% Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 4O PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, New... Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern 2% 2 l / 2 14— to Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Junction 21 %a 5 3 / 4 , ... to Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3% 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Great North of England 100 l5O Great Western Ditto, Half shares Ditto Fifths Harwich 1 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham ...100 236 London and Blackwall 16% 7 l /2 to London and 8right0n.......... 50 - London and South Western.. 41r 79 Ditto, New 2 l/ 1 4% 13 London and Croydon London and Y0rk........ 2l . 4 1 / 2 to 5% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds 7O l3l Midland 100 12 9 1/ 129 to 130 Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 Newcastle & Darlington -Tune. 24 Newcastle and Berwick North British Northerh and Eastern Ditto 1 4 Shares 12% l 7l Rugby Sheffield and Manchester ... 82% — to Ditto Quarters Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 3 l. .... to South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 48 47% to 48 1 4 Ditto New 4 2 0 1% to 21 Ditto, New South Wales Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto % Shares Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 70% 71% to 71 Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen . _ MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 22.—We have again had a considerable business done, but the market is scarcely as strong as yesterday : Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters s l ,i Great North of England, 301. Shares lO Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares 55 Manchester and Leeds, 16th Shares 5,./ Manchester and Birmingh am 5 54 Ditto Quarter Shares Midland Railway Consols 401. Shares ll% 10 Preston and Wyre, 5 per Cent. guaranteed Sheffield and Manchester South-Eastern 491 Ditto New Creation Barnsley Junction Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesh. Junct., 7 1 / 2 Blackburn and Preston Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley 4 15-16 5 Leeds and Thirsk.. .. ..... ......... Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston 4ss. 6d. London and York Manchester and Buxton 2 7-16 1 4 9-16 Tr. nt Valley 134% 0 West Yorkshire Boulogne and Ami ens 5 Great Northern of France 6 CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Console .. lOO New 3 1 4 per Cent . 104% Long Annuities to expi re Jan. 1860 121 A Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 12 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11% India Stock India Bonds, 1,000/.. ........ .., 76 Ditto under 1,000/ . .. 77 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... 99% Consols .. Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1%d.... 61 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small .. 58 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account ..... -.... 34% Ditto, Small . . 35 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ... Ditto, Account Ditto, Converted 60% Ditto, Account 6O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 1844 234 Ditto, Deferred l7 Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account - . ... _ DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAILS BRUSSELS, JAN. 20.—The reports that have been spread by the Dutch and German journals, of an in disposition of the Emperor of Russia, are completely refuted by recent accounts from St. Petersburgh, dated the 7th of this mouth, which announces that his Maje , ty the Emperor Nicholas, accompanied by the Grand Duke Alexander and a brilliant staff, had a grand review of all the troops of the garrison on the 4th instant. We announced some days ago a report that M. de Rochusson, the Ambassador of Holland at the Court Belgium, had been appointed Governor-General of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies. This news is now as good as certain. The Amsterdam Handles biad, giving an account of the reception of that statesmen by the King, the Princes, and the most distinguished persons in Holland, congratulate the country on the choice that has just been made of M. Rochussen as Governor- General of India—a choice, it says, which seems to combine every thing that it required to promote the increase of the commercial intercourse between the mother country and its colonial possessions. Our countrymen, M. J. Linden, who left, us in 1841, on a scientific mission to South America, returned to Brussels a few days ago. He has expl.)red successively, in three years and a half, the Rapublic of Venezuela and New Grenada, Jamaica, and the eastern part of the Island of Cuba. This traveller, who is known to the learned world by his preceding visits to Brazil and Mexico, has crossed the vast chain of the Andes, between the eastern shores of Venezuela and the chief coast of the Pacific Ocean, which is above six hundred leagues in extent. The gloomy and pestilential forests of the plains of the Tierra Caliente, as well as the upper regions of the Cordelleras, known in South America by the name of Paramos, were ultimately ex plored. He passed several times the limit of perpetual snow, and ventured to ascend to the three highest points of New Grenada and Venezuela, the Nevadode Merida, 16,437 feet, the volcano of Folima, 17,240 feet, and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria, 16,500 feet above the level of the sea. During these dangerous excursions he has also visited the Indian can nibals of Goajira, and the ferocious Auruhuacos, who inhabit the cold and temperate side of the Nevade de Santa Maria, and he sojourned for whole months among the frightful solitude of the Quindice, and the frozen regions of the Folima and of the grand Pa ramo de Ruiz. These dangerous researches in im mense countries, some of which had never before been visited, have been fertile in numerous discoveries, and botany, in particular, is indebted to M. Linden for some hundred species of new plants, collected from the burning plains of the Apiore to the gigantic summits of the Andes. The Universal Prussian Gazette of the 19th has news from St. Petersburgh of the 11th, relative to promotion in the army of the Caucasus. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, JAN. 14. S per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. Ditto loln 3 per Cent. Ditto 7B L0an,1834 Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan .Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 17. lIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JAN. 18. Bills. Money. 113 ....1617 Austrian 5 per Cents Bank Shares 1650 Anglo-Russian Loan Rassian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certifieate 105% 105 1 ,4 Ditto Ist series Inscription — Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series 99 Ditto, in Certificate 991 _ New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co 9l Ditto Stieglitz 9O Spanish New 5 per Cent 2O — Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2 1 ,4 per Cent 5B Dutch Actual Debt, 214 per Cent 6 3 1,i, Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 87% 87% National Bank Shares — Exchange on London. Petersburg, Three months — Bremen, Two months — —Hamburg Borsenhalle, Jan. 19. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDA3f, JAN. 21. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2 1 / 2 per Cent 6 41 2 64 3 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4 1 ,4 per Cent 993 100 1 Ditto, 312 per Cent. Commercial Company, 4 1 / 2 perCt 14 7 12 148 East India Loan, 4 per Cent — Exchange on London, one month 12 20 Two months l2 15 At sight — On Hamburg Two months 35 56 2-10 On Paris Two months 56 68 2,10 •Dutch Papers, Jan. 22. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JAI!. 18. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3 1 / per Cent lOO% 99 3 4 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Ct — Exchange on London, 2 months Universal Prussian Gazette, Jan. 19. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. English Funds leave off with a little flatness. Consols were 100 to 1004 for Money, and 1004 sellers for Ac count. Exchequer Bills have been 58s. to 61s. premium. Bank (Stock has been firm, and closed at 2135. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 1044, and Re duced Three per Cents. 1005. Spanish were dull at 284, and the Three per Cents. at :394 SD 40. Mexican were 374. Dutch Five per Cents. were 994. Belgian Scrip was 1 premium. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :-Birmingham and Gloucester were 7 to 9 ; Caledonian, 1 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 24 to 3 ; Churnet Valley, 44 ; Direct Norwich, 4; Eastern Union, 1j ; Great North of England, New, 94 to 10 ; Great Western, 945 ; Great Western, Half, 51 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 9 ; Birmingham, 133 ; Ditto, Thirds, 41 ; Brighton, 2 to 24- ; South-Western; New, 104 ; London and York, 25 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 16 ; Midland, New, 54 to 64 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 38 ; Do. and Berwick, 75 ; Norwich and Brandon, 6/ ; Rugby, 2 ; Shrewsbury and Birming ham, 14 ; South-Eastern, 154 ; Do., New, 184 to 17/ ; Do., New, 17 to 184; Staines and Richmond, 1 ; South Devon, 15 ; South Wales, 14 ; Trent Valley, 84 ; York and North Midland, 58 to 60 ; Do., Selby Scrip, 505 ; Do., Extension, 12 ; P ar i s an d L yons, 1 5 ; Paris and Orleans, 244, and Paris and Rouen, 214 premium. Eastern Oounties were 64 ; and Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 74 to 7 discount. Dublin and Glasgow were at par, and Direct Northern a discount to 8 prem. British North American Bank Shares were 5 to 4 . 5 dis conut ; London Joint-Stock Bank, 45 ; and Union of Australis, ex dividend, 2 to 24 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions is Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were large, and the market was steady at previous rates. Sales 7,000 bales, of which 500 to speculators ; 300 Per nambuco sold at 54d. to 54d. ; 200 Maranham, at sd. to 54d. ; 300 Egyptian, at 54d. to 84d. ; 200 Surat, at 24d. to 34d. ; and the rest American, at 3/d. to sd. per lb.- Shares were not so good. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1075 1 ; Caledonian, 54135. 9d. ; Chester and Holyhead, 74 ) Dublin and Belfast, 54 4 ; Eastern Counties, 18i 5 19 ; Ditto Perpetual (No. 2), I/. 7s. to 1/. Bs.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64-z 4 i ; Ely and Bed ford, 1+ ; Kendal and Windermere, 44 ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 5; Lancaster and Preston, 484; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 394; London and Bir mingham, 32/. Shares, 424 2 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 29k ; London and Croylon, 154 ; London and South- Western, 79 ; London and York, 4+ 4; Lynn and Ely, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 54 6; Man chester and Leeds, 1334 131 ; Ditto, Quarters, 128 ; Midland Counties, 133 130 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 104 94; Newcastle and Berwick, 104 ; North Union, 1485 149 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 64 ; South-Eastern, 48/ 49 ; Ditto, New,2os; Trent Valley, 104 ; Paris and Lyons, 34 ; Paris and Orleans, 45 ; Paris and Rouen, 41/ ; Northern of Frazee, 54. There ara no late arrivals to-day from any quarter. As the new session of Parliament approaches, the an ticipated tariff alterations occupy increased attention, and the proceedings of the Legislature are expected to be of peculiar interest to mercantile men. To a certain extent the dealings in sugar, &c., must be restricted to the requirements of immediate consumption, until the announcement of the Ministerial intention takes place. The Funds are a little flat to-day, but prices are lower only for the Three per Cents, the other securities sup porting the full value. Consols for immediate transfer have been par to 1004, and for time 1004 to 1004. Ex chequer-bills have realised 58s. to 61s. premium, and East India Bonds 775. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 212/ to 2134, and India Stock at 287. The New Three-and•a-Quarter per Cents. are 1044 to 104}. The Foreign Bonds have been tolerably steady, but there has not been much doing. Spanish Actives are 28/ to 4, and the Three per Cents. 40 to 4. Po r t uguese Converted have been 605 to 604. Mexican Bonds have been done at 34_1, and Brazilian have been marked 90. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 634 to The Railway Shares have been very lively ag:iin, an . d the new lines for which a favourable decision is antici. £flørithg LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1845. not unfavourably disposed towards the experiment! These were his very words :—" The doctrine of free trade is the doctrine of common sense." "It might be so," added Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY, " but the agriculturists had not as yet sense enough to under stand it." The speaker is right. The agriculturists have not sense enough fully to appreciate the advantages of free trade; and GOD only knows when they will have, for intelligence crawls among them quite at a snail's pace, notwithstanding the indefatigable exertions of the Anti-Corn-law League, who for years past have been doing all they can to illumine them on the sub ject of their true interests. Poor Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY ! He must he in a grievous state of tribulation and perplexity, for nothing that Minis ters say or do, seems to give him the slightest plea sure. Nothing is right, but everything is wrong in the political world. Society is turned quite topsy turvy, and men scarcely know whether they are stand ing on their heads or their heels. As for the present Parliament, it is but a " compact of saints and sin- ners—such a shoal of New England, and scarcely a representative of Old England among them !" As we are far too polite to venture seriously to differ ‘with the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire, we ‘‘ ill allow that there is some justice in his descrip tion of the House of Commons. It is really and truly a " compact of saints and sinners"—the latter preponderating—nevertheless, like another illustrious personage, it is not so black as it is painted, but con tains within itself not a few of the seeds of good, which, under favourable auspices, will, we trust, bring forth fruit in due season. The laws relative to debt, and to the protection of game, are certainly among the most remarkable ano malies to be found in the institutions of this country. The juxta-position in which we place them on the present occasion is no more anomalous in itself, than almost every aspect under which these laws present themselves to the consideration of the statesman, the le;islator, or the moralist. In the "Ninth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons," just issued from the Par iementary Paper-office, we find these laws of debt and of game, in ominous combination, among the most prolific sources of supply from whence the inmates of prisons in the northern and north-eastern dis tricts of England—are furnished. The law of debt was certainly ameliorated to a certain extent, if, as we believe, to mitigate its severity was to ameliorate it ; by the remarkable acts of the two last sessions of l'arlianient. But the vicious principle, we are fully prepared to show, still remains in full vitality, which assumes the fact of debt to raise the inference of crime. For debt is still visited, irrespective of any considerations of the circumstances under which it may have been contracted, with a penalty at least as severe as that awarded to very heinous offences and mis demeanours, with this aggravation of its intensity— namely, that the unhappy debtor who has endured the ruinous infliction of personal imprisonment (with all its concomitants of severance from his family and friends, disorganisation of his household, exile from his home, loss of time, health, spirits, and good re pute in society, and does not clear himself even if he he so fortunate as to collect the wherewith to pay the (!ebt he is incarcerated for. Twenty shillings in the pound will not suffice ; twenty-five shillings more in the pound are frequently the amount of law ex lenses incurred under our humane and honest system —ten shillings more, or fifty per cent., is quite a common supplementary claim on this account. If he cannot pay these expenses, he may rot in his prison, notwithstanding that he could pay his debt. A re- tarn from all the prisons and "lock-ups" in the king loln of those who still remain in confinement for costs, after finding the means and making the offer to settle their principal debts, would be a most fear ful one. Now this, again, is an anomaly ; the fur tiler imprisonment of men whom you have clapped up for not paying twenty shillings justly due from r:lein, till they have paid ten shillings more for the :uxury of being clapped up. But it is not more re- marl:able than that which, to the commission of a larceny with violence in a dwelling-house, assigns a far less period of imprisonment, on the average of .rases, than is usually endured by a declining but well-principled tradesman who is precluded, by cir curnstances beyond his control, from promptly satisfy ing, the demands of his creditor. This inconsistency, Lich is a feature common both to the law of debt and the law of game, is heightened, in the case of tie former, by its reaction on the social affections. We may thus advert—it would be painful to dwell upon —the exhibition which Mr. Commissioner FON nLANQuE's Court presented in the beginning of this week. Lord HuNviNoTowEa being again brought before that jurisdiction, his counsel indignantly di rected the attention of the judge to the fact that that very foolish, but much harassed person, was in the receipt of no other moneys but the allowance which he derived from the spontaneous kindness of his mo ther, the Countess of DYSART, out of her separate maintenance. The Earl, his father, who was present at this appeal, is stated to have returned for answer— " a smile ;" although as the Commissioner observed, By way of enlivening the members of the North amptonshire Agricultural Protection Society, who held their first anniversary dinner on Wednesday, at North , ampton, Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY, one of the repre sentatives for the county, indulged them with a somewhat lengthy speech, which was filled, like one of Cassandra's prophecies, with all sorts of horrors. Considering that this speech was a post-prandial one, we are surprised at its gloomy tone, for, generally speaking, a good dinner works a most cheering revo lution in a man's spirits, and he is never so ready to forget or make light of his troubles as when, like Shakspeare's Justice, "his belly is with fat capon lined," and lavishly baptised with the generous juice of the grape. When once " impletur veteris Bacchi pinguisqur ferince," away go his grievances, whether public oe , rivate, and all that is lively and hopeful in his nature sprouts into leaf. But such was not the case with Sir C. KNIGHTLEY at the Northampton dinner. The good things on the table seem to have had no enliven ing influence on his spirits, and he addressed the co7npany in as triste and morose a tone as if he had been dieting himself on crab apples and vinegar. The a4riculturists, he said, had been shamefully used by Ministers, who had trampled on these injured inno cents, just as if they were so much dirt beneath fteir feet. There was first the Corn Bill, then the Canada Corn Bill, then the Tariff—all these iniquitous measures had been passed by Govern ment without the slightest regard to the delicate s?nsibilities of the monopolists, and there was not one of them but was fraught with the deepest in j.try to their pecuniary interests. But the Tariff was the great nuisance—the knock-down blow to the agriculturists. They might have stood up against the t ,vo Corn Bills, but the Tariff had fairly floored them, and he, the speaker, very much doubted whether they would ever be able to get upon their legs again. Meat which, in the good old times of monopoly, was sixpence and upwards per pound, was now only four pence-halfpenny—a reduction not to he thought of without dismay ! True, the country at large gained by such reduction—more especially the poorer classes—but what of that ? The agricultu ri is suffered by it, and what are the inte rests of the many compared to those of the few ? But not content with inflicting this prodigious amount of mischief on the meek, unoffending monopolists, the stony-hearted Premier had actually gone the length of speaking of free trade with respect ! Yes, he had positively expressed himself—the monster SUMMARY OF NEWS Oubitr Npintort, Who runs may read: A-‘ , ssextste , A r ab 0 1 4 e 0 14 On Sunday Louis Philippe received the who went to take leave of his Majesty. ll av ii;Ssi w presents to the rest, his Majesty addressed tclii;ou.4l4,ori of Constantine, and said, smilingly, "A- 9 have nothing to give ;" but Marshal Sou lt coon l el ward, invested the chief with the cross of Comm: c ol the Legion of Honour, a token which flui ds of til l sparkle with great brilliancy. The dersr i tiL a re n peel' chiefs, which had bee n fixed for Tuesday' , na" '- ported till Thursday. sue' It is stated that the Duchess de Nemours is $ A 1 to add to the number of her family. 0 General O'Brien, who arrived in Englan,. 00 00,5 ! "0 1 time ago with dispatches from the Governmee"_;, Video to Lord Aberdeen, has had an in terview Guizot on the affairs of the River Plate. M. Bignon has been appointed President, de ssl. Vatry Secretary, on the budget ; the Coue :sar d Se; vandy has been appointed President, and Pa• IL' o joa cretary, of the Committee on the Bill for the r dot M. Villemain. The Sieele contradicts the statement of ttna;tlsl4l3odiei'. Count de Montalivet voted with the Ministry- k ow n° Sec of the sion of the Pe ers on th e Address. that he was not in the Chamber at the tio3B division. sods! The wind blew with such violence at Havre 0 0 . „00 , morning, that the dili gence of Laffitte, Caillardt pro arriving from Pari s . wa s thrown with so Mit a 0 0 against the Ingouville gate, that the fore 09"91en.. t sod broken, and th e passengers were obliged te ,„ 07, enter the town on foot. We read in the Presse :—" Two Englishielcolt supping at the Maison-lloria on Saturday Ol e into their heads to go to the masked ball et bor Not knowinr, that the Rue Lepelletier was close 0 04 they sent for a hackney-coach. The driver el l 00 them down, demanded three francs for the course:Si the Englishmen refused to pay, deeming it hi s li ch 00, 4 ° ` at extortion. An altercation ensued, in w " -- asp the Englishmen offered to box the coachnontbe that purpose threw off his paletot and hat, whi ch hose near him on the kerb-stone. The battle 095 :., ,• positively declined, a n d th e Englishman , en r boa,' to put on his paletot an d h a t, f o und that s orne stolen both." ..11 at 10' malefactor named Anquex, lately s $ d has given information which has lcd to theg e l e As t i l l fewer than 29 thieves, forming a band of iv' d s, the was the chief. Th e y are a l mos t all old offet,A"o- have carried on their depr e d a tions in the g uar ; to left bank of the r i ver , ex t en di n g from B ell " be' girard. Olozaga has arrived at Paris, where ittare_c Ase -1, joined by his family. M. Cantero, the g.h7,01 09 :, / , nance in the Olozaga Cabinet, has left ra i l s 7 . 610 0 r, i e d The remainder of the nefarious bane o 'o o 'o . riven out of Paris by the late prosecution,* iota tinned vigilance of the police, have Enig ra rstglof , banlieue. Three nights ago they found e turning borne late, in the Rue St. Laurent, and literally stripp e d hi m to hi s s hirt. 0 5 ' Education among the poorer classes ser-tor-ore recent statistical account, t o b e m aking Br eat ser ti Lombardy. More th an 350,000 children of b °l 4ooltot now receiving instruction there in the pritila r ido, 01 A few days ago, sa y s th e J ou rnal de ‘` - nt to gendarmes went t o a v il' age i n th a t depart ille i - 00 1 761:t a man, who had for a s li g ht o ff e nce been 00.4 week's imprisonment, but had not surrenclf6 et tr o" entered his bed-room, where they easy hi s va h - usbS r o ots° just risen from bed, who declared that ber,,,," thst A is, absent. The gendarmes, however, pereeiat i jfete , person was in bed, turned down the ' clothesro 01 0 0 man in the simple apparel of nature. :,`;`,,,sclo , husband," said the man. " That story vnt„ - A balSi' the gendarmes ; " if you were not the m,",„" deal, would not be in that bed." They made lu' a ' o rdlott go with them, but on their arrival at the t % 1 1 ; they found that the man had told the tri l,'o P re' they found the husband, who had just ba:d. up, and learned f or th e fi rs t ti me that h e -$ pie cant. - 0 111 1/ JAW AND POZZO 0 ',„00 1 11 0 In the Secondaries Court Mrs. Cock , roe.. ~.1"' PI Hope public-house, Battersea, recovered 9 .. ... e Or' George Bass, a builder, residing in an:. s r o itt" porter and ale and various articles supplie d pee: i 3;oo l , Charles Dotesio came up to pass his flaak; o3 4001 1 01 in the Bankruptcy Court, before Mr.,, - v elP Goulburn. The bankrupt had kept the B o y tee Slough, and had lost upwards of 10,000 4 b b -r e og 6 ,5$ lation. The balance sheet, however, not tfis ' ' time, the further hearing was adjourned to i (0 . February next. of pe , John Cadley, a g r o om t o M r . Sanderso o 9., De 11 shire House, Hor nse y- roa d, was summoned by 1,04 Thatcher to the Clerk enwe ll P o li c e-court , ; °IY lei Mr. Douglas, of Torrington-park, with t i l l ge,ol/ misconduct:—Mr. Douglas was in his e ar , t iaie r 4 Hornserroad, when he saw the defendar l Y. o ol/10 turn his horse on the footpath, and drive farl f e e pr e via 1 , to the imminent danger of passengers. -•-• f ete, and costs. air o 2,' At Marylebone, M r . J osep h Morffarn, tt b E ieg le, Grove street, Lisson- grove , charged with nii' i plafr, ted a series of cruel assau l ts upon his fere a l e es es ~ named Eliza Millem an , a g i r l a b out sixteen / as ef, was fined 40s. in 60 , Mr. Philip Merson Hewitt, a gentlema n et , A pt dent circumstances, residing in Spencer - st re e t 4/;,ie ‘, well, was summoned before Mr. Broughton, gjr? street, at the instance of Mr. John Herbertoe o elr solicitor, and clerk to the board of trustee o 9. o olll / of St. Luke, on the charge of having meliclooteep lished a certain false and scandalous libel e e h n o teh, o o", complainant, with intent to excite him to a ".,,d i',", peace. The complainant had been emPl e c o ea, f clonally by defendant, and held certain Per tee r e"' he had a lien for costs. The defendant ohJ A e i c o th e t o a! the costs, and had, as was alleged, place r ' he e al r plainant as a rogue. Defendant denied thta d 0 sal author of the libel :he was, however, het itfi answer the charge at the sessions. r ot K 0 Ai At Lambeth, Th omas Cliff or d , w h o on a bop of A o mination describ e d hi mse lf as a sa il or , was fore Mr. Henry f or fi na l exam i na ti o n, 00 " t he t fi rsl , , t stealing som e s il ver an d a to b acco- b ox fil ed forr of William F. C o p esta k e, was fully comm i t eliam, Mary Ann Wheeler, a youn female, wasool,jei. Southwark with having in her s possession liTotelu'osf, cies, consisting chiefly of women's appar e . 4 t ee I, A. produce of a burglary recently comiritted le t. P er r Miss Allen, a lady residing in Unionestr ee nt of b soner, who gave a very unsatisfactory ace en " O s was remanded. r t, de. ed lol ' Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police-co l 4 51 0 0, 4; melino de Arrandiago, master of the Spae"„ en it) _ 7 ,, Victoriana, and Antonio Martinez, a seta:en / 4e the crew of the Spanish ship Pepita, he L l' h far . I Katharine's Docks, in penalties of 100/ eac , filing cigars. el?, , ;017.44,2.--- resvizor rAzi* * D oc a ig ior• '. The Duke of Norfolk has rejoined th i e wa dv" Af i family at Arundel Castle from town. E ar ' - A ln 'I Jermyn have arrived there on a visit. e$ 13 1 / r The Duke and Duchess of S u therlaa d t beta d j Caroline Le veson G ower returne d to T re a u to l' u. 1 ! Staffordshire, on Saturday last, from a v ,„' s ,;j,hale,, • ' V. s l i Lady Francis Egerton, Hatchford Ball ‘,"., isri a i, Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lag i .l IR; Or , arrived in town on Tuesday night from 1; e - et P - ; Gopsall Hall, and left Upper Grosvenor -s e pe, , evening for Buckhurst. e bee n flOr ' The Earl and Countess of Brownlow ha c ,, u - 10 ,i I taming a large and distinguished circle at '''- . lie r e near Grantham, during the week. The Marquis and Marchioness of Do? o sh as ite a6 ef i 1 town for Belfast, en rou t e f or Hill s borough 4 1 . 0 0 Down ha# I Count Rodolph Ki ns ky an d C ou nt Est e !, to Slis 1 Mivart's Hotel, f or B a d minton , on a vie" and Duchess of Beaufort. ,oft; zrasonszaursolral• n oce!, k h 0 Lord Mountcashel lately prosecuted twe i 3s erau",,4 4 4 ~ 3d Dragoon Guards, stationed at Clogher e _ eon; rj i shooting snipe on his grounds without lea: ; eet, ofo r m the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 9, sec. S' i j i erei st elr Y • ~ suggestedsnipe was not game," an'A ris ter 0 , 70' . 4 the penalties were not incurred. Mr. J 3 ,143 o pialfd, Solicitor-General have since given thT r t hey '" 4 1 1 firming this view of the case. '' Snipe, 0 1 0 Or 1 1) not game." a / le e t O s The first ordinary meeting for the press 40 , r o ei Horticultural Society was held 011 Toe 0,0 4 rooms in Regent-street, R. H. Tony . , P i C l ar " g e, C °ll ,gO chair. The show, which was not ver,i,"7, 03 00 , 0 t el some fine specimens of oranges from PI w ere' .. la ti I apples, and pears. The prizes awarded doe :0 for e Banksian medal to Mrs. Lawrence, for orel l _ i t . 0; 0 11;4 1°1 ot and certificates of merit to Mr. Veitch%l ec iesa"„eke specimen of plants; Mr. Thornicroft, of 4:: gooTerj; Montserrat pine, weighing 41b. 105.; i v t.„ ee rS w e t OPie the Clapham-road, for seven varieties ol d ib o loo o oo i lent preservation ; and Mr. Paxton a° , Leone for loner, for grapes. Dr. Lindley exhibitett sea V s he , 0 of very excellent quality, which bad bee nnt of ' ti e Colonel Reid from Bermuda. On acce e _ e o ea r ) bable destruction of the Portuguese orineeolreoo.B the Western Islands, the attention of T e u eu ejec i t r et r went had been earnestly turned to °more 0 0 was probable that this fruit would je article of extensive import from that cole n e r o e T gl i f ,o l7 o : A meeting was held at the City ofL' ) . l l l 2 t hec-. b c en Wednesday, Sir. Alderman Farebrother i_ a 0 , 1 , , 0 . j ported by many in fl uential merehants a m .n d be ie ele rides, for the purpose of promoting a g r Tiee Y der Al , held on the 26th .ofinext month, in aid ,f he nef CP;,i Needlewomen'ereSociety. The ball nri" Th oge eh v i e patronage of his Royal Highness the Du u not ei bridge. Sir Moses Montefiore, 0 1 Di the City Members, have already ad d 133 6 ' 9 `the Committee. 's 1 4°° the far A ball was held on Wednesday at Gillis i e d s of v ide o f street, St. James's, in - support of the .: t o P r° e get t lid gessresci ia leit , le_ ve Holim Hospital, the object of which, 1 4 .,,,. the o pieo the sick poor, lying-in women, an°, '; e yell 0 $ rio the Hebrew religion. It was altogetneve g e t 0f . , 0 , affair, and exceedingly well got 11P. ~,, opal e ol d b l itti was crowded with the higher and nieTh o liss Ce fr , Hebrew classes, and with many other r d I?. 1 0 00 tlernen. Among the stewards' wer e „ Sarret e for e ‘ot ifs Stuart, Baron A. de Rothschild, Sir Ll• u o rtlf to %Pi Montefiore, &C. Dancing commence b t . ill a b l voi lt 1)0 0 0 o'clock, and was kept up with spi rit the st ! v Ss 0 11 ' Between the dances, the report 0 - c he f olate,efe towards the iii,mediate objects of tiy he r efreo 7 nouuced ; they were very larg e ' f ., o f the music, and the whole arrangement excellently attended to, ~~ G, 10, 11Ici