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NOTICE. PART 11. OF BURKE' S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY', A GENEALOGICAL and HERALDIC DICTIONARY of the WHOLE of the LANDED GENTRY ; or UN TITLED ARISTOCRACY of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND, IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. This work will be completed in Four Parts, price 103. 6d., forming a single 'volume of upwards of 1,600 pages, uniform with the Author's popular PEERAGE and EARONETAGE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.—If the direct written testimony in favour of the purity and perfection of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, given, after analysis, by three of the most eminent Chemists of the day, needed any con firmation, it will be found in the fact, that it is employed, in preference to Foreign Brandy, under high medical direction, in many of the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and other Public Institutions in the Kingdom ; among which it may suffice to name Guy's, St. George's, and the Westminster Hospitals in. the Metropolis ; and the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton In firmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, leading to St. John-street. Price, pale or coloured, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon. trIHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY 1 DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £l.lO £l2O gISO £2OO £4OO £609 £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 HAMBUTIGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. JANUARY 3 Will be performed CINDERELLA. Felix, Mr. W. Harrison; Cinderella, Mrs. A. Shaw. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Chris linos Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum. bine, Miss Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 39. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is., Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 2s. ; Middle Gallery 25., second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Fra Diavolo—Auber. Quadrille, from the Ballet of Giselle—Jullien. Solo, Oboe—M. Barret. Trio, for two Violoncellos and Double Bass , by Messrs. Crouch, Hancock, and Howell—Corelli. Valse, Bal Raketen—Strauss. Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. The English Quadrille—Jullie PART 11. Opera, La Sonnameula, Grand Fanta•ia, with Solo for Cornet-a. Piston, by Herr Xcenig—Bellini. Burletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million—Jullien. Valse, Deutche Lust—Lanner. Galop, Alma—Costa. Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o , Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, '2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the lox-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New fond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullian's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mit. BE WEBSTEIt, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be performed HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, y, Mr. C. Mathews; Dicky Darling, r. Strickland ; Becky Miss Mattley To be followed by WHO'S YOUR FRIEND? or, The Queens. berry Fete. Giles I airland, Mr. Charles Mathews; Ihe Countess of Rosedale, Madame Vestris. After which, the UnpataiLled 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 THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT. 3 b Best P.,Woinimc of the Seasen—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called '1 HE BOHEMIANS; o-, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. South ' Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates Mi , s E. St rn!ey, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. froduc=xl with Enormous S 4endour and Wonderful Effects ! Columbine, Miss dullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Pauta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. 4s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Sec2nd price at Nine. Doors then at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. .1. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be performed the Petite Comedy, entitled BORROWING A HUSBAND. Sir Vivian Delacourt, Mr. W. Lacy; Gilbert Buck- Fern, Mr. Keeley ; Alec, Mr. Oxberry; Pamela, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by THE FLOWER OF LUCERNE Doctor Nicodemus Darkey, Mr. Paul Bedford; Bernard Aroault, Mr. Morris Barnett; Madame Dorval, Madame Feron; Barcb,n, Ma. tiame Eugenie 4 rosper. After which, TWICE KILLED,in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a New Music.ll Burlesque 'pectacle, entitled TuE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. 11. P. tirattan ; 800. 800, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss It. Isaacs. DA LOGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATAE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Panto:nime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Will be repeated THE ROHE +IIANS OF PARIS. Support:d by Messrs. Saville Hughes, Hicks, R. Horier, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the World. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H, Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta loon, Mr. Haw Kins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.—West minster-Bridge is now open. • THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, Rill be performed the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC .* ORIES OF MU RAT, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE ; or, The General, Prince, and King. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HA [ILE QU IN TAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG ; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Cushnie ; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls. ss. ; _Poxes 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; rit, Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, ~ s l. Box-office open daily from 'Fen till Four. Stage Boxes, One • rieli ; Half-price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two ( "u• , s; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Half-past Fight. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 3, win be Iser f orn ,led THE CROSS ROADS OF LIFE; or, The Scamps of Lendon. Devereux, Mr. Freer ; Frank Danvers, Mr. blantz; Louisa, Mi ss Vincent. After which, HAR isguis N' LINCOL LUCKY OF LAM. DETH; or, The Three s,alters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt To conclude with THE LAST WITNESS. THE WEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, N.W. Nom—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. I❑ Barometers ;air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 6 minutes after 0.1 Evening ... 30 minutes after 0. 'l ' ' ' 4 • 4 *. o y r. R-----u"a, '.- * -`' ' 1 4 3. .1. , 4. A.V.0',10.11k , , ~. N.,.. , -,. , a , --- . _.., , Wtt ,§Atit LONDON: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1844. We are not inclined to magnify the existing dan gers of the country, nor to look on the dark side of a scene, which is resplendent with many beauties. In the ensuing session of Parliament many subjects of the most vital importance to the British nation must be brought forward, and not only brought forward and discussed, but settled, and in a way, too, satis • factory to the nation. Not a few of these are sur rounded with many difficulties ;—we need only men tion the state of Ireland ; the all-engrossing question of the corn-laws ; the principles of free trade which are gaining ground every day ; the education of the people, perhaps the most ignorant in any civilized state ; and we wish we could add the improvement of the clergy, and a reform of the national Church. The two last, however, must be sometime de layed. The violent antipathy between Churchmen and Dissenters showed itself so strongly last year, that the case appears utterly hopeless : and the Church—that is to say, those interested in Church livings, ecclesiastical perquisites, ecclesiastical abuses, and in the division of property belonging to this enormous national establishment—is too powerful for any Minister. But without these, there is enough of work for the forthcoming session, and if the Minis ler has only the spirit to undertake reforms in a vigorous ALA judicious manner, all the difficulties maybe easily surmounted. Several measures introduced by Sir ROBERT PEEL show that the landlords and tenants are not so obstinate and bigoted as they have been dt - scribed. They murmured for a few weeks at the neN v tariff, they now see that it has done them no harm 3 and we may therefore generously suppose that other classes'', whose supposed interests are at stake, would yield v.7ith the same composure, if the Minister would only muster courage to take a bold, a s traiightforwixrd, and just course. Ireland, and esßecially the Irish Church, cannot remain as it is with safety for another year. Many parts of that country are not habitable for civilised beings. The law is set at defiance, murders are com mitted in open day, witnesses will not come forward to give p.,-idence at a trial or an inquest, and the very mag istrates' :Themselves are afraid to perform their duty. Seen have lately taken place in that un fortunate lar which, with a numerous priesthood i the p Pa ?<Tie, and the most wealthy Established Church in the world, are unparalleled among the most barbarous nations of the earth. This does not happen without cause. In every country laws which are found just a lad merciful are willingly obeyed. The Irish, when properly treated, are generally an obedient and grat 'eful people. Convince them that they have fair play, l and no class of men are more easily governed. History confirms the fact. Under two administrations, short unfortunately they were, the whole of Ireland, even including the wilds of Tip perary, was more peaceable than any part of Great Britain ; one-half of the usual number of troops was withdrawn, and the remainder were as little wanted as the few scattered depots in Scotland o preserve order. This might partly be produced by hope, and by a conviction that the existing Government was willing and anxious to redress their grievances, and, with the usual generosity of the people, they waited the result —they waited to see the Church reduced to its proper limits-.--to see Catholics promoted to offices of trust as well as Protestants, and to see magistrates appointed in whom they could place confidence. But when all these bright pictures were swept from the view, and the Home Minister, in one of his many unguarded speeches, declared that concession had reached its utmost limit, can any man be surprised that the disappointed hopes of the people broke through all bounds, and that, like madmen, they re solved to carry a measure which would destroy them and their oppressors ? This is the whole secret of the present agitation, and we trust Sir ROBERT PEEL will be wise in time. England cannot part ,with Ireland. She must be attached to this country, by fair or other means ; and what Christian can hesitate for one moment about the alternative ? Place her Church, her laws, her magistrates, and her govern ment, on the same footing with those of England, and Scotland ; and Ireland, in place of being a constant source of anxiety and alarm, would become the strongest bulwark of the United Kingdom. She is not to be put down by dismissing magistrates, by Arms Bills, or even by fifty thousand troops• but she is to be put down by justice, and woe to the Minister who rebels against it. All the other dif ficulties of Sir ROBERT PEEL are nothing as com pared with Ireland ; and he will find that unless he put down his bigoted colleagues, and bring forward a great, a generous, and comprehensive scheme for the regeneration of that country, he and his Con servative Cabinet must give way to other men. On this subject, as well as others adverted to, we quote the following from an able pamphlet by a Whig writer, just published by RIDG WAY, entitled " What is to be Done ? or, Past, Present, and Future There must be no longer delay or double dealing. The way of free trade is open before the Government—so is the way of ge neral education—so is the way of frank and friendly recognition of Ireland's rights and Ireland's religion. The Government has not, as a Government, abso lutely compromised itself against any of these active principles—it has stood between them and their op ponents, leaning perhaps a little too much the wrong way ; but this was natural—was the effect of old habits, and may be retrieved. Let it lean now a little in the other way, and gradually move on in the direction to which it points, and it may find, if all its paths be not pleasantness, that at least its ways are peace. It is morally impossible to go back to old Toryism—it is not practicable to stand still. The ground will slide, is sliding, away from those who fancy they are reposing firmly on it. No men, nor party of men, can stand still in the times and circumstances in which we are living. Let the Government, then, go on—go forward gently, firmly, charitably, justly. And in that case good luck go with it ; for in that case we, for our part, wil not then disturb it." With regard to England, he adds, "we have less fears. It is clear enough what must and what will be done. The great Free-trade League is confessedly increasing yearly in numbers, funds, discretion, ability, and *success. It has all the characteristics of a winner,—of what we are accustomed to call the persevering, straight-for ward, business-like, resolute, but not violent, Anglo- Saxon blood. And we firmly and conscientiornly believe that it has justice and good intentions on its side. If this be so, and it is difficult to deny it, where will Sir ROBERT PEEL find either the ability or the means for permanent resistance. Finally, then, and summarily, it appears that a Government of repression and exclusion is ill fitted for times of progression and expansion ; and that these now require for the peace and well-being of the coun try—For Ireland, the support of her tenantry, and the endowment and recognition of her Roman Catholic Church ; for England, national education ; and for the empire at large, free trade, which includes the relief of her pauperism, by finding increased employ ment for her increasing hands. Let who will do these, but done they must be—sooner or later ; and the sooner the better, and the safer." We have great pleasure in directing public atten tion to an article headed " CURRENCY," with the sig - nature of " BEIRNIARD." The reasoning is at once co gent and philosophical. One pound of practical com mon-sense is worth a million of illusive theories, which only dazzle to bewilder and confound. Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the Directors of the Bank of England would do - well to read and duly consider thin matter before they strike a bargain in the dark respecting the re newal of that precious monopoly—the Bank Charter. The explanations which have been received from Canada touching the causes that had led to the recent resignation of the Members of the Executive Coun cil, consist of a letter addressed by Mr. LAFONTAINE to his Excellency Sir CHARLES METCALFE, under (late of the 27th November, 1843, and the answer of his Excellency thereto, dated on the following day. We were certainly astonished at the news of the Council's resignation. But astonishment is an emo tion of varying intensity, and we are much more asto nished at the statements and pretensions comprised in this letter of M. LAFONTAINE. The whole of its ex planatory recital and plea proceed upon a one-sided exposition of the views with which the Council had taken office, and of their " responsibility to the representatives of the people in Parliament." They completely throw overboard the question of any other obligations of their office, whether to the Colonial Government or to the Crown, in their capacity of Councillors. The letter itself is a laboured attempt to compile a manifesto of griev ances, which break down under the attempt to enun ciate and specify them. Nor is this result to be wondered at; seeing that Sir CHARLES METCALFE'S administration of the Government of Canada has been Conducted, from the moment of his assumption of office to the period of our last advices from the colony, in a spirit of fairness, with a degree of political libe rality and civil justice, which have reflected upon his Excellency the highest honour, and have amply justi fied his selection by her MAJESTY'S Ministers for the discharge of one of the highest—one of the most re sponsible—and perhaps the most difficult appoint ments, in the service of her MAJESTY'S Crown. M. LAFONTAINE, in stating for his Excellency's information the grounds of the explanations which it was proposed by himself and his colleagues to offer in their places in Parliament, refers to certain resolu tions introduced into the Legislative Assembly, with the knowledge and sanction of her MAJESTY'S Repre sentative ; the gist of which appears to have been, that in order to preserve between the different branches of the Parliament that harmony which is essential to the peace, welfare, and good government of the province, the chief advisers of the representative of the SOVE REIGN, constituting a provincial administration under him, ought to be men possessed of the confidence of the representatives of the people, thus affording a guarantee that the well-understood wishes and interests of the people, which our gracious SOVEREIGN has de clared shall be the rule of the Provincial Government will, on all occasions, be faithfully represented and advocated. It will be seen by Sir CHARLES METCALFE'S reply, that this pledge, so far as it respected the course of his own Government, it is his Excellency's boast—and a well-founded one—to have carefully retrieved, and studiously maintained. It might be thought that Mr. LAFONTAINE and his colleagues— knowing that if they could not pin his Excellency to some distinct infraction of this large and liberal policy, they must themselves be those necis artifices whose faie it is, on the highest authority, arte perire suii—would hardly have augmented the jeopardy of their case by the ill-advised statement with which they followed up this effort. This state ment his Excellency demolishes in his reply, we are bound to declare—indeed, there can be no doubt of the fact on the mind of any candid reader after perusing the tw•o documents—entirely by reason of its pervading vice. There was throughout it that suppressio veri which moralists, as well as jurists, sternly denounce as equivalent to the suggestio falsi. What is omitted, being of the very pith and marrow of the case, its omission seems intended to mislead the public into the notion that what is stated is that which was the substantive matter of difference and final severance between the Executive Council and the Governor-General. The former, Mr. LAFONTAINE observes, had lately understood his Excellency to have taken a widely dif ferent view of their position and responsibilities " from that under which they accepted office, and through which they have been enabled to conduct the Parliamentary business of the Government, sustained by a large majority of the popular branch of the Legislature." Were we to try this significant allusion by that construction which our English modes of thinking would justify,—and figure to ourselves the analogy of a constitutional Sovereign and a Privy Council, in place of that Sovereign's representative and an Executive Council ; what should we think of this unblushing proclamation by the immediate advisers of the Supreme Power, of their actually bar gaining for Parliamentary support on this kind of reciprocating basis ? The Executive Council, however, would not have cared, had these I differences of opinion between them and the Go vernor-General been merely theoretical ; but they had led to official appointments and proposals for such, of which they were not informed until the opportu nity for their offering advice upon them had gone by ; and one Bill, introduced into Parliament with his Excellency's knowledge and consent, he had reserved for the expression of her MAJESTY'S pleasure thereon, without previously apprising the Council of such being his intention. Mr. LAFONTAINE then adds, that the want of that cordiality between the Council and the Governor-General, which his Excellency has frankly acknowledged to have observed, "together with an antagonism between them," extended not only to acts on which there were apparent grounds for difference of public opinion, " but to all measures of Government involving political principles." This is a large and fair outline of all in Mr. LA-• FONTAINE'S letter which it is necessary for the reader to have, fully and fairly, before his mind, in order to form his own judgment upon the merits of the case. In his reply the Governor-General states, that he observes with regret, in the explanation which M. LAFONTAINE, and the other Members of Council, propose to offer in their places in Parliament, a total omission of the circumstances which he regards as forming the real grounds of their resignation. We %NM endeavour very briefly to abstract the nar rative which his Excellency thus gives of events as they had occurred. He states that at the Govern ment House, on the previous Friday, Messrs. LAFON TAINE and BALDWIN, after some preliminary cemarks, "had demanded of the Governor-General that he should agree to make no appointment, and no offer of an appointment, without previously taking the advice of the Council ; that the lists of candidates should in every instance be laid before the Council ; that they should recommend any others at discretion ; and that the Governor-Genera], in deciding after taking their advice, should not make any appointment prejudicial to their influence." Is it possible to gainsay the con struction which Sir CHARLES puts on this outrageous proposition ? "In other words, that the patronage of the Crown should be surrendered to the Council for the purchase of Parliamentary support ; for, if the demand did not mean that, it meant nothing, as it cannot be imagined that the mere form of taking advice, without regarding it, was the process con- templated." The Governor-General replied that he would not make any such stipulation ; and could not degrade the character of his office nor violate his duty by such a surrender of the prereqative of the Crown. Ile appealed to the number of appointments al ready made by him on their recommendation ; to his own constant objection to the exclusive distribution of patronage with party views, and his maintenance of the principle that office should, in all cases, be given to the best qualified; reserving the right of appointing at his own discretion, where no such pre eminence was to be found among the candidates. Understanding from the two gentlemen that their con tinuance in office depended on his final decision with regard to their demand, he agreed that at the Council of next day the subject should be fully discussed. lie accordingly met the Council (on Saturday) fully expecting the parties would resign, as he could not recede from the resolution he had formed. But three or more distinct proposithais were then made to him, over and over again, in different terms, but (he add,) "always aiming at the same purpose, which, in his opinion, if accomplished, would have been a virtual surrender, into the hands of the Council, of the pre rogative of the Crown ; and, on his uniformly reply ing to these proposhions in the negative, his refusal was each time followed by ' then we must resign,' or words to that purport, from one or more of the Council." Ilis Excellency expresses his astonishment at find ing, after so many discussions of the demand on which the resignation was understood to be tendered, that it was now ascribed to an alleged differ ence of opinion on the theory of responsible govern ment. The Governor-General refers to his having Protested in the course of those former discussions against the notion, that he was practically adverse to the working of the system of responsible government which had been established, and which he had hitherto pursued without deviation. Ile declares that he sub scribes entirely to the resolution of the L-gis tive Assembly of September 1841 (quote', by Mr. LAFONTAINE), holding any other system but that which recognises responsibility to the people imprac ticable in that province. But while is satisfied that all government exists solely for the people, he remarks that if, by "responsible government," the gentlemen of the late Council mean that the Council is to be supreme, and the authority of the Governor a nullity, they he cannot agree with them ; and must declare his dissent from that perversion of the acknowledged principle. As to the " Secret Societies Bill " reserved by him for the consideration of her MAJESTY'S Government, the justification of his Excellency is full and tri umphant ; and what is more, it is eminently constiiu tional:— " If there is any part of the functions of the Government in which he is more than in any o.i.er bound to exercise an independent judgment, it must be in giving the Royal assent to Acts of Parliament. With regard to this duty he has special instructions from her Majesty to reserve every Act of an unusual or extraordintry character. Undoubtedly the Secret Societies Bill answers that de scription, being unexampled in British legislation." The Governor's reply closes with this impressive passage : - "In conclusion, the Governor-General protests against the explanation which those gentlemen propose to offer to Parliament, as omitting entirely the actual and prominent circumstances which led to their resignation, and as conveying to Parliament a misapprehension of his sen timents and intentions, which has no foundation in any part of his conduct, unless his refusal to make a virtual surrender of the prerogative of the Crown to the Coun cil, for party purposes, and his anxiety to do justice to those who were injured by the arrangements attending the Union, can be regarded as warranting a representa tion which is calculated to injure him. without just cause, in the opinion of the Parliament and the people, on whose confidence he places his sole reliance for the successful administration of the Government." As sincere friends to all classes in Canada, and heartily approving of the discontinuance of the para mount party policy, we grieve to find ;he French Canadians (for we must find a d6ignation for the section represented by M. LAFONTAINE) doing all in their power to justify the sinister predictions of the bitter opponents of colonial amelioration in this country. They are, as those opponents declared they would do, visibly attempting, by such unreasonable and absurd pretensions, to undermine British au thority and monarchical representation in their noble territory. For our parts, we shall at all times exert our best efforts to resist the practical development of their mischievous theories, which are fast tending to an avowed demand for the institution of a Republic, whilst we can boast a Governor-General every way so calculated worthily to represent the dignity and to maintain the rights of a B. Sovereign. Paris papers of Sunday, and Madrid papers of the 25th ult., were received at a late hour, having been retarded by the badness of the roads and the boisterous weather in the Channel. The Paris intelligence they bring is not important. The Spanish Commissioners deputed by the Government to invite Queen CHRIS TINA to Madrid having accomplished their mission, took leave of jeer MAJESTY on Saturday. The answer is all that can be desired by the party who ap plied. It expresses the pleasure she felt on receiving the invitation sent by Queen ISA BELLA and her Ministers to return to Madrid and to accept of the guardianship of the second daughter of the Infanta LOUISA, and her anxiety and readiness to accept the charge. She is to leave Paris for Madrid as soon as the preparations for her journey are arranged. This, however, cannot be before the commencement of the month of February, at the very soonest. This is the answer which the Com missioners are to carry back to Madrid. They were to leave Paris on Monday. Another Legitimist Paris paper had been seized, making the fifth within five days. The Courrier Francais says the King of the NETHERLANDS has sent the Duke of BORDEAUX a pressing invitation to visit him at the Hague, and the Duke is to leave England on the 12th of next month. The King of HANOVER, the Emperor of RUSSIA, and the King of SARDINIA have also sent him invitations. The Courrier Frangais asks if, see ing those matters, and also remembering the " Royal Reception" given to the Duke, it can any longer be be said that foreign Powers have amicable relations with France. We are mueh inclined to disbelieve these statements. On Sunday, at Tortoni's, the French funds, which on Saturday had fallen to 81f. 90c., opened at 82f., and afterwards rose to 82f. 10c., and finally closed at 82f. sc. buyers. The only intelligence from Madrid of the slightest interest is, that the Council of Ministers had come to a definitive resolution to dissolve the Cortes, and were only waiting till they had received the neces sary authority from the Chambers to collect the taxes before putting the resolve into execution. There must be some mistake in the accounts from Southampton, that the China and India Mail had left that place on the Ist. The Post-office gives notice that it is not to leave till the 6th inst. We had another heavy fall of snow on Monday night, and it now lies in many places several inches deep. Both the barometer and thermometer are very low, and there is every appearance of severe weather. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 2.—Wind, light breeze from N.W. and fine. OFF SWANAGE, DEC. 28.—Europe, Grebb, Quebec. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Anna Elizabeth, Am sterdam, for Surinam. OFF LOGE, DEC. 29.—Zeenirz de Boer, Batavia, for Rotterdam. BOW:HOBE (ISLAY), PREVIOUS TO DEC. 27.—Express, Campbell, Laguna. SHIELDS, DEC. 30.—The Margaret and Jane, Hender son, of Newcastle, which was laid on the Limekiln shore, with damage, has been repaired and proceeded. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 29.—Stad Schiedam, Schuh, Batavia, for Amsterdam; Bonne Mare, St. Domingo, for bonen. BRISTOL, JAN. I.—Arrd. Nestor, Burrows, Africa. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ade laide, Miramichi; Burnhopeside, Montreal. Arrd. off, Hope, Glasgow. CORK, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Concord, St. Domingo, for Havre, master and eight men washed overboard, off Ber muda. Herculas, London for New . York, bore up from long. 27, with loss of a cookhouse, stanchions, &c., in a gale. LIMERICK, DEC. 30.—The Parmelia, Ross, towed into the Shannon in distress, has been taken to Scattery R.)ads, to repair. L,`NDONDERRY, DEC. 30.—The Creole, Clarke, hence to Mobile, has been towed in here dismasted, having. been struck by a sea on the 20th silt., lat. 56 long. 21, while lying to in a heavy gale. REDCAR, DEC. I.—The Albion, from Boston to Stock holm, ran on the rocks off this place, on the 30th ult., but was got off the next tide. DEAL, JAN. I.—Wind W.S W. and N.W., strong. t•.M. N. W., light airs.—Arrd. Cheldyra, Wishart, Sydney ; Cuthbert, Young, llerideen, and William Gurney, Calcutta ; Thebe, Batavia, J. Henry Yates, Valparaiso ; Ocean, Wilson, Sierra Leone ; Rambler, Demerara ; John Ilorroeks, M`Lauchlan, Berbice ; Sandwich, Better, St. Lucia; Minerva, Ogdren, Nassau; Concord. Cobb, Quebec % Marmaduke, Wake, and Pro noise, Bickford, Saguenay. Sld. Malacca, Madras; Quebec, New York. OFF MARGATE, JAN. I. rarland, Gillespie, Cal cutta ; C.hanois, Jay, Buenos Ayres. OFF DARTMOUTH, DEC. 29.—Coquette, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind N.N. W., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Black Nymph, London • for Ascension ; John, do. for Gambia, ; Forester, do. for Tobago. Put back, Syd ford for Grenada ; Duke of Norfolk, for Tobago. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals--Chelydra, Wishart, from New South Wales, in the Downs, sailed from Sydney, Aug. 27; Parland, Gillespie, from Bengal, off Margate, sailed July 27, Mauritius Oct. 6; Cuthbert Young, Henderson, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 9, St. Helena, Nov. 10 ; William, Le Bair, from Batavia, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 25, Mauritius Sept. 29, St. Helena Nov. 10 ; Lady Bute, M`Kinley, from Bengal, in the Clyde, sailed Aug. 22 ; Flora, Meltophieus, from Batavia, off Torbay, sailed Sept. 23, Cape, Oct. 28, St. Helena Nov. 13. Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales—Heber, Swift, Aug. 18, from Madagascar ; Artemis, M'Donald, 19th, from London ; Rajah, Ferguson, 20th, from Hobart Town; Harlequin, Morgan, from Launceston ; Monte zuma, Selkirk, from Cape and Launceston ; Scamander, Nixon, 24th, from Sydney and South Seas ; William Thorn, from Launceston ; Alexan.ler Johnston, 25th, from Greenock; Emancipation, from Tahiti. Departures from Sydney—Sir John Byng, Aug. 17, to Twofold Bay and Port Philip ; Faith, to Tahiti and Valparaiso ; Amiga, to Valparaiso ; Nimrod, to South, Seas ; Waterlily and Comet, 20th, to Hobart Town ; Marian Watson and Charlotte, 24th, to Hobart Town ; Skerne and Dawson, 20th, Thompson, 23d, to Launces ton ; British Isle, 20th, to Guam ; Fama, Bennett, 21st, to London ; Shamrock, Dalby, 22d, to Auckland and Bay of Islan Is. Arrivals at Launceston—Jane Geary, Birnie, Aug. 15, from London; Vixen and Challenger, 17th, from Sydney. Arrivals at Hobart Town—Providence, Aug. 5, from London ; Ocean Queen and Timbo, from Mauritius ; Louisa, Tucker, 11th, from Sydney. SOUTH SEA FISHERY. The following whalers were at Wahoo by the last advices:—The Adele, French whaler, with 1,300 barrels; the Bartholomew, of New Bedford, 1,700 barrels ; the James Stuart, of New Brunswick, crew in a state of mutiny; the Margaret Scott, of New Bedford, at Whaine, with 500 barrels. The Corinthian, of New Bedford, 100 barrels, and the Favourite, of London, with 1,500 barrels, would proceed round Cape Horn, and then pro ceed for London. At Tahiti, in May last—Orion, of New London, 700 barrels; Lyon, of ditto, with 1,500 barrels, which had spoken the Columbus , of ditto, with 1,600 barrels ; and the Omega, of Fairhaven, with 2,100 barrels. The Frolic, of London, with 1,500 barrels, would proceed to the Bay of islands to fill up and then proceed to London. VESSELS SPOKEN WiTH.—Balfour, of Liverpool, 27th ult., lat. 50, lon. 13, by the Maxim, arrived at Liverpool. John Bibby, Liverpool to China, Nov. 20, lat. 1 N., lon. 21. Ellen, of and for Swansea, about 16th ult., lon. 23, by the Elizabeth, arrived at Llanelly. John Barry, Alexandria to Falmouth, 15th Nov., off Candia ; Duke of Gordon, Alexandria to Cork, sth ult., off Pentellaria ; Liberty, from Alexandria, 12th, off Sardinia, by the Mary C. Fitzroy, arrived at Falmouth. Jane Smith, Patras to London, 25th ult., hit. 42, lon. 9, by th e Sama ritan, arrived at Falmouth. Chieftain, of Larne, bound to Charleston, lon. 23, by the Promise, arrived in the Downs. Johnson, Demerara to Liverpool, lat. 51, lon. 15, by the Portland, arrived off Penzance. Nemstrie, Havre to Rio, Nov. 12, lat. 20 S., lon. 33 W. ; Marys, of Bristol, Bth Sept. ; Power, of Aberdeen, 25th ult., lat. 48,,10n. 15, by the John H. Yates, arrivedin the Downs. THE INDIA MAILS.— SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 1.-- The Oriental Company's steam-ship Oriental, Captain Soy, left this port to-day for Alexandria, with the mails for Egypt, India, and China, consisting of 80 boxes and 7 bags, also upwards of 100 passengers. and a large freight of Manchester goods, so large as to compel her to leave several tons behind for the next boat. The Peninsular packet Lady Mary Woed, which arrived here on Saturday evening, has brought from Gibraltar the damaged shaft of the Great Liverpool, which has been forwarded to Scotland to be rejoined, and it is expectod to be in readiness to be taken out in the Iberia on the 10th. The Peninsular Company's boat Royal Tar is taking in cargo at the East India Docks, and will sail on the 10th for Constantinople, &c. She has been obliged to take down the saloon and berths, to enable her to receive all her goods. The Royal West India mail-packet Teviot, Captain Allen, will leave here to morrow with the mails for the West Indies, South Ame rica, &c. All her berths are engaged. She has also 860 bottles of quicksilver. BRITISH MusEum.—The number of visitors to this national establishment in the whole of last year (1843) was 517,375. This was a falling off from the previous year (1842), when they were 547,718. In 1839 the numbers were 280,850; in 184 0 , 247,929 ; and in 1841, 319,374. The number of visitors during the late holi day week was 41,151, being, on Tuesday, 18,377; Wed nesday, 13,281 ; Thursday, 1,683 ; and Friday, 7,810. The \l useum was closed yesterday, and will remain so during the whole of the present week. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.---MAIDSTONE.—A small detachment of ten men of the 7th Dragoon Guards is at this depot, under orders to join the head-quarters of that regiment at the Cape of Good Hopo. The officers who will accompany th e d ra f t are Cornets Gore and Burn bray, of the 7th. I t i s state d that the depot of the 16th Lancers, which was transferred from Canterbury to Maidstone in Sept em b er l as t, will, at an early period, be removed from the last place to Brompton Barracks. The reason assigned for this change is, that the depot at Maidstone is insufficient for accommodation of the num ber of men at present there, in addition to the large number of recruits required to reinforce the 3d Light Dragoons and 9th Lancers in the East. SINGULAR CuAttAernit.—On Thursday an inquest was held at the h ouse o f G eorg e Laws, Spring-garden lane, Sunderland, b e f ore M r. Middleton, deputy-coroner, on the body of Eli za b et h A pp l e bY, single woman, aged 82 years, who was found lying dead in her bed on the previous morning. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." The deceased was eccentric in her habits, and had lived in the same room, near the head of Spring garden-lane, for upwards of 60 years, till the Monday previous to her death, when she removed to an adjoin ing one on account of smoke. She has not been known to burn a candle in her room for the last 30 years, and had not been out of doors for upwards of 40 years, al though not incapacitated by infirmity.—Northern ( Sun derland)l'imes. S'Ofilc'-lARY OF NEWS AND :41, 6 11fl tr p Unto It. " Who runs may read." POREIGN. The French mail brings the intelligence that the ex- Queen Regent Gt . Spain had accepted the invitation of her daughter and the Council of Ministers to proceed to Madrid. She .xas to set out as soon as domestic circum• stances would v , rinit. The present Cortes are to be dissolved as soon as the Ministers have obtained their authority for the collec tion of the taxes. Sir Charles Metcalfe, the Governor-General of Canada, has prorogued the refractory Provincial Parliament. Senor Oloz9go has taken refuge in Portugal, having entered Castello Branco on the 19th ult. The autho rities imtnedi.etely communicated with the Lisbon Go vernment, who dispatched orders for his reception with the attention due to his exalted rank. The funeral of Louis Brune, 'of Rouen, whose death we announced a f'ew days ago, took place on Wednesday. The hearse was followed by an immense concourse of persons of ali ranks, by detachments of the national guards and of the line ; the deceased having been a member of the Logion of Honour, by several deputations of Freemasons, &c. On the same day was buried at Rouen, one of its most distinguished citizens, M. Bouctot, who has left by will 100,000 f. to the hospices, 100,000 f. to bore ;ax de bienfaisance, and 100,000 E to other public establish ments. The goustun Tdegraph (Texas) intimates that a large majority of Members of both Houses of Congress are in favour of the annexation of Texas to the United States. That taper, in speculating on this subject, says that " notwithstanding the indirect admissions that have been made by the intimate frinds of the executive, that he is opposed to annexation, we are still confident that he really desires that the measure may be effected. He may be restrained by some secret pledge to the British Government, from openly advocating the measure, but if a ;reposition were to be offered on the part of the Un; States t-) renew the negotiations for annexation, we consider it certain tha the would accede to it with joy." A jotter from Ragusa, Dee. 4, states that shocks of an earth quake continue to be felt every day more and more sen,ihly. On the above day a violent shock took place at half past four in the morning, and roused up all the inhul,it:tritP. It NYaS followed by a number of lesser shocks. Accounts from Monte Video of October 18, state that the town was still besieged 'and blockaded, that Admiral Brown load sent nrtice a day or two previously to the dift; , rent Consols, and that it was his intention to enforce bleckade. Time Brazilian Admiral had received orari t , ) acknowledge the blockade, but the misunder staHin;- between Brazil and Buenos Ayres, had not been !leak d. 1.41 , -77 AND POLICE. At tlie Sta . Mrd Assizes on the 30th ult., Samuel Fel lov s, a d 19, Robert Purslow, 21, John Perry, 18, and Daniel Webb, who wire acquitted at a late hour on Thur. - ,,day night of the murder of Mary Jane Wild, were indicted 'for a.saulting the unfortunate girl, with intent to commit a rave upon her, and found guilty. The Judge Mr. B;;;r,,n Rolle, sentenced them to 18 months' im prisonment with hard labour. Joseph Parnell, a respectable-looking man, and by trade a butcher, was indicted in the New Central Criminal Count for marrying Mary Ann Maria Wood, on alp 11311 of .Lu - ivary, 1839, his wife being then and now 'Jr‘ jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a r,coturrwndation to mercy. Mr. Commissioner Bullock sail that he c otil.i not, for the sake of his children and h is w if e , to lad made some reparation, inflict a long ha priscruneri t. The sentence was imprisonment u,ontbs. t (.?,il , Aql-scitiare police-court, James Strachan, a } -can man, W:,s committed on a charge of cLiidrun of a tender age to issue counterfeit coin, At 7: 7 .- rvielr , ne, George Patmore and Robert Jerran, two c..pai toatm:.ll. were charged with improper con duct tow z:(1,, a married woman between 50 and 60 years of ago, and at ter ward:r. committing a brutal assault upon her she rom,)i,trated. The former was ordered to par r, tiiie of 5/. aril the latter 40s. Being unable to p!:y 11:y were lock,d up. At Woolwif!li, a middle-aged man, named Hammond, who has .it! - :erto a most irreproachable character in the town of jab, was charged with stealing pots from licensed Victuallers and others. The case excited the greatest interenr, from the respectability of the pri- So7l?l''S fih.nds, and he being the last person to be sus pecto carrying on this systematic sori - of plunder. He was at the same time charged with attempting to utt..n. counterfeit coin. After several witnesses had given evidence, the Magistrate said was it not from the urgent solicitation of those present to deal leniently with tire case. he shoqkl decidedly commit him for trial, as it lo , ,iced like a regular system carried on by him, and little expected as the party. He now should fine him The highest r , ra:lty to law allowed, that was 51., in default to to Maidstone gaol for one month and hard t„. Mr. Ilroicr diTg - ssing of the night charges at th,-? Tham!-, I'Ol, • remarked that the amendment ihe habit, an I:,ihners of the people of the district very stri:j!,. : ;. A night of festivity—tite going out of tie., 01.1 ye”i• coming in of the new one—bad n e, Sunday had also intervened, but sh.. re were only four ens9s of drunkenness ; none of theta v. (To at:vmied violence and disorder, and they of the 4,r,!ivary description. It was a great amend in a. t. indeed. di,i!riet to which the Magistrate re con,pri,ks r.,palation of 100,000 persons, in el:, hatter: I', I.,;.!ellouse, Poplar, and St. George's in-t ite-East, wi:, re most do congregate. C ~'iISYIONJZBLE. 'T h‘. I)tilte of i‘,..deluix arrived at Plymouth from Ugtrook un Hl:,` 30„: ti!t., where he would remain till the fo;!owing day orti, rto inspect the establishments of that port. The Dtlic r of ( I :::i;laridge is at present at Dean-park, on a visit to '..!:(2 of Cardigan. Tit, Duke tvni Duchess of Sutherland and family are detained in town 1); thce serious illness of their infant son. In eons) ,:n,..nce of alarming symptoms having pre sented them ides Sdturday, several physicians were ea!le,l in, but sut,s: iveatly, we hear, a change, ccnsider ably 1, - 4. the bstter, lLs taken place. As soon as the infant has resovt:rtni tLe Duke and Duchess go to Tren tham. The Duke . and Doehess of Montrose are entertaining a lnr : ..;e rally :.t. >ulby Hall, Northamptonshite. The Countess oi Jt !.,;ey and Lady Clementina Villiers join the circle to-,!ar, and from thence will go to Belvoir Castle. The Earl r 1.7,1 Countess of Browrdow intend to have much company t Belton House near Grantham, during this month. Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, and a numerous circle, meet there early in the next week. Viscount ant Viscountess Dungannon and the Hon. Miss I rv i ne l e f t t=ratton. street on Monday for Southamp ton, intending to embark there for Havre. The Viscount and Viscountess 1.11; r o, remaining abroad some months. alit* Earl 01 11,1-01-:e intends to pass the winter in Paris, and d..es e,ntemplate returning to this coun try until the ci 0F March. 'The Dowa.:Lcr C . ountoss Fortescue has been surrounded by a nunierotis 1:i:oily circle at Wear Gifford, Devon, .during the 1:,,t k. Earl and Countess Fortescue, Viscount Ebr:,'2,t,.7,, Lord and Lady Courtenay, Hon. Mr. and Lady Anna Maria Courtenay, &c., are staying with the ye:ler:Wl e Countess. Lord Beatnun,,z. ha. returned to Carlton Hall, near Selby, from L'or'e•: Constable, the seat of Sir Clifford Constable, r,r.r . _ _ . 'l' no Martin:, (;f Salisbury has, during the last week, had a snce,-,sion l;u::sts at his fine old seat in Herts, among whom NN , ,i - e the Earl and Countess of Essex, Countess of Jer., , :y, I,nd Lady Clementina Villiers, Lady A. Capel, Lord Lady De Ros and Honourab:e Miss ll nos, Sir 11, liardinge, Lord Polworth, Earl of Ripon, Lord Gucherich, Viscount Mahon, • Lord Sanclys, &e. 'I , I'X'CELLANEOUS. On Monday the usual distribution of the Royal bounty to the poor or Windsor took place in the new Riding School. It cotii isted of meat, bread, plum-pudding, and blankets ; in rt.l;titni to which the numerous recipients of her Molest'', tt•kil the Prince Consort's seasonable benevolence wt , re erch presented with tickets to receive ea proportion to the extent of their families) at the csrablishineio3 of the respective tradesmen, ale, potatoes, and coals. 'l:te provisions were distributed among 186 families, hal at an average about three children each. The stand:u army of the United States is the smallest in the world, for a population of 17,000,000 of people -7,590 men ; including non-commissioned officers, dra goons, musicians, and artificers, probably 8,600. The army estimate for the year will fall short of last year nearly 100,C00 dollars, and a reduction of several im portant ollh•es is recommended, together with remcunt nig a regiment of dragaons for the frontiers. The number of visitors to the Tower, during the Christmas week, was, to the Armouries 911, and to the Jewel-office 711. Total amount of proceeds 401. I Is. Among the visitors were a considerable numbar of foreigners. W lien the Duke de Bordeaux, says the Cheltenham Juurnal, visited Bailniinon, he was accompanied bythree Foreign Dukes. The party went out hunting with his Grace the Duke of Beaufort on a misty day; and at last all the five Dukes were lost in a fog, in five different places, near Dichnai.ton ! Will Long's horn was sounded, but in vain. Ultimately the lost Dukes found their way to Badminton. According to a report made by Mr. Braidwood, the number of fires and alarms which have happened from Jan. 1 to Dee. 31, 1843, at which the engines of the establi,helent have le:un called into requisition, amount to 9._11. It further mentions that the fires, by which prerni. es were totally destroyed, number 298, buildings consideratly damaged, 231. For sev, ral weeks the opening of the Atmcspheric line from Kingstown to Dalkey has been interdicted by the Lords of die Tru2sury, owing to the remonstances of part le!; owning property on the line. Mr. Walker, the eminent Engli,h engineer, has arrived in Dublin, having reee!‘ vii initruetior s from the Government to hold an in quiry •:lm the subject. Alp - . Vt,ller, Ears the Leinster Express, is out of dange:, and r e eevir:n4. thou . h slowly. There are some person's iu ! zaol on ,u, , ,picion of being concerned in the tuas,4len . Two 'nen arc missing from the locality of Finno, ; they are Luppre“el to be the two who were wounded, and that they will not return, if they ever do s 9, w.ll it wounds are healed. L. 3 I: EARTEQUAKC IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. -It t.,l2p,:us from th, Guernsey Star of Thursday last, that die shock of tzn earthquake, which was felt in Guernsey n the nitur;:oon or Friday week, had been also experienced in Jersey :.:d the island of Alderney nearly at the sane time. It had not been felt on the Froaoh coast. :4. *, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The buoyancy of the English Funds remained unimpaired up to the close of business, and Consols were again done at 97 to 97* 4. Exchequer bills were 645. to 695. premium. The Foreign Market reacted a little after the material advance of the morning. Spanish Five per Cents. closed at 22* ; and the Three per Cents. at 30.-} Dutch Five per Cents. touched par. Mexican were at 32i which is slightly lower ; and Portuguese for Account, at 44k. The Railway Shares were active up to the termination of business, and supported full rates. The Colonial Bank Shares fell to 10, or just 15 dis count, 251. being paid, on account of there being no di vidend for the Proprietors. The Directors, it seems, consider it prudent, owing to their great losses by the West India branches, to suspend the dividends for the present, but hope for better times in our colonies to place them in a gradually improving position. The Foreign exchanges were steady this'afternoon. During the week ending Thursday last there were no exports of the precious metals from London. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 14,000 bales, at prices id. per lb. higher than on Friday. Speculators took 6,000 bales. The sales included 400 bales of Surat, at 34d. to 4d. ; 1,500 Egyptian, at 64d. to 7d.; and the rest American at 4id. to 6d. per lb.— Shares had a further tendency to improve, and a large business was done. Eastern Counties were 10i to wi t ; Birmingham, 236 ; South Western, 77 ; Manchester and Leeds, 101 i; North Midland, 90; Paris and Rouen, 328; Rouen and Havre, 111 ; South Eastern, 36 ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 3s. 6d.; Paris and Orleans, 344. By a late arrival from Sydney we have accounts to-day to the 26th August last. The trading advices are not by by any means so favourable as could be wished. Though the depression in trade had been very considerable, still the estimate of the revenue of the Colonial Treasury had been exceeded by actual results. We have Rio de Janeiro letters and papers this morn ing to the 4th of November. Their contents are of little interest. We do not find any allusion to the negotiations of M. Ribeiro at the Court of St. James's, as respects the treaty that expires in the present month. In the Stock markets to-day a considerable amount of business has been transacted. In addition to the 10,0001. of the Three per Cent. Reduced Stock taken yesterday, and announced under this head, a further sum of 10,6001. was bought on account of terminable annuities, thus making the investment 20,0001. The Commissioners took about the usual amount this morning in the Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities at 978. Consols for Account opened at 97 to 97*, have since been quoted at 974, and are now at 97i. The premium upon Exchequer bills is at 645. to 695. premium; and upon India Bonds at 78s. to 80s. Bank Stock commands 1851; and the Three and- a-Half per Cents. are 1021 to 1021. It is assumed in the City that the reply of Lizardi and Co., is of no more favourable a character than the com munications heretofore received from the Mexican agents, and a rise must be noted in the stock of the Republic to 32} and 33 ; the present value is 33. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds have fluctuated from 31 to 311 ; the Actives from 24 to 228 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. from 541 to *; the Five per Cents. from 99* to ; and Colombian from 11* to 1 ; Brazilian are at 731. Shares are brisk and advancing. Eastern Counties 128 to 12 ; Great North of England 141 ; Brighton 64 to 51 ; Blackwell 108, 6*, to 61 ; Manchester and Bir mingham 1 ; Midland Counties 124 ; North Midland 9A- ; and South Eastern 124 to 1 discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow are 9 ; Great Western 331 to 341 ; ditto New• 20 ; Hull and Selby 11 ; South Western 34* to 341 ; Croydon 1 ; Manchester and Leeds 32 ; Northern and Eastern 8 ; Paris and Orleans 14A to 14 ; Rouen and Havre 6 to 4 ; South Eastern Scrip. 111 to 12 ; Yar mouth and Norwich 31 to 4 ; and York and North Mid land 70premium. Colonial Bank shares are 11 discount. CLOSING PRICES ilitaVaH FUN ti.S. B stock 3 ('ent. Red. • ei.t. Cons. '3 i ..n Cent. Red ... !Ditto New Annuities . N,.. 5 . 3), per Cent.... - 'Ex. Rills, 1,0001. lid. 69 ••i. 5i , !.. , 5 per Cen'.... ...... Ditto 5001... .. . 69 ei Loy , 4 Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... . 69 lan. 1860 ... ... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 185 k .), t. 1859 ~:.,,.. 1860 ... FOREIGN FUNDS.. -siutrian, 5 per cent. ... i Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian 5 per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto — 11razilian Bonds .. Prussian, 5 per cent — B :cues Ayres 6 per cent. ;Russian, 5 per cent .... Chilian, 6 per cent — ! Ditto, Nletallic . . — 12.0 . .einbian, 6 per cent... Ili Spanish, 5 per cent 22* litto 1824 — Ditto, 3 per cent S3a Cu'-:a Binds, 6 per cent. lli Ditto, I referred.... `)apist:, 3 per tent — French, 5 per cent. ---i! Greel,, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange ...... .... --t —c :lexica., 5 per cent. 321 French, 3 percent. —f. —c Uitto, 6 per cent. 1837 ',Dutch, 24 per een - .... 54i Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. ;Ditto, 5 per cent.... 100 'SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) lOl Ditto New Registered ( paid) Ditto Debentures (81 6e 8d paid) Hull and Selby (50 paid) ... 6l* London and Brighton (50 pa d)...„ Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ... - ...... ! Ilk London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid) London and Birmingham (100 paid)... 237 Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 2Bh London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 76* London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ... 14i Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .. 102 Ditto Quarter Shams ( 2 paid) B* Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid" North Midland (100 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ... . ... Rouen and Havre ( 6 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... - 36* India Stock .•. pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities 102 a West London, Old Shares (20 paid) — Ditto First Class Preferred (10 paid l3s York and North Midland (50 paid) .. 121 Ditto New Shares (20 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7i Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us. Berlin 7 Vienna, effect. fl. 3 M. 10 0 Trieste, aide ... 10 1 Madrid ... 'Gibraltar 46 Leghorn .... 3O 95 Genoa Milan Venice 'Naples 'Palermo, per oz 118 I isbon Oporto 524 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 'Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 44 Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER 02, 'Foreign Gold. ~ bars £3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville ...... 36 I iPortugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 'New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 THE RECENT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.--White, the man who fell from the building at Messrs. Brancker's, and was so much injured, though a fearful spectacle, is not dead ; he labours under concussion of the brain, injury of the spine, and many other disasters, yet his medical attendants at the Northern Hos pital entertain hopes of his recovery. Cassidy, who was in the lorry when White tell, is perfectly sensible, and is able to converse with the medical officers of the hospital. His recovery is almost a matter of certainty. Jones is fearfully burnt ; he is wrapped up in clothes, and looks like a mummy. Michael Ennissey, who was carried home to his friends, dreadfully burnt, has been conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he lies in a very precarious state. No doubt exists as to the fate of poor Woods ; that he is under the ruins is unhap pily too true. The opinion of the surgeon at the Northern Hospital is, that all his patients will recover, notwith standing their present state ; so that Woods, it is hoped, will be the only victim. SIDDEN DRATII OF AN ARTIST.—On Monday fore noon an inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Lord Wellington, University-street, Tottenham court-road, on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Gibson, aged thirty-two, an artist of some celebrity, residing at Carlisle, whose death took place under the following melancholy circumstances:—lt appeared from the cvi• dente, that about a month since, the deceased, who was a married man, with a family, arrived in town, for the purpose of executing two paintings fur a nobleman who had sent for him, on the finishing of which he purposed returning home. He took apartments at No. 32, in the above-named street, where he continued to reside in perfect health up to the time of hi, decease. On the night of Friday last, about half-past twelve o'clock, the landlady of the house hearing the sound of low moans, interspersed with ejaculatory cries of " Murder," pro ceeding from deceased's bed-room, hastened thither, and on entering found deceased lying on the bed in his clothes, in a state of insensibility. Mr. E. Garland, surgeon, said that he was sent for to attend the de ceased, whom he found insensible, and apparently labouring under an attack of apoplexy. He bled him in the arm and jugular vein, taking away from him, alto gether, twenty-eight ounces of blood, but without any visible effect, and he died in less than two hours. He had, with Dr. Taylor, since made a post mortem exami nation of the body of deceased, and ascertained that the immediate cause of death was extravasation of blood on the brain. Verdict—" Natural death." FATAL ACCIDENT - ON TIIE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—On the arrival at Bromsgrove station of the down train from Birmingham, about thirty minutes past five o'clock on Wednesday evening, a hat, jacket, and bundle of sticks were found lying on the buffer bar of the engine. This leading to the suspicion that some accident had happened on the line, the pilot engine was instantly dispatched to ascertain the particu lars ; and between Barnt Green (near the residence of Mr. Maughan), and Crofton Hall (the residence of Mr. Penn), the body of a labouring man was found Ding be tween the rails quite dead. The body was warm, and it appeared the train had not passed over him, but it is supposed that the buffer bar of the engine struck him in the back, and that his hat, jacket, and sticks were jerked at the same moment upon the buffer bar, and there remained until the engine arrived at the station as belore mentioned. At the point, or nearly so, where the accident took place, the up-train passed the down-train, and it is thought that that threw the poor fellow off his guard. The body was conveyed to the Malt Shovel, Vigo, and there lies, awaiting the Coroner's inquest, which will be held by Mr. Docker, at three o'clock this afternoon. The poor man, whose name is Burm, was about fifty-five years of age, and in the employ of Mr. Lamb, one of the contractors of the line. There was no crossing within a mile of the spot where the accident happened. It was about forty-five minutes from the time of the accident until the body was found.— Worces ter Herald. The Marquis of Ilasting. , , we learn, is suffering from protracted illness at Southampton, where the Noble Marquis, accompanied by the Marchioness, has arrived ffora BournewoutN within the bat few days. ~:ti~..ti , .. • . . • HAMBURGH MAIL. Sr. PETERSIIIIGH, DEC. l 6.—The following notice has been issued by the Finance Department : " Conformably to the first article of the treaty, con eluded and signed at London on the Bth of December, 1841, between Russia, Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia, for the total suppression of the slave trade, the Russian Government has delivered the first license to English cruisers, by which those cruisers are authorised in the seas where the reciprocal right of search may be exercised, to search and detain, according to the said treaty, merchantmen sailing under Russian colour'3, which are suspected of being concerned in that trade, or of being fitted out for that purpose, or of having carried on that trade during the voyage in which they were stopped by the English cruisers. "These licenses, signed and sealed by the Russian Board of Admiralty, are drawn up in the Russian, English, German, and Swedish languages. The cruisers authorised to exercise the right of search, are to use particular signal which has been agreed upon by the contracting parties who signed the treaty of the Bth (20th) of December." EIMBECK, DEc. 23.—1 t is reported that the Hano verian Government intends to impose a double duty on all goods produced and purchased in the Duchy of Brunswick, and those not produced in that Duchy ; and on all Brunswick commercial travellers for the permission to carry on their business. From the produce of this extra duty, the carriers would be repaid the toll levied on them on the Ammensen or Seeson road. This double import duty would be injurious to the fair at Brunswick• COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TVESDAY.—Her Majesty and his Roya l e Highness Prince Albert promenaded in the precincts 0 1 the Castle this afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of,Sa4e 'Weimar] and attended by Lord Rivers, Colonel Arbuthnot, an" Mr. G. E. Anson, went out shooting ity,:the royal pre' serves this morning. The party afterwards; returned to the Castle. Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, RN., arrived at the Castle to-day, and has succeeded the H6n. Captain, Nelson Hood as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty., The Royal Family have been taken out for their, usual exercise in the course of the day. Captain Francis Seymour left the Castle to-day, f °r ' Winchester, to join a detachment of his regiment doing' , duty there. J of Mr. Edward Puckle had the honour, this morning, submitting to the inspection of the Queen and Prinuv Albert, a finished proof of .a portrait of her Majesty' from a painting by Sir W. C. Ross, of which both hey Majesty and his Royal Highness were graciously please d to express their approbation. Her Majesty and Prince Albert will dine this evening with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at be t residence, Frogmore Lodge. Almost the whole o f the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on her Majesty 1113 : i , her Royal Highness will have the honour of dining WiP" the Royal Duchess at Frogmore. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had select party at dinner yesterday evening, at her residenc e ' Gloucester House. Mr. Everett, the American Minister, transacted busi . ness yesterday, at the Foreign•office. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Vilna ° left town yesterday, for the residence of the Hon. Fret rick Villiers, in Northamptonshire. Mr. George Hope, M.P., arrived in town yesterday from Ditton-park, the seat of Lord Montagu. Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatch ° were also received from the Governor of Sierra Leone. PRIVATE THEATRICALS. The first representation at Woburn Abbey took Elavf on Thursday evening, with the burlesque opera of BO: bastes Furioso. For further details of the performanc we refer our readers to the following play-bill, whit'..„ was printed for the occasion : _ " WOBURN ABBEY THEATRE. Thursday, December 28, 1843.—This evening will performed the burlesque tragic opera of Bombastes Furioso. Artaxominous (King of Utopia)—Mr. Geo. H. C. Bylt Fusbos (Minister of State)—The Earl of Chesterfield, (His first appearance on these boards). General Botnbastes—Lord Charles Russell. Distaffina—Viscount Anson (his first appearance on oni stage.) Attendants, Courtiers, and Brave Army by several nobl e and distinguished Amateurs. Vivat Regina. Doors open at half•past eight : nerformance to begin p ; nine precisely." A very crowded and distinguished audience were pr e ; sent, including—besides the noble host and hostess Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Ernie' Lord William Russell, Mr. and Lady Georgiana Ron Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford, Mr. Blake, Colon Cavendish, Mr. and Lady Agnes Byng, &c. An epilogue, very kindly contributed for the ocess i ke by Lady John Russell, was very wall delivered by t i eldest son of the Hon. G. S. Byng, who'performed Oe cleverly the part of Artaxominous in the opera. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY, 184 4 ' (From the World of Fashion.) Fuas.—Furs are now being used both for trim; mings and linings; the most favourite furs bel P e p o sable, kolinski, and zibeline. For neglige, we s _ a round pelerines are most in favour, and also tb with long ends falling in the front, somewhat sirel ir to the ends of a scarf. CAPS.—The slight change which is observable the form of the caps, is merely that they are a degr ° smaller. For a morning, pl a i n mus li n i s p re ferl7l without ribbon. The cr own ma d e very small, having broad lappets of muslin, f a lli ng on each stdu behind the ears. Another, and rather a more coming style, are those of plain India muslin, triraglo with two rows of Valenciennes, and ornamented vo a broad blue silk ribbon, pose upon the front, / if shaded with a second row of lace, falling over _i t If garniture. Caps composed of net are genel' ii i formed of what is called the illusion tulle, and haw.. t , three folds of the same, divided by a frise of caplic'' ribbon. WALKING DRESSES.—The toilettes de rifle I made of levantine, or poult de so i, o f th e d ea d colour ; the first having a plain skirt, flat body, 11 ),, • and rounded point at the waist, and plain sl e eves. -L o t others having the skirts trimmed with two broad t e . flounces, the top one being shaded with narrow rile',„ similarly cut; high and plain corsage, atriplecouto! t i and pointed waist. This corsage is trimmed three small cut frills, placed upon the side seams, ', I ending on the shoulders. Plain sleeves, with peke/ formed of three narrow frillings. it , BONNETS.—The most novel and the m os t rein.- of able are those in black velvet, lined with satialt, those of royal velvet gris de fer, trimmed with ti e bons, both sides alike, and feathers of th e same a d lours. Those of green or violet velours epingle , also much worn, decorated with marabout feather° the same colour, and ribbon in the interior. HATS are both of velvet and satin ; those of oe, satin are generally trimmed upon the brim with tu of rows of point d'Angleterre, divided with folds 0 , satin ; two other rows of lace fall over the h t. a t if shading the bavolet or curtain, which is sliff raised, a branch of splendid shaded roses being Pi° upon the left side. • id CLOAKS.—The Manteau Valaqu e , i s p ro gres' e ? rapidly in favour. This elegant wra p, w hi c h is ther cloak, pelerine, nor scarf, yet is a coulbinatio o o all three, unites all the grace and advantage dbiis different models. A. more elegant appearance for , lately also been given to it, by the trimming of f i y which the present cold weather has induced ourj shionables to adopt. F o r inst ance , th ose in W ee velvet are gener a lly li ne d w ith w hit e sa ti n , and 010 circled with borders of sable or ermine. Those 11 , 3 08 , in cachmere are, o n th e con t rar y, t r i mme d w ith ' t ot A very pretty tri mm i ng f or thi s ki n d o f c l oa k is of a rich fulling of velvet a deux tetes, put on Platy and harmonising with another of the same deser ' tion, encircling the entire border of the cloak. , MANTEAUX CHALKS are becomi ng generio,.„ed Your ites ; they are m o stly ma d e o f bl ac k velvet, ''7,3•• with pink satin, and trimmed all round with swa down. ROBES DE CHAMBRE are made in pink cacin e t re b; and lined with white silk taffetas, trimmed 1 1 P o r fronts of the jupe with broad facings of pink : t he broidered velvet, desc en di ng over t h e edge 0' the sleeve, and forming a point in the front, just upon j o g' facings of the jup e . Sl eeves al a rel i gieuse, cov er o , half of the front of the arm, and faced with tab broidered velvet. Under sleeve of embroidered se o o cambric, the s l eeves o f f ulled muslin, and manc het of embroidered muslin, falling over the hand. MATERIALS for the present month are prineK e il the Pekin moire cameleon, in the most ' tu ff colours ; th e R oya l smala, Caledonienne, le sre7o Damasse l'a rmure P e ki n, one of the handsomes tis." for the pr esent year, t h e Royal dunkaby, white, 61100 covered with running flowers. Fashionable colours remain the same as last 112 .. .%ii; such as e mera ld green, grenat, blue sapphir, i:'!"104 and for evening toilettes, white, pink, and the most generally in vogue. _ boll A THE D EAD A LivE. —A short time iiiga the fo e' a man i n an advanced state of decomposition was bol l in the canal of - Bruges, near Saint-Michel.le-B r fo r An inhabitant of the town having been missing :4l 4 - fortnight, his family came to view the body, and- 'roe) ing, from certain fragments of - the clothes,' that ell' t h were the remains of their lost relation, claimed r aiO e i and conferred a decent funeral upon Ahem. Acc e pl a to the custom of the country the attendants at ° of afterwards to dissipate their grief by tr, livening effects of a good dinner. Towards tu`o o 2; of the afternoon, when gaiety was beginning to a.- the the place of sadness, the man they had mourned ill o f th e morning as dead suddenly appearecLin the reiddi% e j party. The females, taking him for his ghost, r t , terror, but th e men , with all th e f or tit u d e o f Han; '' e ir ji : n f termined th e y wou ld speak to him ; but instead "0111 vanishinh into thin air, they found it w as u nmeltingpia: flesh, able) to account for its lon g absence from OP' Michel, a n d a l so to partake wish good appetit e (I ,oo ° , viands spread on the table. A question has since . . - y which may not be easy of solution. Who is t ° r - cf sna ° t : the funeral meats ? The ghost insists that the.% o'4 be placed to his charge, and the family mainta'7 as the expense was created entirely on his accolniZa are not liable. H ow this knotty point is to b e sett maine to be known, .t i/Y: Y 1~:~ . ! t rp+~,4~` THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN iNGTANTIARY 3, 1844.