The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00

THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTIIORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS. at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. JANUARY 18, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts. called'lME BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Amheim. Mr. Borrani •' 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, Atm, Miss Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 51., Second Price Es. • Pit Es, Second Price Middle t'aliery 25., econd Price Is.; 'Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENI_MARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY IS, PROGRAMME PA FOR RT THIS EVENING, L Overture. Euryanthe—Wyber. fhe Toy Quadrille—Julhen. 3 , lTptige Symphony—Haydn. Sol Violin, 11.1 r. Case. V alse, La Valse a lieu TCMS—JUllien. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston, Herr Koenig. Serenade from Don Pasquale, with Guitar Accompaniment, the Voice Part, as sung by Signor Mario, pextormed by Herr Koenig —Donizetti Burletta quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Milli os.—Juilien. PART 11. Opera, Don Juan, Grand Fantasia, with Solos—Mozart. New Quadrille, The Irish Echos--Julhen, Solo, Ophicleide, M. Prospere. Pr Peccatis, from The Stabat Mater. Valse, The Metamorphoses (received with great favour at the Nobi. lily's Assemblies)—Kcenig. The English Quadrille--Jullien. Doors Open at Hall-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, ad. ; Private Boxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bone-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, Maddox street, Bond-street. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. %ft( BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. RE.ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY HI, 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, Madam. Vestris ; Mrs. Ford. Mrs. Nisbett; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. (Myer ; Anne Page Miss Mattley. Alter 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 Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, Is. .3. ; Upper Half.price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit 25 . ; Gallery, Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half.past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season —Gorgeous Scenery, THIS EVENING, JANUARY IS, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. St an l ey, M rs. 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 Effects! iLolumbine, Miss Bullet+ ; Harlequin Quicksilver,by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grim a ldi ot the day Mr. 'l'. Ma tth ews, from the Theatres Royal, Co v e n t garden and Drury.lane; -Ltne ; Pants. I Jon Mr.:Johnstone. Boles 44. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors °Feast fix, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 18, Wlll be repeated an English version of DON PASQ UALE P r incipal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr: klurclini, and Paul Bedford. After which, THE LOST LETTER. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spe c t ac l e , entitled HE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing-Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; p Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime' THIS EVENING, JANUARY IS, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported ly Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks R. Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the Wo r ld. After which an entirely new Grand Comte Pantomime with Svlendid Scenery, Superb D resses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new a nd of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller • Panta loon, Mr. Hawiuns ; C olumbines (alternately) Miss M . Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. else, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY IS, Will be performed an entirely New. Domestic Dranis, entitled POVERTY; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Paferi JessarnY Tacit, Mr. Nantz; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patt, Parrot, Miss Arden • Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. Afterl which will be produced THE FAIRY LADY; or, the Cabinet of Bronze. T. conclude.wiZh HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM BETH ; or, The 'three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin() Clown, Mr. Scaztrrow raal4looD, Mr. Columbia*, KIN M. SekiAidt. GENERAL JACKSON. TO THE ED :TOR GF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your City Article of Monday appeared an extract from a letter of the correspondent of an Ame rican paper, giving some account of a personage of some celebrity—one who has hitherto been to the English an object of no ordinary respect—l mean the famous An drew Jackson. We find him there described as showing signs, I re gret to say, of the advance of old age, but " the lightning fire of former years yet flashing in his eyes ;" and he is said to be of opinion that it will be long ere the disgrace inflicted upon his countrymen by the hard cider humbug can be wiped off. This letter is very ratifying, on more accounts than one. First of all, it manifests to all the world the exquisite sense of honour inherent in brother Jonathan. To a sensitive mind such as his, the disgrace of the hard cider humbug must be a thing quite insupportable. Thus we have clearly demonstrated to us the malice of those who would insinu ate, that because he does not pay his debts, therefore he is not a man of honour. What, however, is more import ant (for no one, I believe, ever seriously doubted Jona than to be a man of honour), this letter seems to promise the means of getting at what I, amongst others, have long been desiring to know—namely, what may happen to be the sentiments of such a person as General Jackson on the subject of public faith, the obligation of paying one's debts and the like. It must be borne in mind that there are two sides, a " yea" and a " nay," to every, question, and it may hap pen that the General's opinion on both these points may be in the negative. Hitherto, however, he, as well as all other public men in America (with the solitary exception of Mr. Webster), have, owing no doubt to the characteristic modesty of the Americans, with singular unanimity kept their sentiments upon these subjects to themselves. No one can suspect the hero of New Orleans of a lack of moral courage to speak out whensoever and whatsoever the good of his country calls for. It must be remembered too, that in dignation, when excessive, is apt to make the tongue cleave to the roof of the mouth and render dumb. On this subject, therefore, information is wanted ; and I should like to know whether any fire or lightning is seen to flash from the General's eyes when he hears talk of M‘Nutt and repudiation ? He is said to take a vast interest in the elections of New York. Pray what does he think of what is now going on in the adjoining State of Pennsylvania, where they are said to be dili gently paying off both principal and interest of the floatin g (that is domestic) debt, whilst the funded (or foreign) creditor is treated with paper in satisfaction of his dividends ! The General has been for some years removed from the sphere of active politics, and free therefore from the trammels of party politics ; precisely therefore the character from whom, considering his vast in fluence, it was expected and desired that we should hear a strong denunciation of what is regarded here as the folly of his reckless children. This expectation may, however, have been founded in a misapprehen sion. It may be that the mode of thinking which seems to prevail pretty unanimously on this side of the Atlantic, that debts ought to be paid, that contracts are obligatory; that public faith ought to be kept, that for either an individual or a State to borrow money which at the time they have not good reason to know they can, and which they do not seriously intend, to repay, is what is vulgarly called swindling, and that swindling is a trade of infamy ;—it may be that our mode of thinking differs from his. He may look upon all creditors, public creditors especially, as Jews and jobbers ; and it cannot be denied that Jews and jobbers are very detestabli) animals, and fit subjects for pillage. Swindling he may consider as a necessary ingredient in a democratic constitution, and therefore to be tolerated if not encouraged. In any cage it appear 3 highly desirable that the opinion on this subject of such a person should be publicly known, in order that it may be tried whether anything can be done towards reconciling the apparent discrepancy in the morality of the old and the new world. To you, therefore, I address this, in the hope that it may be deemed worthy of a place in your columns, which may chance to bring it to the eye of the " cor respondent," or some other person capable and willing to enlighten us on this interesting matter. A NTI-SWLNDLE. Jan. 16. SPLENDID SPECULATION. — Saturday a gentleman in London sold for the sum of 75,000/., a piece of land, on the Seacombe side of Wallasey Pool, which he bought, two years ago, for 8,0002 The land has a good and extensive frontage to the pool, and when the grand plan of converting the pool into a dock is completed, it will be one of the most valuable estates on its banks. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries. its 8 yob., THE UNLOVED ONE A DOMESTIC STORY. By MRS. HOFLAND. Authoress of " Catherine the First ; or, the Czarina," Ste. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IRISH STATE TRIALS. SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH STATE TRIALS, WILL APPEAR IN "THE SUN," DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING, 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 diagrace I 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, vs 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 " 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, es he is, by the fiery TTBALT 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 [As completed, before he hastened off to join the fes. tivities of Sir Ronxxr PEEL at Draytcn 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. nctien." 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.! - We direct our readers' attention to the remark able circumstance that the Post of yesterday is quite in a cheerful and rejoicing mood. The gloom and despondency that have so long im parted such a touching character to our Contem porary's sentiments are now dispelled, and he is radiant with hope—buoyant with extacy. The causes of this phenomenon may be found in two Corn-law League meetings which have recently been held in Suffolk and Surrey, and which, it appears, are expected to work wonders in the way of getting up a reaction against the free traders. "We rejoice," says the Post, in a sud den ebullition of tumultuous delight, " we rejoice to see the spirit which animates these meetings. It makes us feel that we have not laboured in vain. Often have we been sneered at as con tending for that which no one cared about but ourselves—as advocating views which had be come obsolete." We are glad to find that our grim Contemporary has heart enough left to " rejoice" at any thing ; but we greatly fear that in the present instance his exultation is unwar ranted, and that in the Suffolk and Surrey agricultural meetings he ought rather to find the materials of tribulation than of joy—of despair rather than of hope. For what do these vaunted meetings demonstrate ? Not the strength, but the weakness of the mo nopolists—not their confidence, but their despe ration—not their wisdom, but their stolidity. Where are the zealous and excited crowds dig should flock to them, and give au air of impres sive earnestness to their proceedings ? Where are the convincing arguments and indomit able resolution that should characterise their speeches? Above all, where—oh where, are their subscriptions? As regards these last, we lament to state that as yet they exist only in the future tense—with the exception of fifty pounds and a few odd halfpence which were collected the other day in a small town in Essex—while, in reference to the crowds who attend the meet ings in question, and the spirit manifested in their speeches, we may observe that the gather ing is as scanty as the arguments, and that the arguments themselves are conspicuous only by their teebleness and inanity. To be sure, at the Surrey " Anti-League Movement"—as the rejoicing Post calls it—one of the speakers took special care to impress on his audience the " great fact" that the" British lion was at length fully roused ;" but it is evident from the general character of the speeches made at the recent agricultural meetings, that the animal who is thus "roused," possesses far longer ears than accord with the physique of the leonine species. We suspected the quad ruped's nature from the first, but the unequivocal bray set up by Lord HEN NIKEIt in Suffolk, and responded to in melodious chorus by the tuneful 112NDLESIIAM, permits us no longer to entertain a doubt on the subject. All circumstances considered, therefore, we strongly incline to the opinion that our Contem porary is rejoicing without sufficient warrant; and must repeat our conviction that the present movements of the Monopolists should excite in his susceptible bosom no other feelings than those of dismay and disquietude. For, mark the humiliating contrast which they present to the antagonist movements of the League! While the one party numbers its hundreds, the other numbers its thousands. While the free-traders collect enormous subscrip tions with perfect ease, their opponents col lect with difficulty a meagre fifty pounds, exclu sive of sundry fourpenny bits and a stray shilling or two. While the League triumphantly wrests the metropolis from the clutches of a BARING, the Monopolists, notwithstanding all their hercu lean exertions, can only secure the representation of a cathedral city, situated in the very heart of an agricultural district, by a few votes obtained by means which will probably form the subject of a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry. We most THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1844. sincerely hope—and in this point we fully agree with the extatic and convulsed Post—th at the Mo nopolists will be induced to continue their move ments, for they will act as a fine set-off to the counter-proceedings of the League. We trust, however, that the former will be frank and com municative enough to enlighten an inquisitive public as to the exact amount of their subscrip tions, and not maintain such a chilling and mys terious reserve on the subject as they have hitherto done. The Madrid journals of the 9th are destitute of interest. Mr. BULWER, the British Ambassador, had presented to her MAJESTY an autograph letter from Queen VICTORIA, in reply to the notification made by Queen ISABELLA of the de claration of her majority. The elections con tinued in favour of the Progresista party. The Three per Cents. were done at 25 for cash, and 25 7-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 19, at 60 days. On Monday the French Chamber of Deputies commenced the debate on the address. M. BERRTER was the first speaker, and protested in strong language against the paragraph imputing " wicked machinations" to those who had visited the Duke of BORDEAUX in Belgrave-square. Was France, he said, a nation, too, so powerful, to be alarmed at the proceedings of a few loyal gentlemen ? He declared formally that there was no conspiracy—no intention to act against the existing Government in France—nothing beyond the natural desire of the Legitimist r party to pay honour to the head of their opi nions. The Legitimists had gone to London to pay their respects to the Duke of BORDEAUX, the representative of their ancient remembrances, but for no other purpose whatever. Loud marks of disapprobation interrupted the speaker, when he declared the Chamber would not give him a hearing, and he left the tribune. M. GUIZOT, however, obtained for him a second hearing, and afterwards replied to his state men t. A report of the proceedings is given under the proper head. The Duke of FITZJAMES has published a very foolish letter on the same subject, addressed to M. GUIZOT. It has been published in only one Carlist journal, the Gazette de France, which states that a report prevailed that the Duke would be summoned before the Chamber of Peers to answer for his conduct. It was be- lieved, however, that another course would be adopted, and that the editor of the paper ana the writer would be indicted before the Court of Assizes. The Journal des Debats publishes the letter, and, in reference to the attack on M. GulzoT, says—" The title of the Duke, and his language, may have their attraction in Belgrave square, but they are powerless in France, where personal merit, and not a name, secures dis- S IA ARY OF S AND Vtibitr " Who runs may react." FOREIGN. On Monday a great deal of business was done on the Paris Bourse, and at higher prices. The Thre,, per Cents. closed at 82f. 75e., and the Fives at 125 f. _ Great distress, according to the National, prevails in the manufacturing districts of France. The Greek Government having, says the Moniteur, requested from that of France the permission to send to Toulon several young Greeks to pursue the maritime studies necessary for the grades which King Otho in tends to confer on them in the Greek navy, and the per mission having been immediately granted, six young Greeks have arrived at Toulon, and have been placed under the care of an officer of the navy. The son of the celebrated Canaris has been received on board the Marengo ship of the line, now in the Levant. On the Ist of January the citizens of Stockholm gave a grand ball in honour of the Royal family. At nine o'clock the King, accompanied by the members of his family, arrived. His presence caused the more pleasure as for several years his Majesty has not been present on such an occasion. The German papers state that a report was current that the Germanic Diet had made a representation to the Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden relative to a third duel, which was to take place in the affair of Goeler and Haber. A letter from the Hague, Jan. 10, says:—" The Mi nister of Marine has lost everything by the fire vihich destroyed his house. He was obliged the same night to take refuge in a public hotel with his wife, who was ill, and his two daughters. The next day he received an invitation to occupy the palace which his Majesty pos sesses sear the Royal chateau. On taking possession of the apartments, Vice-Admiral Ryk found on a table a pocket book containing 25,000 f. in notes, and in a ward robe were placed a great number of rich silks, velvets, and satins, for dresses for Mme. Ryk and her daughters." According to the Augsburg Gazette, the property left by the late Count of Nassau has been estimated far. too highly, the real amount being not more than 70 millions of francs. The inauguration of the statue of MOLIERE in the Rue Richelieu, took place on Monday, when several speeches were made, and all passed off quietly. The Moniteur publishes the revenue returns for 1843, which amounted to 764,573,000 f. (30,500,000/.) As compared with those of 1841, there is an increase of 48,900,000 f., and of 13,316,000 f. over 1842. The improvement bore principally on the registry duties, stamps, cus toms, colonial sugars, salt, liquors, carriage licenses, tobacco, &c.; the decrease, on domestic sugars, gunpowder, &c. The augmentation in the customs was 13,799,000 f. as compared with 1841, and 4,318,000 f. with 1842. The Duke of BORDEAUX passed through Bel gium on Sunday. He had arrived the previous night at Ostend, by the Earl of Liverpool steamer. His suite consists of four persons only, among whom is the Duke DE LEVIS. The Duke slept at the Hotel des Bains, at Ostend, and went thence direct to Cologne by the railroad, without visiting Brussels. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, JAN. 15. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 90... 124 90... 124 85... 124 65 4% per Cents 112 ... 1!2 ... 112 112 Four per Cents 106 ... 106 106 ... 106 Threes 82 70... 82 70... 82 65.. 62 65 Bank of France.. 3260 ...3262 50...3260 ...3260 Latta Bank I,ooof 1112 50 ..1112 50...1112 50...1112 50 5,000 f 5075 ...5075 ...5075 ...5075 Belgian Bank 660 ... 660 660 ... 660 Belgian Fives .. 1640 lO9 ... 109 109 ... 109 1812 lo9} ... 1091 ... 1091 ... 1091 Threes . 76 40... 76 40... 76 40... 76 40 Dutch 21 per Cents 55 ... b 5 ... 55 ... 55 Spanish Active . ..... • 30 ... 30 30 30 Passive ..• 51 5* 5i 5} Portuguese Fives 451 ... 451 ... 451 ... 451 Neapolitan lO6 25... 106 75... 106 25... 106 75 Roman ...... 105 ... 105 .. 105 105 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ....... : ..... 800 ... 805 800 8 05 Versailles. R.B ......... 31.1 25... 320 .. 312 50... 320 LB .... . 172 50... 180 ... 172 50... 177 50 Rouen ................. 8 30 ... 830 ... 830 .. 8 25 Rouen t. Havre ......... 655 ... 655 ... 652 50... 652 50 Orleans. . ..... 846 ... 852 50... 845 ... 852 50 Strasburg to 8a1e...••• 240 ... 243 75... 240 ... 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles 670 ••• 673 75... 670 ... 672 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain ........ 807 50... 807 50... 807 50... 807 50 Versailles, R.B ......... 316 ... 321 25... 315 ... 321 25 L. B • ... 175 ... 180 175 . ... 180 Rouen ..... ......... 840 845 84 0 845 Rouen to Havre ..... 655 ... 655 ... 650 .. 650 0r1ean5...... . 850 .•. 855 850 855 Strasburg to 8a1e...... 237 50... 240 .., 237 49... 240 Avignon to Marseilles 670 ... 675 670 .. 675 The weather at Paris, which for several weeks had been generally so unusually mild for the period of the year, changed suddenly in the night of Friday. A sharp frost set in, and at six on Saturday morning the mercury fell to 22 Farenheit, and at noon it stood at 26. On Sunday it continued nearly the same. The Madrid papers state that the weather in Navarre during the latter part of December and the beginning of this month was severe almost without precedent. Snow had fallen at Taffala for fifteen days consecutively, and prayers had been put up in the churches for a cessation of so rigorous a temperature. It was feared that all the olive trees would be destroyed. A letter from Manheim, in the Journal de Franefort, states that Dr. Goldschmidt, of Gottingen, has disco vered that the little comet seen at Paris in November, describes an ellipse altogether differing from the usual parabolic orbit of comets, and revolves round the sun in somewhat less than seven years. Its orbit comes nearer to a circle than that of any other similar body yet discovered. Considerable sensation has for some days past been caused by the rumours which had been current in Gray's Inn, as to the awkward position of a profes sional man of long standing, and of hitherto high character. Involvements to a very large amount — some say to the extent of 150,000/.—were alleged to be about to be disclosed. The Gazette of Tuesday contains the confirmation of the involvements, but we hope that the amount stated is exaggerated. Specu lation in buildings, and in matters out of the range of professional business, is the alleged cause of the un fortunate event. SIR H. POTTINGER AND THE AI%IEERS OF SCINDE• TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,--I have just read a letter, published in the Morning Chronicle, and said to be written by Sir Henry Pottinger upon the events in Sinde. 'With you, Sir, I hold this letter to be a forgery— a shameless one—put forth to abuse the public mind previous to the expected debates in Parliament on Sindian affairs, which must take place before Sir Henry Pottinger can disavow the letter attributed to him. I add this reason also to those you have advanced, in disproof of its authenticity. Sir 11. Pottinger, in his travels, speaks of the Ameers' government as one " whose extortion, ignorance, and tyranny, are possibly unequalled in the world." But )h hether the letter published in the Chronicle be, or be not, a forgery, it most insolently proclaims a falsehood. Guernsey, jan N . V i tt : 1844 N AP . IE R , Major-Genera' DOVER. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DOVER, JAN. 16.—Arrived from Calais 11.31. Steamer Princess Alice, Captain Luke Smithett, in one hour and forty minutes, having on board her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and her daughter the Princess Mary. Their Royal Highnesses were received by Colonel Rice Jones, RE., commandant of theat garrison, with a guard of honour from the 77 th Regime, and landed under a salute from the Western heigh orthi t. ton' Afte rHote par taking of some refreshment at Wngs l, they proceeded, under a second royal salute, for London, intending to reach Cambridge House to dinner. It is expected the South Eastern Railway will be open to Dover on the Ist of February. ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE AND THE COGERS.—The society of Cogers, who meet nightly at their hall in Bride-lane, was informed by a member on Monday evening last that it was the intention of the Council of the League shortly to return to London to renew their valuable and spirited exertioas in favour of free trade. A subscription in aid was suggested, and in a few minutes nearly 204 was handed to the Secretary, although no previous notice had been given, and but few members present. The chief object of an immadiate contribution was to set an example to the numerous societies with which the metropolis abounds. The Earl of Stradbroke, who is entertaining a party of sporting noblemen and gentlemen at Henhan Hall, backed himself on Thursday last for a wager of 50/. wi6 Capt. Burne to kill and bag three brace of pheasants, flying 'hots, in the day, with single ball, which his Lordship did with ease, killing 7 birds out of 27 shots, the last two being right and left. No restriction was made, whether rifle, dovble, or single gun, and his Lordship preferred the double gun he usually 'boat; with. that, be ha.,i had it dun view of the cooit.t. " No rotol,-üb," he says, " was perceptibk flu" cuititi the seen, except the eye was directed to another hart of he field." Two conntrica—S;,itzeriand and the Roman rnised the rat po4a2e. The tirAt Act of n:riia , n,,nt pa6:;cd. for the constrtx - :ion of a railroad was in 1801. The City of London Church Missionary Society held their anniversary meeting, on Tuesday, at the Hall of Commerce. Mr .J Labouchere in the chair. The report announced that the rnis , ions of the parent Society now embraced ninety-two station: , , employing 1,263 labourers, of whom a large number were ordained ministers. The number of schools was 665, providing education for an aggregate of 66,000 persons, in Northern India and Bombay, &c. In New Zealand alone there were 35,000 natives under instruction. During the past year there had been forwarded to the parent from the branch So ciety, 9231., of which sum 5001. had been granted by the City Corporation, and 1001. presented by the Golds smiths' Company. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY. WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Funds, after having a tendency to advance, slightly receded this afternoon, but although they did not close at the extreme rise of the morning, they were nevertheless higher than yesterday. Coisols were 96 to 97. . _ The Foreign Investments were much the same. Spanish Actives realised 221 ; and the Three per Cents., 301 Brazilian were 77 ; Dutch Two-and-a per Cents. closed at 548. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 4 ; Blackwall, ; and Greenwich, 7/ discount. Hull and Selby mere 7; Croydon, 21 ; Norwich and Brandon, 2* to 1; Lancaster and Carlisle, i; Newcastle and Darlington, 131; Northern and Eastern, Quarter, 24; North Mid land, Half, 5 ; York and North Midland, 70 ; and ditto Scarborough Branch, 16 premium. Australasia Bank Shales were 5; and ditto New, 4 premium. Bristol North American were 91 to 10; and Colonial, 14 dis. (From The Sun of Last Night. ) A largo speculative business was done in Cotton, but the trade bought only moderately. Of 14,000 bales sold, specu lators took 7,000 American and 3,000 Surat. Prices were firm, and included 300 Egyptian at 7d., 200 Per nambuco at 6id. to 6id., 200 Maranham at 6id., 100 Bahia at 6id. ; 500 Surat at aid. to 4id. ; and the rest American.—Shares generally were heavy. Edinburgh and Glasgow Quarter, 14%; Liverpool and Manchester, 220; Birmingham, 239 ; South Western, 74%; Paris and Rouen, ; South Eastern, 36 ; Paris and Lyons, 2i ; Paris and Orleans, 32i. There were no late advices to-day from the British Colonies, or elsewhere. It is satisfactory to find, from the Report of the Directors of the St. Katharine's Docks, at the meeting of the Propietors yesterday, that the trade of the port of Loidon in the last six months of the past year exhibits more satisfactory results than was anticipated. True it is that in the number of ships a falling of is shown, but it should be remembered that scarcely any corn-laden vessels were reported, and these in the corresponding period of the previous year were numerous. As it is, it would seem that in the tonnage there is an increase— a larger class of vessels being used in many trades than heretofore. Thus we find that while the British and foreign ships entered with cargoes at 6,381 in 1842, and at 6,138 in 1843, still in tonnage the quantity entered in the latter was 1,306,738 tons, and in the former but COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —lier Majesty and Prince Albert tok their ac,ustointAl walk to-day in the grounds ihout the Castle, The Royal were taken to day for the it usual airings. '1 he Eta-land Countess of Jersey and Lady ulementich.: Villiers arrived on a visit to her iklsjesty and his Royal Highness Prince &then, and will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac companied by the Princess Mary, and attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, left Frankfort on Thursday last, and travelled by route to Coblentz, Bonn, and Cologne, to Aix-la-Chapelle, where her Royal Highness arrived on Saturday. The Royal Duchess and suite left Aix-la- Chapelle for Ostend, at which port the Royal party arrived on Sunday. Her Royal Highness proceeded to Calais on the following day, and on Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, .embarked for Dover, where the Royal Duchess landed, and went from Dover to Folke stone, travelling thence to town by the South-Eastern Railway, and immediately proceeding from the terminus to Kew, where the Duchess and the Princess Mary, at tenclod by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck, ar rived at nine o'clock in the evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday morning for his residence, at Kew. 1,28.5,490 tons. It is not an immaterial point to be borne in mind, that of wheat alone there had been less landed in 1843 than in the same period of 1842, by 542,250 quarters, or equal to 100,000 of ships tonnage. An inspection of American provisions intended for public sale took place this morning, at which several eminent free traders were present, including Mr. Pattison, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., Mr. M'Gregor, and others, all of whom appeared to approve of the qualities, and to entertain an impression of gradual improvement. The Funds have risen a little. Consols are 964. to 97i for A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharneliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council broke up soon after five o'clock, when Sir Robert Peel immediately took his departure for Windsor Castle. Lady Peel also accompanied the Righ Hon. Baronet, on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. William Maury, deputed by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool to advocate a re duction in the duty on tobacco, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, and the Hon. Edward Stewart, Deputy Chairman, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the I.nian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. The Bishop of London had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Duke of Wellington had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ENGAGEMENT OF MR. AND MRS. WOOD. After an absence from London of some years, Mr. and Mrs. Wood made their first appearance at this theatre last evening. To what causes this absence is to be attributed, how it came to pass that these, the first of English singers, have been suffered to be so long with out a metropolitan engagement, we will not now s top to inquire, but instead we offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. Maddox on his good fortune in having been enabled to secure their services, and our best thanks for having provided for the musical public such a treat- • As might have been expected, the house was literally overflowing. Before the opening of the doors crowds were waiting to obtain admittance. The pit and gallery were crammed to suffocation within five minutes after the doors were opened. Those who were unable to obtain admission to the pit rushed to the boxes--• many . of them too late to obtain even a back seat in the slips. Long before the commence ment of the perform ance th ere was not a place unoccupied, and had the theatre been three times the size that it is, it would have been ti,o small to have afforded accommodation to all those who sought for ad' mittance. The opera was the Maid of Judah, Mr. and Mrs. Wood sustaining their original characters of Ivan hoe and Rebecca. She enters in the first scene, and never do we recollect to have witnessed such a reception. The house rose en masse, and amidst shouts of welcome► the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and applause the most enthusiastic, she gracefully acknowledged the deafening cheering with which she was greeted. After the cheering had somewhat subsided, there was a call for one cheer more, which was most enthusiastically re sponded to, and then, and not until then, was she per mitted to proceed with the business of the scene, and never do we ' recollect to have seen or heard her to greater advantage. •Her attractions are undiminished. There are still the same beautiful and expressive fea tures, the same lovely and graceful form, the same apprO' priate and expressive acting, and her voice is as powerful+ as sweet, as mellow, and as flexible' as ever, while she has, if possible, even greater command over it than she ever had. What can induce her to leave the stage (for this is advertised as her farewell engagement) thus, 1 11 the zenith of her powers, at a time too, when we have 0 ' really musical public, more capable than ever it has been yet of properly appreciating the treasure which it pow' sesses in such a prima donna as Mrs. Wood, we are at • loss to imagine. Let us, however, hope that her resoltv tion is not irrevocable. Mr. Wood shortly afterward s entered, and was greeted with the most enthlt: siastic cheering. He looked exceedingly well, Od is decidedly improved both in acting and singing. its Ivanhoe throughout was a fine m an ly p er f ormance , e ll it was quite a treat to hear his fi ne an d p ower f u l voice in these days of puny tenors. His voice, always power ful and melodious, seems to us to be of greater com pass and flexibility than it was, and it was evid e nt from his singing that he had now become a most accomplishe d musician. Tasteful and expressive, he always was, but he is now, a perfect artist—the first of tenor singer!: The opera itself is no doubt familiar to our readers. . 1 . 1 is en adaptation of the story of Scott's " Ivanhoe," to the music of Rossini's Pietro 1 Eremita (which itself, hi the bye, is only an adaptation of a new libretto to the,. music of Mose in Egitto), and was originally produced. at Covent-garden ; the Woods, th en as now , sus taining the principal characters. There are three grand scene s for Mrs. Wood, each of which was given with the mo st exquisite taste and power, and i n eac h o f w hi c h s h e was rapturously applauded. There were loud calls for the rePe . tition of the beetle in the second act; but these were met with cries of "Shame, shame," and the encore was not insisted on. Nothing, however, but the fear of fatiguing the cantatrice prevented every one of them from bel l encored. Mr. Wood sang the delicio us me l o dy, by the shady greenwood tree," with great taste and P pression, and was of course rapturously encored. ° was also encored in the magnificent bravura, "Whe n ; the trump of Fame loud calling." Well do we remembe r the electrical effect of this song on the audiell when the opera was originally produced. at once fixed Wood's position at the head ( 1. his profession. No one has ever been a bl e t o a pproac. l ; him in this magnificent song, and never did he sing 1 better than last evening. At the conclusion of the oiler. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were both called for, and 4 1 4 greeted with the utmo s t en th us i asm . Aft e r Walton announced the opera for repetition on Friday amidst the unanimous applause of one of the most crowds audiences ever assembled within the walls of a theatre. immediate transfer, and 97 for the new Account. The settle ment is going off favourably, and stock is rather in request. Exchequer bills are 655. to 675. premium; the New Three and-a- Half per Cents, realise 102 to 101 i, and the Three per Cents. are 978 to 4. Bank Stock is 18t3 to 189. The Foreign Market is rather quiet. Spanish Actives have been 226 to *, and the Three per Cents. 301, being rather heavy. Mexican realise 321 1 to • ; Chilian, 101 i ; and Brazilian, 768. Portuguese Converted Stock is 444, and steady. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 54i to 11. The Railway Shares are brisker, and in some instances rather higher. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 16.—We have had a fair inquiry for Railway Stock at steady prices, there has also been an increased demand for Bank Shares. Our transactions are :—Eastern Counties, 10 15-16 ; Ditto New Registered, 12i ; Lancaster and Preston Three-quarter Shares, 244 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 384- ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, ”. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. B and Stock lB9 !India Stock 2738 pin Tur Cent. Red. 3 'el Cent. Cons. 38 pJr Cent. Red... 1028 Ditto New Annuities... Now 38 per Cent.... 1018 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. IV. 67 pm New 6 ter Cen'. — Ditto 500/...... 67 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 67 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 124 Bank Stock for Acct. - UCt. 1859 J an. 1860 ... THE LATE CASE OF HYDR°- PHOBIA. Last night an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Wl pital, before William Payne, Esq., on the body of En'" Hayward, aged 14 years, who died from h y d ro phebl; Some of the particulars of this case were given in 1 :e Sun of Tuesday last—in additio n t o w hi c h it was stil t ' to the jury that the deceased, at the time he was bitten• was in the act of tying a tin kettle to the tail of the dog; the bite was on the lower part of the left cheek—the dog was a sort of tan terrier, an d o n th e f o ll ow i ng day again seen about the pr em i ses , w h en th ree d ogs belong' ing to the yard set upon it, and broke three of its rill and otherwise mangled it; it, however, escaped int ° ., o neighbouring gentl eman ' s groun d s , w h ere i n a few 05 ) 4 afterwards it was found dead. One of the other d i c . ) , 4 had since died, and the other t wo were k ept t i e d up,,„uh", had shown no symptoms of bei ng i n a ra bid state. '4 Coroner recommended that to pre ven t th e poss ibility any further mischief they should be destroyed. 116. Depkiel, the house surgeon of the hospital, stataci that when the deceased was brought in he was suffer l o l3s , from tetanus. Medicines were admini s t ere d to 111 but he continued to get worse, and betw e en nine and ,D o'clock became excessively violent, and at ten minutes before eleven o'clock expired. '„e Coroner—Of what disease did he in y our op i n i o n a I Witness—Of hydrophobia—the s y mptoms were decidedly marked. . Coroner—You have, I believe, no cure for malady? Witness—None whatever. t• By the suggestion of the Co roner th e j ury returne verdict that" the deceased died from hydrophobia." A melancholy occurrence took place at Malde n! little village bet ween Ch eam and Kingston, on Sattir di l night. It app ears th at t h e servant of Mr. Richards oth farmer of that place, had occasion to get a pair of b °°ts from und er a b e d i n w hi ch three of her master ' s 01 1 _ 1 0. , ren were asleep, and w hil e s h e was s t oo pi ng f or that pose, by some means the candle ignited the bed furnitTo and in an instant the bed was enveloped in flames. ble poor children shrieked violently, and the police const 9 o f on duty in the v ill age , accom p an i e d b y th e landlor d s „ the Plough p u bli c -h ouse , ma d e th e i r wa y i n t o the I r . ," e d, and by their exertions th e fi re was soon extinguw" ro t. but not before all the children were dreadfully bl i n of Mr. Kingsford, a medi ca l m an o f Ki ngs ton, pr° ifi r t br , attended, and did all in his power to alleviate the sti n se' ings of the poor children, b u t one o f th e m was S O e[' verely injured, that it died on Monday night. The o lso vant in her endeavours to rescue th e c hildren wit g o er very much scorched and injured. An inquest has_ vot Of been held by Mr. Carter, the Coron e r, a nd a ver'' " Accidental Death," returned. d . to THE WRECKED FISHERMEN.—We are 0 0 the observe that the app ea l t o th e sym p a thies w b oo public in behalf of the poor fishermen whO b e ets lost their bread-winners, is not likely to ha ve to .dei made in vain. The subscriptions advertised uot lit amount to upwards of one h un d re d an d sixtY it b ° and we know that more i s f or th com i ng . Nor 'av i ,l t ed unrequ ired. The sum nec essary to rep l ac e the Nsni o as. boats is much larger than w as at fi rst su pposed ; 3 0 0 0 the people can do little or not hi ng t h emse l v es, t he b r ge-- -- be the greater claim o n t h e generos i ty o f the pu b Aberdeen Herald. r CUSTOMS AT LEITH.—The revenue of t , t l oo of at this port is still increasing, showing a dif fe l ei a l 0 0 , amount between last year and the one just enu e , i , proves a very great improvement in the trade in ti, ! ..lie ip of the country, and in amount forming one tenth o f crease in the Customs Cr the United Kingdo.l n ' n det ij h r revenue collected at th e port during the year wh o? 16 a on the sth of Janucrv, 1844, was £628,0 0` 11 e 1 Do. sth of January, 1843 s 1° x 58,323 i • ThereikS• "...SCOkßialt THE STATE TRIALS. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS on SATURDAY NEXT, January 20, 1844, will contain SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS:—O'ConneII, his Sons, and Tom Steele, on their way to the Four Courts—drawn by James Mahony, Esq. Also, CITY PORTRAITS :—The Lord Mayor, 'f own Clerk, Alderman Butt, the Recorder, Mr. M'Laughlan. PORTRAITS of EMINENT LAWYERS: — Mr. Pierce Mahony, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Clements, Mr. Gart land, and Mr. Cantwell. Interior and exterior of the MUSIC HALL, during the great aggregate meeting of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ; &gut Fires, in Ireland. Also, Statue of Wilkie ' • Portrait of the Rev. W. Melvill ; 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. DURING THE IMPORTANT TRIALS NOW GOING ON IN DUBLIN; WITH CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHATEVER OCCURS IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 41 . BAROMETER, 30.24.—W1ND, N. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers lair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. .Morning «. 111 minutes atter 0. I Evening ... 50 minutes after e. 4 •fOICI If 4 4 % . 0 4:1 A gio liNt* 4l: B4- . b .S LONDON: THURSDAY MORNING, 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, the soli citor, and Mr. Henn, 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 g ranted, and one for exemption on account of age having been refused, the following gentlemen were sworn : James Hamilton, Upper Ormond-quay, Foreman ; Capt. Roper, Eccles-street ; Edward Clarke; F. Faulk• ner, Grafton-street; John Croker ; Henry Flynn, William-street; Henry Thompson ; Anson Floyd, Wellington-street ; John Rigby, Suffolk-street 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. 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 th© 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 FOREIGN FUNDS. ,wtrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian; b per cent — ;Ditto, New Ditto Rrazilian ...... IPrussian, 5 per cent t,!tius Ayres6 per cent. I Russian, 5 - r cent...., e: ecilian, 6 per cent. — !Ditto, Nietallic ..... .. — Columbian, 6 per cent... —II Spanish , 5 per cent 22h I ditto 1824 — Ditto, 3 per cent... 3O Clela Bonds, 6 per cent lll !Ditto Deferred.... ... 12A t)anish, 3 per :ent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —,. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange ...... .... —f —c. Alexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 : Dutch, 2 3 / 4 - per cent. 54i Poruvian.lB2s,6 per et. Ditto, 5 per Pent.... lON SHARES. Bristol a.nd Exeter (70 paid) ......... 66 Hull and Selby (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 pa d) 44 Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ... ..... 11 London and Blackwall (16113 s 4d paid) London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) 5i London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Lancaster and Carlisle (5 paid) Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid" 214 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (I2i paid) North Midland (100 paid) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) .. .. 120 York and Scarboro' Branch (4 paid) lBi SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. DKR-BT.-7 to 1 agst The Ugly Buck-7i to 1 agst Rattan —lB to 1 agst Loadstone--18 to 1 agst CoekaMaroo--25 to 1 agst Orlando-30 to one agst lonian-30 to 1 agst Leander (taken)-33 to 1 agst Running Rein-35 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire (taken)-50 to 1 agst Lancet-50 to 1 agst Saddlebow —.50 to 1 agst Antenor-50 to 1 agst Campanero-50 to 1 agst Bebington-5i to 1 agst Scott's lot. OAKS.—Offers to take 15 to 1 about Princess. CHESTER CU P. —5OO to 30 agst Sir Robert (taken several times)-25 to I agst Ballinkeele-30 to 1 agst Merry Andrew (taken)_3o to 1 agst 11 , ,oton : -30 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn. COURSING. THE UNION (SOUTHPORT) COURSING MEETING.--The Scarisbrick Cup, for 18 dogs, was won by Mr. Craven's Car melite—Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hill Coolie ran up. The Union Cup, for 16 puppies, was won by M. Eden's Exquisite, his Ecarti being drawn. The Great Fleetwood Cup, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hermit—Mr. T. B. Ben nett's Emperor ran up. The Bold Stakes, 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Swan's Satisfaction—Mr. Ridgway's Redgauntlet ran up. The Champagne Stakes, for 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Swi.n's Sovereign Queen—Mr. Slater's Signora drawn. The Claret Stakes, for 8 dogs, were won by Mr. Swan's Syria— Mr. Kennedy's Knockallen ran up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—GIBRALTAR, JAN. 6. At Ancher—Her Majesty's ships Belvedere, and steamers Geyser and Locust. The Geyser arrived on the 4th, with India mails from Malta. LICLIN, JAN. 9.—Her Majesty's ship Warspite, and the French brig of war Volage. The ,Pacha spoke the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamers—on the 7th the Oriental, 10 leagues S. E. of Cape St. Vincent ; the 9th, the Lady Mary Wood, off Oporto; and en the 13th the Liverpool 2, off Ushant. No ship of war at Cadiz on the 7th inst. ; nor at Vigo, of any nation, on the 10th. THE LATE LADY BUEDETT.—The funeral of Lady Burdett will take place on Tuesday next, at Ramsbury, Wilts. ELLoN.—The Committee of Ladies for selecting subscriptions for behoof of our poor householders, in the village and parish of Ellon, have lately distributed 80 barrels of coals, a quantity of shoes, blankets, and arti cles of clothing, which must place in comparative com fort, at this season, the humble recipients of their bounty, and relieve the Kirk-session of many an extra call which would have been made on their funds.—Aberdeen Pape. THE SECRET PASSION.—We hear that the author of those truly original works, " Shakspeare and his Friends," and " The Youth of Shakspeare," has a new novel on the point of appearance of a highly attractive nature under the title of " The Secret Passion," where, in a story of great novelty, told in that picturesque style which directed such general attention to his former w. rks, he has made the principal feature a married lady of high rank, distinguished not less for her beauty than for her unrivalled, moral, and intellectual attain ments, struggling against the influence of a dangerous sympathy for one whose genius was not less exalted than his virtues were ennobling. Thus placing two of the most admirable examples of their sex under cir cumstances that would at once both try. and prove their pretensions to the excellence for which each was cele brated. Report speaks highly of this work as affording delineations of human passion of absorbing interest, and as being equally remarkable for its intellectual character as for its moral tendency, Messrs. 11. dander, May, and Thomas Plume, are appointed by " The National Animals' Friend Society." of Exeter Hall, London, to visit the principal towns of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire. and Yorkshire, during the months of February, March, and April, for the purpose of holding meetings, to disseminate the important ob jects of the Society, and aid the gre it movement now being made in putting a stop to those barbarities And enormities inflicted on the harmless dumb, so prevalent in these counties.—From a Correspondent. THE TEApE OF TUII TYNE.—We are enabled to state the custom-house receipts of the port of Newcastle in the year 1843, and we give them in comparison with those of the previous year : Duties received in 1842 £4.12,781 . 0 1 Duties received in 150..., ,• • • 494,524 2 9 Ircreaie in 1843 61,7T7 2 8 The increase is owing, almost altogether, _to the_duties paid on the importation acorn from abroad, and on the exportation of oval to foreign countries.—Gateshead Observer. PUBLIC OPIIvxON. The Times of yesterday observes, in reference to the blunders made by the Counsel on both sides, at the commencement of the Irish State trials, on Monday . " All this is very funny, and makes people laugh, and relieves the uniformity of Court proceedings. It is very amusing to see Counsel making mistakes, and forgetting facts, and to see the Judge looking annoyed and angry, and snubbing them ; and the " Just wait a minute," or the " We shall be ready in five minutes," and " Really, Sir Colman O'Loughlin," and all that, is exceedingly entertaining, as a national specimen of Court manage ment. But we must say—really, Sir Colman O'Lough lin, and really, Mr. Moore, and really learned gentle men of the Irish bar, we wish you would be a little more business-like and regular in your proceedings. We feel interested in your Court as a Court of Great Bri tain, and an institution of British law ; and we wish, Saxons though we are, that you would deign to take a hint from our more sober and regular English practice on such occasions." The Chronicle remarks in an article on the state of parties in France :—" The first reflection which strikes one on observing the attitudes of parties on the opening of the French Chamber, is the total disappearance of anything like a Liberal Opposition. M. Guizot's ,is avowedly a Conservative Ministry, based on the principle of no change, no concession, no augmentation of popular rights, no limitation of the jurisdiction of the Peers. And yet, in the face of this parti borne, as it is called, this party whose God is terminus, not one man or deputy is found to raise the banner of progress. The left--for one is really at a loss how to designate the parties in opposition—has given up Liberalism as something worn out and common-place, and quite uncalculated to com mand the sympathies of the country. For the old prin ciple of Liberalism they have substituted a false, base less, and puerile Anglophobia ; not that they deem it just, not that they have the least idea of its being useful, but merely because it is a stirring topic, a kind ef big drum, by thumping which they can attract a crowd of listeners, if not adherents." The following is from the Post :—" Whatever may be thought or said by violent partisans who are disposed to deem everything right that may be done by such a per son as O'Connell to thwart the proceedings of the Crown in a Criminal Court of Justice, we are persuaded that all fair and impartial men will feel something like disgust at the continued attempts which are made to hinder a judicial investigation of the accusation against O'Connell from taking place. Why should these at tempts be made, and made as often as abuse of legal technicalities will permit ? If Mr. O'Connell be inno cent of the offence charged against him, why should he have so strong a reluctance to come to the point of inves tigation ? If he be not innocent, why should he take so unworthy a method of dealing with the circumstance as that of merely formal and untenable objections to pro ceeding to trial ?" The Advertiser says :—" The landlords are at length beginning to move. Naturally they are a lasy class. Hitherto they have had matters all their own way, and they had fondly fancied that things Would go on in the same smooth, easy manner, until the " last syllable of re corded time." A change, however, has come over the spirit of the country's dream, and the landocracy are be ginning to feel the effects of that change. They are be ginning to discover that inglorious easewill no longer avail them. They begin to fancy that if the monopoly on which they had fed and fattened for so long, a period, while millions have been starving of hunger, is to be maintained, it can only be by hard fighting. They have made the discovery rather late. The League have evoked a spirit in the country, which is not to be laid by any efforts which the adverse party can make. The monopo lists may now fight as courageously and resolutely as they please, but they will fight in vain. Their desperate re sistance to the League will only hasten.the victory of the latter." LBW AND POLICE. The Worship-street Magistrates have received dona tions of 51. and 11., to be applied to the relief of a poor woman, named Holcroft, living in one of the courts in Quaker-street, Spitalfields. Two very young boys, her sons, had been brought before the Magistrate on Satur day, by a police-constable, who found them in a more than half-starved condition, hanging about the windows of some provisi m shops. The place where they lived being visited by Clements, one of the summoning con stables attached to the Court, the mother and several children were found in a miserable state of destitution, the bed, sheets, and other articles having been disposed of to procure food. At Guildhall, James Marden, a young man employed as a clerk by Mr. Finiger, a furrier, in Noble-street, was charged with absconding with 30/., which his master entrusted to him to pay into Messrs. Masterman's. The prisoner said he was tipsy when his master gave him the money, and being so at the time he missed a sovereign, he spent more money in drink, and was then afraid to return to his master.—He was committed for trial. A labouring man applied to Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police Court, for advice under the following circumstances i—He had picked up on the road a lady's bag, and having put it into his hat, with a view to exa mine it at leisure, he returned to his work. The lady, however, soon came to him, claimed it, and having exa mined it found that five 101. notes, which it contained, were safe. On leaving, she gave him the sum of 2s. He claimed salvage, which he understood was a shilling in the pound. Mr. Broderip told him he was not entitled to a halfpenny, and that the 2s. he had received was a gratuity not a right. COURT--...-ZULSNIONABLE. The Duchess of Cambridge and suite landed at Dover from Calais, at ten o'clock on Monday, having made the passage in the Princess Alice within the two hours. After a d4eune a la fourchette, at the Ship hotel, to which Col. Rhys Jones, the commandant of the garrison, Captains Hamilton and Smithett, &c., bad the honour of being invited, her Royal Highness came to town by the South Eastern Railway. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanriearde and family are expected to leave Portumna Castle early next month, for Carlton-terrace, for the season. The Marquis of Granby, the newly-appointed Lord of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, is expected to return to town the week after next, to enter on his new duties at Court. The Marquis left Fenton's Hotel on Monday, for Burghley House. Lord Suffield, who has recently returned from a lengthened tour on the Continent, left Fenton's Hotel, on Tuesday, on a visit to Mr. Sanderson, M.P., at Gunton Hall, near Norwich. The Dowager Countess of Leicester and the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., have arrived at Rome from Naples. They are expected to leave that city on the Bth of next month for Nice, en route to this country. The Earl of Leicester is expected in town the first week in next month to take the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords on coming of age. MISCELLANEOUS. The weather has again suddenly changed, and the frost, which had continued severe for-two days has dis appeared, the thermometer, at mid - day , standing above 40 degrees. The Horticultural Society of London, on Tuesday, held their first meeting for the year, at heir rooms, in Regent-street, Mr. Burchard, V.P., F.R.S., presiding. The exhibition-stands contained a large assortment of the rarities obtainable at this season. Amongst the specimens of flowers was a new and remarkable plant of the evergreen tribe, indigenous to the mountains of the Brazils, but naturalised and cultivated in this country under the name of gautheria ferruginea, by Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter. Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., has forwarded 501. to the Lin, coin and Linds(l , Aglivilltural Protection Society, as hiS contribution in aid of the objects it has in view. Sir Jams South :totes, in a Win to a Contemporary, . q ,~~ Tin 4 1r, / Of r, iade in c olild tic Th y t° ° l llll . 41 . 4 , 01 u „, 4r. ti itße (PR(