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ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, Will he performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitled POVERTY ; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jemmy Tacit, Mr. Manta ,• Squ;-^ Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, bliss Arden ; Mary Graham, Vincent. After which will be laced THE FAIRY LADY; or, the Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude:with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, the Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt. THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, JAN. 18. TtIRKMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 49. BAROMETER, 30.27.—W1ND, W. NOTE.—Th© number 32 on the Thermometer denotes Om freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 11 minutes after 0.1 Evening ... 50 minutes after O. Robert Hanna, Henry-street; William Longfield; William Ord, Cork-street. The Attorney-General then rose and commenced his address for the prosecution. He stated the nature of the offence and the law of conspiracy, supported by numerous quotations from law authorities. He went into a lengthened history of the repeal agitation, gave sketches of the different Associa tions that have been connected with the movement, and grounded his case against the individual traversers by quotations from the repeal press, from the speeches of Mr. O'Connell, and the evidence of the organisation of the Association itself. In de scribing the repeal card of membership, the mention of the portrait of Brian Boru, which is one of its illustrations, excited considerable merriment, which he immediately reproVed, appearing somewhat vexed at a merriment he considered so out of place. In reviewing the different scenes which had been exhibited during the repeal agitation, he pointed out the illegal course pursued by Mr. O'Connell. That gentleman, he said inculcated peace and order, but his object was to carry out the designs of the con spirators ; for if the peace was not kept till the conspiracy was ripe, its purpose would be frustrated. And what were they to say of the law put forth by Mr. O'Connell, that the Irish Parliament could be revived with out applying to the Imperial Parliament at all ? Could it be that a lawyer, eminent as he was in his profession, spoke as he believed, when he laid down such a doctrine, in the face of the 3d article of the Act of Union ? No, said he, it was laid down for the purpose of lulling the apprehensions of the authorities. His object was to crouch, but it was the crouch of the tiger to clutch its foe in its grasp. As another instance, he said, of the objects of the accused, at a meeting held on the Ist of February, 1843, Mr. O'Connell said, England is in distress, and now is the time for Ireland. Could Ireland have been worse if she was a dependency of France ? In the speech made by him on that occasion, he evidently intended to convey the idea that Ireland had the power of driving her oppressors into the sea—every road was a defile—every field was a redoubt— and cavalry could not act against the people. He next alluded to the wild speeches of young TYLER in America, and quoted some spirited verses entitled " The Memory of the Dead," and at five o'clock the Court adjourned. The Attorney-General was to resume his speech on Wednesday morning. The jury then retired to their homes. No officer of the Court was appointed to attend them. The speech of the Attorney-General was' carefully got up, and delivered with firmness, but it was destitute of that fire and animation which distinguish Irish speakers. IRISH STATE TRIALS. SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH STATE TRIALS, WILL APPEAR IN "THE SUN," DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING, DURING THE IMPORTANT TRIALS NOW GOING ON IN DUBLIN ; WITH CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHATEVER OCCURS IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. un- office, 112, Strand, London. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, is 8 vols., T HE UNLOVED ONE, A DOMESTIC STORY. By MRS. HOFLAND. Authoress of " Catherine the First ; or, the Cearina," &e. Henry Colbura, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE STATE TRIALS. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS on SATURDAY NEXT, January 20, 1844, will contain SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS :—O'Connell, his Sons, and Tom Steele, on their way to the Four Courts—drawn by James Maheny, Esq. Also, CITY PORTRAITS :—The Lord Mayor, Town Clerk, Alderman Butt, the Recorder, Mr. MiLaughlsul. PORTRAITS of EMINENT LAWYERS: — Mr. Pierce Mahony, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Clements, Mr. Gad.. land, and Mr. Cantwell. Interior and exterior of the MUSIC HALL, during the great aggregate meeting of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ; Signal Fires, in Ireland. Also, Statue of Wilkie ; Portrait of the Rev. W. Melvin ; Camberwell New Church ; Chantrey's .Statue of George IV. ; Portraits of Madame Dulcken, Miss Rainforth; and Mr. W. Harrison ; an original tale, by Miss Camilla Toulmin, with three illustrations. With all the news of the week ; price 6d., stamped. Immediate orders should be given. Office, 198, Strand. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTfIORISED and GUARANTEED bi HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £doo £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct fer 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 18, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, cafledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borram ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of 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, Aim, Mir; Carson; Clown, Mx T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 7a., Second Price Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55., Second Price 3s. ; Pit Ss Second Price Middle Gallery 23., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price tid. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 18, PROGRAMME PART FORPHIS EVENING. Overture. Euryanthe—Weber. The Toy Quadrille —Julien. surprua Symphony—Haydn. soy', violin, Mr. Case. _Vaise, La Valse a Deux Tems--Jumen. Solo, Cornet -a-Piston, Herr Kcenig. Serenade from Don Pasquale, with Guitar Accompaniment, the Voice Part, as sung by Signor Mario, performed by Herr Konig —Donisetti. Durletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Milli org—Jullien. PART 11. Opera, Don Juan, Grand Fantasia, with Solos—Mozart. New Quadrille, The Irish F.chos—Jullien, Sole, Ophlcleide, M. Prospere. Pr , Peccatis, from The Stabat Mater. Valle, The Metamorphoses (received with great favour at the Nobi lity's Assemblies) —Koenig. The English Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, 2s. dd. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the I3ox-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Boud.atreet ; Mr. Sams, St. James ' s -street; and M. Jullien's O ffi ce, 5, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mu. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER RE.ENGAGESIENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 18, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madams Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. /)lever; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. After which, the Unparalleled Performances of Professor RISLEY And his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King .Lach rymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, a ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit 25.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be bad of Mr I. T. Amber, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Beet Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 15, The Wow Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called IHZ BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Eflectsi Columbine, Miss Bullets ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, slr. T. Matthews , from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury lane; Pants. I Jon, Mr.:Johnstone. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors men at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. N. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY lb, Will b. repeated an English 'version of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugehia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. /Swami, and Paul Bedford. After which, THE LOST LETTER. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled 'ltiE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing-Song, Mrs. H. P. Urattan; Poo. ho• Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss It. Isaacs. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY IS, Will be rereated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. ft 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 'Fricks, 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; Pants.. loos, Mr. Hawkins ;' Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Plates and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box offlee, frost Eleven to Four. - • • • ' St , , _ - jp61 46, • • 14117 3--‘ 1 ,•":5$ , ' 41 ( .131 %,411111111116V • impr - :^• 0 ,/ n , • _AI% ;r e _ • 'Flyer 41 SECOND EDITION: o ta. c : , ; „ trtnuris LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1844. The Irish State Trials commenced in good earnest on Tuesday, at ten o'clock. The traversers made no more opposition to the swearing of the jury, which was pro ceeded with, after a short delay caused by the non appearance of the traversers, Mr. Barrett and Mr. Duffy, the former from having to come from his country residence, some distance from Dublin., and the latter from ill health. Mr. Cantwell, th© soli citor, and Mr. llenn, the counsel for these gentlemen, each offered to allow the trial to proceed in their ab sence, but the Attorney-General would not per mit it, and the consent of the Crown is necessary for a defendant in such a case to appear by attorney. The Chief Justice said the reason given by Mr. Barrett was no excuse, and if the delay occurred again the Court would enforce the recog nizances. Some applications for exemption, sup ported by affidavit and certificate of bad health and incapacity, having been granted, and one for exemption on account of age having been refused, the following gentlemen were sworn : .James Hamilton, Upper Ormond-quay, Foreman ; (apt. Roper, Eccles-street ; Edward Clarke; F. Faulk ner, Grafton-street; John Croker ; Henry Flynn, William -street ; Henry Thompson ; Anson Floyd, Wellington -street ; Johu Rigby, Suffolk-street ; The prosecution against Mr. O'CONNELL and his fellow traversers, " like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along" the slimy paths of Irish law. The challenge to the array, or, in other words, to the entire jury, although refused, and productive of no direct advantage to the traversers, served, at all events, to expose more fully the gross injustice which carelessness, or wilful intention, had perpe trated, by excluding from the panel nearly one ' tenth of the entire number of qualified jurors. The fact is now admitted on all hands, and it is openly confessed that, by the conduct of the Irish officials, the jury-list has been limited in number, and the chances diminished, to the prejudice of the ac cused. So much for justice to Ireland, and the Irish, under a Tory Government, when even the material out of which a jury is to be selected, shall be confined, and partially annihilated, to the utter prevention of all fair choosing. And when the forty-eight names were chosen from this unfairly diminished list, the course taken by the prosecutors, to exclude every Roman Catholic from the the panel, was just as unwise, and improper, as the omission of the qualified jurors from the entire list was illegal and unjust. Can it be wondered at, that the traversers should make every effort to set aside a panel, from all chance of serving upon which so many had been by fraud excluded, and all of one faith rejected ? Can it be any matter of surprise, that they should fight every inch of ground, and contend foot to foot with their persecutors, not for advantage, for of all advantage the Crown officers have deprived them, but to obtain, if possible, justice in the tribunal appointed to try them, and to show the public how justice is dealt out to the people of Ireland? Shame upon all concerned, that fraud, and exclusion from civil privileges, on account of religious opinions, should be perpetrated under the name of justice ! Shame upon all concerned, and may the day of their shame be the day of their punishment, as it is of their exposure and disgrace ! A jury has at length been constituted, after pro ceedings which, most unfortunately for the ends of justice, have taken away from it every claim to con fidence, and rendered the conduct of that jury matter for the closest scrutiny, and the most rigid observ ance. And before that jury, a jury chosen from a list improperly narrowed in number, and to serve upon which religious opinions were made the test of fitness, or of exclusion, the eyes of England and Ireland are now fixed. That jury may yet show its disdain of the trammels in which the law officers of Ireland have sought to place it, and may prove that an Irish jury, although selected from fraudulent lists, and sought to be confined to one religious creed, can do the duty of jurors to their fellow-countrymen, by deciding according to the evidence submitted to them, and not according to the would-be dictation of Tory prosecutors. The Attorney-General for Ireland may be taught that the juries of his country are, as yet, proof against all the manoeuvres of his subal terns, and that no conviction can be attained by sharp practice, or the trickery of official underlings. It is said, and we believe it to be true, that Sir ROBERT PEEL, And the English law officers of the Crown, look with disgust and disapprobation upon the :proceedings of the Irish officials, in the whole matter of this trial. No one on this side of the water connected with Government, save and except the renegade Whigs, part of the present Ad ministration (and to whom, in order to form a " Go vernment of Combinations," as Sir ROBERT PEEL himself said and wrote, he sacrificed the patronage and the real reins of Government), in heart approves the reckless desire and purpose to convict O'CoNNELL, displayed by the conduct of the present prosecution. The director of the " Derby Dilly" and the " Ne- therby Clan" desire to crush the fearless assertor of Irish rights—the champion of equal justice—equal laws—equal privileges for Ireland. But we do not believe that Sir ROBERT PEEL, led, as he is, by the fiery TYBALT of his Administration, and yielding to the advice which, disapproving, he yet follows, can really hope for gain to himself, or power to his Go vernment, even by a conviction upon the present occasion. It would have been far better for the Crown officers, that their mischievous intents and decided aims at conviction should have been more decently shown, and less obnoxiously avowed. It would have been far more decent that the jury list should' have been pro perly formed, and that the names of 65 persons, of whom thirty-seven are Catholics and Quakers, should have ap peared thereon, rather than have been totally omitted, with every appearance of design. It might have been more decorous if the Recorder had waited to see the lists completed, before he hastened off to join the fes tivities of Sir ROBERT PEEL at Drayton Manor, to which place the sheets of the jury list were sent. It would have been less obnoxious to every Catholic in England and Ireland, if, in striking the jury, religious opinion had not been the sole ground for exclusion. And it would have been more consonant to the prin ciples of justice, and to the course that a POLLOCK or a FOLLETT, a CAMPBELL or a WILDE, would have pursued, if, instead of throwing every difficulty in the way of the accused, every leniency and concession had been shown, that could in fairness have been demanded. Then, at all events, would the prosecutors have gone to the jury with clean hands, and with claims to their attention, founded upon the purity with which they had conducted their official duties; then would the jury have had the confidence of all par ties—the Crown might have hoped for favour—the jury for implicit trust,—and the whole proceedings would have been freed from the imputations and sus picion which now attend them. The accounts which have been lately published of the state of affairs in Monte Video are at once dis tressing to humanity and disgraceful to our own apathy. Monte Video has been exposed for about twelve months, not so much to the more immediate horrors incident to a protracted siege, as to the more hopeless and withering process of a land blockade, efficiently established, and rigorously maintained by a bigoted and remorseless soldier. General RosAs, commanding the troops of the republic of Buenos Ayres, invests Monte Video with an army which cuts off all communication between the beleagured town and its commercial resources and connexions. Monte Tideo contains not only a very considerable number of English merchants and their families, but Spanish and colonial mercantile establishments of extensive connexions and character. It is believed that through this body, in the aggregate, outstanding credits on English account are due, amounting to upwards of 600,000/. The passion of RosAs having, for its pecu liar object, the extirpation of foreign commerce, he will not permit the cordon which be has established under the walls of the ill-fated city to be broken through, on any pretence of communicating with the native and colonial consumers from whom these credits are due. The inevitable consequence, it would appear, must be, that they can never be collected. The Monte Videan houses must perish under the continuance of the cruel duresse in which the con tending pretensions of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video thus operate to keep all foreigners who are shut up in the latter. They have especial reason to complain, and do, accordingly, most vehemently com plain, that they have been made the instruments of aggravating the losses which are likely to be sus tained by the strong assurances that were given to them by Mr. MANDEVILLB, our Minister, when visiting the shores of the Plata, that the British Go vernment would certainly protect British rights and property in those regions, in the event of the Buenos Ayrean armament entering the territory of Monte Video, by repelling force by force. In conse quence of this assurance—so the correspondence, re cently received in London, declares—" large sales of merchandise were made on credit, and orders transmit ted to this country for further shipments." 'When Rows did cross into the territory, there was a British force in these waters, more than five times suf ficient to have effected his instant discomfiture and retreat ; but he was not interfered with, and has, ever since, cooped up the unhappy residents •at Monte Video, Iwithin the bare walls of their strong posi tion, where the whole community experience the un satisfied cravings for the common necessaries of life. In the meantime the native and other consumers in the interior of the country are becoming, every day, leas and less competent to pay for their purchases, owing to the unrelenting destruction of all foreign property, carried on by orders of ROSAS throughout the territory subject to his exactions and his vengeance. To such an extent does ROSAS indulge his stupid preposses sions against external commerce of any kind, that he had very recently enforced the immediate return, without unloading, of several vessels which had arrived with cargoes of produce from Corrientes at Buenos Ayres. These cargoes were composed, in part, of returns of the native dealers and oonsumers above alluded to, for the British merchandise and manufactures supplied to them by the importers of Monte Video. It seems, therefore, that no course more effective could have been taken for sacrificing all chances of reimbursing the shippers or owners of 600,000/. of British merchandise, destined for that market alone. Now, it is not without reason that the Monte ideo correspondent of the Morning Chronicle complains, that if Mr. MANDEVILLE was authorised to give such assurances of protection as he did, the British Go vernment is bound to do that instantly, which it ought long ago to have done, namely—to interpose its full authority for securing compensation and satis factionfrom the ruling authorities in Buenos Ayres, on account of losses by British subjects thus sustained : that if Mr. MANDEVILLE had no such authority, the fact ought to be immediately proclaimed,—himself dismissed or otherwise punished,—and his proceeding formally disavowed by the Foreign-office. For ourselves we go further. Irrespective of the question, ,whether Mr. MANDEVILLE had or had not due authority for a certain declaration to British subjects in the territories of a foreign State, — is the grave consideration how far the honour of our common country is involved in, and compromised by, such vexatious pantomimes of State hostility and diplomatic duplicity, as these crude and but half-fashioned States of South America are perpetually " getting up"—to their own gratification, probably, but to the detriment and injury of the com merce of the civilised world, and all the blessings which follow in its train ? It is true that modern jurists have ruled very decisively that a blockade — maintainable as to all other circumstances-is good, so long as it can be effectively enforced. It is also true that France has concurred with Great Britain in re cognising this exercise of the right of blockade by Buenos Ayres against Monte Video. Nevertheless, in a case where the sufferers by the interruption and ' prohibition of the trade of the place are foreigners,— English, Spanish, and French subjects, against whom there is no charge of contraband trading or smuggling, but who, in the lawful pursuit of their commercial operations, are suddenly placed in a position from which they are not permitted to extricate themselves, wherein their capitals are sacrificed, their trade ruined; and their lives endangered by the proceedings of belligerents, each of whom is under treaties of amity with their own sovereigns ;—it does appear to us that on every principle of expediency and justice those sovereigns, or one of them, should insist on the per sonal rights and liberty of their own subjects being respected. Reparation ought clearly, we think, to be enforced in this instance, which comes precisely under the conditions we have been supposing. The conduct of ROSA/3, in sending back the vessels from Corrientes, was a wilful interference with the private property not merely of the merchants of Monte Video, but of his own compatriotes of Buenos Ayres, that his own Government should be made to disavow, as some sort of guarantee against the recurrence of such exhibitions of wanton folly in future. Let us hope that a little Cromwellian vigour may yet be aroused in the re cesses of Downing-street, to bear upon the wings of the wind the once dreaded and omnipotent protest of Britain against all dishonour to her flag, or injury to her subjects, in any corner of the habitable world ! Of all the questions which have been entered upon by the public reformer in this country, there is no one which has presented greater diffi• culties to his efforts than has that of University reform. The causes of this .seem to us to be pretty evident. With the majority of topics which have been from time to time imported into public discussion, people generally have at least something like a practical familiarity. Re specting, however, the two national Universities and their concerns, the nation, excepting the upper classes and the members of the learned professions, is as compliitely ignorant as if these institutions were in nowise connected with the country. There is a mystery attending every thing transacted at Cambridge and Oxford, which the uninitiated can only look upon with no means of solving. Those, too, who have the power of divulging " the secrets of the prison house" are apparently restrained from doing so by a feeling of attachment to their Alma Mater, and an esprit de corps, which makes them regard with utter abhorrence, as a species of parricide, any such publication. Just now, however, things appear to have taken a turn more favourable for the operations of those who would introduce amendments in the regula tions of the two great academical bodies. People appear to be at the present time aroused to the necessity for some inquiry into the application of funds which were left by pious and patriotic be nefactors for the advancement of religion and science, and in very many instances for the pro secution of these most commendable purposes by eliciting indigent merit. The expense of an education at either Oam bridge or Oxford has of late years been far too high to admit of any but those in com paratively easy circumstances sending their sons to those institutions. But they are considered as national seminaries. How can this character rightly accrue to them when such obstacles exist to their realising the pur poses which so comprehensive a title suggests? The lowest annual expense at which a young man can pass through either of our Universities we should fix at 1501. This we consider is the lowest estimate which can be formed for an undergraduate's expenses. These expenses usually are much higher. We all know the force of a spirit of emulation upon the actions of men. In youth the same feeling has influence, and there is far less discrimination to direct it into proper in nhaanftneer years ls—a assumes feeling w a which, if properly f os te re d, liberal and most praise worthy bent, directing frequently to the accom plishment of purposes highly beneficial to man kind, in youth is liable to be perverted to a thou sand purposes injurious alike to society and the in dividual. Hence we have young men of high birth, excellent capacity, and with L high-spirited but misdirected natures, applying all their energies gto perfection in tandem drivin, pigeon shooting. jockeyship, and other employments,. which, at least, are inconsistent with the scope of a liberal and intellectual education. How much of the tendency to extravagance on the part of the upper classes of society in this country is attributable to the habits of profligacy and folly nurtured under" the present system of University education ! Is not a cheaper system of instruction—a system . which might develop the eleemosynary resources of our colleges, and attract poor but enterprising scholars to their foundations—compatible with a course of study as efficient:as, if not superior to, the course which is now adopted? In the Scotch and German 'Universities the expenses are, in many instances, not one-fourth part of what they are at Cam bridge and Oxford, and yet these bodies have furnished their full quota to the stock of learned, wise, and pious men. It would be well if sizarships, servitorships, and bible clerkships were more numerous and better endowed than they now are. It ought to be within a young man's power to live on the emoluments which these situations produce, instead of being obliged, as is at present the case, to draw largely upon the already shat tered resources of the paternal purse for main tenance during his college residence. In former times these:endowments did greatgood,by;eliciting obscure and indigent merit, and by providing a maintenance for those who, in after-life, occupied distinguished posts in various departments of Church and State. In later days likeiresults, though of a disproportioned extent,l have fol lowed. Why should not amendments be intro duced which might restore the utility of our collegiate establishments, infuse into them fresh and highly needed vigour; rendering them, as they ought to be, as they still may become, seminaries of a national, comprehensive, and un sectarian character, the boast of England, splen did evidences of the intelligence, .the opulence, and grandeur of our countrymen, and ,the means of handing down the lamp of philosophy with undiminished, and still accumulating splendour, to those who come hereafter in the course of scientific research ? Madrid journals of the 10th have been received, but they bring no news. The City elections still continued in favour of the Progresista candidates, the highest of whom on the list had 928 votes, while the highest on the other side had only 589. On the 10th the Three per Cents. were done at 25e for cash, and 25i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 19 at 60 days. The Paris papers of the 16th are almost entirely occupied with the debate on the address, and the pilgrimage of the Legitimatists to London. The speech of M. BERRYER, in defence of himself and his colleagues, is generally admitted to he a great failure. M. GUIZOT took advantage of his weakness, and made a most impressive speech. The Constitu tionnel admits its great ability, and the weakness of M. BERRYER'S oration. The Journal des Debats says of it—" The man has failed, and the cause is lost." Much business was done on the Bourse on Tuesday, with a considerable rise in the Funds. The Three per Cents. closed at 83 ; the Five per Cents. at 125-10 ; Orleans Railroad Shares at 861.25 ; Rouen, 842-50; Avignon, 678-75; Havre, 652-50; Spanish Active, 30 we find a remar k a bl e con uat,nnounced in th e a rti c l e we In the Number of t he Edinbu rgh Review (CLIX.) pfilrlib'uileailstililohlta'oso-jdfuasyttheocnovinitele"le.ossubject of the " Oregon Terri tory." It occirs in an able paper on Captain Sir Edward Belcher's " Voyage Round the World, per formed by her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the directnd o t n h , e l B r 4 e ; a l. 4 ) e " The passages to rs, attention are y w e h a i r e s h l ‘ fi v 3 e 6 4 11 1 d . these : (The Reviewer has been quoting a dispatch from the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, repudiating a sort of compulsory cession which had been made •of the Provisional Government of the Sand wich Islands by the Queen, Pomare, to the Queen of Great Britain, ill consequence of certain extraordinary proceedings of Capt a i n L or d G eorge Paulet, in her Majesty s ship Carysfort This sound doctrine, moral as well as political . . . may also serve to abate the furiou s attacks of our transatlantic brethren on this occasion, who, in no measured terms of accuse, abuse the British Govern ment of an all-grasping disposition to plant colonies in every part of the world. If priority of discovery authorised possession—which, alone, it does not ; but if cession of territory, made by legitimate authority, sanctions possession, which it does—then the Sand wich Islands might, long ago, have heen annexed to the British Crown—a formal cession of them having been made to the King of Great Britain, in considera tion of services rendered by Captain Vancouver. But supposing the charge of all-grasping to be true, what prevented us from establishing colo• nies in every part of the Pacific, and on the northern and western coasts of America P Instead of which, what did we do ? We gave up Nootka Sound and its islands, which were ceded to us by Spain. We left the Falkland Islands a derelict on the ocean, also ceded to us by that:Power." . . . "But the Ame ricans are the last people in the world who should ac cuse us of a grasping disposition to seize upon new acquisitions of territory." '‘ It is somewhat whimsical, and augurs no great share of moderation or modesty, that a nation brought into existence only about half a century ago, and which by its ' grasping propensities' has swallowed up nearly the half of a vast continent, and will not be satisfied until she has got the whole,—so that its two shores may be washed by the Atlantic on one side and by the Pacific on the other, —that such a nation should talk of the grasping pro pensity of others." CLERKENWELL_(THIS DAY.) John Battens, a notorious thief, was charged with breaking into the stable of Mr. William Henry Cook, a linen-draper, re siding in High-street, Islington, and stealing therefrom a quantity of carriage -harness, whips, umberellas, and other property. It appeared, from the evidence, that, on Tuesday night last, the prisoner got upon the roof of the stables, and, by removing the tiles, effected an entrance into the loft, in which the har ness, &c., were deposited. Ile carried the property down to a public-house in the New-road. where he was arrested by police constable Wright, of the N division, whilst endeavouring to sell it to another person. Mr. COMBE committed the prisoner for trial. A young mechanic, named Albert Jones, was charged with assaulting police-constable 179 G: The prisoner was creating a disturbance in Coppice-row on the previous night. The officers attempted to remove him, but the prisoner attacked the complainant in a very savage manner, and endeavoured to force his eye out with his thumb. He did not succeed, but very much hurt the organ, and dis figured the flesh about it. The prisoner was fined 15s. The fine not being forthcoming, he was committed for seven days. _-- - REVIVAL OF TRADE AT STOCKPORT. 4S hear that arrangements have been made for the working of one of the cotton-mills last occupied by Messrs. Lane and Sons, in Higher Hillgate, and which has now been standing about four years, and that it is likely to commence operations very shortly. An extensive firm, at present carrying on business in the borough, are named as tine tenants. We are also informed that the premises eight years ago occupied by Alessrs. Christy, opposite St. Thomas's Church, Higher Ilillgate, have been purchased by a cotton-merchant, with the intention of commencing 13010 dtlicriPti9r4 of work thcrein,...Manchiater Guardian. Dec. 3 .... 5l 1 9 5O 0 50 5O 9 2:3 49 9 30 49 10 Jau. 6 5O 9 31 8 3 32 2 32 3 32 7 33 0 18 8 18 6 18 7 IS 5 18 3 18 9 :0 1 32 0 30 0 31 6 39 9 30 10 21 4 30 1 30 8 29 5 33 5 S 33 6 32 0 30 10 30 6 30 7 31 0 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX ww.pics Wheat...—. 50i. sd. Oats Barley ...... 323. 3 3 I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 2os. 0,1.1 I Oats Barley .... N. Od. Rye ...... 6d.1 PeA5e.......10 6d. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EAT IVIAREETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 3/ ; useful do, 313 s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland do., 31 12s to 3116 s ; Clover Hay, 31 to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ es to I/ ; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 lOs per load. Both hay and straw, though in limited supply, sold heavily, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 315 s ; use do., 3/ 8s to 3/ 12s ; fine Upland do., 31 13s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 3/ to 41 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 119 s to I/ lls per oad. A short supply and a very dull trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31; useful de., 313 s to 3110 s : fine Upland do. 3/ 12s to 31 17s ; Clover Hay, 3/ to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ Si to 1110 s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18 1R44. S NW - 4 F S Ar,D Vittiatr Cptatom. " Who VIOLS may read." rom.ExGig - . The cold on Tuesday, at Paris, was intense. At one P.ll. on that day, Fahrenheit's thermometer stood at 23. At Brus sels the weather is even still more severe, the thermometer has been as low as 17 cr 15 degrees below freezing. The canals are frozen up, and in many parts the ice is five inches thick. M. Jean Antoine Constatin, the celebrated landscape painter, the master of Granet, Count de Forbin, &c., died at Aix, on the 10th inst., in the 88th year of his age. The editor of the Gazette de Francs, who had been sentenced by default to two years' imprisonment and 6,000 francs fine, took his trial on Monday, and was acquitted. M. Charles Latlitte has been eleuted to the Chamber of De puties by the Electoral College of Louviers. He had 286 votes out of 404. M. Jacques Laffitte has resigned the Presidency of the Council of Directors of the Reuen Railroad Company. The mother of the late General Mina died at Pampeluna on the 6th inst., in the 99th year of her age. A letter from Dresden announces, that the entry of the Paris journal Le Siecle had been pr'hibited in Saxony, al though the Courrier Francaie4Constitutionnel, and Demo erotic Paeifique, were permitted to circulate freely through the kingdom. X.AV7 AND POLICE. In the Bail Court, Mr. Justice Williams fined a number of persons who, being summoned as jurors, did not answer to their names. He at the same time said, it was necessary to impose fines on absentees, for it would be most unfair to call on one set of gentlemen to do all the duty, and excuse others. At the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, the Chairman, Mr. Sergeant Adams, gave the following advice to young barristers. In the course of the day, on a young Lbarrbter continually rising to interrupt the Court when it was in his favour, the Learned Gentleman said, his advice to young men was not to keep on talking least they might start a crotchet which the other side would take advantage of, but to remain quiet, and do nothing more than nod—nod—nod, until the Court was against them. Twelve omnibus drivers were summoned to the Mansion house for "crawling." The Lord Mayor listened calmly to the numerous ingenious excuses of the defendants, but inflicted the full penalty allowed by the law in every instance. He at the same time announced that he would sit every Wednesday to meet people of this description, and suffer no case to escape. Mr. Broughton, the Magistrate at Worship-street, announced the receipt of the following donations:-51. from Mr. Dixon, of Stanfield Park. and 51. from " F." for the poor-box. From " L. B. S." 51., and from " A. C." 1/. for the use of the poor widow Hoscroft and her destitute family, whose afflicting case appeared in this paper on Tuesday last. COUIZT -PASHIONAIME. The Queen Dowager has contributed a donation of twenty pounds to the Indigent Blind Visiting Society, through the hands of the lion. William Ashley, a member of the Committee. Her Majesty also contributed twenty. five pounds at Christmas, 1838, when she accepted the office of Patroness to the charity. Prince George of Cambridge has left Corfu, with two or three English officers, to pass the winter in the genial climate of Naples. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, who have taken one of the splendid hotels in the Champs Elysees, are net expected to return from the French capital until shortly before Easter. The Dowager Marchioness Conyngham is expected to return from Rome, accompanied by Sir William M. Somerville, Bart., ere the second week in March. The remains of the late la mented Lady Maria Somerville were interred in the Roman capital. Earl Delawarr proceeds to town on the 31st inst., to attend the Duke of Wellington's grand dinner at Apsley House. The Earl and Countess of Aylesford have during the last week enlivened their beautiful seat, in Warwickshire, by a suc cession of parties. Among the company assembled were the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth anti Lord Lewisham, Lord Brooke, Lady Jane Peel and Misses Peel, Captain Peel, Hon. C. Finch, &c. bas Co sy u i n n t N ad e a s y sel o rde is r o t,vo,fr e o x m pec a te s d hG t r o t r t e o t u u r rn in t t o the he fu lssain m- provinces, epre vious to his departure for St. Petersburgh. The marriage of Lady Elizabeth Sackville West, eldest daughter of the Lord Chamberlain and the Countess Delawarr, and niece of the fourth Duke of Dorset, with Mr. Francis Hast ings Russell, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and eldest son of Lord George W. Russell, late ambassador at Berlin, are fixed to take place to-day at Buckhurst Park, East Grinstead. The Lord Great Chamberlain and Lady Willoughby de Eresby and family are not expected to return to this country from Rome, where they are passing the winter, until the first week in May. His Lordship, as hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain, has delegated his official duties connected with the opening of Parliament to the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Sir A. W. Clifford, Bart. ItIISCICI.LANEOUS. The Clare .✓ournal states, that mass was offered up yester day in Ennis and the adjoining parishes for the safety of Mr. O'Connell pending the State trials. The steam plough has been introduced in Scotland, for ploughing in morasses and boggy land, where horses cannot be employed. John Romilly, Esq•, recently appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel, took his scat on Wednesday as a Bencher of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn. A collegiate school was opened in Lambeth on Monday, to the head mastership of which the Rev. J. R. Barber, M.A., has been appointed. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Janum y 13, 1843, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Twwns in Englan , ! and Wales, per Imperial Quarter Whear........, 50s. 91. Oats Barlfy 33i. Od . I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. F E►SE MEAT ; MARKETS. SOUTUALL, JA7.s7—Our Market to. day was rather hea vily supplied with stock, on account of which, and the thin at tendance of buyers, the demand was, throughout, heavy, and the quotations had, in some instances, a downward tendmcy. —Beef from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 33 to 4s 4d; Veal, 3.6 d to 41 Sd ; and Pork, 21 10d to 4s per 81bs. Supply—Beasts, 37 ; Sheep, 1,649; Calves, 50 ; Pigs, 42. ROMFORD, JAN. 17. —Prime beasts and calves commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices, but otherwise the trade ruled extremely inactive, at depressed rates.—Beef from 3s •2d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 4s, per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18. to 28s ; quarter-old store Pigs, It's to 301; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to RV each. LEWES JAN. I6.—We had a very sluggish dema n d h ero to-day, arid prices were not supported.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 38 4d to 45 2d; and Pork, 3s to 45 per Blbs. COAL MA Ships arrived since last market.day, 68, d. Car's Hartley Chester Main Davison's West Hartley Hastings Hartley Holywell Main l7 I Ord's Redheugh l3 6 West Hartley l5 6 Wylam .......... l5 0 Walls End Clennell l5 0 Walls End Hilda l7 6 Walls End Rillingworth s d. Walls Endßelmont W.•E. BraddylPsHotton 241 3 Wills End East Helton Walls End Harwell ...... '2l 0 Walls End llctton Walls End Lambton 2O 3 Wale End Pemberton Walls End Russell's lletton 19 8 Walls Fa,d ece Cowpen Llangennech Coal 2O 0 We understand that a steam-carriage has at last been invented, adapted in every respect for locomotion on com mon turnpike-roads. The carriage for passengers is something like an ordinary stage-coach, and is propelled by an engine on two extra wheels, fitted closely to the rear of the carriage, but which can be disconnected at pleasure. The machinery is much simplified, and is rendered so compact that it can be placed upon patent springs of such a construction, that its liability to derangement, from the unevenness of surface on common roads, is entirely avoided. This appears to be a most important improvement, as it gets rid of the only obstacle hitherto found insurmountable in the way of successful loco motion on common roads. It has already been run several thousand miles, over come of the worst roads in England, ascending and descending the steepest hills with facility and safety, and maintaining an average speed of fifteen miles an hour. A company has been formed to bring it into use. THE GREENWICH RAILWAY.—A new and spacious entrance t. the Greenwich Railway adjoining St. Thomas's Hospital is nearly completed, and will be opened in a few days for the passage of vehicles to the terminus, which, when finished, will be a very great improvement to the neighbour hood. A substantial stone pavement is being laid down, and a wide flag-stone footway is also being constructed. To effect these alterations a portion of the property of St. Thomas's Hospital was purchased, and the Company agreed to erect an ornamental iron railing, bounding the footpath, with some buttresses. This is now being raised, and has an extremely neat and elegant appearance, at the same time affording a fine view of the hospital. There died lately at Colmar, in the Haut Rhin, an Israelite, at the age of 98 years, leaving an immense fortune. This he accumulated by buying and selling land, by purchas ing reversions, and by granting loans of money at usurious interest. He was blind for the last twenty years of his life, and yet examined, personally, all the property he purchased before he concluded the bargain, which he took care should be a good one for himself. When land was the object, he went over every part of it, and when a house was offered to him, he visited every room from top to bottom running his hands over all that he could touch, and making his guide give him the details of such parts as he could not reach. He had, it is affirmed, between 6,000 and 7,000 persons who owed him money, and whenever it was required to settle an account with any one of these, his numerous debtors, he immediately gave, from memory, an accurate statement of every item, principal and interest, dates and circumstances, being, in fact, a living journal and ledger.—French Paper. PRIZE FIGHT.—On Thursday, the 11th inst., a pugilistic encounter took place on Lindrick-common, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, which was nearly attended with fatal consequences. The combatants were, a small farmer, named Miller, who resides at Cresawell, and has a family of seven children, and a fellow named Webster, who lives at Whitwell, and has likewise a wife and eight children. The stakes were 101. The tight, which consisted of 53 round, and lasted nearly two hours, was won by Webster, who so severely beat his opponent that it is doubtful whether he will survive, although he has been attended by two medical gen tlemen. Y.y DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF CLARE. —The Countess Dowager of Clare expired, at her house in Belgrave-square, late on Saturday evening. Her Ladyship was the eldest daughter of the late Richard Chapel Whaley, Esq., and was married, in 1786, to thelate Earl of Clare, the Lord . High Chancellor of Ireland, mid father of the present . Earl. ?lONE AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO 171 - I , ' EE. In the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday, the sales were 9,000 bales, the market being rather less animated. Speen lato7s took 1,501) bales American, 1,000 PernamLoco, and 1,000 Surat; 2,000 Pernam sold at 61d. to 633., 100 Bahia at 6 1 /...d., 200 Maranham at 6d. to 6i0., 100 Egyp.ion at 64d. to 70., 1,500 Surat at 34d. to and the rest American at 540. to 66-el.—Shares were inactive : Eastern Counties, ex New, 10; Grand Junction, 233; Birmingham, Quarter, 29; South Eastern,! 354 ; ditto, New, 354 ;. Paris and Lyons, 2 19-20; Manchester and Leeds, 101. We briefly noticed yesterday the attendance of many influen tial parties to inspect specimens of foreign cured pros isions, including the Secretary of the Board of Trade, and other practical men in such matters, to ascertain if, in ordinary course, the poorer classes were likely to derive any advantages from the reduction of duties, by the new tariff, upon articles of food imported from abroad. So satisfied were all present upon this point, that it is in contemplation to convene a public meeting (to be held at the Halt of Commerce we understand), to show the policy of an extension being given to this new branch of trade. It is established as a fact that most of the provisions already imported—that is the best of them— have been sold to the middle and pourer classes at immense profits, as English produce, while the inferior is marked " American." Thus a prejudice is kept up, and the retailers, by demanding comparatively high prices for articles imported, which were bought 25 or 30 per cent. lower, are, as already stated, immense gainers. It has been suggested, in in order that the new tariff may have in this respect a fair trial, that in the more populous districts of the metropolis shops should be opened where none but foreign cured provisions should be sold. The principal complaint made by some of the practical men present at yesterday's inspection, was, that the Pork, and some of the,Beef, was too fat. This, however, cannot refer to the Port Phi.ip Beef, as that is de cidedly cut too lean. There were no colonial arrivals in the City to-day, and the French mail was detained, supposed by the prevalence of fogs in the Channel. The Commissioners purchased 18,0001. Consols this morn ing, but only a small turn was invested in aid of the Sink ing Fund ; in fact, as the brokers for the Commis sioners lump the purchases, the specific sum laid out daily, in reduction of the debt, is not publicly stated, nor in deed is there the least clue as to the transactions of those re presenting the Lords of the Treasury upon the subject above alluded to. Consuls for Account have touched 97—the same quotation rules for Money. Exchequer Bills have been ' heavy at 665. premium. '1 he Reduced Three and-a-Half Fee Cents, have touched 103, but they are now a shade lower. The Transfer Books are now all open for free transfers, and business is, in consequence, much increased. It ought to be stated that the purchases of the Commissioners were made in Consols at 97. Bank Stock for Money and Account is worth 1594. This is the pay day in the Cunsol Market, and it has gone off satisfactorily. In the Foreign Market not much business was transacted to day. Old Portuguese Five per Cents. were quoted at 71 ; the Spanish Activss at 224; the Three per Cents. at 304 ; the Passive Bonds at 54 ; Dutch Five per Cents. at 1004 ; and the Two-and-a-half per Cents at 54a. The principal changes in the Railway Shares have been to day in the G. eat Western, which are up in 34 premium ; in the Grand Junction, which are at 134 premium ; in the Manches ter and Leeds, which are at 15% premium; in the South Eastern and Dover, which are at 5% discount ; and in the York and North Midlarld (Scarborough branch) which are at 154 premium. In the other Railway Shares the variations have been slight this morning. New Australian Bank Shares have realised 4 premium, and the London Joint- Stock Bank Shares 24 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 974a 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities: 34 per Cent. Annuities, 1818 36 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...:10284 103 1024 New 34 per Cent. Annuities lO2 101 i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 12a India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,0(10 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, I4d. lid. 1000/. 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 7l Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 224 Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Deferred l2k Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 304 Dutch 24 per Cent Dutch 5 iser Cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto New ...... .........V - to Edinburgh and Glasgow ......... 50 Ditto Registered Great Western (rand Junction 100 234 London and Brighton Londcrn and Birmingham Stock ......240 London and South Western ... 41% ... 734,4 Ditto Eighths Lancaster and Carlisle - Mancbc3ter and Leeds Ditto New Shares.... Norwich and Brandon Nowcastle and Darlington Junct l5 ...... 29 Northern and Eastern North Midland 100 Ditto Third. 9 1/. 13s. 4d. 30 Paris and Orleans 2O - ... to Paris and itmien .. ..... ..... '2O .3outh Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip... ......... ... York and N:irth Midland 5O Ditto Scarboro' Branch Yarmouth and N0rwich............ 13 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia (New) Lohdon Joint Stock lO - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 17.—We cannot report any change in our market, except Bolton and Bury, which have advanced to 97/., being an improvement of 41. per share. Prices generally continue firm :—Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, 4 9.16 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 84 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 38i ; Manchester and Leeds, 99i to 100 1 , ; Bolton and Preston, 23 to ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 58i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH I U DS. B St ock lB9 Cent. Red. 3 Ceut. C'ons. 96 3i • , .:r Cent. Red... 102} 31 per Cent. ... 1011 LNl,vi 5 ter Cen'.. . 1..,u,pz Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 t. 1859 -Jail. 1860 FOREIG, itu..trian, 5 per cent.... Belgian 5 per cent Bra.k.ilian Bonds.. 11 L..!lit,S Ayres 6 per cent — Cnilian, 6 per cent Gc.inibian, 6 per cent — Ditto. 1824 eu:ia Bonds, 6 per cent lli Danish, per sent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. India Stock .... . pm Ditto Bonds ............. 81 pm !Ditto Old Annuities... !Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/. I4d. 67 pm Ditto 500/... .68 pm Ditto Small .68 pm Bank Stock for Aect. 169 i India Stock for — Consols for Act. 4 FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... ..• • Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 3 per cent... Ditto, Deferred.... • 12 $ French, 5 per cent. —f. Exchange.......... —f — c. French, 3 per cent. —e. Dutch, 2i per cent. IA a Ditto, 5 per 1001, RES. Sll A Eastern Counties (23 paid) loh Ditto New Shares ( paid) ll4 Great Western (75 paid) ... 108 i London and Brighton (50 pa d) . . London and Birmingham ( paid)........ 240 Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 29* London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 73 Ditto Eighths (11 5s paid) ......... 2 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ... 161 Lancaster and Carlisle (5 paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... •• Ditto New Shares (30 paid) - 4si Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid \ 29 Rouen and Havre ( 6 paid) ..... South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 35 Ditto Scrip (26 paid) 2 Yarmouth and Norwich (13 paid) l6l We understand that in the house of Commons, Viscount Clive, the Member for North Shropshire, will move the address in answer to her Majesty's speech ; and Mr. Card well, Member for Clitheroe, will be the seconder. AMERlCA.—Thepo,cliet-ship Siddons ' Captain Cobb, arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday last from N ew York, which city she left on the 27th ult. _ SUDDEN DEATII AT A VESTRY..--Alr. Higgs held an inquest yesterday afternoon, at the Prince's Head, Princes street, Westminster, on the view of the body of Mr. Simon Stephenson, aged eighty, late vestry clerk of St. Margaret, Westminster. The facts appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Verdict—" Natural death.' At the conclusion of the inquiry, a conversation arose as to whether or not there had been any necessity for holding the inquest. The Coroner stated that he did not intend to have done so, had not one of the deceased's relatives called upon him on the subject, and expressed a wish that/such an investigation should take place. INDIGENT BLIND VISITING SOCIETY.—IIer Ma jesty the Queen Dowager has just graciously contributed a donation of 20/. to the funds of this excellent charity, through the hands of the Hon. Wm. Ashley, a member of the Com mittee. Her Majesty also contributed 251. at Christmas, 1838, when she condescended to accept the office of patroness to the charity. oomv Wit GARRISON.—A General-Court-martial was held yesterday in the mess-room of the Royal Artillery, Colonel Mercer President, Adjutant Varlo, Deputy Judge. Advocate, for the purpose of trying private John Knowles, of the Royal Marines, for conduct highly unbecoming the charac ter of a soldier, in repeatedly knucking down Corporal Chad wick, a non-commissioned officer of the same regiment, on Sunday, the 25th day of December, 1843, whilst doing duty at her Majesty's Dockyard, Deptford. The Court, after a lengthened and patient investigation of the whole of the evi dence, and maturely de'iberating upon the prisoner's former bad conduct, found him guilty of the charges preferred against him ; but the sentence will not be promulgated till it has re ceived her Majesty's approval. NON-ATTENDANCE OF JURORS.—In the Bail Court, yesterday, Mr. Justice Williams ordered a number of gentle.. men summoned on the jury, who did not answer when their names were called, to be fined. One gentleman, who had been fined on Tuesday, stated that he appeared and served on the first day of the sittings, and was not aware that he was re quired by the summons to attend day by day. He did not wish to shrink fro Fr. the performance of a public duty. The fine in this case was remitted. THE PLEASURES OF CHANCERY.—Within the last few days an extraordinary answer to a bill in Chancery has been filed. The answer is engrossed on " forty" skins of parchment, consisting of upwards of one thousand folios, It has been ascertained that an office copy of this answer will cost the plaintiff no less than forty-nine pounds ten shillings, which amount must be incurred before the suit can be pro ceeded with. SAILORS' FEMALE ORPHAN HOME.—A meeting of the patrons of this charity was held last evening at the Fins bury Chapel, Aloorfelds, the Rev. A. Fletcher, in the chair, The institution was established for the relief of the orphans of sailors who have perished at sea. From the Report it appeared that there are at present twenty orphan children on the funds of the charity. T 4 receipts from the 20th May, 18.42, to November 20, 1,8 , 0, amounted to 5201. Th e liahiliticp the ScrOvq , arwAht to urwarth of 2921. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LoNnoN, JAN, 1,':4.--Light Westerly breeze and cloudy DEAL, JAN. 17.—Withi A. M. ^.trd., moderate; F.M. N.hy W., hazy.—Arrd. Earl Durham, Crouch, Calcutta; liar' snony, Mosscry, .Newfoundland. SM. Sophia, Madras and Calcutta. The schooner Flicrrtsitht, of Yarmouth, which sank at her anchors (in the fairway of navigation for Ramsgate Harbour) during a gale in OctoLer last, has drifted, and lies off No. 2 Battery, in ten feet at low water, nearly h. 7.11 a mile from the shore. Several boats' crews are attempting to weigh her, and will probably succeed should the weather contiuue moderate. CLYDE, JAN. 15.—S1d. Ida, Demerara. ARDROSSAN, JAN. 11.—Slci. James Reid, St. Thomas's. CRIM RT, .I.&N. 15.—The Sarah, of Yarmouth, was brought in here yesterday, a derelict, having been fallen in with Off Flamboroogh Head, abandoned. RYE, JAN. 17.—Arrd. Zeldenhurst, Hamburgh—saile d Nov. 19. SOUTHAM row, JAN. Tweed steamer, West Indies. PLYmourri, JAN. 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Ann flail , Hubert, St. John's, New Brunswick, with loss of boats, bul warks, &c. Sld. 11. M. S. Vestal, and Arcturus, New York. FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd . Ellen, M'Eachern, Demerara, with trifling damage, having been in contact with a schooner this morning oft FleetvvUod ; Richardson, Mauritius. SCILLY, JAW. 14. —Arrd. George Ramsey, Quebec. FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Gloucester, from Liverpool to Prince's Hand, which put in here 9th instant, has connuenced discharging her cargo of coals. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17..—Wind N. N.W. to N., light.—Arrd . Thomas Sparl: es, Valparai , o ; Virginia, White, Nev Orleans; Scotland, Mills, Savannah ; Swanton, Davenport, Charleston• Off, 'Monongahela, Philadelphia ; Georgians, New Orleans. Sld. Queen, Calcutta ; lien Clare, Hayti ; 'Medford, Nog Orleans; American, Savannah; Peruvian, St. John's, N.B. A number of scientific and nautical men yesterday inspected the new line of packet-ship, Prince Albert, noi t lying in St. Katharine Dock. The vessel is a companion to the Victoria, the build and emb e lli s h men t s o f w hi c h wer e fully stated on her first arrival in our port. This is the firs t trip to our shores which the Prince Albert has made after being launched in America, and the packet will, in a day Or two, leave again for home. The Prince Albert is of the saute noble build as the Victoria, though, perhaps, in length, th e former has the advantage. The Prince, from stem to stern, measures 160 feet, in breadth 36 feet, in depth 22 feet, and commanding a tonnage of 1,000 tons. The berths in the chief cabin are 36, but in our opinion one of the greatest improve• merits in this new line of packet ship is the great acconame', dation to be given to steerage pass engers , a class 0 ; individuals whose comforts too frequently have been trenched upon to give advantages to those who could afford to pay th e highest fares. The second deck, from stem to stern, is devoted to emigrants seeking employment abroad, arid thus ample space is afforded for perhaps 230 to 300 passengers. The interior is well finished, especially the chief cabin, which is beautifully adorned with Spanish mahogany and Zebra wood. This fine vessel is commanded by Captain Sebor, who has continued since the year 1824, making three voyages a year between the ports of London and New York. It ought to be mentioned that a handsome likeness of Prince Albert is in the stern chief cabin window, and at the other extremity a picture of Windsor Castle. On the first trip to the Thames the Prince Albert brought over an immense quantity of provisions, including nearly 300 tons of cheese, cured provisions, lard, &c. FIRE AT ISLlNGTON.—Yesterday morning, at tel l minutes before two o'clock, a fire was discovered on the , pre mises occupied by Mr. Studd, coal an d p o t a t oe d ea l e r, 0 1 High-street, next door to the White Swan Tavern, Islington . Police-constable N 360, was the first person to make tire discovery, by perceiving a strong light shining in the front shop. The officer, upon making a closer inspection, sa vl sufficient to satisfy himself that the whole of the shop wa s one complete body of fire. He immediately sprang his rattle , and shouted " Fire !" which awoke the inmates, and although only a few seconds had elapsed from the first discovery of ,t he fire, yet with such su r p r i s i ng fi erceness did i t b urn , irt", all escape by the staircases was cut off. Mr. and Mil' Studd were soon at the first flo o r w i n d ows crying for help, and were joined by three other persons, lodgeri in the house. At this time the flames had reached the very apart ment in which they had taken refuge, and had it not been for the opportune assistance afforded by placing a ladder in front of the building, by which they escaped, in all probability the w hole of the persons in the house would have fallen a sa crifice to the flames. The Islington, and St. JameS, Clerken' well, parish engines were th e fi rst to reac h the spot, an d w hie° , were tollowed by numerous b r i ga d e eng i nes, and also t h e Wet of England one from Waterloo -road. As is usual in thw neighbourhood, an immediate and plentiful supply of water was flowing from the fire-mains belonging t o th e N ew River Company. By half-past two o'clock, less than th ree - q uarters of au hour after the outbreak, nearly the whole of M r . Studds premises, with his stock in trade, and a valuable assortment °f furniture and plate, were consumed. The total damage WO' , be considerabie. As to the origin of the fire, nothing certain could be learned. Mr. Studd is insured in the Union Fire' office. The landlord of the building is not so fortunate, b e being uninsured. THE COAL \\ T RIPPERS' BILL.—A nteeting of the master mariners and seamen of South Shields was held 00 Monday, in the Seamen's Hall of that town, when a letter was read tiorn Mr. Wawn, ALP., explaining to them the provision. of the Coal-whippers' Act, especially the clauses introduced 11 himself, allowing the sailors to unload the vessels with coals ill London river, and urging upon them the advisability of taking advantage of those clauses. A long discussion took place ° ll the subject, and the result was the ex p ress i on o f a g eneral fee!' ing that the scheme was impracticable, and that even if I t could be carried into effect, it would not be to the benefit o; either the ship-owner or sailor. In Sunderland the opinion 01 the maritime classes on the subject is divided, but it is not pro' bable the crews of many vessels from the nor th w ill su persede . the coal-whippers in the delivery of their cargoes. MACREADY IN A.MERlCA.—Maereaiy goes on ill his progress through the United States, and goes on prospering' The newspapers last received supply us but with imperfect de' tails on the subject ; but as far as they go they are highly sat, i6 .: factory, and the result will b e hail e d w ith p l easure by a ll this great actor's numerous ad m i rers i n thi s country, When las t we heard of him he was at Baltimore, at the end of last month , having made his first appearance there, at the Holiday-stree t Theatre, on the Monday preceding the 27th of December, in the character of Macbeth. The writers of the critiques sec t° to be amasingly struck by the originality of his delineatio n, and as in other places they are surprised how the genius of t ie , performer is heightened and supported by th e consumma te a" he has acquired by experience. One newspaper calls it " e splendid and glorious exemplification," and concludes its revisi w by this pithy remark, " Suffice it to say that Maaready is tha best actor living." When he proposes to return to Engla°, we know not, but at present. if m one y b e hi s o bj ec t, he little motive to shorten his visit to America. FATAL STEAM BOAT COLLISION ON THE RIVER. --- ; Yesterday morning at high water the body of a man, name; George Scroggins, about 28 years of age, was recovered 0 1 the blackwall-pier, whilst floating up the river, and conveys(' on shore to Poplar dead-house, there to await a Coroner's qm.st. 'The unfortunate young man it appears belonged t ° Woolwich, but has lately been employed in the neigh"' bourhood of Limehouse, and on the eventing of the 23d ni t : proceeded to the above pier in order to get on board o °' of the Woolwich steam-boats, so as to return home. however missed the last packet, and there being seven or eight persons in the s ame d i l emma , th ey d eterm i ne d nr°l hiring a waterman's wherry to take them over. They sr cordingly all embarked, and whilst proceeding by 13ugshY hole, the Nymph steam-packet was perceived coming ul) to e wards London. The boat's crew state that they bailed tb steamer sonic considerable distance off from where the acc i - dent cccnrred ; they, however, took no notice of their erica' and the packet struck the boat on the starboard side, the de" ' ceased and another man who stood up in the boat attempti n g to ease the shock bei ng th rown over b oar d , b ut t h e l atter vi saved. It should also be mentioned, as a matter of justice , that the crew of th e p ac k e t fi rm l y d ec l are t h at the vesse l _. stopped long before the boat came up, and if the helm had P! ) 0 been compl e tely b roug ht roun d, s h e must h ave cut her r i g ht I r half. They also observe that the persons in the boat ne °e ß , stopped rowi ng , an d th a t was t h e ma i n cause of the vase coming in contact with each other. FUNERAL OF THE TWO MURDE RED I NF ANTS - 0 DerTroan.—Yesterday the remains of these hapless child ° , were removed from th e h ouse i n w hi c h the horrid crime w perpetrat e d (N o . 5, Giff en - strect, D eptford), to the c h u re it, % yard of St. P au l, D ept f or d , i n separate coffins, followed b y the wretched father, as chief mourner, an d hi s b rot h e r (1% Dickenson, o f th e London Stone Wi ne - vau l ts , C annon -stree t ' City), and Mrs. Dickenson's brother. The funeral cereill° l b l was performed by Mr. Flinch, the R ec t or o f S t. P au l, in tha most impressive and feeling mariner. Giffen-street and t line of route to th e grave was crowded by anxious thousa nd` o to witness the p er f ormance o f t h e last sad offices. One t oo procession arrivin g a t th e . church-yard-gate a rush . was bs to get to th e pl ace o f i nte rment—the whole area o Li t d, ground, which i s ver y extens i ve, was i mmediate l y During the reading of the service the father of the dec ea ' e i s was wholly absorbed in grief, and at the conclusion ter borne 1/erne, supported by hi s own an d hi s w i fe ' s b ro th . On Thesday the unhappy woman expressed a wish to tin; Rev. Mr. Flinch to be allowed to see her children a nd b e e husband together. She told the police-constable in attendi ng that if her request was n o t grante d s h e would be induced to tear the wound in her throat open again. Mr. Ffinch and A lf ' Arthur having conferred together on the propriety of accedi ng to her request, determined upon complying. Sir. Dick els° i.e then entered the room, and sat down at the . bedside, and th e coffins containing the bodies of the children were placed 0 0 ; is bed, She looked at "them a moment, and then firmly plo n a her hands on each side of their faces, kissed them over, ; 12 over again, in a state of ecstasy. Aft er th e co ffi ns had L'e removed she said she felt much mo re com p ose d, spo k e of ~"he `„ s dreadful offence she had committed, and knew that her 0 1 . were numbered, but hoped that th e Al m i g h ty would a fford fi t f ul strength to meet her fate with becoming resignation. os waking in the morning s h e a ll u d es to the extraordinary kead,.. she has had during th e p as t n i g h t. ' l he Rev. Mr. Ml" e - - votes all his leisur e i n contr ib uting to her spiritual weli, ar-cIS and Mr. Arthur, th e par i s h surgeon, after dressing her wo u- o t yesterday, decl are d t h at h e considered she would be convalesCe in the course of ten days or a fortnight. —do! BIRTHS. On the sth i ns t., at North-end, llampstead, the lady ofJe se ' ol/ Tatham Esq., of a d aug h ter. On the 16th inst., the lady o f M r . R o b ert M aynar d, Terr ace' Walworth, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Oundle, the lady of Mr. Charles Lio t°ll ' of Oundle, surgeon, of a son. ILI , o On the 16th i nst ., at U pper S eymour -street, the H em Dallas, of a daughter. ci The 16th in s t., a t C row l e Vi carage, Li ncolnsh i re , the la of the Rev. Benjamin John Armstrong, of a daughter. win ter, On the 17th inst., a t F re d er i c k -p l ace, M rs. George " _....--' of a son. MARRIED., On the 16th inst., at Farr.ham, Surrey, Alfred Stevens , to Eliza Osmond, only daughter of Henry Nichols, Esq. , pit i ot it On the 16th in s t., a t Trinity Church, E xe t er , Franeis r A liao3 Ward, Esq., to Eliza W ere Cl ar k e , e ld est daughter o f ‘v" • Adams Welsford, Esq. to On the 16th inst., at H a lif ax , J osep h Priestly EdwaLorrior Margaret Jane, second daughter of the late James E. Esq., of Savill Hall. ga ther , On the 16th inst., a t Ch ea dl e , S ta ff or d s hi re, George ' loPe' Esq., of Trinity C o ll ege , C am b r i dge, to Carol i ne Pen c h a nt youngest daughter of Captain Sneyd, R.N., of Iluntl el near Cheadle. DIED. i g On the 14th inst., William Roscoe, Esq., of °° ebi d* Finchley-common, aged 62. rn ellill On the 14th inst., at Fairfield, Bow-road, Robert 11 ' Esq., aged 56. R el. On the 14th inst., a t O x f ord-terrace, Hyde-par k, the William Joseph Wilton, X A., aged 88. On the 14th inst., Thomas Scott, jun., Esq. WOW . On the 15th inst., at Judd-place East, New-roatif Dodd, Esq. wa re/ On the 15th inst., Steph en Vertue, Esq., of Queen. St. Jamesls th pa On the inst., at Ri c h mon d, Surrey, Commander Joh° Guyon, R.N. colon ° _....e Dr O in n k % t : a le te l r 6 B th et i l n iu st n . e , , a a t a T ed hojrcrdt, near Loatherhead, i j° London : Printed a n d P u bli s h e d b y BIURDO Y No. 112, Strand, at Th e S un Offi ce , N o . 112, n the County of Middlesex, Thursday, JauttarY P~ Ti Thi C0.%1 on p, at th e plian t " To 1 08 6 bility size to The Publi c offeri n !ither P ar , fully i, t ore, c, Shi kion of count s 1141 cAN, ItTR I as at tl Sari Proi oni i s fii j P4 , i Illita , 'bi"tt'' o p o . r : gtpd ac th ein ; '` ) t i oPle . if 114 Oft tg i Vrigh es Vie. hi this Fr; . 4 N I lit