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b ^ said, within the lifetime of the present generation ; a, id it had grown by the industry of the manufacturers al id merchants of Ashton. Now, hear what this Mr. /e 11 °Ilihseworth had to say of one class of people by 1 horn he wens supposed to be surrounded. He was speak 'g of a manufacturing politician, one of their home pun politicians, and he said;—" H e is probably a man 15 2 1° ass made his own fortune by one of those lucky "ar.cess in trade that have been of such frequent occur : re . -ice the last five-and-twenty years. He may be a good t seenesman, may possess good, natural. sound sense, anti ATI its exercise, by frugality and industry, have raised. himself from sweeping a warehouse to become its master. ...Rut what then ? What does he know beyond the walls eof his own counting-house ? Totally uneducated--.or with such information only as may be gathered from a village schoolmaster—what value would he set on that statesmanlike knowledge derived from experience and intercourse with the world ? Would he not naturally affect to despise what he could not understand, and sub stitute a degraded cunning for that practical and almost prophetic wisdom, the fruit of the accumulated experi ence of ages, transmitted to us by the pages of his tory, the only real instructor of mankind ? Is such a men fit to legislate for an empire? Is the calm. latorr of pence to become the distributor of millions ? Is swill a man, presumptuous from ignorance, to direct our f i e was and armies ? Is such a man fit to advise the Crown its most important appointments to the sacred aryl judicial benches ? For what portion, then, of a senator's <duty is such a man fit ? Is not rather his proper sphere to sweep the floor and senate-house, as he has formerly done that of his own warehouse."—(Cheers seed laughter.) Cheers and laughter !—(Great laughter.) Now, there was a Persian phrase, a phrase used in the East, when a man submitted to a deep humiliation—they say, " That man eats dirt." Now, he saw the names of three or four manufacturers, or millowners, as present at that meeting ; the man who was in the chair, his father swept the floor of a mill.—(Cheers.) Some people went to public banquets to eat turtle and venison ; he thought those gentlemen went to eat dirt, and they had their stomachs full.—(Cheers and laughter.) Now, if those gentlemen, the De Hollingworths, were to come there, in the presence of free traders, they would not use such language as that—there they never heard it.—(Laughter.) They 'alight not like free traders, they hated them, they fcarr4 them, but they did not despise them.—(Cheers.) It 'eras only the men who went to their Conservative datesers at Ashton-under-Lyne, that eat such dirt as that. --(Cheers and laughter.) Now, suppose they "took stocL" .01 the county Members of this country. They had been .told what sort of ram the manufacturing poli t i c i ans , • were ; now, let them consider what sort of, men did the counties send up to Parliament. There were 138 county Members representing England and Wales in the House of Commons. Was there one of thein, since Lord Stan ley had left North Lancashtee., of whom they could say, "he is above mediocrity in talent ?"—(Cheers, and " The y're below it.") There were not ten of them ever opened their snouS l es in Parliament with a chance of being listened to, nerless to be laughed at.—(Cheers and laughter ,e, They were presumed, by courtesy, to be ali I'duca'sed men, and he had a profound respect ' or those advantages which the highest education euld give to men of natural talent. But what should they say of one hundred and fifty-eight men, the picked men of their order, the picked men of their counties, so far as their class goes—what must be their natural attributes, when they mustered in the House of Commons, and made such an exhibition of themselves as our county Members did ?—(Cheers and laughter.) Why, it was quite a common thing, if a county Member got up, e,nd made a speech in which he did not murder the Que,eris English, for a man to touch his neighbour in this way and say, " That is a pretty good speech for a cotraty Member."—(Cheers and roars of laughter.) Now, he observed that at the same dinner Mr. Entwisle, and. Mr. Tatton Egerton, and Mr. Cornwall Legh se v. xtilly spoke, and they seemed to him not to like the - 4),rospect of things in this part of the country.—(Hear, hewn ) Mr, Entwisle complained that the people in Seiuth Lancashire insisted on fighting their battle on owe question alone, and that question free trade. Ile would like to fight the old battle of Whig and Tory again.—(Cheers.) Yes, yes ; South Lancashire was safe with 2,000 majority in 1841, when it was Tory against Whig, but Mr. Entwisle knew that now it was free trade against " the one-handed bargain men, ,, the monopolists.—(Cheers.) But the free traders had get a thousand majority just now.—(Loud cheers.) The mo nopolists talked of recovering their majority at the next revision ; he said they would have a thousand more at the next revision. —(Loud cheers.) They had heard the chairman say they must have a thousand new quali fications in the Manchester polling district before the 31st of January. Well, he did not know whether he was letting the cat out of the bag or not, but he believed they had 600 or 700 already.—(Cheers.) They would make it a thousand, and then they should be able to say at the next contest for the county that they had a ma jority in the Manchester polling district alone sufficient to overbear the monopolists' majority in Ormskirl., Wigan, and Newton, the only polling districts where they had a majority. Now let it be said—it shall and must by said—that the Manchester polling district is able to beat them in all those districts where they have a majority. We'll insist upon fighting them ourselves, and leave Liverpool, Oldham, Ashton, and Rochdale, and all the other places, to look on.—(Cheers and laughter.) But he wanted something done fur North Cheshire toe. lie took a deep interest in that contest for North Clic sOeire.—(llear, hear.) Now, the Egertons of Tatton— `father, and son, and grandson—had been sitting for that county for about fifty years, with a very slight intermis sion. If they wanted to strike a blow that would tell at a distaste in London, just turn out a man whose family was supposed to have ruled the county for half a cen tury.— (Cheers.) That was the bird they must try to bag—(Cheers and laughter)—it was of no use shooting mere sparrows, like their lately elected member for South Lancashire.—(Laughter.) They would not be lieve in London that the free traders could turn out Lord Francis Egerton until it was done. When it was done it would be felt—it would be a blow that they would stagger under.—(Cheers.) The next best thing they could do to turning out Lord Francis Egerton, who, as a man, as a county Member, stood as high as any man representing a county, for intelligence and personal re spectability, as well as for accomplishments—if they wanted to strike the next heavy blow, turn out Mr Tat ton for North Cheshire.—(Cheers.) He was in North Cheshire, at Macclesfield, on Monday. Why, the mono polists, at last election only had a majority of 470 or 500, and he would undertake to say that they had more people to qualify in Lancashire and Yorkshire for North Cheshire—that there would be more new qualifications from those two counties than the amount of the mono polists' majority last time.—(Loud cheers.) Why, in the little village, as he might call it, of Hebden Bridge, in Yorkshire, there were forty free traders marching down in a body to qualify for North Cheshire.—(Loud cheers.) Well, with what Stockport and Macclesfield could do for themselves, and Hyde, which was a host, they would have North Cheshire, and have it 'booked as safe as any borough by the next revision.— (Loud cheers.) He did not imagine it was imprudent or incautious to say so in this public way. He knew there were persons there from all parts, not only from North Cheshire, but beyond North Cheshire ; and he wanted them to take this, not as a mere idle threat, but to go home on the morrow and put their shoulders to the wheel, and lend a hand to accomplish their object.— (Cheers.) Depend upon it they should gain nothing by attempting to keep these things secret ; they could not put salt upon those birds' tails—they were too old for it. —(Cheers.) His friend Mr. Bright and himself had been passing into almost every manufacturing polling district in the West Riding of Yorkshire since the last meeting. Now the West Riding was infinitely the largest and most important constituency of the king dom ; they had 33,000 or 34,000 registered electors. London had only 20,000 ; South Lancashire, 22,000 or 23,000 ; the West Riding of Yorkshire had 50 per cent. more of a constituency than any other in the kingdom. They would see, then, the importance of winning the West Riding more than any other ; and he had no 'doubt, that before the 31st of January, as he had already stated, they would be able to say that there were 25,000 new qualifications. They lost last time by 800 or 1,000. 'But they were not going to satisfy themselves in quali fying good men ; they had got a lot of had men on the register, and they would have them struck off ; they - would have no illegal votes there.—(Cheers.) He spoke with the greatest delight of the reception they met with in Yorkshire. They required no stimulus from them, did'nt the people there ; the men of Yorkshire were prepared to do at the next election what they had done on former oc casions. That was the constituency that had decided the fate of great questions in this country before. When they .returned Henry Brougham—the Henry Brougham of that time—(Hear)—they struck the last blow at the borough mongering system ; when they returned him as the champion of the freedom of the negro they abolished slavery in our colonies.—(Applause.) And when they returned free traders at the next election, depend upon it it would be the signal for the downfal of commercial monopoly.—(Cheers.) Now, he should have no oppor tunity et addressing gentlemen there again before the 31st of January, bum there were three weeks yet, and the lawyers could do a great deal of business in three weeks. lie thought they were printing off their deeds by steam, or having them lithographeh, they were getting on so fast with theta—Meer.) Let no young man belonging to their Athenaturn, arid other institutions, who was living in lodgings, let no young man with a good coat on his back, that could afford 50/. or 601. for an investm e nt at good interest, hesitate to take up his freedom, by making such investment, and thus enable him to give a vote at the next election, and strike a blow in favour of increased commerce, which wou ld g i ve hi m a b etter chance of prospering in the w or ld.—(C heers.) He could not imagine an 3 thing more painful than would be the state of mind of those persons, when the next election came, who had neglected the precious opportunity of qualifying themselves to take a part iu that momentous struggle. In all probability the general election would take place in 1846; unless they purchased their qualifica tion before the 31st of this month, they could not be upon the register till 1847, and then the general election, in all human probability, would have passed. There was, to he sure, one way in which young men might qualify after thee 31st. He saw a good many ladies present, and they seemed to be getting into a channel in which they could co-operate with them, inasmuch as they were not allowed to have votes; he only wished they were, because many of there would make a better use of them than their husbands did.—(Cheers and laughter.) But, though they could not vote, it was a very singular fact—and it would be looked upon at some fu ture time, perhaps, when the world had grown wiser and better, as an anomalous circumstance, that although ladies could not vote, they might qualify as many block heads and dunces to vote as they chose to confer free holds upon.—(Laughter.) Now, if th ere was any kind, earnest friend to their cause —any gentlewoman having sons or nephews, or even grandsons ; if they should happen to be rising twenty-one, and if she had a little freehold property that she intended to divide among them when she was gone—why then he would recom mend to her to convey away to them a 40s. freehold each. Let her do it if they were but twenty years old L 4.4 ii .4 GIX4 —they would then have twelves months to consider how I they would make the best use of their vote when they were twenty-one. Let such perwins qualify as many as they could ere they departed levee, and then they might have the satisfaction of see i ng their young friends vote for free tres&e in their lifetira,e.—(Applause.) Now, there might Ise young ladies '; an d i t was a cur i ous ' thing the lacy seemed to hav e contemp l ate d the i r case exactly. it was a curious tact, that though you must buy a qralification before the :31st of January to be on the next year's register, yet if you married a qualifica tion. you might be put upon the register though you only got possession of it by marriage up to July. —(Cheers and laughter.) So, if a young man let the 31st of January eF cape him, he knew of no other way in which he 'Ayald rescue himself from his dilemma but by marry ing a freehold before July. — (Laughter.) But he would recommend the young ladies not to take pity upon ;ai m; i t was hi s d uty to ta k e up his freedom, and qualify himself before he thought of getting married.— , (Applause.) In some parts of Swit zerland there was a custom that, before a young man was eligible for marriage, he waist possess a Bible and a couple of buck , ,ts.—(Great laughter.) He thought a young man to be eligible in this country should possess a freehold fee. the county, axed be a voter.—(Cheers.) He recenr.mended the young hulks to toss up their heads at the young fellows, unlesS ley could answer the inter rogalive in the affirmative, "Are you a freeholder of the e9tanty ?"—(Applause and leughter.) Now he knew there was a large class of sk Bled operatives visited these meetings—machine-makers., t4)ol-makers, and men of that class—who got the higher t wages. They were the aristocracy of their class; the y were men of intellect; they were men of the largest incomes of their order. Now, every one of there. ought, as a matter of pride and a matter of duty, to qualify for the county.—(Hear, hear.) It was a very expensive thing to get a borough vote; you must pay 10/. a y ?six for a house, furnish it, and pay taxes; but in the oth,er case, you might live where you liked, in lodgings or a garret, if you pos sessed a 40s. freehold. Awe man at o:dhans, too poor to buy a freehold, said to his fellow-workmen, " lle hoped as many as could would thus buy the right to vote, and then ' happen they could open the door for they who could not afford to buy.' "—(Cheers.) It was his opinion that in a few year s' time the election fur the county of Lancaster would be more in the hands of the working classes than it wsys now in the hands of the squirearchy and farmers.—( Cheers.) He believed, from what he heard of what was going on in all directions, that there would be such a -east number of skilled arti zans and better paid operati: - ves on the county register, that it would be impossible in a few years' time to return a man for South Lancashire unless he were ac ceptable in the main to that; class of voters.—(Cheers.) I He had heard people say this was a dangerous political game they were playing, mend that they were going to democratise the constituent ies of the country. His answer was, " If the constituencies have hitherto been an aristocracy they have 'made very bad use of their power—(Cheers)— and if you mean by a democracy that class of operatives who can afford to save out of their earnings 501. or 601. a year, ehey are a class I would much rather see in the possession of political power than the landed aristocracy who have so much abused their power."—(Loud cheers.) If any working man wanted to make up his purse by the 31st of January, and hap pened to have an employer of common sense, they would lend him a balance of 101. or 20/. till he could repay the money. He knew it was done, and had been done very extensively.—(Hear, hear.) It was an elevating and proud thing for the working man to buy his freehold. It was a far more elevating thing than a deposit in the savings' bank, where he saw nothing mere of his money. If he bought a cottage, and it was a detached cottage, he could put his hand in his pocket and walk round it and say," That's mine—(Loudcheers) —that's mine, I bought it, I paid for it—l worked for it; and who has so good a title to his freehold as I have?"— (Great cheering.) Now he wanted to see the little land owners beat the big landowners at the poll.—(Cheers). It could be done. Recollect the men of 30,0001. a-year could have but one vote. Let this be their work then continuously till the 31st of January; get qualifications, and ;get :them conveyed to them, if it was only by a scrap of paper the size of their hand; get possession of the property by the 31st of January, and then, when the next contest came for South Lancashire, they would have their friends, Mr. Villiers and Mr. Brown, in the place of the present Members for that division.—(The whole meeting here rose simultaneously, and gave three loud cheers.) The meeting called loudly for Mr. BRIGHT, who, how ever, addressed but a few words to them, expressive of the satisfaction at the progress they had made in register ing new freeholders in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where he had been engaged in forwarding the object of, the League; and Mr. Alderman Brooks then moved, and Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., seconded, a vote of thanks to the speakers, which was carried by acclamation, and the meeting:separated. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT SALT-HILL. LATEST PARTIC ULARS. SLOUGH, THURSDAY EVENING.—WhiIe the jury were deliberating upon their verdict yesterday afternoon, the prisoner, who was in an ante-room, asked more than once, " How long do you think they will be now ?" Upon being told they would probably bo half an hour longer, he betrayed great mental agitation. On entering the room to be informed by the coroner of the verdict of the jury, he recovered himself, and heard the purport of the verdict with great apparent coolness. Indeed his fortitude while he was in the jury-room never once ap peared to forsake him, listening with considerable earnestness and attention to the application made by his I counsel for the restoration of his watch and the money ' found in his possession. On being taken back to his private room, at the Three Tuns, he became greatly agitated, and was at his own request supplied with brandy and water. His solicitor, Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry, London, and another professional gentleman, had a long private interview with him previously to his leaving for Aylesbury Gaol. A large concourse of persons had assembled outside of the house, to have a view of the prisoner on his de parture ; and it was with difficulty that the police were enabled to protect him from the threatened attacks of the mob, as he walked to the vehicle that was to convey him to prison. Their yells and hootings greatly discon certed him, and he appeared terribly alarmed for his personal safety. Upon arriving at Amersham, a distance of fourteen miles, and about half-way between Salt-hill and Aylesbury, the prisoner alighted at the Griffin Inn. Here he partook of tea and a mutton chop, of which he ate heartily. He scarcely opened his lips during the whole of the journey. Once he started up, however, and said, with considerable earnestness of manner, " I can't think what the people made such an uproar about at Salt-hill, as we were coming away. Oh, dear !" Upon arriving at Aylesbury gaol, a few minutes before eight o'clock, and on being handed over to the custody of Mr. Sheriff, the governor, he requested to be accommodated with is comfortable bed and a room to himself. On being told, however, that no relaxation in the discipline of the prison would be allowed in his case, and that he must submit to the same treatment as the other prisoners, he heaved a deep sigh, but made no re mark. He slept in his clothes, merely taking off his great coat. The room assigned to him is in what is called the old gaol, in which he was locked in for the night by himself, having first undergone the usual personal search. This morning there was a visible alteration in his ap pearance, looking haggard and careworn. The assizes for the county of Bucks will take place in March next. The funeral of the late unfortunate Sarah Hart took place this afternoon, the mournful procession leaving Bath-place at a quarter past two o'clock, for the church- yard of Farnham Royal, in which parish her death oc curred. Her son, an interesting little boy of about five years of age, attended as chief mourner, led by the hand by Mrs. Moss, and _followed by Mrs. Ashlee, leading her little girl. A great number of persons followed the corpse, It being supposed (but whether correctly.or not it is at present impossible to ascertain), that Sarah Hart is nut the right name of the deceased, the coffin plate bore no inscription, not even " the date of death." Not one of her relatives, if she have any, have up to this period made any inquiries respecting her. Her two orphan children have been kindly received into the house of her next door neighbour, Mrs. Ashlee. It would appear that the unfortunate woman was ex tremely short of money at the time of her death, several pawnbrokers' duplicates of recent dates having been tound amongst her papers, and her little bills—baker, grocer, &e., due at the quarter, as well as her quarter's rent to Christmas Vast, being unpaid. Hitherto she had always been most punctual in her payments. The following is a copy of the only document found amongst the papers of the deceased, in the handwriting of the accused, signed with his initials, and written in a small neat hand : " See Genesis, 4 chapter and part of 7 verse ; Psalms, 1 chapter and 4 chapter,2d to sth verses, and 103 chapter and 107 chapter, 6 to 22 verses ; Ltaiah, 1 chapter, 16 to 19 verses ; Matthew, 6 chapter, 14 and 15 verses, and 31 to 33 verses ; Romans, 12 chapter ; Ephesians, 4 and 5 chapters. " The word men is generally used, but the sense is meant for both men and women, because women could not be properly put ; and we must, hi reading the Scrip tures, not expect to be satisfied with so doing, unless we endeavour to seek in our own minds for that spirit in which they were written for our instruction. "j. T." AN AUDACIOUS FALSEHOOD.—A lie, which only une paper in Dublin, the Monitor, could be found base enough to adopt and circulate, has been sent abroad in the hope of arresting, even for a moment, the gener a l and determined opposition to the Bequests Bill. A m os t clumsy lie, indeed, it is, and does no credit to the inge nuity of the inventors. It is painful to have to add, which we do on the authority of the Packet of last night, that the Rev. Mr. Carroll, of Westland-row, assisted in propagating it from the pulpit of that chapel on Sunday last ! 'Tis but a story got up for, or per haps by, the Castle. Three peasants of the county of Tipperary conspiring to murder Dr. Murray ! The tale rests on this circumstance alone, as we learn from the Post of yesterday evening :—A Mr. Knaresbo rough, a magistrate residing near Mitchelstown, in the county of Cork, got an anonymous note, saying that a plot was formed by some Tipperary peasants to assassi nate Dr. Murray. This note he forwarded to his Grace, and, on the authority of this anonymous document, one of Dr. Murray's priests ascends his pulpit on Sunday last, and publishes to his affrighted hearers that the lite of the Archbishop was conspired against. We can no t believe he did this by permission of his G race , an d there fore we cannot suppress an opinion of his being sadly wanting in discretion. The writer of the anonymous note was evidently one of the Castle servants, either Catholic or Protestant, and the object of it to create s3mpathy for, as it were, a persecuted Prelate, and thus direct public indignation from the channel in which it now nun. A poor ruse—Dublin Pilot. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusienano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Poole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequin Ade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. fhe Box-on - ice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until SIX m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. 111 IS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, :ailed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket 41r. S•rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe^ s ; Torn Coke 'dr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Ruckstone • Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; fbe Countess of i I.,pion, Mrs. W. 'Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Racket, Miss Julia .lennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxonous, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; er, PIC. fORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each. kets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, l'en till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated (by. apecial permission of Charles Dickens, Fsq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some tiells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; rugby, Mr. Wilkin. son ; S.r Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ;• Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selbv, ; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalkar, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which, NORMA, in which Miss Woelgar, Mr. Paul Red ford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Hatlequin and the Ki:.g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss dale; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, sir. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Bex-orrice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to he had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Engliih Version of the ceebrated Opera Bufla, in Two Acts, called I'HE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. ihe Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corti ; Lindor, Mr. Allen; Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Hely, Mr. Mattacks Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss jlrentnall. To be succeeded by a New C,omedietta, entitled THE WIDOW. BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Fumival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling To be followed by a new Divertissem , nt, called LE SALON DE BAL. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mi‘s Marshall, Mdlle, feresine, M. J. Rou•set, Mr. ; Marshall, and Mr. (Jilt:ant. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoff, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Keimar, Mr Granby; itiber, Mr. Corri , Goleta, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Fosbroke. 'tage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 25.; Galls Is. Half-price at sine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half ; Proses thn Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Taeatre. HEATIM ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be - repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Charactera by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, ntnery, Turner, and Keeley; Miss Walcott., Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Nit's. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO Nt A SR'r. - Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker Wss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantomireical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND olftSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, f urner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , blr Wilan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICE S 01 ADMISSION.—BaIcony oozes. 43.; Upper tioxels, 2a.. ; Pit, 2s. s Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2P. ; 'iliper Ec fixes, Is. fd.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier • olding richt persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (ho (ling eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Msxes on tie Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea, Tne Box. ellicei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc— tion of M•r.. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Nightly (_ merflows tl the Grand Christmas Holiday Noveltie - , and I reble Rotation of Entertainments at A: iTLEY'S KO/ AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime THIS EVENING Will to repeated a New Spectacle, THE ROYAL FOX HUNT;, or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; .ntrodu, ;nig unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage inel in I he Circle by living Foe and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. _Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats et Horse.. manshi p. To cc , nt :lude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c, lied lI.ARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the slack 'AI itch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stage...rnonager, Mr. W. U. Bros Moot. Box- olfice open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the AM et Riding by Mr. It . Smith daily. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE As use to 1, the best Pantomime of the Season more brilliant trim npth than ever before achieved 1 1 Laughter, Wonder. and Deli gh,t !I ! The First Pantemimic Performers of the Age, and Every thing New!!!! THIS EVENINII Will.;be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Cr: me. Principal Characters by M r. H enry C orr ! (from the Theat re. Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, it Honner, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. Att er which, Herr Joseph Gouldsmith and Marie Gouldsmith, from the Teatre Berlin, will perform most woncerfal Gymnastique Feats ma the horizontal corde and miraculous evolutions, suspended by a ( ksuble rope. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, rHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. I L D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pant als , on, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Pb s and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. .eict ~ frotn Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE Extt aordinary Success of " Marianne; or, The Child of Crime," and the Ncw Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING ill be repeated MARIAN 44E; er, the Child of Charity. Sur, port set by Mr. Osbaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. 'Jiggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E. l'ercey, and Miss Treble. After whtch, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HA.RLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chaphio; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Aldlle. Le THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 10. rFf aRMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.97.—W1ND, ►S.E. YOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "11 ighest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Bar ometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " R sin" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. MUM J-lIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 4f-1 - ling ... S minutes after 3 I Evening 29 minutes after S z o t'ri , • 4,A 5 , .1414 • \‘‘4 . :,:41 • I.= AOC 'MO 1111/ . .,40114 0. .7.1r,j11110 6 41 • ,•.. t;;; % 4r- • M°S SECOND EDITION< N - lairmng LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1845. One of the most offensive, and not least ominous features of the Puseyite character, is the contempt with which the clergy, and especially the Prelates, treat the well-grounded and sincere remonstrances 0: the laity. These are received not as the offspring of ,• conviction or real apprehensions for the safety of the Protestant religion, but as the meddling of incom petent men without authority, without evidence to substantiate their statements, and without any just conception of the points at issue. The Porn himself could not resent in more bitter language any inter ference with his infallible wisdom, than the heads of the Protestant Church (a Church founded on the right of inquiry and freedom from priestly shackles) resent the respectful entreaties and complaints of their alarmed flocks. The spirit which pervades the pastoral letters and answers to grievances issued by the Bishops of Lost- DON and EXETER excites no surprise. It is quite in keeping with the character of these haughty and self-willed Prelates; but something better was expected of the mild and venerable Archbishop of CANTERBURY. It was hoped that he would at least mediate between the parties, and show a degree of impartiality and kindness which might inspire confi dence, and that he would endeavour by gentle per suasion, rather than by a stretch of authority, to con vince the people that there were no insidious de signs for :undermining the Protestant Church. Un fortunately, however, his Grace has disappointed public expectation, and as if even the mildest and meekest Churchman was incapable of divesting him self of ecclesiastical haughtiness and dictation, he has replied to well-founded complaints with as much acrimony, self-confidence, and confidence, too, in his clergy, as the two Puseyite Bishops. These are most conspicuous in his last letter to Mr. KENNARD, respecting the Puseyite ceremonies practised in the parish of East Farleigh, in Kent. The Arch. bishop had directed the attention of the clergy man to the complaints ; he had also corn mi3sioned the rural Dean and Archdeacon to make inquiry, and on their report he affirms that they are without foundation. had his Grace, however, ken an impartial investigator, he would have heard witnesses also on the other side, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the report of the clerical functionaries could be impugned. Nothing of the sort, however, is done. It would have been degrading to a Dean and an Archdeacon for a moment to believe that they could assert what was not a fact, and he dismisses the complaint in these words :—" You have preferred charges which you could not to a certainty know to be true, and here our correspondence must end." This is sufficiently laconic and dictatorial. Now it is curious to observe on what ground the charges are dismissed, and why the complainant is accused of stating what he could not to a certainty know to be true. The Archbishop says Mr. KENNARD had not attended the church since March; he, therefore, could have no personal knowledge of what had taken place. But neither had the Archbishop attended the church, and he was therefore placed in the same predicament ; but he made this distinction : he lis tened to witnesses of his own party, though he gave no opportunity to the other side to produce wit nesses who would have confirmed every word of the statement. The clergy are to be believed, but the laity not. Now if these gentlemen are disciples of NEWMAN, which is extremely probable, the following doctrine, laid down by that innovator, and urged by Mr. KENNARD, would lead to the belief that the evi dence of a layman ought to have more weight than that of a modern Jesuit :—" It is one of their prin ciples," says he, " that a Christian both thinks and speaks the truth, except when consideration is necessary ; and then, as a physician for the good of his patient, he will be false, or utter a falsehood, as the sophists say." 'With out, however, imputing to Mr. WILBERFORCE, or the rural Dean, such a detestable doctrine, we must reject their evidence, on the grounds that the expressed abhorrence to Puseyism in the parish would net have arisen without just cause—that Mr. KEN NARD, a staunch Protestant, has been forced, on ac count of the Popish innovations, to leave the church— and that there are other manifestations of the new doctrines, which even clerical ingenuity cannot gain say. We give the postscript to Mr. KENNARD'S letter, as a specimen :—" On the night preceding Christmas day Mr. WILBERFORCE, attended by Mr. llAnns, churchwarden, and several men and boys of his newly-formed choir, headed by Mr. lIELmottE, of her MAJESTY'S choir, St. George's, Windsor, paraded parts of the parish singing carols, many of them carrying lights, though the moon was high; they were out, thus occupied, from about eleven o'clock at night till nearly four o'clock in the morning of Christmas-day !" Another striking illustration of the mischievous working of the game-laws has recently occurred in the neighbourhood of the city of Worcester. It seems that one THOMAS STAITE, who had been hired to watch the game in the preserves of the Earl of COVENTRY, was met on the night of the 19th of De cember, while in the discharge of his perilous duty, by a gang of poachers, by whom he was so roughly used, together with others of his party, that he died shortly after of the severe blows he received in the scuffle. An inquest was immediately held on the body of the murdered man, which, from a deficiency of positive evidence, was adjourned to the 7th of January, on which day the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against two of the poachers, JOSEPH TURVEY and FRANCIS DINGLEY, and some other persons at present unknown. On the close of the inquiry a very important and significant circumstance occurred. One of the jurors deemed it to be his bounden duty to address some strong remarks to the Coroner and his fellow-jurymen on the subject of the game-laws, which were so intimately connected with the investigation. He observed that the ghastly spectacle whieh they had witnessed at the commence ment of their proceedings in the mangled corpse of STAITE, to say nothing of the revolting details given by the several witnesses who had been examined, could not fail to have excited in them emotions of the deepest sorrow and disgust ; and though he was per fectly aware that their duties as jurors were limited to an inquiry as to how the luckless gamekeeper came by his death, yet he thought that they could not con • scientiously overlook the cause which had led to so fatal a catastrophe; and he therefore proposed that they should append to their verdict a declaration of their sentiments to the following effect :—" That the jury cannot but deplore the continuance of laws so immoral in their tendency, so fruitful in crime, and se destructive to human life as the game-laws have proved, after long experience throughout the length and breadth of the country, and that they strongly recommend their abrogation." Several jurymen ex pressed their cordial concurrence in these sentiments, and all of them unhesitatingly signed the declaration, which the Coroner promised to forward to the Home Secretary of State ; while one of the jurors added, that our gaols were half-filled with offenders against the game-laws, for the shooting and snaring of bares, pheasants, partridges, &c., was a great temptation to the lower orders, who could not be brought to believe that such an offence was any moral crime. This decided, deliberate expression of their sentiments on the subject of the execrable game-laws, does infinite credit to the Worcester jury, and we hope that at every future inquest of a similar nature—and they are of frequent occurrence—which may take place in the country, their example will be closely followed. It is only by keeping the grievance constantly before the public eye that we can entertain any hope of its removal, for the number of those who take a deep personal interest in the maintenance of the game-laws is far greater than might be supposed, and hardly less formidable is their influence both within and without the walls of Parliament. There are hundreds of country gentlemen who—in the utter absence of that "absolute wisdom" which Lord BROUGHAM attributed to the late Alderman WOOD—look upon these laws as the palladium of the Constitution, and would just as soon lose their right arm as consent to their abolition' the breed of Squire WESTERNS is not yet extinct among us, and not a few of our provincial squire archy, unfitted by nature, habit, and inclination, for higher and more intellectual occupations, devote their whole time to field sports, and seem to think that the ;mat duty of their existence consists in strictly pre • serving game and exterminating poachers. With men like these it is idle to reason, for they possess no easoning faculties to which an appeal can he made, and their selfish opposition is only to be neutralised by bringing the whole overwhelming power of public opinion to bear directly upon them. They must be coerced into a sullen submission to the claims of justice, common sense, and humanity, and have the wholesome truth forcibly impressed on them, that the life of a hare or a pheasant is not for an instant to be put into competition with that of a human being. Among the public questions that it is expected will occupy the serious attention of Parliament during the session now so close at hand, few are of more pressing importance than the game-laws. We talk of the necessity of educating the lower classes of the community and instilling into them proper views of religion and morality, but so long as these laws are permitted to remain on the statute-book in their present stringency, one of the most prolific sources of demoralisation will still exist among the masses, Ind all our attempts at instructing and elevating their minds will be utterly unavailing. The game-laws then must be abolished—wholly and entirely abolished. [t will not do to tamper with this cancer in the con stitution of society—it must be cut out altogether— " Immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est, ne pars sincere trahatur." The situation of M. GUIZOT as Prime Minister of France becomes every day more critical, not from a system of policy different from that which has kept him in office for four years, not from any new crisis caused by foreign affairs or domestic administration, but, judging by circumstances which can hardly leave any doubt, from the fixed determination of the KING to make another attempt to carry the Dotation Bill. On this point it is well known his MAJESTY has made up his mind, and considers it one of the most important duties imposed upon him to make provision for the due maintenance of the Duke of NEMOURS' authority, in the event of his MAJESTY dying before his grandson comes of age. Feelers have been repeatedly put forth on this subject during the last two years, which gave results so unfavourable that M.:Gtazor declined to bring the measure forward. According to the Univers the affair is to be put off no longer and a Dotation Bill is to be presented to the Chamber shortly after the discussion on the Address, but whether by Gunor or Mom; no one can tell. The desertions, howerer, which are taking place among the Ministerial supporters, and above all the deser tions of men in high favour and full confidence at Court, betoken the downfal of M. Guizor, and lead to the belief that this darling object of the KING will be carried by his successors. MONTALIVET, a great favourite of Majesty, General ATIIALIN, the KING'S Aide-de-Camp, several Conservative Members of the Lower Chamber who have the instinct of rats, and, according to the National, the Chamber of Peers, also the creature of royalty, all seem disposed to join in the intrigue against the Ministry. MONTALIVET, Anteux, and itzaumotr, have voted against it. Unless GUIZOT can assure the KING, therefore, that he can carry the Dotation Bill, his fate is sealed. The Journal des Debuts, however, notwithstanding the desertion of M. GIRARDIN, still supports M. GUIZOT ;1 but as this journal was considered rather the organ of the Cabinet than the Court, this is only what might have been expected. The following extract from this paper, in reply to some grumblings of the Constitm tionnel, on the ground that its patron, M. "'BIERS, had been unfairly dealt with, shows that GulzoT has at least one staunch supporter among the press : "There is in France," it says, "an inviolable and sacred personage. According to the constitution, this person is the KING ; according to the Constitutionnel, it is M. TRIERS. We have already thought it our duty to refer to a ridiculous article, in which that journal compared the Ministers to certain extra ordinary fish, which, in order to escape from their enemies, disturb the water by emitting a black liquid. That phrase meant that, after having brought the affairs of the nation into a desperate state, the Mi nisters wished to take advantage of the very dangers of their position to terrify and to keep their competitors at a distance—an ingenious plan no doubt, but for the success of which one ingredient was essential, and that is, that the competitors of the Ministers should be sufficiently unacquainted with public affairs to con sider them to be in a bad position. But w e are no longer in 1840; we have reached 1845. For four years M. Timm has not directed our foreign affairs. Peace is perfectly re-established, and M. Gunor has succeeded, not without much difficulty, in ar ranging the inheritance bequeathed to him by AI. TRIERS. Our position in the month of Jannary, 1845, is as calm and as simple as it was agitated and complicated in the month of October, 1840. This is what we have taken the liberty to observe to the Constitutionnel. That journal has compelled us to enter into this retrospective discussion, for which we ask pardon of our readers. It is not for mere pastime that we attack any of the eminent men 41f the day. We would wish to see them united for the same object—the consolidation of our institutions, There was a splendid epoch offered itself after the Revolution of July. It passed away, alas ! too quickly. It was that period when all the men of talent, whether Deputies or Ministers, united with a patriotic disin terestedness to defend peace, public order, the throne, and the charter. We have not forgotten that M . TRIERS was one of those men, and we now ask under what pretext of public advantage he attacks the pre sent Ministers ? We have not been able to obtain an answer, because the opposition arises from an in trigue to effect a change of persona. The Ministry which has existed daring four years has rendered immense services. Under its administrati4n France has prospered. We shall, therefore, support it until it shall be proved to us that its policy is bad, and that a better can be substituted in its place." Count PORTALES, the reporter of the Address in the Chamber of Peers, read a draft of the paper to the douse on Tuesday, and the discussion was expected to begin on Friday. In the Committee of the De puties numerous documents had been presented by the Ministers. Among others, several respecting Otaheite, which had been withheld last session. These, it is said, fully bear out the expediency and spirit displayed by M. GUIZOT in his negotiations with Lord ABERDEEN on the subject. The following account of the grand entertainment given by the Chinese Commissioner to M. DE LA- G : NE the French Amba s sador at Maca o , appears i n Galignanis Messen ger , an d w ill be read with in terest " Ki Ing, the Imperial Commissioner, Viceroy of Cantos, a prince of the Emperor's family, arrived at Macao in the afternoon of September 29. He reposed himself on the 30th, bat on the following day came in great pomp to visit the French Ambassador, to whom he had on the preceding day sent his portrait. His escort was opened with 150 lancers on foot, and closed with as many Man chou Tartar horsemen, armed with bows and arrows, and sabres, but very badly mounted. We were all in full uniform, though the temperature was up at 32 degrees (above 100 Fahrenheit). At this first interview testi ' monies of consideration and friendship were exchanged in profusion ; Ki Ing and M. de Lagren4 embracing each other several times. At one in the afternoon of.Oetober 3, we returned the Imperial Commissioner's visit. Ki log was lodged in the pagoda of the village of Wangbia. a short distance from Macao. Besides his own personal suite and attendants, M. de Lagreee admitted into his cortege about a dozen officers of the French navy; we were all carried in sedan chairs. After reciprocal com pliments, Ki. Ing took M. de Lagrene by the hand, and led us into the dining-room, where was laid out a splendid entertainment, which was served in the Chinese manner, and artistically adorned with numerous flowers and foliage. The director of the feast had had the complaisance to lay forks and spoons with the Chinese chop-sticks ; but, like men who have seen the world, we almost exclusively made use of the chop-sticks. The wines of Champagne, Rousillon, Oporto, and Madeira, circulated freely. The eating com menced with the sweet-meats, after which each guest was presented with a cake, having the form of four Chinese letters, signifying Friendship for 10,000 years between France and China.' fhis good wish was hailed with a thousand cheers. Then began the drinking of healths, and they followed in such rapid succession that our folks became alarmed. lii Ing seated M. de La grene on his left, and Admiral Cecile on his right. Howen, treasurer of the province of Canton, a Manda• rin of the first class, was on the left of the Ambassador. There were three other Mandarins at table, namely, Ton-Lin, one of the forty academicians of Pekin ; Tscha-O, a tall fat Manchou Tartar, with the tour nure of a brigadier of the Municipal Guard, Sub- Prefect of Canton ; and Pan- thin-chen-tin-oua, an on l g fo m un e d rch m a 3 nt se c i f f hCanton , ono honorary who Mandarin, left wealth. placed between the two last. The academicians was seated at the farther end of the table, and was so active him i mmense so n of an in promoting the circulation of the wine, that he became so drunk before the dinner was half over that he was obliged to be carried off. This episode gave rise to many grotesque scenes. Ki Ing was very urgent in pro voking M. de Legrene to drink, and when he had drank his own glass he turned it down, to show that he had drained it, and took care that his neighbours should do the same. It is a great mark of politeness in the Chinese to take up a portion with their chopsticks, and put it into the mouth of the person to whom they wish to du honour.liThis was done several times byKi Ing to M. de Lagren4 and Admiral Cecile, and my neighbour, the Manchou, conferred upon me the same token of his esteem and friendship. In the course of the repast we were served with bird's nests, shark's fins, and other Chinese rare ties, which I assure you were no bad dishes when well seasoned with the port and champagne, which our host poured out with such tempting liberality. My neigh bour, the Manchou, repeatedly challenged me to take wine with him by holding up to me his own glass filled to the brim, and thus his complexion, which was naturally sallow, became of the true bacchanalian purple. Before we rose from table, we wery served with tea without any sugar, which we found very bitter. Then came the parting with reciprocal protestations of eternal friend ship, Ki Ing exclaiming as we retired, China and France henceforth are united in one 1' After four hours of continued bumpers, we returned to Macao, each party mutually pleased with the other." THE BOURSE--WEDNEBDAY, JAN. 8. First Highest Lowest Last Prloe. Pries. Price. Price. French Five per Cents-- •• 121 20 .. 121 30 .. 121 20 •• 121 30 Four-and-a-llalf 113 •• 113 .. 113 •• 113 Fours.... .• •• ••• •• 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 Three per Cents.— B3 30 .. 85 3() .. 85 20 .. 45 25 New Loan •• .• 86 50 .. 86 55 .. 86 50 .. 86 55 Be.ak of France 3275 —3290 ..3275 .3290 Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares • • 1095 ..1095 ..10 .15 . .1095 Belgian Bank •••• •• •• 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635 Belgian Fives, 1840 104► .. 10414 10414 .. 104% 1842 lO6 106 •• 106 .. 106 Throes •••••• • • • • •• 62 .. 62 .. 62 .. 62 Spanish Threes 37% .• 3714 .. 3714 .. 371,4 Active •• •• •• •• •• 371,E .. 37% .. 371,a • • 3719 Passive .. . . 614 6•X .. 6 • • 6% Roman .. •• 1041, • . 1047 .. 1041 % .. 10474 RAILWAY SNARES. St. Germain Versa Wes, 8.8. L. 8.•• 378 75 .. 385 .. 385 .. 382 50 Renee•• Rouen to Havre........ • . • . 825 -. 825 825 .. 825 Orleans •••• Strasburg to Bale.— .• .• 301 25... 302 50 .. 300 . 302 50 Avignon to Slarseilles.• •• .. 935 .. 940 . 933 75 .. 933 75 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN 16. St. Germain:........ ...... lOlO —lOl5 ..1010 ..1015 Versailles, R. 8.... L. 8.•.. 3BO .• 390 .. 177 50 .. 585 R0uen•••......... 042 50 Rouen to Havre 822 50 .. 822 50 .. 820 .. 820 Orleans 1132 50 ..1131 50 —ll3O ..1130 Strasburg to , Bale. Avignon to Milleales 937 50 .. 940 .. 930 .. 930 MR. FORREST'S FOREIGN DIPLOMACY. - Mr. Forrest had a farewell benefit in Philadelphia the other night, and, on his being called out, delivered the follow ing speech :—" I propose, during my sojourn abroad, to perform a few nights in the capital of the French nation, where I have no doubt of a most cordial and hearty welcome. I feel that I hazard nothing in saying thus much. I speak from my personal knowledge of the French nation, among whom I know an American is always welcome, for an American gratefully remembers that France was the friendly ally of his country, while struggling for independ ence , an d th e F renc h people have not forgotten tnat it is to American example they owe their initiation into the great cause of human liberty." It will be recollected that Mr. Forrest went to England some years ago, and was rather roughly handled by the critics. H e now goes t o P ar i s , t o claim a reversal of that adverse judgment. This speech is, therefore, it will be perceived, conceived with a good deal of adroitness. In fact, it is in theatrical politics very much like the letter of instructions addressed by Mr. Calhoun to Mr. King, in reference to Texas annexation.—Neto Fork paper. . HILARY TERM.—This term commences to-rn =ow; but in consequence of a recent arrangement, tb jadges, Queen's counsel, and other dignitaries of the l aw , w ill not breakfast with the Lord Chancellor, b u t proceed to theW u est s m u i o ns tiur te o rH o a f nc ll c a o n m d m o e pen ing thei their respective Courts a t business. THIS DA.V.'N NEWS SECONDARIES-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER). PDX AND ANOTHER V. COCK. The plaintiffs in this action are members of the medi cal profession, and proprietors of a lunatic asylum near Bristol ; the action was brought to recover 1201. for board, washing, lodging, and medical attendances for the defendant's wife. Dr. Fox, brother of the plaintiff, and superintendent of the asylum, deposed that the defendant placed his wife in the plaintiff's charge, in September, 1843, in which she continued up to the present time. The defendant, on being applied to for payment some months since, ex pressed his inability to pay, and likewise that it was in convenient to take his wife away, in consequence of which this action was brought. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 119/. 10s. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) An application was made on the part of is person of the name of Lewis. a tailor, tor a summons against a person who had bought a coat of him, for which he refused to ray. Applicant, on taking the coat home, was unwilling to give it up without payment, but it was taken from him by force, and he was given in charge to a policeman fur attempting to withhold the coat which he had sold. Mr. HILL said that applicant had an action for false imprisonment against this person. He could grant a summons on account of the taking of the coat from ap plicant, if he had any witness to the transaction. Applicant's solicitor said that applicant was the only witness. Mr. HALL said that he could not grant a summons un der the circumstances. There was an Act of Parlia ment by which he was prevented from taking the prose cutur's evidence. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (TfilS DAY.) John Casbird was charged with robbing his employers, Messrs. ilippon and Burton, of Wells-street, Oxford street, ironmongers, iii whose service he had been for the last seven years. A Britannia metal tea-pot was found secreted in a part of the premises, evidently with the in tention of being taken away by some one belonging to the establishment. The prisoner, as he was leaving the premises last evening, was stopped, and the stolen pro perty found in his possession.—Committed for trial. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) John Mahon, a youth, was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with another (not in custody) with stealing a firkin of butter from a cart in Tooley-street, the property of Mr. Cook, of Lambeth. From the evidence of a lad named Smith, it appeared that on the preceding day, while in Dean-street, Tooley street, his attention was arrested by seeing the prisoner and another lad lurking about the front of the shop of the complainant, at which a cart laden with firkins of butter was standing. At length witness saw one of them jump into the cart and shoulder one of the firkins, with which he hurried away, when the former gave informa tion of the circumstance, and the prisoner was pursued. When he was stopped he said that he was employed to carry the firkin, and saying those words, he dashed it at the complainant's head and ran away, but being fol lowed was secured.—lle was remanded until his compa nion is taken into custody. L IMBET H.-(T HIS I)AY.) Mr. Southby, firework-manufacturer, applied to the Hon. Mr. Norton, to solicit his interference to prevent the erection of a varnish manufactory near his pre mises. Mr. Southby said, if the building were per mitted, it would be highly dangerous, and a serious loss of life might ensue from the combustible materials. The budding was within fifty feet of his premises, there was also a great deal of timber in an adjoining yard, and, should an explosion take place, the consequences would be frightful. Mr. NORTON said the person had clearly no right to erect such a building, and asked if there was a public way ? Mr. Southby stated there was. Mr. Norton immediately sent English, an officer of the Court, with the applicant, to inform the person that he must discontinue the building, and that under the 54th clause of the New Building Act, he was liable to a penalty of 50/. per day, every day the business was car ried on, and in default of payment, was liable to be sent to the House of Correction for six calendar months with hard labour. LLOYD'S slit rviiNti—(THlS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 10.—South-easterly breeze, and hazy. DEAL, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E. to S.E., light breeze.— Arrd. Carabean, Calcutta. Sld. Brilliant, Azores. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Wash ington, Matheson, New, York, for London, after being ashore on the Owers, and assisted off apparently without damage. Tagus steamer, Brooks, Constantinople, left 218 t ult., Gibraltar 3d inst. Sld. her Majesty's ship Iris, Chatham. Off, Bencoolen, Manilla. COWES, JAN. 9.—Arrd. Barrier, Hawker, Manilla, for Hamburgh ; Eos, Cajamue, Charleston, for Bremen. Sld. Clio, New York. MARGATE, JAN. 9.—The Brisk, from Jamaica to Lon don, abhors on the Long Nose Rock, got off last night, and proceeded. _ SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. J.—Sld. Queen steamer, Lisbon. OFF TORBAY, JAN. 7.—Edward Perkins, Ingersall, New Orleans, for Havre. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Vulture, Pinner, St. John's. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Wind E.—Sld. Tweed, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, JAN. 9. Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Duke of Richmond, Spittal (late Clark), Callao. STARCROSS, JAN. 9.—Part of the cargo of the Owners' Good-will has been saved, in a damaged state ; the vessel is expected to become a wreck. STORNOWAY, JAN. 4.—Arrd. Nestor, Nye Carlby, for France, with loss of rudder, dock load, &c. LEITH, JAN. 7.—Wind W.—Sld. Guave, Grenada. HULL, JAN. B.—Arrd. Harvest Home, Quebec. 9. Wind S.S.E. The Anne, Storey, from Ichabue to Sun derland, struck on Hasbro' Sand 7th inst., and sank; crew saved. YARMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Beehive, Cowes, for Sunderland, assisted in with loss of mast, &c., having been in contact. OFF ALUBUROUGH, JAN. 9.—Alexander Brandt, Liverpool, for liamburgh, out seven weeks. BELFAST, JAN. 8. —The Agnes, Byce, from lehab )e, sunk near here, is visible in 11 fathoms to-day, and shifts with the tide. BRISTOL, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Oc tavius, Goulbourn, New Orleans. Sld. Lord Canterbury, Savannah. SWANSEA. JAN. s.—Arrd. Mellicent, Richards, Prince Edward's Island. YARMOUTH, JAN. 9.—The brigs Anne Emma, Dixon, and Coldstream, Short, both of and for London,_ got on the Scroby Sa n d s l as t n i g ht ; ass i s t ance h as been sent to them. Another brig, name unknown, also got upon the Scroby Sand last night, and remains. MAr.sEILLEs, JAN. 4.—Arrd. Cookhead, Crockwell, Leghorn, with loss of boat, &c., and one man overboard, named James Soullet, a native of the Orkney Isles. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Ilampden, Cowan, Damascus ; Bliss and George Stephens, Cush ing, New Orleans ; Rhode Island, Savannah ; Thomas Bennett and Portland, Charleston ; Woodstock, and Bristol, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Speculator, Evans, Cape Breton. Sld. Louisa, Bombay ; North Star, Vera Cruz ; Agneda, Clift on , P r id son , an d New Hampshire, New Orleans. Off, Warman, Charleston. MARYPORT, JAN. B.—Ben Brace, Park, Ichaboe. WATERFORD, JAN. B.—Wind, S.S.W.—Arrd. Oro zimbo, Radcliff, Africa. Coat, JAN. 7.—Wind N., light.—Arrd. Alexander, St. John's, New Brunswick, and sailed for Liverpool. MARKET NEWS.-(TiIIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAN GE.-(FRIDAY.) Full average supplies of English Wheat have been re ceived up to our market since Monday ; hence the show of samples of that description of Grain hero was good. The attendance of buyers was small, owing to which the demand was extremely heavy, and it was only the finest qualities that found purchasers at Monda.y's prices. Foreign Wheat was a mere drug, but not cheaper. In bonded Corn we heard of nu sales. The supply of Barley was rather extensive ; hence, the trade was decidedly dull, and the rates had a downward tend. pry. The Malt trade was inactive, and prices were with difficulty supported. Upwards of 32,000 quarters of Oats having come in from Ireland, the Oat trade was very dull. Beans, Peas, and Flour without alteration. ARRIVALS, Wheat. Barley.] Oats. Fleas Enc1i5h.......... 6,820 qrs. 7,910, qrs. 7,250 qrs. 2,09 e 1ri5rt......."..... 32,170 —. F0reign......... 1,160 4,050 Malt, 9,80 are. SMITHFIELD. Our market was again very scantily supplied with Beasts, the general quality of which was inferior. The few prime Scots, &c., on off.dr, met a steady inquiry, at fully Monday's quotations. All other breeds were a dull sale, at barely stationary figures. Ihe arrival from Scotland consisted of 120 Scots. The supply of Sheep was limited; while the Mutton trade was firm, at full prices. For Calves we had a somewhat active inquiry, at an advance, in the rates obtained, on last market-day, of quite 2d per 81bs. In Pigs, rather more business was doing, at previous currencies. Mach Cows sold heavily, at from 161 to 1915 s each. Per Blbs. to sink th• °MIL s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s.l. Interior Beasts 2 8 2 1 Second qualityditto.. 3• 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woollesi ditto.. SIO 4'• Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 ti Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 2 Large Hogs 3 • 9• Prime small ditto 4 4 4 0 Small Porkers. 3• 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 030 Quarter old Pip,eachl6 0 11 • Inferior Sheep ...... 210 3 4 Lamb 5........„....„..... • • 0 • Beasts. SUPPLY AT 7u2 I Sheep. 2,150 MARKET. Calves. 1 'X PTEViG.&TII 11.1 TD NaIADENZIALL. Each kind of prime Meat was in steady request, at full prices, otherwise the trade ruled dull. At per stone, by tne Carcue. a. d. toe. d. a. d. toe d. Beet, ..... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior 2 8 3 0 - middling ..... 210 30 -- middling 3 2 3 4 prime large 3 0 3 2 ----. prime 3 8 3 8 --- prime 5ma11..." 3 4 3 6 Pork, large 2 6 3 6 Veal •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 - 6 4 6 ....... 3 a 4 0 BOROUGH HOP PitaILICZT. The demand for bags of last year's growth still con tinues active, at improved currencies. In pockets, old as well as new, only a moderate business is doing, yet previous rates are steadily supported in every instance. GOWN ZAir. SUGAR.—A rather larger business Las Will uvue ui British Plantation, but at easier rates generally, owing to the increasing supplies. About 1350 hhda have been disposed of this week to last ()Toning inclusive ; 100 hhdi Barbadoes by auction went at 63s 6d for good yell b ow s and 57s to 59s 64, for mid, and 388 hhds 13 tr cs 71 St. Lucia at 64a for fine yellow, and 53s to 53s 6d for brown. Refined has been in fair demand at 73 s 6d to 741 for standard lumps. EAST INDIA.-7073 bags Bengal sold at fu ll p rices, viz., 63s 6d to 69s for good and fine white, at 50s to 589 64 for yellow, and at 423 6d to 43s for mid brown. la 8010 hags, 278 casks, Mauritius went at 59s to 6587 d for good and film yellow, at 52s to .54s 6d for low, and 40s for brown. 28 casks (.>ylon brought 50s 6 d to 545 per cwt. FOREIGN.—At auction 1197 boxes llavannah We re taken in at 19s to 22s Gd per cwt for sound, and st 1 95 to 21s 6d for damaged ; and privately 7000 chest s were sold at 21s 6d to 23s 6d for mid to fine, and 1300 bilge Manilla at 19$ 6(1 to 20s for yellow. COFFEE.—The market has been firm, and with fair sale.' Jamaica at auction has realised 118 s for fine Berbica 30s to 50s ; for good ord, 75s ; for mid and Dominica 52s to 58s per cwt. In Ceylon, 2,462 bales were nes/ all sold : good and fine ord, 51s 6d to 54a ; and .5.5 s *I 76s for pea berry ; 77 brls Rio were taken in at 52s t'' 60.3 for sound ; 148 bags Mysore at 44 duty. at 54* t i 55s ; 578 bags of Singapore Java at 24' to 31s ; 359 4 tas , s oiTadang, at 13, to 20s 64. all damaged, a nd 5 bales Mocha were taken ire at 54s to 56s per cwt. st COCOA —459 bags Trinidad were mostly taken in 37s to 46s Gd for sound, and 81 bags Bahia sold at 3 76 to 39s per cwt. tc SPicEs—Pewer has been firmer ; Sumatra at 24- lid per lb. PitnetJo also is firm. RlCE.—Bengal has been taken in at auction for 110 6i to 128 for g o od white.• RU3l.—Leewards proof has been sold at 2s 3d, Delr o e i rara at 3s 3d for 33 per cent. over, and Calcutta p ro at 2s per gallon. TEA.—The market has been firm, and ord Congell has touched lld to is per lb.ll TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is quiet, at 40s to 40s 3d. ,ps,Ct7"" on the spot. • . MoNEY AND Co NMM +'RCIAI, SE V l5 CITY, QUARTER TO THRO:, There was more animation in the Cotton Market Yer,.., terday, and the sales were 5,000 bales, at steady prlc. 6 %, French Shares continued heavy, but a fair business done in other railways. Bristol and Gloucester , Chester and Birkenhead, 37 364 ; Dublin and Drog h et"" 71 ; Eastern Counties, 15a; Grand Junction, 2 27 ki ) ! r , cl / 2 tt Halves, 113; Great Western, 167 ; Liverpool and 3 0 : chester, 217; Ditto, Halves, 1061; London and Brig ht°Pc 52 ; Loudon and York, 4/. Bs. 9d.; London and s ° El ti Western, New, 5i • Ch urne t Valley, 4* 4 ; Midl e h Counties, 116 k; Sheffield and Manchester, 99k; s o Ll Eastern, 411 ; South-Eastern, New, 141; Lyons Avignon, 2i; Paris and Strasburg, 2i; Orleans. ° " 6 ,3 and Bordeaux, 74 Northern of France, 5/. 12 6 . 5/. lls. 6d. There are not any late arrivals in the City this 0 1 1; ing; but of shipping there is an abundance, the river: four or five wilts, showing a scene of activity paP e r unparalleled. This, of course, is the result of the cent change in the wind; still it is a pretty well esc e g tamed fact that the trade of the port of London 19 t o rapidly increasing. Upon this subject we may 'T O quote the following extract from a City Trade Circa' just sent to us:— 'th " Since the holidays business has been resumed ‘‘ s o . a good feeling on the part of purchasers, and the pr' current before the closing of the markets have „" f generally maintained since the re-opening. Everitul'of at present prondses well for the trade and commer ce ,. the country during the year 1845. We have P e ! t f, abroad, and at home the working part of the comment'l with the exception of our agricultural labourers, a re e e t ', tively employed. The public treasury is also over/ Woo ing ; so that we may calculatte on some relief froto. & burden of taxation, while public credit will be fully 10: i,f tamed, and all the necessary machinery of Govern / 4l he kept in motion. Great changes are, nevertheless ,6 be ' r wanting to render our social state what it ought to and what good government is capable of making it. " A considerable amount of business has been trans oc r. in the British Securities to-day. The Commissioo,,, bought the usual quantity of Stock. Consols for s" opening realised from 1001 to 100.1, and for Monett 8 4. the dividend, from 1004 to 1001. The new Three o , r/ j ; a-Quarter per Cents. have receded from 1041 to 1041 A but for Exchequer Bills the premium has ruled frol o6 o, to 655. prem. Bank Stock was done this morning st a fall of 1 per cent, on the highest value of yesterd i, it is new, however, per cent. higher. t he Not a great deal of business has been transacted in Foreign Securities to-day. The Portuguese Convel'e have advanced from 60 to 61, but Spanish Consul/3Mo re-ceded from 27 to 261 ; the Three per Cents. g e n e 36i. The Dutch Funds are rather heavy. Chilianf P oi ferred, are at 51_ the Colombian ex. Venezuelian Ar e 1, and the Mexican at 34i. 'There has been a considerable amount of bus. ; ° 45 transacted in the Railway Shares this morning. ' d e corrected list of prices annexed will show that price. very generally on the advance. The British North A t)/ rican Bank Shares are at 45, without the dividend. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC°' (From the Official List.) . _ Bank Stock 21134. . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOl 101 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 100, 4 1A IA New 3!4 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 3- 1614 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 l2 Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860 India Bonds 1,0001 ...... 77 pOl. Ditto under 1,0001 O3. South Sea Stock 11 6% Consols for Opening ...... 1 00 & e j Exchequer Bills. I%d I%d. 1,0001. 500/. - ) Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOt' . Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 40 Chili= Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cen,tft, ~.-5 1 Ditto for the Account ....»..; '34% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent --0 61 Ditto Converted 6 0 14 60 Ditto for the Account. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 27 26 f Ditto for the Account. Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2 1 , per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. _.„ RAILWAYS. PAW. PER SEA Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lO3 Ditto, New... . Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley 2 - Direct Northern 214 2,4 to --- Dublin and Belfast Junction 2/ 5 Eastern Counties Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 - Great North of England 100 l5O Ditto Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle lO - , London and Blackwall 16% 74 to -; London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 51% ... to 5' Ditto Loan Notes London and Greenwich ...... 12 3 / i ...... 10)% to ;; London and South Western.. 41t...... 76 1 London and York... ..... ...... 2 ... .. 4 A 14 - Lynn and Ely 100 2% ... to " .... a Midland - Newcastle & Darlington 'lune. 24 ...... 64 1 ii Newcastle and Berwick - North British i i... to --' Northern and Eastern North Kent - Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 1 / 2 2 South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4l 14— to •-.. Ditto New 4 - South Wales York and North Midland ... 50 ...... Ditto Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Great Northern of France ... 4 ..-• "": Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris anti Lyons Paris and Orleans . 20 ...... 44 Paris and Rouen... 2O .. 40% to 1,0 13 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 9.--W e ., , had a brisk market, and a large business baa been done' Bristol and Gloucester, 40% Ditto New Shares, 291h_ _., Edinburgh and Glasgow,New, Quarters, 2.4 e Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 53% Ditto Sixteenths, 4 15-16 104 Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, South-Eastern, New, 14 r l6 rn Rasley Junction, 4 13-16 Birhenhead, Manchester, and Chesh. Junct" II Caledonian, 4% 7-16 Churnot Valley, 4 . 40 Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and CO — Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 5% Leeds and Bradford, New Shares, 10% prod' Leeds and West Riding Junction, 4%% Lynn and Ely, 2% West Yorkshire, 51 5 Great Northern of 1 ranee, 5%% Union Bank of Manchester, 10 0 /1 ENLISTMENT OF A GIANT AS A SeI,AI~ t eon Wednesday, the Bth instant, while the Rev ri Rev Davies and Mr. James Smith, county magistran t efr 4 h e ; engaged at the police-o ffi ce investigating an sase li t el the business of the court was suddenly interra the entrance of a giant, followed by several P e a pf i d i The whole Court was thrown into considerabletle i h ' i t , at the appearance of this great man, who r e _a li rlor h i i bowed to the bench, and stated that ho appear" he r 7 l, purpose of getting discharged from an enlisttne e ' lee!, improvidently made with a sergeant in the 31st Sybi l if P r The magistrates asked the applicant his naree , , ll ". l3 , es A t knew who had enlisted him. Th e g iant said I l er geri was Robert Hales, and that h e was en listed by P . g Vit t , Reed, of the 31st Reg iment, the depot of which z iot at Chatham-barracks ;_ that on Sunday eveni n g o o4 was at at the hover Castle, and among the c ..jovio• were three sergeants. Th e w h o l e o f the cosaPeN er eo with him, he acc e pt e d a s hilli ng f r om the t. named, as able and willing to serve the Queen w s a P t :; 4 l now anxious to g e t off the engagement, en d ° e pared to pay th e smart mone y. H e said that i) „tbr e ait seven feet six inch es i n h e i g ht, and weighed t— gia ci . 0 . stone ; that he was twenty-five years of age, . 0 a tri' t ; born at Yarmouth. His father was a farmer , 17 is leo cured six feet three inches ; and his mother , Doort;, his brothers and sisters were all very tall. Il s e 005 1 ,,, sister was upwards of six feet in height- . - I ". tept ase:;, Crates, finding that the sergeant was not inj: the 6° sent a person to the barracks for him. _ ~8 geant's arrival, he stood by the side of . !ti t scarcely reaching his elbow. It appeared tn,s l ,,, M.ltiay A't toe .ppile&nt could be iii.sch rr,f• o 3ol ; 05, the swart money, amounting to one guinea , ~ to _, giant cheerfully did, with the costs, st mouet c ilA tre' Ile then very politely bowed to the beach, " on rt, followed by the poop's. roil: SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10 1345.