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Now ready, at all the Libraries, THE COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL, STEATHERN; OR, LIFE AT 110:,1 , 111,0,1 r) A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY. Also now ready, The PALAIS ROYAL, an Historical Romance. By the Author of " Henri Quatre." 3 vols. lIILLINGDON HALL, A Tale of Country Life. By the Author of " Handley Cross." 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera Saris, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; Catarina Comaro, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinade, PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND hOBINSON CRUSO E. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell; Columbine, Miss Carson. Inc Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six as the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, aid Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. 1 HIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S. rickland 'Bob,• Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe‘, s Tom C o k e Mr. Webster; Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of k on , pion Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthori, Madame Vestris ; Miss Ro cket,: Miss Julia ~ennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC TORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. k.ckets 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 Will be repeated (byrpecial permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son ; Joseph Bowley, Bart , • Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which, NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bed 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 of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lans dale; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. San!ers. Prompter Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt; Leader of the M Band, Mr. ellon.—Box-oftice open from doyen 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 celebrated Opera Butla, in Two Acts, called THE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. the Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corri ; 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 The SALON DE BAL Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mi , s Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Bourget, Mr. Marshall, and Mr Gilbert. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoff. Mr. Compton ; Lothair , Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr. Granby; Riber, Mr, Corri, Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine. Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nirke o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2a. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64 Private Boxes. Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. alum Boxes, Two guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Hall. oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o' c l oc k . The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at Or Theatre. IHEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Ardea, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT To kitA RR V. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker M'ss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantomimical, Burlesque Extrava gan za, 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. PRI.:I:S OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 2s_._; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Eoxes, 'is. • 'Jpper Boxes , Is. B& ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tic '.'olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Seconc Fier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.HaIL Privat4 Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guiren, Toe Box.olScei 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 Christman Holiday Noveitie3, anv Treble Rotation of Entertainments at ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime THIS EVENING Will be 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 b y Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. .410 M Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, M.rs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Aicting and stage.manne! ? Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till k ive. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. D A VIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the beat Pantomime of the Season I A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved I I Laughter, Wonder, and Delight!! I The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New III! THIS ENIITO Will bet epeated THE SEVEN AGES OP MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Char a ct ers by Mr. Henry Corti (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes Neville, R. Honner, Lewis. Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, andMiu Martin. . _ Alter which, Herr Joseph Gouldsmith and Marie Gouldsmith, from the Teatre Berlin, will perform most wonderful Gymnastique Feats on the horizontal cerde and miraculous evolutions, suspended by a double rope. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, :41ILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places arid Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, 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 produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sup- Toned by Mr. Osbaldieton, H enr y Howard, J. T Johnson, T. H . Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Misa Treble. Atter - Which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle Le Vite. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, JAN. 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 49 BAROMETER, 30.18.-WIND, W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and hiest state of the Thermometer during the preceding tweriry-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes a► 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weathe: when the mercury falls below 30. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. IVlnvrir,z 54 minutes after 11 Evening ... 0 minutes after n • e -.1- '. " 1, , , , , , :;-4 . IA -- .3.t• 3 , e ~, .Ct , ______„, 4 , - , 4 ' , .• i- ....t 11 , 7..... t ` ' Ak h .,.., . ,J,4r 41 10411 ,_ 1,441111 1 17 AS • ~,,,, ,,2, 1 ' . --V._;' , .! ' -;•'•-• 1 . 11*, 4 •', 4 ,- , ':, . A t , .....: , s . .., 'IM; ', .11V+ '..". • 3 t ° S ".I `7 . X.A ' - 4 1101 T • T'it , t ,* . ,-, • SECOND EDITION. v trienin4 .51M. LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1845. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The official returns of the revenue for the year and quarter, made up to Saturday, the 4th instant, ex hibit a most remarkable and gratifying feature—an increase, and, in several instances, to a large amount. of all the ordinary sources of revenue. The Customs, the Excise, the Taxes, the Post-office, and the Crown Lands, show the activity of trade and the prosperity of the country. The only decrease is under th€ heads of " Property-tax " and "Miscellaneous," but the latter forms no criterion whatever of the state of the revenue, as all chance sums and "god-sends," sucl as the Chinese ransom, fall into it. The decrease in th( former is 57,664/. on the year, while there is an in crease on the quarter of 33,1261. The increase in the Custo ms d uty i s enormous, amoun ti ng t o no t l ess than 1 , 3 05,453/. F or t h e conven i ence o f th e reader, m•e give the f o ll ow i ng brief outline of the abstract. The total ordinary income for the year ending Ja• nuary 5, 1845, is 50 , 0 81,8871. and for the previous • year 49,078,1681. The total income, including imprest and other mo ne y s , and amounts to 51,235 re- payments of advances, ,5381; clear that for 1844 being 50,071,9431., thus leavingsulus of 1,163,595/ . The Customs produce 20,378,6721 ,, ashowing an increase of 1,305,4531. on th e year, and n increase ts t o' n 135,1671. on the q uar t er . T he Excise a 12,160,1111., being an i ncrease of 365,3047. year, and not less than 200,1691 . on the quarter.nTthh'' increase, under the head of Stamps, is, for the year and quarter respectively, 185,235/ . an d 78,005/. The Taxes for the year and quarter show an increase of 26,0021. and 11,6331. The Post-office an increase o 4 83,0001. on the year, and 3,000/. on the quarter. The total amount of the Property -tax for the year ending Jan. 5, 1845, is 5,191,5961. The Crown Lands and ,Miscellaneous are items of no im portance, and therefore hardly deserve notice. These returns cannot fail to afford satisfaction, and form a source of pride to every subject of the United Kingdom. They attest the power, the energy, and capabilities, of this great country, and while they remove all anxiety respecting the state of the revenue, they at the same time afford a proof that manufac ture', trade, and shipping, are in a healthful condi tion,, end that, though wages are small, still there must be omployment for the great body of the work ing clas,;(-J. The increase in the Excise, the Cust.ims• and the Post-office, is the best sign of the times. What forms a peculiar coincidence, too, in this prosperous state of the revenue, is that the very party whom Sir ROBERT PE FL and his t-adc 1 tui•T,ed out of 0 r must rejoice at the result equally with their opponents, and even with still more genuine sa tisfaction. The opening of the trade with China, which has given renewed life to the manufacturing districts, the new tariff, which is beginning to pro duce its effect on the Customs, and other principles of free trade, assumed by Sir ROBERT PEEL as his own, all owe their origin to the Melbourne Ministry, who had the skill to plan them, but owing to the factious and unprincipled opposition of the Tories, were not allowed to reap their fruits. The country, in the meantime, however, prospers; the Whigs rejoice at it, and, to their honour throw no obstacles in the way of men who snatched the prize from their hands. Prosperity as well as adversity however, has its troubles, and Sir ROBERT PEEL must now be looking about for remedies to abate the plethora. He will find plenty of advice from brother doctors. One will recommend the abolition of the malt tax, another of the window tax, a third of the duty on soap, a fourth of the income tax—in fact, there will be no end of specifics. All we hope for is, that the Physician-in-Chief will do his duty impar tially, and remove the pressure from that part of the body least able to bear it. After a struggle, continued with more or less in tensity for upwards of thirty years, the people of the United Kingdom obtained Parliamentary Re form. The main objects of that Reform was to give the people more power in the Commons' House of Parliament, to destroy the monopoly of boroughs' vested in a few Lords and Commoners, to obtain for the large unrepresented towns their rights and privileges, sanctioned by the genius of the Constitution, and above all, to establish laws for the benefit not of the noble and the rich only, but for the whole community. Much as that great measure was crippled in its passage through both Houses, it has, after all, conferred many blessings on the community, and established the great principle that the other two estates of the realm (for the con trol of the people over the Crown was fully esta blished at the Revolution) may, from time to time, be changed and amended according to circumstances. The part which the Church, and especially the Bench of Bishops, took in that arduous ountest, is well known to all. They were regarded as the most bitter opponents Of the people's rights ; and so strong was the general conviction, that in the streets, at public meetings, nay, in the very churirhes, the sacred character of the prelates did not screen them from popular indignation, and the cry !became almost universal, " Down with the Bishops." The Bishops alone have forgotten the crisis. Lik e the old worn out BOURBON dynasty, they believe that they hold their tenures by Divine right; in bib Id security they set people and Parliament at defiance,, and like men doomed, urge on their fate. How else can any rational being account for the palptible, the mon strous attempt, in these days, and in Protestant England, to revive the mummeries of the Catholic religion, and reconcile the Church to the See of Rome ? But if these men s ire infatuated, the people are not to be the victini t. The people have the means of correcting the evil in their own hands. The Reformed Church was established by law, and by law it can be altered, amended, and re stored to its original state. Never wt t s reform more necessary than at the present moment. The tenets of Popery have taken deep root in th o Church, the leading bishops openly profess them „ many of the leading men at Oxford, the nursery of the Church, of the nobility, and the higher classeti are strongly imbued with a spirit in direct host ;ay to the re formation, and they only watch the opportunity to destroy that noble fabric, which was cemented by the blood of so many martyrs. It is high time, therefore for the Legislature to provide a remedy against these alarming evils, at id the most obvious, the most effectual, an 41 the most certain remedy too, is to reduce to something like ordinary dimensions the vast 1 tatronage and authority of the Episcopal Bench. Z4o twenty-six men have the tenth, nay, the hundred th part of the political power now entrusted to the t ecclesiastical body. In fact, it is so enormous, that any reform in the Church, any meddling, as they gall it, with Church lands, or any interference what( ver with any acquisition, however unjustly acquired , would not have the slightest chance of a fair hearia g in the Le gislature. These, however, are not ordint ) ry times; and for the people therefore to seize the opportunity, and urge on their representatives steps for abating the evil. Why should one man, been.) ehe happens ob 3 Archbishop of CANTERBURY, have the patronage (.1'2.10 livings ? Or the Puseyite Bisho I) of LONDON Fays ninety, and his brother of EXETER fifty ? Or the twenty-six Prelates,!with their appendq es, the Deans and Chapters, have in their gift 2,500 livings—one fourth of the whole patronage of the Ch arch of Eng land ? This constitutes a power, in such a small com munity, injurious to every department of the State and dangerous to liberty ; for one of the main objects of established churches is not, as they pr ()fess, to teach the pure truths of Christianity, but to keep their flocks in darkness, in order that the lea rned may do mineer over the ignorant. We appet 11 to history. When did the Bench of Bishops ever 1 ring forward measures that had any other object in I iew but their own aggrandisement, and can the spirit which animates them be misunderstood when it is remem oered that all the great Parliamentary t mactments of the last twenty years have found that body ever in opposition to the just claims and privileges of he people ? The abolition of slavery at ) , x1 the slave 'rade, the abolition of the Test and Coq oration Acts, Catholic Emancipation, the education ; )f the people, and the Reform Bill, afford fair speci Glens of that selfish and grasping disposition for whit h the Church in all ages has been conspicuous; ye t, with such proofs, the Legislature and the commuu ity still allow these men to possess an amount of pat ronage suffi cient to damage every great and good m easure. This patronage, however, is employed now, nc it to obstruct plans of reform, but to carry out one of ti he wickedest schemes ever devised—the re-establisht nent of the Catholic religion in England. But i.t is hardly necessary to point out the influence whicl h a Puseyite 3ishop must necessarily exercise over the young oriesthood, and over the many thousands. who look to him for livings or promotion for their r ulatives and friends. The only way to clip the wing 3 if Puseyism, is to remodel the Church, and, first of a 11,, to make a more equal distribution of its patronag; We quote the following curious pa sage from the Post of Saturday morning :—" What : right have the lay persons who meet together at Exete ror elsewhere, to give their opinion about Church it ; atters, and to call for alterations, unless they comb i•mr themselves members of the Church ; and if they • be members of the Church, why should they be so utterly oblivious of the conditions of their membership ? It is mani fest that they never think of this—tb at they do not recollect that their undutiful conduct, : in meeting and Nlking as they do, disqualifies them I altogether from , interference in Church affairs. Their mode of inter ' Terence destroys their right to interfere. The mind that I is in these people is the mind of me re Dissenters— nay, it is much more licentious than • the mind which belongs to regularly organised bodice 3 of Dissenters, :or even they recognise some rules of church govern ment. But these stu/ii of Exeter, who meet to babble lnd talk and make adisturbance, seem t o have no other idea than that clergy and Churchare; Ttein., ly h to , be held e in respect while they are pleasing t have : l st y bie a n s a in s d p uced to quote this so'n what s a u. lengthy c passage, because we consider it in it 3 w ay a and haughty, t :upereilious intoleranceecien o m singularly is and amusingly at •arianee with the tone of thought and feeling preva lent in the present day and for many a I long year past, Ind worthy of a journalist in the days of LAUD, or a iycophantie Court scribe during the b rief tyrannical ;way of JAMES the SECOND. Imagine indeed the sr hworniteesrt a d n e a ny :d in e g eid t ed hc : o r p ig in h io t n of on th a e a o i g ty a ntcoe express b a l i n c matter that deeply concerns theme elves—denying their right to mak e th e s li g h test opposirtion t o innova tions that shock their feelings, disturb. their sense of propriety, and degrade the established faith in their ayes by associating it with a variety of o bsolete, worth less usages and superstitious mummer ries, bor rowed avowedly from an antagonist Church, which they sti and .. their fathers before th em h ave b een taught to hold in conscientious aver s i on ! The 'utity not ju ried in taking a vital interest in Church affairs I Why, the laity are themselves the national Church, THE SUN, LONnON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6 1345. Iquite as much so, as even the c l erg y ! S uc h a t least was the opinion of the late D r . A RNOLD , one o f I b'n ;.• ' duced. But not only are the laity, according to the Post's authoritative dictum, bound to abstain from all interference with the Bishop of EXETER'S decrees ; but they are bound, in addition, to receive them with thankfulness and humility, and pay to them the blindest and most unhesitating submission, no matter how rash, unsuitable, and absurd they may appear to them. All honest, rational freedom of opinion is to be scouted as downright contumacy. It is for the Bishop to isue what ordinances he pleases, and for his flock to obey in mute, obsequious silence. Such is our Contem porary's High-Church, Liun-like theory, but such is not the theory of ecclesiastical government enter tained by the community at large. The people have outgrown the leading-strings in which they were kept for so many ages by priestly domination. They have reached the years of discretion, and will think and act for themselves. They will pay all becoming respect to the decrees of their spiritual pastors and masters, when those decrees are founded in reason, and do not run directly counter to long-cherished feelings ; but they will not sit tamely by while a set of idle ceremonial observances are forced upon them which have long since dropped into desuetude, simply because they were felt to be superfluous, not to say absurd. But we have not yet done with our arrogant, contumelious Contemporary, in whom the spirit of Tractarianism is exhibited in its true colours Mark the insolence of his allusions to the " mind of mere Dissenters"—just as if Dissent were an undeniable proof of want of intellect, of liberality, of all that graces, ennobles, and humanises a man ! The " mind of mere Dissenters !" Why, some of the loftiest, boldest, and most sagacious spirits that England has known for centuries, were Dissenters. WATTS— DODDRIDGE—RAXTE R—the late ROBERT HALL—the mild, conscientious WESLEY—the earnest, intrepid WHITEFIELD—aII these great men were Dissenters ; and the greatest of them all, JOHN MILTON, he, too, was a Dissenter I We owe to the " mind of mere Dis senters" two of the most popular works that were ever penned—" Robinson Crusoe" and the "Pilgrim's Progress"—works that have achieved a European reputation, and will survive to instruct, amuse, and elevate humanity ages after the present generation shall have passed away into nothingness. But the Poses contempt is not confined exclusively to the Dissenters. No, our Contemporary is singularly impartial in his abuse, and designates all that portion of the Devonshire laity who have remonstrated against the rash decrees of the Bishop of KERTE', by the polite appellation of "stuni," or fools ! Judging from his article of Saturday morning we should say that he ought to be a good judge of what constitutes " folly," though in the present instance his censure is singu larly inapplicable. According to accounts from Madrid of the 29th ult., the QUEEN had published an amnesty in favour of the persons implicated in the late rising at Lo grono and Huesca, excepting, however, the general officers, public functionaries, and the leaders of the rebellion. On the 28th the Chamber of Dep 'sties met, when the President announced that a number of Members had seceded, and given in their resigna tions. These resignations, which amounted to seven teen, were referred to the Minister of the Interior. In reference to this step, which shows that the Members regard their attendance as useless, Senor °SENSE said the Ministry intended to govern with the co-operation of Parliament, for which it enter tained the greatest consideration ; and it would labour, as far as in its power lay, to organise the country in a becoming and definitive manner. The Chamber afterwards adjourned to the 2d instant. On the 28th ult. the Three per Cents. were done at 32 for cash„and 321-at sixty days ;the Five per Cents. at 23 3-8 at sixty days ; and the Debt without interest at 7i at sixty days. The Paris papers are entirely occupied with dis cussions on the result of the elections in the Chamber of Deputies, but as nothing certain is yet known respecting the fate of the Minftstxy, each party reckons on success—the Oppositio n from the small majority obtained by M. DenFa .LETME as Vice- President, and the Ministry from the vast majority obtained in the Committee for dre wing up the Ad dress. It would be of no interest to , :the English reader to give lengthened extracts from the articles in these papers on the question. It is staged in some of the journals:that M. ST. MARC GIRARD IN is to move an amendment on the Address, objecting to the terms of peace granted to Morocco, and tl tat a dead heat between the parties is extremely probable. If the Journal des Debats, however, contint tes to take its tone from the Hon. Member as formerly , the report must be without foundation. According to that paper the Conservatives are as much united as ever, and the appointment of the last Committee is given as a proof. " A moment of indecision," says tl to writer of an article on the subject, " in the majc Tity which sup ports the policy of the Cabinet had been near giving the advantage to the Opposition in ni he last ballot that took place for the formation of the e bureaux. The Opposition was in too great a hurry t o triumph, and if some persons had speculated on the di vision of the Con servative party, they will be obliged to:postpone their hopes. For our parts, we have neve I ceased to count on the good sense and good feeling of the majority. We had appealed from the secret '.ballot on proper names to the frank and open discussion t on things them selves, and our expectation has not . been deceived; Yesterday the question of things hr al replaced those of persons, and the majority with th intrigue had a moment shaken ha, been found as firm :and com pact as ever. The Ministry did not refuse to answer any of the questions addressed to them, whereas it may be remarked that the most influen tial members of the Opposition, vitt() in similar cases usually draw forth precise de c 1 trations front the Cabinet, have shown an intentio as t reserve, and refrained from speaking. After thi Is first trial, the Cabinet can await with confidence the public discus sion. The Conservative majority Le a rallied, the former situation is re-established." The Globe takes rather a more serious view of the late divi sions, and in the folleaving extract evid e ntly alludes to Count MOLE and 'his friends, who hac I entered on a line of policy of - which they seem now . to repent : " The situation •of things, over which the coalition had triumphed. 'for a moment in spreadia g a mist, has just appeared lo well-thinking persons i in all its truth and clearness. They saw, in fact, the t the question was not mere': f to change the Ministers , but to alter the present lit te of policy, which is a grave matter, particularly when this policy is th tut of order, industry, :u id peace. They pe. rceived that the question: was to break the En d ;lish alliance' which is at present the most solid su, pport of good harmony in Europe, and the most efficiet it instrument of civilisatiot a. These results alarmed the men who are seriously • the friends of ,their county )r, and they withdrew fr am the midst of the intriguo t , of which they consti ktted all the strength. We think that these well-t hi inking men ought to be tl tanked for what they h e done, whilst, at the same - time, they are warned. of the grave shock they migh t give the interests orthe country, in permitting t'aemst Ives such fallings dtT. The most able and mosf., efficiea it of go vernments; cot tld not do any good, if they who give it their suppor t do not exhibit great firmness and con sistency. Months are required for a. C'abinet to repair the E tvil done in a single day by tin inattentive majority. The Conservatives ought b esidel: to hear in mind th at the general work of the Cabinet is their work, and that all the blows which they allow to be given to ti :is work recoil on themselves:" A leadi ag organ of the Opposition, the Courrier ,whichoneday ; Francais, as s,,,ii y -- Chamber, annoyed votes at the agai against; M Nation inister o s f the a.ud next day mutr alines the vote, and says, if the old system 14 to be continued, it would 'be a hundred times I, m tter :r'or the Chamber to adopt the Ministerial report, v s it a hall be drawn up by M. I Tunisia or M. DE PEr E. ►OlO NT, the only reporters possible in this Pleisde s of • nullitie s. A discussion would onl y show our be bat ur i mp ent the more , an d render us the fable of free nati( ms. The Nat ional has as little confidence in the c o , us ist ency of the Chamber, and as a proof, states th r; ; fa c t, that of 28 Conservative , s who three days pr e ' wAy had voted agai ns t Ministers, 28 wheel e d . m a n d like Jim Crow , and two only Iliad t he ccag e to maintain theiv previous i I A- nion s . Ti te Pr h~ esse, so far from regardi ug ' ( 4iitArc, ones amendment as h ostile, sa y s M. Nv ; J 1 sim, ply propose an additional paragraphto the Addre s s, if the draught 'be not so compos ed as to give satisfaction to that portion of the majority of the Chamber which wishes for the maintenance peace—which wishes for it carnestl,y,ld who arc ready to make every sacrifice for it, on condition ti n>,+ those sacrifices should be reciprocal, according to the expression of the Hon. M. SASSEY, in the speech he delivered when quitting the President's chair. M. GUIZOT could wish nothing better. The discussion in Committee on the Address commenced on Friday in the Chamber of Deputies, and it was expected to be presented on Thursday next. The Moniteur publishes the following returns from the Bank of France on Dec. 26, with the result of the operations for the last quarter of the year : "The specie in hand amounted to 245.096,8021.—the commercial bills to 142,612,6741.—0 f which 19,264,092 f. were upon Paris; the advances upon ingots to 6,885,9001. and upon public securities to 7,930,1661. The branch banks were indebted to the Bank 22,000,0001. for their capitals, and 54,728,426 f. for advances. On the other side, the notes in circulation amounted to 249,133,500 f., and bills payable to order 741.1201.; the funds deposited by the Treasury in acci)unt current to 137,249.244 f.; other accounts current to 4 7,311,629 f., and certificates, payable at sight, to 1,656,0001. The averag es during the last quarter present some remark a bl e differences with the State at the end of the year. The average of discounts amounted to no more than 101,052,3001. ; those of the account current of the Treasury to 105,496,600 f. The difference in this last item arises, no doubt, from the payments made on ac count of the loan. The average of the accounts current was 50,473,4001. During the quarter the sum total of the bills discounted in Paris was 234,101,6041., and of those in the branch banks 102,038,634 E The move ment of the caisses present some interesting results. The specie paid in was only 8 9,303,0201., and the species paid out 106,925,550 f. The movement of the notes was 571,495,000 f. paid in, and 557,781,500 f. issued. The general movement of the account s current was 1,887,880,0001. The same journal contradicts officially the statements which have appeared in several of the Opposition jour nals relative to Admiral Dupetit-Thouars being at Ver sailles, &c., and adds, that immediately on his arrival in Paris he waited on the Minister of Marine THE BOURSE--SATURDAY, JAN. 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents ••• • • • 120 95 .. 120 95 .. 120 90 .. 120 85 Fours. .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 Three per Cents..... 85 10 .. 85 10 .. 85 .. 85 Now Loan ........ 86 60 .. 86 60 .. 86 60 .. 86 60 Bank of France .. 3225 50 ..3225 60 ..3225 50 ..3225 60 Laffine Bank, I,ooof Shareslloo ..1100 ..1100 ..1100 Belgian Bank..• ••• •• .. 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635 Belgian Fives, 1840 •• • •• 104 .. 104 .. 104 104 Spanish Threes•• •••••• •• .. 37 .. 37 .. 37 37 Active •.• . •••• 37 .. 371 37 .. 371 Pa55ive............ .. 6f .. 6f .. 6; Portuguese Five per Cents.• .. 59} .. 59f .. 591 NeaPatan•••••• •••• •• • .. 96 25 .. 96 30 .. 96 25 .. 96 25 Konian •• ••• RAILWAY SNARES. Versailles, R.B. L. 8....•...... 365 65 .. 365 65 .. 365 65 .. 365 65 R0uen...•...... Rouen to Havre B2O .. 820 • . 820 .. 820 Orleans • ...1132 50 ..1132 75 ..1127 50 ..1132 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 306 25 .. 306 25 .. 303 75 . 305 Avignon to Marseilles— 917 50 .. 920 • 917 50 .. 920 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 3. StVennaln Versailles, R. 11... •. L.ll 375 .• 375 .. 360 .. 370 Rotten 1050 ..1050 ..1025 ..1035 Rouen to; Havre ....... 825 .. 825 .. 815 . • 815 Orleans • .1132 50 ..1135 ..1125 ..1133 75 Strasburg to Bale 306 25 .. 306 25 .. 302 50 .. 305 Avignon to Marseilles. . THIS DAY'S NEWS CRIMINAL COURT = -(THIS DAY) OLD COURT. The third session of present Mayoralty commenced this morning before the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Aldermen Sir Chapman Marshall and John Johnson, &c. The grand jury having been sworn, The ExxonDna addressed them, and said that he was glad to find the calendar was lighter than usual, and that it contained a comparatively small number of charges. There were two cases of false coining, three of forgery, one of feloniously wounding an ass, two of cutting and wounding, and two of concealing the birth of children. With regard to the latter charge, he thought the grand jury would do well to leave it in a course for further in quiry. There was a charge against two foreigners for wounding with a razor ; there was but one razor, and he thought it would be proved satisfactorily that but one made use of it in the commission of the act. There was also a charge against a postmaster for embezzling a let ter which had been entrusted to him. He thought it unnecessary to draw their attention to any of the other charges, and would therefore dismiss them to their duties. There were altogether 91 prisoners. LOUGH FOYLE.—Arrd. Fanny, St. John's, New Brunswick, with the crew of the Elizabeth Bentley, :Au 11:1 ,)! kyf I t Siva MARNPORT, -And. , lr rtg , :ouild on tho DUBLIN, JAN. 3. Arrd. Lightfoot, Wilson, Quebec. CORK, JAN. 3.—Wind N.W.,Xht.—Arrd. Will Watch, 'May, and Sarah Fleming, Guy, Ichaboe ; Baronet, Kin cardine, for Buenos Ayres, bore up with loss of topmasts; Ocaana, Savannah. LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind W., light.—Arrd, the Kingston, Ichaboe, and is aground in the river ; Magis trate, Africa ; Norman and Onico, New Orleans ; R. G. Shaw, Matthews, Savannah ; Alexander and Swanton, Charleston ; Samuel Hicks, New York; Lord Larnbtnn, Montreal ; New York, New York ; Thoinal Hat risen, Ichaboe; Cumberland, Power, Pernambuco. Sid. Cora, Bahia ; Maria Louisa, Africa ; Llama, Trinidad ; Cecilia, Jamaica, &c. ; William Goddard, Mobile ; American, New York ; Cambria steamer, Halifax. ©fly Lama, Flora, Lahina, and Standard. CitusAN.—Arrd. Mary Ann Webb, Hong Kong, towed in dismasted. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. As will be observed from our returns a very large number of vessels, which were long detained by the con trary winds, has arrived in the river during the past week laden with grain from our own coasts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, but more particularly from the two former quarters. Still, however, we have not been so overwhelmed with supplies as might be expected, arising from the fact that no inconsidt•rable portion of them had been previously disposed of by land carriage samples, previous to the vessels being imported. Fresh up, only a moderate qaantity of Wheat of home produce came to hand, coastwise or by land sample, yet that on offer was quite adequate to meet the wants of the millers. For selected qualities, which were com paratively scarce, we had a steady, though not to say active, demand, and last Monday's quotations were sup ported in every transaction. As to the middling and inferior kinds, there was a slow sale, yet holders were tolerably firm, and late rates were again realised. We had only a moderate show of free foreign Wheat, never theless, the inquiry for it was in a sluggish state, though at prices quite equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. Bonded Grain of all descriptions was heavy, and almost nominal in value, speculation in Wheats appearing wholly at a standstill. We had a very large supply of Barley in the market, which caused dealers to operate with great caution. Malting qualities commanded a fair inquiry, and the prices were readily supported. Grinding and distilling sorts were dull, at rates barely equal to those quoted in our last report. Notwithstand ing 'the large arrival of Malts, selected season-made descriptions moved off steadily, at last week's quotations. All other kinds were dull, and their value was hardly maintained. The supply of Oats being exceedingly large, that article was in slow request, although many parties are short of stock, and, where sales were pressed, the rates were in favour of the buyers. Both Beans and Peas were in moderate request, and their prices re mained unaltered. The Flour trade was in a sluggish state, yet the quotations were supported. Linseed, as well as cakes, were in large request, at fully the late advance in the currencies. All other kinds of seeds were in sluggish demand. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent , __ I MALT—Chevalier.. ... els to 6Se red....« 405 to 595 , Ditto, white 46s to 56s Norfolk and Lin coln, red 38s to 465 Ditto white 425 to 505 Irish, red........ Ditto; white RTz—Old 305 to 34s New 35s to 36s BARLEY—Grinding 26s to 315 Malting 38s to 4051 MALT—Suffolk and Nor folk 5Bl to 623 Brown ...... 56s to 6051 Kingston and Ware 63s to 645; FOREIGN GRAIN AN WuEAT—Dantzic Hamburgh Ms to —a BARLEY 27s to 29s OATS—New Feed lss to 17a SMITH: ... Oils—Yorkshire and Lincolnth., feed ... 22s to 29s Potatoe .... . . 24s to slss Youghall and Cork, black _............... 21s to 21s Cork, white ......... 22s to 2Ss Scotch, feed ...... 23s to 24s Musts—Tick. ...... 35. to 37s Pigeon. -- - sEr s t to --- 3 . Maple -------- 26s to 44:10 White 36s to 31s Boilers FLOUR—Town made 5uff01k......". 33s to 35s Stockton 87Norfolk 33s to 35r !I) FLOUR IN BOND. 'BRANS ...... 24s to 20s Peas. 2Bs to 32s FLousi—American 21s to —s Baltic :FIELD. The export season having been pretty generally brought to a close in Holland, in consequence of the various ports being blocked up with ice, it is now placed beyond a doubt that the imports of live stock from the Continent, for some time hence, will be on a very limited scale. On looking over those for the past year—which will be found below—we find they have considerably exceeded those of 1842 and 1843, both as respects numbers and quality. and it appears to us quite evident, from the exertions now making by the foreign graziers to improve the con dition of their Beasts and Sheep, that the importations for 1845 will be much larger than we have ever before noticed. In the week just concluded 16 Sheep and Is Oxen and Cows have been received for this market, and which were disposed of on Friday last. With this ex ception, no arrivals have taken place into any of the ports of the United Kingdom. The official returns of the importations of Beasts and Sheep give the following results : FROM JANUARY 1, TO DECEMBER 31, 1844. Beasts. Sheep. London 2,531 Hull 1,690 Liverpool Bl Southampton Totals 2,603 There were only four Beasts and eight Sheep on sale from abroad, but as they were somewhat out of condi tion, they attracted very little attention. Although there was only a moderate number of Beasts offering in to-day's market—the principal portion of which was of very middling quality—the demand for that description of stock, notwithstanding we had a fair attendance of buyers, was extremely inactive. The few prime Scots offering were mostly disposed of at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but the value of most other breeds was lower by 2d per 81bs, and even at that amount of depression, a clearance was not effected. There were very few seri ous cases of disease apparent among the beasts ; yet they came to hand somewhat out of condition. The Sheep were in, generally speaking, good order, and their weight was equal to that of most former seasons. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire, there were received fresh up to-day about 800 Short-horns ; while the receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire were composed of 400 Scots and Homebreds ' • for the Western and Midland Counties, 500 Herefords, Devons, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scot land, 230 horned and polled Scots—the remainder of the supply being chiefly derived from the neigh bourhood of the metropolis. For the time of year the supply of Sheep was rather limited. Prime old Downs were in fair request, and last week's quotations were steadily supported. All other kinds were a dull sale, though not cheaper. The supply of Calves was quite equal to the demand, which ruled somewhat in active, at previous quotations. There were upwards of 200 Pigs on sale from Ireland. Prime small English were in fair request, but other qualities hung heavily on hand, at late rates. Per Slbs. to sink the offal. a. d. to a. d. s. d. to a. d. Interior Beasts ..... 2 6 210 Second qualityditto... 3 0 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse.woolled ditto.. 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether s 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. ..„ 810 4 2 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ...... • 3 6 Prime small iitto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs, each l 6 0 20 I Inferior Sheep ...... 2 8 2le Lamb 5........„.„....„ 0 0 • SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves- I rigs p,,964 24,580 92 290 2711113720AT32 AND LEADENZAZZ. Only a moderate arrival of slaughtered Meat has taken place for our markets during the past week, while the supply of that killed in the metropolis has been by no means extensive • still, however, the general demand has been in a sluggish state. Prime Beef and Mutton have sold at fully previous rates; but the value of other kinds of Meat has not been supported, and large quantities have remained unsold at the close of each market day. At per stone, ny tne Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to 2. d. Beef. ..... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, Inferior ...... 2 6 8 0 8 210 middling 3 2 3 4 prime large ...... 210 3 0 prime ..... 3 6 311 prime 5ma11.... 3 2 3 6 Pork, large. ....... 2 6 3 4 Veal 3 2 4 4 —2anall..• 3 6 4 I ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST ' WEEK. mats. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. 20 200 150 Scotland ••«••••••••••••••••••••••«••••• . Yorkshire 0000000 •••••••••••••••• ID 230 200 Norfolk 00000000000 ••• • ••••• 0000000 .04 10 60 So Suftbik • —•-•-•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 40 60 Cambridgeshire Eaten 00000000000000 •••••••• •00 • • ••• .04 20 30 40 100 Surrey..ooO ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25 200 60 120 Devonshire •••••••••• 000000 •••••• 00000 40 30 20 Wiltshire •••••••• 000000 •••••••• 14 100 50 60 Other parts 00000 •••••••••••••••••••••• 10 100 40 120 Total.. **** .••••••••••••••• 0 •••• IS7 1,13 9 Previous week's arrival ......... 190 1,770 220 NO 170 1,400 Dlffbrence since our 1a5t........... 41 640 50 499 BOROUGU AND SPITAIMIELDS. Several vessels having made their passage laden with Potatoes, the supplies on offer are now rapidly on the in crease, yet as many of the large dealers are short of stock, the demand is somewhat active, at prices varying from 75s to 95s per ton. The total supply for the week has amounted to about 2,600 tons-100 tons being from abroad, 30 tons from Ireland, 400 from Jersey, 200 from Guernsey, 300 from Scotland, the remainder coastwise. BOROUGH BOP MARKET. There is a large business doing in bags, at very high prices, while, for choice bags, the demand is active, and the quotations are steadily supported. WOOL MAXICET. The imports of Wool during the past week have been only to a moderate extent, viz., 28 bales from the Cape, 241 ditto from Hobart Town, 31 ditto from Malta, 121 ditto from Ibrail, 9 ditto from Madras, and 30 ditto from Sydney. Both Foreign and Colonial qualities are in sluggish request, but no alteration can be noticed in the quotations. English Wools are held firmly, at full prices. The total imports of Wool last year consisted of 84,717 bales of Colonial, and 142,324 bales of Foreign. I MONEY ANI) COMMERCIAL N . E r (2 ZIT T T Tti .1? 12; • . e.rc- ci • Li ;•-• :ry' a .: urc~ y, but ~,),,!es supported :—Bristol and Gloucester, 41 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 3811 91 ; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Eastern Counties, 15+ ; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1 ; Glasgow and Greenock, 11i ; Grand Junction, Quarter, 171 ; Great North of England, Now, 21+; ; Great Western, Half, 924 ; Live r p oo l an d M anc h ester , N ew , 381, ; hurnet Valley, 4t- 4 ; Direct Northern, 31. Is. 6d. ; Lynn and Ely, 21 ; Manchester and Leeds, 126: 4 1 ; .Nll,uclie,tr end 1.,( , 1151 1141 ; • I ; Newcastle •wd B •I'svicl., 7 1 ; Nt•ri i• n. 14; 1 - • • Helen's and _Runcorn Gap, 221, ; South-Eastern, 4 ; Ditto, New, 14+ ; Trent Valley, 9/. 18s. 9d. ; Ulster, 38 4 ; Lyons and Avignon, ; Paris and Lyons, V. 13s. 6d. ; Paris and cans. 401 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 74; Northern of France, 61.15. 6d.; Bou logne and Amiens, 51. 4L 18s. 9d, 1 he official statement of the produce of the revenue in the quarter just concluded, as well as the comparison with the year ending the sth inst., are held to be of a most satisfactory character. The very large increase in the receipts of the Customs fully bears out the oft-re peated remarks under this head as to the revival of trade. As the official returns of the revenue are given in another part of The Sun, any further reference to the re turns are unnecessary. At the commencement of the new year we are usu ally favoured with circulars of the trading brokers in all the principal departments of trade, and the first that has reached us is that of Messrs. Wright and Young, of the port of Hull, the commercial prosperity of which, we are glad to state, is rapidly on the increase.' We extract two paragraphs from the document before us : " We commence the year before us under favourable auspices, and in the confident anticipation that it will prove a year of prosperity, equalling, if it does not sur pass, that just terminated. Much will depend, however, on the state of the money market, as affected by the host of railway schemes at present before the public. If the Government wisely recommend Parliament to sanction so many of the best lines (and no more) as will be sufficient to absorb the legitimate surplus in the money market, the prosperity of the country for the en suing year would seem to be placed on a reasonably solid and stable basis. The advantages already accruing from increased means on the part of all classes of the commu nity, are of themselves important. Our produce mar kets are in general well supplied, and, looking at the prospects abroad, likely to continue so. Provisions are plentiful and cheap, and, seeing how favourable a seed time we have had, there is already some promise of an other good wheat harvest. We mtty'also look forward to our labouring population being fully employed, and to a continuance of the present improved rate of wages, as also to a well supplied and easy money market (in the event of a not unfavourable harvest), all very influential considerations. " We have, in addition, a revenue so far exceeding the national expenditure, as to place at the command of Ministers a surplus sufficient to enable them, in the ensuing session, to make a further and considerable re. duction in our import duties, a measure more generally expected and desired by the mercantile world than any remission of the income-tax. Some of our staple articles not comprehended in the former modifications of our tariffs, are still subjected to a very Dppressive impost. A further and liberal diMinution,ot the tax on sugar, for instance, if made with a due regetfa to our colonial inte rests, could not fail totC . attsn'gr:Oth the best result s to the commerce, and ultimately t 4 the revenue itself ; recent experience having fully demonstrated that low duties with the increased consumption they create, are in the main more conducive to this end than high duties. In the political world,also, appearances are satisfactory." Among the merchants and others connected with the Russian trade, much satisfaction was expressed this morning at the contents of a communication inserted in the Times, relative to the safe position upon which the paper currency of the empire of Russia is apparently placed. But we are bold enough to think some facts in this statement is the puff preliminary to a new loan. The reserve of gold and silver bullion in the possession of the Government treasury is we question 11,000,000 1 . or thereabouts. A Committee ap pointed for the purpose ascertained the fact, but no constat to be depended upon is supplied as to the whole of the State paper out for the supplies of the various and vast dominions of the Emperor of Russia. We are Of opinion that the all but ex park statement of the bullion in the treasury at St. Petersburgh should be received with caution, if the project of a fresh loan be broached. This morning Messrs. R. Raphael and Sons received from the Hague a royal decree of 2d January, which contains the following information To afford the holders of the remaining Five per Cents., being now 37,385,400 guilders, another oppor tunity of voluntary conversion to Four per Cents.,_ books are opened from Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1845, till further notice, or till twenty million guilders are subscribed, but at all events not later than Tuesday, Jan. 28. " The price of the Four per Cents. (with interest from the Ist of October last) to be given in exchange for Five per Cents. so converted, is fixed at 98; per cent. The holder receives out for each 100 guilders, 1; guilders in money, and I per cent. for difference of interest from the Ist of October to the Ist of January last." The private accounts received from the West Indies this morning are generally of a most satisfactory nature. The importation of hill coolies, at an expense of about 50,000 i., was all but settled, and not a doubt was enter tained that it would prove most advantageous to the colo nies. At Jamaica trade was dull. The prospects of the planters were cheering. The only quotations of Consols for Account this morning, has been 1001. There have been prices to pre sent transfers in the Three per Cents. Consols, for the first time since the books were . shut, at 100 l and a ex the dividend. India Stock is also quoted without the divi dend, via., at 288. Reduced Three per Cents. are at 1008 and 101 ; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 104 to 104; Exchequerßills are at 635. to 655.; and India Bonds at. 775. premium ; Bank Stock is at 212; and India Stock at 289. In the Foreign Stock market, the value of Mexican Bonds has receded about 1i to 1f per cent., the news by the West India mail from the Republic being anything but satisfactory. Only about • 6,000 dollars have come over for the dividends. The price now is 34i ;. Sp a . nish Stock is flat ; 27i for the Actives, and at 231 for the Three per Cents. Russian Bonds are a shade lower, and Dutch rather better. The Railway Share mlrket is rather heavy, but still a good deal of business has been transacted this morning. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2ll 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10074 101 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 1-16 India Stock 2BB India Bonds 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001 — pm. Bank Stock for Account. Consols for Opening India Stock 289 Exchequer Bills. 1 3 %d. 1 1 / 2 (1. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small ' Ditto Advertised ..... ... -- PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34% Ditto for the Account 34 34 N I A% Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted 5 93 1 / 2 Ditto for the Account 6O Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1640 — % % Ditto for the Account. Ditto, 1844 Ditto Passive Bonds 6% French . Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lOO 98 1 / 2 to 99 Bristol and Exeter 70 Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian 5 Churnet Valley Cornwall ... ThrectNorthern 2 l /2 2 % 1 7 8— to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 5 l /2 to Eastern Counties Great Western BO 163 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths . . Lancaster and Carlisle London and Greenwich ...... 12 3 4 London and South Western.. 41%...... 77 Ditto,New ...... 5 4%... t o 5% London and Croydon London and Y0r1....... 2 l /2 4i4x... to Manchester and Leeds 7O 125 Midland 100 ... 116 1 ,/ 2 15 1 / 2 to 116 Newcastle &Darlington J - unc 24 ...... 621/ 4 Y. . • to Newcastle and Berwick I IA 7 14% to Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 13 3 / ...... to 14 Ditto New .. 1 Portsmouth Direct Richmond and West End June. 1 Rugby South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 / s Ditto New Shares South Wales West Cornwall 1M..... 4%... to York and Norti Midland ... 50 ......105 Ditto i Shares . Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Extension Boulogne and Amiens Paris and Lyons ... ...... to Paris and Rouen. ...... 20 . . 4O ... to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.—Our mar ket continues firm. Eastern Counties, 15i ; Manches • ter and Leeds, Sixteenths, 5; Midland, 401., si; Sheffield and Manchester, 100 ex interest ; Great Northern of France, 6; Sambre and Meuse, 2+; Blackburn, Barnsley, and Accrington, 3i ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 21 ; Churnet Valley, 4 ; London and Worcester Rugby and Oxford, 31s. 3d.. THE YARMOUTH MURDER.—COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS.—Mapes, Hall. and Royal are committed to take their trial for the murder, and Yarham as accessary. —Second Edition of the Nwjblk News. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums paid lately by different parties for conscience-,ake, which moneys have been placed to the public credit :-10/., Ins., 11. DOVER, JAR. s.—His Excellency the Duke of Soto Mayor, the new Ambassador from Spain, arrived here last evening in the City of London steamer from Bou logne, accompanied by the Duchess and his suite. They proceeded this afternoon by railway to London, and will take up their temporary residence at Mivart's Hotel. The Dean and Chapter of Worcester hare contri buted 101. towards the enlargement of St. Paul's Church. FLANDERS MATT,. (RECEIVED THIS .DAY.) GI: bi.i43l-77:i. he ALI f Shia ds7." 13 ' 3 :::+ • the .; 1..1 t.., icier Princes, members of the Zollverein, on the other, cf tu e commercial treaty concluded on the let of September , 1844. between Belgium and the Zollverein. JAN. 2.—The public in this city, as well as in other parts of the country, have felt a very natural anxiety about the indisposition of the King. The information which we have obtained enables us to say that almost during th e who'e of his MAjesty% stay at Paris he sufr , r, d from ti..- 0 ,1.1 iity.cevert -,t), bnioe,,ioteiy I,i Locket), 6 ° Tuesday evening, bad a conference %%'ith M. Goblet► Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the royal sanction:Q. the treaty with the Zoliverein. . Yesterday (New Year's-day) his Majesty received at the Palace of Lacken, the persons belonging to lb ° royal household. To-day, at noon, Count Woyna presented to his VP jesty his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary, or Minh ter Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of An y tria at this Court. His Majesty also gave audiences 07 the Ministers of Great Britain and Hanover. Baron Alexander Von Homboldt, who has been 1 10 for two or three days, sets out to-day for Paris, when he has been expected for some months, to be present * scientific experiments of th e hi g h es t i mportance , 0 0 new mode of locomotiion by means of compressed air. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 3. Actual Debt, 21 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98% Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto 1840 Ditto, ditto 1844 Ditto of the City, 1843 —Brussels Papers, Jan. 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 28. 5 per Cent. Metalliques 4 per Cent. Ditto lOO% 3 per Cent. Ditto 7B Bank Shares 1648 Esterhazy's Loan -57 103 3 % 103 5 102 SUSPECTED MURDER OF A FEMALE.—This morn' ing, about nine o'clock, th e body o f a res p ec t a bl y .d r esi . female, about 23 years of age, was discovered lying 1° the mud near the steps of the lower Surrey side of We t 100-bridge. On inq u i r y, it was ascerta i ne d that t he de ceased left her lodgings, in Buckle's•buildings, Water' 100-road, last night, in the best of h ea lth an d spirits, te,"' ing her landlady that she was goin g t o mee t a frieed.l The body having been examined, on looking the left hip, a dreadful wound was found inflicted, the' is every reason to believe, by a sharp knife, and of a con; siderable depth. Notice of th e c i rcums t ance h a s he° forwarded to William Carter, Esq., the Surrey coronet, and also the necessary instructions given: to the polt for an investigation into th e sus pi c i ous affair. The tr ceased, named Emma Ashburnham was of very preej sessing appearance, and always bore the character being of a very quiet and lively disposition. be EXPULSION FROM THE BA R .—I t will no dou bt , recollected that a few months back complaints ile'; made against certain unprofessional practices of se°:, members of the bar, and that eventually the subject 41 complaint was taken up by two o r th ree o f t h e inns ' 0 I court. It now appears that the complaint against barrister of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn has 10 ,4 established according to the judgment of the bench" etl. of that society, and they have not, we are inforin,l shrunk from performing the painf u l d u ty o f expulsw:,l —from which decision the party has appealed to t h o r Judges. A charge was also made against a member the lion. Society of Lincoln's Inn for c i rcu l a ti ng a tsL, of fres, and offering a commi ss i on f or b us i ness .l" ' benchers having instituted an inquiry i n t o th e c irca" stances, do no not find the complaint established. , THE ROYAL VISIT TO STOW E .—Th e Duk e o f Bee ford, the Duke of Somerset, Lord Carrington, the rn, of Buckinghamshire, Lord Nugent, Sir Jahn Dashive" - ` King, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir W. Clayton, Sir H enr y Veil Sir George Nugent, the Duke of Buckingham, and , ff Marquis of Chandos, are among the nobility a nd gen t who have a ffi xed their names to a requisition to vr ti , High-Sheriff of the county of Bucks, requesting hife 0 convene a county meeting, for the purpose of agree4 o , a loyal and dutiful address, to be presented to her P, jesty the Queen, on the occasion of her Majesty's tended visit to Stowe next week. The m eet in g has ty; appointed to take place in the County-h a ll, Aylesbln' on Saturday next. r i THE ACCIDENT ON THE NEW C A STLE AND %/Alt..-ri RAILWAY.—Through the active exertions of the e 0 r 1; mittee of Directors appointed to superinte n d the WO W, in progress on the Newcastle and Carlisle R a ilway, j conded by the unremitting labour of the contractors Pi men employed, the tunnel at Corbridge, which fell it, few days ago, has been re-opened, so that wags" drawn by horses are now enabled to pass throura The enlarging of the tunnel is a work of eonsiderTs skill, a drift above it being to be driven, by which pi wider arch is made before the old one is removed. • el e shifting some of the machinery by the contractor's : o f a hole was unluckily made thro ug h th e prese nt 1 before the new one was finished, which let down 5 00 the superincumbent earth, and stopped the passage.,o THE GAME MANlA.—Selfish landhold ers havei c iß . discovered that their obstinate resistance to a fixed 00 , on Corn and at no distant time, produce s `,O repeal'; - they have (as Lord Palmerston at the general election prognosticated) " Retfordised it." game mania gentry begin to perceive that if they r e A ( 10 the popular will for alt era tion in th e game -l aws , 1 1 "., 10 not limit their preserving prope ns ity (by giving 0/0 a change), they will cause a thorough uproot of .t . odious enactments and preserves, and, ther e fore, ,7,0 matter of " expediency,' they now begin to confess change is necessary. f' Since the retirement of the Hon. C. A. 3111- ? o 100 Master of the Household, Captain Meynell, undertaken, by the Queen's desire, the temporary r formance of his duties. West i" t SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 5. The Royal ile r mail-packet the Forth, Captain Chappell, arrived st o ilf moorings here this day, at 10 A.M., and landed the e i e, from the following places and d a t es :—Tampico . d 22, Vera Cruz Dec. 1, Havannah Dec. 10, Hood"; t e N0v..21, Jamaica Dec. 9, Carthagena Nov. 21, Delver Dec. 4, Trinidad 6, Barbadoes 9, Gre na d a 11, /I. Thomas 14, La Guayra Nov. 21, and Bermuda Dec. The Forth has 24 passengers, 107,147 dollars, 1 9' 4 0 British coin, 2,437 oz. gold dust and doubl oo ns, 1 0, of oz. of silver bullion, 431bs: of platina, 6001. vall.be pearls, 22 serons of jalap, and 19 of cochineal. mail will be forwarded to London by the two A .m. t 17,15, to-morrow. The Royal 'Far, with the Penimular is hourly expected from Gibraltar. led DANCING OVER THA DEAD.—W, have been • et familiar with the "Dance of Death," but never hr„ that dancing over the dead had Leen proctised civilised land, until our attention was pointed t°,,ie fact by a printed paper of Mr. Walk e r, the un t o dei tied assailant of the grave-yard nuisance in croel l e towns. It appears that on the western side of, , `,/,,0 ment's-lane, Strand, is situate a building c a lled xfult Chapel, surrounded on all sides by houses, crowded inhabitants, principally of the poorer class. The 1 1W part of this edifice was opened for the purposes of P l O O worship ab ,ut 1823. It is separated from the lowerte by a boarded floor ; this was used as a burying Po and crammed at one end even to the top o f the ee l o o 6 with dead. It is estimated that within this space, o r, exceeding 1,700 square feet, from ten to twelve y t;,l sand corpses have been deposited during the peri.µ: 4 sixteen years. The chapel has been latterly coafry into what is called a Temperance Hall, in which F e e' and fancy dress balls are held ; an efficient band I 0 , gaged, and quadrilles, waltzes, reels, &c., are d °D over the masses of mortality in the charnel-hous e neatle—Medical Gazette. We are informed that Mr. Barry, the (9 03P ;0 4 architect, has been directed to examine the building's v iJi occupied by the Board of Trade, with a view to 1),..., 09 00 additional accommodation for the different deparil, now under the control of that board, which have. l o greatly increased by the establishment of the r 0 10, commission. Air. Barry has determined upon a 50,0° which will afford the required accommo d a tioN o e greatly improve the present appearance of the bui,,,,lwor by raising the elevation, and thus afford an e 7, screen to the ugly roofs and chimney-pots will! cotl' now visible above the present parapet. It is also 01 ,07 / templation to pull down the old building a P';./ occupied by the department of the Hom e Secr et State, which has long disfigured that portion of „v.. 0 1_,11 hall, and to erect a mo re s i g htly s t ructure i n con s , with the new front of the Board of Trade.--"' Paper. We understand that the Board of StamPtictr, Taxes have obtained the sanction of the Houle blea r, tary of State to try the efficiency of police-constsl o tV" watching omnibuses and stage coaches for the, r e collection of the revenue arising from the duty L Pe r fV A ' some measure of the sort being rendered siege ler the prevention of frauds, the commission of We' o pird become more easy from the abolition of those tu;blD A gates on the southern side of the metropolis, sivh`" hitherto acted as a check. Six police-constabl e ta an inspector to superintend them, have been selge'r4 this duty, on which they will be exclusively e° l Pol and for which they will of course be paid by the jo t) of Stamps and Taxes. The men will be stationed 0 or principal thoroughfares for such vehicles, but, ~t br alle f, rangement is yet merely an experiment,—Sunaas oa f ' FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT.•—•TIVO Lives ,4 —An explosion took place in a coal pit be1 011 ,b„ 9 6 , 0 Messrs. Grundy, at Pilkington, on Thursday, 1" - i ,, be'r ult., and two men received injuries, of which tu e 'rel„ since died. The names of the deceased we re ss , o ,„" o Valentine, who died on Satul•day, and John t he expired on Tuesday last. Inquests were heluef ", bodies before Mr. W. S. Rutter, in the first 21 1 tiv e0 . Monday, at Little Lever ; and in the second, 011 , sc f day, at Radcliffe Bridge. The only evidence gi ve y e i the nature of the accident, was a statement ineu - b oro ms deceased themselves, to the effect that they w ere , of s ,` - t in the mine ; and the fact spoken to by b oln ".01:0:4 witnesses, that a severe gust of wind was felt In "" e0 Wi part of the pit at the time, from which the iderelpot drawn, that an e x pl os i on h a d ta k en pl ac e in t b firerdi e the mine where the deceased were emplayed• were given accordingly.—Manchester Guardian. 1 . 0 0 0 A MAN WHO WAS TRANSPORTED SIX II . O Aco.—On the cross exam i nat i on , i n an appeal witness of th e name o f G eorge R o bi nson , of rr le goali o ton, by the opp os i ng counc il at our sess ions, ° ll , a vio r last it came out that h e h a d been transported vole of sixty year s ago for sheep stealing. Robi nson eighty-three ye ars o f age , an d a l t h oug h his loclit' c i ec reP of as driven snow, h e b etrays no other mark or Oeti tunic. He stands e r ect , and his voice is extreio e t 10 5 and powerful, smacking more of the vigour 0401 youth, than of extreme old age.—Lancaster Go" NEW COURT. Up to the hour of going to press the business of this Court had not commenced, owing to the grand jury sending in no bills of indictment. 710W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A foreigner, whose name was not ascertained in con sequence of his pertinaciously refusing to understand the questions which were put to him, and who had the ap pearance of a servant of the higher class, was charged before Mr. Hall with obtaining money under false pre tences from several hotel-keepers. George Hill, hotel-keeper at Spring-gardens, stated that, on Saturday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the prisoner went to his (witness's) house to take lodgings, as he said, for a foreign gentleman, his master, whom, he said, he was about to bring to that hotel in a cab. Having taken the rooms, he asked witness if he would lend him half-a-crown, for the purpose of paying the fare of the cab, as his master had no English coin. Witness gave him the money, but having some suspicions of bis character, he desired the waiter to success. But one of th e h ote l - k eepers, watch him. The waiter followed him to several other hotels, where, it appears , he made similar applications w to ith suspected he intended t o app l y , h av i ng been warned in time by the waiter who was watching the whom the s i a t m w e a s prisoner, gave him in charge. Several cases of a similar nature were gone into ; but Mr. Hall, considering the evidence too scanty for con viction, cautioned and discharged the prisoner, and the prosecutors left the Court with manifest discontent. was charged with robhin g h er emp l oyer. i SOUTHWARK.--(THIS DAY.) Elizabeth Griffiths, servant at th e S uffolk Arms, t hat money had b een f requently missed f the bar, and, for th e p urpose o f d etecting the h penny pieces were mar k e d an d place d the o o tn ot thief, appeared a y i -fs. Shelf t s rQ o e m t , in e there. On Saturday lest the prisoner being noticed to leave the spot was subsequently searched, and several of them were found in her possession. ---She was remanded. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY . ) alias Fowler, a y oung man, was c h arge d with Lowe, ings ' s n b a asket of wea r i ng appare l , of the value of 61, on the 901 of laundress, November. s G n George a o at rge stated that on the ev e nin g u sei M . in question she e m p lo y ed t he prisoner to go with her to carry a basket of clothes to St. M art i n ' s -l ane. T he pri soner walked exc eedin g l y fat , and Mrs. Lowe desired him to go slo,.ver ; but when opposite the Marsh-gate he contrived to g i v e witness the slip, there being a great crowd, and she never saw the prisoner or the clothes again. J ame s Brooks, an active constable of the L di v i s i on , apprehended the prisoner in Chelsea workhouse. Mrs. Lowe said she was very poor, and had to support her aged mother. She bad been compelled to make good the loss. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery. The prisoner was then remanded, to give the constable time to find where the clothes had been pledged. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) George Salisbury, a powerfully-built man, was charged with the following savage conduct:— On the previous night he was creating a disturbance in bpencer-street, Clerkenwell. Police-constable 29 G repeatedly directed him to go away. The prisoner com menced an indiscriminate attack on several persons who were quietly standing by —two he struck on the face, and seizing the finger of a third in his mouth, crushed it between his teeth. The officer then took him into cus tody. 153 G swore he was knocked down twelve times by the prisoner ; 170 G that he was knocked down three times. The prisoner was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 6.—Wind S. to S.W., fresh breeze, and fine weather, mild. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind W.N.W., very light. 5. W. to W.S.W., moderate. 5. Arrd. Helvellyn, Tußidge ' Sin gapore; Alexander, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Arab, Hobart Town; George Home, Deshent , South Seas ; Orleana, Cameron, and China, Livesay, Calcutta ; Orynthia, Moulmein • Eliza Scott, Beal , Ichaboe; Wool sington, Johnson, and William Alfred, Culverwell, An tigua ; Prince Albert, Saber, New York ; American Lass, and Alexander, St. John's, New Brunswick; Aria, Quebec. Sld. Aurelia, Sydney ; Eliza, Sierra Leone ; Planet, Jamaica; Caroline, St. John's, New Brunswick; Arrow, Madagascar. POBTSMOUTH, JAN. 4 AND s.—Wind W. -s .—Arrd. William, Ro we , Q ue b ec . OFF IiARGATE, JAN. 5.--Carrara, Mailler, Mauritius; Pearl, Itowles, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, JAN. 4 and s.—Wind W.—Arrd. Daphne, Gjohne, Bahia. _ SOUTHAMPTON, JAN.s.— Arrd. Forth steameraievett, West Indi es , l e f t B ermu d a 21st ult.; William Lushing ton, Gill, Queb ec , w i t h l oss of one of her masts. POOLE, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Copia. Jar vis, Ichaboe. 5 . Hearts of Oak, Cook, Newfoundland ; Velocity, Ham burgh, for Newfoundland. OFF SWANAOE, JAN. 3.—Wellington, Wilson, , OFF TORBAY, JAN. 3.—Wind S.W.—Robert and Louisa, Voss, Havannah. DARTMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind S.W. to W.S,W.—SId• about thirty sail of coasters eastward. PLYMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind S.W.—Put back, Sophia , for Newcastle, with loss of sails and mainboom, and other damage, having been in contact with the Pandora, O Ho rse F B T a n , Cunningham ; T rue Bl ue, h av i ng been in contact with a brig., name unkn own. Sld . Th e Windbound. Hamburgh. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 5.—A sc h oo ner is ashore on the E NnVellarusTo.—uthDtiponra Forster, Porto Rico, for Southport. MAURITIUS.—Arrd. Phlox steamer, Liverpool and Cape of Good Hope, OFF ICHABOE, NoVEmßEß.—Donegal, London. TALLOW. There is in reality no material change in this market, although a slight variation in the quotations. There is no speculative business doing; the prices are wholly go. verned by the demand for consumption, which, for the last few weeks has exceeded that of the corresponding period last year. All the St. Petersburgh Tallow has arrived, and is included in the stock of this day. Town Tallow is 40s 6d to 42s nett cash ; rough fat 2s 4d per Blbs. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. — On Sunday afternoon, at the close of the service, the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 8.D., read himself in as a Prebendary, to wh.ch office he has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of London. Mr. Hawkins is a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and h as been for some years the secretary of the S oc i ety for the P r opagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 1 M 41