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THR sinv i ow . n o 14, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, v. 415, endurance and:the exercise of manly patience he might have overcome the sufferings under which he laboured ; but the poacher's vocation supplied him with a ready means of subsistence, and he could not resist the tempting opportunities which it throws in his way. In a word, he fell a victim to the facilities which the game-laws afforded him of becoming a rogue and vagabond. Verily these laws are a disgrace to the nineteenth century, and it will never be well with the vast mass of the: labouring' population till they are wholly and for ever erased from the statute-book. The last news from Otaheite, though not destitute of some features of novelty and interest, does not present any aspects upon which we deem it expedient at present, to offer any observations. But, though further discussion may tend to prolong angry feelings between the Governments of France and England, it must not be anticipated that the violence which has been offered by the French authorities to the native Princess who has appealed to our protection, and the insult which has been cast upon the dignity of the British nationality by their injurious treatment of Mr. PRITCHARD, will not very often be turned upon the wrong-doers, in the shape of a self-recorded case of political delinquency, which, like cases of moral delinquency, is sure in the end to entail upon the actors in it, its own punishment. Our present purpose is simply to express an ardent hope that the British Government, warned by the disastrous conse quences of such anomalous interventions in the affairs of remote, and barbarous or semi-civilized countries, as have signalised their shilly-shally, would-and would-not treatment of New Zealand and Otaheite, will turn its most prompt attention to a general revi sion of the whole condition of those scattered settle ments, which it has but recently acknowledged by specific acts of sovereignty, or which it still leaves to the same ambiguous constructions of possessory or non-possessory title, that in both hemispheres have been of such fatal development. We take leave rapidly to name a few, a very few, of these doubtful or " no-men's" lands, as to which, if the principles were to prevail that have been followed by all the other maritime nations of Europe in scores of instances, the title of our flag to paramount and primary authority cannot be questioned, if it be specifically and at once asserted. The exigencies of our com merce, and the political defences of our broken range of transmarine and colonial dominion, make this assertion an affair of momentous interest and in describable importance. The eighty or ninety years' postponement of the boundary line between the conterminous frontiers of British North America and of the United States ;—the north-eastern and north western lines of demarcation—the rights over the Oregon territory and the mouth of the Colombia River—the New Zealand districts, over which the title of aboriginal owners is not, and those over which it is, alienated or defeased :—these suggest a few of the more modern exemplifications of the luxury and safety of undetermined rights, unascertained titles, or unsurveyed possessions. 'We should like to know in what condition and under what settlement the lands, once the property of an African Association, And afterwards transferred to this Government, now are, on the Gold Coast ? Is there no conflict of pretensions between ourselves and Holland, or Den mark, as to any portion of them ? Do the stipula tions of our treaties with the Sovereigns of Ashantee and other neighbouring Powers expressly recognise us in the possessions we virtually hold ? Are our settlements on the Senegal Coast altogether aban doned ; or, if not, are they in private British hands ? Have the pretensions of the French in the Portendic affair been finally conceded, since Dr. LUSHINGTON retired from the House of Commons to the Admiralty tribune ? Do we retain any hold on the valuable gum trade, of which it may not be proposed, from a deficiency on our part of diplomatic recognitions, some fine morning, by one of the two French Chambers, to deprive us under the force of a string of " resolutions," after the fashion of Mr. President Trx,sa's management ? Has Portugal been left without a loophole through which to rake us in our possessions on the eastern and south-eastern coast of Africa, where she still affects, in her political decrepitude, to trace the footsteps of her more vigo rous youth of maritime enterprise and discovery ? On the southern coasts of America, do we mean to retain as Crown possessions, or do we intend to aban don, the Falkland Islands, whose ill-understood value is a refitting and refreshment station for our navy About 80 years since, nearly victimised us for the purposes of Spain, practising on our ignorance or our credulity, our apathy or our rash ness ? Is it intended in the Indian Archi. pelago to allow Holland to affix the seal of pro ,cription, stamped by our own unaccountable acqui ~ s cence in her crafty policy, on that decree of virtua ?xclusion by which she has so far succeeded in shut ting us from the richest markets in the Eastern World, after all that our courage, capital, and ad- venture had opened and accomplished in these lati. tudQs during the last three centuries ? We shall re• turn to this subject on the occasion of entering into some examination as to the operation of our existing treaty with the Netherlands' Government, of the year 1824. We believe it to be a subject that, if not easonably entertained, will be forced on the attention that the monarchical and representative system is the 'personification of perfection. Men have been found to bend the knee before the constitutional fiction which elevates the royal person above the sphere of parties, which raises it over every ambition, and which ren ders it infallible, because its action is never felt. But we find from the Ministerial journals, that a number of Conservatives voted for M. BILLAULT because they imagined they would please the KING by so doing. It follows, therefore, that the Chamber, far from being independent of royalty, is at its orders." The discussion on the Address was to commence in Committee, it was understood, on Monday. M. Gun(); Marshal SOULT, and Admiral MACICAU, would attend the Committee to reply to questions and furnish documents. The debate in the Chamber will commence about the middle of next week. The Presse has an article on the probable result to France of the trade with China, which, as will be seen from the following extract, is not considered favourable : " The information furnished by the Special Commis sioners sent to China, as to the probability of finding markets for our produce, is not of a nature to justify the hopes of the French merchants. The monopoly of the most important articles of manufacture appears to be secured to the Eng.ish and the Americans, with whom it will be difficult to contend in the supply of white and unbleached calicoes. The exportation of muslins and cambrics has been tried by the English, but has not suc ceeded. Our woollens might find a better chance of suc cess, but even that is not certain, because the Chinese prefer cotton, which they wear single in summer and wadded in winter. The Russians, moreover, have mo nopolized the Chinese markets for cloth. Our printed calicoes might perhaps find a market if our manufactu rers could reduce their price. Until the present mo ment the Swiss have been in possession of the markets for that article. In the year 1843, the Americans ex= ported 1,000,000 pieces of unbleached cotton. That amount was nearly doubled in the year 1844. In April last the warehouses in the interior of Canton were over loaded with British and American manufactures. We may conclude from the information received that the Go vernment does net expect much advantage from the ex pensive expedition sent to China. Thus are confirmed the doubts we expressed on the departure of M. La gren4o." On Sunday the Three per Cente. were done a TOXTONI'I at 85f. 30e. THIS DAY'S NEWS SHERRIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY BRETTON AND ANOTHER, V. FENTON. This action was brought to recover the sum of 161. 165., for goods sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to defen dant under the following circumstances. In the course of November, 1844, the defendant or dered of a person of the name of Jackson, one of the present plaintiffs, a number of dining-room chairs, which were to be delivered to defendant on the 13th of the same month. The plaintiff Jackson desired the other plaintiff, Bretton, to make these uhairs, and to deliver them to the defendant on that day. On the plaintiff Bretton taking them to defendant's house, however, he (defendant) refused to pay for them, on the ground that it was from Mr. Jackson, and not from Mr. Bretton he had ordered them. Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, and it having been proved that the goods were ordered of the plaintiff Jackson, and not of the plaintiff Bretton, the jury, without retiring, found a verdict fur the defendant. The Court rase shortly after ono o'clock. CRIMI NAL COURT.—(THIS DAY) OLD COURT. (Before the I?moaDER.) William Hunt, who our readers will recollect surren dered to his bail yesterday, was this morning again placed at the bar. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was charged, upon two indictments, with having, on the 12th of March last, at the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, forged an undertaking for the payment of the sum of 1,7391. 10s., with intent to defraud Thomas Rogers. In a second count of the indictment, the prisoner was charged with uttering and putting forth the under taking, well knowing it to be forged. The pri soner was also charged, upon a second indictment, with forging an undertaking_ for the payment of 400 L, with intent to defra u d Thomas Rogers. OR the prisoner surrendering yesterday to his bail, upon the ap plication of his counsel, the case was postponed to this morning, the counsel for the prosecution stating that it was uncertain whether they would be prepared to pro ceed with the prosecution. On the prisoner being placed at the bar this morning, the case was postponed till next session, in consequence of the injury received by one of the witnesses last Friday by a kick of a horse, render ing it impossible for him to attend the court. The other cases that came before the Court during the morning were totally unworthy of any special report. E IV COURT. ' (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT and Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL, &c.) Ann Harley, a middle-aged female, was charged with feloniously receiving, and in another count with steal , ing, eight pair of shoes and four pair of bouts from car , tam premises. The evidence showed that the house in question bad been locked at three o'clock in the afternoon, and that it was broken open, and property stolen from it, before the hour of eight. The prisoner was observed coming from that direction and carrying a bundle. She was de tained, and the boots and shoes charged in the indict ment found her. She stated that the property was her own, and had been brought from home. Mr. PsyNE, in a very ingenious defence, contended that as the prisoner had been committed from Clerken w ell Police-court for the felonious receipt, it was alto gether unfair to insert the other count as an after thought, and in these circumstances he prayed the jury to dismiss it altogether from their thoughts. There had not been a tittle of evidence adduced to prove the charge, and therefore he considered that the prisoner should be discharged. The COMMON SERGEANT, after examining the indict ment, said there was:Bo pretence whatever for the charge of feloniously receiving. He did not say that the prisoner might not have been assisting to rob the premises, but it was natural to infer that the person upon whom the stolen property was found wus the person most likely to have done so, but that under the circumstances he would leave it to the jury. The jury found her Not Guilty. Catherine Driscoll was charged with feloniously steal ing from Henry Ilubbock, a sailor, the sum of 6s. 6d. The sailor had got drunk, and the prisoner, to use his own phrase, "had towed his hulk into port," and there robbed him of the sum in question. The case was clearly proved, and the young lady, who bore not the most estimable of chaiacter,, was transported for ten years. Several cases of petty larcenies were then disposed of. Elizabeth Witfins was charged with unlawfully dis posing of the body of her dead child. The prisoner had been an in-patient of St. George's Hospital, and under treatment for a diseased limb. On the 3d December the body of a deceased child was found in a box by her bed-side, and it was discovered that she was the mother. No evidence was adduced to show that the child had been born alive. The Learned Counsel for the defence contended that there was no evidence to prove that there was any inten tion of permanently concealing the body of the infant. The box was an open one ; it was close beside her bed, and therefore the most natural course for the prisoner under these circumstances was, to place the body where it had afterwards been fuund. There was nothing cri minal in this; and he trusted, therefore that the jury would discharge her from her present painful position. —Not Guilty. Sarah Seville was similarly charged, and also dis charged. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) George Prince, a bone•collector, Catherine Waley, and Mary Junes, described as residing in North-street, Lock's fields, were charged with coining. Police-constable, P 28, stated that from information which he received, he went yesterday evening to the prisoners' lodgings, which was in a small back room in North-street. On going up stairs he suddenly opened the door, and saw the male prisoner with some coia in his hand, which he attempted to place in his pocket, but which the officers prevented, and the prisoner was secures. On searching the fire-place the officers found some coin ing implements. The male prisoner said, " Aye, you have found all you will find, which, I suppose, is suffi cient for your purpose." The prisoner Waley said that she had only just come in, and had nothing to do with the coining implements. Mr. lIENny ordered the two female prisoners to be removed from the Court, and asked the male prisoner what he had to say to the charge ?—The male prisoner (Prince) said Waley had nothing to do with it, and that lie found the implements en a dunghill at Lock's-fields. The two females, on being again brought into Court, were asked if they wished to say anything, but they declined. Mr. IlEsnr asked if the police knew anything abou the prisoners 7—The officers said the whole of the pri. soners were well-known characters. Mr. HENRY said the prisoners must be remanded unti, Saturday. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) William Mariner, a weather-beaten old tar, was charged with being found lying drunk in the public street. The defendant received his pension on the previous day at the l'ay-office, on Tower •hill, and afterwards be came so intoxicated that he fell down, and was found lying on the pavement insensible, and his pockets turned inside out, having been plundered of the whole of his quarter's pension. The defendant's account was that ho had been robbed of nearly all his money, but still he had a " shot left in the locker." The policeman said he had not a farthing about him when he was searched. Defendant (giving his trowsers a hitch)-oh, yes, I " bolted a sovereign when I found the land sharks' about me, and I expect that I shall have it safe and sound by and-by."—(Laughter.) Mr. TRAIL L di sc harged him, rem arking that he hoped he would discov e r the sovereign be had swallowed without sustaining any injury from such an experiment. PAISENT TO AN E DITOR . -- The editor of the Devonport Telegraph acknowledges the receipt of a barrel of ale from a brewery in the town as a Christmas-box, the excellence of which is, of course, duly testified in grateful terms. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities loop 3 per Cent. Consols A n n s loo' New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12 1 / 8 India Bonds 1,000/ ... pm. Ditto under 1,000/ . 75 pm. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 1. , .id. 14d. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account ... 34 1 4% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1640... Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 6 53 Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto for the Account PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lOl Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Claurnet Valley Cornwall : Eastern Counties Great North of England 100 Ditto New Shares Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and Blackwall 16% ,.. • -. 1 ?c; to -- London and South Wester n .. 41%...... 77A to Ditto NewConsolidatedBths 6 London and Croydon London and Y0r . k........ ...... 2 1 / 2 .. 4% 3 4 to Manchester and Leeds Ditto 4 Shares Midland Newcastle &Darlington June. 24 North British Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 --;...... to 13% Portsmouth Direct t 11 Richmond and West End J uric. 1 2, to Rugby Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 2'4 to South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 / i i 40 1 4%... to York and Nord'. Midland ... 50 Ditto i Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension Wei... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen. Strasburg and Bale ..... -.. 14... ll% to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 6.—We have had a fair business doing, and prices steady. Churnet Valley, 4 ; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 31s. 6d. ; Great Northern of France, 6 1-16 ; West Yorkshire, 6 ; Manchester and Leeds, Six teenths, 5; Ditto, Half Shares, 55i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 53 ; Midland, 401., ; Barnsley Junction, ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, ; Blackburn, Barnsley, and Accrington, 311 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 3i ; London and York, 4i ; Sheffield and Lincoln Junction, 18s. 6d. ; Huddersfield Canal, 19g. FLUCTUATIONS IN STOCKS.—It may be a desirable feature, as a matter for future reference, to give the highest sad lowest values of those British Stocks that have been quoted in the past year. They are as follow:- 1844. Highest. Lowest, Consols Reduced Three per Cents lOl ... 971 New Three-and-a-Half lO4/ ... 101 Ditto Three and. a-Quarter Exchequer-bills India Bonds 9B ... 71 Ditto Stock 290 ... 272 Bank Stock Spanish Fite per Cents 2B/ ... 211 Ditto Three per C e nt s . Portuguese Converted 6l ... 43 Mexican Russian Austrian Brazilian 91 73i _ Dutch Two-and-a-flalfper Cents. 64i ... 54 COAL PROM PEAT.—We are informed that, by the application of a chemical process, an ingenious party has succeeded in the conversion of peat into coal within a short period of time. If the works of the great laboratory of nature, perfected during centuries, can thus be performed by art in a few weeks, it will indeed cause a great social and national revolution.—Literary Gazette. BECCLES.—OPENING OF THE CORN EXCHANGE.--- Our market-place, " which centres in a spacious area," presented a deserted scene on Saturday last, in conse quence of the announcement of opening the Corn Ex change having been publicly made known. This neat and commodious building, we are happy in stating, was at four o'clock well filled with merchants, traders, and farmers, connected not only with our own town, but others from Bungav, Ilalesworth, Lowestoft, &c., lent their aid in the stirring business of the day. We believe we are right in stating that each stand was engaged by two occupiers, thus proving the desire ableness of this long wished for and excellent improve ment. The projectors will thus see a prospect of being amply repaid for their spirited speculation. The borough band attended and played the National Anthem at the commencement, with many favourite airs. This build ing, which has a noble external appearance, is equal in length to our well known and spacious Assembly-room, and considerably wider and larger ; bronze gas chande liers are introduced, and when the appropriate furniture, ornaments, &c., are finished, it will vie with any similar public edifice in the county. Perhaps at no former period has there been more corn exported from our town than at this period.—lpswich Express. TILE GAME NUISANCE.—" The mercenary spirit engendered by legalising the sale of game, has reduced our English country gentlemen to the condition of poul terers. —Duke of Pentland. His Grace might also very justly have added, that many of our English country gentry have, by this game mania, reduced themsel ves t o legalised poach er s. Poaching is odious, but the system pursued by very many of our noblemen and gentlemen is equally odious. The Act of Parliament passed for legalising the sale of game was to enable such of the aristocracy to become " poulterers " as were mean enough to take up the trade, for nothihg less time a trade is made of surplus game, and that, too, at the cost of the farmers. The Duke of Hamilton continues confined at his mansion in Portman square, by an ophthalmic complaint, The Noble Duke has orly quitted his residence twice since his arrival from Bath. 4 53.1 MONEY AND COMME it &L NIWS aITI, QUARTER TO TEIREE. There was a moderate demand for Cotton at Li ver pool yesterday, and prices were supported: Sales 4,000 bales, chiefly American.—A moderate business was d one in Shares, but prices were not quite so buoyant : Bristol and Gloucester, 39 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 391 a ; Dublin and Belfast, 5 ; Eastern Counties, 15 1 4; Ditto Perpetual, No. 2, 235. 6d.; Glasgow and Greenock, 11/ ; Grand Junction, 2271 227 ; Ditto, Quarter, 564 ; Great North of England, New, 61 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 14 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 381 ; Direct Northern, 24 ; London and York, 414 ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 465. 3d. ; Churnet Valley, 44 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth, 5 ; Midland Counties, 115 ; Ditto, 401., 51 ; South-Eastern, 414 ; Ditto, New, 144 ; Paris and Orleans, 444 ; Paris and Rouen, 404 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 ; Northern of France, 64. It is achnitted, in all circles connected with the ship ping interests of the country, that the guano trade has been a most seasonable source of employment for no inconsiderable portion of the vessels of various ports which prevously were lying idle. London, Liverpool, Bristol, Dundee, Hull, &c., have all participated in this comparatively new branch of industry and enterprise. As respects Hull, the circular quoted yesterday has ' on the subject of the guano trade the following re marks :—" In the past year, being the first in which direct imports have occurred at this port, the supplies amount to about 4,000 tons. The trade, contrary to what might have been expected from the known enterprise of the agriculturists in this part of the country, and the ex tent to which every description of foreign manures is used, has not yet assumed that importance here that it has at some of the other leading ports. Still, however, its consumption is on the increase, and it probably only wants a season favourable for its application (which the last, from the long drought) was not, to cause it to be otttensively consumed." The stocks in the port may be calculated at about 1,200 tons. The price, which in the spring was as high as 104 per ton, has since the com mencement of the direct import, varied from Si. to 71. per ton, the present quotation being 6/ to 7/. per ton. There are accounts in the City this morning from the Mauritius to the 15th October. Money is described as being very scarce, the Banks having been rather dis posed to contract than to expand their issues. There is not any other news of moment from this or other colo nial possessions of the Crown to-day. The meeting of the holders of shares in the Colonial Bank, held this afternoon, was, on the whole, considered as a favourable one. The expose of the Directors as to its affairs, compared with previous reports given by the Court of Directors, is more satisfactory. Heavy losses by failures, and the large robbery (12,3501.), have, for the last two or three years, cramped the operations of the banks connected with the Corporation in the West India Colonies ; nor for the present is there any very sanguine expecta tion entertained that things, as respecting the Bank's pro fits, will materially mend, trade being represented in the accounts received yesterday by the steamer as dull, though the crops looked well. Tne Funds have been again somewhat drooping, as there are sales made in the Three per Cents. by holders who have only waited to take their dividends. Consols have been 1004 1 for Money, and 1004 4 for Account ; Bank Stock is 2114 ; and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1034 to 1044. The Three per Cents. Reduced bring 1004 4. Exchequer-bills have remained at 655. to 635. premium. There is a very dull market for foreign Stocks.— Spanish Actives are 271 1 ; the Three per Cents., 3614; and the Passive, 61 ; Mexican Bonds are 341 4 ; Aus trian realise 1131 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 634 to 64. The Railway Shares are also very quiet, but prices generally look firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21 1 1% • ,so 7, SHIPP3 - NC-(TI - IIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind, southeriY brecz and clolidy. DEAL, JAN. 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W.. fresh.—Arrd. Magniu u ,, Johi,son, Mani;ia ; Atkin-on, Calcutta ; way Lass, Ramsey, and Louisa Buithe, Itcnington, De merara ; Pandora, Honduras ; Marys, Forrest, Berbice; Sarah, Bayley, St. Vincent ; Auguste and Julius, St. .bomingo, for Hamburgh ; James Caskie, Virginia ; Ottawa, Montreal ; Gem, Athelstone, Elisabeth, and Wallace, Quebec ; Betsey, Rio Janeiro ; Dream, Iclia boe and Cork. Put back, Lavinia, fir Honduras; Planet, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W. S. W.—A large steam-ship arrived in the quarantine ground at dusk; particulars unknown. TORBAY, JAN. s.—Arrd. William Stoveld, London, for Port Phillip. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd. Alexandria, Deans, Ichaboe. Sld. his Neapolitan Ma jesty's steamer Vesuvius, Batavia. Off, Sarah, Demerara. The Agenoria left Ichaboe 29th Oct., and reports that the barque Isabella, of Preston, drove foul of the Agrip pina, of Scarborough, Dundee, of Dundee, and two other vessels, carrying away all their bowsprits. PENZANCE, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Sld. Agenoria, Ichaboe. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 6.—The schooner Mary Ann, stranded on Seaton Snook, has been got off, and in here to be repaired. The Eleanora, on the Sands, near Hartlepool, has been sold, and is being broken up. YARMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Minerva, Steele, of Mon trose, from Aberdeen to London, which was ashore near Mundslay yesterday, has been got off, and in here leaky, cargo discharging. WELLS, JAN. 6.—The brig Stafford, Lowther, of Sun derland, for London, got ashore between this port and Blakeney, but came off on the flood, after throwing about forty tons of cargo overboard, and proceeded. CORY, JAN. 4.—Arrd. Brazil packet, late Shannon, An tipua, with loss of rudder, boats and bulwarks, and mas ter and second mate both washed overboard, having been struck by a sea. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Fatima, Wilson, Calcutta and Mauritius ; Alhambra, Colchester, Hope, Providence, and Thomas Harrison, Ichahoe ; Magistrate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Panope, Matthews, New Calabar ; Don, Liverpool, Rio Grande ; Laura, Dumbull, Bahia, Nov. 21 ; Cumberland, Per nambuco; Standard, Demerara ; Princess Royal, Hayti; Marmion, Johnson, Jamaica ; Horatio, Labanon, Ha vannah ; Pearl, Campbell, Tobasco ; Kyanite and Lord Anson, Laguma; Colombo, Cann, New Orleans ; Byron, Mobile ; Rockall, Savannah; Lochinvar, Alexander, mad General Parkhill, Charleston ; Eliza Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Lady Falkner, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick ; Cuba, Montreal ; Mersey, Quebec ; Mary, West, Newfoundland. GLOUCESTER, J. s.—Arrd. Nero, Miller, St. An drew's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT, JAN. s.—Arrd. Maria, Coregall, Quebec. OFF SEAFORD, JAN. I.—Arrd. Concordia, Surinam for Amsterdam. OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 3.—Cares, De Boer, Ha. vannah for Rotterdam. CONWAY, JAN. 3.—An Irish sloop from Newry to Liverpool is sunk off Ormes Head ; crew saved. NIARYPORT, JAN. s.—The St. Georg€, Halliday, from Dublin, is aground on the North Bank. SHIELDS, JAN. 4.—The Thetis, of Dundee, from Cardiff, is aground on the Middle Ground, but expected off without damage. CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Mary Mechlin, De merara. CORK, JAN. 4.—Sld. Heywood, Africa. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—The Kingston, from Ichaboe which was ashore in the River, has been got off. 5. Sld Prince of Waterloo, Bombay. Off, Maid of Mona. ABERDEEN, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Volant, Ichaboe. HULL, JAN. s.—Sld. Jefferson, New York. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) UAY MARRETS. SAlrrriFlELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs t• 41 15s , Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 111.5 s to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 17s; Useful ditto, 41 18s to Si 5s ; fins Upland ditto, 51 6s to 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s; Wheat Straw, 1/ les to 2/ per load. Supply but moderate, and trade tolerably steady. WILITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 41165; Useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to 51 lOs ; Clover flay, 41 108 to 6/ 4s; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to 11 178 ; Wheat Straw, 11 17s to 11 194 per load. The best Meadow hay moved of steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was extremely dull. AN AMIISLY(I PRESENT FOR THE NEW YEAR. In portions of the Metropolitan Counties, them cse. Ives, :sow ready, in small Bvo., price 105. 6d., elegantly bound, gilt edges, with a Portrait of t author, an.' an Illustration by Phiz, especially in parts of Middlesex, Kent, and Surrey, TH E COMIC MIS C E L LAN Y a system of slovenly farming, which would scarcely FOR 1545. have discredited the primitive practice that may have By JOHN POOLE, Esq. " Author of " Paul pry.- prevailed under the Heptarchy, still attests the " This is a book of the season, tasteful to the eye, inviting to the hand. It is filled with comicality, displaying keen perception, ori- baneful influence of this "a s y ou we r e " p r i nc i p l e . ow humour, and a deep knowledge of the human heart." — Court A better and a brighter day dawns upon us. Geo- Journal. " All who love mirth, served up with a neatness which is becom- logical chemistry opens an inexhaustible treasury of lag rarer and rarer in these superficial times, and seasoned with more sense than is to be found in many an oration, cannot do better , really " useful knowledge" to the practical agricul than buy ' The Comic Miscellany' by way of board and fire-side pro- turist. Chemical anal sis detects and develos new vision for the year just come in."—Atheneum. ype Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. principles of fermentation, new combinations of gases, and new modes of extracting ammoniacal salts from various substances hitherto unapplied or unknown for the important purposes of manure. In the foremost rank of those illustrious contemporaries, foreigners and Englishmen, to whom agriculture is most largely in debted for its improving prospects, we recognise the admirable LIEBIG. He has approved himself the chemist of the soil. But let us be just to our own countrymen. If COBDEN had not " read " his poli tical lectures to our landowners, the land would have derived no benefit from the chemical experiments and discoveries of LIEBIG. The political economist first wrought the conviction in our agriculturists, that they must devise securer bases to rely on for their future incomes than the average yield of the land, under the existing system of tillage and dressing, and exist ing and burdens prices of produce, would continue to give. When they had once been induced seriously to ponder on this conviction, the chemist of the soil demonstrated by what means that yield might be so largely and econoraically increased as to go near satisfactorily to achieve the desired object. But in other quarters, Mr. L. Fox, of Yorkshire, Mr. W. PITT, of Lymington, Sze., have shown how enormous a saving may be accomplished in the aggregate of seed wheat annually sown in England and Wales, and how in conceivable an increase may certainly be derived from dibbling the corn at given and regular distances. We entreat the agriculturists to persevere in the wise course of careful observation and experiment upon which so great a body among them appear to have embarked in good earnest. But they will greatly err if they stop short at these improvements of system and processes. Let them be up and doing for the re moval of such substantial grievances as they endure from the game-laws, and the preservation of game' Let them learn to see through the one-sided conces sions of selfish landlords—who offer, like Sir R. PEEL, to abandon their high " taboo" upon hares and rabbits on the express understanding, however, that the phea sants and partridges shall still be maintained, like the Prxterian cohorts of old, in a sort of fortified camp—by the insolence or legalised impunity of a particular body of men, who care nothing for the sacrifice of human life and liberty which follows on the practice of poaching—poaching being the inevita ble consequence of game-preserving. Let the agri culturists look to the county Members, and insist on their procuring the repeal of those obnoxious laws, under cover of which, as a Wiltshire correspondent of the Times has lately proved, a farmer may be sub jected,iay pheasants alone, to the destruction of grow ing crops to the extent of 250/. or 3001. a year. We would fain hope that if the tenant farmers succeed in pushing these social as well as professional improve ments, we shall hear no more of their emulating, in their turn, the tyranny of some great landowners (who are also game preservers), towards them, in straining the law to its utmost severity of tension against the wayfaring pauper, or the wandering men dicant for purloining a turnip or burning a faggot. These are moral ameliorations in which we feel at least as much interested as in those material ones, upon which they will soon have so much reason to congratulate themselves. This day is published, small 4t0., with a Portrait of Napoleon and (,f the Dute of Wellington, price Two Guineas, handsomely bound, N APOLEON : an Epic Poem, in Twelve Books. By WILLIAM RICHARD HARRIA. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera Serla, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moncemgo, Mr. Weiss • Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss ftainfortb. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequirude, call. d PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOK. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown , Mr. 'P. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. H owe ll ; Columbine, Miss Carson. _ _ The Box:othce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six an the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes Stalls, Places, aad Tukets may be had on application t o M r . John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD BEADS AND YOUNG HEART& Colonel Rocket Mr. S; rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; The Countess of I oirpion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthori, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ilennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a (Iran,/ MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. TOR IA L TOUR 1N S WITZERLA ND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and Ono Guinea and a.rialf each. tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, frim Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direttion of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated ' by special permission of Charles Dickens, Eaq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some 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 ; S.r Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, Mr. Huthon ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which: NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bed ford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE ; or, Harlequin and the King of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons dale ; Clown. :Ur C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San.sers. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Paintor, /Ir. Pitt; Leader of the Mr. Mellon.—Box-chrice open from Elevon till Four. Private B ',cos to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack ; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton ; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling To be followed by a new Divertissement. called LE SALON DE BAL Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Miss Marshall, Mdle. 'feresine, M. J. Rou set, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert. To b.! sirceeded by a New Comedietta, 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 Extravaginza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Otindotf, Mr Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr liranby; Riber, Mr. Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. stage Manager, Mr, Hi I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, is. ; Pit, c...!5.; Galle Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. tid. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Bd. Private Boxes, rwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. Ilium Boxes, Two Butneas and a-Half. Doo rs t o b e opened at Half pist Six and the Performances to com mence at S even o ' clock. "fhe Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am Private poxes and Foe Admissions for the Season to be had at the Tleatre. HKATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS Will be repeated THE CHIMES EVENING A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, Matthews, Collier ' Emery, Turner, and K ee l ey; Mi ss W a l cot t , Miss Arden, Bliss Grove, and 'irs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO AAA RR v, Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker M•ss Arden. and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Histaricil, Romantic Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, furner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mr+. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, :Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADM ISSlON.—Baicouy rsoxes. 4i.; Upper Boxes, :is. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony IRxes, ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, lg. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier !'t , olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second ['ler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Jinxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea, Tne Eox.oficei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tiim of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent garden Theatre. Nightly Overflows t, the Grand Christmas Holiday Noveltie<, and I reble Rotation of Entertainments at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race_ Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled Natimal Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stag( and in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. EpsOm Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse niansh ip. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Slack Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Cl own , M r. T . B arry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradloury. lcting and stage..m.inager, Mr. W U. iltoadfoot. lux-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. The intolerable injustice and oppression of the game-laws are at length—as we hinted the other day —beginning to be acknowledged even by the great landowners of the country, the majority of whom, thinking of not Ling but their own selfish amusements, have hitherto maintained them in all their rigour. "In addition," says the Aylesbury News, " to the names of Dr. LEE, Sir H. VERNEY, and the Duke of BEDFORD, we have now to add that of Sir THOMAS COTTON SHEPPARD to the list of those common-sense landlords who have taken the only proper step to wards putting an end to the game nuisance. One (lay lately upwards of six hundred hares were shot in some fields on the latter gentleman's estate at Thorn borough in this county ; and the worthy Baronet has given his tenants unlimited permission to defend their property in any manner they may think proper from the ravages of the game. There will be no more preserves in the neighbourhood of Thorn borough." This is a good beginning, and the example of these liberal landlords will, WO trust, be promptly followed up by others of the nobility and squire archy. Sir R. PEEL, to his credit be it spoken, was among the foremost to set the fashion of this dis interested line of conduct by publicly stating, a few months since, at an agricultural dinner which he at tended at Tamworth, that if any of his tenants could prove that their crops were injured by the ravages of the various game in his preserves, he would that instant give orders for them to be destroyed whole sale. As this was quite a volunteer declaration, which none of the neighbouring farmers called for, and, ap parently, none of them expected, we doubt not that the Right Hon. Baronet will be ready and willing to put it into practice whenever its necessity is made manifest to him. Probably, indeed, the destruction of his game has already commenced, for hares and pheasants are notoriously active and diligent foragers, and it cannot be but that they must have inflicted a world of mischief on the crops in the neighbour hood, since the Premier, with a considerate regard for his tenants' interests, made his gracious declara tion in their favour. Few people, except the initiated, are aware of the enormous amount of damage that is annually done to the farmer by the game in the ad jacent preserves of the squire or the lord of the manor. Scarcely are the seeds deposited in long parallel lines in the prepared soil, than the pheasant, with that keen instinct which a healthy appetite im parts to the brute creation, artfully scratches up the earth, and gorges to repletion on the seed from which the farmer—unconscious, perhaps, till too late, of his loss—hopes to derive an abundant crop in due season. Not less active are the hares and rabbits among the tender young shrubs and turnip-fields, so that the luckless farmer has not only to contend against the Proverbial fickleness and vicissitudes of our change able climate, but he has also to make head, as best he may, against the certain annual losses inflicted on him by the crowded game in his landlord's adjacent preserves. Should he indignantly remonstrate against this last visitation, his remonstrances are, in too many instances, treated with aristocratic indiffe l) AV i DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season ! A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, and Delight!! ! Toe First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New!!!! THiR EVENINiI Witt be repented THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or. The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr Henry Corri (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, It Hoarier, Lewis, Heston, and Seaman, Mrs. R Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin Alter which, Herr Joseph Gouldsmith and Marie Gouldsmith, from the Teatre Berlin, will perform most wonderful Gymnastique Feats on the horizontal corde and miraculous evolutions, suspended by a double rope. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, , HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN Z. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places a Pri vat, Soxes to Le had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. 4Ece, from Eleven , Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Extraordinary Success of " Marianne; or, The Child of Crime," and the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Su, rortvd by Mr. Osbaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Mks Treble. After which, the laughable Drama. entitled WILFUL MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT COD LANS • or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the Metal Mine. ' Harlequin, M. Chapiqo ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard ; Pantaloon. Mr. Coney ; ColumbiMe, Mdlle Le cite renee ; and nothing is left him but the humiliating conviction that he must continue to submit without a murmur to his losses, should he desire to retain pos session of his lands. But if the game-laws are in jurious to the farmer, to the poor defenceless la bourer they are absolute destruction; both in a moral sense, and as regards his prospects in life. Let us take an individual case in support of our assertion. Suppose—and the supposition is no improbable one— a young, industriously-disposed, married day la bourer unable for weeks together to obtain regular work, from the distressed state of the farmers in his neighbourhood. For some time he continues to pick up a precarious subsistence by doing such odd jobs as chance may throw in his way ; but at length even this scanty resource fails him, and he has nothing but a hateful, soul-degrading workhouse standing between him and absolute starvation. Meantime the fading cheek of his wife and the increasing cries of his chil- dren for food drive him, into: a fierce frenzy of despair ; the proud, manly sense of right by which he was up to this moment distinguished breaks down beneath the heavy pressure of misery; and after a bitter, protracted struggle between his conscience and his necessities, he sullenly betakes himself to the poacher's hazardous trade; and if he escape being shot in: a conflict with the squire's gamekeepers is —almost as a matter of course—discovered, tried, and committed to prison, there to herd with the very dre bof society. Adieu from this fatal moment to all sense of pride, self-respect, and justice in the breast of the doomed labourer 1 The fallen humanity within him is never again uplifted. C ons t an tly haunted with a bitter feeling of degradation, this very feeling plung es hi m st i ll deeper into error— all the nobler instincts of his nature, one by one, give way—he becomes reckless— desperate—abandoned ; and, most probably, finishes his brief career in a penal colony or on the scaffold. Yet this man—but for the cruel temptation which the game-laws throw in the way of poverty—might still have continued a worthy member of society ; ley COLONIAL. SVOAR.-The market for British Plantation is with out animation, about 500 hhds having been sold at rather easier prices. The public sales have only offered 2,451 bags Bengal, which chiefly found buyers at previous rates, but being principally of mixed qualities and in small lots, it affords little guide to the market generally. The quantity of British Plantation imported into London last year was 84,933 hhds 10,986 tierces, against 82,827 hhds 10,429 tierces in 1843. The home consumption last year was 84,056 hhds 10,998 tierces, and in 1843 85,151 hhds 10,476 tierces. The importation of Havunnah fell off last year, that of Mauritius increased, as also of Bengal. The consumption of Mauritius was larger, but of Bengal scarcely so great. The stock of British Plantation, on the lit inst., at the port of Lon don, was 13,799 hhds 17,777 tierces, and at the corre sponding date of 1844, 13,416 hhds 2,056 tierces. The stocks of nearly all other descriptions show an increase. COFFEE.-The market has been very quiet. The quantity of British Plantation landed at the port of Lon don last year was 5,735 hhds 6,177 barrels and bags, being an increase on the previous year. The consump tion was 5,434 hhds and 3,461 barrels and bags, being a falling off. The stock is 3,516 hhds 3,724 h =els and bags, against 3,742 hhds 1,419 barrels and bags at this time last year. The consumption of Foreign has in creased to some extent, and that of East India was larger, but the quantity admitted at the 9d duty was much lower. Stocks in general are larger. Rum.-The quantity landed last year was 16,882 puns 3,932 hhds, against 20,896 puns 7,621 hhds at the' same date in 1843. The stock on the Ist instant was ! 12,572 puns 2,242 hhds. The consumption last year:: was 10,423 puns 2,584 hhds, against 10,951 puns, 3,009 hhds in 1843. The stock in January, 1844, was 15,365 puns 3,216 hhds. TEA.-The market is steady, but the deliveries are not yet so large as usual. TALLOW.-P.Y.C. is rather dull at 408 to 40s 3d per cwt on the spot, but Town has improved to 44s per cwt. COAL IVCARICET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 21s ; Buddle's West Hartley, 20s 6d ; Carr's Hartley, 20s 6tl ; East Tanfield, 18s 6d ; Hastings Hartley, 20s 6d ; Holywell Main, 21s ; Hedley's Hart ley, 17s; Newcastle, 17s 6d ; New Tanfield, 19s 6d ; Old Pontop, 18s 9d ; Ord's Redheugh, 19s ; Pontop Windsor, 19s ; Pott's Primrose, 18s ; Taylor's West Hartley, 20s ; Townley, 19s 6d ; West Hartley, 20s 6d ; Wylatn, 21s ; IV. E., Bell and Brown, 22s ; W. E., Clark and Co., 20s 6(1 ; W. E., Clennell, 20s 9d ; W. E., Gosforth, 225 ; W. E., Heaton, 21s 6d ; W. E., Hilda, 21s 6d ; W. E., Hedley, 21s 9d ; W. E., Hotspur, 21s 6d; W. E., Killingworth, 21s ; W. E., Newmarch, 21s ; W. E., Northumberland, 21s 6d ; W. E., Urpeth,2o: 6d; Eden Main, 225; W. E., Belmont, 22s 6d ; W. E., Castle Eden. 2356 d ; W. E., Haswell, 245; W. E., Hetton, 245; W. E., Heughall, 22s 6d ; W. E., Hylton, 22s ; W. E., Lambton, 245; W. E., Morrison, 22s ; W. E., Richmond, 23s 3d ; W. E., Shotton, 24s ; W. E., Stewart's, 24s ; W. E., Sunderland, 21s ; W. E., Whitwell, 22s 6d ; W. E., Heselden, 21s 6d ; IV. E., South Hartlepool, 21s; W. E., Gordon, 23s 6d ; W. E., South Durham, 22s ; W. E., Tees, 23s 6d ; W. E., Tees Hetton, 20s ; W. E., Tennant's, 2186 d ; W. E., West Tees, 21s 8d ; Hartley, 20s 6d ; Town Hill Elgin, 19s 6d ; West Hartley Nether. ton, 20s 6d ; Holywell, 20s 6d.—Ships arrived, 168. Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P., and Garrett Nagle, Esq., jun., shot last week, in the preserves of Gloncar, Kerry, in five days, 73 brace of woodcocks. The Very Rev. Dr. Waddington, Dean of Dur ham, has made a donation of 25/. in aid of the monu mental building to be erected at Barnard Castle in ho nour of the memory of the late Mr. Witham, High She riff of Durham. A matrimonial alliance, it is understood, is about to be formed between Colonel Ridley, of the Guards, brother to Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., of Blagdon, and the lion. Miss Browne, daughter of Lord Oranniore, and niece to the Dowager Viscountess Dillon.—Newcastle Journal. BURY AND STANSTEAD RAILWAY.— Parties have been busily engaged in the neighbourhood of Thetford, in delivering the necessary papers to occupiers and owners of land, which will be wanted for their con templated line ; and ha►e also been boring along the line to discover the strata of earth in the necessary cuttings.—Essex Herald. We are requested to state that a witness, named Mary Ann Moss, examined at the inquest at Salt-hill, who is said to have gives her residence 43, Crawford street, Bryanston-square, does not reside, and never has resided there.--Morning Paper. The Earl of Huntingdon has remitted all arrears of rent to his tenantry upon his estate near Loughrea. The Dowager Countess of Pembroke, during the past week has been surrounded by a distinguished party, at Wilton House, near Salisbury. The Earl and Coun tess of Clanwilliam, Earl and Countess Bruce, Lord and Lady Wharneliffe, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c. were among the guests. TORYISM.—What is Toryism ? A remnant of barbarism. The Marquis of Lansdowne is expected on Thurs day next from Bowood. The Marchioness and Lady Louisa Fiztmaurice will come to town early next week. The nuptials of Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice with the Hon. James Kenneth Howard, son of the Earl of Suffolk, are expected to be solemnised next week, according to the present arrangements which have been made to the effect at Bowood. THE DISTRESSED NEEDLENTOMEN'S SOCIETT•— The Duchess of Sutherland has signified her desire to hare her name added to the list of the Lady Patronesses to the Needlewomen's Society in Rathbone-place. We are glad to find that this institution is progressing, and we sincerely hope that the funds will be so augmented this winter as to carry out the intentions of the committee. AN ODD very singular fish was caught on Saturday last, at the oyster beds, near Cockenzie. It has a long tapering tail resembling a snake, and is about a foot and a half in length. The colour, when it was alive, was a bright green, interlaced with a little white. It has a long bill, terminating in a small mouth, resembling that of a horse-leech; and a long narrow fi n appears on the ridge of the back towards the tail. Thi s animal, to which the fishermen give the name of the tangle eel, is exceedingly rare on this coast----so much so, indeed, that one of the fishermen, who is sixty years of age, has waver seen another specimen.—Scetsman. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, JAN. 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 47, BAROMETER, 30.3.-WIND, S. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" 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" is generally 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 9.7 minutes after 0 j Evening 58 minutes after 0 SECOND EDITION. 4. Yl4- 1 • s. s 6U1,14, • , 'W‘ • -6 , . AO; 3 / 47 . 4 0 1 u • f2 At 1... • h ROUT eatieninss LONDON, TUESDAY, ;JANUARY 7, 1845. It must be conceded to the Anti-Corn-law League, by its most deerin ined opponents —even by those who are the stoutest champions of the claims for exclusive Protection to the " landed interests"—that the agita tion which that body has invited and maintained with sa much energy, has benefited no class of the com munity so much as the agriculturists themselves! If this assertion " sounds," at first, " too paradox," a moment's consideration will establish its soundness. It affords us sincere pleasure to observe that awakened spirit of research and improvement which, in every great rural district of the kingdom, is sedulously applyin g itself to the pursuit of agriculture as a practical ,7cience. In this fact lies the true secret of that amelioration which, in all human probability, the great prim ary a n d permanent occupat i on o f man ki n d —the cultivati on of the soil—is about to experience in this country. B ut again, we insist that, but for the stirring ap pea l s of the League against onopoly prices for corn, there would have been little or no thing ac accomplished by this is tim e , o f a ll those important discoveries and i m p roved processes in tillage, hus bandry, and cereal econo my which will stamp the year 1844 with a disti nc ti on more noble thanath t which any epoch can deriv e f rom multiplied victories, Determined opponents as w e h ave ever been, upons. principle, to class-legislation, whi c h i s bad an to class-protection, which is w orse , we have never undervalued the vast importance of agriculture, as a primary element of the grandeur and strength of nations. In this country, notwithstanding all the ad vances it has made within the last century, its move ment bore no proportion to the gigantic strides of our commercial, manufacturing, and mechanical, develop ment. What has been the reason of this sluggishness on the part of our agriculture ? simply that adherence to traditional practice, in defiance of scientific experi ment and demonstration, which the ignorance or timidity of prejudice cherishes as a meritorious ho mage to the " wisdom of our ancestors," in respect of so many arts and institutions in which we are most behind the progressing genius of our age. In agri culture, this is a principle which elevates mere tech- , nical imitation above the merits of the most enlightened discovery, the value of the most improved agents, or the success of the most productive new combinations. of our Legislature and Government next session. Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have been received. On that day the Senate resumed the consideration of the Reform Bill, when the Duke DR Gait moved that certain grandees of Spain, and the Archbishops and Bishops, should be entitled to seats in the Chamber. The motion, which was supported by only one mem ber, was of course rejected. A report from the Com mittee on the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, was laid before the Senate, which fully sanctioned the measures proposed by the Cabinet. The Bill for promulgating organic laws by royal decree, had re ceived the royal assent. NARYABZ and MAR TtNEz DH LA Rosa, in fact, have had everything their own way in the Cortes, and the country seems quite dis posed to submit to their authority. The Three per Cents. closed at 31/ for cash, and 321 at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. at 221 at sixty days ; the Floating Debt, at 771 for the 27th of January; and the Coupons at 26 1-16 for cash, and 263 at sixty days. The Paris papers are as destitute of news as ever. They contain no domestic intelligence, no foreign cor respondence got up to give an impulse to the discussions in the Chambers ; nothing from Spain, or Morocco, or Otaheite ; and even Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, who was to he the lion of the day, is entirely for gotten, and living quietly as a retired half-pay officer in the Rue de Castellane. What is to be done with the sword no one can tell. The Admiral rejects it, as he considers employment in his profession, and the favour of the Court, preferable to popular applause. For want of a better subject, therefore, the journals are occupied with the probable destinies of the GUIZOT Ministry. A very general belief prevails that it cannot last the session; that .the ICING, notwithstanding certain outward signs, would feel no disappointment if M. GUIZOT should be compelled to retire, and Count MoLE, with THIERS as his right - hand man, take his place. He would thus to a certainty obtain one of the great objects he has had in view for years— pensions for his younger children, and a provision for the Duke of NEMOURS should he become Regent• MOLE, THIERS, DUFAURB, and other leaders of the Coalition, would willingly return this compliment to his MAJESTY for their restoration to office, and the ousted Ministry, who are already Limplicated in the business, could not with any decency oppose the scheme. But, besides this, the political principles professed now by the new candidates for the KING'S favour, have undergone a material change on one point. They are now as anxious for peace with England as Guizo'r—in fact they are p!aying the game of Sir ROBERT PEEL before they are in office, and adopting the policy of their opponents to obtain favour with the KING, for the KINa, whatever may be said to the contrary, governs as well as reigns. The National makes no secret of the fact. " The Minis terial journals," it says, " are triumphant. The ma jority for Ministers has again been consolidated, and the intriguers feel afraid. Thus, the Conservative deputies who voted for M. BILLAULT were intriguers_ men without principles or faith—discontented and timid men, capable of coalescing in the dark, but in capable of sustaining the light of discussion. It is well to know this, for we have long been accustomed to hear the Conservative party spoken of with a pomp ous eulogium. It appears that the Conservative party has Alarplots amongst its members. So much for persons, now for principles. It has long been A boast LilfaitgLtit OF NEWS ~ ~'-' .~ 4t - ibitt Optaitint. In° rurs may read." Accounts from P ar i s represent the state of M. yell& main's health as somewhat improved, but still hold oS,t, no hopes of recov er y. Having no fortune, a motion w ill be made by the Government in the Chamber for s P re. vision to his daughter. Admiral Dupetit Thouars (says the Courier Francon) has hired an apartment in the Rue de Castellene, No. 16 We have been assured that orders hare been given to ti e porter to re ply to a ll v i s i tors that— " The Admiral is not at home." Behold a General officer secluded by command of the Ministry, as was the case last year Wi t Captain Reim), his Aide-de-Camp The Cononsrce announces that the French Governmen t has concluded a s econ d t reaty o f C ommerce w i t h the Belgian 1 Belgian Governm e nt. Th e o bj ect o f t hi s treat y LI 'd extend the p er i o d f or a d m i tt i ng B elg i an linen-clot h and thread into France at a reduced duty, the existing treat/ having but two years to run. The Moniteur publishes a notice to persons intending to bid for the construction of the Montereau and Tr l) Railway, stati ng th at th e a dj u di cat i on is to take pis': on the 18th i ns t., an d t h at they must apprise the Mill ter of their i n t ent i on , an d sen d i n their list o f s uy scribers before the 10th. The intelligence from Lisbon is to the 31st ult. S e ' veral of the leading meu in politics had been raised de the peerage, among ot h ers C osta C a b ral and Gomel , u ° Castro, the for mer Mi n i s t er o f t h e Ki ngdom, and t°_; latter of For e i gn Affairs. The Duk e o f P a l nse lla left for London. Zurbano was said to have made by escape into Portugal, disguised as a muleteer. saw .ND POZIONI. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanquo in the BankrePtel i Court remanded Th omas Wetherell, Esq., proprietor ° the Kensington Theat re , b ac k into custody for h a ving accepted accommod a tio n bill s t o a l arge amount, w ithout any reasonable prospect of being able to pay them. r At the Central Crimi na l C our t, Mr. Commissione r Bullock, who presided in th e N ew C ourt , disposed ,sr several cases of larceny, an d sen t ence d t h e o ff en d e rs „ various periods of imprisonment John Nixon, working jeweller, w as c h arge d At T e s t Guildhall w i t h robbing hi s em pl oyers , Messrs. Whee and Co., of Bartlett's-buildings. It appeared, that prisoner, while under notice to quit, absconded from ' is employers' premises, and that, on examining the goo' of gold in his drawers, there was a deficiency to t he value of upwards of 5L The prisoner, who d e nied 11 guilt, was remanded, with an intimation that he wow be hereafter committed for trial. At Clerkenwell, John Warkman, aged 13, 111° charged by Mr. Richard Young, of St. John-stree t / Clerkenwell, with st ea li ng a s ilk poc k et -h andkerc h The prosecutor was returning to his residence from P' John a Church, St. J o h n ' s - square , on S unday nig ht 10 t ' when he felt a tug at his coat-pocket, and on turail round, he found the prisoner with the handk er chief 1 ; his possession, and gave him into custody. Sergss li o Barton, G, said that the p r i soner was one o f t h e " school" or " kinshen (youthful) gang," who west to churches and chapels, &c., dressed up in an innocen t style, with white collars, in company o f o ld er th i eve s, v rob the congregation on leaving those places. The P r • soner, who cross-examined th e w i tnesses with much a shrewdness, deni e d th e c h arge , b ut was f u l ly comm itted for trial. William Woodham, a plumber and gluier, living, , Ellis-street, Chelsea, was charged at Queen-square, a furious assault upon Benjamin Williams, a, gen t ' s man's servant. The cowardly ruffian had thrown ° e a, complainant down, and while on the ground attege b , to gouge him by f orc i ng ou t hi s eye w i t h his thulste The defendant plead e d d run k enness . M r. B urre ll O." served that this was a v er y b a d case , i n w hi c h t h e v ie lence was of a very horrible species. He should Pm: defendant 51., or commit him for two months ; in add s tion to which, he should call upon him to find g ood b • for the next twelve months. Defendant pleaded fo r a mitigation of the penalty. Mr. Burrell said, if he 0 had the po wer , h e wou ld h ave i n fli cte d a heav i er As o . The penalty was paid, and bail put in. led George Edwards, charged with having ember.° r various sums of mo ne y, t h e p roperty of his ins° Samuel Suggett, baker, No. 85, Margaret-street, Cs/s, dish-square, was fully comm itt e d f rom M ar lb oro ugh street. At Maryleboue, Edward Rigby, iMary, his wife, pne their two daughters, were charged with begging. . 1 case was proved by Joh n H ors f or d, f ormer l y i n the 9111( ploy of the Mendicity Soci e ty, w h o f oun d t h e whole of the prisoners soliciting alms i n Hi g h- street, near twi, Court; the male prisoner stated that he was a poor coo tier, and that in consequence of a recent mine explos i° ,, he and his family had been reduced to great distresj They had in their possession upwards of 51. in silver Its te copper money. Wm. Horsford, chief officer of t „d Mendicity Society, stated that the prisoners had f or carried on a system of imposture, and that they had be es committed repeatedly from the various police-ou r • They were each sent to the House of Correction for month. Thomas Bartholomew Imbert was b roug h t up f o r fib, examination, charged with havin g f e l on i ous l y intere,„' tied with one Abi ga il I s t e d, d ur i ng t h e suppose d 14 ' time of three other wom e n, t o w h om h e h a d b een r e ,: viously marri e d, was f u lly comm itt e d f rom W ors oll" street. Ca 1" At Southwark an a ppli ca ti on was ma d e b y , ° •—,cl Huntingto wer f or a warrant against an individual Duckett, for using threats of personal violence to 1 1 / It appeared that Lord Huntingtower held a bill, e Duckett's, which he had obtained from a Captain and that yesterday on meeting Duckett in the lo' of the Queen's B e n c h p r i son , th at i n di v id ua l had 014", White and Lord H un ti ng t ower a pa i r o f scoun dre' e c i had declared that the bill had been stolen from him, had threatened his Lordship with a kicking unless hi gave it up, whereupon Lord Huntingtower gav e Ducks the bill, and cam e t o thi s C our t f ur a warrant, w hich :was at once granted. Marie Adele Renoud alias Josephine Fountsine , b middle-aged Fr enc h wo m an , was charged at Greenirie, by Melanie T ur l en w i t h h av i ng ro bb e d her of a ver ist, of valuable je we ll er y an d d ress , to t h e value of uprl".„ of 301. Th e p r i soner w h o h a d li ve d w i th the prose"' trix as servant, had absconded, taking with her the Pr f e ic i perty in question. On being asked whether she 11 . e e anything to offer in h er d e f ence, s h e merely reelt°- " C'est vrai," and was fully committed for trial. At the Thames Court two men, named James Franc.i g t : a hatter, and Thomas S a lt, a l a b ourer, were charge d wit committing a burgl a ry i n a p r ii ate dwelling-house. i":( longing to Me ssrs . B ren d e l an d R o b erts, proprietors e" the Artichoke Tavern an d Whtt e b a i t H ouse, at Blite'; wall, and stealing prop er ty t o a considerable areasci therefrom. The house broken into is opposite the tan frontage of the Artichoke, and is occupied at n ight 1 , 4 some of the tavern serv an t s an d M r . B ren d el hinsse'; On Saturday evenin g one o f th e servants on attemeti,s; to unlock the street d oor t o go i nto t h e h ouse, h ea rd scuffling in the passage and gave the alarm. Sentilte, • were posted at each door, an d a l a dd er b e i ng procure man got in at the first-floor window. The prisoners s o tempted to escape by getting ever the fences and ya r . f .. in the rear of the p rem i ses . Th ey were however 13`",, ceived, pursued, and after a gallant chase captured. Th e ' were fully committed. Co l The Duke of Wellin g t on w ill j o i n t h e d i st ingui,obe td circle invited to meet h er M a j esty an d the Prince .' sort at Stowe on the 15th inst. His Excellency the Duque of Soto Mayor, the new; appointed Ambassador f rom S pa i n, h as arr i ved at vart's Hotel, from the Continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas have, leil Hamilton Palace on a v i s it t o L or d an d Lady de Tub_,'el; at Tabley Hall, Che s hi re , an d are expected in town el' in the ensuing week. jt The Earl of Cardigan is still in Portman•square• 1p is yet uncertain when the Noble Earl will leave tog° join his regiment in Ireland. The Earl and C oun t ess o f M anvers and the Lad° Pierrepont are at present staying at Thoresby Notts. rif Earl and Countess Grey h ave a numerous fam il y pa at Howick Hall during the Christ mas recess, inoluo! Af Lord and Lady Ho w i c k, L a d y Elizabeth Bulteel, Caroline Barrington, the Ladies Lambton, Lady G e " giana Grey, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, &c. y. The Earl of Wicklow has left Shelton Abbey for v ° lin, en route for Cavendish•square. Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne), - 1 . the Hon. Mi sses El p hi nstons Flahault, arrived in elly ham-street on Saturday, f rom H ast i ngs. Her La d r l will not leave for the Continent for some time. s Viscount and Vi scountess Beresford, who haye_s „a;e• passing th e Ch r i stmas recess in town, returned to 13 " bury Park on Saturday. Viscount Ranelagh and the Hon. Miss Jones /1 5 " turned to town from a tour of visits. to Lord and L a dy Wh arnc liff e are expected to retu rn Wharncliffe Hou se , C urzon - street, to-morrow, fr°'n ,- - n . visit to her M a j esty t h e Q ueen Dowager, at witiero- o f Lord Foley has left Grosvenor-square on a tour visits. Lord and Lady Glenlyon left their residence at unci o keld last we e k, an d p rocee d e d to v i sit the Du ke Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle. 1;1°4 WILISCNOLLAMISOIIII. ale 4 The Earl of Rosse and the Marquis of Waterford , lie j newly-elected Knights;of St. Patri c k, were duly inf 4s , by the Lord Lieut e na n t, a t D u bli n C ast l e, on Saturu°i'.be The marriage of Cerit o w ith S t . L eon i s official' the,.i); Pope having granted a bull for the union, St. Leon , oto violinist and d ancer , h av i ng b een converted iffeci Judaism. Cerito h as g i ven t h e f ortune she has accltilr to her parents. .;) The Wesleyan So c i e ty are go i ng to erect a ePi , e :;,re chapel in the Belgrave-road, between Eccleston - a a b- i t and Warwick-squ a r e . M r . Seth Smith and Mr. Al 0 ,1 butt have liberally subscribed 100/. each to the fund , 5 Mr. Edge 501. On Monday last the Salopian coach from Shreff s . b al . met with a singular accident on its road between Sh i t ies and Wolverh am p ton . The coach was proceeding: top usual pace, wh en th e guard, who was seated on t"tidea of the lugg age , spea ki ng to the driver, heard a s ' crash, and on t urn i ng h i s head round, he beheld, ,„,dip utter astonish men t an d di smay, about thirty yards the taut, the hi n d seat o f the coach in the middle °ao,o road, with f our o f t h e passengers on the groun d. of the passengers were seriously injured. ace , We are glad to find the institution in Rathbonc-Pl teid. for th e re li e f o f nee dl ewomen, i s l i kely to b e au gmet d th e It has lately received the patronage of royalty, 5 , 1 _ 1 v ia Duchess of Sutherland has signified her desire of her name added to the list of lady patronesses. Arrangements have b een ma d e by the London D AB Company fur the erection of two steam-engines at p. r Shadwell entrance of the d oc k, f o r the purpose of ( •