The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

Now ready, In 3 vols., post B vo. , 31 $. 6d. bETTERS OF A GERMAN COU NTESS ; WRITTEN DURING HER TRAVE LS V A ITRKEY, EGYPT, TEE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, NUBIA, Ste., in 1843-4. By IDA, COUNTESS HAHN-HAIM Eenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksel jer___• ______._.__, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DA UGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusigpano, Mr. ;A d olph e Andrea Comaro, Mr. Po ; Moncenigo, Ms. Weiss ; pde Canny, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Comma, Miss roole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinale, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQ UIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. Robinson Cruso Matthews W. y; Harlequin. Mr. Wieland; Clown , Mr. T. ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. ---- ----- THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be periforMed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, shed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Si rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe. ; Tout Coke Mr. Webster ; _Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countesa of Ponlploll. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vestris; NW Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORA MA ; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, F.sq.) a New Dra ma, entitled entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Sonic Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute Mr. Wright;Tugby. Mr. Wilkin. son Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart . 1 Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Huron; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chiekenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which will be repeated a New Farce, called THE COR PORAL'S WEDDING; or, a Kiss of the Bride, in which Messrs. Lambert, Hudson, and Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic t hristmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the King of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Lona. dale ; Clown. Mr. C. JvSmith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San ten. PRINCESS'S, THEATRE, OX FORD-ST E ET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an English Version of the celebrated Opera Buff, in Two Acts, called HE lALIAN ALGIERS. fhe Music by RossinL Mustap h a. TIN Mr. P. Cord ; Linder, Mr. Allen; Taddeo, Mr. LefSei; Help. Mr. Madam/re; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Ceadell; Sidra, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss BrentnalL To he followedir a new Divertissement, called LE SAL ON DE BAL. Prind characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Miss Marshall, Mdlle. engine, M. J. Roussel, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert. To be succeeded by a New Comedletta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic , and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. OtividoM Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Belmar, Mr. Granby; Mbar, Mr. Corsi , Goleta, Mr. W a lt o n ; Claudine, Miss B. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Fosbroke. Manager, Mr. H. L Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, M:=lst, Mr. Edmund BradwelL THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM. LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Widow the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. • THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vinin M ea d o ws, Diddear, F. Matthews , Collier, Emery. Turner, and K eeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss A rden, lflee Greve, and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows. and Stoker, Mies Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with& New Grand Operatic, HistericoL Romantic Pantomingeal. Aurtessre Eatravapansa, entitled V A LEN'IINE AND ORSON—, Principal Charasters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, runner, Kinloch. Yarneld, and Kee'ey , Mrs. Wigan Mat Arden, Miss Fall-brother. Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. The Poi-tidied s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-gerden Theatre. GRAND JUVENILE FETE‘ ASTLRY*3 ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be reated a New Spectacle, entitlei THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race. Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled Neat:4 , 4 Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Sta g e and in the Circle by living F ond real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. bpsom Races ana other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Mete, and entire change in the Feats of Horse. usanship. After which, a Brilliant Military Cavalcade. introducing Thirteen Yereale Equestrians, entitled THE HUNGARIAN BRIGADE; et, Female Cavalry. Te conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, Ued HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, MG. Bradbury ohnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells. Acting Ant stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broedfnot. Ritz.ofrce open from Eleven till Vile. Lessons in the Art • Riding by Ur. R. Smith daily. • DA VifiriCS ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In compliance with the wishes of t he Families, the Pantomime will be perfornted in the middle of the Eyeaing.—Coatnuation of the mast brilliant Success ever known. THIS EVXNINit Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corti (from the Ibeatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier, I ewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Houner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, And Miss. Martin. To be fol owed by an Original Worldly Comte Pantominw, eared POUNDS, NHILLINGS, AND PENC flown E; or, Mr HARI.EQway; UIN Z. S. D. Harlequin , Mr. H. Harve y; , .T. Ricig Pantaloon. Mr. Henry Corti; Columbine, Miss .i.laiter. To conclude with THE WET NURSE. Suppolted by Mews. Neville, W. Smith, , and Lewis Miss Martin, &c. Places and Private Boxes tribe bad of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box :Ricr, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORI A THEATRh. Extraorditury Success of " Marianne: or, The Child of Charity," and the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sun. rorted Dr Mr. o.baldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, I'. H. niggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle , M iss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, MONSEIGNEUR. Monseigneur, the French Jack Sheppard, Miss Vincent. To conclude with a New . Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS • or, The Little Old Woman an d the Demon of the „Yetal Mine. 'Harlequin, M. Chapiro; Clown , Mr. Blanchard; ?antaloon. Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdile Le Vile. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. J AMES'S THEATRE Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to submit a list of the EN. GAGEMENTS, and an outline of the ARRANGEMENTS which lie has entered into fur the ENSUING SEASON of FRENCH PLAYS, which will be commenced TO-MORRO WNI G HT, JA N. 22, and which, he trusts, will be deemed worthy the distinguished Patronage hitherto conferred upon his Theatre. The Season will commence by the Engagement of Monsieur Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes', his First Appearance at this Theatre, for whose performance the popular Plays of " Le Che valier de Saint Georges," " Le Chevalier du Guet," " Pierre le Rouge," " Requefinette," " Pete et File, &c &c., &c., will be produced. Mademoiselle Nathalie (of the Theatre du Gymnase) will also appear conjointly with Monsieur Lafont. After whom, the eminent Actor, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre (who has accepted an engagement for a limited number of Nights wily), and Mademoiselle Ciarisse, will appear, until the close of the .: , ‘eartn at Easter. During the Engagement of Monsieur Fr ede rick Lernaitre, the popular Plays of, " Den Cesar de Ban a n,nd "Roy Blas," by Victor Hugo. as originally performed by him with so much success, will be produced; as well as the last New Piece if the Porte St. Martin, which now excites such extraordinary !nterest in Pane, and in which M. Frederick has performed for Ten consecutive Weeks, entitled " La Dame de Saint Tropez." After Easter, the eminent Actress, Madame Albert (engaged for a few nights only); dill appear in the Two New Comedies of The Theatre Francais, " Une Femme a Quarante Ans," and " Le Mari a la Canspagne," in. addition to " Mathikie, ou la Jalnuie;" and Mare, ou lee Trois Epochs ;" with other favourite Pieces of her repertoire; and will be succeeded by the popular Comie Actor, Monsieur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royale), mho will make his First Appearance in this Country . The Engagement of Monsieur Ravel will be followed by those of Mademoiselle Pleeay, and Monsieur Regnier (cf the Theatre Francais, his First Appearance in this Country). It is intended, at that period of the Season, to produce, under the superintendence of Monsieur Cartigny, some of the finest Comedies of the French Stage. In edition to which, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to announce, that an entirely New Comedy will be produced, written .repressly for the Company by the eminent French Author, Mon sieur Alexandre Minas, who will be present in London to direct the mite en sceneof his New Composition. The Favourite Actor, Monsieur Achard, is also engaged for a few Nights, and will appear in the last New Vaudeville of Le 41yronase, entitled " Babiole et Joblot," by Scribe, " Ywan le Moujick," and other New Pieces, with the occasional Representa tion of some of the most popular Plays of that admired Actor's repertoire. The Season will terminate by the Engagement of Monsieur Amid (of the Theatre du Vaudeville), who will have the honour of making his First Appearance at this Theatre, and during whose Engagement the following Popular Plays, as originally performed by Monsieur Arne}, will be produced :—" L'Homme Blase," " L'Huntoriste," "Lea Gantt J une," "Passe Minuit," " Les Cabinets Particulaire," " Renaudin de Caen," " Le Poltron," " La Mansarde du Crime," " Le Bal du Grande Monde," &c., &c. The Company for the Season will be carefully selected from the Theatres of Paris, including M. Cartigny, M. Oudinot, M. De chauspes (of the Gymnase), M. Masquillier (of the Porte St. 'denim), M. Lienard, M. Tourillort, M. Bizot, M. Bonnet, Mille, Elise Forgeot, Mdme. Croset, Mdlle. Mery, Mdlie, Chaplin, Mdlle. Ozy (of the Varietrs), Mdlle. Andrea (of the Porte St. Martin), Mdlle. Estelle (cif the Palais Royale), Mdlle. Bonval (of the Theatre Francais), Mdlle. Valerie (of the Odeon), Mdlle. Lambert (of the Vedettes), &c., &c., &c. Leader of the Orchestra, M. Berotte (for Twenty Years Second Chef d'Orchestre at the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Directrice, Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot'; Itegisieui,* M. Cloup. The Subscription will be for Forty Representations, which will take place on Mondays and Fridays; the Performances on Wed nesday Evenings will not be included in the Subscriptions, but Sub scribers will be allowed, to exchange either the Monday or Friday Evening for the Wednesday, when they may desire to do so, for the accommodation of their other engagements, an arrangement which, on former Seasons, has given such general satisfaction. Applications for Season Boxes and Stalls to be addressed to Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.street ; Mr. Sams, I, St. 'Ames's-street ; and Messrs. Andrews and Ebers, Bond-street. • . _ THE WEATHER.—►SUN OFFICE, JAN. 21. TaimstostrrEn; Lo*est, 30 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 3023.—W1ND, N. Nora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Iligheet" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair geaerally placed opposite to 30, and Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. ----------- - HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 31 minutes after 0 I Evening ... 55 minutes after I. , . .-',..i .. - 4o S . t, '' -, : „. •.:. , zu.., ' .1 4 46 ', dr ‘(./ 4.4k‘0 4 "'• !",:, Alkik ' *y• ;,,, 4 .:1 . • , ‘ ' , ? i• N vii -110:4111111.101 ',. ".4T *4. 7,... 4‘ :c ..e tib..•,:t" .- 4101 0 0 : 6 ir ''', 44 - witi.'li.''' ..7.11e , , : • _., 4,•• -,.....,0 •I ' telt ' ' *h. , —. 4 0 ' • ' 11 6' A-' 4 - • 44:4:q . I ' . , . SECOND EDITION. eLN f ivntln4 LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1845. The state of the Protestant Church now impera tively calls for the interference of Parliament. The Bishops have been appealed to in defence of the Re formed Religion. The heresies of Oxford, the Popish rites and ceremonies practised in many churches, and the commotion excited among the people by the wicked attempts of perjured men to deAtroy the great work of the Reformation, have all been placed before tluir eyes in vain. Archbishops and Bishops are TOE SU N, LON ON_ TUESDAY EVE NING.J ANUARY 21 1345. alike deaf to the voice of reason, and their own solemn engagements ; they have resolved to march to Rome, and rather than be defeated in their purpose are de termined to risk all consequences. The scenes which have been exhibited at Exeter for the last two or three Sundays reflect the greatest disgrace upon the order of Bishops. Striplings from Oxford imbued with the new doctrines, and looking up to their superiors for patronage, are encouraged to in sult the unanimous voice of the public, to treat with contempt the most respectful and urgent remon strances against a departure from the usual modes of public worship, to prefer the orders, or rather the well-known propensities of their patrons, to the well being of their flocks—and their just reward is universal execration. They are deserted in their churches, hooted and mobbed in the streets, and obliged to appeal to the civil force for protection even in their own houses. The patrons of church livings, the Legis lature, to which the Established Reformed Church owes its existence, and the QUEEN herself, the head of the Establishment, cannot any longer stand by inactive spectators, when the appointed shep herds of the flock have shown themselves rene gades, or incompetent to their duty. Let the people, therefore, throw the Bishops en. tirely out of the question ; let them apply for pro tection to the right quarter ; to the Crown and the two Houses of Parliament, and demand their rights as Protestants. To desert the Establishment or erect free churches would be a great folly and a great sin. This is what the new sect want. Could the Puseyite Bishops only get rid of the staunch sup porters of the Protestant religion, and be at the same time allowed to retain their large incomes and their enormous patronage, they flatter themselves that in time all would be right, that they would speedily assert their supreme spiritual authority, and again unite with Rome to elevate the Church above human laws, and put down that spirit of justice and independence which has ever been so fatal to ecclesiastical dominion. The people of the diocese of Exeter may rest assured that they have the sympathies of all good Protestants, that they will be supported to the utmost by the Legis lature, and in due time shall obtain their just reward. Never, perhaps, in the whole history of commotions in this country, and these are not few, was there ever such a general, a determined, and a cordial hatred of a new sect, as that which now prevails against these wolves in sheep s' clothing. In the lest number of the Dublin Pilot, which is generally regeArded in Ireland as the organ of Mr. O'CoNtsenn's sentiments, occur the following signifi cant remarks, in reference to the recent official com munication from Rome, addressed to Archbishop CUOLLY :—" It is useless in us, Irish Catholics, to say that this rescript is uncanonical, informal, and there fore can have - no influence upon the priesthood, for they will regard it as a private letter of advice from he highest personage on earth, and cannot treat it with indifference. It is not to be concealed, then, that this rescript is an untoward event; and the Irish people should at once dispatch a delegation to Rome, t I lay before his Holiness ,the true state of this coun try, and explain to him how desolate, and friendless, and utterly abandoned • the Catholics would he, if their hierarchy and clergy did . not assist and guide them in their politieal movements. The members of such delegation must go instructed to assure his Holiness that there is nothing licentious—nothing guilty, as in the French Reiolution—nothing rash or imprudent, as in the attempted Polish Revolution — connected with the Repeal movement in Ireland." This delegation of Repeal 'members to Rome—of which it is scarcely to be supposed that Mr, O'CoN NELL disapproves, inasmuch as the project is broached in his own journal, the Pilot—is an ingenious idea, at least so far as it will tend to sustain the hopes of the Repeaters, which are just now greatly discou raged, and keep them in a sanguine state of excite ment until the return of the delegation from its mission to the 'Vatican. Considered in this light, the project, we repeat, is an ingenious ruse on the part of the Repeal agitators to gain time; but no one can possibly doubt the result of the mission ; it will prove a most egregious failure, and will ultimately leave Mr. O'CONNELL and his subordinates in a worse po3i tion than that in which they now are. The POPE cannot, even if he possessed the inclination to do so, rescind the orders which, after much grave delibera tion, he has deemed it expedient to issue to the Irish clergy on the subject of the Repeal agitation. The Infallible cannot confess to fallibility, but must be consistent in spite of himself. Like the laws of the Medes and Persians, his rescripts must be unalter able. But were it not so—were the Vicar of CURIST at liberty to change his opinions as coolly and as resdily as a Bishop of EXETER ; still it is not to he supposed for an instant he would do so—certainly not in a case like the present. For mark the dangerous political precedent he would thereby be establishing throughout the Catholic portion of Europe ! If he once yielded to the entreaties of the delegation, and withdrew his rescript to the Irish clergy, he would be virtually acknowledging their right to interfere in all matters of temporal agitation ; and this ob noxious privilege once conceded to the Catholic priest hood of Ireland, with what propriety could_ it be re fused to the Catholic priesthood of other countries, should they at. any thee imagine their interests con cerned in heading a popular movement against autho rity? It is ridiculous to suppose that . the Pore could ever he brought to concde a dangerous right like this to his clergy, for, it,,aionld be sure, at no distant period, to bring dowo on him, the wra'h of France, Austria, and the. other Catholic States of Europe, who have no notion .of putting too much temporal power into te halm of their priesthood. Then, observe the nature , of the•argaments which the delegation are to address to hiA Tiolifiess, in the hope of flashing conviction:, on * his „ghostly Mind ! Ile is to be solemnly assured that there is," nothing licen tious—nothing guilty—nothing rash nor imprudent I connected with the Repeal movement in Ireland !" It is as innocent as a lamb of mischief; in .fact, it is as moral, well-behaved, orderly, and rational, as it is possible far an ultra-revolutionary movement to be. To be sure, if it could by any remote chance be crowned with success, it would put the sister country into a state of absolute phrenzy from one extremity to the other ; be the means of originating discord, spoliation, and anarchy without end or limit ; de stroy the integrity of the empire ; confound and con vulse all orders of society, and astonish Europe by the mingled folly, rashness, and atrocity of its ex• cesses—to be sure, Repeal, if successful, would do all this; but what then ? These are trivial considera tions beneath the dignity of a patriotic Repealer, whose vocation it is to act as much as possible from impulse, and as little as possible from the dictates of common-sense ! We cannot conceive a richer or broader joke than this proposed petition of the Irish delegation to the POPE, that he—a ruler still more jealous of his temporal than even of his spiritual authority—will be graciously pleased to patronise anarchy, by allowing the Catholic clergy of Ireland to take active part in a great popular : movement which is ultra-revolutionary in its character, and :ends directly to the dismemberment of the empire! Independent of the rumour of the Emperor of RUSSIA'S death, the accounts from St. Yetersburgh for some time have been of a very unfavourable cha racter. Sickness in the Royal Family, it is said, has prevented the usual routine of balls and Court amusements ; rumours of changes in the system of Government have prevailed, and it has even been in ferred that there is a party around the throne more powerful than the throne itself, and fully determined also to assert their power. Of the vast influence of the nobles and their retainers there can be no doubt, and a very striking instance of the fact has been fur nished within the last eighteen months. The EM PEROR, aware of the wretched condition of the serfs throughout his vast dominions, arid anxious to raise them in the scale of human beings, as well tor their own sake as the security of the throne, had issued an ukase, the object of which evidently was to prepare the way for their gradual emancipation. The lords of the soil took the alarm, rebelled against the royal will, and in a very few weeks afterwards the humane decree was withdrawn. Such a display of feeling on the part of the SOVEREIGN, however, could not fail to produce a strong effect; it showed these arbiters of royal destiny th a t th e power , no t the will, was wanting to interfere with th e i r pr i v il eges , a n d led them to believe that, at a fit opportunity, the design might he carried into effect. Have they, there . fipre, ly.en forming scherre-s to ward off the danger, to lay their SOTZBEIGN under restraint, and remind him that he was placed on the throne, not by right of descent, but by their sole will and pleasure ? Judging from past events, and present appearances, 1 there is but too much ground for suspicion. The Eurpatou, it must have been observed, makes all his journics in the most expeditious manner; not one seems to know when he is to leave his capital or when he is to return ; he affords no time for preparing plots during his ab sence ; even when he undertook the important visit to England, and honoured our QUEEN with his pre sence, as little was known of his departure at St. Petersburgh as at London, where every one was taken by surprise. This is one of the penalties which despots pay for what has been called their unlimited power, though it is in reality the power of a system of which the Sovereign is the head. He bears all the blame ; be endures all the anxieties and horrors surrounding a throne unprotected by the lower and middle classes—unprotected, in fact, by any class ex ' cept that which reigns alike over the King and the peasant, and which sacrifices all others to its own selfish interests. He sits on a volcano, and every _ _ symptom of change, imaginary and real, overwhelms him with the terror of an explosion. Even the Emperor ALEXANDER, with all his good and great qualities, and sifter the immense services he had rendered to his country, was placed in this very situation at the hour of his death. The mine partially exploded soon after that event, and the throne was saied only by the courage and presence of mind displayed by his successor. Per haps his turn is now come; but such mystery and secrecy prevails in all proceedings of despotic coun cils, and especially in those of Russia, that nothing like an ordinary calculation of results can be obtained. Two circumstances, however, throw some light on the present policy of the Russian nobles. They are determined to keep the peasantry down, and prevent a middle class, like that in England, from dividing authority with them. It is for the interest of the throne, on the other hand, to raise the in habitants of large towns to importance, to give trade and commerce its due share in the admi nistration of the affairs of the empire, and thereby to form a counterpoise to the influence which weighs down the energies of the most useful classes in the community. The nobles, like the old barons of England, will naturally struggle to the last against both Sovereign and people, and, unfortunately, they have more power now than even those haughty Eng lish despots had at ary period, except when an imbe cile King was on the throne. They possess all the great domains of the country—they possess vast power in the army, and, unfortunately, the army at present is but too ready to be tampered with by their machinations. Peace to Russian soldiers is the greatest of all evils. Both men and officers are, at the present moment, ill fed and ill paid—they are sunk in idleness and povarty—they have had no wars for sixteen years, except the war in the Caucasus, where neither plunder nor glory is to be obtained, and they are naturally dissatisfied with a SOVEREIGN who would not take advantage of the helpless condition of the Turkish empire, when it was assailed by AiiiniamET Am, nor of the intrigues of Russian agents in Persia against the British possessions in India. Peace abroad and tranquillity at home are incompatible in a country so purely military. The soldiers are open to any bidder, and possibly the nobles may be the purchasers• These remarks, of course, are founded only on con. conjecture, for the domestic policy of Russia is in volved in impenetrable darkness. Even the causes of her revolutions, the mode in which an obnoxious Czar is pushed from his throne, and the winding up of a vast conspiracy, which in France or England would astonish the world, are regarded in that be nighted country as matters of ordinary occurrence, and the great body of the people, like automatons, move on again with the new system. S UN-OFFICE, Three o'Clock. The French papers of Sunday have just arrived, but they bring no intelligence of importance. Tuns DAY'S NEWS QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The C, , urt took the special paper to-day, and were engaged in hearing arguments upon the case of the comu'ittal of Mr. 1/ andersol, by the order of the Court of Review, for a contempt. The arguments were of a purely legal character, and would not afford any general interest. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice 'WILLIAMS.) ILLUSTRATED RECORDS. Mr. FITZIIERBERT moved for a rule to show cause why certain pictures, or, more properly speaking, plans which had relation to a patent, should not be struck out of the record, in a case pending before the Court. It was the first time within his knowledge that such ill u- trations had been introduced into com mon-law pleadings. Mr. Justice WlLLlAms—Thriy are intended to illu unlde the pleas, I suppose. Mr. FITZEIERRERT—No doubt, my Lord. But though it is now,the fashion to illustrate almost eyery thinc7, 1 never expected to see legal papers so embel li.sl;d. Mi.. Justice WlLLlAms—Take a rule nisi, and let. the natter be argued before a full court. Ituie granted. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) PARNELL V. SMITH. This part-heard case was re'uined, and witnesses were being examined for the defence when we went to press. INSOLVENT COURT—(TIIIS DAY . (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE JOSEPH HILLYER. The insolvent was the well-known and popular Equestrian who had been so many years attached to the late Mr. Ducrow's company. He described him self in his schedule as a riding-master and theatrical equestrian. Ike insolvent's petition to be discharged was sup ported by Mr. IVoodruffe, and opposed by Mr. Cooke on behalf of Mr. Mayes, who married the late Mr. Ducrow's widow, on account of a large number of horses and a quantity of theatrical property which the insolvent had bought from her shortly after her former husband's death. During a lengthened and searching examination to which he was subjected by Mr. Cooks, the insolvent stated that the last engagement be had was at Fran coni's Theatre in Paris, where he, with his wife, got 81. a week. An action was brought in one of the French courts of law, in consequence of which he left Paris, but returned again. Ile had no property whatever in Paris at present, although he took over two horses and a pony with him when he went there, but he subsequently disposed of them to the proprietor of the Theatre Francaise. Shortly before the late Mr. Ducrow's death he made a will, in which he left insolvent a legacy of 2701.; and on his demise iu January, 1842, he bought from Mrs. Ducrow seven horses out of the stud of her late husband, seven poneys, and a quantity of horse fur niture and trappings, and also some theatrical pro perty. The sum which he agreed to pay for this purchase was 7001., out of which the amount of the legacy left by Mr. Ducrow was to be deducted, and the remainder of the money was to be paid in quarterly instalments of 251. He was unable to read or write himself, but he got some of the members of the company to keep a profit and loss account of the various theatrical speculations upon whirl' he entered. Previous to going to Franconi's, at Paris, he took his company and a portion of his stud to Hamburgh, but this speculation proved a complete failure, and, after a sojourn of nine weeks there, he was compelled to give it up, having lost a large sum of money. He was engaged at the Theatre Royal, in Dublin, by Mr. Calcraft, from whom he got a bill for 1751. in payment of his salary, which bill he was compelled to sell in Hamburgh for 701. Ile also was compelled to sell some of his horses there as well as some of his theatrical property. He was born in Italy, but bad been twenty-one years in this country, the greater part of which he spent in Mr. Ducrow's theatre. Ile had also been compelled to dispose of several of his horses in various places where he had been performing. Ile swore distinctly that he now possessed no property whatever, either at Paris, Hamburgh, or el,ewhere. He did own a house at No. 9, Stangate- street, about fourteen months ago, but during his absence on the continent his mother-in-law paid the rent and taxes, and also supported his children, and both the preperty and furniture in the house, and the interest in the house, was vested in her. Several other witnesses were examined. Mr. CooKE applied to have the case postponed for a week, on the ground that although the insolvent had shown how he disposed of certain property, he had failed to render a satisfactory cash account. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said, although he agreed with the Learned Counsel as to the cash account, yet he thought the insolvent had shown every anxiety to render a full and satisfactory account of his affairs. The COURT then ordered the case to stand ad j.aulted for a week, in order that the insolvent 'eight &le a new money account. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Steward was charged with absconding from the St. Pancras workhouse, and stealing a suit of I I cloth Mes. r. Lee, the roaster, deposed to the fact of the i prisoner's absconding about a week ago, and to his returning to the workhouse as a destitute pauper, on Saturday last, without the workhouse uniform, which he said he sold to pay his debts. He scaled the walls of the workhouse. Mr. GREENWOOD—WeII, what have you to say ? Prisoner (coolly)—I sold the clothes to redeem arti cles of more consequence.—He was sentenced to ' twenty-one days' imprisonment. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) Upon Mr. Henry taking his seat on the bench this morning, a greengrocer, residing in North-street, East-lane, Walworth, applied to the Magistrate for an assault warrant against two men and a female. The applicant said that about half-past nine o'clock last night the female, accompanied by two men, en tered his parlour with a large clasp-knife in her hand, about nine inches in length, and would have stabbed him in the breast but that her aim was fortunately turned aside. The two men and women uttered the most dreadful imprecations against him. There was a crowd of about three hundred persons assembled round his door, and the neighbourhood was thrown into the greatest confusion. One of the men was named Miles. Mr. HENRY said he thought there must be some cause for so extraordinary an assault, but he would grant the warrant against Miles and the female. NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 21.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Montrose, Capt. George Wilson, arrived this morning at half-past six o'clock, A.M., from the Peninsula. Her dates of departure are as follow :—From Gibraltar Jan. 12, Cadiz 13th, Lis bon 15th (no communication with Oporto), and Vigo 17th. Ships of War lying at Gibraltar—Scout ; none at the other ports. Vessels passed—ln the Tagus on the 15th, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Queen. Off Portland, the 'Great Liverpool. Specie on board-14 packages. Four passengers. From the intelligence brought by this packet, it appears that the project of law for the abolition of the foreign conservatorial courts was still under discus ,,ion in the Chamber of Deputies. The privilege now about to be abolished, is to the British residents one of very great importance, inasmuch as it has hitherto been their only protection against injustice and oppression, and that the right of having mixed juries in some, but not in all, criminal cases, is far from being an adequate compensation for its loss. The tobacco contract is likely to turn out a losing speculation. The English transport barque General Palmer, bound from London, with a detachment of Royal Marines for the Island of Ascension, and stores for her Majesty's ships of war at Rio Janeiro, has put into Lisbon in a leaky state. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 21.—Wind at noon northerly, fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.E. to N.E. by N., blow.' ing very hard.—Arrd. Lady Kinnaird, Robb, Calcutta. Sid. Cuba, St. Kitt's, and the outward bound. OFF DOVER, JAN. 20.—Sandwich, Chinn, Demerara, lost anchor and chain in the Downs. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 20.—V4ind N., strong.—Arrd. Blonuedon, Ureu, Ichaboe. FALMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Wind W. to N. violent gales, with tremendous squalls.—Arrd. James Weame, Smyrna; Emily, London, for Cape Coast Castle. Off, Montreal, Blenkinsop, Ichaboe. TORQUAY, JAN. 18.—Arrd. James, for Newfoundland, bore up from lon. 30, short of water. MARGATE, JAN. 20.—Wind N.E., a gale.—Off, Maria, Mureh, Mauritius. RAMSGATR, JAN. 20.—P.M. Wind N., strong breeze.— Arrd. Caroline Pontreux, for Caen, leaky. The Rose ' bud, from Belfast for London, was brought in here last night, bows damaged, leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. DOTER, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.E., strong.—Arrd. Vol tigeur, Bordeaux fur Rouen, leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Wind N. to N.N.W., hard and squally.—Off, Wodan, Batavia. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 20. -- SW. Great Liverpool steamer, Malta. HULL, JAN. 20.—Wind N.E., strong breeze.—The Jane and Mary arrived here yesterday from Dunkirk, after being ashore on the Stale the day previous, and dis charging part of her cargo at Wallfleet. GRIMSBY, JAN. 20.—There is a largo fleet of vessels in the Humber. This morning the vessels in ;Gritnaky Roads weighed and went over to Sunk. Island. Wind strong from E.N.E. to N. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20.—Wind N., fresh.—Arrd. Bru tus, Ichaboe ' • Vella Portena, Pigott, Buonop, Ayres ; Messenger, Laballestier, Macao; Mary Hannah, Brown, Trade Town, Africa, sailed Nov. 30. Sid. Albert, Rio Grande ; Monarch, St. Lucia ; Scotland, Mobile ; Nei• son Village, Savannah ; Sararak, Philadelphia. Off, RobertFinnie, supposed from round the Horn. Put back. Nile, for New York, leaky. The schooner Crusader, rota Liverpool, was totally lost prior to Nov. 2 ; crew saved. FLEETWOOD, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Racer, Collins, Bathurst. CoRK, JAN.lB.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd. Mirian, Lin&ay, Ichaboe. STRONSESS, JAN. 7.—Arrd. an Aberdeen brig sup. posed runt lchaboe. The Eamont, Gavin, .of Gati's• head, from Shtilds to Constantinople, struck on a shoe! this afternoon, and was subsequently run ashore iu Can ston Roads, where she lies hull under water at half flood, but expected to be gut into the harbour without much difficulty. YAnmouTit, JAN. 20.—The John, Renoulf, of and fcr Jersey from Sheild.4, parted her chains this afternoon during a gale at S.E , and camee, ashore on the b:•ach; one man drowned; cargo di,ehatgi7,,g. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) UAT raramatzTa. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4115 s Useful ditto, 41 16s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 5110 s; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 11 124 t. 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 145 to 1/ 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. —Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41 18 s; Useful ditto, 51 to Si 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ 123 ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/ 183; Oat Straw, 11 12s to ,11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 15s to 11 163 per load. Supply but moderate. and trade rather dull. \V ILITECHAPEL.---CORTSe Meadow Hay, 31108 to 4115$ ; Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland _ditto, 51 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 105 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1112 s ; Wheat Straw, 11 128 to 11 15s per load. Both Hay and Straw nitt a slow inquiry, and prices were barely supported. COX , ONXAT.. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been very heavy, only about 300 hhds having been sold at rather lower prices for the inferior descriptions. The public sales havo consisted cruelly of 349 bags Mauri tius, 4,445 bags and 143 chests Bengal, nearly a ll o f which found buyers, but in most instances at a further decline of fully 6d to Is; the greater part of the Bengal consisted of low and inferior quality, unit being mostly in small lots ; affords little guide to the market generally. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Decks was 1,498 hhds, 17 tierces, 71 barrels; and there were taken for home consumption 1,097 hhds, 96 tierces; 168 barrels.. The stock in the same places is 8,048 hhds, 850 tierces, 1,475 barrels. Coyfzu.-1,99 3 bag' Ceylon (chiefly British Planta tion kind), 900 boxes Mocha, and 535 bags Costa Rica were offered by auction. About one-half the Ceylon, and the whole of the Mocha sold, the former at 50s to S Is, a few bags at 51s Cal for good ord to very good ord, and the latter at 58s to 69s for middling to good clean garbled, being for the Ceylon 6d to is cheaper, and for the Mocha a reduction of 3s to 4s. The Costa Rica were all taken in at 44s to 58s for good to fine fine ord colory quality, being above the value. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the Last and West India Docks was 224 puns 173 hlids. There were taken for home consumption 141 puns 41 hhds, and ex ported 185 puns 198 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10,123 puns 1,240 hhds. Rrc3,-1,000 bags Madras at auction were chiefly taken in at Os 6d to 10a 6d for ord to mid white. SALTPETRE.--400 bags Madras sold steadily at 255, and one lot 25s 6d, for 10i per cent. refraction. SPICES.-1,506 bags Malabar Pepper and 586 chests Cassia Lignea were offered b auc tion ; all the former was disposed of at lid to 3Jd for good light (Batavia kind) to good heavy, shot kind, Malabar being in most instances fully id lower. The latter found buyers but at rather lower prices, viz., at 52s to 65s 6d for low mid coarse to good quality. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull at 39s 6d to 40s per cwt on the spot, and Town at 44s per cwt. TEL—Public sales of 20,000 packages are declared. This cheeks business ; the deliveries are good. DEATH OF Mn. CHARLES WILSON BAERR, THE AcTote.—This well-kuown actor expired at a quarter past eleven this ruorliirg, at the Pavilion Coffee- born near the Olympic Theatre. Mr. Baker was in 1792, and followed his profession from an early period. and Mr. lie had been in a declinirg stat e for some months, and rather di pendent upon personal friends t h an relations. 'The his son and andpersonshimdeath daughter, Ilede. ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE.---A new theatre was opened yesterdsy evening in the far east, under the joint management of Messrs. Johnson toad Lee. The interior is tastefully decorated, and in its construction due atten tion appears to have been raid to the comforts and con venience of the audience. The house was well filled,and the entertainments, which considted of a three act melo drama, an interlude, and a pantomime—one of Nelson Lee's best—went off with more than ordinary spirit. An address was delivered,:which reflected credit, it' not on . the poetic genius, at least on the good feeling of the Vie have LU doubt the speculation will ptovu a, paying cue. HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAILS (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, JAN. 18.—The Chamber of Repre sentatives, in its sitting to•day, continued the discus sion of the project of law on the new method of sanctioning, promulgating, and publishing the laws.l Articles 2 to 6 were adopted; the other articles will be discussed on Monday. "We think it proper to mention an interesting inci dent in the last Secret Committee of the Chamber of Representatives ; it was completely passed over in silence in the different accounts given in the journals : " The Minister of the Interior made, as we are told, in this sitting, a very complete statement of all the circumstances which preceded the public debate ore the 19th article of the treaty of the Ist of Sep tember ; among other things, he said that he had a a conversation on the subj-ct with two members of the Opposition—M. Delfosse and M. Leiorrine—that he had acquainted them with the doubts which that article excited, of the means which he reckoned upon to remove them, and of the necessity which he felt of having a secret committee, in which he would acquaint the whole Chamber with the state of the case. The object of the Minister in making this statement was to demonstrate that he had never for a moment thought of making a mystery to the Chamber of the state of affairs. "M. Delfosse, we are told, spoke after the Minister. That Hon. Member said that he might have many reasons to complain of the Minister of the Interior ; but that, in the matter in question, he should never accuse him of disingenuousness or had intentions, and that, at the most, there might have been some want of consideration. M. Delfosse expressed himself in such terms that the Minister was induced to rise, and to say to the Deputy for Liege, with much emotion, I thank you.' " We mention this incident from respect to the truth, and because - it tends to present the result of the dis cussion in a very different point of view from that in which it appears in some accounts before published."— Courrier Beige. BERLIN, JAN. 16.—Mr. Wheaton, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of North America at this Court, has arrived from Paris. The Silesian Gazette says •—" It is reported that the Duke of Leuchtenberg will shortly, on account of the health of his consort, go to settle for some years in a southern climate."--Hanthurgh Borsenhalle, Jan. 17. The Universal Gazette of the 16th and 17th has no news whatever from St. Peter3burgh, or from any part of Poland and Russia. BERLIN, JAN. 16.—The Provincial !Assemblies of the Provinces of Silesia and Posen are summoned for the 9th of February. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BauesEts, J.N. 18. Actual Debt, 2/ per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98% Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto — Ditto, ditto 1840 Ditto, ditto 1844 103 4 Ditto of the City, 1843 Ditto, 1832 Bask of Belgium 6lO -Brussels Papers, Jan. 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 13. 5 per Cent. Bletalliques 4 per Cent. Ditto lOl% 3 per Cent. Ditto 7B Lean,li34 Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares 1621 Esterhazy's Loan 57% RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand Gloggnitz Milan Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. 16. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JAN. 17. Bills. Money, 113 Austrian 5 per Cents Bank Shares — 114 Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate 105% 105 1 4 Ditto Ist series Inscription — 105% Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series Ditto, in Certificate 99 _ New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co 9l / 2 Ditto Stieglitz 9l Spanish New 5 per Cent 2 0 3 /4 Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent — Dutch Actual Debt, 2 1 ,4 per Cent 63% Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 A ng lo-Danish Lear., 3 per Cent 87% 87% National Bank Shares — 'l34 Exchange on London. 1650 Petersburg, Three months — Bremen, Two months -Hamburg Borsenhalle, Jan. 16. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIS, JAN. 16. Bills, Money St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent lO O l /2 99 3 / 4 Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Ct Exelange on London, 2 months -Universal Prussian Gazette, Jan. 17. • . • - ALARMING FlRE—This mornin g about half-past five; a fire, at first of A n alartaingcharacter, was dis- ' covered by one of the constables of the F division of police, raging in the workshops at the back of Mr. Mver's musical instrument warehouse, situate 63, Char lotte-street, Fitzroy square. The constable alarmed the inmates, and as soon as they opened the passage doors the flames from the workshops rushed ,by the back windows into the first floor. The Wells-street, Crown-street, Soho, King-street, Regent-street, and the Baker-street fire brigade engines were soon on the spot and arrested the flames just as their progress was extending to the second floor. The injury done therefore is confined to the destruction of the workshops and their contents, and to very great ilanittue done to the furniture on the first floor. The farther mischief by eater, and removal is tritlin except what happened from that joint cause to the valuable effects of Mr. Jack mm, silversmith and jeweller, residing at No. 62, moat door. DARING BURGLARY AND CAPTURE OF THE BUR. GLARS.—Ort Fliday hrt, near midnight, a inoet during burglary is as effected at the French Horn, public-house, Gererd's- cruse, near Beaconsfield, in the ocoupation of Mr. George Yowell. It appears that the thieves obtained an entrance into the front of the her, immediately underneath. the window, by removing a sufficient quantity of the brick work, to admit the body of a man. Having thus effeeted adinieSion into the pre mises, they proceeded to the larder, where, it appears, they regalee themselves most sumptuously, as most of the cooked victuals were missing. They took also from thence two flitches of bacon, a consideraele quantity of cigars from boxes in the bar, and a quantity of liquor. So plentifully did they imbibe the strong drink in the landlord's barrels, that before they had made the requi site preparations for their departure they became some what noisy, by which proceeding they disturbed the slumbers of the ostler, who watched their movements, and followed them a little way down the lane. One of :the party had one of the flitches of bacon upon his back, another carried a flitch in his arms, and the third car ried the rest of the plunder. All of them being in a state of intoxication, and the ostler having observed them, on their road towards Fulmer, place their loads behind some ricks of corn, and then lie themselves down beside their plunder, he hastened to inform the consta bulary before daylight, when Mr. Larkin, the high con stable of Buckinghamshire, sergeant Roadnight, and constable King, sallied forth to meet the marauders. They came up with and captured them near to Long bridge ; and en Saturday they had a hearing before Sir William Wiseman and Sir Thomas Dagrell, Esq., at the Court-house, at. Uxbridge. The magistrates immediately ordered that the three prisoners,whose names are Samuel Tunnard, Robert Ball, and Robert Shoppee, should be at once taken to Beaconsfield, where they were conveyed. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIA TION.—Last evening the fourth annual general meeting of the members and friends of the above association was held at the London Tavern, which was very numerously attended. The chair was occupied by G. Thomas, Esq. The general and financial report was to the effect that the managers congratulated the meeting that no un toward circumstance had occurred during the past year, up to the close of which no death had occurred among those insured—the number of whom was 110. The amount of the funded stock of the association was 3,7551. 7s. 61, including 1,6001. invested within the last year. The annual premiums were 1,6631. Bs. 5d.; divi dends, 1021. 14s. sd. ; from which, after defraying the current expenses, a balance of 2421.25. 2d. remained at the bankers ; making, with the funded property, the whole stock of the association 3,9971. 9s. Bd. The annual subscriptions, from the large bonus which had been given. for three years, would now close, and the society be thrown upon its own resources. The managers and officers having been duly elected, thanks were awarded to Thomas Baring, Esq., and J. A. Smith, Esq., for their valuable aid and support, and also to J. Alexander, Esq., for his liberal donation of IQOI. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Yes terday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, a man of colour, named George Luntin, cook and steward of the ship James Eastrie, Captain Bilbery, was going to the bows of the ship hen his feet slipped and he fell overboard and sunk. The vessel was shifted from her moorings and drags were procured. In about fifteen minutes the body was recovered and conveyed to the bath-room of the dock, where there is as excellent ap paratus always hi readiness for the resuscitation of per sons apparently drowned. The body was instantly un inersed in a hot butb, and other means were used to restore animation, which were persevered in for some time, but unfortunately not with success. Dr. W. Bur man was in attendance while the apparatus was in ope ration, and nothing was left untried to restore the un fortunate deceased. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACGO.—It has just been communicated to her Majesty's Commissioners of Excise that a most extensive seizure of tobacco has been made by Mr. Davison, Supervisor of Excise, near Ski g ness, Lincolnshire, on its transit to Horncastle. It had been landed from contraband trading vessels that fre quent that coast, and placed in carriers carts, in pack. ages, representing various articles of merchandise and furniture. So well arranged were the plans of the officers that they succeeded in capturing the whole of the booty, amounting in all to nearly three tons in weight, with the horses and carts used in conveying it to its des. tination. It is scarcely necessary to add that no person has come forward to claim the property, which will be disposed of by her Majesty's Commissioners at their usual sales. T EE GREAT BRITAIN.--The Great Britain steamer will leave Kin gread next Thursday evening, for London. A vast number of persons will be on the look-out for h e r st Moyle, Eit. Ives, the Lead's, god, and Ward.. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEA S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The prices of Cotton at Liverpool. yc sterday, were well supported, and the trade bought 7 , 000 bales, con sisting of 1,000 Egyptian, at 51d to 71(1; 300 I'daranliain, at 4FI to Od ;100 Bahia, at 51d to 51d; 60J to 700 Surat, at 24d to 31d 1 and American, at 31d to 3d per lb.--There was a large business in Shares, at firm rates. Birmingham and Gloucester, 105 ; Ca ledonian, 5/ ; Chester and Birkenhead, 37 ; Dub lin and Cashel, 10-i ; Churnet Valley, 4/, 3s. 9d. ; Eastern Counties, 194 20,1; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, OR. 11. 7s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 1 - ; ' • Grand Junction, 2 32 ; Ditto, Halves, 116 ; Great North of England, 1501 ; Great Western, 178; .Ditto, Fifths, 404 ; Kendal and Windermere, 41 ; Lancaster and Car lisle, 251; Lancaster and Preston, 471 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 391 1; London and Birmingham, 238 240 ; Ditto, 321. Snares, 414 42; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 28:1 294 ; London aid Brighton, 52 5 2 1 ; London and S ou th-Western, 791 ; Ditto, New, 131 4 ; London and York, 4/ 1 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 551 56 ; Manchester and Leeds, 131 132 ; Ditto, Halves, 57 571; Midland Counties, 129 1311 ; North British, 10i; North Union, 148; Sheffield and Manchester, 100 1001; South- Eastern, 49 502 ; Ditto, New, 201 211 ; Trent Valley, 101 ; Lyons and Avignon, 24 21. 1 ls. 9d. ; Rouen and Havre, 244 25 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 84 ; Northern of France, 54 6; Boulogne and Amiens, 5. There is an appearance of increased activity this week in the produce markets, but the business doing is, and no doubt will continue to be, almost exclusively for con • sumption until the Government has laid before Parlia ment the further tariff alterations, which it is reported to have in contemplation. Money is very easy, and as the uncertainty and full supply checks s p eculation in produce, Stocks and Shares are very generally resorted . to. The Funds are today rather brisk. Co nsols foriin mediate transfer realise 100 1 t o 1004, and for Time, 1001 to 1004. Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 555. to 575. premium, and India Bonds 71s. to 735. premium. Bank Stock is 212 to 2121, and India Stock 2874. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are quoted at 1041 to 1044, and the Three per Cents. 1004 to 1004. The Government broker is a daily buyer. south-Sea Stock is 117. Time bargains in Spanish Stock seem to have been renewed with some vigour within the last day or two, and the Bull party seems in the ascendant. The Five per Cents. have been up t o 281 and 281, and the e Fi ve per Cents. to 40i and 41. Portuguese Converted Stock is firmer at 60 tol. Colombian Bonds are 144, and Brazilian for Account 901. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. bring 631 to /. The Railway Shares are lively again, and the old lines are still on the advance in some instances. The Churnet Valley, Cambridge and Lincoln, and South-Eaotern, are very buoyant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO% 8 per Cent. Consols Anns lO O l / 4%4 104% 1 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 3-16 India Stock P 87% India Bonds 1, 0001 7l pm. Ditto under 1,000 1 74 pm. South Sea Stock ll7 Ditto Old Annuities 40 0 14 Bank Stock 213 Consols for Account India Stock 288% EXchequer Bills. I %d. I%d. 1,0001. 500/. ... ........ - ..... ... Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... •.. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. 14% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted 60% 60 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 2 B lO Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 6A Ditto Deferred .. l7 Ditto 3 per Cent . PO% 41 40% Ditto for the Accounts .40% 41% 40% Dutch 2% per Cents PRICE OF SHARES AT' ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Linco ln Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley - 2 Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 ,4 5 % 14% to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1 . 31 to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 64 ...... to Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Great North of England 100 to Ditto Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto Fifths Harwich 1 Hull and Selby London and Birmingham ...100 235 t o o 237 London and Blackwell 1 6% 7 3 / 44... o London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Greenwich ...... 12% l l l4 to London and - South Western.. 41 ...... Ditto, New 2 ...... 14 ...... to 13 London and Croydon ' Y to London and York... ..... ...... 21A •.... 4 1 44 Midland 100 ' 133 132% to 134 Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 lOO Newcastle & Darlington ;i unc. 24 ...... 65 Newcastle and Berwick North British Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 15 1 % 1 4 to 14% Ditto New Shares 1 Rugby Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21/ 3, .to South Devon... lO ...15 14 15$ to 15 South Eastern aid Dover ... 33% ,494 48, 4 to 47 3 4 Ditto New ......4: South Wales. , -2% 3 4 14 . 2. to Trent Valley .... 2 Yarmouth and Norwich ' 20 - -to York and North Midland ... 50 ill -, to 113 Ditto Selby Scrip 2O - .. to Ditto, Extension - to 15 FRENCH. RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Yetis and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 4414% ... to — 1 Paris and Rouen Strasburg and Bale l4 - bI#NCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 20.—Prices continue to advance, and there has been an immense amount of business done : Eastern Counties, Perpetual, ...19 3 / 4 %% 20% 20 20 1 4 Ditto, ditto, No. 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow. New Quarters 2 34 Lancaster and Preston, New Shares, 6% Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares 5 4 37 London and Birminzbatn, Quarter Shares 2B London and Brighton 52 London and South Western, New 1 3 1 44 Manchester and Birmingham e 551 14 Ditto Quarter Shares 5 /4. % Midland Railway Consols Ditto Preferential 9l Ditto 40/. Shares • 3 SA 4 Preston and Wyre l B si South-Eastern 5O Ditto, New Shares Ditto New Creation ••• • • 18 1,4 Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus 3 1-16 Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesh. Junct., 71% % Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley 4% 11-16 Leeds and West Riding Junction i 4% London and Worcester, Oxford a nd Rugby 418.6 d. 2% 2 1 London and York 4 1 4 4 Manchester and Buxton Trent Valley 9 % 41, 10 West Yorkshire Great Northern of France 6 5% wrap, 6 24 THE VACANT COMMISSIONERSHIP IN BANKRUPTCY, --Rumour gives the appointment to Mr. Sergeant At cherley, who has several times gone the circuit f sr judges, or to Mr. XV hateley, the Queen's Counsel ; but report adds, that some of the country Commissioners have pro mises of being advanced to London as vacancies might occur.—Times. THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—We are happy to say that the Earl of Mornington was somewhat better yesterday evening, but still it is extremely doubtful if these favourable symptoms can continue. Dr. Prout is, in conjunction with Dr. Copeland, attending on the noble sufferer. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester, and most of the leading nobility, sent or made personal inquiries after the Earl's health yesterday. Lord Fitzroy Somerset was at the Earl's yesterday some hours, and the Hon. Lady Mary Begot and daughters remained up to a late hour last night with the Countess of Morning ton. The noble Earl had passed a better night on Sun day, and it was on that account he was considered im proved. It cannot be disguised that the noble invalid is still in a very precarious condition. • We understand Sir Robert Peel has recommended for the appointment of Queen's Proctor, Francis Hart Dyke, Esq., a son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart., a gentleman of 20 years' experience, and extensive practice in the profession.— Times. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 17.—N0 im provement has taken place in our sugar market, either as regards prices or demand ; the sales since our last are very limited, and the former currency is about supported. Ruin dull, and rather easier. In Molasses there is nothing doing.—. Bristol Mrocurg. GAS Exnr.osioN.—Between two and three o'clock yesterday morning, an explosion of gas took place on the premises of Mr. 'l'. Johnson, of St. Anne's-place, City road, chronometer-maker. The building in which die business is carried on had been only lately erected over some old arches, which were seldom resorted to by the present proprietor or his workmen. The main gas-pipe passed through these arches, where it is conjectured the gas had accumulated, owing to escape from some defect in the pipe. On entering the vault, one of the work men, named Collett, in searching fora piece of veneering, thrust a candle into an old water butt, causing the in flammable gas to ignite with a loud report, and forcing up part of the flooring of the workshop for several feet round the spot where the explosion took place. Part of the roof was also damaged, and the window frames on that side were much sa tt e red. Collett, the man who entered the vault, is much scorched about the face and bands, but is in a fair way of recovery. He was found in the vault, lying on his hack, wholly insensible, having been knocked down by the explosion. YARMOUTH.--TUE LATE MURDER.—It has been currently reported that en „ of ice murderers had con fessed; this we have the beet authority positively to son . scliet.—/ pa wick Repress. OTAHEITE. Extract of a letter from her Majesty's s hip Ca d rss' fort, off Otaheite, July 13 , 1844 :—" We arrive fig{;, here on the 11th, after a long p a ssage of forty isvn' days from Valparaiso, owing to light win d find here the Salamander and Basilisk. The are in arms, and have confined the French to 01 sp mere strip of land adjoining the harbour Papeete, about five or six mi l es in length by perhaps an average breadth of half a mile. half-armed poor creatures hav e had one severe, ressors ; and several partial actions w ith their opp in the first, the French sto rmed and took a native fort, at a sacrifice of some 65 men hor s de comba lrn t, while the natives' loss is estimated at perhaps 200 °I all the smaller actions the natives have not eorke second best, and the French have in killed and woondele upwards of 250 men. In a partial engagement which took place between a party of natives and the rear guard of the French troops, one of the mission ative ries (Mr. Maean) was accidentally shot by n' Ile died on the instant, and has left a moat amiable wife with two children to lament h im. I had, able wife here before, formed an acquaintance with him had ripened into a degree of intimacy, which gave roe' opportunity of estimating the value of his pur n e talo powerful mind. His religion was not p ut on, either was it introduced unseasonably in conversation b u t a ihe man more enthusiastic in the cause for which be laboured, I think it would be hard t o find. -As la c few as we are capable of judging, I shou ld say that were found better prepared than my lamented se quaintance. The rest of the missionaries have been obliged to leave their stations and assemble in Papeetee —all their labours for the pr e sent ended. Inde I am afraid that, under any circumstances, the poor tlieis deluded natives will never be broug ht back te former comparatively innocent state; and the O il : ' sions will have a most u phill task for th e non ten or twelve years, to eradicate the mischief, by the French. Poor Pomare, the ex-Queen, after being on board the Basilisk for protection 510.,ne the 30th of January, (only fourteen days Mt% the Dublin left the island), embarks on boa r% the Carysfort this day for the small 'island of n°lll Bora, the king of which place was formerl y her has' band, but divorced; the natives of this place will, Ilia ° little doubt, take good care of her, and she will then be more at her ease and less exposed to vexatious in" terference; it would have been impracticable to hol e kept her on board a man-of-war, as she expects to be confined shortly. She is a most superior woman (foq dual-savage that is), and has kept up a dignity in *5 her transactions, though placed in such very aiffi cu circustances, which has surprised every off, She still trusts implicitly in the interference , England on her behalf, and shame will it be to if we prove unworthy of the trust. The French hsre a frigate of 30 guns moored in a harbour on S.W. side of the island, with rous e d i n up to her tops ! dreading these roused islanders ; ,ss is a frigate of 64, and a steamer of 6 guns in Pare,' and about 1,000 men - landed at the latter 1 0 ' 4 and strongly entrenched. They have declared the selves in a state of siege—no boat moves after se ve A.M. ; no one is allowed to s lee p on shore belonginsot ? o, the ships, and they are harassed to death with g usr &c. 'The insurgent natives last week came down tit some force to within a mile of the village, and Tiro, the Roman Catholic priest's house, which cost inut e ; Crapaud in building, some 2,0001. sterling. sk,,l t° ,r6c, ther they are sick of their colonies in the Kato which have been considerably more trouble than 1:'1;c8 to them, and would, I believe, be very glad t°:%se orders from Europe to resign them.—Devoep or ` legranh. CONTEMPLATT ED TARIFF REFORM. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) An important document has just been printed. G l a n d fifty copies of it have been issue d from the press, of these are said to be intended only for the mensherstb, s's i I the Privy Council. The do cument is of great let and forms more than 200 folio p a g es. The objee it is to show the operation o f Sir Robert Pore ta It contains statements, in colum ns, of the Cil°olo receipts upon each article importe d for each oialso four years preceding the ne w tariff. it contains riff a similar statement of the recei p ts since that% :ode came into operation. The adv ocates of free trade will rejoice to learn that the gross receipts for 6 1 t he under the new tariff exceed those of any other n' four years accounted for by one hundred pounds. The receipts upon some articles of f the a re ludicrously illustrative of t he absurdity eoarB duties levied. Some articles ha ve y ielded not wore than twopence, and several have not yielded tail,' than sixpence or a shilling. The document On e p ot a separate classification of all articles which ha i v it 0 40 ., yielded to the revenue one hundred unds, s l T e re' i n timated that the duty upon all oft h ese will i' commended by the Premier fur abolition. A ; 0 0' further reduction upon the tariff generally 5 it; templated, and the various classification s of artie:,enes the d ocum ent referred to, intimate that great 'll the are contemplated, although they affo rd no chie t OOO O Premier's intentions. The greatest secrecy 1135 I , l o o sl observed with regard to this important paper , „11, 4 ; which Sir Robert Peel, no doubt, intends to , i. b 9 : o e i g tariff alterations for the ensuing session.--Ciir" O . ' I THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRA— BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced. 3 er Cent. Consoln New VA per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1 4 :7' India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001. Bank Stock for Account 213 Consols India Stock for Account 28 8 42 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., WO 55 /71 1 ' Ditto 500!. . Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. C:ilumbian..Bonds 6 per Cent...... SHARES. tO7 Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid ........ • -, r 61 ; 0' Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid ....................... ' 4 4 Bri , tol and Gloucester, 30 paid - ............... CawAionian, 5 paid ................. 5 • Churnet Valley, 2 paid •• ; Cornwall, 3 paai ..• .. . - Direct Norwich, I paid .• Dublin and Galway, 2 1 /, paid .................. Eastern Counties, 2:i ••• 1' Eastern Union, 10 paid ..... • 6 ,01 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid .................. 014 : Ditto Quarter Shares, 12% paid ............iu 11, , Great Southern and Western (Ire land), 5 P 3 s' ) /•'t .) Ditto Extension, 2% paid :....................•. • I P Great Western, 75 paid •••'' . London and Birmingham (Stock) ... •........ • 4,4 3! Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid ........ ..• ...... 5!%-(k London and Brighton, 50 paid ..................... 4,1 ', London and York. 2 1 / 2. paid • ................. • • , 3 Lynn an d 1 1 ,4 paid ............................ .• 1 31 1 , Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid .. ............. " 14 1° " Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ...... .• li t Midland, 100 paid ... .............................. Ditto New, 2 paid .............................. ••, New.ris;.!e and kerwick, 1 1 / 2 paid ......... ••• North British ' 7% paid .......................... • Olt% Northern and Eastern, 45 paid ................... •• •0 Ditto Scrip, 30 paid .......................... •••"- Rugby, 1 paid ..................................... •••• 4S 4 South Eastern and Dover, 33 paid .•••• •••• South Wales, 2 1 / 2 paid ........................ •••:'' York and North Midland, 50 paid ............ Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 20 paid ........... •••• 5 FRENCH RAILWAYS. • • 514 Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid .............. ••••• , 0 ! Great Northern of France, 4 paid ........... ••' 4 4 1 4, Paris arid Orleans, 20 paid ................. ••••"' 4 Paris and Rouen 20 paid ... . ..................... •' O le SALE or PIGEONS.—An extraordirltritooll' pigeons, comprising almost every descriptiou;oerelo estera ut the Auction Mart, ma rlu ing tol; o r y under d the y direction of Mr. Bryant, o f ysir ; s ' l The birds, which numbered altogether t he r. peared in excellent feather. The prices ,;r Fso i ried from half a crown up to three guineas P i a almond cock and black kite hen, rare a s ) 1/ 0 00 . birds, (couples) were knocked down jet , 6 ; an o f pair of almonds, sold for 2/. 10s. hen, brought two guineas, and lot 12 6 , $ r , black carriers, ran up to three gu ineas. ruer I°,clo SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF TrIV ,I"A”,, SoPHIA MATILDA.—The sale o f the enes" o ryo i Royal Highness the Princess Sophia lodge'do take place to-morrow, at the Ranger's, tooftsprott heath. Great competition is anticipate' co saf n of sons anxious to become possessors of th e v rese" of vertu and bijoutkrie, many of which Wer e 1 .,,‘ the deceased Princess's illustrious re m /at: 7 ; 3 % l l' c l i o p O v i ty l :` Naw DINING-ROOMS FOR T HE I ye I f e io.,o HOUSE OF CommoNs.—Workmen are eil l Y o , o the'„ up the new, rooms as dining apartments beiiscot of the House of Commons, BeliarnY'S C °le .... e. ftre (1 009 , f been pulled down. • The new apartme.nell b 5 l 8001:114, Members' entrance, they are apprnaelAitions,o4o to a lobby on the' top t:f the house; an a‘,, 00 , ' o 'o4 to the Hollis has also been formed tr_tioitA. with a waiting-room with a staircase un! n 7 t 11 0 ;t # the.WY.' I V A reg fe : c le o OPC I # ACCIDENT TO MR. GuLLT.--;‘'.--- OC C' D elo b l that Mr. Gully, has met with a SetO ti hre e, rowly escaping with his life. Aholitite y et *" 10 ii e . ; after returning from huuting, ana while t `,,` .°l) , et os) red coat, he entered a lair, in in g 0 0 „ luckily tied up by their heads. li a :pre, tp the animals, as be had often don e b ;er th eir e enraged, reared up, got him down 11/3 1 , 4 ,f0re h o oAP o t t h ,/ inflicted a severe wound in his thigh i `: s ely cued. Fortunately they were sO their necks, that they could not use their The consequences would have been such did effect were far from agreea ble, t' 3l % ,e. 00 1 13 13 ' fined their victitn'to his bed for sortie liet o i t We have heard with satijaction ..teoleuGnool.:o 1° Ministers have made such an ar,r a t e : to f ind crease the income of Mlle. cle,so ss ",,liftrof being equal to that which she en./ Do ke o,"utrOrtioe time of his lute Royal Highness t e _ll 111 , 1 o f .I, 6 . je ra ta, ,jo f oe REDUCTION or RENTS.--r ri b ) ; COl: dr i f t t his recent audit, with a praisewe A .a„e the welfare of his tennitry, o° 0D cent. to be made on the viiiole vP- Qua tenants in Staffordsbira .. 3 :~ i..' ill t I th . ie zt( ) et. -4, rnps "I 1, 4,0 :I/ A t as A i st 0 14 4, 1 ;/ 'lv:.