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13, Great Marlborough-street. BARAK JOHNSON ; OR, THE BLIND WITNESS, a TALE, by AGNES STRICKLAND, Author of " Lives of the Queens of England," is contained (among numerous other interesting articles) in the First Number for the New Year of " COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE." *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. WHITEFRIA R S; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. " Whitefriars is the work of no common hand. It is full of talent."—John Bull. " A work of talent and imagination ; full of interest and re plete with scenes of great power. Charles H., Rochester, Buckingham, Nell Gwynne, Colonel Blood, Titus Oates, Claude Duval, and many other celebrites figure in every page."—Court JeurnaL Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street... CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.—If the direct written testimony in favour of the purity and perfection of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, given, after analysis, by three of the most eminent Chemists of the day, needed any con firmation, it will be found in the fact, that it is employed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, under high medical direction, in many of the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and other Public Institutions in the Kingdom ; among which it may suffice to name Guy's, St. George's, and the Westminster Hospitals in the Metropolis ; and the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton In firmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bass, leading to St. John-street. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause COR BYN against the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the NEXT of KIN of MARY PHILIPPS, Spinster, formerly of Hali fax, lgova Scotia, in North America, afterwards of Rivers street, in the city of Bath, then of Great Russell -street, Blooms bury, in the county of Middlesex, but late of Boulogne-sur-mer, in the kingdom of France (who died at a very advanced age, at Boulogne, in the month of December, 1842), living at her death, or the personal representative or representatives of any of them who have since died, are, by their Solicitors, on or be fore the 12th day of January, 1844, to come in and prove their kindred, and make out their claims before Sir GIF FIN Witsow, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don, or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. The said Mary Philipps was a daughter of John Philipps, of Carmarthen, South Wales, and of Kensington-gore, Middlesex, who died about forty years since. PRICE and BOLTON, 1, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS. AUTIIORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO EBOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH. OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be repeatedaNew Grand Opera, in Three Acts, calledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani •' Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen 01 the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime., entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or. VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum, bine, Casson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. B:anchard. _ _ ..... DreilS Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price :?.s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price :2s. ; Middle Gallery 25., econd Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERIS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Egmont—Beethoven. Quadrille, Serniramide—Jullisn. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston. Herr Koenig (Air and Variations)—Koenig. Surprise Symphony, The Andante Movement and Finale—ilaydn. Valse. La Valse a Deux Tempi—Willem Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART IL Op,ra, Lucia di Lammenmor, with Solo for Cornet-a-Piston, by Herr IN cenig - Donizetti. Burletta Vuadrille, entitle t Dancing for the Million—Jullien. Silo, Flute, Mr. Richardson—Richardson. Valse, Bird 01 Pa adise, received with the greatest favour at the Nobility's Rill .—Kcenig. Galop, Alma _Costa. 1)oors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, •-'s. laL ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-otlice of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New !Scon.l.d.reet ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullieu's Otlice, 3, Maddox-sti cot, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 111 NJA Mt N WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be relic:AA Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Hardcastle, Mr. Strickland ; Young Marlow, Mr. 11. Holl ; Hastings, Mr. 11,.we Tony L'impkin, Mr. Euckstone; Mrs. Hardcastk, Mrs. Glover; Miss Har.icastle, Mrs. Nisbett After which, the Unparail,led Pertormances of Prolessor RISLEY and his SON. . I'o conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ON WITH TILE (401.1./EN LUCKS! King Each ryinom, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton; Queeii laicidora, bliss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, The Best PAntounme of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery, THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, The New Dra:na, embracing Extraordinary EtTeets, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Displa};, called THE BOHEMIANS; ur, Tse liogiies of Faris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, MLs E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Cl'ristioas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Trounced with Enormous Solentlaur and Wonderful _Effects! Columbine, Miss aulten ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland ; Clown, b.: the Grima'cli of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Panta.. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, Is ; Yit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Don Alphorso, Mr. Burdini ; liennarro, Mr. Allen ; IMattio Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. After which, a New Farce, called THE MARRIAGE CERTI FICATE. Mr. Barnaby Dunover, Mr. Granby; Frederick, Mr. W. Lacy; Peter t'odge, Mr. Keeley; Susan Sly, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Song, Mrs. IL P. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by. Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Ilicks, IL Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller • Panta loon, Mr. flaw.ins ; Columbines (alternately) bliss M. R. Fair_ brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.—West.. minster-Bridge is now open. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be performed the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC. TORIES OF MURAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The Cleneral Prince, and King. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HA RLE QUIN TAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Cushnie ; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, Stalls. 55.; oxes 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, la.; Upper Gallery, Bel. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stags Boxes, One Guinea; Half-price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two Guineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half.price, Half-past Eight. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 6, Will be porfermed THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE; or, The Scamps of London. Devereux, Mr. Freer ; Frank Danvers, Mr. Nantz ; Louisa, Miss Vincent. After which, HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt To conclude with THE LAST WITNESS. TH T WEATHER.-Suw OFFICE, JAN. 6. TVERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 53L Noon, 48. BAROMETER,. 29.3.—W1ND, W.S.W. NOTE.—The nuinber 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. morning minutes after 2. Evening 313 minutes after 2. f O . • 3 , I fit 4 i f se• t; 64. - " w •• ;% 2 4 ( .* Notv, SECOND EDITION.. (,#ltTraing A-11v4 LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1844. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND THE QUARTER ENDING JAN. 5, 1844. The income-tax now tells with effect. While for several years previous to this impost, there was a deficiency of between 2,000,0001. and 3,000,0001., the returns for 1844 show a total in crease of 5,742,0781., of which the income-tax forms nearly the total amount, being not less than 5,249,2001.; thus leaving a surplus over ordinary years of 492,818/. But this sum, though small, is a good omen, when we take into account the reduction of establishments and the curtailment of expenditure caused by the new tax. It shows that the trade of the country is improving, and we arc happy to find that under the two great heads of revenue, the Customs amid the Excise—time best tests of prosperity-- the increase is very remarkable. In the former, the Customs, there is a decrease on the year of 2,091/., but there is an increase on the quarter of not less than 552,879/. This at the same time shows how the public have been robbed by the plundering and audacioui tricks of. men well paid for performing their duty, and how negli gent, to use a mild phrase, have been those gentlemen called Commissioners of the Board of Customs. It gives a proportionate increase OR the year of more than 2,000,000/., while the in crease on the Excise for the same period has been only 387,503/., and, if we judge by the quarter, not more than 32,000/., the increase being only 8,7631. The Stamps have fallen off; show ing a decrease in the year of 64;9451., and in the quarter, 38,1011. The Taxes, also, have decreased on the year 83,1061., and on the quarter, 17,3061. The Post-office, while exhibiting a decrease on the year of 13,0001., has increased in the quarter 2,000/. On Crown-lands there is a decrease both in the quarter and. year; and in the Miscel laneous there is an increase of 1,055,3301., with a decrease on the quarter of 9,6201. The total ordinary revenue, including Imprest and other Moneys, is 50,071,943/. ; while, in 1843, it was 44,329,8631. We are gratified on seeing these results, because they prove that, under the greatest difficulties, this country shows her immense strength and activity, and is prepared to meet every danger. Sir ROBERT PEEL now has a surplus, and he can afford to abate some of the most obnoxious taxes. The plans in active operation in Hindostan, Sinde, and the Punjaub, cannot fail to excite some interesting discussions in the ensuing session. Every additional information from these quarters, together with the circumstances in which the Indian Government is placed, however, only lead to the conviction that the great measures in progress will receive a deliberate and impartial consideration at the hands of nearly all parties, and that it will be generally admitted that the occupation of the countries bordering on the Indus is the result of necessity and not of choice. Most persons who have viewed the extent of our dominions in India are quite satisfied that they are sufficiently large, and that it would be desirable, under ordinary circumstances, to confine them to the limits settled within the last ten years ; but if it become a question whether it is safer to extend them, or to risk the loss of those already attained, no man can hesitate for a moment as to the alter native. We have powerful and restless neighbours in the west. The Punjaub would be a rich prize to a body of Affghans, Persians, and Russians ; the Go ♦ernments of these countries or their agents have made no secret of their intentions ; and England would justly be regarded as guilty of cowardice and suicide if she allowed any Power whatever to take possession of districts on our frontier absolutely necessary for self-defence. We want no more territory, but we want to preserve what we possess ; and unless we have the thorough command of the Indus, from its source to its mouth, and the great tributary branches ; unless we can raise a strong barrier against encroach ing neighbours, and use these rivers not only for trade but for protection, the peace of some of the most valuable districts would not be worth two years' purchase. This is the view of the question taken by the two great parties in the State. For this purpose the Whig Government, at an enormous expense, sent an Dully into Caubul, and the Tories have the same ob ject in annexing Sinde to Hindostan. The Whigs, in fact, have the merit of discovering the plan, and their opponents have the merit of carrying it into effect. What madness, then, in a Whig journal to attack Sir C. NAPIER and Lord ELLENBOROUGH for doing what Lord AUCKLAND fully intended, and wickedly magnify the sickness of the brave Sinde army for party purposes ! In the chronicle of yes terday we find these words :—" Sickness has in gloriously decimated the gallant army under Sir C. NAPIER in Sinde. Of 8,504 men, composing the garrisons of Hyderabad and Kurrachee, 3,856 were sick. The malaria of Sinde,' says the Bombay Times, 'is much more formidable than the snows of Caubul.' Any position on the Indus, after its fall, must prove fatal to the occupiers ; and thus the boasted conquest of Lord ELLENBOROUGH proves nothing but a pestilential grave." Why will this paper not leave Sinde alone ? Why will it heap coals of fire upon the heads of its patrons, and compel impartial readers to contrast the sickness of Chusan, and the heart-rending disasters of Caubul, with the partial and temporary sufferings of our troops in Sinde? "Sickness has ingloriously decimated the gallant army of Sir CmtaLes NAPIER!" Who ever heard of a glorious declination ? But what did the withdrawal of Sir JOHN KEANE, with the best of his army, and the appointment of General ELPHINSTONE, do in Caubul ? The troops were not ingloriously decimated by sickness, but they were ingloriously defeated by an enemy that common foresight and common bravery might have set at defiance. They were not confined to their barracks and hospitals by the inclemency of the climate, or by diseases brought on from natural causes ; their General and their officers gave them up to the enemy without a struggle; when in the snare, they were slaughtered like noxious animals, and out of fifteen thousand men, women, and children, only one reached Jellelabad to tell the tale. Put what is more, they were located in a country where every man's hand was against them, leaving no excuse for a surprise ; while the decimated troops of Sir CHARLES NAPIER are hailed as friends, and their sickness, which the lying writers in the Bombay and Delhi papers seem to exult in, is as much lamented by the natives as by every true-hearted Englishman. We have given ex tracts from these papers, as in duty bound, but at the same time place little confidence in their state ments. They are exaggerated to an enormous extent. No writer who says that the army of Sinde could be overpowered by a handful of Beloochees, is a friend of his country, or to be believed upon his oath. Of the same stamp is a paragraph in the Canton Press, which states that " the Plenipoten tiary loses no opportunity of denouncing the gross iniquity of the invasion of Sinde; and on this question there is, perhaps, no man alive more com petent to give an authorative decision than Sir HENRY POTTINGER." This lie is easily put down, by no less an authority than Sir lIENRY POTTINGER himself. In the blue book containing the correspon dence on Sinde, we find the following decisive ar gument in justification of Sir CHARLES NaPIER's conduct, long, be it remembered, before the Ameers had committed the treacherous acts which roused the vengeance of the Indian authorities. " They," said Sir HENRY POTTINGER, " had themselves literally imposed upon us the neces sity of dictating the arrangements provided for by the late treaty, and they must henceforward consider Sinde to be, as it is in reality, a portion of llindostan, in which our position makes us para. mount, and entitles us to act as we consider best and fittest for the general good:of the whole empire." So much for the adverse opinion of the man best com petent to judge. But without the opinion of such an authority any one acquainted with the history of the transaction can judge for himself: The Ameers are not the rightful owners of Sinde ; they were, till they set up for themselves, tributaries of the Caubul Sovereigns, and having ground down the unfortunate native population by every possible extortion, and ruined the trade, and con sequently the resources, of the country, like Brother Jonathan they became repudiators. They did more. They broke treaties ; they intrigued with Persia ; they received and entertained Russian spies disguised as Turks ; they attempted to raise Lahore against Hindostan ; and committed such acts of treachery on the march of our troops to Caubul, that Lord AUCKLAND, if he had remained in office, had no other alternative, but to crush them at once, as Lord ELLENBOROUGH has justly done. While animadverting on the aberration of one Liberal paper, which attacks its opponents and kills its friends, we see with some degree of pride that two Tory journals, once equally adverse, but from a different cause, to the occupation of Sinde, have changed their opinions. On mature deliberation, the writers in these papers see that self-preservation, and not conquest, is the object; and, with a frankness which does them honour, they abjure their former doctrines and support a system essentially necessary to the prosperity of British India, and the very existence of our empire in the East. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, it will be observed, has signalised the commencement of the new year, by the munificent donation of 5001. to the " Great Fund" of the Anti-Corn-law League. If there had been any reasonable doubt before of the N 9ble Mar quis's adhesion to the principles and the object of the League, this costly evidence of his decided approba tion of its views, and his sanction of its course, would suffice to set that doubt at rest. But his Lordship's letter, covering this subscription, is a document that carrias the expression of approval to the language of hearty congratulation. It is a very characteristic letter. The strong good sense and manly simplicity which used to distinguish, in years past, the well re membered speeches of the Marquis in Parliament, are conspicuous, here, in every line. The receipt of so re markable a communication must form a memorable feature in the history of the League. The almost regal income oi th,:. very e2..cnsive influence which his public acts are calculated to ex ercise (not only on account of his great wealth, and his vast landed property, but also because of his ac knowledged judgment, experience, and sagacity, in all questions of domestic economy and legis lation), impart a character of almost public authority, as well as of public interest, to his denunciation of the corn-law monopoly. Even the landed interest itself—that portion of it which still obstinately adheres to the principle of pro tection to home-grown corn, and the bungling imbe cility of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S "sliding-scale,"—cannot fail seriously to consider, that if there were really any substantial benefit to the landowner or farmer in re taining such mischievous absurdities on the statute book, the Marquis of WESTMINSTER must have all the reason in the world to uphold them,—at least, so far as considerations of his own personal advantage might influence him. Now, we will not put this view of the question on any principle to be deter mined by the greater or the less degree of bias which interested views might exercise on the opinions of this particular individual. We shall assume that he would be as much swayed by a regard "to his own interest," as it is called, in looking at this matter, as any other opulent landowner ;—that he would be as much governed by an universal impulse of our nature as any of his own tenantry, — neither more nor less. But it will hardly be denied to us, that a public man who has, through out a long and very able career, developed such powers as the Noble Marquis has brought to bear in the House of Lords (we may select for our illustra tion, the debates on the Pains and Penalties kill against Queen CAROLINE in 1821, especially as to the exclusion of her MAJESTY'S name from the Li turgy ; those on the Repeal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts in 1828, and those, again, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill in 1829), may be supposed to form an accurate estimate of the real working of any fiscal or financial project. Observe how briefly and distinctly he disposes of the Customs Duty question, in calculating the effect of losing the amount of reve nue now received into the State coffers from the occasional imports of foreign corn : " As to the duty—that it is said would 13 , 3 lost to the coun try, if not insisted on—l am satisfied that such would be the prosperity of all classes from the abolition of this impost, such the advantage that would accrue to all the moneyed concerns of the community, that, in a very short time, the general wealth would be so far augmented that the national revenue would outrun the amount of any duty that has been proposed, whe ther 35., is., or bs." What Sir ROBERT PEEL'S opinion on this point is, —the most unpleasant upon which the view of a First Lord of the Treasury, governed by the or dinary feelings of Ministerial leaders, can rest — it is not for us to anticipate. But we warn him, notwithstanding the smart array of im proved receipts which appears in the financial statement just published, that the people will not continue to pay the agricultural taxes to which they are at present subject, nor the enormous Excise and Customs taxation which so scandalously increases the charge of the first necesssaries of life, and of those other articles of consumption and food which custom and the care of their health have almost incorporated into this class of necessaries. From his productive property and income tax (by which, during the last year, he has managed to squeeze out of the recesses of John Bull's exhausted pockets no less than five millions and a quarter (!) in addition to assessed and all other taxes), the Premier will assuredly have to provide for some such coming de mands e.s the repeal of the whole, or the greater por tion, of the malt duty ; of the duties on tea, sugar, coffee, &e. And as to the duty on foreign corn, the " handwriting on the wall" has already shadowed forth the prediction that it has gone front him. Lord WESTMINSTER has now expounded the intimation fin. him, with a perspicuity calculated to silence the last efforts of Treasury scepticism. But, perhaps, our high-spirited and capacious minded Premier is solacing himself, still, with some secret hope that he may yet charm to a grim repose the now excited and angry vigilance of the over burdened people. Haply he trusts to allay the ap proaching tempest of their discontent, (whose coming is announced by muttered "curses—not loud but deep"—upon the selfish legislation which paralyses our domestic industry, impoverishes and starves our native artisans, cramps and depresses our commercial enterprise, and clogs the healthful action of the na tional industry with unnatural restraints and factitious impediments, and monopolitical checks)—by some new devices of his " lulling craft." 'Vain of his suc cess in political Mesmerism, he speculates, it may be, on as quietly casting the high spirit of the British public into a dreamy torpor and patient inanition,—as if he were plausibly prosing to Tamworth farmers about some day " buying them the best bull in all Bir mingham," for the amelioration of their stock. Perhaps he hopes to extend his school of dupes from tythings and hundreds to counties ; from counties to cities; from cities to the broad limits of the whole United King dom. But the days of shadow-catching are over. Ile will not tempt the farm labourers of his own manor, again, to any such amusement, unless they have previous demonstration and experience of the fact that he has repealed the giant grievance of the existing corn-laws. If, however, Sir ROBERT PEEL will not do us the honour to listen to our assurances, let him take what comfort he can from the Marquis of WESTMINSTER. That Noble Lord goes at once to the cream of the practical question, and extinguishes tke whole puppet-show delusion of recent landlord and tenant festivals, with a straightforwardness of pnrpose, and a simple vigour of expression, that re mind us of some of the best hits of COBBETT in his best time. We have always given, and shall con tinue to do so, full credit to the great landowners who meet, at agricultural dinners, the farmers and graziers of their vicinity, for the sincerity of the expressions of good feeling and sympathy which they are in the habit of addressing, on such occasions, to their tenantry and fellow-guests. But these interchanges of feeling and good will, valuable as they are, will never go to the remedying of our existing distresses, till the incu bus of a corn-law monopoly is removed. Until that be done, landlords—nobles or commoners—must put up with such stern truths as these : "It may' be all very well" (writes the Noble Marquis) "at agricultural meetings, to talk of the adv an t ages o f l ong leases, of tile draining, &c., and to drink the health of the labourers; but to what good effect? Long leases are, in cer tain districts, and under certain well-known circumstances, desirable enough; good draining has long been understood and practised, where there have been sufficient means, sufficient enterprise, and a soil requiring it; praise has no doubt been deservedly lavished upon the farm labourers; but there is something still to be done much more important to them, which is, to give them the means of obtaining an independent livelihood, solid pudding being preferable to empty praise, and this cannot be effected without the abrogation of these mis chievous enactments." In a preceding article we explained the process by which it has happened that Church lands, and espe cially the episcopal estates in Ireland, have become generally deteriorated, and the progress of agricul tural improvement in them intercepted, more than on any other estates in the kingdom. We return now to the subject, with the view of showing how effec tual an amended kind of tenure might be rendered, for the better providing for the spiritual wants of the whole mass of the population, Catholic as well Pro testant, in Ireland. Let it be conceded, then, that the intermediate letting of the bishops' estates to undertakers on leases of twenty-one years' duration, subject to annual fine, is an evil. - What we propose is, that a compromise on the part of the State should be immediately entered into with the bishops, in esse, with the view of ter minating this obnoxious kind of tenure. It is calcu lated that about the sum of 83,6301. is annually realised by fines, under the present system. This sum may, therefore, be considered as the annual value of an annuity, terminable with the various lives of the existing annuitants. Let a composition be efficted on this calculation, which it should be im perative on both parties, bishops and undertakers, to accept. It would follow then, that all their ]ands would be immediately out of lease, and they would come into the possession of the State, subject to the perpetual annuities payable to the bishops, to the amount of 45,258/. per annum, this being the present yearly income derivable from the rents. It would be necessary, then, to fiirm a corporation aggregate, in which this property should ba invested, in trust. It has been calculated by eminent survey ors that at a very muderate computation their lands might he made to yield at least a rental of 500,0001. We should recommend the State to employ this ex tensive fund, first, in the payment of settled stipends THE SUN, LONDON, SATU'RDAYWEVENING, JANUARY' 6, 1844. to the Protestant arehhi‘hops and bishops; and, se condly, in the purchase of gleb3 lands uud ctliz en dowments for the Roman Catholic clergy. By adopting the course we have pointed out, it ap pears that an arrangement might in the first instance be entered into, which would be exceedingly benefi cial for the Protestant hierarchy; and secondly, a suit able fund might thereby be created, which would de fray the expense of educating, and maintaining in re spectability, a body of men of competent attainments to minister to the religious necessities of the great mass of the population. It seems to us that no possi ble objection could be offered to such an arrangement. The present resources of the Protestant prelates would be rendered certain and easy of payment ; while, by means of an improved mode of culture, introduced by a better security for the investment of capital, an ade quate provision might be made for the maintenance of a body of men, who, rightly or wrongly, must exist, and whom, therefore, it behoves the State to secure by such a tie. We shall not here enter into the discussions of cer tain objections, which we are aware might be urged, of an abstract character to the plan we have suggested. Those objections are best met by a simple reference to the present frightful condition of the Irish nation, to the fearful amount of poverty, ignorance, and crime which may everywhere be discerned, and which de mand a palliative, and, if possible, a cure, too urgently to admit of delay—too emphatically, to be postponed to the settlement of nice theoretic points of system. Madrid journals of the 29th have been received, from which we learn that meetings, both of the Con servative and Reform parties, had been held to discuss the late ordonnance of the QUEEN. A deputation of the former, consisting of MM. OLIVAN, POSADA, NOSEDAL, and others, waited upon M. GONZALES BRAVO, and demanded some explanation of the in tentions of the Government, and also some informa tion of the programme which it was said they were to publish. M. GONZALES BRAVO assured the Depu tation that it was his intention to govern constitu tionally. He said he had prorogued the Cortes merely for the purpose of hastening some mea sures which were important and urgent, and those more especially which had reference to the pro vincial deputations and the organisation of the National Guard, and he added that three weeks or a month would be sufficient for these prelimi nary labours, and that he would then call toge ther the Cortes, and ask for a bill of indemnity. The answer satisfied the deputation, and they retired. At the meeting of the other party, Senor MADoz being called to the chair, a proposition was made to issue a manifesto to the nation. This was judged in expedient by the Chairman, and the plan was aban doned. A Committee, however, was formed, con sisting of CORTINA, MAnoz, and SERRANO, who are to take legal steps to oppose the despotic acts of the Ge vernment. Several of the individuals committed on a charge of attempting to assassinate NARVAEZ, had made their escape from prison. The Three per Cents. were done on the 29th at 25 5.16, at sixty days ; the Four per Cents. at 18 ; and the Five per Cents. at 20 . , for cash. The accounts from Paris now leave no doubt that the ,Government have given up all intentions of pro • posing a pension for the Duke of NEmouas as Regent. The Members of the Chamber of Deputies had been sounded, and as all the Opposition Members, and a considerable number of M. GUIZOT'S friends were hostile to the measure, it has been considered more prudent to wait for another session. The Committee of the Chamber of Peers met on Wednesday, when the draft of the Address, drawn up by the Duke of BROGLIE, was read and adopted. It was to be presented to the House on Friday, but the discussion will not take place till the Bth inst. The Presse says the Duke has inserted a paragraph relative to the pilgrimages to London, which would probably compel the Marquis DE DREUX BREZE, to defend the conduct of his political friends. If we are to believe the National, the French Government are afraid of an invasion from the Duke of BORDEAUX. "We learn," it says, "from Cany, near St. Valery-en-Caux, that an active watch is kept up along the coast. The posts are rein forced at all the places where a landing can be effected, and supplies of arms and ammunition are conveyed thither. All these precautions, we are assured, are adopted against not less than an invasion of the Pre tender. The Custom-house officers, gendarmerie, and cruizers have a great deal to do to calm the terror of the Government." This is a very improbable story, for though the Duke of BORDEAUX, who is to arrive at Brighton this day, might easily make a voyage to the French ccast, we cannot believe that even BOURBON folly would lead him to take a step which would snake him a fellow-prisoner at Ham with that bright adventurer, Louis NAPOLEON. The follow ing article from the Courrier Francais is the only one worth extracting- M. TIIIERS and his party seem to believe that the KING and his Minister have been so bittten by Queen - VICTORIA that, by and bye, they will address the Chambers in the English language On Tuesday, in the bureaux, M. Thiers demanded an ex planation of the meaning of the words cordial understand ing' between the Gov ern m ents of En gland and France. The they Affairs understood repli e replied, that that after having dis cussedone another. Without offence to the Ministre academicien, this answer is no more Alinisteeracohf question n n than a jeu de mots. Understanding,' in the sense in whi c h it is used in the speech from the throne, is very rarely so used in diplomatic idioms and more rarely by us in the ordi nary expression of our sentiments. But it is th e li tera l translation of an English word constantly employed in this acceptation. If, then, M. Thiers, no less an academicien than 111. Guizot, insists upon knowing the difference between cordial understanding,' and close alliance or friendship,' he may convince himself without any trouble, or, as we may say, understand each other like thieves at a fair;' but the expression ' cordial understanding' is a pure angli cism, created, no doubt, during the Royal effusions at Eu, and applied to the speech from the throne by M. G u i zo t with the assent of Dl.illemain. Thus the close alliance between the two nations, in 1843, has been baptised with a British name. This is certainly flattering to England. What would we have ? If we are to believe the English papers, there can he no safety for France but in a full renewal of her alliance with England. According to them this was the profound con viction of the King of the French, expressed with emphasis. In these papers the King is treated more respectfully than be- ' fore. Far be it from us to lay the least restriction upon the homage paid to his courage and political sagacity. How, then, are all these eulogiums to be divided in halves between the Throne and the Cabinet ? the praise addressed to the King to be only a passport to the praises conferred upon the Ministry, while the Parliament, the country, all France, in fine, disap pears from the vision of those fulso me flatterer s on the other side of the Channel, who thus extol the alliance between the two nations? Who amongst us will believe in the sincerity of desire of the English to see their friendship again flourishing ? They play their part badly by wounding our just susceptibility, and though they may have the Ministry on their side, they will have public opinion against them. Have they nothing to lose by this ?" BOURSE —PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Pi:ice. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 30... 124 40... 124 30... 124 35 Threes B2 70... 82 85... 82 65,. 82 80 Bank of France.. 3200 —.3202 50 ..3200 —.3202 50 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1100 ..1100 —.llOO ...1100 Belgian Bank . ••••• 707 50 ... 7 0 7 50 .. 7 05 ... 7 05 Belgian Fives , 1840 lOB 108% ... 108 108 k Spanish Active Passive ..... 5 A bi 5 A 291 29 ... 291 ... 294 Portuguese Fives Neapolitan Roman ...... ............ 101 104 i .. 104 k ... 1041 RAILWAy SHARES. St. Germain 782 50._ 782 50... 782 50... 782 50 Versailles, R.B 312 59._ 312 50.. 312 50... 312 50 190 195 ... 182 50... 185 Rouen Rouen to Havre t 8 5 4 56 8 6 , ( 1 3 50 .... .. 840 655 840 667 50 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 2 12 56. 213 75... 212 50... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 665 ... 670 ... 665 ... 670 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B l9O 190 ... 182 50... 182 5 Bluen Rouen to Havre... .. 660 670 ... 660 ~. 670 Orleans B6O 860 ... 855 ... 855 Strasburg to 8a1e...... 9 12 50... 215 ... 212 50... 2:5 Avignon to Marseilles 670 670 ... 670 .. 670 ACCIDENT TO THE QUEEN.—WINDSOR, FRIDAY. —A slight accident, which, happily, proved of no consequence, happened to her Majesty, who was being driven in a pony carriage with the Marchioness of Douro. The postilion took too short a turn from one road into another, and the left wheel of the car riage went into a broad ditch, which threw the car riage against the hedge. Her Majesty and Lady Douro were speedily rescued from their unpleasant position, and returned to the Castle in a small pony car, driven by Colonel Arbuthnot, which was kindly given up by a lady who was driving close by; and his Royal Highness Prince Albert accompanied the ear on horseback. We are gratified to learn that her Majesty has not experienced any inconvenience from this accident. THE LATE CRUEL " MATCH AGAINST TIME."- We are informed that Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has pre ferred informations against Burke, the person who drove the puny to death in a match against time. Summonses have been issued and served personally on Burke, at Tom Spring's, the Castle Tavern, Holborn. The case will come before the ma gistrates at the Town-hall, Hitcher , , Hertfordshire, on Tuesday next, the 9th inst. ? 7 411 'pr?l tx9 ;;.t, 11Q 4 0 ?`• o , r; Ve; tit 44 Wir AND VubUr Optuton. " Who runs may read." POREIGN. A further rise took place in the French funds on Thursday, when the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 83c., and the Fives at 124 f. 65c. No Bill will be proposed in the French Chambers this ses sion for a pension to the Duke of Nemours. The Tribunal of First Instance has declared itself incom petent to decide on the claim of Louis Napoleon against the public Treasury for the sum of 1,800,000 f. According to a calculation in the Paine, the cost to France of the conquest and occupation of Algeria amounts to 670 mil lions of francs. On the other hand the Government has re ceived—l st, the treasure taken at Algiers, and the treasure of the materiel, estimated together at 54,737,000; and 2d, in revenue, from 1831 to 1843, a sum of 46,000,000, making the total loss hitherto sustained 569,263,000 f. (22,400,0001.) The Frankfort journals of the Ist announce the arrival in that city of the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, her daughter. _ _ The Prussian State Gazette, of Dec. 31, publishes a royal ordonnance for organising benevolent societies. As a preliminary measure, it restores the ancient order of the Swan, founded by the Elector Frederick 11. New statutes are to be drawn up, and a council is to be formed to direct the efforts of the society. The King and the Queen are to be at the head of the Order, and all other benevolent societies are to be subject to the direc tion of that of the Swan. A letter from Rome announces the death in that city, on the 23d ult., of General Paskewitsch, brother of the Governor- General of Warsaw. The Augsburgh Gazette states from Rome, Dec. 22, that the Papal Government has ordered a levy of men for the army, for the purpose of placing it on a footing to resist any attempt that may be made to disturb public order. Accounts from Athens of the 19[11 ult. state that the National Assembly had concluded its preliminary arrange ments, and was preparing to discuss the draught of the Consti tution. The greatest tranquillity prevailed throughout Greece. LAW AND POLICE. At the Chester assizes Samuel Maddock, 53, tailor, was charged with the wilful murder of Matthias Bailey, game keeper to George Wilbraham, Esq.. of Delamere House, on the 28th day of July, at Crowton. The jury found him Not Guilty. George Fox, aged 35, was charged at the same assizes with the wilful murder of his wife, Charlotte Fox, at Stockport, on the Ist of December last. The jury found him guilty of man slaughter, and the Learned Judge sentenced him to two years' hard labour. William Christey, a Custom-house agent, was brought before the Lord Mayor by Inspector Waller, upon a warrant, charged with having been concerned in frauds committed at the Cus tom. house. The prosecution is instituted by the Board of Customs, and he is charged with returning a smaller amount of sugar than that chargeable on certain goods imported. He was released on giving heavy bail to appear and take his trial at the Central Criminal Court. James Bovington, aged 29, and William Andrews, two re spectable-looking mechanics, were indicted at the Surrey ses sions for feloniously stealing on the 23d of December last, 128 pounds of brass, fixed in a mill or building, the property of the Right Hon. Beaumont Lord Hotham and Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, K.C.B. They were found guilty, but their counsel moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground that one of the parties in the indictment was wrongly described. The case will be argued on the first day of term before the judges at Westminster. A summons having been applied for and obtained at Marl borough-street against the coachman of Count Pollon, the Sardinian Minister, for refusing to pay the reward adjudged to the firemen who attended to extinguish a fire which occurred at the Sardinian Minister's stables, the sitting magistrate re ceived a note from his Excellency, stating that the defendant was his servant, and that he pleaded his privilege as an Am bassador to protect him from any process, the demand being an unjust one. The summons was therefore cancelled. COURT—PASIIIONAXIME. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to become the patron of the Royal Metropolitan Hospital for Sick Children in Broad-street, Golden-square. His Royal Highness the Duc de Bordeaux is expected to arrive at Brighton to-day, Earl Grey continues to go on well ; and it is stated that in the event of no unfavourable change taking place, his Lordship will leave Howick and arrive in London some time next month. Lord Brougham is expected to arrive in Grafton-street, on the 20th inst., from his chateau near Cannes, where his Lord ship has been entertaining company. The Duke of Wellington and Duke of Buccleuch are ex pected in town early in the ensuing week. The Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Lennox, Earl and Countess of March, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Montgomery, Sir C. Taylor, Sir G. Burrell, Lord Gifford, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley, Mr. W. Burrell, and a numerous circle, have been staying at Petworth House, on a visit to Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham, since Wednesday afternoon. Earl Fitzhardinge has gone to the villa at Cheltenham, from Berkeley Castle. The Noble Earl's hounds removed from the kennels at the Castle on Saturday last, for Cheltenham, and are to hunt that country till the close of the month. The Earl and Countess of Morley have been seeing company at Saltram, Devon. The Noble Earl was invited by Sir David Milne to dine with his Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux, when at Plymouth, Lord Aylmer, Lady Catherine Fellowes, and Miss Fellowes, Lord Churchill, S'ir John Duckworth, Bart., Lady Duntze, Sir George Adams, Mr. Reginald Macdonald, and about 300 of the gentry of the county of Devon, were present as the annual race ball at the subscription rooms, Exeter, on Tuesday last. VISSCELMANEOU , ;,. We understand that Mr. Wakley issued a regular delaration of war, at an inquest yesterday, against the press, which appears to have given great offence by its observations on the Coroner's proceedings with regard to Lieutenant Pslonro's sale. It is stated that most extensive alterations are about to take place in the offices connected with the Excise, with a view to a reduction of the number of persons employed in that branch of the Government. Amongst others, it is rumoured that the Corresponding and Audit offices are to be abolished, and to be consolidated with the Secretary department. According to Mr. Murphy, to-morrow (Sunday) will be the coldest day in the year 1844. A considerable quantity of new sovereigns, half-sovereigns, and silver coinage, has been received at the Bank during the last week from the Royal Mint, in anticipation of the demand that is likely to be made for the new gold coinage. The annual meeting of the Boston Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday, when Mr. R. Calthrop proposed the adoption of a petition to the Legislature, praying for a conti nuance of the bread monopoly, which was agreed to. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting upon the necessity of keeping up the protective duties, and deprecating any relaxation of the corn-laws. A memorial has been addressed to her Majesty's Government by the Chairman of the East India and China Association of Liverpool, praying for a reduction of the duty on tea to ls. per lb., on the principle of its leading to a great increase in the consumption of tea, independently of the political and com mercial results to be derived from the proposel diminution. The Eastern Counties Herald states, that in various parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, highway robberies, sheep steal ing, and other crimes against property, are on the increase, to an extent that m an if es ts a great social disorganisation in the rural districts. The new light-house at Scarborough, which is higher than the former, now not only casts an improved light on the sea, but casts a beautiful light also on the harbour and on the sands. Lady Byron intends to have a considerable quantity of land apportioned amongst the poor, early in the ensuing spring, for the purpose of being tilled under the allotment system. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER AND THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. The fullowintr, remarkable letter, announcing a donation of 5001. to the Anti-Corn-law League, has been forwarded to us for publication : " Eaton llall, Jan. 1, 1814. " Sir,—lfaving on a former occasion expressed to you my anxious wishes for your success in the arduous contest with monopoly in which you are engaged, I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of congratulating you upon the rapid progress you have since made in the struggle with that formi dable adversary. " As you have found your foe to be daring and resolute, so have your energies increased in a wonderful manner; and, in spite of opposition, you have carried the war most effectually into the enemy's strongholds. With such vigorous and sustained efforts, the victory must be yours ; and my hopes of ultimate triumph, and that at no very distant date, therefore, much exceed my fears of failure. As to the duty that it is said would be lost to the country, if not insisted on, I am satisfied that such would be the prosperity of all classes from the abolition of this impost, such the advantage that would accrue to all the monied concerns of the community, that, in a very short time, the general wealth would be so far augmented that the national revenue would outrun the amount of any duty that has been proposed, whether 35., 55., or Bs. "It may be all very well, at agricultural meetings, to talk of the advantages of long leases, of tile draining, &c., and to drink the health of the labourers ; but to what good effect? Long leases are, in certain districts, and under certain well-known circumstances, desirable enough; good draining has long been under stood and practised, where there have been sufficient means, sufficient enterprise, and a soil requiring it; praise has no doubt been deservedly lavished upon the farm labourers ; but there is something still to be done much more important to them, which is, to give them the means of obtaining an honest and independent livelihood, solid pudding being far preferable to empty praise, and this cannot be effected without the abrogation of these mischievous enactments. " I have much pleasure in sending a contribu tion of 5001. to your fund; and I venture to ex press a hope that you will not relax your endea vours until you have obtained from Government, in whatever hands it may happen to be, the fullest measure of free trade compatible with what is due to the maintenance of public credit. " I remain, Sir, your most obedient Servant, WESTMINSTER. "George Wilson, Esq., Chairman of the Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League." A plot has been discoverer) amongst six of the pri soners of the borough gaol, to assaFsinate the Governor, Mr. Owston, and effect their escape. This dark scheme was brought to light by a prisoner named John Newman, convicted last Monday (who has in consequence had his sentence of four months remitted). The authorities have thought it conducive to the ends of justice slot to furnish us at prevent with the par. titulars in detail.—Leicester Mercury (this day). CImY or 1 - (_)N SESSIONS. Cr II .1;:; DAY, ) 'I he sessions for the City commenced this morning before the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Humphery, and Mr. Alder man Kelly. The RECORDER having addressed the jury a number of as sault cases were disposed of, after which Edwin Bates was brought up from the Compter, where he had been confined since the 6th of last June, in default of find ing bail to keep the peace towards John Masterman, jun., the well-known banker of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. The prisoner, who is a most respectable and gentlemanly. looking piling man, described himself as an artist, and stated the bail which he was required to find was two sureties in 1901. each, and himself in 2001. He said he was unable to get more than one person willing to become his surety, owing to certain transactions with the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by which he lost a deal of money. He was here about to enter into very lengthened details as to the nature of those transactions, and the part which Mr. Masterman took in them when, The RECORDER said, this was quite irrelevant to the matter before the Court. The Clerk of the Court then proceeded to read the affi davit of Mr. Masterman. It was a most voluminous docu ment, and nearly an hour was occupied in reading it. It detailed the contents of a number of letters addressed to the deponent, by the prisoner ; and then went on to state, that as a matter of kindness, he had from time to time given sums of money to the prisoner, in order to enable him to pursue his profession as an artist, until he thought those donations were given as a matter of right. At length, his demands becoming so frequent and importunate, the deponent was eventually compelled to refuse to give him any more. The letters con tained most dreadful threats against Mr. Masterman's life, such sentences as the following appearing in them :—" You are a moral butcher." " You shall find to your sorrow that I am no coward "—" You are a murderer in heart, and your father, having other sons, he would not care if you were shot, provided the honour of the family was kept clear; and as for myself, all that would happen to me for shooting would be, to be shut up in a lunatic asylum." Several other equally vio lent expressions appeared in those letters. Alderman HUMPHERY said, as the prisoner had been first brought before him, and he considered the life of Mr. Master man to a certain extent to be in danger, be had fixed the bail so high. He now suggested that the prisoner should be brought before his Lordship to fix the amount of bail. The prisoner said he hoped the Court would consider six months' imprisonment a sufficient punishment._ The RECORDER said the character of those letters was marked by such a strong spirit of wild revenge against all the parties, by whom the prisoner imagined himself to have been injured in connection with his transactions with the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, and more particularly against those who showed him most kindness, that it would be an act of the greatest cruelty to Mr. Masterman, and the Court would lie under an awful responsibility if any unfortunate event occurred were the Court not to grant him the protection of the law from an individual who had been capable of using such threats to any person. He (the Recorder) thought that Mr. Masterman, in requiring the prisoner to find bail, was pursuing the most merciful course towards him. Under all the circumstances of the case he thought the amount of bail required in the first instance by the Lord Mayor was by no means exorbitant, and he should not reduce it. The prisoner, who said when he was leaving the bar, that his professional prospects by the course now adopted would be blasted for ever, as also his property ruined, was then taken back to prison. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John Harris, alias John Aldridge, was examined before Mr. Twyford, for keeping a house of ill-fame and a common brothel, in St. Clement's-lane, St. Clement Danes. One of the parish officers swore to the prisoner as a person keeping a house of ill-fame, and Mr. Twyford ordered the prisoner to find bail, two sureties in 201. each, and to enter into his own recognizances to answer the charge at the Westminster Ses sions. The required bail was immediately procured, and the prisoner was liberated. The parish authorities are 'vigorously endeavouring to abate the nuisances which exist in the neighbourhood of Long acre, and so thickly pervade the parish of St. Clement Danes. About twenty persons have already been indicted, and warrants and summonses a. , .e now out against others, who will be in. dieted at the next sessions. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERBY.-5i to 1 agst Scott's lot ; 12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lot; 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot ; 7 to 1 agst Ugly Buck ; 7% to 1 agst Rattan; and 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo. The others as on Tuesday. OAKS.-10 to 1 agst The Princess 20 to 1 agst Fanny Eden ; and 20 to 1 agst Barricade—taken. CHESTER CUP.—Offers to back the field agst twenty. COURSING. SHERWOOD (NOTTINGHAM), JAN. 1. The All-Aged Stakes (16 dogs) were won Mr. J. Forster's Dutch Doll ; Mr. Ingoltiby's Pilot ran up. BELFORD, JAN. 4.—The Challenge Couples (20 dogs) were won by Mr. Faucus' Cedric; Mr. Dinning 's Falcon ran up_ MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Notwithstanding the supplies of both fruit and vege tables were large for the time of year, the general trade ruled active, and, in most instances, the prices of last week were well supported—Potatoes from 2s 6d to 4s 8d per cwt ; coleworts, or greens, is 9d to 3s ; turnips, Is 9d to 3s, and carrots, 4s 3d to 6s Gd per dozen bunches ; onions, 2s to 3s 3d ; apples, is Gd to 3s Gd ; pears, 7s to 8s ; brocoli sprouts, 10d to is Bd, per half sieve ; walnuts, 8d to is 2d, and new oranges and lemons, 8s to lls per 100 ; Barcelona nuts, 21s to 25s per bag ; Brazil ditto, 2s 6d to 4s, and Spanish ditto, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per peck ; endive, is 9d to 2s 6d, savoys, 8d to is 9d, and parsnips, 6d to is 3d per dozen. ISMIArGATE A.T.ZD LEADEIVEIII.I., The large supplies of both town and country-killed Meat caused the general demand to rule heavy, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 60 ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 40; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 40 ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. Athough these markets were by no means heavily supplied with either Game or Poultry, the trade was dull, and prices had, in some in stances, a downward tendency :—Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens, is to 2s ; Ducks, is 3d to 2s 3d ; Geese, 3s 60 to 6s ; Pigeons, 6d to 10d ; Turkeys, 5s to 8s ; Rabbits, 40 to is 6d ; Hares, is 6d to 3s ; Grouse, is Gd to 2s 3d ; Partridges, is Gd to 2s 6d ; Pheasants, Os to 3s 90 ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s ; Teal, is to is Gd; Widgeons, is to is Gd ; Snipes, Gd to 9d •, Woodcocks, Is 9d to 3s 3d; and Plovers, 3d to Gd each ; Larks, 100 to is per dozen. WHITECHAPEZ. _ Prime mutton was in demand at full prices. All other kinds of Meat were a mere drug, and the turn lower. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ;land Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. SILLIPTGSGATE. We had a fair average supply of Fish, which moved off steadily on the following terms ;—Turbots, 8s to 20s ; Cod Fish, is to 8s ; Brill, is to 4s 6d ; Haddocks, 4d to is 6d ; Lobsters, Is to 3s ; Whitings, 2d to 4d ; Scate, 2s to 4s 6d ; Gurnets, 6d to is ; Plaice, 41 to 9d ; Smelts, ld to 4d ; and Salt Fish, 4d to 8d each Soles, 6d to 3s per pair ; Eels, 4d to 10d per lb ; Floun ders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Oysters, Gs to 48s per bushel ; and Herrings, lOs to 20s per barrel. NEWPORT. There was a fair supply of each kind of Meat, yet the demand ruled heavily, on the following terms : Beef from 2s 8d to 33 4(1 ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d per 81bs. HIINGERPORD. We had on the whole rather an improved demand for Fish, at fully previous rates. In all other articles, how ever, a very limited amount of business passing. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8(1 to 9d ; of Household ditto, 6d to 8d per 41b Loaf. HIDE MARICET. Raw Hides atPeTsTor77l7fl.7s.—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 4d to 5s 10d; middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 2d; inferior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins at per skin :—Market Calf, fis fid to 8s 6d; Long woolled Sheep, 2s 9d to 35 6d ; short ditto, 2s to 3s 3d. 73Alir MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31; useful ditto, 31 3s to 31 12s ; fiue upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 3l 18s. Clover Hay, 31 to Si. Oat Straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per lead. The best old Meadow Hay sold freely at full prices, but otherwise the demand was inactive, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3135; useful ditto, 3/ 5s to 3/ 12s ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 41; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 4118 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to I/ 12s per load. A moderate supply ; trade throughout dull, at about stationary prices. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3l ; useful ditto, 3l 5s to 31 lOs ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 41 ; Clover flay, 3 1 Ss to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6 s t o 1/ Ss ; Wheat Strav,7lll/ 8s to 1110 s per load. Supply good, and trade heavy. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There is a fair arrival of Wheat to this day's market, but not much of other Grain. The Millers have purchased Wheat with more confidence than for some time past, and an advance of Is. per quarter has been realised. Fine South Barley is scarce and sells readily at an advance of I s . t o 2 5 ., an d Lin colnshire and Yorkshire must be noted Is. per quarter higher. In Oats, Beans, and Shelling no material alteration, either in price or demand. Per qr. of 601 b to the bushel. OLD. NEW. Wheat, Suffolk, Essex, and Rent Red 53 to 54 52 to 53 Ditto ditto - White 56 60 51 57 Norfolk Red 52 53 47 51 Ditto ditto White... 55 59 51 54 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 5l 52 47 51 Ditto ditto White... 53 56 51 Yorkshire Red 49 53 4 53 7 51 Ditto ditto White... 51 55 50 54 Foreign lied 53 5i Ditto ditto White... 55 59 -- Per quartcr impe , . j a i Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk V. 6 38 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire — -- 3 '.35 Grinding `)8 Forei g n 29 31 _ Per qr. (1 631 b. to th e bushel Beans, Small foe Ticks Foreign 3l 32 129 30 Oats, Potato ai.d Pola. d 101. to llii., Fcrcign.3,—,.clfintoe—ttllB..l:: Slt,(7,i. Nealing Sholling .21s. to 24,.. !f r tr o d, Malt -... Rapeseed DEATII OF THE VERY REV. J. A. CROY' N.—The jury on the inquest held on the body of the Very Ylev. J. A. Cronin, who was found:drowned near Merchant's Quay, Cork, have returned the following verdict:—" We find that the de ceased was accidentally drowned in the river Lee on last night, and, from the evidence, we find he was subject to vertigo and occasional loss of sight, having a tendency to apoplexy, which we believe may have led to the melancholy event." THE SLAVE -TRADE.—SIERRA LEONE, SEPT.. 23, 1843.—The Brazilian brig Furia, a prize to the Spy, Las ar rived, with 530 slaves. She is a very fine vessel. Nov . 27. Two prizes have come up, the Independicia, 199 tons , Brazi lian brigantine, taken by the Madagascar, and sit ice con demned ; and the Teneratio, Brazilian built, taker , by the Rapid :1 Bermuda, with 290 slaves. There was a schooner coming up, taken by the Madagascar. The Senator • transport left this on the 23d of November with 130 emigrant ,s, for Tri nidad. t Professor Johnson, of the Durham Mt' iversity, is now, at the request of the Duke of Nerthumberf and, deliver ing lectures to his Grace's tenantry on agric.,o che mistry of soils, tore and NIONEY \S S :RA'r?,! ;-() nillzr: l 4:. There was no change yesterday in the Liverpool Cotton Market, and prices remained as previously quoted. Sales 5,000 bags. Shares were not quite so brisk, and prices rather tended downwards. Eastern Counties were 10Ts. ; Great North of England, 851; Great Western, Fifths, 19k; Birmingham' New Thirds, 281; Brighton, 434 ; South Western, 76; Mid . land Counties, 87i ; North Midland, 91% ; South Eastern' 361; Do. New, 36 3 4; Paris and Orleans, 33 k ; Do. and Lyons, 31. 6s. 6d. There were some later accounts in town this morning front Buenos Ayres, but the news beyond that published in another column is not of any general interest. The state of trade is spoken very unfavourably of, and, indeed, there was little hope of improvement while the hostile movements commanded 1 0 much. attention and restricted commercial operations. The returns relative to the quarter's revenue, and the 1 1 :' commencement of the purchase of Stock and Exchequer Bill by the Government brokers, out of surplus income—never mind how derived, say the Bulls in the Exchange--h° l given an additional interest to the transactions in the funds. The purchase of Stock for the next quarter will, it is truer be small—only 27,1351.—but full 200,000/. are to be laid ell in the redemption of Exchequer Bills. And as the Unfunded Debt is diminished, so will the Funded Debt be enhanced . The absorption of Stock at a period when Consols, with the dividend and Reduced Three per Cents., are with'a 3to2h of par must have an influence on values. There were private transfers made i n a ll th e s t oc k s t h at h ave b een 51 1 °' , previously to the payment of the dividends. Three Pe Cent. Consols have been done at 96i and at 97h ex-die.' the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1011 to 1011 ; and Long Annuities (to run till 1860) at 1 2 #' The Commissioners did not buy any stock this more' ing. As this is the first private transfer day, th e stock market will not be closed till four o'clock, the Bank England allowing transfers till half-past two, a press o f business having been calculated u p on . E xc h equer bill s are a t 695. premium, and India Bonds at 81s. premium. Bank Ste has reached 187, but is now 1 per cent. lower. Spanish Bonds have advanced this morning. The Thre° per Cents. to 30e, 1, and the Consols to 221 Dutch Bonds are much the same as yesterday. Mexican have risen t° 33, but are now 324 ; the Deferred at 94 ; and Passive Spiv nish at sh. A slight decline has taken place in some of the Railwel; Shares this morning. The principal alterations are a fa ° from 138 to 137 premium in the London and Birmingb a' 3 and in the Bristol a n d E xe t er t o 4 1 , discount. l'"" York and North Midland (Scarborough Branch) ; have realised 15 p r emi um ; 1 1 and the Edinburg h and Glasgow, 8 premium. Anglo-Mexican Mint Shari have been sold at 3 premium ; and U nreg i s t ere d R ea l Il s e , Monte at OA 0 per share. We have no quotati ons t o f urn ish ." Joint Stock Bank Shares to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK' 4 (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuiti es 971 31 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 1/d. 11 1 d. 10001.. 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC K ' Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 p er Cent....... .. Ditto for the Account 33 321 Ditto Deferred Stock 9l Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Three per Cent. ............... Ditto for the Account Dutch 21 per Cent ..•.•.•.. 54a Dutch b per Cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby ... 100 - Bristol and Exeter ... ... 7O 6si to -- Eastern Counties - Do. New Registered Edinburgh and Gl asgow to 58 Ditto New ...... .............. ... 12% - Ditto Registered areat North of England ........100 Great Western Ditto i Shares - Ditto Fifths • . . 12 - London and Brighton London and Blackwall - London and Birmingham 100 238 London and Greenwich - Midland Counties North Midland - Ditto 1 Shares Ditto Third. 2ll. 13s. 4d. 29% to -- Paris and Orleans 2O - Rouen and Havre .... ......... .. 6 - South Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip - West London, Old Shares 2O ...... ...... t o --- • _.. ___. __. „ . Ditto First Class Preferred .. 10 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. s.—The noir r is quiet to-day, and prices generally h ave a d ownwa rd t e i; dency. Our quotations are :—Ea s t ern C ount i es Scrip, 13;1 London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 414 ; Manchester Birmingham, 39; Sheffield and Manchester, 53i ex-interest' LLOYD'S SHIPPING.— THIS LONDON, JAN. G. Wind W.S.W. fresh breeze, v l ltb passing clouds. DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Lady Row ePst Miller, Singapore; Parsee, Ceylon. Ski. Dart, Madeira. oi l FALMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W., fresh gales, 10 1 squally.—Arrd. off, John Co n k, C ross , B uenos A yres , sal Oct. 30, and proceeded for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, JAN. s. —Wind, S.W., moderate.-- st‘ Franconia, Savannah ; Heroine, Tatmagouche ; MargarApP John's, New Brunswick ; Ottoman, Newfoundland. Berlin, New Orleans. CORK, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Governor Harvey, Newfoandlas i n pr LocirmAony, Dxc. 30.—A rr d. Mil o , Li verpool for P"oi gal, leaky, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, sails, Eze• s part of cargo overboard. BIDEFORD, JAN. 4.—The Arab, from Quebec, stra li dr near the Lighthouse, has b een go t o ff, an d expecte d into g pledore next tide. fi e Cl yde JAN. 3.—Th e C yn thi a A nn, Reid, Clyde to Boston, which s t ruc k on th e C arron R oc k yest e_je r has been got off to-day, with loss of part of false stern. , The Sir Jame s C oc kb urn , o f L on d on, D av i s, with !V barrels of oil, wa s t ota lly l ost near Muscat previous to Ocv 28, crew saved. CAUTION TO MARINERS. RAMSGATE, JAN. s.—The Hercules, of New York ' sunk in about 4i f a th oms at l ow water, the North Fob bearing bearing N. by W. Sh e i s i n the track of shipping to and the Downs, with her three masts standing, bat all her rifritsj and yards gone. A green nun buoy, marked " Wreck, been placed over her. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the suln s .o aeived on the principal Railways of Great 1 31. i for the week ending on the day of the month pre n o t to each. The return includes the money receiveul passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and chandize eWnded eek Total' 4, Name of Railway. X. P o Dec. 30 Birmin g h am an d D er b y J unct i on 1,468 ,jl 29 Birmingham and Glouce s t er 30 Brandling Junction ...... ..• -- 6 29 Chester and Birkenhead ••• 592 10 .. 31 Dundee and A r b roa th - - je . j 4 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow... - 1,92 i 1,92i ~/ 6 31 Eastern Counties 30 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ay r 1,274 1' . 4 4 30 Glasgow, Paisley, and Gremoek...._ 695 1 ,", 9 30 Grand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 5,844 7,_ 0 30 Great North of 31 Great Western l, England , o .... .... 30 Hull and Selby 10,9 3,, / 958 9• 1 29 Liverpool and M anc h es t er 0 4,15 6 i • /I 30 London and Birmingham .. 10,019 '., 6 Jan. 4 L on d on an d Bl ac k wall 583 11 1 0 , Dec. 30 London and Bright on 4 London and Greenwich 647 1 , 3 a ° Dec. 31 Lo n d on an d S out h Western 5, 725 1v 144 ', ill ' 9 • 28 Manchester, B o lt on, and Bury 2,48 5 lf 0 , 30 Manchester an d 13i rm i ngham 30 Mancheste r and Leeds.... 4,730 7 bi / 30 Midland C0 un tie5.. ..2,073 1- 4 0 30 Newcastle and C ar li s l e l, 307 4 1 28 Newcastl e an d N ort h Shields . •" . 343 ~_ 5 31 Northern and Eastern 80 North Midland 29 North U n i on . l,O 14 4 4 .. , 26 Paris and O r l eans —. 3,806 ; ° Jan. 1 Paris and R ouen Dec. 30 Preston and Wy re ~ •.. 209 4 30 Sheffield and Manchester Jan. 4 South E as t ern , Dec. :30 Taff Vale. . 404 16 6 31 Ulster ' ' 54.2 1 , 8 ' 9 30 York and N or th Midl an d 1,613 Ifw ROYAL ARSENAL, Wooravwx.--S;eral P c 't e ; l4l . fbc m c oe r er e a lee n n ibil e t ar , s enar m dt a eei c a r nd e t d ge e edn i anigonnindnp the hteoehergme. progress embarking most arnokd i o nrn f yeg a , pc erection aiapanprrdao„bv etel hedgeoupafonttr guns and supporting pchar others p s cdio, erntssint bhgo yte tevisa extensive abnari i The keel, or rather part of the keel, of a first-rate pegs was recently dug out of the bed of the river Th 4 'l;l short distance from the Warrior convict-ship. It *Os ° 14 f two feet in thickness, and upwards of twenty feet long e i person alive at Woolwich remembers the loss of a / es° bse that mag n it u d e opposite the Royal Arsenal, but mol e 0, 4 heard th e i r parents state that a first-rate ship of wsfottom' wrecked Year the spot where the part of the keel W as This reF.e has been sold with other old wood. e r ..EDITON.— The light sovereign affair her,eo for thr,ost driven th e t ra d esmen ma d . I t wou ld n ot be I f '. o f . Jit Robert P ee l t o come t o our mar k et on a Saturdtiit7 think th e y wou ld a l most. b e tempte d to pe l t hi m to dot e r° f ° the preci ous co i n . Th ere i s no gett i ng c h ange anY vv the ordinary purposes of business.— Western Times' ° The rem a i ns o f the lat e Dowager Marchle clid o s n e eor e e h i: " Clanricarde were interred on Wednesday in Hainbi Her Lady s hip h a d res id e d i n th e neighbourhood, at,__ ei ber, lodg e , f or a b ove 30 years , an d was b e l ove d b y a ll who I v li onc lig DASTARDLY ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--Orl o f 1 4 r morning a gun or pistol was fired in at the shop-wiod °vi er jeli g i e l l Merrick, j ewe ll er , N or th Ch urc h- s id e Hall, by setnef he the burial-ground of the Holy Trinity Church. ti e rril e broke a pane of glass in the shop-window, and Mr. P a , v t man, who was at work in the shop, had his nose c ; 1 ,108 0 shattered glass. The bullet fortunately missed hint , ure°A it passed close to his face. Mr. Merrick was in a ba vr e o Or' at the time, and there can be no doubt that the VT rt iser: ee at the man who was working in the shop.—Hu l l - 4 ve gro THE LORD LIEUTENANCY OF SUFFOLK' 1)11 1 1 13 e enabled to confirm the rumoured resignation by thi o ik. Grafton of the Lord Lieutenancy of the county of s S ir f to t resignation of the Noble Duke was conveyed to the week before last. We have every reason to be A l l ie e l pl e to the appointment has been conferred upon tr ue c ottet,,Y . l o3 Bristol, a Nobleman possessing large property in t,' sou lob e , THE POWER OF STEAM.—The Mayor oli the fre4 o .. (M. Adam) states that the speech of the King c 4f . ec i at which was delivered on the 27th of December, art l l vo iyest ° it logne at midnight, was thence sent by the packet ti° obel i os and from thence by the Dover Railway to Lon.d° l ,: . It re , arrived at ten o'clock on the morning of th.e vere,,i c h printed in the London journals, and copies of ceived in Boulogne a long time before the Puiris jaw' Uf contained the speech arrived. „„ w etinlitiSi! ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB: -A- he it ;f O,l the members was held on Thursday evening, tipg Hotel, Cockspur.street. Stewards for the forlillec were appointed. the.7olo 72 to Wh those - - sPeci t i (the tr not h a , raised I be disc tication Afte Mr. cording The. Rhich grand j Mr. Bence o 1 r TttE I,,h!itltatie Of w a y to e; 1' 4. nrigs (4 tiZ ti t 0 4e1 ti a Leag a 411 201, %7 4 4 1 4 she C, i vh- , en, i tall ! h as Za el °t 4 0t t ha,