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1 I %.544 ~,t; , , 0^1,5 441'11'7 - ' v v.? , , , ;f . rl;i4e4.a - • , `N A Is -• SECOND EDITION, _ 'W brjenrfreqr evyint LOVDON, MONDAY, J NUMIY 3, IS a At a great public knqui k.tely 'given to Mr. O'CoNNELL in Clonmel, theft ;.7;e10.1..man, tindis• rayed by the thought of the aNnortelin.g State prosecutions;spoke out on 11;lek !le:, NI and tire some question of Repeal ii•ith ja-:1 as much fresh ness and enthusiasm as if ?.c tveTr delivering lii first speech on the subject, oly3( " Let evert man be a Repealer; let Limn v.e.:r IL Bolton of some token by which our enemies i::av know and try to count us. Du thrs:. Ciings, and I promise you the Parliamcnt in C,,ilege.-green, the abolition of the tithe-rent elt.iriv, or its ap propriation to purposes of 4-(11.nil:ion, the abo lition of the poor-rates, and the grztod jtivv cess. I will also have fixity of tenure ter t he te nantS, and prevent the landlords ;rout turninl. , them out to starve . in the tii:clies. Wt will also have t searching cuTor.):e refi-in, and every man will have a vote." It was well saki by Mars. GLASSE, in that immortal c o okery .book, which is an oracle at Guildhali, and the wander and admiration of all gastronomists, " fiat catch your hare, before you consider how it shall be dressed? Parodying the language if this cele brated authoress, we may say to M. O'CONNELL, " first get your repeal, before you consider the measures that shall flow from it." is all very well to .talk about i( ab o li t i on of :)or-rates ' cc sea rching corporate reform," &,c.,, but these are things necessarily dependent ot, "Repeal, and every way impracticable until the first great step is r;licreteSinliy plished. But this step Mr,' O'CoxINELL 1:110WS, or should know, can never be accomplished; and we can only, therefore, repeat time expression 01 our regret that he should have placed himself in such a false position with his countrymen, as to find it absolutely necessary to his popularity to keep up the delusion. As respects ids assertio.• that the time has at length arrived when there xnust be same alteration in the mode of govern ing Ireland, "whether it he towards federal institutions or unconditional repeal," we cordially twee with him that Ministers must, without loss of time, devise some more effective plan for tranqu illi s ing the sister country than they have -Vet discovered, or else make way for those who can. The limitsofendurance are passed, andshoul d the next session be allowed to slip away without some e nlightened remedial measures being brought forward, we shall begin to think that there is more sense and justice in the fierce cla mour fur Repeal, than 1,11 can at resat amt to case. Ireland has never been slow to fight cu: constitutional battles with firmness and alacrity ; she was of infinite assistance to tu, :a our great struggle for Reform, and iu lie minor Parliamentary conflicts that en sued; and it is base ingratitude, as well as injurious policy, to exhibiti indifference to her welfare, the instant we imagine that we have no further urgent need oilier services. But though we concur with Mr. O'CONNELL that some important changes must be made in the present mode of administering the affairs of Ire land, we are by no means prepared to contend that a " federal institution " must be one of these changes. To our thinking, such an institution would be nothing more than a Parliament de prived of its virility—a wretched, peddling, chandler's-shop concern, which would be constantly at loggerheads with the Im perial Senate, teazing and wasting its lime with all sorts of petty applications and annoyances—a Parliament without power, with out dignity, without moral or political influence —a sort of Court of Common Council affair, which would make a prodigious fuss about small matters, and achieve nothing of moment;—and when this apology for a Legislature had been in existence for some months, if it should endure so long, so inefficient would it be found, that the Irish themselves, with their quick appreciation of the ridiculous, would be the first to laugh it to scorn, and clamour for a Repeal of the Union with more fierceness and determination of pur pose than ever. It is not, then, to " a federal institution " that we look as one of the changes necessary for the future welfare of Ireland, but to a vigorous reform in the Protestant Church system, and to such wholesome measures as may rescue the poor helpless tenant from the state of thraldom in which he is too often kept by his powerful and exacting landlord. We should not omit to notice that at the Banquet to which we have been alluding, the Chairman, in a sudden transport of enthusiasm, excited by Mr. O'Cox- NELVB energetic references to Repeal, warmly ex pretietd his conviction that the " Liberator's mission was from Heaven, and that he was an angel ex pressly sent down to regenerate his native land." The Tories, we believe, together with not a few of the Whigs, are of opinion that the "Liberator's mission" is from another quarter; without, how ever, offering any opinion on this head, we may perhaps be permitted to observe that, to our thinking, Mr. O'CONNELL has as little of an angelic look about him, as any fat, middle-aged gentle man, in a wig, that ever lived. Even with the utmost stretch of imagination, we cannot fancy him doing duty as a Cherub with a pair of wings at his shoulder-blades. If the contest now going on between the friends of free trade on the one side, and the friends of monopoly on the other, were really, as has been stated, a contest between the parti sans of agriculture and those of commerce, then, we must say, we think, the fa vourers of the plough would stand at an immeasurable disadvantage in comparison with those who uphold the loom and shuttle. By their absurd tactics the friends of native agricul ture, as they call themselves, are doing their very best to ruin the cause they espouse. For in stances of what we affirm we have not to look flir. Every day furnishes fresh proof of the truth of what we assert, and the more we see the more are we inclined to be of SOLOMON'S mind, when he incredulously inquired " how shall they get understanding whose talk is of bullocks ?" At the Boston Agricultural Protection Society's meeting, on 'Wednesday last, not a little of this absurd bucolic humour was evinced. Among other notable instances of the folly which man kind have displayed, may be reckoned the sage manifesto put forth by this conclave of Lincoln shire wiseacres on the occasion referred to. But, ridiculous as the petition is, there was one feature of the proceedings even more laughable still, and that was a repudiation on the part of a Mr. GEE and a Mr. MILLINGTON, of the Royal Agri cultural Society's proceedings, by reason of Lord SPENCER'S avowal of free trade sentiments. Probably Messrs. GEE and MILLINGTON con sider that the Royal Agricultural Society will be exceedingly afflicted at the withdrawal of their distinguished patronage. Perhaps it has occurred to these gentlemen that the pursuit of agricultural science will . have sustained an ir reparable blow by being deprived of their most valuable support. A totally different inference may—we do not say will—be derived by others from this their proceeding. The attention which Earl SPENCER has uni formly devoted to the interests of British agri culture is too well known to need any lengthened comment. His success in the science to which he has applied his powers, has also been sufficiently attested ; and the position which he occupies—that of President of the Agricultural Society—is less a mark of deserved homage to a distinguished farmer, than it is advantageous to the Society over which his Lordship presides. If the farmers of England are going to re pudiate such friends as Lord SPENCER, then we say, much good may they derive from their new acquaintances. Unfortunately there are not sufficient of the class of intelligent and enter prising landowners to which Lord SPENCER be longs. If there were the country would be the better off. But the farmers of England are called upon by some of their injudicious coun sellors to abandon Lord SPENCER, because his Lordship; advocates principles which would raise them from their present depths of serfdom and insolvency, to the, independence and comfort which they ought to enjoy. There may' be Manly noisy speakers at these new Protection to Agriculture meetings, whose pretended devotion to the cause may attract the attention which is due to other kind of efforts, but the interests of British farming will, it may be relied on, be best promoted when energetic and practical efforts supersede theoretic and declamatory oratory. We hope that the farmers of England will ae too wise to imitate generally the example of Messrs. GEE and MILLINGTON, but if they prefer to do as these gentlemen have done, they -nay rely upon it they thetnselves will be the chief sufferers. n the police reports it will be seen that a stout young man, " whose whim it is to be nameless for the present," was brought up before Mr. Alderman Gums, )n a charge of having exhibited himself in the pub lic streets in masquerade ;—that it is to say, in another person's dress, and, perhaps, property ;—to wit, in a woman's habiliments, of which he had disrobed him self on the stairs of Blackfriars-bridge, on being hard pressed by the inquisitive pursuit and curiosity of a police-constable. When thus dismantled of his lady hood, he came out a sturdy ploughboy, and (a pheno menon which appeared to make a powerful impression on the worthy Alderman) affected to be deaf and dumb. This niumchance exhibition he sustained with creditable fortitude and consistency, till weary of the quarters which he had been invited to take up in tie Walbrook station-house, and pressed by the uneasy_L , iuggestions of hunger, he articulately demanded of the turnkey, after a few hours' duresse, " when the !evil they meant to bring him his breakfast ?" The ooliceinan, struck by this near approach to a miracle, concluded that no man could be so well calculated to unravel the mystery as the sitting Alderman at Guildhall. Ile took his prisoner, therefore, to the Justice-room; and lo ! the Magistrate on duty proved to be no other than Alderman Ginss. The Alderman, having a quasi dumb delinquent before him, very naturally asked him, in the first place, "what he had to say for himself ?" The lady-ploughboy main tained his taciturnity, whilst she looked reproachfully, as if astonished by such a question from Alderman GIBBS ; and Alderman GIBBS incontinently remitted him " to solitary confinement in the Compter until he should be in the humour once more to resume his speech." Now really this seems to us to have been all in bad taste and bad measure. It was in bad taste for Mr. Alderman GIBBS to be so severe upon the offence of the ploughboy's double character, and passing him self off for a lady. Why, the reporter himself treats the affair only as one of " masquerading," and the worthy Alderman ought to know that this sort of infrous identity his own wardmote charge upon HIM! The rate-payers of Walbrook cannot, for their lives, discover whether he is a trustee (they have absolutely negatived the question whether he is trusty), or a perpetual churchwarden; and, if he be one, or the other, or both, then—for whom ? Not for them assuredly, whether as contributors to the parochial funds, or disbursers of them ; for as to the one, " he makes no sign ;" and as to the other, he gives no accounts. That he is an unaccountable agent, he himself seems to insist ; that he is an unaccountable alderman, churchwarden, and trustee, no man disputes. Now, a churchwardeti who will give no satisfaction to his own parishioners in the material questions of the receipts of money, and the application of rates ; a trustee who is obstinately recusant, and means to be so till the advent of some undefined condition of things, as to the mode in which he has administered his trusts; an alderman who sets at defiance the applications and re monstrances of a large body of his own constituency, must be, throughout all these unbecoming relations, himself in very indecorous masquerade. Surely, he does not mean to say that he is maintaining all this time his " proper character ?" Why, then, s• hard upon this " lady-ploughboy" for so absurdly disguising himself ? But then the sturdy ploughboy, having doffed his feminine character, and with it all predisposition to loquacity, is dumb ! Here is the immedicabile vulnus which the Alderman has received, and which he so roughly resents. What ! a sturdy ploughboy affect to be dumb ? Not answer plain questions from the Bench ? The insult was too palpable and personal. It was playing Alderman Gians off upon GIBBS, Alderman ; and bringing into odium and suspicion an art which must become contemptible if practised by obscure pretenders to character. No. Well enough if general open meetings of inhabitants will put such irrelevant and trifling interrogatories, to gowned trustees and treasurers and churchwardens, as respects the disposal of moneys and the manage ment of parochial property and affairs, for the gees togata to turn round, with more than aldermanic dignity, and dumb found all complainants by a lofty reserve, a !ilence all but unbroken. Well enough to meetings of select vestrymen, so accurately con vened and scrupulously admitted, that parish con stables stand by to see that none but the veritable imper sonifications of the select, who are thoroughly known to them, pass into the vestry-room, where the per petual churchwarden must meet, and may pacify them ; but for an unknown vagrant masquerader— with half his character (the lady's) visibly deposited in the basket of clothes found upon his arm, and the other half yet to be accounted for—to dare to be dumb in the presence of the most frank, open, and ingenuous of Civic magistrates ! no wonder Alderman GIBBS resented the indignity, and sent hint to the Compter till he should be in the humour once more to resume his speech. It is very strange that the ratepayers of Walbrook are anxious to know—desiring precisely this sort of consummation of the Alderman's taciturnity—whither it is he proposes to go himself ? The idle clergy of St. Paul's Cathedral, who are well paid for writing sermons and performing reli gious duties, have lately fallen upon a new plan to catch the public on Sundays. The whole of the body of the church is railed off, so that no one can walk in the magnificent area below the dome or along the nave and aisles. All must move on like sheep to the choir. If they attempt to pass they are stopped by one of the menials, who says, "no thoroughfare." At another place one of these money-takers, for they seem to be the individuals appointed by the clergy to take the twopences for admission on other days, is seen holding an iron gate half open, ready to allow the exit of a chorister, or a parson from the interior, and to close it against any profane layman who may venture to intrude. This Christian temple is penned all round like Smithfield, and has more the appearance of a cattle market than a place for the performance of Divine worship. Thus, by a conclave of indolent monks, the public, at whose expense this splendid building was erected, are prevented from seeing the monuments for which they have also paid, and must either be imprisoned to witness the monotonous ceremonies, or be forced out into the street. If the clergy did their duty, as in Catholic countries, the people would he anxious to listen to their ministrations, and would show reverence to them and the Church, but they will not be religious by compulsion. It is a disgrace to the country, that one of the finest temples in Christendom should be used, not for religious purposes, or for cherishing pa triotism, but for putting money into the coffers of the Dean and Chapter. The Madrid Gazette of the 31st ult. publishes the new municipal law, not passed by the Cortes or any constitutional authority, but ordered by NARVAEZ and the Camarilla. Against this law nearly the whole of Spain protested in 1840. Vast numbers of petitions were: addressed to Queen CHRISTINA, entreating her not to sanction such a measure. She treated them with contempt, and then finding such a general out cry against her she resigned the Regency and fled into France. For this despotic measure BRAVO and his party calculate on obtaining a bill of indemnity. Time will show whether such a change has taken place in the political views of the people since 1840 as to make them accept in 1844 what they declared three years before to be inadmissable. The Government in fact have adopted a system of legislature never before heard of. They pass a num ber of acts in a secret conclave, promulgate them to the country, enforce them by the sword, and in order to prevent endless talk they propose to call upon the Cortes to sanction them in a lump. The Phare des Pyrenees says the suspen sion of the Chambers was agreed to by the Cabinet without any communication with the heads of their party, and it was only on the night previous to the prorogation that the resolution of the Cabinet was communicated to the President of the Chambers. The Gazette contains the following decree : " Considering the distinguished merit of M. MAR TINEZ DE LA ROSA, and the services which he has rendered the country, I appoint him my Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of his Majesty the King of the FRENCH." The Duke de RlvAs had been named Ambassador to Naples, and was to bring with him, as Secretary M. AGusTo DE CUETO. The Three per Cents. were done at 254 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents., at 201 for cash ; and the Float ing Debt, at 41+ for the 17th inst. We learn from the Paris papers that the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to draw up the address, continue to sit daily, and had put numerous questions to Ministers relative to the main points in the KING'S speech. The answers, in general, were satisfactory. On Saturday the Ministers of Religion and Public Instruction were to be heard, and from the steps taken by the Government lately, we may infer that their explanations will be in accordance with the majority of the Chamber. 34, GUIZOT is not at all inclined to support the Jesuits, or allow the Church to ride over the University, and M. MARTIN seems to be of his opinion. Having lately ascertained that flip Jesuits have been educating children in some of the convents of the order, he took immediate steps to vat an end to this breach of the charter. The Minister of Trade will find some more difficulty in performing his task, for, if certain accounts were to be believed, commerce and domestic manufac tures are not at all flourishing. On this sub ject the Presse makes the following re marks :—" If there be some branches of manufac turing industry which produce a profit, there are, much too many which are not as prosperous as they were during former years. Had the Ministers been well informed by their agents, they would have known that in the eastern departments several manu facturers have been obliged to reduce their hands. The machine makers are likewise complaining. The iron masters labour under great difficulties in conse quence of the high price of fuel, of which the Finance Minister is perfectly aware. It cannot be said that the wine-growers are in a prosperous condition, although the late rise on wines may have for a moment re lieved their distress. The home-made sugar ma nufacturers have diminished their production, and the foreign growers have not benefited. As to our maritime commerce, it has suffered more than almost any other species of industry. Our shipments have been at the same time less important and less productive. By a deplorable coincidence our ship- (. Z 0 Now ready at .111 Lb!-lri,s, in 3 vols., 111.1.1 E U 1,0,":l..1) 0N E. By MRS. HOFLAYD. Authoress of " Catherine env ; or, the Czarina," &c. Henry Colburn, Pubnslior, 13, 3'ar:1),,76u,,11-strvet Illustratrql bg I.recl!. M RS T . he T E R L O E L V I E , N O T P i i . i. \:.; I 7 1 -= , 1 1 1 , c i e l: I ) 1., IPS. Completing this work, is nnw and ~ übseribers are requested to complete their ?Pis Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, :I';•L.lborough-street. WORTIIY OF fact that many of the principal ilcspitals inae Kingdom, among which it is sufficient to name Guy',, George's, and the Westminster, in the Afetrepoli; ; an:l the Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton Infirmaries, have adti ted Errs's PATENT BRANDY, in preference to Foreign, afford; a sufficient gua rantee to the consumer.; of Brundy of do, extreme purity of the article, the connoisseur being, at the same time, baffled in his attempt to distinguish between its 111-ttor and that of fine Cognac. Price, pate or eclotned, in tinantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon, at. the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bats, leauittg to t-4. Jolto-s:reet. rrillE NEXT 1)1;TI:.1B MONEY I. DIViDENDS,Arr,%i )Itr , v.t.) a AltA NTEED by HIS MAJESTY tlw EMPEROR 4.,1 AI; sTIZ A, contains MONEY DI V WEN DS of £7O Xr. , o £llO £l2O £41)0 £609 £5,000 £▪ 90 1:100 £l5O £soo 1:1,t00 and .C.33,oooltecal Amounting toguttier to ./.70,170 stt•rling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full vaiticular,!, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at It Or. to HEINE BROTHERS. tit THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-11.Na THIS EVENING, JANUARY 8, Will be ropeate4 a New Grand ra, 111 me Acts, called I'HE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Aruheiin, r,r Isoiraol • Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; trliuc, Missfjacen 0111 e Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND msr; PEPIN ; or- VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Coluin, bine, Nis. Carson; Clown, Mr. 1. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Prico Gd. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5A., Second Price 9s. ; Pit :Is , Second Price Ys. ; Middle. Gallery second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Secmit Price 6.1. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCEd IS. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.• PART I. Overture, Jessonda (first time) pohr. The Royal Irish Quadrille—Jullien. Surprise Symphony, The Andante Movement and Finale—Haydn. Burn's celebrated Song, Auld Lang Syne, perthrmeil On the Cornet a-Piston, by Herr Kmnig. Valse, La Valse a Deux Temps—JuMen. Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwali. The English Quadrille—Jullitn. PART IL Opera, La Sonnambula, Grand Fantasia, with Solos—Bellini. Barletta sluadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million—Jullien. Salo, Bassoon, M. Baumann. Valse, Philomelen—Str.tuss. The Real 6cutch Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight &OWL Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d , I Private :taxes, I/. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office 01 the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Me, Andrews, New !:ontt-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James ' s -street; and Ni Jttillen's Mice, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESS= THIS EVENING, JANUARY 8, Will be performed HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. C. Mathews; Dicky Darling, Mr. Strickland; Becky Morgan, Miss Mattley. To be followed by THE LirrLE DEVIL Nicolo An Ma dame Vestris ; Ferdinand of Spain. Mr. Stuart; Vincentio d' tells, Mr. Charles Mathews. After which, the Unparall:led Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entiCe.l THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachryrnoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Ms.; P. liortou ; once.' Lucidin Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII, The Best Pantomime ot the Season —4 ibrgeuus Scenery, THIS EVENINU, JANUARY tt, The New Drama, embracing Extrao , ii:nary Effects, I'owertul Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, Tl.le Rogues or .'aril. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Snutn, Wright, Wmlardl, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Eflccts` Columbine, Miss dullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, hy the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Griina'di of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-gaiden and Drury-lane; Parita. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, Is. ; See,nia price :it Nine. Doors open at Six, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'Clociii. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD STREE'r. LESSEE, Mr. J. THIS EVENING, J A Nll A S, Will be performed LUCREZ IA BORGIA. I lon Aiphoeso, Mr. Burdini; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Mal to Orsin', Mrs H. P. Grattan; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. To be followed by the Farce of MY WIFE' , OUT, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mr. W. Lacy will pertorm. To conclude with a New Mwical 13w - 4,1w spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Soli:;, Mrs fl. P. eirattan ; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe.Leat, Abs, It. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SU R REY TFIEAIItE. As usual, the funniest and most successflll Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY s Will be repeated THE SDI-IF:MANS 01 , PAIIIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, It. Donner, iGilllSoll, Smith, Mrs. H. Vining, and all the Members of the First Company in the ‘% , orld. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the roost costly description, A ItLEouiN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley filurray, and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; !Witt. bon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. IL Fair -brother and Miss Sharpe. Play' and Private Boxes to be had nt Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, From Eleven ;o Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRF. OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Kitty. Proprii-tor. Triurtiphimt Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.—West. minster. Bridge is now open—Juvenile Nights. THIS Ev ENING, ANUAdY S, • Will be performed a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HA It LE QUIN TAM O'SH A NTER, and his SITED M ; or, The Wit c hes of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin , Mr. oilison ; Columbine, Cushnie; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathevrs. New Scenes in the Circle, and miequaned Fe.cts nt I lorsemanship. To conclude with the splendid French Speetaele of THE vih- TORIES OF MURA'r, THE SOLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. Acting anti Stage Manager, Mr. W. 11. Broadfoot. Stall, ss. ; illtaxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, fis.; I'd, s. ; G..llci y, Is.; Upper Gallery, Box-oltice open daily from 'I en till Four. St:ti NO:.:CS, One Guinea; Half-price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Priv.de hoses, Two Guineas; Halt-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Hall-pr,ce, I fail.pas• right. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUAAY 8, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitle! POVERTY ;_ or, Mary Graham. Leonard, ?Ir. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Nantz ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE BROKEN PROMISE. Josephe, ?Liss Vincent; General Morin, Mr. James; Eloise, Miss Arden. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM BETH ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; ,Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt E W EATIIE ()VFW J. N. 8. ;EiIEUMOMETEIt, LOwest, 32 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 40 BA.RO3IErrER, 29.95. -WIND, N. NOTE.—The nuuaber 32 on the Thermometer ch:not, lie freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometer,: fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. hum WATER AT L(IO.4I)ON•LitTiA; , Tins DAY. ,"`viorning 31 minutes after 3. j .gverung 49 rnalutcs after 3. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY El ENING, JANUARY 8, 184& owners have had to; encounter difficulties in many countries where they formerly found an advantageous commerce. At Mexico our produce has been sud denly loaded with an increased duty. At the Brazils the Custom-house officers have adopted a new mode of measurement, so arbitrary that it has become im possible to land merchandise there without ruin to the shipowner. At St. Domingo the tonnage duties have been raised 100 per cent. At the United States the maintenance of the tariff of 1842 prevents the extension of all mercantile speculation. In Europe commercial affairs are not on a better footing. Coun tries with which we traded Wave decreased their pur chases without any reasonable motive, and the Ger man markets have been closed against much of our produce. To characterise our foreign commerce in one figure, it may be asserted that in the year 1842 our exports diminished to the amount of 126,000,000 f. ! The returns for the year 1843 are not yet published, but we are confident our exports during that year have not equalled those of they ear 1841." The Journal des Debats has a curious article on the late doings of NARVAEZ and Co. It evidently has no wish to blame them much for violating the Constitution, provided only the plan could be made to succeed. "Itis to be believed," says that Minis terial paper, " that the Progressist party would not resign itself to such Platonic acts if it had any hope of being able by any means of again throwing the country into a state of agitation. But in the pro vinces, as well as in the capital, people are tired of agitation. Catalonia, the permanent focus of insur rection, seems, by a strange anomaly, the part of the kingdom the least disposed to incur the chances of civil war. We certainly, at long intervals, hear reports of the interminable siege of a small castle at Figueras, the sound of which is smothered by the more noisy debates in the Congress; but Barcelona has evidently, for the moment at least, lost its taste for bombardments, free battalions, and volunteers en blouse, and seeks to raise its manufactures and its commerce from the ruin into which they have been thrown by so many disasters. This state of tranquillity leaves to the Government the exercise of its powers. Whilst the Opposition are making cate chisms, the Ministers are making laws. Already hare they promulgated the law which re-organises the ayuntamientos, or municipalities. This law, with the exception of one provision relating to the nomina tion of Alcaldes by the, Crown, is the same as that which was enacted by the Cortes in 1840, and in favour of which the Progressist party voted. The Government is also preparing a law on the provincial deputations, another on the creation of a Council of State, and again another on the electoral system. We simply note the above facts, without speaking of them with enthusiasm. We are not in any way disposed to make light of constitutional regulations. We admit and appreciate the good intentions of the Spanish Ministry ; but to attempt to do well for a country without the concurrence of its representatives must ever appear to us to be playing a hazardous game in a constitutional State. We do not wish to discourage M. GONZALES BRAVO. We ac knowledge the weight of the reasons by which he justifies the suspension of the Cortes. In the state of excitation created by the debates on the conduct of M. OLOZAGA, into which the public mind was thrown, all serious discussions of affairs of State by the Con gress was almost impossible. The Opposition had adopted a system calculated entirely to fetter the ac tion of the Administration, and sacrifice to the in terests of party the general interests of the country, which imperiously demanded fundamental laws. The constitutional Government is, truly, not on a bed of roses—it is a Government of debate and contestation. We are apprehensive the party—' Young Spain '— which is in the actual possession of power, may prove itself to be too young, and that to make experiments of such a serious nature it would, perhaps, have been more desirable that the Monarchy should have been surrounded by men of riper years, and enjoying a less disreputable authority. We are aware that Spain is a country of exception. We wish, and are willing to hope, that the policy of force majeure now being followed by the Ministry, may have a happy issue, and be absolved by a bill of indemnity. But we cannot help regretting that these happy results should have been obtained only by exceptional mea -1 sures, having need of absolution." BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, JAN. 6. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Piice. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 40... 124 40... 124 15... 124 15 Four per Cents 105 25... 105 25... 105 25... 105 25 Threes. B2 70... 82 70... 82 50.. 82 50 Bank of France 3205 ...3210 ...3205 ...3207 50 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 50 7 5 —.5075 ...5075 ...5075 Belgian Fives, 1840 108/ ... 108/ ... 108 i 108/ 1842 109 ... 109 109 ... 10 9 Dutch 2/ per Cents 55/ ... 55/ ssi ... obi Spanish Active Passive Portuguese Fives 441 ... 44/ ... 44/ ... 44/ Neapolitan 1 1 ... 104/ Roman ... 104/ ... 104 .. 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L. 8... .... 182 50... 183 75... 178 75... 182 50 Rouen Rouen to Havre t ,6o • 6 60 ... 645 ... 652 50 Orleans. Strasburg to 8a1e... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 672 50... 672 50... 660 ... 667 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, LB lBO ... 183 75... 180 ... 183 75 Rouen Rouen to Havre— •. .• 642 50... 655 ... 642 50 .. 655 Orleans . 845 ... 845 ... 835 ... 845 Strasburg to Bale 213 75... 213 75... 213 75... 213 75 Avignon to Marseilles 675 ... 675 ... 657 50 .. 668 75 His Grace the Duke of Wellington is expected to arrive in town this day from Strathfieldsaye. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his residence in Downing-street this morning. Lord IVharncliffe, Lord President, is expected to arrive in town in a day or two. THE BANK .. OF ENGLAND. - The return of the liabilities and assets of thej Bank of England, from the 7th of October to December 30, shows in the securities, th ere i s an an immense increase in the am ount of the precious metals held, while the circulation has been dec reased. This is a feature, e a n t ds appot n rs the deposit, d th in crease. A comparison with the items of the previ ous re t urn gives the following results: — Circulation, last time £19,121,000 Now preceding th e payment of the divi dends. Decrea5e.,,,,,,,,,, - 23,001/ Deposits now ...... •• •• • 11,751,000 Last time ...... 10,944,000 Increase ...... BOl,OOO Securities, now ..... Last time 20,926,000 Increase ..... ... 141,000 Bullion, now Last time... £580,000 AYLE w S o B r U t R y s Y r te ; js Chairman N 6.—(FROM A • CORRESPONDENT.) Th b e e E fo p re iph s r T s h ess orn i a o s ns A fo u r b t r h e i ys,coßuanr t t y ., coam ai e rui nc a e n d , on an T a ue a fusdalyl b as e n t e h h e of tiGrand atit and hcoandtiennunectlinfdoredthhroies d e a h y a s r . ge A t s o soon lhe Jury, the appeal of tee Great "-Western Company v. the parish o f B urnham was called on, an d occu pi e d th e whole of the d a y. In consequenc e of the great amount in volved, and th e importance of the parties concerned, this ap peal excited great interest. Serg ean t Byles was specially re tained by th e p ar i s h of Burnhain and was assisted by Mr. Wells ; and Messrs. Bi rc h an d S aun d e rs, the leading counsel at the se ss i ons , were retained for the Great W es t ern Co m pa n y. Sergeant Byles stated that the roun d of appeal was, that the property of th e C ompany was asses sed at too high a sum. They were assessed at 1,0004 p er mile, in a subs e q uent r ats they were assessed a t 1,500/ ," an d i n a third at 1,700 /. Thu Learned Sergeant quoted . several cases to show that the Com pany were properly rated, and concluded an eloquent speech, by stating that the profits of the Company were such as would allow their line to be assessed at the rate of 2,0001. per mile. Messrs. Birch and Saunders contended that the assessment was too high, and no satisfactory reaso n had been given why the rate had been raised from 1,000/. to 1,500 1 . They should propose that a reduction be made for the payment of the income tax, the wear and tear of the line, and a number of minor charges, which would reduce the sum o f 1,0001. to 500/. After the examination of several witnesses, the Counsel for the Great Western Company, withdrew the case ; and Sergeant Byles applied for costs, which were granted. At these sessions it was resolved, that it is expedient that a new gaol should be built, and the necessary steps were ordered to be taken on the sub ject. The estimated cost is 40,0001. THE CONDEMNED POACHERS. —Respecting these unhappy men, we h a ve been informed that on Friday last, roceeded their friends, accompanied by their legal adviser, P to Knowsley Hall, to solicit that a recommendation to mercy might be sent, on behalf of the culprits, to the Secretary of State. The deputation just saw the Earl o f Derby, who de clined to interfere. The female friends then waited upon Lady Stanley, who stated that she never int erfered with her lord's business. Lord Stanley was in the fields at the time, and the deputation having waited until his return, his Lord ship declined to interfere. He said information had reached him, through Sir James Graham, of so many gamekeepers having been murdered by poachers t h a t it was necessary an example should be made. An application of a similar nature, we are also informed, was made to Mr. Justice Wightman, on Friday last. His reply was, that if they could show him any grounds, he would have no objection to recommend the cul prits to her Majesty's mercy, but as the case stood at present, he saw no such grounds. We understand Ann M'Cormick still persists in asserting her innocence of the crime of which she has been convicted, and that her health is in so precarious a state, that she is not likely, even if reprieved, long to sur vive,—Liverpool Mercury, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit Optnton. " Who runs may read." POREIGN. On Thursday evening the King and Queen of the French received M. Guizot, General Count Baudrand, and M. Chasse loup-Labat. The draft of the Address of the Chamber of Peers by the Duke de Broglie, was read en Friday in the bureau of the Chamber of Peers. This day it was to be read at the public sitting. " Two phrases," says the Patrie, " one in the first, and the other in the last, paragraph, appear to refer to the journey of the Legitimists to London. One was rather vague, the other more explicit. The Address does not say a single word in allusion to the right of search." Maria Stella, Countess of Newburg, who assumed herself, under the influence of delusion, to be the daughter of the Duke of Orleans, father of his present Majesty, Louis Philippe, pre tending that at her birth she was exchanged for the King, died a few days ago at her apartment in the Rue de Rivoli. At his Majesty's reception, on Wednesday evening, Colonel Dyce Sombre, late Deputy-Governor of Sirdhanah, in the East Indies, in tne territories of her late Highness the Begum Sombre, had the honour of being presented to the Kiag, and was most graciously received. The following Members of the House of Commons are now in Paris—H. Baring, M.P., Marlborough; D. Darner, Port arlington ; C. R. Fox, Tower Hamlets ; Q. Dick, Maldon ; J. Bowes, Durham; Lord H. Vane, ditto; H. Broadwood, Bridgewater • C. Cochrane, Bridport ; H. Smythe, Canter bury ; J. Duff, Banff; E. Stanley, Cumberland ; and J. Matheson, Ashburton. A letter from Hanover of the 27th ult., states, that the Master of the Hounds had been murdered, whilst hunting in one of the forests of the Crown. The crime is supposed to have been committed by poachers. The statue of Moliere is to be brought from the foundry and placed on the 10th instant. The following inscription had been placed over the niche, in letters of bronze—" To Moliere !" but it has been changed into " To Moliere I born at Paris, Jan. 16, 1622 ; deceased Feb. 17, 1673. National Subscription ;" which is cut in the marble. COUR.T—PASHIONABLE. On Saturday the Duke of Bordeaux and suite arrived at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, on a visit to the Earl of Shrewsbury, who had a numerous party at dinner in the evening to meet the Prince. The illness which prevailed at Claremont a week or two since having subsided, preparations are making for the reception of the Queen and the Prince, who are expected to take their de parture from Windsor Castle in the course of Tuesday. It is expected that her Majesty and the Prince will prolong their visit until Monday, the 15th inst. Circulars of invitation have been issued by the Duke of Wel lington for his Grace's political dinner on the 31st inst. Up wards of sixty Peers have been invited. The Marquis of Bute is passing the winter at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, the Noble Marquis having arrived there from Mount Stewart. The Earl of Liverpool, who was expected to arrive at,Wind sor Castle on Saturday last, upon a visit to her Majesty, is con fined to his town residence by a severe cold. The Earl of Yarborough is entertaining a numerous party at Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, and there was an entertainment at that seat on Saturday night. Lord and Lady Worsley and the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Pelham are staying with the Noble Earl. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave Broadlands, Hants, about the 20th inst., for town, and then go to Brocket Hall, Herts, to pass a few days with Viscount Melbourne, prior to the meeting of Parliament. The Bishop of Carlisle, Viscount and Viscountess Holmes dale, have during the last week joined the circle at Alnwick Castle. MISCELLANEOUS. A public dinner was given at Paisley on Thursday last to Mr. Fillans, the sculptor, on his leaving that town for the metropolis. The Essex Agricultural Protection Society held its second meeting on Saturday at Colchester. Five hundred pounds were raised towards the fund. We have pleasure in stating that Lord Grey no longer needs the attendance of his medical advisers, and is now able to leave his room and join the large family circle now assembled at Howick Hall. It has, during the last week, been freely circulated at the Reform Club that the Hon. Member for Kilmarnock intends to accept the Chiltern Hundreds on the meeting of Parliament. Morgan John O'Connell, M.P., the nephew of O'Connell, a young, good-looking, and well-educated gentleman, is about to be united to one of the Miss Powers, of Tipperary. The young lady has a fortune of 20,0001. in the funds. She is the daughter-in-law of the Right Hon. R. L. Sheil, M.P. The Conservatives of Buckingham intend to have their an nual dinner on the 23d instant, at the Town-hall, Buckingham. The Duke of Buckingham has engaged to preside on the occa sion. Thomas N. Redington, Esq., of the Landlord and Tenant Commission, has forgiven the tenants on his estate in Galway the last half-year's rent, and promised an abatement of 15 per cent. besides on all future payments. THE OCCUPATION OF SINDE. We find the following in the Chronicle of this morning : " Our Indian Correspondent, O. P. Q.,' has sent us the following extract from a letter, written by Sir Henry Pottinger, to a friend in Bombay. Inde pendent of Sir Henry's high character for talents and uprightness, no officer of the empire is better quali fied, from experience and long residence, to give a conclusive judgment on the affairs of Sinde." The following is Sir Henry's letter : " Your letter brought our happy and merry days in Sinde vividly to my mind, and I lamented, on reading it, if possible more deeply than I had done, over the ' fallen estate' of my old friends the Ameers, of whose case I have all along said, and ever shall say, under all circumstances, and in all society and places where I may hear it alluded to, is the most unprincipled and disgraceful that has ever stamped the annals of our empire in India. No explanation or rea soning can, in my opinion, remove the foul stain it has left on our good faith and honour, and as Iknow more than any other man living of previous events and measures connected with that devoted country, I feel that I have a full right to exercise my judgment and express my sentiments on the subject. I was in hopes that some influential voice would have been raised in England against the tyranny and spoliation that had taken glace, but the intelligence by the last mail—that of July—holds forth no such prospect, and all that I can now hope is, that the author of all this cruelty and misery may meet with his deserts hereafter. I shall only add, that I shall esteem it a favour, if you will let my opinions be known wher ever you hear the affair mentioned, and that you cannot use too strong language in expressing my disgust and sorrow on the occasion." We are inclined to regard this letter as a forgery. It is extremely unlikely that Sir H. Pottinger would thus boast of knowing more about Sinde than any other person:living, or that he, a representative of her Majesty, would apply such an outrageous epithet to Lord Ellenborough, or Sir Charles Napier, or Major Outram. The opinions expressed, too, are at utter k variance with Sir 11. Pottinger's sentiments, expressed in his communication to Lord Auckland in 1839. By that time no doubt remained in his mind that the Ameers had acted treacherously towards the Indian Government, and had been intriguing with States hostile to England. On March 14, 1839, he thus writes :—" I found he (one of the Ameers) was ignorant of most of the intrigues that had been carried on by the Ameers with Persia and the Can dahar chiefs during the last year; and when I laid the proofs of them before him, and deduced from them that our recent arrangements 'were, in real truth, forced on us by the Ameers, he admitted the fact, and said he had not one word to urge against them." In another interview with these chiefs, he said distinctly that " they must hence forward consider Sinde to be a portion of Hindostan, in which our position made us paramount, and en titled us to act as we considered best and fittest for the general good of the whole empire." But in addition to these strong proofs that the letter is a fabrica tion, we may state that before the Resident in Sinde left, several parts of the territory had been taken possession of by the Indian Government, and for the very reasons, too, which, induced Lord Ellenborough to occupy the whole—namely the hostile and treacherous conduct of the Ameers. In writing to one of them he says, " It is to be perfectly under stood that his Lordship will not overlook the conduct of the authorities at that place (Kurachee), in know ingly and wantonly offering an insult to the British Government, and consequently that place will not be restored." On the 7th of March, too, he thus writes, " After their long course of deceit and treachery I am loath to pledge my word for their sincerity." And in a letter of the 11th of the same month he uses these remarkable words :—" It seems to me that it would be better at once to take possession of Sinde (or such parts of it as we require) by force, than to leave it nominally with the Ameers and yet deal with it as if it were our own. The one line is explicit and dignified, and cannot be misunderstood, the other I conceive to be unbecoming our power." After Sir Henry Pottinger's departure, which shortly took place, and especially during the passage of the Indian army and their stay in Affghanistan, the Ameers scarcely observed one article of the ,treaty, and for proof of their treachery and hostility it is necessary only to refer to what has been said and written by Dr. Kennedy and Lieut. Postans. ANTI-STATE-CHURCH A SSOCIATION,—A meeting of thislassociation, of which the Rev. Dr. Cox is the president, was held on Thursday evening last, at the King's Head, Poul try, to receive subscriptions and to forward the general in terests of the Society. There was a large accession to the number of members, and great interest seems to have been ex cited by the efforts made in various parts of the country. So soon as the conference assembles, branch associations will be formed in every provincial town throughout the country. POLICE IN CLERKENWELL- 7 (:THIS DAY.) Thomas Moore, a half-starved famished-looking lad, of 17, whose rags scarcely concealed his nudity, was charged with begging. Police-constable E 41 saw the prisoner begging near Sir Frederick Pollock's house, Great Guildford-street, Russell square, and took him into custody. The prisoner, on being interrogated, replied that he was a native of Bristol, and had beers at Chatham, Woolwich, and Portsmouth, endeavouring to get naval employment, but failing in his object came to London. He had been in London a month, during which time he wandered about the streets, sometimes getting lodgings in the straw-yard of a workhouse and some times travelling about all night. He had had some food at the Alendicity, and did not deny the fact of begging. The un fortunate boy had neither shoes nor cap on, and a more wretched-looking object could hardly be met anywhere. Mr. GREENWOOD humanely directed the overseer of St. Giles's to be sent for, that the poor lad might be provided for. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Jane Anderson, a good-looking girl, of fifteen years of age, was charged with robbing her mother on several occasions. The mother, who was very much affected while giving her evidence, gave a variety of instances in which she had been robbed by her daughter, who was in the habit of breaking open the drawers, and stealing the clothes, which she either pawned or sold to obtain money. Mr. TRAILL — What does she do with the money? Com plainant—To pay for her admission to the Bower Saloon. Nothing will keep her away from that place of amusement. Mr. TRAILL—If she stays out late, why do you let her into the house? let her go to the workhouse.' Complainant—l have even locked up her shoes, and still she contrives to get out to go to the Bower Saloon. lam afraid, although so young, she has bad acquaintances. She gets over the back yard wall late of a night, and gets into the house. Mr. TRair.r.—She must be broken of the habit of going to the Saloon, or else she will soon go to destruction. Defendant, who stood at the bar quite unconcerned at her mother's relation of the circumstances, here exclaimed, " I only goes to hear the music." Mr. TRAILL—Why do you rob your poor mother to go to such a place ?—She made no reply The MAGISTRATE said that be should give the defendant a taste of Brixton treadmill, instead of committing her fur trial for robbing her mother, and that if she was brought there again he would send her before a jury. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Joseph Luerd and Ann his n ife were placed at the bar, the former charged with drunk and disorderly conduct in Foley place, and the latter with attempting to rescue him. Smithers, 28 E, said that the male prisoner was singing at half-past eleven on Saturday night. He therefore took him into custody ; but the female threw herself on him, and the prisoner then escaped. He called assistance, and took him to the station-house. 11r. RAWLINSON-Why I find here (on the sheet) that six policemen were required to take that slight drunken man into custody.—(Laughter.) The constable said it was so, and considerable amusement was created in Court when the six powerful policemen were called or,, he the ghosts in Richard, and each recounted, in good set phrAe, his share in the capture. The prisoners were fined, the husband 15s. and the wife 55., in default to be sent to the House of Correction. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY. LoNnorr, JAN. B.—Wind, fresh northerly breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, JAR. 7.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Mary Bibby, Archibald, Honduras, with loss of sails, bulwarks, mizen-mast, &c ; Governor, M'Donald, Sierra Leone ' • Eme rald, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Zenobia, Cape of Good Hope ; Chartley Castle, Valparaiso ; William Ward and Alexander Edmond, Savannah ; Flora and Caroline, Jamaica ; Grace Darling, Madeira; Charles Homerton, St. Domingo. It blew last night heavily from the westward. The shipping in the Downs all rode well. COWES, JAN. 6.—Arrd. Volunteer, London, for Mauritius ; Brightman, ditto, for Antigua; Achilles, Shields, for Ceylon. TORBAY, JAN. 6.—Arrd. Lady Sale, Leith, for Havannah. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. Crane (packet), Rio, sailed Nov. 24, with a large quantity of specie and gold dust ; Justina, London, for Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind W. to N. W., fine.—Arrd. Lady Kinnaird, London, for Calcutta. POOLE, JAN. s.—Arrd. Nymph, Newfoundland. BROXHAM, tJAN. 6.—The King of Tyre, Stevens, from London to St. Michael's, has put into Torbay, to-day, under jurymasts, and with loss of sails, rigging, bulwarks, &c., having been totally dismasted during a heavy squall, Ist instant, in lat. 47, lon. 12. SWANSEA, JAIL 6.--Sid. Lady Mary, Valparaiso. CORE, JAN. s.—Arrd. Thalestris, Alain, Demerara. Sid. Sea Queen, Port Philip, HULL, JAN. 6.—Wind S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Me gunticork, Mays, New Orleans; Victoria, New York. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W. S. W. to W. N. W., strong gales and squally. 7. W. S.W., fresh.—.Acrd. Madi son, Rotterdam for Mobile, leaky, and with pumps choked. Sid. Penguin, packet, Teneriffe and Brazils. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrd. Samuel Hicks, Bunker, New York; Larch, Lemon, Ba thurst ; Severn, Boult, Pernambuco ; Gossipium, Brown, and Rienzi, Smith, New Orleans ; Sisters, Berry, Nassau ; Mary, Stickney, St.: Andrew's. ' The Fanny, of Fleetwood, slate laden, is ashore on the Horse Bank, near South Port; crew saved. A vessel of about 600 tons was seen on the 4th inst. in lat. 49, lon. 11, with foreyard lying across the deck, and only bowsprit standing, by the Rienzi, arrived here. The Franklin, which was on the bar at New Orleans, got off pre vious to the Ist ult., and sailed for this port. The Minerva, of Kincardine, supposed from the Clyde to Bombay, has struck in Blackwater Bank, and becoming unnavigable, drove on shore on Cahore Point ; crew saved. LivaitrooL, JAN. 7.—The Nymph, from Limerick, laden with wheat, took fire to-day in the King's Dock, and was towed to the basin and extinguished without much damage, cargo discharging. WEXFORD, JAN. s.—The Wanderer, from Dublin to the West Indies, is ashore on the N. E. end of the Sluice Back, and expected to become a wreck. Txuaso, JAN. 1. —The Marys, from Shields to Liverpool, was totally wrecked Ist inst., forty miles west of this Tort —crew saved. OMAN, JAW. 4.—The Angelina, from Liverpool to Shields, went on shore in the Sound of Leing 2d inst., but got off, and was towed into Esdale very leaky, but will come up here to be beached. YARMOUTH, JAN. 7.—The Coundon, Ramshaw, from Stockton to London, got on Scroby Sand sth inst., but was assisted off and beached below Winterton, but has since been towed into the harbour, after throwing half her cargo overboard. STitomizss, JaN. I.—The Theodore Henrick, from Riga to London, has put in here from Longships, leaky, and must discharge. ROCHESTER, JAN. 6. THE RECENT CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN AND A BUTCHER FOR SELLING UNWHOLESOME FOOD.—The adjourned inquiry into the case against the Rev. Henry Winter, chaplain to the Fortitude con vict-ship, and Mr. George Bassett, butcher, of High-street, Chatham, was resumed yesterday, before a full bench of county magistrates. The inquiry excited the most intense in terest, and during the five hours' investigation the court was so densely crowded that it was impossible to obtain standing room ; every avenue leading to the court was blocked up by farmers and others of the neighbourhood, anxious to hear the result. The evidence adduced on the previous day having been read over, and some additional evidence brought forward, Mr. Espi nasse was heard at length for the defendants. Ultimately the chairman decided that, in default of any evidence on the part of the defendants, the Bench must hold them to bail, to answer the charge at the quarter sessions. Mr. Espinasse begged leave to offer some evidence, and to make some observations, submitting that the bench ought not to hold the parties to bail, but leave the prosecutor to prefer an indictment at the sessions. The Learned Gentleman then called Robert Maynard, in the employ of Mr. Bassett. He stated, I recollect the carcase of a heifer being brough t p to my mast t i on the 25th of November last, in Alr. Winter s cart, by Mr. Winter's man. Mr. Bassett went to the cart, and said he did not think he could do any thing with it. The next morning, by my master's directions, I out it up for the hogs. The bones I had for my perquisites, and the skin went to the tanner's. This witness underwent a rigid examination by the witnesses, but persevered in his tes timony. Mr. Espinasse offered to produce Mr. Bassett's pocket-book of the entry of the transaction. The magistrates retired fer ten minutes, when, on their entering the Court again, the Rev. Chairman informed Mr. Espinasse and the prosecutor that the Bench had determined to discharge the defendants, and leave the prosecutor to indict at the sessions or assizes. THE QUEEN AND THE POOR ACTRESS.—There is a little incident connected with the temporary residence of the Princess Victoria at Tunbridge Wells, which I delight to re cord. It so happened that the husband of one of the actresses at the small theatre in that lovely and captivating watering place, died, and left his widow in the condition of about becoming a mother. The fact came to her knowledge, and she applied to the Duchess for aid to the unfortunate lady. Always anxious to relieve distress, she placed 101. in the hands of the Princess Victoria, who added a similar sum herself. She then applied for permission to be the bearer of this sum of 204 to the distressed and disconsolate actress. With that activity which distinguished her in all her proceedings, she hastened to the afflicted woman, conversed with her with great kindness and affability, witnessed the good which was accomplished by the bestowment of the sum in question, and afterwards made many inquiries as to her condition. Here, however, her Royal munificence did not terminate, for whets her Majesty ascended the throne she forgot not the poor widow of 'I un bridge Wells, but sent to her a kindly intimation that an an nuity of 401. would be paid to her during the rest of her life.— Frazer's Magazine. ST. STEPHEN WALBROOR.—ANOTHEK AIONOMA• masc.—During the delivery of the Rev. Dr. Croly's sermon, yesterday morning, a person who occupied one of the centre seats in the church, suddenly rose and exclaimed, " It's all a delusion, it's all a delusion ; I'm ashamed of you, Sir, for ut tering such gross falsehoods." The congregation was as tonished, and rose en masse to inspect the strange intruder. The Rev. Doctor was alluding to the state of the new year, and to the happy state of the country under the reign of our gra cious Queen. Mr. Rock, who was present, immediately re moved the offender from the church, and gave him into custody. THE FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice was issued at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on Saturday last :—" The next mails for Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands will be made up on next Thursday morning, the 11th instant ; and for Eeypt and India on the morning of the Ist of February, to be for warded ens Southampton. The West Indies, Madeira, Ber muda, and St. Jago de Cuba on the morning of the 17th instant, by the Tweed steamer, via Southampton. All letters passing between the United Kingdom and any place in Jamaica, when conveyed by packet, will henceforth be charged •nly Is. 2d, per half ounce, and to Kingston, Jamaica, Is, per half ounce, not being liable to inland postage. A ship letter bag will be made up on Tuesday, the 9th instant, fur New York, to be forwarded by the Hendrick Hudson, • Portsmouth." On Christmas-day a number of young men were amusing themselves by target shooting on Mount Batten, when, unfortunately, one of then, named injured Coppl estone, an ap prentice at the Journal office, was to such an extent that the loss of an eye is the unhappy result of the carelessness of the parties. The circumstances relating to the affair were as follow : Copplestone was on the top of the castle, erecting the object to be shot at, when a lad named Daniel Dyer in cautiously fired before the former had retired, and a portion of the shot struck him in the head, one shot passing immediately into the ball of his right eye, another perforating the eyelid of the left, and several shots entered the forehead.—North Derma Advertiser. A Pious PAGAN.—M. Dumoutier, a Frenchman, has been " round the world," at the expense of his Government, collecting sk ills and casts of the various races of the great family of man. Many savage tribes, attaching great sacredness to the remains of the dead, were loth to gratify his scientific cravings. One of the natives of a most ferocious tribe of the Malays, of whom M. Dumoutier requested a skull, tendering him silver in exchange, offered to go and decapitate an enemy immediately for him, and give him the skull, but would not allow him to touch the hones resting in the tomb. t . ?~: `,ay TriARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During last week the arrivals of English and Foreign Wheat, including Irish Oats, as well as Beans, Peas, and Flour, were on a very limited scale, even for the time of year ; but those of English Barley and Malt were extensive. The general condition of the samples of Corn on show to-day was by no means prime, yet it ex hibited an improvement over that noticed on some pre vious market days. Fresh up from Essex the supply of Wheat by land-carriage was, on the whole, good ; but for Kent and Suffolk, scarcely any parcels came to hand; in consequence of this comparative deficiency in the quantity on show, of many of the large millers being short of stock, and of the attendance of buyers being numerous, the trade, with all descriptions of Wheat of home growth was active, at an improvement in the gene ral rates obtained on this day se'nnight of ls per quarter, while selected parcels produced, in' some instances, 2s per quarter more money, at which rate of improvement nearly the whole of the quantities found buyers. The show of free foreign samples of Wheat was not to say extensive. Holders were firm for advanced rates, and in some cases obtained those to the extent of ls. per quarter for the finest kinds. For bonded corn there was rather more inquiry, but the currencies un derwent no change in any instance. Notwithstanding the supply of Barley was good, that article met a fair sale, the best malting kinds at an improvement of - ls. per quarter ; grinding and distilling sorts at fully last week's prices. The Malt trade was steady, although the show of samples was large, and previous rates were fully sup ported. In the best Beans and Peas a good business was doing, but other kinds hang on hand. Flour moved off slowly at stationary figures. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent, !MALT—Chevalier 63s to . red 42s to 59s OATS—Yorkshire and Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe coin, red ...... ...... 42s to 45. Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 44s to 50s black Irish, red 47s to 50s Cork, white ...... ... 198 to 20s Ditto, white RYE—Old 2to to 33s BEANS Tick 3os to 36$ New 36s to 32s PEAS— Grey 3ss to Ws BARLEY—Grinding ...... 24s to 27s Maple Malting Chevalier 32s to 350 Boilers MALT—Suffolk and Nor- FLOUR—Town made folk s6s to 62. Sufi° k 34s to 388 Brown sos to 54s Stockton & Norfolk 34s to 36 Kingston and Ware sfo to 62s FOREIGN GRAIN 'A2 , WHEAT—Dantzic rD FLOUR IN BOND. Hamburgh 36s to 40s1 BARLEY 3os to 33s OATS-New Feed l4s to 16s SMITHFIELD. BEANs ••••••...... 2OB to 261 (Pees 23s to 271 FLoca—American 23s to 251 Baltic The supply of beasts offering was, on the whole, scanty, but, comparatively speaking, of fair average quality. The weather being more favourable to slaugh tering the Beef trade was steady, and the prices ob tained on this day se'nnight, which were 2d. higher than on Friday last, were steadily supported, and at which a clearance was speedily made. Notwithstanding the epidemic is still complained of in our grazing and flock districts, very few instances of the disease were apparent here this morning ; indeed, the stock might be con sidered in good condition. The bullock droves, from our northern grazing districts, amounted to about 1,400 short horns. From the western and midland counties, we received 600 Devons, runts, Herefords, Durhams, Irish beasts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 120 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland, 80 beasts. The number of Sheep was good, but by no means great ; yet the mutton trade was heavy, and the quotations suffered an abatement of quite 2d. per 81bs., the highest figure for the best old Downs not exceeding 4s. 6d. per 81bs. There were, perhaps, shore really good Downs on offer than we have noticed for some weeks past, which may partly account for the depression in the price of that description of Sheep. Although the supply of Calves was scanty, the Veal trade ruled dull, and the rates were quite 2d. per 81bs. beneath those of Monday last. Prime small Porkers commanded a steady sale, at full prices ; but in other kinds of Pigs, exceedingly little was doing. About 100 Pigs came to hand from Ireland. Although some imports of foreign cattle were expected about this time, nothing whatever has been imported since our last, hence we had none on sale to-day. s. d. to s. 0.1 s. d. too. d• Interior Beasts 3 0 3 4 1 Inferior Sheep ...... ... 3 2 3 6 Secor.dtquality ditto 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto... 3 g 310 Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots. &c. 4 0 4 2 Seuthdown Wethers . 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves ditto 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers . Large Hogs I 3 4 4 . 0 ?lime small Suckling Calves, each 20 0 30 ( Quarter old Pigs, eachlB U 24 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I 7 11 , 2:). I Calves. 1 Pigs 2,660 NEWGATE AND ;MADENNALL. Another very large arrival of country-killed meat, considering the time of year, has taken place since this day se'nnight ; but its quality has been by no means first rate, owing to the dampness of the atmosphere. The supply of meat slaughtered in the metropolis has, likewise, been good. Prime Beef and Mutton have com manded a steady demand, at mostly full prices ; but, otherwise, the trade has ruled dull, and the quotations have had a downward tendency. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d.l s. d. Ws. ( 1 , Beef, inferi0r........... 2 4 2 6, Mutton, inferior 3 0 3 • -- niiddling ....... 2 6 2 81— middling 3 6 3104 -- prime 1arge,..... 2 8 210 prime ..... --- prime small, 3 0 3 4 Pork, large 2 8 9 ' Veal 3 0 4 4 --small 3 4 it 4 ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs Scotland lB 720 '7OO Yorkshire - 800 Norfolk Suffolk l2 200 140 Cambridgeshire Essex N 230 90 2 00 Surrey • 30 460 280 350 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts . lO 90 100 NO Total l4O 2,840 Previous week's arrival " " 162 2,480 760 3,050 530 2,31 g - Difference since our last... 22 360 221 6 BOROUGH AND SPITALEXELDS. Since our last report, about 2,900 tons of p otatoes have reached the water-side from different quarters• Prime qualities are in request, at full prices, but, 10 other kinds, very little is doing. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. An unusually small supply of Hops remains on offer. This, together with the limited quantity produced last year, and the anxiety manifested by the dealers to in crease their stocks, has caused the demand for all de.. scriptions of new to rule firm, and in some instances further advanced rates have been obtained by the , fa,ctors for Sussex and Weald of Kent, say of from 2 8 to 3s per cwt. Weald of Kent pockets, 61 to 6/ 12s ; Mid Kent ditto, 61 12s to 91 lOs ; East Kent ditto, 61 15s to 9/ ; ditto choice, 101 to 111 11s ; Sussex, 5l 16s to 6/ 10s ; Farnham, 8115 s to 111 15s ; Mid Kent bags, 61 15s to 8/ 10s. WOOL. MARKET. The imports of wool in the last week have bean on 0 very moderate scale, they having amounted only to about 900 bales. In the absence of public sales, none being expected to be held until quite the end of the pre sent, or beginning of next month, the demand privately is steady, and prices are well supported. TALLOW. There is no new feature in this market. The price steady, but the demand rules slack, with but little pros pect of the present prices being supported. TOW° Tallow is 41s to 4ls 6d net cash. The London contractor, Mr. Reynolds, of Bays" water, who outbid all the Brighton builders for the coinplettol! of Alr. George Robins's recent purchase, the mansion at Kemp Town, is proceeding at a railroad pace in his task. 1-1 * is bound, under a heavy fine, to finish it for occupation in four months.—. Brighton Herald. ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT J. ROLLS'S FAC"' TORY, OLD KENT-ROAD.—Yesterday morning, about on e o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out in the store-room s belonging to Air. Josiah Rolls, floor-cloth and table-cover issF; nufacturer, japann er , & c ., near t h e canal bridgqi i in the 01 4 Kent-road. Th e rea d ers of The Sun will rememTer that t h i s is the third fire that has happened upon these prem i ses within the last tw e l ve months. store in which the present fire originated was a very capacious one, possessing sufficient root for drying a t l eas t s i xty pieces of prepared goods of twelve yar d s each in length. It i s s i tuate i n a line with anoth er s t ore , and. the printing. room i s cont i guous to it. The first appearance ° t a fire upon the premises was noticed by the private watchman' who instantly ran i n t o th e roa d an d gave the alarm. In a slwr, time the engine from the Southwark-bridge -road station of the brigade was upon the spot, closely followed by the Watling' street engine, and th ose f rom t h e W ater l oo-road station an d the ' West of England o ffi ce . F rom t h e easi l y i gnitable characte r of the material s , the fire had, even i n so s h ort a time, obtained sufficient hold of the japan s t ore an d i ts contents to warran t the expectation th a t not hi ng i t contained would b e rescue d ' The exertions of the firemen were consequently directed te ' the rescue of the b u ildi ngs north of the stare, in which were sust:ended many pi eces of ta b le covers and other stock, besid e s a considerable quantity of japan mixture, oils, &c. F ortu nately; their efforts w ere successful, the fire being confined to the building in whi c h i t originated. The rout fell in shortly af te , the outbreak, and not a larticle of the property in the st ° % was saved. An abundance of water was obtained from a div a close by the gable end of the premises, which being P° ure with much jud gment upon the burning mass, extinguished' s by two o'clock. The building and stock are not insured. FRIGHTFUL Loss OF LIFE.—A most deplorable event occurred on Monday evening at the Dynys C oa l Wori.` s the prop er ty o f Walter Coffin, Esq., in the parish of Llantr l !` , sent, in Gl amorganshire. The case is at present involved h„ , ." considerabl e mystery, but from what we can collect it was ; case of fir e d amp, and that from ten to twelve lives have be e s sacrificed, and severe injuries have been suffered by oth er ls The ro o f o f t h e pit has been blown up, and the bodies are alti buried in th e ru i ns, and it is calculated that a week of day n night labour will be required before the bodies can be folio , ' Monmouthshire Merlin. In the last number of the Pulamede, the she's 0 magazine, which appears each month at Paris tinder t ell auspices of AI. St. Amant, we find the following :—" A French artist, lately returned from the north of Europe, declares , es , he saw AI. Wagstrom, of Stockholm, play six games of c e il in g at the same time against first-rate amateurs, without se an the board. This is double what is attributed to Phillidor, sr ° 4'.. triple what we ourselves beheld Labourdonnais do. M. o Strom, it is sa id , i ntends in the course if the year conl6 t Paris, and b ea ti ng t h e whole of the celebrities of the C la Regence together without seeing either players or,,boThe He may find it more difficult to do so than he imagines. awe s number of th e P ulant?de just alluded to gives the first.fireg.,,,,t of the lat e match, with notes from the p en o f Al. St. tr:elf, It also c on t a i ns a very interesting article on the contest Ise and the demeanour and play of the two champions. reven ue The satisfaction expressed in the City at the rev t, t he return is greater than has been known for some time P a t the fact that the greatest increase on the quarter is shown r i y e item of Customs being deemed very important. Ha d t r dinall pearance of prosperity been kept up by the extra° leo action of the income-tax alone, there would have been a sli p s cause for congratulation, but now we have the signs 01 Gaz etee stantial improvement. The announcement in Friday's urp lo of the application of the fourth part of 908,500/. (tbe s s stock shown in the October balance-sheet) to the purchase of .i n ition arid Exchequer Bills, is likewise interestinff. The " 1 of the national debt by this process is indeed very small' even a beginning is satisfactory.— Times. __ nv ict9 The reward f or th e appre h ens i on o f the ° J o /. to escaped from N o tti ng h am Gaol has been increase d f r om 3004 1,;-y