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Published this day, Vols. 1 and 2, Bvo., 30s. cloth, R „ LAKE'S HISTORY of the REFORMA TION. Translated by SARAH AUSTIN, Translator of " Ran.e's History of the Popes." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. MR. MILTON'S NEW =HOVEL. Immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo., L ADY CECILIA FARRENCOURT. A NOVEL. By HENRY MILTON, Esq. Author of " Rivalry." " Sha is a woman, therefore may be woo'd ; She Is a woman, therefore may be won."—Shakspeare. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great ➢larlborough-street THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera &aria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, 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 Harlequinade, call.'d PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND IIOBINSoN CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. the Box-ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, a id Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RIKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. "I HIS EVENING Will performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket adr.S,rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe" e ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of I c,mpion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthor,, Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia B enn et t. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORA3IA ; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR 1N S WITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. llckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, trim Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING AVM be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esi.) a 'Sew 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 son • Sir Joseph Bowley, B ar t , M r. P aul Bedford ; W i ll F ern, M r. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which, NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul l3ed ford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g ad the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons_ dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanriers. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, sir. Pitt; Leader of the Band, 24r. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be 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 English Version of the ceebrated Opera Bufta, in Two Acts, called fHE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. ihe Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corfi ; Lindor, Mr. Allen; Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattacks; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant ; Zulma, Miss Brentnall. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta. entitled THE WIDOW. BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling To be followed by a new Divertissement, called LE SALON DE BAL Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mi=s Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Rou set, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND Hi S MEN. Grindofr, Mr. Compton; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, tlranby Riber, Mr, Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. 1. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, Sc. ; Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2.5.; Galle Is. Half-price at , i"cluck—Dress Circle, 2s. lid. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, lid. Private Boxes, Two Guineas end One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two fluineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The isox-otfice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massinghsin. Private Poxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Tneatre. I H.K.A IRE 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, Fmery, Turner, and Ke e l ey; Mi ss W alcott, Miss Arde.:, 111iss rove, and dlrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker M'ss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantoinimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner. Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A Di'llSSlON.—Balcouy isoxes, 41. • Upper Boxes, :38.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Rd. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2'. ; Upper Boxes, Is. lid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier 'olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second ('ler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea, Tae Pox.odicei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc- tion of Mr. Grogan. late of Covent-garden Theatre. Nightly Overflows to the Grand Christmas Holiday Noveltie.i, and 1 reble Rotation of Entertainments at ASTLF.Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE: OF ARTS, Proprietor and Manager, Mr, W. BATTY, Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime THIS EVENING ne repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the 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 of Horse- Dianship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c Iled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY 43[1-PIN'S RIDE; or, the Riad( Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis' Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. DA VIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the best Pantomime of the Seasoe A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved Laughter, Wonder, and Delight !I ! The First Pantemimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New!!;! THIS Will be repeat e d THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corti (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R. Hoaner, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. IL Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. After which, Herr Joseph Gouldsmith and Marie Gouldsmith, from the Teatre Berlin, will perform most wonderful Gymnastique Feats on the horizontal corde and miraculous evolutions, suspended by a double rope. To conclude with 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 Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box_ °Mei.. from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Extraordinary Success of " Marianne,. or, The Child of Crime," and the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sui , - rortc.cl by Osbaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsan arid the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapiv ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle Le Vito. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 30.3.—W1ND, S. Nary.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and High,:q" denote the lowest and highest state of tht Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. AL the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes a , 32 ; K um Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and oz Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, any " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 25 minutes after I I E7ening 55 minutes after 1 ..,,. * 1 • ... its) . , . s, ,_ I! 4 -„,e , „. 0 , alit•ll4, .. . - a 1 , 3 , 6 Nx: _.c. *. .., jot„.= ' •:4,---Vl-;—'7,47 friris—S„ .. „,..-...,,,,,e,,- 4 ) , ' )fr7 ' . . • , 5. . , ~•,,, P ' • '44 \ -..„,' . Illk ~1 .:,,.'"--t.. ~,I' 44 1 " . ORost ' 'NI*: • :11: , ..., 44" .. e .. : . '' • 1,7 .• •' ' ~..., ntOntilta LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1845, Tha intolerable injustice and oppression of th( game-' .ws are at length—as we hinted the other da3 —begiladng to be acknowledged even by the great landowners of the country, the majority of whom. thinking of not Ling but their own selfish amusements. have hitherto maintained them in all their rigour " In addition," says the Aylesbury News, " to the names of Dr. LEE, Sir 11. VERNEY, and the Duke ol BEDFORD, we have now to add that of Sir THOMAS COTTON SHEPPARD to the list of those common-sense landlords who have taken the only proper step to wards putting an end to the game nuisance. One day lately upwards of six hundred hares were shot in some fields on the latter gentleman's estate at Thorn borough in this county ; and the worthy Baronet has given his tenants unlimited permission to defend their property in any manner they may think propel from the ravages of the game. There will be no more preserves in the neighbourhood of Thorn borough." This is a good beginning, and the example of . these lib era l landlords will, we trust, be promptly followed up by others of the nobility and squire archy. Sir R. PEEL, to his credit be it spoken, was among the fo remost to set the fashion of this dis interested line o f conduct by publicly stating, a few months since, at an agr i cultural dinner which he at tended at 'ramworth, that if any of his tenant could prove that th e i r crops were injured by the ravages of the various game in his preserves, he would that instant give orders f or th em to be destroyed whole sale. As this was quite a volunteer declaration, which none of the neighbouring f armers called for, and, ap parently, none of them expected, we doubt not that the Right Hon. Baronet will he ready and willing t o put it into practice whenever its necessity is made manic. - to him. Probably, indeed, the destruction of his ,;.iine has already commenced, for hares and pheasants are notoriously active and diligent foragers, and it cannot be but that they must have inflicted a world of mischief on the crops in the neighbour hood, since the Premier, with a considerate regard for his tenants' interests, made his gracious declara tion in their favour. Few people, except the initiated, are aware of the enormous amount of damage that is annually done to the farmer by the game in the ad- jacent preserves of the squire or the lord of the manor. Scarcely are the seeds deposited in long parallel lines in the prepared soil, than the pheasant, with that keen instinct which a healthy appetite im parts to the brute creation, artfully scratches up the earth, and gorges to repletion on the seed from which the farmer—unconscious, perhaps, till too late, of his loss—hopes to derive an abundant crop in due season. Not less active are the hares and rabbits among the tender young shrubs and turnip-fields, so that the luckless farmer has not only to contend against the proverbial fickleness and vicissitudes of our change able climate, but he has also to make head, as best he may, against the certain annual losses inflicted on him by the crowded game in his landlord's adjacent preserves. Should he indignantly remonstrate againit this last visitation, his remonstrances are, in too many instances, treated with aristocratic indiffe rence ; and nothing is left him but the humiliating conviction that he must continue to submit without a murmur to his losses, should he desire to retain pos session of his lands. But if the game-laws are in jurious to the farmer, to the poor defenceless la ' bourer they are absolute destruction, both in a moral sense, and as regards his prospects in life. Let us take an individual case in support of our assertion. Suppose—and the supposition is no improbable one— a young, industriously-disposed, married day la bourer unable for weeks together to obtain regular work, from the distressed state of the farmers in his neighbourhood. For some time he continues to pick up a precarious subsistence by doing such odd jobs as chance may throw in his way ; but at length even this scanty resource fails him, and he has nothing but a hateful, soul-degrading workhouse standing between him and absolute starvation. Meantime the fading cheek of his wife and the increasing cries of his chil dren for food drive him' into, a fierce frenzy of despair ; the proud, manly sense of right by which he was up to this moment distinguished breaks down beneath the heavy pressure of misery; and after a bitter, protracted struggle between his conscience and his necessities, he sullenly betakes himself to the poacher's hazardous trade ; and if he escape being shot in; a conflict with the squire's gamekeepers is—almost as a matter of course—discovered, tried, and committed to prison, there to herd with the very dregs of society. Adieu from this fatal moment to all sense of pride, self-respect, and justice in the breast of the doomed labourer ! The fallen humanity within him is never again uplifted. Constantly haunted with a bitter feeling of degradation, this very feeling plunges him still deeper into error— all the nobler instincts of his nature, one by one, give way—he becomes reckless— desperate—abandoned ; and, most probably, finishes his brief career in a penal colony or on the scaffold. Yet this man—but for the cruel temptation which the game-laws throw in the way of poverty—might still have continued a worthy member of society ; by endurance and . the exercise of manly patience he might have overcome the sufferings under which he laboured ; but the poacher's vocation supplied him with a ready means of subsistence, and he could not resist the tempting opportunities which it throws in his way. In a word, he fell a victim to the facilities which the game-laws afforded him of becoming a rogue and vagabond. Verily these laws are a disgrace to the nineteenth century, and it will never be well with the vast mass of the: labouring population till they are wholly and for ever erased from the statute-book. Previous to the meeting of Parliament the Con servatives—at least if we may judge from the tenor of the speeches delivered at the anniversary dinners which several of their Associations have been lately holding in various parts of the country—seem anxious to impress the public with the " great fact" that a spirit of the most entire and cordial unanimity per vades their party, who henceforth intend to pull together as one man. Hardly less solicitious are they to show that they are daily increasing in numerical and moral strength, and also that their principles are so fixed and defined that " he who runs may read" —in fact, that there is not the slightest possibility of mistaking them. As regards the unanimity prevailing among the Conservatives, the quarrels recently► proved to exist among them at Bristol, and more particularly in the county of Durham, where, a few months since, they were—and still, we understand, continue to be—at sixes and sevens, is quite a sufficient answer to this portion of their declaration ; while, with respect to their principles which they boast of as being so defi nite and immutable, we defy even the warmest of their friends and panegyrists to tell us distinctly what their principles are, what is their bearing, and what the particular instances in which they are unchange able. So far as we can understand Conservatism, it is a halting, timid, time-serving system of policy, whose ground-work is laid, not in principle but in expediency. In the course of a single session it will assume as many hues as a cameleon. Now, it is as unyielding and bigoted as ultra-Toryism itself, of which it is a feeble offshoot; now, it is all for concession and conciliation; and now, it is for standing stock-still, looking idly and stupidly about it, and doing—just nothing at all. It is incessantly vaunting its independence, yet never was any political party so completely dependent on the sovereign will and pleasure of the Minister of the day as this same boastful Conservatism. Apart from Sir ROBERT PEEL it can scarcely be said to have an existence. It thinks as he thinks—decides as he decides—sees with his eyes—and hears with his ears. He does with it just whatever he pleases— coaxes —encourages—pays it fine compliments —or rudely turns his back upon it—and threatens, accord ing to his caprice or his convenience, to scatter it to the four winds of heaven. We can understand the principles of Whiggism—of Toryism—of Radicalism —of Chartism—but we must honestly confess that we are altogether at a loss to understand those of Conservatism. To us, its sole distinguishing charac teristic appears to be, that it has no fixed character at all. It takes a Whig impress or a Tory impress, according to the cue given it by the Premier. True, it is always talking about its anxiety to maintain in all their integrity our glorious institutions of Church and State ; but these are vague, ambiguous phrases, from which he must be a cunning alchymist indeed who can extract the slightest definite modicum of meaning. Again, Conservatism professes to be of the Protectionist school—to uphold with firmness and consistency the august cause of Monopoly, yet no sooner does Sir ROBERT PEEL rise up in the House of Commons and enunciate a decidedly free trade sen timent—such, for instance, as that it is our duty to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market— han his sycophantic Conservative supporters, for getting the Monopoly pledges they gave on the hustings, cheer the sentiment with quite as much heartiness as even Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT them elves. Then, too, this time-serving party advocates, as one of the fundamental articles of its creed, the necessity of giving Mother Church as much power as possible —or at any rate of not restricting her moral nfluence in the slightest degree; yet we will venture to predict that when, in the course of the ensuing session, the Premier or his cad, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, r;se to bring forward their long-talked•of Education scheme, which—judging from the hints thrown out at Leeds the other day by Lord WHARNCLIFFE—wiII re- Wee Mother Church's authority as a public instructor within fit and proper limits—when this Ministerial Education scheme is brought forward, we will venture to predict that—however distasteful to them it may he in reality—the Conservatives will give it their unhesitating support, for no better or nobler reason than that Sir ROBERT PEEL wills that they should do so. The coming session will be a touchstone of :he real worth of these men. It will probe them to he quick—tear the mask off them—and exhibit them in their true colours. Last year was a year of equi vocation—of false pretences—of vague promises; he present will be one of stern sincerity—of decided performance, for the great questions of the time can rio longer be staved off with impunity; and then will be seen the true worth of hybrid Conservatism. Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have been received. On that day the Senate resumed the consideration of the Reform Bill, when the Duke DE Goa moved that certain grandees of Spain, and the Archbishops and Bishops, should be entitled to seats in the Chamber. ['he motion, which was supported by only one mem ber, was of course rejected. A report from the Com mittee on the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, was laid before the Senate, which fully sanctioned the measures proposed by the Cabinet. The Bill for promulgating organic laws by royal decree, had re ceived the royal assent. NARVAEZ and MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, in fact, have had everything their own way in the Cortes, and the country seems quite dis posed to submit to their authority. The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash, and 324 at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at 22i at sixty I , days ; the Floating Debt, at 77i for the 27th of January; and the Coupons at 26 1-16 for cash, and 261 at sixty days. The Paris papers are as destitute of news as ever. They contain no domestic intelligence, no foreign cor respondence got up to give an impulse to the discussions in the Chambers ; nothing from Spain, or Morocco, or Otaheite ; and even Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, who was to be the lion of the day, is entirely for gotten, and living quietly as a retired half-pay officer in the Rue de Castellane. What is to be done with the sword no one can tell. The Admiral rejects it, as he considers employment in his professian, and the favour of the Court, preferable to popular applause. For want of a better subject, therefore, the journals are occupied with the probable destinies of the GUIZOT Ministry. A very general belief prevails that it cannot last the session ; that the KING, notwithstanding certain outward signs, would feel no disappointment if M. GUIZOT should be compelled to retire, and Count MOLE, with TRIERS as his right - hand man, take his place. He would thus to a certainty obtain one of the great objects he has had in view for years— pensions for his younger children, and a provision for the Duke of Ic.ismouas should he become Regent. MOLE, TRIERS, DUPAURE, and other leaders of the Coalition, would willingly return this compliment to his MAJESTY for their restoration to office, and the ousted Ministry, who are already limplicated in the business, could not with any decency oppose the scheme. But, besides this, the political principles professed now by the new candidates for the KING'S favour, have undergone a material change on one point. They are now as anxious for peace with England as GUIZOT—in fact they are playing the game of Sir ROBERT PEEL before they are in office, and adopting the policy of their opponents to obtain favour with the KING, for the KING, whatever may be said to the contrary, governs as well as reigns. The National makes no secret of the fact. " The Minis terial journals," it says, " are triumphant. The ma jority for Ministers has again been consolidated, and the intriguers feel afraid. Thus, the Conservative deputies who voted for M. BILLAULT were intriguers— men without principles or faith—discontented and timid men, capable of coalescing in the dark, but in capable of sustaining the light of discussion. It is well to know this, for we have long been accustomed to hear the Conservative party spoken of with a pomp ous eulogium. It appears that the Conservative party has Marplots amongst its members. So much for persons, now for principles. It has long been a boast that the monarchical and representative system is the personification of perfection. Men have been f o und to bend the knee before the constitutional fiction which elevates the royal person above the sphere of parties, which raises it over every ambition, and which ren ders it infallible, because its action is never felt. But we find from the Ministerial journals, that a number of Conservatives voted for M. BILLAULT because they imagined they would please the KING by so doing. It follows, therefore, that the Chamber, far from being independent of royalty, is at its orders." The discussion on the Address was to commence in Committee, it was understood, on Monday. M. GUIZOT, Marshal SOULT, and Admiral MACK Au, would attend the Committee to reply to questions and furnish documents. The debate in the Chamber will commence about the middle of next week. The Presse has an article on the probable result to Franca of the trade with China, which, as will be seen from the following extract, is not considered favourable : " The information furnished by the Special Commis sioners sent to China, as to the probability of finding markets for our produce, is not of a nature to justify the hopes of the French merchants. The monopoly of the most important articles of manufacture appears to be secured to the Eng.ish and the Americans, with whom it will be difficult to contend in the supply of white and unbleached calicoes. The exportation of muslins and cambrics has been tried by the English, but has not suc ceeded. Our woollens might find a better chance of suc cess, but even that is not certain, because the Chinese prefer cotton, which they wear single in summer and wadded in winter. The Russians, moreover, have mo nopolized the Chinese markets for cloth. Our printed calicoes might perhaps find a market if our manufactu rers could reduce their price. Until the present mo ment the Swiss have been in possession of the markets for that article. In the year 1843, the Americans ex ported 1,000,000 pieces of unbleached cotton. That amount was nearly doubled in the year 1844. In April last the warehouses in the interior of Canton were over loaded with British and American manufactures. We may conclude from the information received that the Go vernment does net expect much advantage from the ex pensive expedition sent to China. Thus are confirmed the doubts we expressed on the departure of M. La gren4.." On Sunday the Three per Cente. were done at TORTONI'S at 85f. 30c. THE GOVRRNOR•GIINERAL CANADA.—SiT Chas. Metcalfe is dying. It is useless to conceal this deplorable intelligence, much as it will grieve all whom it reaches. It is well known that Sir Charles suffered for many years from some cancer-like tumour in his face, and that one object of his:return from Jamaica was to undergo an operation. A second operation, we believe, was per formed in Canada, but the insidious advance of the ma lady has not been checked. It has recently destroyed the sight of one eye. Nevertheless, so complete is the sufferer's mastery over himself—such his greatness of mind and thorough devotion to public duties—that the fact of his danger is not known in Canada. We wish our information were of a kind to be doubted; but we understand that the inevitable result must be death, and that Sir Charles Metcalfe's friends dare not wish delay to that relief.—Spectator. Maurice O'Connell, Esg,, M.P., and Garrett Nagle, Esq., jun., shot last week, in the preserves of Glencar, Kerry, in five days, 73 brace of woodcocks. The Very Rev. Dr. Waddington, Dean of Dur ham, has made a donation of 25/. in aid of the monu mental building to be erected at Barnard Castle in ho nour of the memory of the late Mr. Witham, High She riff of Durham. A matrimonial alliance, it is understood, i s a b ou t to be formed between Colonel Ridley, of the Guards, brother to Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., of Blagdon, and the Hon. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Oranmore, and niece to the Dowager Viscountess Dillon.--Newcastle Journal. BURY AND STANSTEAD RAILWAY.— Parties have been busily engaged in the neighbourhood of Thetford, in delivering the necessary papers to occupiers and owners of land, which will be wanted for their con templated line ; and have also been boring along the line to discover the strata of earth in the necessary cuttings.—Essex Herald. We are requested to state that a witness, named Mary Ann Moss, examined at the inquest at Salt-hill, who is said to have given her residence 43, Crawford street, Bryanston-square , does not reside, and never h as resided there.—Morning Paper. The Earl of Huntingdon has remitted all arrears of rent to his tenantry upon his estate near Loughrea. The Dowager Countess of Pembroke, during the past week has been surrounded by a distinguished party, at Wilton House, near Salisbury. The Earl and Coun tess of Clanwilliana, Earl and Countess Bruce, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c. were among the guests. THE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.— The Duchess of Sutherland has signified her desire to have her name added to the list of the Lady Pa tronerses to the Needlewomen's Society in Rathbone-pla ce. We are glad to find that this institution is progress ing, and we sincerely hope that the funds will be so augmented this winter as to carry out the intentions of the committee. AN ODD Fiszt.—A very singular fish was caught on Saturday last, at the oyster beds, near Cockenzie. It has a long tapering tail resembling a snake, and is about a foot and a half in length. 'I he colour, when it was alive, was a bright green, interlaced with a little white. It has a long bill, terminating in a small mouth, resembling that of a horse-leech ; and a long nan ow fin appears on the ridge of the back towards the tail. This animal, to which the fishermen give the namer of the tangle eel, is exceedingly rare on this coast—lo much so, indeed, that one of the fishermen, who is sixty years of age, has never seen:another specimen.—Seet.. max. The birthday of his Grace the Duke of Rutland was celebrated at Belvoir Castle on Saturday, all the members of the Noble Duke's family circle at pi-assent in England assembling to do honour to the occasion. His Grace has ceased to keep his birthday publicly as hereto fore, and the only additions to the family party on Sa turday were Sir Frederick Trench and Lady W. owlett, who are on a visit at the castle. The servants ercployed on the Noble Duke's estate were regaled to the it heart's content in the castle on the same day, and up wards of fifty sat down to dialler in the swaj4's ro , am. His Grace, we are happy tcfannounee, iern exeellen t health. THE KING or TIIR FRENCH.—Mr. Catlin, who has recently returned from a visit to Paris, had the honour during his stay there of presenting his American Indian Portfolio to his Majesty Louis Philippe. who ex pressed pleasure in examining the work, acrd compli mented the author by graciously subscrib big for a number of copies. His Majesty the King oft he French has just presented Mr. B. Cubitt with a splend;Jd diamond ring, in testimony of his satisfaction of the ea )nduct of that eminent engineer, and his services in ft a-warding the train along the Dover Railway on the nil -,ht of the fire at New Cross station, when the King passes 1 through to Dover. CASE OP FRAUD.—A deount-looking main, about forty-six years of age, called Charles M'Hardy, from Aberdeen, who had at one time been employed as a commercial traveller, was on Tuesday morn ing tried and convicted before Bailie Cunliff, at the Gorbals police-court, for fraudulently obtaining botrwi-d and lodging in a house in Adelphi-street, Ilutcheso l to the amount of 31. 125., and not haring the rat aria of (!t paying it. The Prisoner was sentenced to , thirty day'fi imprisonment in Bridewell. Scotch Refo? ma's Gazette THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8 1845, LATER FROM OTAHEITE. (From the Shipping Gazette.) We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter received by a mercantile firm. It is some days later than previous advices, and will be found interesting : " PAPEETI, JULY 18, 1844. " Otaheite is in a lamentable state at the present time ; the natives causing much apprehension, keep the French soldiers continually on the alert. We have, since the arrival of the schooner (Ist of July), been daily expecting an attack upon the settlement, for which reason it was deemed prudent not to discharge the cargo ; but we commence to-day, having written to the Gover nor, holding the French Government responsible for any loss or damage occasioned to British property from the proceedings of the present war. The feel ing of insecurity has prevented our making many sales at present, and from the same cause we fear we shall not realise such good prices as expected. We shall have a full cargo for the schooner. Captain Hammond, of the Salamander, has disappointed expectation. He appears to take a view of Otaheitian affairs opposite from that of any of his predecessors. A letter he sent to the French Governor was, by the latter's directions, rendered into the Otaheitian dialect, with perverted meaning, and posted about, in the hope that it might induce the natives to give over their struggle, and quietly sub mit to the French yoke. The perverted letter was to the effect, that Captain Hammond begged to inform the French Governor that his arrival in Otaheite was merely for the purpose of looking after the interests of British property, there being no representative of the Queen of Great Britain in this land. Captain Hammond declared that it was utterly useless for the Otaheitians to resist the exalted power of France, and made known to them that no ship belonging to the Queen of Britain would come to Otaheite at this time to give them assistance. This letter, in the opinion of many, instead of having the desired effect, will merely precipitate matters a little ; as the natives, in the belief that Britain has deserted and left them to their own resources, have determined to do or die. The native population, with few exceptions, have taken to the mountains, and parties of them from time to time engaged the French in skirmishes, many of the latter having been killed, and some Otaheitians. " The priests' houses have been burnt, and the houses of others favouring the French, and much property has been destroyed ; and in a late affray between the natives and their invaders, we regret to state that the Rev. T. S. M'Kean was shot dead as he was turning from his verandah to his house. The bullet struck him behind his ear, and lodged below the socket of his eye ; he breathed heavily for five or six minutes after his fall, and expired without a word ; it is not known for certainty from which party the shot was fired. His loss is deeply deplored, as he was the most learned of the mission, and a very amiable man. His wife and children, who had gone to an adjacent island for security are yet in ignorance of his sad fate. Nearly all the missionaries are leaving the island; some for England, and others for islands ad jacent. We will not enter into further distressing detail, as on his arrival will give you all par. ticulars : and we have no doubt you will shudder a his fate." LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind, southerly breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Magnolia, Johnson, Manilla ; Atkinson, Calcutta ; Gal way Lass, Ramsey, and Louisa Baillie. Renington, De merara ; Pandora, Honduras ; Marys, Forrest, Berbice ; Sarah, Bayley, St. Vincent ; Auguste and Julius, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh ; James Caskie, Virginia ; Ottawa, Montreal ; Gem, Athelstone, Elizabeth, and Wallace, Quebec ; Betsey, Rio Janeiro ; Dream, Icha boe and Cork. Put back, Lavinia, for Honduras; Planet, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—A large steam-ship arrived in the quarantine ground at dusk; particulars unknown. Twills.; JAN. s.—Arrd. William Stoveld, London, for Port Phillip. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd. Alexandria, Deans, Ichaboe. Sld. his Neapolitan Ma jesty's steamer Vesuvius, Batavia. Off, Sarah, Demerara. The Agenoria left Ichaboe 29th Oct., and reports that the barque Isabella, of Preston, drove foul of the Agrip pina, of Scarborough, Dundee, of Dundee, and two other vessels, carrying away all their bowsprits. PENZANCE, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Sld. Agenoria, Ichaboe. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 6.—The schooner Mary Ann, stranded on Seaton Snook, has been got off, and in here to be repaired. The Eleanora, on the Sands, near Hartlepool, has been sold, and is being broken up. YARMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Minerva, Steele, of Mon trose, from Aberdeen to London, which was ashore near Mundslay yesterday, has been got off; and in here leaky, cargo discharging. WELLS, JAN. 6.—The brig Stafford, Lowther, of Sun derland, for London, got ashore between this port and Blakeney, but came off OR the flood, after throwing about forty tons of cargo overboard, and proceeded. CORK, JAN. 4.—Arrd.Brazil packet, late Shannon, An tigua, with loss of rudder, boats and bulwarks, and mas ter and second mate both washed overboard, having been struck by a sea. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Fatima, Wilson, Calcutta and Mauritius ; Alhambra, Colchester, Hope, Providence, and Thomas Harrison, Ichaboe ; Magistrate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Panope, Matthews, New Calabar ; Don, Liverpool, Rio Grande ; Laura, Dumbull, Bahia, Nor. 21 ; Cumberland, Per nambuco; Standard, Demerara ; Princess Royal, Hayti; Marmion, Johnson, Jamaica ; Horatio, Labanon, Ha vannah ; Pearl, Campbell, Tobasco ; Kyanite and Lord Anson, Laguna; Colombo, Cann, New Orleans ; Byron, Mobile ; Rockall, Savannah; Lochinvar, Alexander, and General Parkhill, Charleston ; Eliza Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Lady Falkner, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Cuba, Montreal ; Mersey, Quebec ; Mary, West, Newfoundland. GLOUCESTER, JAN. s.—Arrd. Nero, Miller, St. An drew's, New Brunswick. NENVPORT, JAN. 5. —Arrd. Maria, Coregall, Quebec. OFF SEAFORD, JAN. I.—Arrd. Concordia, Surinam for Amsterdam. OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 3.—Ceres, De Boer, Ha , vannah for Rotterdam. CONWAY, JAN. 3.—An Irish sloop from Newry to Liverpool is sunk off Ormes Head ; crew saved. MARYPORT, JAN. s.—The St. George, Halliday, from Dublin, is aground o❑ the North Bank. SHIELDS, JAN. 4.—The Thetis, of Dundee, from Cardiff, is aground on the Middle Ground, but expected off without damage. CROORHAVEN, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Mary Maclilin,:De merara. amount to about 4,000 tons. The trade, contrary to what might hare been expected from the known enterprise 0 - the egriculturists in thi s p art o f t h e country, and the ex tent to which every description of foreign manures is used, has not yet assumed that importance here that it has at some of the other leading ports. Still, however, its consumption is on the increase, and it probably only wants a season favourable for its application (which the last, from the long drought) was not, to cause it to be amtensively consumed." The stocks in the port may be calculated at about 1,200 tons. The price, which in the spring was as high as 104 per ton, has since the com mencement of the direct import, varied from 51. to 71. per ton, the present quotation being 64 to 71. per ton. There are accounts in the City this morning from the Mauritius to the 15th October. Money is described as being very scarce, the Banks having been rather dis posed to contract than to expand their issues. There is not any other news of moment from this or other colo nial possessions of the Crown to-day. The meeting of the holders of shares in the Colonial Bank, held this afternoon, was, on the whole, considered as a favourable one. The expose of the Directors as to its affairs, compared with previous reports given by the Court of Directors, is more satisfactory. Heavy losses by failures, and the large robbery (12,3501.), have, for the last two or three years, cramped the operations of the banks connected with the Corporation in the West India Colonies ; nor for the present is there any very sanguine expecta tion entertained that things,as respecting the Bank's pro fits, will materially mend, trade being represented in the accounts received yesterday by the steamer as dull, though the crops looked well. Tne Funds have been again somewhat drooping, as there are sales made in the Three per Cents. by holders who have only waited to take their dividends. Consols have been 100 k i for Money, and look i for Account ; Bank Stock is 211 i ; and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 103- to 104 The Three per Cents. Reduced bring 1001 i. Exchequer-bills have remained at 655. to 635. premium. There is a very dull market for foreign Stocks.— Spanish Actives are 27i k ; the Three per Cents., 36i- i; and the Passive, 6i ; Mexican Bonds are 341 ,i ; Aus trian realise . 1131 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 63{ to 64. The Railway Shares are also very quiet, but prices generally look firm. PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21114 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities loo y B% :3 per Cent. Cons o l s Antis 100 % ,,i% New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12% India Bonds 1,0001 — pm. Ditto under 1,0001 75 pm. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 1 3 4 d. 1 V. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account 3 4 1 / 23' Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1440 — Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 65 Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account. 63 3 / 4 Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto for the Account CORR, JAN. 4.—Sld. Heywood, Africa. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—The Kingston, from Ichahoe, which was ashore in the River, has been got off. 5. Sid. Prince of Waterloo, Bombay. Off, Maid of Mona. ABERDEEN, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Volant, Ichaboe. HULL, JAN. s.—Sld. Jefferson, New York. PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lOl Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet 'Valley Cornwall ... 3 ...... 3% 1 4... to Eastern Counties Great North of England 100 Ditto New Shares Great Western Ditto, Half Shares - to 96 Ditto, Fifths Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and Blackwall 16% 7% to London and South Western.. 41%...... 77%...••• to Ditto N ewConsolidated Bths 6 London and Croydon London and York... ..... ...... 2 1 / 2 ... .. 4%4 to Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto i Shares Midland Newcastle &Darlington:June. 24 North British Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ....... to 13 1 / Portsmouth Direct : il Richmond and West End Junc. 1 Rugby Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 2 )B to South Eastern and Dover ... 331/ 8 4 0 3 / 4%... to York and Nortk . Midland ... 50 Ditto i Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen.. 2O . 4 O l / 2- to Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 l l 3 /4 to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 6.—We have had a fair business doing, and prices steady. Churnet Valley, 4 ; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 31s. 6d. ; Great Northern of France, 6 1-16 ; West Yorkshire, 6 ; Manchester and Leeds, Six teenths, 5; Ditto, Half Shares, 553 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 53 ; Midland, 401., 51-; Barnsley Junction, 4/ ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, ; Blackburn, Barnsley, and Accrington, 3i ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 3i ; London and York, 4g ; Sheffield and Lincoln Junction, 18s. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal, in. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols: lOOl New 3 1 4 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,000/ 78 Bank Stock for Account 212 Consols India Stock for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 65 pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Chester and Holyhead, 5 paid sa /A Direct Norwich, 2 1 / 2 paid f7 Dublin and Galway, 2% paid Eastern Counties, 25 paid 1 5 37 • 4 Great Western, 75 paid... - 167 London and Birmingham (Stock) ... 229 London and Blackwall, 16 5 / 8 London and Brighton, 50 paid 51 31 1,4 London and Greenwich, 1236 paid London an. I South Western, 411 paid 77 Ditto N ow London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 91. raid l 6 l/ London and York. 2% paid . Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid Midland, 100 paid .N ewaaatte arli Berwick, 11 / 2 paid Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 5B North Kent. 2 3 / 4 paid South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, South Wales, 2% paid York and North Midland, 1' aria and Lyons: 2 paid Paris and Rouen, 20 paid COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i Antwerp 26 0 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Alton l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 957 Trieste, ditto MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. A few sales were made again this afternoon in Eng lish Stocks, and the quotations closed at 1001 3 for Consols ; at 1033 to 104 for New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. ; and at loci 3 for Reduced Three per Cents. India Stock was 289 to 4. Spanish Active Bonds left off at 271 ; the Three per Cents. at 3633 ; Mexican at 343; and Portuguese Con verted at 593 to 60. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 9 ; Chester and Holyhead, 3 ; Great Western, 87 ; Birmingham, 129 ; Brighton, 2 to 13 South-Western, 363 to 353 ; Ditto, New, 6 ; Croydon, ; Manchester and Birming ham, 13 ; Midland, 15 ; N ewcast l e an d B erw i c k , 6 3 ; Northern and Eastern, 13 ; North Kent, 3 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 4to ,1 ; South Devon, 5 1 to 6 ; South- Eastern, 73 ; South Wales, 3 to 3 ; York and North Midland, 55 to 56 ; Great Northern of France, 2 to 11 ; Paris S and Lyons, 1 ; and Paris and Rouen, 203 prem. Birmingham and Gloucester were par to 1 prem. Dub lin and Galway have been 4 ; Eastern Counties, 91 ; Blackwall, 93 ; and Greenwich, 23 discount. British North American Bank, ex div., were 5 discount. The Exchanges have been rather higher on Amster dam, Paris, and Trieste, but slightly lower on Antwerp. The following is the official return of the exports of Million from the port of London, for the week ending last:—Thurssidlvaeyrcon to Belgium Gold Coin to Ceylon 12,000 „ Silver Coin to Madagascar (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a moderate demand for Cotton at Liver pool yesterday, and prices were supported. Sales 4,000 bales, chiefl y American.—A moderate business was done in Shares, but prices were not quite so buoyant : Bristol and Gloucester, 39 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 393 3 ; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Eastern Counties, 153 1 ; Ditto Perpetual, No. 2, 235. 6d.; Glasgow and Greenock, 113 ; Grand Junction, 2273 227 ; Ditto, Quarter, 563 ; Great North of England, New, 63 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 14 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 383 ; Direct Northern, 24 ; London and York, 43 t ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 465. 3d. ; Churnet Valley, .43 4 ; Manchester and L ee d s, Si xteen th, 5 ; Midland Counties, 115 ; Ditto, 401., 53 ; South-Eastern, 411 ; Ditto, New, 143 ; Paris and Orleans, 443 ; Paris and Rouen, 403 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 ; Northern of France, 63. It is admitted, in all circles connected with the ship ping interests of the couutry, that the guano trade has been a most seasonable source of employment for no inconsiderable portion of the vessels of various ports which prevously wore lying idle. London, Liverpool, Bristol, Dundee, Hull, &c., have alla comparatively now b ranc h of i n d ustry an d enterprise. no trade As respects Hull, th e c i rcular quote d yesterday has on the subject of the gua e pa t r h t e ici f p o a ll t o e: in in g this re. re marks :—"ln the past year, being the first in which direct imports have occu rre d at t hi s p or t, the supplies Madrid 36i Cadiz 13ilbae 36 Barcelona 36 Saville 3 1 / 2 16 33h paid 4l 50 paid GE.—(YE STERDA Y.) Gibraltar..... ........ Leghorn ...... 31 0 Genoa Milan ...... ............. Venice Naples ...... 39i Palermo, per oz ll9 Lisbon .. 52i Oporto 524 Rio Janeiro ..... Bahia Buenos A.yros NewYork.:.:2dyssight PRICYS CI , BULLION, I'ER oz. Foreign Gold,bars £3 17 9 Tortuga! Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 % Silver in bars . 0 411 FLUCTUATIONS IN STOCKS.—It may be a desirable feature, as a matter for future reference, to give the highest and lowest values of those British Stocks that have been quoted in the past year. They are as follow: ~.. ... autwili ril Ur Wel tV ii Optritta. Who runs may read." Accounts from Paris represent the state of M. Ville main's health as somewhat improved, but still hold out no hopes of recovery. Having no fortune, a motion will be made by the Government in the Chamber for a pro vision to his daughter. Admiral Dupetit Thouars (says the Courier Francais) has hired an apartment in the Rue de Castellane, No. 10. We have been assured that orders have been given to the porter to reply to all visitors that—" The Admiral is not at home." Behold a General officer secluded by command of the Ministry, as was the case last year with Captain Reine, his Aide-de-Camp ! The Commerce announces that the French Government has concluded a second treaty of Commerce with the Belgian Government. The object of this treaty is to extend the period for admitting Belgian linen-cloth and thread into France at a reduced duty, the existing treaty having but two years to run. The Moniteur publishes a notice to persona intending to hid for the construction of the Montereau and Troyes Railway, stating that the adjudication is to take place on the 18th inst., and that they must apprise the Minis ter of their intention, and send in their list of sub scribers before the 10th. • The intelligence from Lisbon is to the 31st ult. Se veral of the leading men in politics had been raised to the peerage, among others Costa Cabral and Gumes de Castro, the former Minister of the Kingdom, and the latter of Foreign Affairs. The Duke of Palmella, had left for Lo :don. Zurbano was said to have made his escape into Portugal, disguised as a muleteer. LAW AND 'OLZCL. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque in the Bankruptcy Court remanded Thomas Wetherall, Esq., proprietor of the Kensington Theatre, back into custody fur having accepted accommodation bills to a large amount, without any reasonable prospect of being able to pay them. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who presided in the New Court, disposed of several cases of larceny, and sentenced the offenders to various periods of imprisonment John Nixon, working jeweller, was charged at the Guildhall with robbing his employers, Messrs. Wheeler and Co., of Bartlett's-buildings. It appeared, that the prisoner, while under notice to quit, absconded from his employers' premises, and that, on examining the stock of gold in his drawers, there was a deficiency to the value of upwards of 51. The prisoner, who denied his guilt, was remanded, with an intimation that he would be hereafter committed for trial. At Clerkenwell, John Warkman, aged 13, was charged by Mr. Richard Young, of St. John- street, Clerkenwell, with stealing a silk pocket-handkerchief. The prosecutor was returning to his residence from St. John's Church, St. John's-square, on Sunday night last, when he felt a tug at his coat-pocket, and on turning round, he found the prisoner with the handkerchief in his possession, and gave him into custody. Sergeant Barton, G, said that the prisoner was one of the " new school" or " kinahen (youthful) gang," who went to churches and chapels, &c,, dressed up in an " innocent" style, with white collars, in company of older thieves, to rob the congregation on leaving those places. The pri• soner ' who cross-examined the wit nesses w i th much shrewdness, denied the charge, but was fully committed for trial. William Woodham, a plumber and glazier, living in Ellis-street, Chelsea, was charged at Queen-square, with a furious assault upon Benjamin Williams, a gentle man's servant. The cowardly ruffian had thrown the complainant down, and while on the ground attempted to gouge him by forcing out his eye with his thumb. The defendant pleaded drunkenness. Mr. Burrell ob served that this was a very bad case, in which the vio lence was of a very horrible species. He should fine defendant 51, or commit him for two months ; in addi tion to which, he should call upon him to find good bail for the next twelve months. Defendant pleaded for a mitigation of the penalty. Mr. Burrell said, if he had had the power, he would have inflicted a heavier fine. The penalty was paid, and bail put in. George Edwards, charged with having embezzled various sums of money, the property of his master, Samuel Suggett, baker, No. 85, Margaret-street, Caven dish-square, was fully committed from Marlborough, street. At Marylebone, Edward Rigby, Mary, his wife, and their two daughters, were charged with begging. The case was' proved by John Horsford, formerly in the em ploy of the Mendicity Society, who found the whole of the prisoners soliciting alms in High-street, near this Court; the male prisoner stated that he was a poor col lier, and that in consequence of a recent mine explosion he and his family had been reduced to great distress. They had in their possession upwards of 51. in silver and copper money. Wm. Horsford, chief officer of the Mendicity Society, stated that the prisoners had long carried on a system of imposture, and that they had been committed repeatedly from the various police-courts. They were each sent to the House of Correction for a month. Thomas Bartholomew Imbert was brought up for final examination, charged with having feloniously intermar ried with one Abigail Isted, during the supposed life time of three other women, to whom he had been pre viously married, was fully committed from Worship street. At Southwark an application was made by Lord Huntingtower for a warrant against an individual ;tamed Duckett, for using threats of personal violence to him. It appeared that Lord Huntingtower held a bill of I)uckett's, which he had obtained from a Captain Wh to, and that on Alonday on meeting Duckett in the lobby of the Queen's B, nch priNon, that individual had called White and Lord Huntingtower a pair of scoundrels, had declared that the bill had been stolen from him, and had threatened his Lordship with a kicking unless he gave it up, whereupon Lord Huntingtower gave Duckett the bill, and came to this Court fur a warrant, which was at once granted. _ Marie Adele Renoud alias Josephine Fountaine, a middle-aged French woman, was charged at Greenwi c h by Melanie Turlen with having robbed her of a variety of valuable jewellery and dress, to the value of upwards of 301. The prisoner who had lived with the prosecu trix as servant, had absconded, taking with her the pro perty in question. On being asked whether she had anything to offer in her defence, she merely replied " C'est vrai," and was fully committed for trial. At the Thames Court two men, named James Francis, a hatter, and Thomas Salt, a labourer, were charged with committing a burglary in a private dwelling-house, be longing to Messrs. Brendel and Roberts, proprietors of the Artichoke Tavern and Whttebait House, at Black wall, and stealing property to a considerable amount therefrom. The house broken into is opposite the land frontage of the Artichoke, and is occupied at night by some of the tavern servants and Mr. Brendel himself. On Saturday evening one of the servants on attempting to unlock the street door to go into the house, heard a scuffling in the passage and gave the alarm. Sentinels were posted at each door, and a ladder being procured a man got in at the first-floor window. The prisoners at tempted to escape by getting over the fences and yards in the rear of the premises. They were however per ceived, pursued, and after a gallant chase captured. They were fully committed. COITZT — FASZIONAZII433. The Duke of Wellington will join the distinguished circle invited to meet her Majesty and the Prince Con sort at Stowe on the 15th inst. His Excellency the Duque of Soto Mayor, the newly appointed A m b assa d or f rom S pa i n, has arrived at 3E vart's Hotel, from the Continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas have left Hamilton Palace on a visit to Lord and Lady de Tabley, at Tabley Hall, Cheshire, and are expected in town early in the ensuing week. The Earl of Cardigan is still in Portman square. It is yet uncertain when the Noble Earl will leave town to join his regiment in Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Manvers and the Ladies Pierrepont are at present staying at Thoresby Park, Notts. Earl and Countess Grey have a numerous family party at Howick Hall during the Christmas recess, including Lord and Lady Howick, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Ladies Lam bton, Lady Geor giana Grey, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, &c. The Earl of Wicklow has left Shelton Abbey for Dub lin, en route for Cavendish-square. Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne), and the lion. Misses Elphinstone Flahault, arrived in Ches. ham-street on Saturday, from Hastings. Her Ladyship will not leave for the Continent for some time. Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, who have been passing the Christmas recess in town, returned to Bedge bury Park on Saturday. Viscount Itanelagh and the Hon. Miss Jones have re turned to town from a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe are expected to return to Wharnclifie House, Curzon-street, this day, from a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Witley-court. Lord Foley has left Grosvi-nor-square on a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Glen!you b•ft their residence at Dun keld last week, and proceeded to visit the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle. ass; The Earl of Rose and the Mat quis of 'Waterford, th; newly-elected K n i g h ts „f S t. P atr i ck. were dub Ms.:it lee by the Lord Lieutetta,•t, at Duhlitt Cas; le, .1' ittited,y. The marriage of Cerito with St. Leo. i, Pope having granted a bull for the ludo., N. violinist toot dahcer, having ttein ttli from Judaism. Cerito ha, given the .ortune she has acquired to her parents. The Wesleyan Society are goitig to erect a splendid • chapel in the Belgrave-road, b,twei-n Eceleston-square and Warwick-square. Mr. Seth Smith and Mr. Arch butt have liberally subscribed 100/. each to the fund, and Mr. Edge 504 On Monday last the Salopian coach from Shrewsbury met with a singular accident on its road between Shiffnal and Wolverhampton. Tne coach was proceeding at its usual pace, when the guard, who was seated on th.• top of the luggage, speaking to the driver, heard a sudden crash, and on turning his head round, he beheld, to his utter astonishment and dismay, about thirty yards dis tant, the hind seat of the coach in the mddle of the road, with four of the passengers on the ground. Some of the passengers were seriously injured. We are glad to find the institution in Rathbone-place, for the relief of ueedlewomen, is likely to be augmented. It has lately received the patronage of royalty, and the Duchess of Sutherland lias signified her desire of having her name added to the list of lady patronesses. Arrangements have been made by the London Dock Company for the erection of two steam-engines at the Shauwell entrance of the dock, for the purpose of pump- 1844. Highest. Lowest. Consols Reduced Three per Cents lOl , ... 97 New Three-and-a-Half lO4/ ... 101 Ditto Three and-a-Quarter Exchequer-bills India Bonds 9B ... 71 Ditto Stock 290 ... 272 Bank Stock • 2ll ... 185 Spanish Five per Cents 2B ... 21 Ditto Three per Cents. Portuguese Converted 6l ... 43 Mexican Russian - Austrian Brazilian Dutch Two-and-a-Halfper C en t s 64i ... 54 COAL PROM PEAT.—We are informed that, by the application of a chemical process, an ingenious party has succeeded in the conversion of peat into coal within a short period of time. If the works of the great laboratory of nature, perfected during centuries, can thus be performed by art in a few weeks, it will indeed cause a great social and national revolution.—Literary Gazette. The Marquis of Lansdowne is expected on Thurs day next from Bowood. The Marchioness and Lady Louisa Fiztmaurico will come to town early next week. rhe nuptials of Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice with the Hon. James Kenneth Howard, son of the Earl of Suffolk, are expected to be solemnised next week, amording to the present arrangements which have been made to the effect at Bowood. The Duke of Hamilton continues confined at his mansion in Portman square, by an ophthalmic complaint. The Noble Duke has or.ly quitted his residence twice ' since his arrival from Bath. i;• • , .:f The engines, whien are to be of 50-horse power ear are now being made. Lord Panmure has benevolently contributed the liberal sum of 501. to the soup kitchens at Montrose and AP breath. His Lordship has, in addition, given 70 1 • t o supply the poor families of Brechin with coals. The new rules and orders in bankroptcy, under th e , Act of last s ess i on , t o amen d t h e statute of t h e st h and 6th Victoria, e. 146, relating to insolvent debtors, bel l recently been promulgated by the Commissioners, hadog been approved by the Lord Chancellor. There are six' teen rules and orders in the list, with a table of fees Sr nexed. ink'h.• !!! The following order was issued by command of the Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General :—" Notice tn the Public.—General Post-office, Jan., 1844.—As ther e is reason to believe that, notwithstanding the noti!e' which have been already issued, some misapprehensio n exists with respect to the transmission of Tatters, and °I . pecially newspapers addressed to Germany, the PI P master-General considers it necessary to ca ll particF.nr . attention to the fact, that u n d er th e ex i st i ng regulat'on' all letters and news p a p ers di recte d to any part ot , many (the Austrian d om i n i ons excepted), are forward in the mail to Hamhurgh, unless specially marked Cl Holland, via Belgium, or via France." On Sunday last Dr. Spry, the rector of the parish the Dean of Chichester, rector of All Souls' distrioti and Dr. Pesfold, rector of Trinity district, discontinti eu the use of the " badge of party " in the pulpit, and r r surned their black gowns when preaching, No reason was assigned for this change, which has given great ear tisfaction to the respective congregations. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. Arr. Hay, her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General 'Tangiers, has lately published the following letter of b' Vice-Consul, dated— " Movadore, Nov. 21, 164 4 ,.. "I arrived here on th e 19 t h i nstant. On landing ' s e next morning, the Governor, Sidi-Hogg-el-Ghat'. Torres, who had but recently arrived, met me on th e ci Mole, accompani e d by a guar d o f h onour, and exptese; to me the high pleasure he felt at ley return, adding tilt the sight of the British flag would serve to convince tb e , people of the re-est a bli s h ment o f peace, of which t he / entertained grave doubts. He assured me that COla; coerce could be resum e d w i t h out apprehension, t hs the people were desirous that it should be t' ° ' and waited with the utmost anxiety the return of the European merc h ants. li e also entreated me to presen t myself in the town, that 1 might be seen, and judge ibt myself of the state of things ; which 1 did. Far froto being insulted, I was met by expr.,,dorp, of joy, al ld many persons assured me that they had tnlv ft fee del previous come to the detk.runinAtion of quitting the tovir l i but that. since the arrival of th e G overnor, the c i ty been well supplied with provisions, well ordered, se that Mow the British Consul had returned they were ie,j duced to remain, being persuaded that Mogadore weu shortly recover its former state of prosperity. " The Emperor advances slo%ly, but effectually , the arrest of the emplwes of the city and province, 14° participated in the late pillage, or took no steps to or pose the disorder pending the bombardment of the toW: by the French squadron ; and in the punishment of t b a tribes who by their conduct during the pillage violat e the laws of Islamism. " His Majesty is still at Fez, but will probably CO i f; mence his journey as soon a s th e trou bl es in the no te are over. The native H e b rews are not yet retur ned from Morocco, but daily exp ec t e d ; an d several MOT,. ish inhabitants ha ve resumed possession of th e ir house - " The only European wbo lost his life during the In disorders is M. Boletti, w h o was f ound dead ill 1 1 house, formerly occ u pi e d by M. Fl eurst, of the Fre nch Consulate." The new comedy at the Haymarket has now be t° performed upwards of forty nights, and yet is still is; creasing in attraction, being capitally backed-up by o f best of the Christ mas nove lti es, t h e fairy drama ° f Graciosa and Percinet, and Phillips's splendid dioramse ; Switzerland. Many wagers have been laid upon tp comedy running 100 nights. The Adelphi still retains its old popularity, beid crowded every night to witness The Chimes, of Dickert with its admirable cast, and the pantomime of C a l f Castle. Such is the likelihood of a l ong run for novelties that it has enabled Madame Celeste to accept ~; five nights' starring en gagemen t at B r i stol, where iwo opened last night to one of th e fi nes t h ouses of the sea s ° 0 the justly popular drama of the Mysterious Strange . STUTGARD, JAN. l.—The C our t w ill go 0 mourning to-morrow for eight days, for her late Rof Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester.' Journal de Francfort, Jan. 4. Sr. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—This royal, ancient, e ll , most excellent institution has recently received the des , a 11 anguished honour of adding to it s li st o f governors '" Royal Highness Prince Albert. A deputation, consi g !' ing of Sir John Pirie, the President, Mr. T. B. J 3e. 'd bidge, the Treasurer, and Messrs, William p u tt S Edward Tyrrell, Governors, attended by Mr. R. Wainewright, the clerk of the hospital, had an Lindley:" of the Prince on Friday last, at Windsor Castle, bye) pointment, when a splendidly ill um i nate d copy of tui resolutions of a special general court, electing his Rol Highness a governor, t oge th er w i t h a green et (in accordance with old- es t a bli s h e d usage), an d oc O yer customary charge to a gove rnor , were rea d and presented to his Royal Highness, who r e ; h ceived the same with his usua l ur b an i ty, and wile pleased to express the inter es t w hi c h h e felt in $ insititution, and his hope that hi s having become governor might prove useful. There is something /w el ; liarly gratifying in these manifestations of royal botinv, and patronage, affording, as they naturally - do, strn e l hopes that such illu s t r i ous examp l es may not be withel l *heir due effect in Indueing benevolently -disposed ind ite viduals to follew the same steps. Ie the present instsnir, this mark of royal favour has been most opportuilev xtended ; a plan being in contemplation for rebuilding' when the funds will allow, the whole of the older po i ' tions of the building of this truly noble institution. plan has already been partly es reed into effect by the erection of the two magnificent wings abutting on We i lington-street, which, besides the increased acceranl e- ,, dation they afford to th e sick, contribute in n o tritiii* degree to the general e ff ec t o f t h e southern approac h to the new London-bridge. This hospital, also, fret having been fbunded by King Edward VI., in the fes t ; 1551, has strong claims upon the public from the gre' ll , length of time during whi c h it s i nest i ma b le blessinV have been conferred upon our poorer b re th ren. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT STAFFORD.--Lot e on Friday night a respite was received by Mr. Bruttoef the governor of Stafford County Gaol, from Sir Janic e Graham, for the youthful convicts, Downing and Pottl e ' who were to have been executed on Saturday morning' The cause of this official interference is said to be Born e point of law connected with the. convicts, which is re served for the consideration of the Judges. The well' . tion is consequently postpcied until Saturday, the 25th inst., before which time the d ec i s i on o f the Judges have been given. The point reserved for the Judges whether Mr. Justice Coltman ought not, at the reque of the prisoners'e o unsel,t have asked th e j ury on which counts of the indictment th e y f oun d each of the _, soners guilty ; one of the counts charging Downing'" the principal, and Powys aiding and abetting' the other count harging Powys a» the P wh rin ; cipal and Downing as aiding and abetting. 1-", Judge was of opinion that th e i n di ctment was et? tained ; and we understand that legal gentlemen gen e rally anticipate that the Judges will confirm Mr. Juen Coltman's opinion. Should th e y d o so, i t i s unders te° that the prisoners will most certainly be executed, r if ; suant to their sentence. It is to be regretted that, 00 a withstanding their perilous position, both Downing 813 ,, Powys evince the same degree of callous indifferenc which has marked their conduct throughout. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—OH Monday afternoo e n j between three and four o'cl oc k, an i n f ur i ated cow fore, its way into the boys side of th e N at i ona l and p a recble v schools of St. Paul's, Covent garden, situate in gi r r , street. The children, on th e a pp roac h o f the intrudeA screamed with terror, added t o th e f ury o f t h o enrsig e ; beast, which, unable to find its way out, th e door ho'il); closed after its entrance, scampered about, upsetti O4 forms, desks, &c., and trampling upon the children:, thirteen of whom are much injured, three of thera; s seriously as to be taken to Cha r i ng - cross Hospital. 4 last, in attempting to gore Mr. Chalkley, the master! was felled to the ground by the blow of a form, vvil i F ia was given with such force as t o b rea k o ff one o f I horns, at the same time shattering the form to piec. r t At this time some of the i n h a bit ants h ear i ng et of the l ie cumstance, assembled, and with difficulty ejected t intruder, whi c h w as f or th w i t h ta k en to Newport-alef'-cl and slaughtered. It a pp ears t h at the animal had Cal e" only three days ago. The Earl of M oun t c h ar l es, son of the Marquis. 01 Conyngham, has entered the Army as cornet in the th Dragoon Guards. The Noble Earl is in his twentie year. THE LATE CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN :;EERY . , , I: WELL.—We are reques t e d t o state t h at it was Mr. 4 Y "ate kips, jun., not Mr. Ch ar l es W at ki ns, sen., w h o committed for manslaught er i n consequence o f hishsvilj:, sold in his brother's shop, Middleton-street, Cler ke io well, an ounce of tartaric arid for tasteless salts , 40 Watts, the cab driv e r, a n d by w hi c h t h e poor f e ll o w poi coned. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY.—MOIII.9I3 afternoon th e torty-filth annual meeti ng o f the reuniur-f of thi. b enevo l ent Institution, ~.to.olished for flw te ll s :ss (I'' indigent ray• lie rs, ir wido ',till or,;trt,llAld r, el i +it ti.e "llices id the t'ociei), mail Sir Clispman Aiarshu.n, the president in the o' s , It. appe a red fr om the tiu.*nciel stateme n t that the n tini hi , ber claimants relieved by th e In st i tut i on f r om ' 44 , commencement, April I, 1806, to October 1, 18 . 2 ,,, ateounted to one .housand One hundred and five-- - m 405 members, :48 wiih.ws, 399 children, and 53 0rP",,,/11. to whom the sum o f 74,2351. 11s. Bd. had been P„74 . , There were remaining o n the fund from the Ist of Wi t '' 1843, ono hundred and Ligh t3 . seven c l a i mants , includ i n g 66 members, 106 widows, 13 children, and two orPbt ili to Admitted on the fund from the Ist of October, 184 3 e 0 the same period of the following year, 13 members, Il b l o widows, and three children. Off the fund during, t en , time sixteen members, nine widows, and five chil a , r 24 ., In 1843 the payment to claimants amounted to 1,7 91 ‘' 5 2/, and last year to 1,738/. Bs., exhibiting a decrease el a l 141. The f un d s o f t h e Society appear to be in s. /- flourishing condition ; the receipts last year, balance of 103/. 18s. Id., amounted to 2,338/. 99 ' et chile the expenditure left a balance at the baek ers 6 d. 110/. its., and in th e h an d s o f t h e secretary, 61. 7s ' t i n e The funded capital was 22,547/. The customary reu of business having been transacted, the election of (7 1 , 0 cers followed, aft er w hi c h a ser i es o f reso l u tions w oe adopted. Votes of thanks were then presented 0 t4 , 0 , president, vice-presidents, treasurer, committee, quo bo secretary, and other officers for their services duringd‘to past year. Th e usua l comp li ment h av i ng been Ps' the chairman the meeting separated. I I f