The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-17 00:00:00

WINDSOR, MONDAY. The funeral of the late Captain Fernyhougb, the Go vernor of the Military Knights, took place this day at the new catacombs at St. George's Chapel, with full military honours. Mr. Fernyheugh, jun., Messrs. Bond, Smith, and Masters (relatives), and Dr. Stanford and Mr. Fowler, the medical attendants of the deceased knight, followed as mourners. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sane Weimar, Lieut. Bruce, Lieut. Lascelles, and Col esinhope, of the Grenadier Guards and the Naval and Military Knights in residence at Windsor, also followed the corpse to the grave. This is the first interment which has taken place in the new catacombs, which were completed in August last, and are constructed to contain upwards of 200 coffins. Tan NEW GOVERNOR.—Captain Moore, late of the 69th Regiment of Foot, who received the appointment of a Military Knight of Windsor upon the death of Captain J. J. Cummin, in June last, has been appointed to the Governorship, in the room o f the late Captain Fernyhough. Captain Moore entered the 69th in was Woo; obtained his Lieutenantcy the fo llowin g year ; ap pointed to a Captaincy in 1811 ; and retired upon half pay at the close of the war in 1815. The new Go vernor being the junior Knight the appointment has been the cause of surprise and disappointment to many of his seniors. BEIRNIARD AND A STANDARD OF VALUE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta.,—Your Correspondent Beirniard, in your's of the 13th inst., has intended so ably to describe a standard of value, that it is a great pity that it should have been confused—the little word " if," never was, I am certain, intended by him to have been in the place it is; he either omitted to have erased it in his 111.5., or it is a typographical error. Beirniard's definition of a standard of value cannot be quoted too often ; therefore, perhaps you will allow me to do so, marking the word " if,' in a parenthesis. " The fundamental original sin' which lies at the base of all currency theories (of the usual school) is the mystification about a standard of value,' there is no such standard (if) it means some thing which will always command the same amount of other things which men consider valuable." I fully agree with Beirniard, that not only is there no such standard, but that there never was, will nor ever be,—when the alchymist discovers the philoso pher's stone, and the mecha nic perpetual motion, then may the monetarian hope to find "GO a standard of value."—Yours, &c. RDIUS. Ilfracombe, Jan. 15, 1844. General Jackson is in very infirm health. He never leaves his room, and is emaciated to mere skin and bone. He has a severe cough, and pain in the back and side, but his voice and intellect appear unaffected, and the lightning fire o lfortner years yet flashes in his eye.—American paper. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE SECRET PASSION. By the Author of " SHAKSPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS," " THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE," Sen. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. HITEFRI A RS; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. ' 1 Whitefriars is the work of ne common hand. It is full of talent."—John Bull. " The singular life like manner in which the author has brought before his readers an unprecedentedly numerous array of the celebrated persons of the Merry Monarch's days would alone ensure the success of this romance. It includes, besides Charles himself, the chief wits of his Court, Buckingmainham, Rochester, & c.—many of his beauties,' including Castlee and Nell Gwynne in all their glory —Shaftesbury and the Whigs of the 17th century—the Duke of Yor k and the chief Yorkists—Sydney, Russell, and their band of associate pa' riots —Monmouth and Argyle—Chiffinch and the minions of Charles's pleasures—blaster Pepys—Judge Jeffreys—Elkanah, th famo Jew alchemist and a strologer—Titus Oates, Colonel Be lood, Claude Duval, and , in short, almost every celebrated man of the time." Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street. THE LATE THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY, ESQ. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with a Portrait from an Original Miniature, THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE LA TE SQ THOMAS AYNES BAYLY, T E., H Now. first collected, including ill his Popular Songs and Ballads ; with a Memoir. Edited by his WIDOW. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Slajesty). THE STATE TRIALS. THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS on SATURDAY wax-r, January 20, 1844, will contain SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS: —O'Connell, his Sons, and Tom Steele, on their way to the Four Courts—drawn by James Mahony, Esq. Also, CITY PORTRAITS :—The Lord Mayor, 'fawn Clerk, Alderman Butt, the Recorder, Mr. M'Laughlan. PORTRAITS of EMINENT LAWYERS: — Mr. Pierce Mahony, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Clements, Mr. Gut. land, and Mr. Cantwell. Interior and exterior of the MUSIC HALL, during the great aggregate meeting of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ; Signal Fires, in Ireland. Also, Statue of Wilkie ; Portrait of the Rev. W. Melvill ; Camberwell New Church ; Chantrey's Statue of George IV. ; Portraits of Madame Dulcken' Miss Rainforth, and Mr. W. Harrison ; an orig i n al tale, by Miss Camilla Toulmin, with three illustrations. With all the news of the week ; prise 6d., skimped. Immediate orders should be given. Office, 19t3, Strand. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY 1 DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED lii HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR Gf AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O 1760 £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O Elie £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with lull particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HANIBURGH, Cr. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. JANUARY 17, Will be performed THE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the Fifth. Mr. Barker; Douglas, Mr. Stretton ; Allan Vane, Mr. G. Horncaatle ,• Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harri son ; Murdoch, Mr. Binge, Malcolm Grwme, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Ellen Douglas, Miss Betts After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitle' HARLE U UIN AND KING PEPIN ; o r, VALENTINE AND ORSON, Harlequin, Mr. Howell ; of m, bine, Mai Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Drone Boxes 75., Second Price ns. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5a., Second Price as.; Pit Ss Second Price N.,• Middle Gallery 25., Feeond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price lid. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. BAKER. PROGRAMME FO RT T HIS EVENING. PA . Overture, Fidelio—Beethoven. The Toy Quadrille—Jullien. Surprise Symphony—Haydn. Sole, Violin, Mr. Baker. Valle, Le Bouquet Royal—Jullien. Solo, Corneta•piston, Herr Kcenig,/Auld Ling Syne. .catch Bufiette ttuadrille, entitled Dancing for the Mai on—Juricn. PART 11. °peva, Robert le Diable, Grand antasia. with SolOs.-Meyerbeer. New Quadrille, The Irish Echos F —Jullien Air, Sesalramide--Echo, Life let us cherish. Air; Poor Mary Ann—Echo, Nix my dolly Pals. Air, Duncan Grey—Echo, Yankee Dcodle. Air, Huntsman's Chorus—Echo, St. Patrick's Day and Rule Britannia The National Air in the Finale will be given with New and Grand Effect, in aid of which Twelve Cornets-a-Piston will be added to the Orchestra. Grand Quatoui for Four Pianos, by Miss D. Farmer, Miss B. wit. hams Mons. H. Laurent, and Mi.. Baker- Czerny. Valsc, La Valle a Deux Tems—Junien. Doors Open at Hall-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, is.; Dress Circle, dd. ; Private Boxes, U. Is. Tickets to be ob tained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New "caeLstreet ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street ; and M. Jullien's O ffi ce, Maddox-stteet, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 1 1 4 H. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE. RE.ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield ; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster ; Mrs. Page, Madams Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ni:bett ; Mrs. Quickly, .Mrs. Glover; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. Atter which, the Unparalleled Performances ot_ Professor RISLEY and his %ON. To conclude with a New Vaicy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE wiTki THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymose. Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora. Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, Ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Ps. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.price—BoxesN. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Ski. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Boy— *Mee, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season —Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called IHE BOHEMIANS; or, The Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime , called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and IVot.derful Effects: Columbine, Miss &Wen; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Roy a l, C ovent-garden an d Drury-lane; Nitta.. bon, Mr. Johnstone. 'xes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. , second price at Nine. Doors cpen at Mx, commences at a Quarter before Seven o'clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MAUDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, Will be presented for the first time at this theatre, the grand opera of the MAID OF JUDAII. Ivanhoe, Mr. Wood; Friar Tuck, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rebecca, Mrs. Wood. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spect ac l e, ent i tled THE. MAGIC MIRROR . Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Too, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe.Leat, Miss R. Isaacs. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As uses), the funniest and most successful Pantn I ate. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 17, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks ' R. Honner, Johnson, Smith, Mr s . 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 Theks. every thing new and of the m ost costl y description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray, and AEI 0 U. Ha r le quin , Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta.. loon, Mr. Hawains ; Co lumbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Bo Private ours to be had of Mr. Ker schner, at the Box. office, ton Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENINO, JANUARY 17, ”tirely New Domestic Drama, entitled tram. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jetsam! /4.h4nt, fir. Dale; Fatty Parrot, Miry Vincent. Iced THE FAIRY LADY; or, the all the publications which the indictments charge QUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM- of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, as overt acts of a seditious intention. scub """ P " tBl° "' " r " 11° " ilii if speeches, violent svtnetiiues as they will Will be performed an entii rOVERTY; or, Mar? Grahz „a . • . ham, Squire i ohp.w , %. . A be produi 0 41 / 4 ARLEQ Silers " dtl ft. • - k7t THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUAR IRISH SPIRITED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH STATE TRIALS, WILL APPEAR IN "TILE SUN," DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING, in some great conspiracy ? If meetings held at different places, at various times, during a period of nine months—songs and other publications during the same lapse of time—speeches delivered to assemblages vary ing, as the indictment alleges, from 200 to 800,000 in number—each meeting, publication, and speech, varying in circumstances, in nature, and in tendency, are to be taken as overt acts of one great conspiracy, proof, clear as daylight, must be given of a conspiracy pre-existent to those meetings, publications, and speeches, and that they were held, published, and spoken, in furtherance of the intent of that conspiracy. We assert and maintain that if such proof be not given, no honest jury can take intent upon inference—assume guilt, where not plainly ap parent—or convict upon presumption. What is the Repeal of the Union? Neither more nor less, in fact, than to replace Ireland in the position in which Ireland stood in the year 1799. We do not believe that Ireland would be placed in any better position than at present, by such a return to its separate Legislature; but that forms no part of the argument for the legality of the agitation so to do. How is it proposed to effect the Repeal? By legal and constitutional means; by calling upon the people to join in appeals to the Crown and to the Legis lature, to repeal an Act of Parliament. Is not this as much within the pale of the law as any past effort to obtain reform of abuses, or repeal of Acts of Parliament ? If there had been any intention to affix a penalty upon the attempt to obtain a repeal of the Act of Union, a clause would have been inserted, declaring that to agitate, or ask for the repeal of that Act, should be punishable by force of law. But no such absurdity was sought to be perpetrated, as the declaring any Act of Parliament final and unalterable ; finality then, as little suited the public ear, as finality now; but the Crown officials seek to effect that by stratagem, which open declaration could not have accomplished, even if' attempted. Unable to impeach the end, they accuse the means used to attain it—know • ing the legality of the object sought, they attack the intermediate agency—and, to prevent a legal agitation for a legal purpose, they charge a number of persoOs with aims and intents of which the charge is easy, but the rebuttal diffi cult, because the aims and intents, and the acts done in furtherance thereof, are so insignificant as, separately, scarcely to draw attention, and yet, jointly, a conspiracy is sought to be deduced. Public prosecutors know full well the advan tages of indictments for conspiracy ; actual, or presumptive, real or imaginary, it enables them to go to a jury, upon proof of almost any matter ; to a jury (it may be) packed or un fairly chosen, and an instrument of injustice, under the sacred name of justice. But we hope better things, from Irish juries. The Gazette de France has announced, on the authority of a private letter from Munich, the death of the Duke D'ArmouLENE, son of the late CHARLES X., who, it may be remembered, in the year 1830, abdicated his pretensions to the throne, in conjunction with his royal and saga cious parent. The other French papers take no notice of this event, and it is possible, therefore, that the announcement may be premature. The probability, however, is, that his Royal Highness is by this time dead, for when the last accounts reached Paris he was :in a state which left no hope of his recovery. Though he lived in a stormy period, and one calculated to call forth whatever mental energies he pos sessed, the Duke never distinguished himself in the slightest degree, and during the long period of his exile he was as much forgotten by France and Europe as if he had never existed. It was not till the war drew to a close, and WEL LINGTON had crossed the Pyreanees, that he made his public appearance at Bourdeaux, where he was received with acclamations, and made himself conspicuous by his eager desire—all dan ger being now over—to play the part of a warrior and a patriot. He coveted also the reputation of a diplomatist, and attempted to enter into negotiations with WELLINGTON for the re establishment of the BOURBON dynasty, which, however, were coldly and evasively treated, it not being at that time decided by the Allies than Lours XVIII. should be called to the throne. Immediately on the restoration taking place, the Duke—true to old hereditary instincts—omitted no opportunity of showing his marked dislike and contempt of those brave military veterans who had acquired fame and fortune under the Consulate and the Empire. In conjunction with the Duke DE BERRI, who, if possible, was a still greater imbecile than himself, he insulted the Marshals, and more especially the officers of the Imperial Guard, on every occasion ; and once, when questioning one of the latter respecting the service he had seen, and being told that he had been thirty years a soldier, he turned upon his heel with the supercilious re mark, that be had been engaged in " thirty years of brigandage." Conduct like this—which the KING, to his credit, did all he could to check —soon produced a reaction, and the triumphant return of NAPOLEON was the consequence. We do not find his Royal Highness—notwithstand ing his military propensities—taking a share in the battle of Waterloo, in whose issue he was so deeply interested ; possibly he was laid up with a severe cold at the time, or he was compelled, much against his inclination, to remain in a state of drowsy inactivity. On the second restoration, he became somewhat more moderate and tolerant in his bearing to wards the army ; and in the year 1822 was ap pointed to head that absurd military expedition into Spain, of which M. CHATEAUBRIAND, its author, has so often boasted as a miracle of poli tical sagacity. On this occasion, the Duke D'A NGOULEMB, before quitting France, laying his hand on the hilt of his sword, made that absurd boast respecting his sense of duty and patriotism as a soldier and a Frenchman, which was so much ridiculed at the time, and procured him the soubriquet of " Prince Hilt." As this was his first, so was it his last, warlike expedi tion of any consequence, and he ever after rested perfectly satisfied with the prodigious crop of laurels he had gathered in the Peninsula, more particularly in the attack on the Trocadero. During the " Three Days," when, if at any period ofhislife, he might reasonably have been expected to exhibit something like vigour and decision of character, he distinguished himself by nothing but a quarrel with MARMONT, in the course of which he cut his Royal fingers, in a vain attempt to break the Marshal's sword. From this period to the day of his death lie lived in exile and per fect seclusion, forgotten by all but his own imme diate friends and dependents. In the private rela tions of life, his conduct was,we believe,unimpeach able ; lie was a good son, a good husband, a kind master; and, had he not unfortunately been born to a throne, he might have passed happy and con tented through life, and maintained the cha racter of a very respectable, humdrum, and somewhat thick-headed gentleman. His wife, who survives him, was the daughter of Louts XVI., and was a prisoner in the Temple at the tittle when her ill-starred parent was led forth to execution. NAPOLEON observed of her, that " she was the only man of the family," and with justice, for from the days of the -Grande STATE TRIALS be, at public meetings, stirring up angry pas - Monarque—who was himself by no means re . I sions, and raising hatred and ill-will, are overt markable for superior talents—there has not been acts of a conspiracy, what might be said of the one single member of the BOURBON family who s p ee ches of Sir FRANCIS BUSDETT, in days was otherwise than an imbecile. gone by I—of Lord LYNDHURST'S alien speech ? —of the Exeter Hall displays I—of Mr. PER RAND'S harangues I—and of a thousand others, which might all have been charged as overt acts We have accounts from Madrid to the Bth instant, on which day the elections of Senators and Deputies commenced. The Progresista, or Liberal party—if any party can be called liberal in Spain--had in the preliminary proceeding ob tained the majority in seven bureaux out of twelve, while the Ministerialists had the majority in only four—the twelfth consisted of both par ties. The success of the Progresistas was consi dered certain. On the 6th General NARVAEZ had been raised, by a Royal decree, to the rank of Captain-General of the Spanish armies. The General, however, modestly declines the appoint ment, and states, in a letter to the Minister of War, that he cannot think of accepting the ap pointment, lest the efforts which he had made towards bringing about the present state of affairs, from which he anticipates great things, both for the QUEEN and the country, should be attributed by the world to " ambition, or any less noble views." The decree for restoring to Queen CHRISTINA her pension, which has appeared in The Sun, was published in the Madrid Gazette of the Bth. It is founded on an address pre sented to her MAJESTY by all the Ministers, in which we find these words:— " A decree of the ex-Regent, dated Vittoria, 26th October, 1841, ordered payment to be suspended of the dotation assigned in the law of the budget to her Ma jesty the Queen Donna Christina de Bourbon, a dotation voted by the Cortes, and of unquestionable and legiti mate origin, as proceeding front matrimonial contracts. The political pretexts, equivocal and fanciful in them selves, could not authorise the suspension of a legal payment, which custom, agreements, and the consent of the country by the medlum of its representatives, alike sanctioned. , Nor was it decorous to leave unprovided for the person who, with so much glory, generosity, and nobleness of mind, had governed the kingdom during the turbulent times of your Majesty's minority. For these reasons, Senora, your Council of Ministers has thought it one of its principal duties to efface the track of deplorable events, and to satisfy equally the imperious neoessity of justice, and the filial sentiments of your Majesty, by restoring to your august mother the pension which, if it were not due to her as Dowager Queen by the laws, would ever be justly due to her as the generous and humane Regent, the restorer of the public liberties, the zealous guardian of your Majesty's throne and the interests of the country, in the midst of the conflicts of re volution and of war." The annual pension amounts to 30,0001. a year, and the arrears to 70,0001., so that she will receive at once about 100,0001. Much business was done on the Madrid Bourse on the Bth. The transactions in the Three per Cents. alone exceeding 68,000,000 reals, which caused a rise of for cash, and for time. The closing prices were 25f for cash, and 25i at 60 days. The Five per Cents., 191 at 35 days, with 1 premium. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with comments on the address agreed to by the Com mittee of the Chamber of Deputies, and remarks on the budget. On the latter topic the Opposi tion journals have not many remarks, a circum stance which the others regard as favourable to the statements of the Finance Minister. The Deputies of the Left Centre (says the Constitu tioanel) had a meeting at the house of M. GAN NERON on Saturday evening, when it was re solved to oppose the Ministerial policy. M. THIERS was present, and it is understood that he will speak on the address in opposition to the Government. Only three Deputies had inscribed their names to speak on Monday. Two of those gentlemen, M. CORDIER and M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT, are decided Oppositionists ; the other, Viscount DE COURTAIS, is a Conservative. The students who were arrested by the police, on occasion ofsome disturbance when on their way to the house of BERANGER, the poet, were brough t before the Court of Correctional Police on Satur day, when seven of them were convicted. Two of them were sentenced to twenty days' confine ment, two to ten, and the other three to five days. They were all law or medical students except one—the Viscount de NARBONNE DE LA CORNILLIERE. The Gazette de Prance announces the death of the Duke of ANGOULEME in these terms, but without any date : " A letter from Munich, which arrived in Paris to-day, declares that the Duke d'Angouleme has sunk under the malady from which he has been suffering for a length of time. "A report was current to-day in Paris,"says the Courrier Francais, that " the Duke d'Angouleme had sunk under his illness. Jt was added, that a courier who had arrived from London in the course of the day, had brought the intelligence that the Duke de Bordeaux had taken his passport to proceed in all haste to Goritz, to his family." The following paragraph appears in the Augs burgh Gazette, in an extract from a letter from Hanover, of the 30th ult.:— " The Duke de Bourdeaux, who intended returning to Goritz, by Hanover, Brunswick, and Dresden, was very politely informed by the Hanoverian Minister at London, that King Ernest would be at that period at Berlin, where he intended passing some weeks." Owing to the press of matter caused by the Irish State Trials and other intelligence, we are compelled to omit the repo rt of the proceedings which took place in the Court of Aldermen yesterday. DURING THE IMPORTANT TRIALS NOW GOING ON IN DUBLIN; WITH CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHATEVER OCCURS IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 25 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 30.3.—WLND, N. Norz.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes he freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 46 minutes after IL I Evening ... 0 minutes after 0. • vt'Z' 4 Z4' l' • 414- "77-- 11:tt, LONDON: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1844. We have made every arrangement for giving full and correct reports of the State Trials which commenced in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, with some accom paniments which will be found interesting to the public, and here subjoin a brief outline of the first day's proceedings. The public business did not commence till eleven o'clock, though the Judges took their seats at ten. The interval was occupied in hearing the applications from dif ferent persons seeking to be exempted from at tendance, on the grounds of misdescription on the summonses, or ill health. From the probable length to which the trials will extend, and their unpopularity, much reluctance is said to exist among the jurors to serve on this cause. The claims of exemption for misdescription were not allowed, but several persons were excused on the production ofaffidavits of total inability to undergo the labour, or to attend the sittings of the Court. The Court was crowded to excess, but there was not so much of that inconvenient pressure as migl►t have been expected, the arrangements being exceedingly good. A chair, revolving on a pivot, had been placed on the table for the wit nesses, but it was removed during the prelimi nary proceedings; an intimation from the CHIEF JUSTICE that nothing would be wanted with it for some time to come causing considerable lane:liter. In fact, the whole business seemed to be carried on with a sort of good-humoured feel ing among all parties. At the first step of the proceedings Sir COLMAN O'Louctuurt, on the part of Mr. O'ComtELL, put in a challenge for the array of the whole jury panel, stating it to be illegal and false, on the ground of the omis sion of so many names (59) from the list, after it was passed by the Recorder. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having beard of the challenge, then, for the first time, applied to the Court for a short interval for consultation ; the proceedings were suspended for nearly two hours, when he returned into Court, and put in a demurrer to the challenge; in support of which he addressed the Court at great length. Mr. FITZGIBBON and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL also addressed the Court ; and, after some fur- tlier argument, the Court allowed the demurrer. This closed the proceedings of the day, and the ATTORNEY-GENEI%AL was to open the case on Tuesday, at ten. The result of the trial which has now com menced in Dublin, will show whether all the tricks—from suppression of information re quired (by the accused in order to defend them selves in an efficient manner, up to the final suppression of jurors' names, in order to pack a jury suited to the purposes of persecution —can enable the Crown lawyers to snatch a verdict. But of this fact, let them be well assured—that the conduct of these prosecutions, from their very beginning, up to the moment of opening the case before the jury of their concocting, is a disgrace to all concerned on behalf of the Crown. It remains to be seen, whether the jury will be an instrument in the hands of the prosecutors, for vengeance upon the devoted head of O'CoN NELL j or whether, exercising the freedom of thought, and purity of action which jurors are called upon, by the most sacred ties, to display upon such occasions, they will decide according to the evidence, and to that alone. Evidence, clear and distinct, not doubtful and uncertain, to prove that a conspiracy was entered into, with the illegal intent alleged, and that the acts done were illegal in themselves, and done in furtherance of the illegal intent evidence, establishing beyond contradiction, that O'Cox- Num. conspired with the other defendants, and they with him, to set the people of Ireland agains; the Croy' n,— to create disaffection among the QUEEN'S subjects,—to produce contempt of ,the Government of the country,—to stir up hatred and ill-will,—to make discontent in the army,—to diminish confidence In the legal tribunals of the country, and by in timidation and physical force to effect changes in the Constitution : these must all be proved; the conspiracy, its intent, and the acts done, to carry out that intent, or the indictment must fall to the ground. To decide upon the evidence, fairly and honestly, is the province of the jury; in their hands the issue is placed ; their conduct will show them to be either tools of a faction, or worthy of confidence by honest men. If meetings, such as the meetings held in Ire land, are to be given as proofs of a conspiracy, it strikes us, as most extraordinary, that conspi rators should choose assemblages of so vast a nature—amounting, according to the indictment, to 800,000 people in one instance—as fit places to concoct seditious plans. Held in the open air; no man, whatever his principles or politics, ex cluded; called together by public notices; and producing no breach of the peace or violation of the law, save in the imagination of the Law Officers of Ireland, who now discover that to at tend a peaceable meeting, is an overt act of a riotous and turbulent intention. If publications of a national kind, glowing with all the fire and energy of Irish minds, and appeal ing to the imagination and feelings, be overt acts of a conspiracy, what becomes of the poetry of MOORE, in which more nationality has been strung together, and more enthusiastic admi ration of the "green isle" expressed, than in LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 16.—Fresh northerly breeze and fine. DEAL, JAN. 15 . —Wiud, N.E., moderate.—Sld. Cathe• rine Elizabeth, St. Vincent's ; h er M a j esty ' s s hi p Nau tilus, Westward. P O RTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind, E.N.E.—Arrd. her PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind, N.E.—Arrd. Ceres, EMaasjtewstayr'ds. steamer s Penelope, Hecate, and Dwarf, Honduras, Arcturus, Hill, Antwerp, for New York, with loss of sails, and master sick. OFF DOVER, JAN. 15.—Kenan, H asse l ar , an d D'El mina, Rotterdam fo r New York. F ALMOU TH, JAN. 15 . —W ind , N.E. strong breezes.— Yfaorre'Pioioalerd, sailed Dec.ingSavanilia ; Flora, Veal, Newfound -24. Sld. J eune F rance , Off, and St. Thomas. Ile, Tobago ; Sybilla, H A R W ICH, JAN. Ja ß ni ß ale sT a. OL, JAN. 1 4 . — S ld. Carol' . 14.—The Ariel, Self, of Grimsby, JAN. 15.—Wind, N.N.E. light.—Arrd. was lost on the Cork Sand, 12th inst., crew saved. Newfoudland. Sld. North Star, Rio ; Bideford,LlAbbotsford, New Orleans. vuar m ooz rer, CORK, JAN. 13.—Arrd. Kate Kearney, Belcher, Jamaica ; Milton, Partridge, Cuba. SCARBOROUGH, JAN. 15.—The Phoenix, Turner, from Miramichi to Gloucester, was lost 26th Nov. on Langley Island ; crew (except the master and five men) and pas sengers drowned. GRIMSBY, JAN. 15.—The Jane, of Yarmouth, was brought in here yesterday, a derelict, having been fallen in with 13th inst., off Flamborough Head, abandoned. HAMBURGH, JAN. 10.—The drift ice in the Elbe has increased considerably during the night, and the navi gation may be considered as completely stopped. 11. The ice has increased considerably. 12. There is a quantity of drift ice in the Fairway above Gluckstadt. The Johann Julius, of Altona, has been hauled on the strand off Schuban. The navigation being closed, the Light-vessel has left her station eft Schulan. The Echo, from Laguna, has arrived at Altona in tow of a steamer, after grounding on a sandbank off Blankmise. INcomE-Test.--Persons claiming allowance for empty property, for the year ending the sth of April last, are required to make their claims on or before the first of February next, or they will not be allowed. THAMES TUNNEL.—Last week 27,556 persons paid toll at the tunnel. Mr. Bartholomew, the state porter at Dublin Castle, is about to retire, after a service of thirty-seven years. He opened and closed the portals on twelve Viceroys in his time, from the Duke of Richmond to Earl de Grey. MODELS OF MERCANTILE CORRESPONDENCE, BY WILLIAM ANDERSON.—" This work consists of a series of three hundred letters, on every subject that can come before a mercantile man. The style of them is simple, clear, concise, and c3rrect; it is accompanied with an analytical index, an explanation of mercantile technicali ties, with forms of all commercial documents and ac counts, evidently the result of practical experience. It will form a most useful intermediate step between the school and the counting-house; and for all young men intended for mercantile life it will be indispensable. In fact, we have rarely seen so much useful commercial matter in so small a compass; we cordially recommend it, not only to merchants, but also as an appropriate exercise book for the use of schools , and we venture to suggest that every pupil destined for mercantile life should be required to copy the book from beginning to end." Miss STRICKLAND'S " LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND."—We are requested to state that a new and revised edition of the first six volumes of this work is published this day, by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-street, and may be had of all booksellers throughout the kingdom. Mr. Colburn has also just published a new and cheaper edition, with additions, in 2 vols., uniform with ," The Lives of the Queens of England," of" Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots," edited, ith an historical introduction and notes, by Miss Strickland. " Undoubtedly the most valuable, and by far the most interesting, work illustrative of the life and character of Mary Stuart ever given to the world."— Edinburgh Evening Post. 17, 1844. MONE lT AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The Funds closed much the same. Consuls, 96i ; - Exchequer Bills, 80s. prem. ; and Reduced Three-and- a- Half per Cents., 10211 Bank Stock was at 187 to 188. The Foreign Market was quiet. Spanish Actives were 221 to ; Mexican, 32 . 4 1 ; Colombian, 11* to t ; Brazilian, 77. The Railway Shares have been again quiet, but the leading lines have supported their value. The Foreign Exchanges did not vary to any extent. Paris were a shade lower. There were no exports of specie during the week up to Thursday last. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was an unusually animated market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and prices advanced again per lb., making a farthing per lb. rise since Friday. 20,000 bales sold, including 15,000 on speculation. The sales were 3,000 bales Surat, at 30. to 4$ ; 1,000 Pernambuc6, at 6s. to 61 t d. ; 200 Egyptian, at 7d. to 70. ; 1,000 Maranham, it 6s. to 6id ; and the rest American, at sd. to 6 4 4 d. per lb. Shares were dull and easier, except London and Birmingham, which were 238. Eastern Counties were 104 ; Grand Junction, 233 ; Brighton, 43f; North Midland, 91; Paris and Rouen, 32; Paris and Orleans, 34; Paris and Lyons. 2/. 17s. 6d. There are no arrivals of the last consequence in the City to-day, and, as far as news is concerned, up to the present hour, there is an entire absence of later news from the colonies or foreign parts. In the following extract from an American Contem porary, there Yrc many matters of considerable interest to our manufacturing and mercantile readers. The ma jority of the journalists in the United States are be coming advoca:es of protection being given to domestic manufactures :—" The value of the imports of inanufac- Vires was much larger than for 1842. Within this reriod the population of the United States has nearly doubled itself, and the riches and wealth of the country have im mensely increased.—Population of the United States, 1820, 9,638,131 ; 1830, 12,866,920 ; 1840, 17,062,566. " In this propor ion the future must exhibit the same result. As the resources of this country become deve loped, and the various interests become reconciled, the wants of the people will be more generally supplied by themselves. The eff. , ct of all this is in the first place, a decrease of the revenue. This fact should be taken into consideration. Former tariffs createi a revenue that went far towards swelling the receipts from Customs to an amount sufficient to supply the wants of Government. The causes that required a discriminating duty in times past no longer exist—the same duty that heretofore existed with the decreased imports, would not create a sufficient revenue in proportion to their value for the additional wants of Government, The falling off in the receipts from Customs must be made up from the rest of the importations. The decline in one place must be made good in another. A more equal distribution must take place, so as the decrease in any one important item will have no very sensible effect. The Secretary of the Treasury in his annual report batters himself that the imprtatiuns will increase as the country recovers from its late depr,ission. The imports into this country never will reach again what they have been. Our importation of cotton, woollen, and silk matiulac- titres from abroad will gradually decline, under a natural course of things, every year. They may from year to year fluctuate with the state of the currency, but the amount will assuredly settle down to a lower level than has ever et been experienced. It is argued that a nation must import as mueh as they expott—that is true, but the balance of trade must come or go in the shape of specie. This, in the course of time and events, must be an immense exporting country, and the imports will decrease, from time to time, until we become the creditors of the whole world. Our revenue must in process of time, emanate from some other source than duties on import At present this is the principal resource, which require careful arrangement to make it productive. The creation of a duty on foreign articles, similar to those manufactured or produced in this country, for the pur pose of protection or revenue, cannot be depended on in estimating receipts from one season to another, as our own productions are so rapidly displacing similar ones of a foreign manufacture; and the consumption, if prices correspond, naturally inclines to the protection of our own industry. This should have the effect to place duties fur revenue on foreign produce consumed in this country, which we cannot create, or obtain, except from foreign countries." The Commissioners have made their usual purchase this morning in the Three per Cent. Consols, namely, from 20,0001. to 25,0001. The amount taken for the re duction of the National Debt was not given, nor were any Exchequer Bills bought. The presumption, there fore, is that the 200,0001. appointed to be expended this quarter, in the diminution of outstanding Exchequer Bills has been supplied by the Directors of the Bank of England. The Funds have remained extremely steady this morning at 964 to 97. Money business has been done to some extent. The settlement in Consols is fixed for to-morrow. The options will be declared this afternoon. The opinion is, that the settle ment in Consols will be Bullish. The Reduced Three and-a-Halt per Cen:s. are 1021 to a, the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. 1014 to 102, and the Three per Cents. 974 to 971. Bank Stock is up to 187 and 188. Exchequer Bills realise 675. to 655. premium, and India Bonds 795. to 78s. The Foreign Account has been adjusted to-day, and most of the bonds look steady upon it. Spanish Actives are 22+ to ; and the Three per Cents., 30a 31 ; Mexican Deferred are 101 ; and Colombian 11 1 ; Vene zuelan, owing to the new issue of 150,000/., to pay the claims which Mr. Macintosh has upon the republic, have been rather flat at 35i- 36 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. realise 54/ to 5-1:1. The Railway Shares have not been active, but gene rally obtain about yesterday's qw)tations., MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15.—There is no new feature in our market to-day, prices are un altered, and i,usiness continues very limited. The fol lowing are our quotations :—Bolton and Preston, 25 ; Manchester and Leeds, 100 ; North Union, 931 j ; Man chester and Birmingham, 38+1 ; South Eastern, 35f 4 ; Ditto Scrip, 36 + ; Union Bank of Manchester, 8i 9. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. BDK Stock lBB India Stock ...... ...... 2731 pm bla Cent. Red. 3 el: I:mt. Cons. ... 961 Ditto Old Annuities... S 1 poi . Cent. Red lO2l Ditto New Annuities... 951 'N.A.' 31 per Cent lOll Ex. Rills, 1,000!. Ild. 67 pm ,New 6 per Cent, — Ditto 5001...... 67 pm Louu, Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ... l2 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 168 i 4 -ie t. It4b 9 ;an. 1860 ... FOREIGN FUNDS. -suit:inn, 5 per cent Belgian per cent Brazilian Bonds 77 ::1108 Ayres6 per cent 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cont ll} Ditto 1824 •• Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent. 11} Danish, 3 per Sent. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent.... Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. Portuguese,_ 5 per cent 73 Ditto, New Ditto IPrussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent....., ;Ditto, Metallic — !Spanish, 5 per cent 221 IDitto, 3 per cent 3O& (Ditto, Deferred.... . 121 French, 5 per cent —f. —e• Exchange.......... —f French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Dutch, 2/ per cent. 541 Ditto, 5 per cent.... 1001 RE S. _ _ SHA. Eastern Counties (23 paid) lO Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 574 Ditto Registered (121 paid) ... ..... Great Western (75 paid) •• 1081 Ditto Fifths (12 paid) London and Brighton (50 pa d) . 444 London and Blackwall (161 13s 4d paid) London and Birmingbam ( paid)........ 239 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (7 0 paid) ...... ... South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) .. 311 Ditto Scrip (25 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 61 (Gibraltar .• ....... 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6/'Genoa , • .26 II Antwerp -26 0 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per oz 1181 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 1 isbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine ...122 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 361 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 959 Philadelphia .. 46 Trieste, ditto lO 0 'PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.. Madrid Cadiz 36i Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville . Portug a l Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 INew Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i , Silver in Bars... 0 4 1 POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The next mails for the West Indies will be made up on Wednesday morn ing, the 17th instant (this day), to be forwarded by the Tweed steamer, via Southampton. For Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands, on Thursday morning, the 18th instant ; and for Egypt and India, on the morning of the Ist of February, via Southampton. By the over land closed mail, via Marseilles, on the evening of the sth of February. Letters for Hong-Kong will, unless addressed " via Southampton," be forwarded in the closed mail, via Marseilles. and will be liable to the same rate of postage as letters for India, viz., Is. 10d., sent by the closed mail through France, which postage must be paid in advance. Those letters, however, which are addressed " via South ampton," will be transmitted by that route, with the mail for Bombay, at the rate of Is. the half-ounce, &c., may bP pre-paid, or the letters may be sent unpaid, at the option of the sender. British newspapers, duly stamped, addressed to Hong-Hong, may be forwarded, via Southampton, free of postage. Those which are forwarded via Marseilles, will be liable to a postage of 3d. each. Sydney, New South Wales.—The Mary Sharp, for the mails of the evening of the 31st instant. The rate of postage to be charged on all letters for New South Wales, not market by " Private Ship," will be Is. per half-ounce, which must be paid in advance. British newspapers, duly stamped, may be forwarded by the packets free of postage. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIA TION AND BENEVOLENT FUND.—The third annual general meeting of the members of the benefit depart,- ment of this Association' was held on Monday at the Hall of Commerce • Mr. Thomas in the chair. The Report spoke in highly encouraging terms of the rapid progress which the Society was making, the amount re ceived in the way of premiums and' investments more • than doubling the same items of the two preceding years. The debtor side of the account showed the re ceipts during the year to be 2,382/. is 9d. The other side exhibited a balance in the Bank4of England of 148/. ss. Id. ; 1,100/. stock in the Tlitetitimd-tr- Half per Cents. Reduce', 1,0981. 10s. ; and 1,0001. New Three antLa-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1,020/. Iss. The re election of the managers and other routine business was transacted, and titazteeting separated. SUMMARY OF NE; S AND Vtti)ltt Optnton, " Who runs may read." FOREZGN. On Saturday evening the King of the French had a numerous party to dinner, among whom were :—Lord and Lady Cowley, the Austrian Ambassador, the Pope's Nuncio, the Prince of Eckmuhl and his mother, who is styled the " Marechale Princesse," and other distin guished personages, By a late decree of the Queen of Spain, her mother's pension is to be restored, which, together with arrears, will amount to 100,0001. Such a sum was worth a little intrigue. It is said that this is not the only mark of fa vour which the Spanish Government means to bestow on Christina, and that it has in contemplation the project of issuing a decree for legalising the marriage between the ex-Regent and Munoz, the latter of whom is to be created a Grandee of Spain. Accounts have been received by telegraph that the Queen's troops entered Figueras on the 11th. This was the last place in Spain holding out for the pronuncia mentos. By a statement published at Boulogne, it appears that the number of passengers passing through Boulogne in 1831 amounted to 11,131 ; that in 1842 the number had increased to 48,254 ; while the numbers passing by way of Calais during the same period decreased from 38,596 to 20,728. The number of passengers in 1843 by Bou logne amounted to 56,868 ; by Havre, 21,380 ; by Ca • lais, 19,079 ; by Dieppe, 5,021. The Silesian Gazette says that it is feared, in Mol davia, that the revolution in Greece will be made a pre text by Russia to take possession of that country. The trade of Russia with the Porto increases every year. A great number of Russian merchants emigrated to Turkey and Persia, and they are greatly encouraged by these Governments. The trade of Russia with China is also increasing. LAW AND POLICE,. At Lambeth-street, Edmund Curckland, "the driver of one of Crump's Stratford omnibuses, and Joseph Dwyght, the driver of Coates's Stratford omnibus, appeared be fore Mr. Henry to answer to a charge of furious driving, when both pleaded guilty. Mr. Henry remarked, that if either of the defendants had been before summoned for irregularities he certainly should have felt it to be his duty to have committed them to prison nithout any fine. He then convicted Curekland in a penalty of 31. and expenses, and Dwyght in 405., and also the ex penses. A commission of lunacy was opened before Mr. Com missioner Barlow and a jury of freeholders, at the Cancnbury Tavern, Islington, to inquire into the state of mind of the Princess Elizabeth Uatherine Louisa Maria Frances Bariatinsky, daughter of Prince Baria tinsky, a Russian Nobleman, when, after due inquiry, the jury found that the Princess was of unsound mind, and had been incapable of managing her affairs since 1830. At Clerkenwell, James M'Grath, the noted prize fighter, John M`Donald, and George Hopkins, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Greenwood, the former prisoner charged by George Fisk, a respectable-looking young man, residing at No. 2. Foster-buildings, St. Luke's, with having committed a violent assault upon him ; and the two latter were charged with inciting the mob and M'Grath to assault and resist the police in the execution of their duty, &c. On the charges being proved, Mr. Greenwood sentenced M'Grath to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction for the assault on the policeman ; and for the assault on Fisk, he convicted him in the penalty of 51., or to be imprisoned two calendar months, leaving him liable to be prosecuted by other parties whom he had assaulted. He convicted M`Donald in the penalty of 31., or one month's imprisonment ; and Hopkins in the penalty of 205., or ten days imprisonment. Hopkins paid his fine and was liberated, but the other prisoners were taken to prison COURT—resIZION.A.I3I6E. The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun are expected at the Clarendon hotel on the 29th inst. from Eglintoun tiS•l, Castle. His Lordship comes to town to be pi.esent at the Duke of Wellington's ministerial banquet at Apsley House, on the 31st inst. Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of the Marquis of Queensbery, it is rumoured, is about to retire from the 2d Life Guards. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondely leave their seat in Cheshire, next week, fur Carlton House terrace. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness, with the Marchioness of Westminster, Countess Grosvenor and Ladies Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Prudhoe, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor and Lady Charlotte Egerton, were present at Chester Cathedral, on Saturday, to hear the performance of the splendid new organ just placed in that venerable building. The Marquis of Anglesey arrived at his residence in Old Burlington-street, on Sunday night, from Woburn Abbey. The following are among the Noble and distinguisned guests at present honouring the Duke and Duchess of Bedford with their company, at Woburn Abbey :—The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Baroness de Clifford, Lord and Lady Uxbridge, the Ladies Paget, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord William Russel!, Lord Francis Russel, Mr. Edward Russell, Mr. and Lady G. Romilly, the Hon. G. S. and Lady Agnes Byng, Lord and Lady Levison, Lord Duncannon, Miss Pon sonby, Mr. and Mrs. Ponsonby. Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford, Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Master J. Byng, &e. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are entertaining a se lect circle at Hornby Castle ; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury are expected to arrive at the castle on a visit to their Graces, from town. VEISCELL.3.NEOIIS. The weather in London has at last become seasonable. On Sunday night there was a sharp frost, with a keen north-east wind. In the course of last night the ther mometer fell seven degrees below freezing ; but as there is little wind no inconvenience is felt from the lowness of the temperature. According to the latest accounts from Dr. Wolff, which are dated Trebisond, Nov. 28, there is every reason to believe that Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly are still alive. The man Barenstein, who said he had witnessed the execution of Stoddart and Conolly, had been proved to be an imposter. According to the resolutions of both Houses of Par liament, a scheme was recently adopted for the promul gation of the statutes, and from a return made in the early part of last session, it appears that, in the year 1841, 4,135 Acts were sent out to public offices, public officers, to cities, counties, and boroughs, to sheriffs, and other persons. The Duke of Bedford and Lord Ducie have both aban doned the Northampton Farming and Grazing Society, on the grounds stated in Lord Spencer's letter. A great curiosity has lately been discovered in the library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A play, on the subject of Richard 111., written in Latin, and ante cedent to Shakspeare. It has l i be rall y been lent to the Shakspeare Society, with permission to transcribe it. The importation of foreign cattle into Hull has fallen off considerably—upwards of one-half for this year, as compared with 1842. In 1843 the importation only amounted to 317 oxen and 3 sheep, while in 1842, 1,685 oxen, 24 cows, 439 sheep, and 253 pigs, were imported. HAMBURGH MAIL. KONIGSBERG, DEC. 28.—The Freemasons have hi therto been considered in Prussia as men who give no ground for suspicion, particularly on religious grounds, and the first Prince of the Royal Family is at the head of their order. The following circum stance, therefore, seems very strange. At Brauns berg, as in many other places, the Freemasons are accustomed to distribute on Christmas-eve clothing and other useful articles among the poor children : formerly this liberality was gratefully acknowledged by the Roman Catholic clergy, but this year the member of the Lodge who provides and distributes the Christmas presents, received a note from the Roman Catholic chaplain and inspector of schools, informing him that the children of the Roman Catholic schools could not appear at the Lodge to receive Christmas gifts. The parents of these children being asked if they would receive the gifts, at first expressed their readiness to do so, but afterwards intimated that they had been forbidden to accept anything from the Freemasons. BERLIN, JAN. 6.—lt is confidently affirmed here that the distinction (or exception) by which the insignia of the revived order of the Swan may be conferred on Sovereign Princes was introduced solely for the purpose of first giving those insignia to Queen Victoria, who is expected on the banks of the Rhine in the autumn. MUNICH, JAN. s.—The Archduke Albert of Austria, who arrived here two days ago, naturally attracts much attention here as the intended husband of Princess Hildegard. He is a very handsome man, and those who have had the opportunity of being in troduced to him speak in high terms of his amiable manners. It seems that the marriage will take place in May, and a month later the marriage of Prince Luitpold with Princess Augusta of Tuscany. BRESLAU, JAN. 6.—His Imperial Highness Prince Alexander of Russia arrived here yesterday, from Dresden, and, stopping only to change horses, pro ceeded on his journey by way of Trebnitz Kalisch to St. Petersburgh. ELSINORE, JAN. 4.—The number of ships that passed the Sound in 1843 was as follows : From the North Sea From the Baltic... 14,947 which is 990 more than in 1842. The English ships were : From the North Sea 1,761 Frcmr the Baltic 3,518 two fewer than in 1842.—Hamburgh Papers. CHARTIST MOVEMENT.—At a delegated meeting held on Monday, in the Hall of the Political and Scientific Institution, 'Turnrgain-lain, in which upwards of thirty societies embracing the metropolis .and sulfiirbs, was represented ; Mr. Cuffey (Westminster) in tke.Chair ; a reso!ution was proposed by Mr. Stalwood (saM mersmith), seconded by Mr. Padderton (Maryle bone), and was carried unanimously with loud cheers. It was to the effect that the meeting re commend each locality to elect a sub-Committee, for the purpose of causing all compound householders or lodgers renting to the value of 101. per annum, favourable to their views, to be entered on the Parliamentary electoral register. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert returned to the Castle from Claremont this afternoon. In the carriage with her 1113jesty and his Royal High ness were her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and also the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting. In the next Royal carriage and four were the two Equerries, Colonel Arbuthnot and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. The third carriage was occupied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and his attendants. _ . _ The Royal party arrived at the Castle at five minutes before five o'clock, her Majesty and her illustrious Con sort being escorted by a party of the Life Guards, under the command of Lieutenant Clifton. The ➢Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Clementina Hamilton, arrived to day at the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay has returned to the Castle. The Viscountess Canning succeeds the Marchioness of Di!uro as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. The Earl of Warwick has succeeded Lord Rivers as the Lord in Waiting on the Queen. Captain Meynell arrived at the Castle to-day, and has succeeded Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe as the Gram in Waiting on her Majesty. Sir Henry Wh,atley has arrived, and will have the honour of dining witn her Majesty. Sir Henry sleeps at the Castle. This morning her Royal Highness the Princess Alice was taken a carriage airing in the grounds adjoining the Castle, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttolton. Sir Charles G. Young, Garter King of Arms, attended in St. George's Cilapd to-day, to surrintend the putting up of the banner 0! the King of Saxony. Ilcr Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge sr- . rived at her residence at Kew, yesterday evening, from the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Princess Marl accompanied the Royal Duchess. Baron Knesebeck lett town on Saturday night for the Continent, to meet their Royal Highnesses. his Royal Highness the Duke-of Cambridge arrived in town on Monday afternoon, from Burghley House, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. The Royal Duke paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester, at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Rev. Dr. Blom berg with his company at, dinner yesterday evening. The Ecclesiastical Commission fir England had a meeting yesterday at the Office in Whitehall-place. The Comtnissioners present were the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishop of London, the Right lion. John Ni chol!, and the Dean of Westminster. Baron de Nieumann, Austrian Minister, transacted businoss yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Gonmittee on Education of the Lords of her Maj-sty's Most Honourable Privy Council, had a meet ing yesterday afternoon at the • Council•office. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Duke of Buccleuch. the Earl of Ripon, Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, th , Chancellor of the Exalts.- quor, and Lord Granville Somerset. The Committee sat three hours. •• Lord Lowther, Postmaster General, transacted busv• ness yesterday at the Home-office. Sir Robert Peel has issued cards for a grand Parlia mentary dinner on Wednesday, the 31st inst., at which the Right Hon. Baronet will read the Royal Speech 0 0 opening Parliament to his numerous guests. Lady Peel arrived in town on Monday evening. Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Colo nies were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial' office. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Those who are very learned in music say that iff• Jullien is only a c l ever m a n ; and, indeed, we can 5 . 91 little more for hi m . B u t hi s c l e verness is of that sort whrl borders very closely u p on g e n ius. It cannot be denied that his variations are f r i vo l ous , y e t th e f r i v olity is rich, racy, and original. You smile at the trifler, and you r smile is the trifler's triumph—he his gained what he sought. In none of his adaptations of the traditional music of the British Isles to the novel style which he has invented, or, perhaps rather, created, has he been so successful as in the " Irish Echos," produced last night for the first time, to an auolience num. bering somewhat near three thousand. It was rathe r startling to hear the " King of the Cannibal Islands humming his euphonious name of " Ilokey, Pokey," &cot in an English Quadrille. But what was that to the Rock s of Killarney echoing " Nix My Dolly" to the sweet and tender air of " Poor Mary Ann ?" The echoes are: 11 3 v naged throughout with exceeding drollery, and ing' nuity, and effect. M. Jullien has quite out-mastered his prototype, the illustrious Paddy Blake, of O'Doneg hue's Waters. Paddy consults only the echo which re ; sponded to his fathers. Jullien has invented a series °I echoes, to which all London will respond for months air months. Mr. Horncastle, in his lectures upon Irish music' tells us that the Rocks of Killarney are bothered when the musician who consults them is out of tune. M. Jul lien produced to us last evening Herr Kcenig's Cornet -a' Piston, and Baumann's Bassoon, which it would certainli bother even the redoulited Ktliarney to imitate. ADEt.AIDE GALLERY. On Monday the orchestra had an unusual accession 01 talent for the promenade concert, and on account o Covent-garden being otherwise occupied there vier! more of Jullien's best men enabled to attend in company'' , Mons. L. Z. Remy officiated as conductor. There wel l several very pretty features in the concert, but the o ne upon which had been placed the greatest strain yeas: "Jullien's English Quadrilles ; they were rapturousli, encored. In the second part of the concert, his " It"Y a i Irish Quadrilles" were equally successful. The entir e the musical performance seemed to elicit tho approbs: Lion of the audience, which was numerous. Mr. Green exhibition of his balloon occupied the attention of the company be!ore the entertainments began, and 1 " Monk Mason's Aerial Machine was suspended from tilt! ceiling throughout the evening. There were other jects in succession to employ the minds of the visttorS,; among which was a lecture in the theatre upon Payne_ Patent Process for the Preparation of Wood. The lee. turer demonstrated the process by the operation of th e air-pump, by which the vessels of the wood can be jtY pregnated with iron, and th:q.ehy retders even copilot* deal incombustible, and imparts to it a durability of we!" , and hat dness of surface, so as to make it capable of ceiving the most brilliant polish. The lecturer show' that the invention wus one of groat importumie to soc iety as regarded preservation of buildings or vessels frit - 1 11 ' re " as well as adding to the strength of timber, and the adoP tation of more ordinary woody for the formation of orna mental furniture. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. e SIR,—In my letter to you of the 10th inst., the re are some errors in the figures which I wish to correct' For .5/. read 51. 11s. For 228 grains read 204 grains. For 600 grains read 684 grains. Jan. 15, 1844. A WORKING MAN% CURRENCY-T FIE SILVER COIN' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Two articles have appeared in The Sun re; lative to the wonderful profit that would arise i_ parties purchasing silver bullion at 60s. per poll% troy, and having this weight coined into 665. O v ue article appeared on the 21st ult. ; the other on t" 13th inst. The gentleman to whom you are il l ; debted for those articles will very much oblige me 13) favouring me with the date of the Royal Prochl: mation, 4uthorising the public to demand the coi neg ; of silver bullion at the Mint; and if he can pro duc such proclamation he will further oblige by s tatill the authority by which parties can demand of t' o f master of the Mint 665. for each pound weig ht silver bullion delivered at the Mint for coinage.. have in vain endeavoured to trace the proclarnatioht to which I have referred. If the public has a Alto to demand the coinage of silver bullion at the 011- to at this time, I consider I have reasonable cause consider that such a proclamation must be in ! i c e istence, as I find the folk)wing enactments in ' 56 Geo. 111., cap 68, sections 9 and 10 :—" and after such day as shall be appointed by oP ee i proclamation issued - by his Majesty, with the aci vi o of his Privy Council, it shall be lawful for any P e T s° o t native or foreigner, to bring any foreign coin 50. reputed coin, plate or bullion of s ilver in IT' ri d molten or alloyed, or any manufacture of silver, i v to deliver the same at the Mint in London, 9 a there melted down and coined into current sit v li coins of this kingdom ; and such silver so bought O f be assayed, and melted down and coined into si ll : coins of a standard of eleven ounces, two Pen n ' o f weights of fine silver, and eighteen pennyweigh ts to alloy in the pound troy, a n d i n we i g ht after the 11,0 of 665. to every pou n d t ro y, w hether coined 'es crowns, half-crowns, shillings, or sixpences, or P ie be of a lower denomination ; and as soon as 1 11 a9. re a, after such silver shall be melted and nss a J t he there shall be delivered to the person bringing : t ie same a sum in silver coins, after the rate of 625. of standard fineness before-mentioned for ever y poun.nip troy; andfor the diminution and charge for assar t io coinage, and waste of all such silver so brought loved Mint, there may be retained at the Mint 4s. for e t he pound troy brought in, making in the whole after rate of 665. for every pound troy."—Section 9. at o " Such sums of 4s. per pound shall be app cg' the expense of coinage, and the surplus, if any, tied to the consolidated fund."- 7 -Section 10. , bo lii° If I am not " mistaken," I guess that the wit“,,fint, ing 4s. out of every 665. by the Master of the Awroor would tend to reduce the profit of 101., whic h . o l 3 ie correspondent states would arise from the operat% co in has described, and that the buying up all the glte and gold bullion, with the silver coin, is not (10 easy a job as he imagines. Is it that I or he is " mistaken r—Youes, 84efilS. Ilfracombe, Jan. 15, 1844. GO RDI __•00 - SIR CHARLES WETHERELL MESINIERISSO't bit" Wednesday evening last Mr. Stone, the " emi llen- re ed rister," mesmerised Sir Charles Wetherell. The leutt bi counsel was advocating the cause of a thief; wi t linet". usual ability, when all at once the Recorder re'''d of his head, and gave evident signs of being in the 1 , 11 „ ° , 33 dreams. " I" said Mr. Stone "hew , P went Mr. J. G. Smith, but Sir Charles ; still 51e13 ,1 1" on e l last be awoke, and his half-opened eyes staf_ e " c oo l "; laughing audience—the very prisoner s miled 4l , e ad"' not help it. Mr. Stone certainly deserves gre i f"' roe" for this triumphant proof of the truth of legal rism. Th —Bris;)l Times. too ntl' e workmen in every branch bf the scissor by facture in Sheffield have commenced the new Ye3r Pura strike for advance of wages. ..e.....p. PH It was