The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of fricts of Admission for public approval: - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 61, and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 I Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 I No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Berm* Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Amiens, Mr. Rafter; Jacques, Mr. Vandenkoff ; Orlando. Mr. James Anderson ; Adam, Mr. Cooper"; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel; Rosaliad, Mrs. Nisbett. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical. Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal ''to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladles with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory ef Good Queen Bess."-01d Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware. Handel. Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the mposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locks. The Ballet Department under the superistendeuce of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. 81111111114, Jones, Wilson. C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blandre. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole prodaced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. lIMORTALS. Christmal, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John RIO, Mr. Dania; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry ; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Rtmice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munehausen, &e., &c., by &c., ECAS lios,TALs • Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; A , uy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Denlin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Baeon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino; Maids of. H on our, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildman, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat kneeking at der door?"—Come and see—" J. Andersen's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's mere than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will be satisfactory— Peer Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, se we fly by night" to A SPLENDID MALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now some to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's Would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated. the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a eonspi tasS,---Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out—Bacon gets quite in a &lade, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—bat there's nothing In that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRIND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ref ! ! the Royal Washes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and treat to the " anal indulgence of a British Pablic." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Harapton Court. —What eomes neat will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEIAN BESS In all her reyal splendour. — lt is an Historical Tact, that Good ~lueeit Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew u p e n which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Injoa, Prince Aleneon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bees appoints a meeting of these " woederous proper men" at Kenilworth, bat declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to C UMN OR HALL BY MOONLIGIAT—WiIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, ay darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket..thy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— Pie stops at Love's half-way houe, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lt can't be said, " he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Year naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH *CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Beu's Royal Yislt. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori ckl fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must adrairt his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—italf-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " oompeti tears," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiZ for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA ! By Warner's Fulminating Plow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a" Peace Congress," and brings all to A close by making them all change their clothes— The Earl of Leieestec puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Dentin. - Lord llarleigh tkat of Pantaloon, M. J. Benito. Tke Marl of Essex that of Clown, Hr. C. Stilt, _ . lad Amy itobsArt dons the Robe d'Amoir of Columbine, Madlle. Thesdore Alt we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Yirat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie long sine* we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESIRVE A.ND PICKLE WAREHOUSR, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Mown—Batter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knook-'om- Downs, and German Toys—War to tho Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Dise,onnt—Clown Coots Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu- latien—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBiI I SINIPSON'S DITAN AND TATER*, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Weleome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transfornsation—Clovra Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Pollee !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Coogress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites ]Beware—llumbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, In case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGIIT "NOBBY DANCE." Heals Win. the Prize. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Eppinx Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies —A Re port for Enlarging Swithfleld Market —Holoway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Naiss.nee--Ge it, Bricks—and Sudden Transfoi ruatioa to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STRBET AND LO 0,1.NG-1101:1SE51. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, w' en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Cousfortablo Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son ‘.l' Mars—Clown's otioa of Warm and Convenient Arrangemente—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A itormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Eztraordinary—suld Geaersil Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST /PAIR ON THR THAMES: Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glaceartan— " Plalsirs cilliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get S kate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, _ _ 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. Geueral "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of tke Resident Director of the " Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAM PTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by IlranninZ. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of Interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needlos,—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more ! Scene the Last. THR PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodwell. Loader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thiriwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. _ . _ Soexis Artists—Messrs. Brunning, 3 - ones, Walon, C. Adams, and Asaistamts. Decorative Artist, Mr. W, Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. P.dmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. F RENCH PLAYS sod OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, by the production of a new Opera, in Three acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDORRE. Stephan, M. Las ; Le Joyeux, 31. Chollet; Saturniu, M. 'lily Leroy ; Jaecittes Sincere, M. Nathan ; Theresa, Madlle. Guiehard ; tleargotte, Madlle. Cotti ; Rose do Mai, Madlle. Charton. The box-eftlee of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Dfr. B. Webster, e 4.1,, Lessee and Manager, Old Itrompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN, Wielfert, Mr. Zlowe ; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean; Ilerraann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Ottillta, Mrs. IL Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING DA.UGHTEit. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack Ceuta rristae, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Sir. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Keen. After which THE NINTH STLTUK or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Mnnyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. The Boa-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. radar the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. emltb, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKE N,TE IN • or, The Model Man. ranken aein, Mr. Wright ; th e Wh a t i s It" Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddlewinet, Miss E. Caaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coven, ; tlndlne, Miss E. Harding. TO be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Illghbary Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Illghbury Barnes , Miss ßrooks. tOTAL LYCk.IIII THEATRE. L'r.ir , r the Management of Madam:. Vestrie. ole f.essee. Mr. Cherie,: Me•ter...,. TDB( EVENING, Will be performed HE WOULD Rlt AN ACTOR. 4fter which THIS ISLAND OF JEWELS. To cowhide with A PRACTICAL MAN. S•. • Upper Holum, ; Pit , Is D re, s . ; Gallery, Is. No half-rwtee to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allerolt, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATi..E. my. J. M. 3laddox, Sole Lesaee and '.:anger. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be perforMed the celebrated. Opera of DON PASQuALE . To conclude with KING JAMIE; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddl e liar!Null); Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flea• more ; Columbine, Miss F awcett ASTLE:' , ttOYAL AMPI3IIIIF.A.TitL, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Re-appearance of Madile. Codone. EVE .:11 The performance will • commence at a Quarter to g m , with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT or THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love, in which Mr. Y. T. Hicks will appear. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. - . To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, Rho came to Town upon his little Pony. Zon-office open from Zleven till Four. Stage Manager, gr. W. West. This day, two volumes, post Svo., 14s. E S P E R 0 S; or, Travels in the West. By Mrs. lIOUSTC LTN. Author of " A Yacht Voyage to Texas." London : John. W. Parker, West Strand WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate Dar --;;orning, 35 min. after 12 I Evening, 58 min. after 12 To-Nlesaow —Morning, 19 ran. after 1 I Evening, 31 min. Lt.,. 1 THE WEATHER.—SON Orsicx, JAN. 11. Tmcastomwrza, Lowest, 26; Highest, 31; Noon, 28. BAROMETER, 29.13. WIND Easterly.—dull hazy weather. THE SUN, LONDON, beming LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1850. The trial of SARAH DRAKE, the unfortunate woman who recently murdered her child, LEWIS DRAIICB, at the house of her employer, No. 33, Upper Harley-street, bas terminated in an acquittal, on the ground of " temporary insanity." This result is more extraordinary, as no particle of evidence was produced to show the state of her mind, either be fore or subsequent to the fatal act. It was not even asserted that she had at say former period been af flicted with mental incapacity, or that there existed any hereditary predisposition to that fearful disease. There was, in fact, nothing whatsoever to lead the jury to infer that she was labouring under any delusion suf ficient to justify the commission, or rather to prevent the penal consequences, of an offence of such magni tude, save the suggestion of counsel, who argued, from the circumstances of the case, the maternal affection which the wretched woman had previously exhibited towards her unfortunate offspring, her anxiety to bring it up with some degree of comfort and respectability, and the total absence of premeditation—that she must have been wrought into a state of sudden frenzy, which prevented her from being accountable for her acts. This view must have been adopted by the jury, who gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt, and thus preserved her from the extreme penalty of the law. It was also considered that she would not escape with impunity, but that their verdict would consign her to perpetual im prisonment in a lunatic asylum, a lingering and hopeless punishment, which many persons might easily believe to be more intolerable than death itself. The deep sympathy that was excited for the miserable creature by the predicament in which she was placed by the conduct of the nurse (Mrs. Jou/stemma), whom it has been so much the fashion to beslaver with praise and com mendation, had unquestionably a material influence on the decision of the case—a decision, which however satisfactory it may be to be spared the revolting spectacle of a public excution, and that of one of the weaker sex, we cannot help regarding as being fraught with the moat dangerous consequences to society. if the result of the present case can in any degree be c onstituted a precedent that may properly be followed, there is no case, however atrocious, in which a similar appeal may not be followed by a similar acquittal. Joins GLEESON WILSON might have been exonerated from expiating his fourfold murder at Liverpool, or James BLOYFIELD Ruin from the penal consequences of the Stanfield Hall massacre. But it has at all times properly been held that the absence of any apparent motive, or the snddenne ss of the fatal de termination, could not excuse the shedding of human blood or depriving a fellow-creature of life. The law undoubtedly makes allowance for the weakness of our fallible nature, and sanctions a verdict for the minor offence of manslaughter in cases of sudden provocation, where the blow was struck in the heat of passion. But all the circumstances of the present case pre vented the possibility of such a decision. The unfor tunate infant could not have done anything to in Buence her anger to such a degree as to deprive her of all self-control. Whatever she might have felt towards the nurse, who at a moment's notice threw the child on her hands, and obstinately refused to retain it . for even a single week, although well aware that the consequences of the inevitable exposure must have been absolutely ruinous to the mother, vengeance should not have been wreaked on the innocent victim. No possible doubt could exist as to the commission of the crime, that it was by the hands of its parent that the unfor tunate child was suffocated. The only alternative was to find the accused guilty of the entire cf fence of wilful and deliberate murder, or to return a ♦erdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. The jury adopted the latter course, and in so doing set aside all the ordinary rules of law. They stood, in fact, between the criminal and the salutary code that she had violated, and sheltered her from the consequences of her enormous crime. There were, undoubtedly, " extenuating circumstances," such as exist in almost every case of " child murder." Bxposure, and its inevitable results—shame, infamy, and disgrace, want and destitution, stared her in the face. She could not possibly have hoped to retain her situation, one of considerable emolument, and in every respect de sirable for a person of the prisoner's station in life. She had committed the offence which is regarded as unpardonable in a state of society " Where every woe a tear may claim, Except an erring sister's shame." The presence of the child in the house at Upper Harley- street could not be concealed Detection was inevita ble, and dismissal without character, or the possibility of obtaining a new situation, was impending. Driven to despair by the obduracy of Mrs. JOBASTONE, she committed the highest offence known to the law, in order to evade or postpone the injurious consequences of her former fall. However they might commiserate her distress, the jury could not properly go beyond their allotted functions : they might have joined is a strong recommendation to mercy, but the final decision rested with the SOVEREIGN alone. Those circumstances in the case would not have been forgotten or lost sight of ; and, if on ma ture consideration it appeared that a lenient decision could have been arrived at, we can not doubt that "justice would have been tempered with mercy." But the jury went beyond their legi timate sphere when they took upon themselves to save the criminal, and thus usurped the unquestioned and most glorious prerogative of the Qualm, the brightest jewel of the royal diadem. Lieutenant WaGewar-Lone of the moat dis tinguished benefactors of the age, and one of the most enterprising linglishmen of the century—has expired. This announcement, made by ourselves on Wednesday evening, the morrow of his demise, must have filled with regret the hearts of many thousands. For amongst all the public characters of the period not one was more popular with his fellow -country.. men than the originator of the overland route to India across the Buropean and Asiatic continents. Notwithstanding the possession of an iron constitu tion, he has passed away from us prematurely, before attaining his fiftieth year—destroyed by that un selfish and self-sacrificing magnanimity which so oaten leads to the calamities and decease of our greatest public benefactors. From its own en trails the spider weaves its web, with its own life blood according to a beautiful fable of the anthologists the pelican' nourishes its callow off spring ; and so from the heart and the brain of Iteniva comes that consuming vitality which causes an in terns' decay while lavishing externally its immea surable fruitfulne”. It has been so with men in all ages and under all circumstanceF. The oil that nourishes the lamp of the intellectual sanctuary is the life-stream of genius—that life which the brighter it burns the faster it consumes—imparting radiance to the world while bringing to itself only darkness and ashes. Whenever the indomitable energies of a great man, be he a poet or a warrior, a patriot or an illustrious benefactor of his fellow-creatureF, such as was Lieutenant Wacaoax—whenever the energies of such a mind are dedicated to the achievement of noble deeds —be sure of this, it is for the life, and, alas, for the death I With the war rior his victories are only the antecedents of some ulterior defeat, of some treacherous conspiracy, of some ignominious assassination, or of some popular ingratitude. With the patriot, his glory acquired as the saviour of a nation is accompanied invariably by •,14,. t . , r . , .• 4. 1. , ' .* . g) • -,• • •Aal•- - - ~ •, " 'ol 6 vi .4 t f 7 .: , e4-‘-e-„4:-.,-,•.,. - " •': • S . kat , • •11. 41 1 ,4 11 1 1 Ac.re -••, '''''4 -',42:2; ...... ",,,_:;21 ,. ..fi11ia1k,,,; ,t ; ;...... 2 :::,1 , ;i, , r4, 1111 '4l"': 1 ' • ' the contumelies of. the jealous, with the aspersions of the anarchical, or, it may be, and too frequently has been, with the dungeon, and the rack, and the scaffold of the tyrannous. With the poet again, the ineffable joys of his sensibility are mostly allied with those concomitants of imagination —poverty and phy sical suffering—his body wrung by the torments of disease or by the horrible anticipations of some in curable calamity, his soul agonized by those mani fold and multiform grievances which are the children of penury. With the public benefactor, moreover, the exultation of success is clouded by the practical forgetfulness of all but posterity. Neromion de ceived at Waterloo, CESAR stabbed at the base of POMPEY'S pillar, are the most memorable instances of the vicissitudes befalling great conquerors. TELL tortured by GESLEIt, BoNNIVARD confined at Chilon, are the most terrible examples of the miseries awaiting every brilliant exhibition of patriotism. MILTON oppressed with blindness, Orwav stran gled in the crisis of inanition, are the evidences of poetical misfortune, such as are the least likely, amidst all the records of intellect, to be overlooked or forgotten. Deeply and profoundly are we grieved to add to this melancholy catalogue the name of Lieutenant WAGuouN, as affording a token of the ordinary return made by the world at large to its most illustrious benefactors. When the biography of this very remarkable man comes to be written, it will be seen how noble were his efforts to advance the interests of his brother men, how effectual were his exertions to forward the cause of civilization, and how unutterably base and paltry was the recognition of his great services by the com munity whose prosperity he had principally advanced. Having exhausted his fortune, having squandered the bloom and ripeness of his years upon a scheme calculated to benefit Europe, and Asia, and more especially England, beyond all our capabilities of estimation—he was, at the moment when his splendid projects had arrived at their final realization, abandoned to anxieties and difficulties, the mere recollection of which should excite senti ments of remorse in the bosoms of the multitude. It is a reflection disgraceful to the country, and more particularly to the Company, that this eminent Englishman had drawn only one quarter's instalment of a miserably smell pension when he departed from an existence fraught to him with so much bodily pain, and so many pecuniary misfortunes. Gifted at first with a frame as robust as his mind was clear, and as his faculties were inventive, Lieutenant Waononx undermined the vigour of his constitu tion by the toils of his self-imposed enterprise, and found in the ingratitude of those whom he had served the most conspicuously, the means of filling the hours of his highest achievements with the lowliest and most harrowing of regrets. To our -selves the chief cause for sorrow in this matter at the present moment—now that the woes of his latter days have terminated, now that we may say of him as KENT says of LNAIt— " After life's fitful fever he sleeps well"— to us, we say, that the chief cause for sorrow in his premature dissolution, is the knowledge that his widow is left entirely without provision. He who has opened the broadest and noblest channel ever opened for the ebb and flow of commerce has been compelled to leave the world without resigning into the hands of his beloved relict the petty produce of his life of heroic achievements. Justice, nay, we should say, the commonest feelings of gratitude require that this crying wrong should not be permitted to exist even so long as the grave of the departed benefactor of England and Europe yawns for the reception of his ashes. Let the word be spoken, let the decree be written by the Company and by the Government, which shall, by a tardy re cognition of great services, appease the manes of the deceased. Until this be done we shall continue clamorous. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paria papers of yesterday. Lord BROUGHAM left Cannes on the 51 for Paris The Marquis of NORMANBT had an interview with the PRESIDENT of the Republic on Tuesday, which lasted two hours. The receipts of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railroad for the month of December last amount to 294,139 f, being an increase of 29,5ii1f. as compared with the month of December, 1845. It was rumoured in Paris that a new treaty had been concluded between the French Republic and the Emperor of RUSSIA. M. GUSTAVE DE BEAU - 110NT arrived in Paris from Vienna, on Wednesday. Dispatches have bean received from General BARAGUAT D'HILLUIRS. The Cardinals have refused to accede to his proposition for leaving a garrison of 12,000 men in Rome. They desire that Rome should be garrisoned by the Austrians. GIIISOT read a paper at the Academy, on j Tuesday, on the restoration of the Stuarts. There was a large attandanoe of Legitimatists. The Bourse was dull to-day, and the price of public securities declined. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 10c., rose to 94f. 25c.; and fell subsequently to 93f. 75c., at which they closed, being a decline of 65 centimes on the price of yesterday. The Three per Cents., closed at 57f. 40c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 825 f.; Rouen, 5861. 25c.; Havre, 2421. 50c.; Great Northern, 463 f. 75c.; Avignon, 2201. ; Vierzon, 3431. 75c ; Paris and Strasburgh, 3611. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tllk LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN, 10. Boulogns and Amiens, 7%-- Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon), 13 3 4—East Indian, 4—Luxembourg, 2 1 4 —Namur and Liege, 741—Northern of France, IA, dis.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3z%,—Paris and Rollo], 23U L —Paris and Strasbourg, 6 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 10. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY ll, IPSO . MONEY arel COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The ?ales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at about 20.000 bales, 11,500 of which were taken by speculators. The sales comprised 15,000 Ameriean, 500 Pernam end Maranbam at 61d. to 62d., 600 Bahia at 61c1., 1 200 Egyptian at bid. to bid., 2,000 Surat at -lid. to 411., and 50 Sea Island at 11d. to ls. 04d. rer lb. The mai ket was very active at fully previous rates. —Railway Shares were much firmer. In Mirk-lane today the arrivals of foreign Wheat have been 5,280 quarters, and of Barley 6,090 quarters. The business done this week in the colonial produce markets has been extensive, and the quotations have been materially higher for Coffee, in which a good deal of speculation is carried on. Sugar, considering tle full supply, has maintained its value well. Rice has been firm, and also Saltpetre. In Spices a fair general business has been done. Tea is in favcur, Tallow has become firmer, and Cotton is brisk at fuller prices. The letters and papers by the West India mail steamer bring no news of general interest. Trade was dull, but the crop prospects were encouraging. In Barbadoes plentiful showers had fallen. It seems, by accounts received in the United States from the Pacific, that the British man-of-war the Herald, arrived at Mazatlan on the lath of November last. The Herald is one of the vessels employed by the English Government in the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and his daring crew. She proceeded as far as 73 :10, !but could get no tidings of Sir John. As yet, nothing has been done by the United States. In answer to Lady Franklin's appeal, Mr. Clayton made flattering promises, which were received eith great enthusiasm in England, but which were quietly backed out of. This must have been a cruel disappointment to that lady. But ; she is idetermined not to relax her efforts in the cause of her husband's rescue. Since the unexpected return of Sir John Roes, her exertions have been directed to the fitting out of other expeditions to renew the search; and it is reported, that if our national Government will do nothing in the matter, she intends to embark for this country, and invest all the means she possesses in fitting out one or two vessels for that purpose. It is stated in accounts from Brussels that the Belgian Funds have now reached the point at which they stood immediately prior to the breaking out of the French revolution; whereas the French Renter are still 23 per cent. under the values current at that period. In the Amsterdam Bourse, on the sth instant, Dutch Two-and s-Half per Cents. were 55 5-16, with a slight tendency to decline. At Berlin, on the Bth instant, Prussian Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 814. The English Funds have been rather fluctuating, and have not quite maintained the recent advance. There is no other cause for this partial reaction, which, compared with the recent advance, is really exceedingly trifling, than the desire of parties who make handsome profits to realise them, and this has brought money stock to market. Consols have been 97} to * for Transfer, and 974 4 for Account. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have been 994 to I, and the Three per Cents. 974 to Bank Stock is steady, at 208 to 2084. Exchequer- bills are 595. to 62s premium, and India Bonds 995. premium. In the Foreign Market likewise the quotations are flatter, taking their tone from the English funds. Spanish Five per Cents. are 194, and the Three per Cents. 374. Portuguese Four. per Cents. have been 36 to Mexican have dropped to 294 4. There are conflicting opinions as to the new plan of the Mexican Government for an arrangement of its entire debt, but that the activity displayed augurs well for an early settlement few can doubt. There is an apparent dispo sition also to release the republic from the " farming " system, and if the foreign creditors get 34 or even 8 per cent, upon the capital of the debt, say, 10,250,0001., and, aided by Lord Palmerston, retain their lien upon the customs and silver duties, they will stand in an excellent position. As the new Finance Minister proposes to do nothing without the consent of the creditors, there is every prospect of some arrangement. We - wish we could say as much of the affair with Messrs. Schneider and Co. We believe truly that the firm bass claim upon the Mexican Government, but can in no sense understand why the bondholders should suffer, and the remittances that were paid to their agents in Mexico, Messrs. Man ning and Co., should be appropriated afterwards by Messrs. Schneider to pay the debt alleged to be due to them. The holders of the remanets of the dividend are waxing very warm upon the subject, and we 'suppose that the Court of Chancery will have to be appealed to in the matter. The consular representative here of the Mexican Government has called upon the creditors to present the coupons to Messrs. Schneider, and request payment of the balance, but we sus pect there is very little ch anc e of the same being discharged. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 55i, and Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 494. The Railway Share Market has been firm for the bet ter class of shares. Brighton have been buoyant, North-Western are looking up, Midland are much the same. French Shares are well supported. Sambre and Meuse are 24 I. ONE „t, G ritict:ri ITl6ii - II sD s O'CLOCK, PRICES. dank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced MM.. .. .. 97 , A, 3 / 4 % 97 1 ,4 per Cent. Consols Annuities - 97M4 1 1A% 97 1 A 3 per Cent. Annuities,l726 — 95% ~ ..w 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne— ... . 99% WA% 99% Long Anns. to expire Jan.l880 Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 8 7.16 8% 8 5-16 India Stock — 965 India Bonds, 1,0004 ...... ..... Ditto under 1,0001... ...-.... 119 p 99 p Consols for Accolint Exchequer Bills I 1 / 2 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 59 61 p 61 p 500/. June Small. June 62 p 62 p PRICES OF FOREIGN YUNDS. ONE +:LOSIlkl , O'CLOCK, PRICES Equador. Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841... Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account ............ Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . Venezuela Bonds, 2 , 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2 1 ,4 per Cent ...... 49% 49% Beligan, 4% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto, Account Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates — 86% ?RICES OP r----, ~ ..BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN RAILWAY SHARES. • AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE, Aberdeen Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 7% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 nd Birmingham ant. Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dndley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ~. .. Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 28* riuckinghamthire ...... 17 1 ,E Caledonian Ditto, .New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. lst Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 I ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. &H.... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref.- 31 ,4 ..... Ditto, 71. 17g., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... ...... .... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p — Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. . Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 - Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - •••• ••••••• aa - Do., Class B & C 25 — Do. Scri (6 per cent.) 20 .... , .. .... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 , 4 — .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... WA, — ... .. East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. •• --.. Edinburgia and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... - Exeter•Yeovil, & Dorch. 0 5„, — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... -81.65. 8d.... --- Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... , ••• Do. Preference Congo!. • • Gloucester & Dean Forest 12 1 / 2 — ...... .•• --- ••• ....... .. •• Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 / 2 ...... Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 1 / 2 — . Do., 5 per . Cent. Pref. 12 1 / 2 ..... 10•• ... rent Siuth. and Wept_ ( Ireland) „. 5O ... — G; eat North of England.loo .„ .. .... Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, Ne‘v ,15/... ...... 15 .. Great Western 100 ...... .59 58% Ditto, 1 ,4 Share s 5O ...... • .-. ke ,"- Ditto, q Shares Ditto, Fiftha...-- ..... 20 Ditto, New 171....,.„ 15 ... .. 7 1 4 l Aa• ..... ••—• 7% Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... ' — Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12 , A, — •• — Lancader and Culiole... 50 ...... -- .... ~..., — Ditto, Thirds Laneashiro & Yorkshire 100 ..... Ditto, ditto , . _ Ditto, 14 Shams ...... 49 ... - __ 26 Do. Quarters ........ 23 1 ,E —..-...«...... , Do. Fifths... ... 10 - .. 27 Do. Thirds ........... 16 1 4 53 (3 6 1 / 8 ..... .... 6 , A 1 Do. New Guaranteed 6 i er Cent.. Ditto (1 - lodderslield .and Shelf.) SO Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A).- 10 - Leeds and Bradford 6O Leeds and Thirak ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 ,x...... Po., do. No. 2 7 1 4 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 ...... 2% 3 i)o., Pref. Quar., ISIS 9 Liverpool, Crosby arc! Southport - L indon & Blackwall...ll/. 6e. 3d... London, Brighton, ar d _ South Coast... .. . 100 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 136 137% 13 7 1 /2 Do.Guarant. 6 per et.. 9 ...... . De. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 _ _ Ditto ditt0...... 1552 50 LAldonandGreenwich 12/1584d... ..... Ditto, PrefereawP .. . 20 L Anion and N. Western 100 ll2 112%........ 113 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Di tto,Fift . .. 12 ..... ••• ..... 13 3 ,6 Do. 40/.Bhares(L.M.) 35 - . .... . . Do. 10/. (hi ISE B.) C. 1 ...,.. Loud. gc 8. Wo.starn .....IGO .. ... 65 62 Ditto, New 501...... 424 . ...... . I.lo.lsiew 401. .. 34 -- - - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry SeColerainb 25 . — ....... ........ Do. 1 ,4 5hare5.......„... 5 - ........ ••••••• Londonderry and Ennis killen — Do. 1 ,4 Shares 5 ...... Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 par ct.) Nianche.tor.Buxton,and Matlock 6 - •• — kienchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 10/. Pref lO ....... 8 Ditto, Gt.Grinisby ... 60 - Ditto ditto . ....—... 20 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 • ••• .....»........ Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... „ ••. — Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — Midl Ind ...iu, .. 44 tA % ....... 44% Uo. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... . Do., do., 504 Shares 30 7 1 ,1 1 1 ,4 ...... Do. Birm., and Derby 1( 0 Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ~..- ... . — Ditto, Blast. Zs Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto .... .... . 221. Vs. .. ... ... — Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicestic Swan __ nington, 8 per ct. guar. WO — Midland Great Western Irish .. . ......... ... .. .. 47 1 A - - Middlesbro' and Itedcar, 6 per cent. guar. SO Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension - N ewport, Abergavenny, ...nd Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 N awry, W arrenpoint, anti Rostrevor Norfolk ............ 100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney y al. 2 .rthern Counties Union 4 ...... North 25 . . Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........ 84 ..., --. .. .. Ditto Preference 5 - .. ... -- Yorth Staffordshire ... 17% 7% North Wales . 3 1 72 . North-Western . )xtord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 6U gtading, Guildford, and Reig 15 n - 6 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New nhrewsbury and Birth— 12 Ditto ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed $ Shrewsbury and Herald. 5 -— Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - 18 ... Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Osweatry ...... liqi i — ... — Ditto New .. Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Bliropehire Union South Devon 50 Do. Preference So ath Stanordstdre ...... 81,4 So at. Rasta, 00., N 0.2. Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 ibuth Wales "outh I orkshire, Don ca'ter, and Goole 810tlield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua- _ _ ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16 Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... S;vana. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Stm. — C0a1.... 7 raw Vale Extension ... S rkames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 1 / 2 ...... %Tale of Neath ... .- ..... 10 N aterford and Kilkenny 20 - W aterford and Limenck 47% .-. iir aterfd,Wxfrd,Wieklw mad Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... West Cornwall ..... 6 ..... N hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 Wilts,Somerset,& W ay- mouth - 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick....... Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preterence d Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 York and Nurt,D Midland 50 17% 5R....... 17% t ,Preterence % r UKEIGIN RAIL WA k 4)10 • Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 3 , Boulogne and Amiens... 20 — /4 Central 01 Bradlee (Ur- leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ()uteri Rhenish . ..... ... 8 ..... East Indian ........ 4 14 4 Ditto..._ 2O Great Indian Peninsular b Do. D 0.... .. 10a. Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 Luxembourg Ditto ... lO ..... ... — Madrid and Valeutia... '2 ....... Namur and Liege ...... '2O ... .. V 7% 8 Northern of France l4/. Es... —die Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... a% ........ .. Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... Paris and Rouen 2O •••••• - ••• •• ........ ...... l'aris and Strasbourg Rouen and:Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 2%.... 2% Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes.-- 13 ...... Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders 8 3,4 .• ••• ki NES. BrazilianCocaes&Cuiabs 30:...... 1)0. St. John Del Rey 111 .....• Cobre Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. — — Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Ditto ... ••••• Santiago de Cuba._ United Mexican JOINT STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock LLOYD'S SIIIPPENG—( T HIS DAY. LONDON, JAN. 11.—Wind N.E., light breeie, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, JAN. Io.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrived, Java, Parker, Calcutta; Diamond, Callao; Marion, Turner, ditto and Queenstown. Arrived from the Baer, London, New York. OaT BEACHY ITEA.D.—Rhoon en Pendrecht, Poat, Batavia for Amsterdam. _ _ _ FALMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Ann Black, English, Pictuu. Off Port, Veronia, Batavia for Texel; Heedson, Fewaon, Moulmein; Prince Charlie, M'Millan, Manilla and Queenstown; Pauline Houghton, ;Owen, Mauritius and Queenstown. LYTHAM, JAN. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived, Express, Dowsley, Wallace, Nova Scotia. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10.5—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived, Hero, Robb, Jamaica; Peter Marcy, New Orleans; Franconia, Boyle, Mobile; Danube, Chase, Charleston; Somerset, Tucker, ditto; Laurel, Newfoundland. Sailed, Eliza, Brazils; George Buckham, Batavia; Bombay Packet, Africa; Gipsy, Diaranham; Elvira, Demerara; X.L., St. Thomas's; Rosalinda, New Orleans; Bland, ditto; Blake, ditto; Jane, ditto; ',Snowden, ditto; Tower, Savannah; Harriett and Jessie, Charleston; Consbrook, ditto; Hottinguer, New York. Off Port, Eliza Moore, China; Lord Althorp, Callao; Daniel Dyer, Lev en Lass, Charlotta, Rhein, Jannetta, and Aberdeen. DOVER, JAN. 10.—The Ouse, on Romney Sands, is bilged. 13 MIIITOL, JAN. 10.—The Ilirondelle, from Newfound land, last from Jersey, for this port, wag in contact last night five miles S.W. of Nap Point, with the Talbot steamer from Caermarthen, and was laid on her broad side; crew saved by the latter, which received no damage. PLYMOUTH, JAN. M.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Newport, Ctpe Coast Csstle. gTRONNESS.—The Fancy has arrived here from Riga, leaky, and with damage to her bows. HULL, JAN. 10.—Wind W.—Arrd. Catharine, Nel- SO, Riehibucto; ElizAbeth 1191derueaa, Leaper,;ditto. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 3d have been received. A communication was officially made to both Chambers, announcing that the Qu3EN would be unable to receive the usual deputation on the 6th of January, on account of her health. In the Cortes on the preceding day Senor OIENSE, the Progressista Deputy, had moved for the produc tion of all documents relative to the appointment of the Cleonard Ministry in the month of October last. The Marquis DE PIDAL, Minister of Foreign Affairs, replied that no other documents existed ex cept the royal decree published in the Gazette, ap pointing and dismissing the Ministers, and that, as the affair took place last year, it ought to be buried in oblivion. The motion was rejected by a majority of 117 to 20. GERMANY. Several of the aristocratic landholders of Silesia have protested` against the 38th Article of the Prussian Constitution, which abolishes the law of entail. On the 7th the Prussian Ministry communicated to the Chambers the convention for the cession of the Principalities of Hohenzollern to Prussia, and de manded an immediate consideration of the subject. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of the Ist, pub lished at Leipsic, has the following article under the title of Buropean Genealogy : " The number of the sovereigns of Europe, including the Emperor of Brazil, who belongs to a European dynasty, as well as the two princes of Hohenzollern, whose mediation is now under negotiation, but not yet definitively settled, and without reckoning the semi sovereign Prince of Monaco, amounts to 48, among whom 33 belong to Germany, and 3 of whom are females. The oldest of these sovereigns, the King of Hanover, is 78i years of age; the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, is more than 70. Among the others 7 are from 60 to 70; 14 from 50 to 60; 8 from 40 to 50; 9 from 30 to 40; and 5 from 20 to 30. Three have not yet attained their 20th year—viz., the Em peror of Austria, the Queen of Spain, and the Prince of Waldeck, who is still under guardianship, and will com plete his 14th year on the 19th inst. The average age is 46 years 3i months. The prince who has reigned the longest is the Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe; he has reigned 63 years, and is the only sovereign whose accession dates from the last century; but if we de duct from it the years of his minority, his reign has only been 42 twc-thirds years. On the other ha❑d, three princes, the Duke of Parma, the King of Holland, and the King of Sardinia, only com menced to reign during the course of last year (all of them in March), and in all 17 princes only as sumed the reins of their respective governments in the last ten years. Six sovereigns have never been married, ♦ix, the Pope, the Emperor of Austria, the Duke of Brunswick, the Princess of Reuss Scbleiz and of Wal deck, and the Landgrave of Hesse Homburg. Four, the King of Han. ver, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, the Duke of Nassau, and the Prince of Hohenzollern-II( ek ingen are widowers. One, the King of Denmark, has been divorced from two wives ; another, the Elector of Hesse, is married morganatically ; and a third, the Sultan, lives in polygamy. Among the 35 wires of reigning princes, and issues of sovereign houses. the oldest is the Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the youngest the Queen of Bavaria, the former being 64, and the latter 24 ; the Grand Duchess is also the princess who has been the longest married, having been so for 45 years and five months. In the number of sovereigns now married, or who have been so (not including the Elector of Hesse, whose marriage is morganatic), 13 have no children, the 28 others have sons heirs presumptive. Six of these latter are married, and the oldest is that of Schaumburg- Lippe, and the youngest the Imperial Prince of Brazil, Among the 20 sovereigns without descendants capable of succeeding them, eleven have brothers, four have for presumptive successors other collateral relations, viz., the King of Denmark and the Duke of Alted ,, na an uncle, the Elector of Hesse a cousin, and the Queen of Spain her sister. Four other sovereigns, the La.ndge avo of Hesse Homburg, the Prince of Hohenzollern. "'cabin gen, and the Dukes of Anhalt-Bernburg and 871.1135- wick have not in their line heirs capable of succeeding them." The court-martial sitting at Pesth has issued a decree dated January Ist, summoning the following Members of the late Hungarian Government to ap pear before the Court :—LOUIE KOSSUTH, MESZAROS, SZEMERE, PERCZEL, CASIMIR BATTHYANT, ETIENNE BATTIITANT, RAMEIS, and others. A term of 90 days is assigned to them for that purpose. The Wiener Zeitung of the 4th instant publishes a report signed by the whole Ministry respecting the long-expected provincial constitutions and regulations for the elections of representatives to the provincial Diets. The report commences with a review of the Austrian revolution, and of the reforms which have al ready been accomplished. It mentions the law respect ing the newspaper press and the right of asso ciation ; the creation of parishes, which is to be more fully developed, whenever the dif ferent branches of the administrative authori ties shall commence active operations ; the taxa tion of the land ; the political and judicial organisa tions, &c. The measures necessary to the organisa tion of Gallicia, Dalmatia, the Bukowine, and the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, are nearly complete, while for Croatia, Slavonia, and the military frontier, they are ready, and will shortly be laid before the Emperor for his sanction. It has been necessary in many cases to consider the exceptional condition of affairs, which the report says must for the present be maintained in order that the consolidation of the empire may not again be interrupted by fresh hostile disturbances. Meanwhile the including the provinces in the constitution of the empire, and the reforms established in parochial matters, and the organisation of the administration of the country, have placed the preliminary measures on such a footing, that upon their basis a new element towards the erection of the constitution has been obtained, and an important wheel in the machine of the State, so that the constitution can be put in operation in the se veral provinces. For Bohemia Austrian above and below the Enna, Salsburg, Styria, Carinthia, Krain, Moravia, Istria, with Gore and Gradisca Tyrol, and Voralberg, and Sil es i a , the projects of several constitutions and regulations for the election of Deputies to the Diet have been prepare'. The Minis.- terial report then states the principles upon which they have been drawn up. From these we shall only mention that the division into three electoral bodies is adopted, and that the census for the election of deputies to the provincial diets is to be the same as for the imperial diet; in the larger towns the higher classifications of the industry tax are the standard. The formation of the electoral districts is to be determined by the political divisions of the several provinces. . As a rule, each political district is to send one deputy to the provincial diet. The electoral body of the highest taxed is to meet in each province as an electoral assembly, but in the larger provinces the particular interests of each political district are to be taken into consideration. In fixing the electoral districts for the towns, cities, market and industrial towns, the number of the population or their historical and industrial importance are to be considered, and where several combined have to elect one deputy, the geographical position as well as the equality of interests is to be taken into con sideration. The voting is to be viva voce, and the duration of the provincial diets is fixed at four years. The constitutions themselves are to afford to the ad ministration, apart from all narrow centralization, that degree of power which the Imperial Constitution permits to be placed in their hands. The periods fur the election of Deputies to the Imperial Diet, and for the convocation of the provincial diets are to be fixed by the Ministers whenever the necessary preparations shall have been completed, and the political authorities shall have assumed the discharge of their functions, the parishes, together with their administrative and repre sentative organs formed, and the electoral lists for the provincial diets prepared and completed. The period that must elapse before these various measures have been accomplished, is to be employed by the Ministry in the preparation of the necessary measures and projects of law. At the conclusion of the report, the Ministry ask the EMPEROR to sanction the projects for the provincial constitutions and electoral regula tions, to sign the necessary patents, and to command . the Ministry to carry them out. The report is dated the 29th Dec., and received the Imperial sanction on the 30th. The latest number of the publication of the laws of the empire contains the constitution and electoral regulations for Austria be low the Enns. The Chambers of Hesse Darmstadt have decided by a large majority in favour of the adhesion of that duchy to the Three King's League. HOLLAND. TH2 lIAGUJ, JAN. 9 —The Stoats Courant gives the Government reply to the report of the second Chamber on the national budget, relative to the war department, from which we extract the following pas sages : " The Minister of War has pleasure in satisfying the desire expressed by the sections of knowing his views relative to the organisation of the army and of the sys tern of defence. He is convinced that in times of peace the army should be as inexpensive as possible, but at the same time it shonld always be so perfectly organised that it might be at any moment employed for the de fence of the country, otherwise all the expenses attend ing it would be thrown away. " It is evident that the reduction of the army must not be carried too far; the grand objects to be carried out by the army according to the terms of the funda nleaennctea l f a t w h o in i n u d s t e p b e e n d b e o n r c n e e ' o f in the n s n t d al e and extension t e e x n t s e i e n n d extended takesin ttiimmees, , the he md defence of its territory. The army in its present st a t e i s merely a nucleus, - except at pecuaiary sacri fi ce s . b w u h t ic s h uc m h u a s n t " The Minister of War depl ores that, notwithstanding o n f o r w c a a r n o i it be ° f obtained the reductions already made, the final figure of his budget should still be considered too high; not that he imagines that any economy has been already introduced, or that he is unwilling to effect it --quite the contrary, and he hoped to give proof of his intentions on this point; but continued reductions in the army cannot pos sibly be classed among advantageous retrenchments; they degenerate into demolition, to which the Minister is called upon to lend his aid. Every part of the king dom, and every inhabitant has an equal claim upon the solicitude of Government for protection against en croachments and losses, sad it is the duty of Government to strain every nerve for the realisation of this object." TURKEY. - - The Journal of Commerce of ♦ntwerp has the following from Constantinople, of the date of the 19th of December : " The Russian steamer, the Crime a , arr i ve d h e r e on Saturday from Odessa. !P termination. dispatches for the Russian She has b roug ht the satisfactory information that the T urco -R uss i an brought o to u g a h p t a pacific differences, so far from assuming a more ser i ous Legation and for the Sublime Porte. Th oug h no t asirc ri t, bo ar e e r t i e m n e d a in acquainted with the actual contents of these dis patches, we have nevertheless learnt that all the persons who have taken refuge in the empire, in consequence of the Hungarian war, are to be ex pelled, with the exception of those who h ave em braced Ismalism. There now remains only a few of the details to be settled, and thesis will probably be adjusted at Constantinople by the exertions of the Porte and of the chief of the Russian Legation ac credited in this residence. Several conferences have taken place between the Grand Vizier and the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs with the Representatives of England and the French Republic. The demands of Sir STRATFORD CANNING, and the dignified, and, at the same time, moderate attitude of General -ix - PICK have been much spoken or. Several of the refugees have, it is said, embarked on board of French and English steamers, and all who remain at Constantinople have been called upon to express in writing their willingness to leave on the Ist of February. Letters from Alexandria of the 18th ult. state that the Egyptian Foreign Minister, ARTIN BET, had gone to Constantinople to offer to the SULTAN the Egyptian fleet, either as a set-off against the annual tribute or for money. GREECE. The Augsburg Gazette publishes' a letter from Athens, of the 25th ult., which states that Metaza having been unable to form a Ministry, the King had sent for Admiral Kriezis, who bad formed a Ministry as follows :—President of the Council and Minister of Marine, Kriezls ; War, Staicos ; Interior, Notaras ; Foreign, Londos ; Worship, Chrysophelos; Justice (and provisionally Finance), Balbis. The Chambers re-assembled on the 22d. ITALY. Pio Norm, the most vating of pontiffs and of men, has again altered his mind ; he does not return to Rome for the present. According to the Genoa Gazette of the id, th e p re p a rations made forillumi nating Rome in honour of his return have been sus pended by order. The Yexice G aze tt e , o f th e 2d, states that a work in - manthat city has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment ' by the military tribunal, for having in his possession a concea l e d m usket and some ful minating powder. The ecclesiastical authorities of Naples have ad dressed the PorE, praying his Holiness to declare the Church in the kingdom of Naples independent of the State. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN - EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Up to our market this week, coastwise, the receipts of English Wheat have exceeded 3,000 quarters, but those by land carriage and sample have been very moderate. The show of Wheat of home produce on offer to day was seasonably goud. As the attendance of both teals and country millers was limited, the demand for all de seripLiens ruled dull in the extreme, at almost nominal currencies. The imports of foreign Wheat have amounted to 5,280 tuarters. Really fine parcels were mostly held at full prices; but the middling and inferior kinds were somewhat lower to purchase. We bad a good supply of Barley on offer. All kinds were a very slow sale at barely late rates. Increased supplies of Malt were on show. All kinds were very dull, and the turn in favour of the buyers. The quantity of Oats was sm,ll. Fine samples were scarce, and quite as dear. All other kinds were much neglected. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour exceedingly little business was transacted. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. _ ___l I _ _ Oat.. Malt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. 3,110 5,690 3,330 5,750 3,410, _ 600 5,280 x. 090 4,340 Barley. Flour. Englisk 5c0tch........ Irish Foreign sziarruFZELD. Notwithstanding that the supply of beasts here to-day was small, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the Meet' trade was in a sluggish state at Monday's prices; and a clearance was with difficulty effected. The show of foreign stock was very limited. With Sheepiwe were scantily supplied ; nevertheless, the demand for that description of stock ruled heavy at barely stationary prices. Calves were in fair average supply, and a slow inquiry at last week's currencies. Prime small Porkers produced full prices, but large Hogs were heavy. The extreme inactivity in the'general demand arose chiefly from the large supplies of country-slaughtered meat re ceived up to Newgate and Leadenhall. In Milch Cows very little was doing, at from 141. to 181. each. including their small calf. Per ilbs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d, s. d. to s. d; interior Beasts..... 3 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 • Second quality .... 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 • Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown Weaker 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots ... •.. 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 ' 0 0 barge coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs •..• •• 3 4 3 • vrime malt ditto .. 3 8 310 Small Porkers ••3 19 4 2 , ucklinx Calves ..18 • 25 0 Quartsr old Pigs ..16 0 22 0 inferior Sheep • • . i 0 3 2 Lambs •.•• • • • . • • • • Beasts. 630 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 3,4(0 FOREIGN AT MARKET. Calves. 1 210 I 1. 4 1 0 . SUPPLY. Beasts. 27 I Sheep. Calves. 40 I rigs. NEVZGATE AND LEADENHiLLL. These markets were well supplied. Generally speak ing, the demand ruled heavy, on the following terms:--- At per stone by the Carcase. s. cl. to 1. d. I 2. d. o S. d. teet,lnferior.... .. 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior •. 2 a 210 middling .... 210 3 0-- middling •• 3 0 3 4 primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 prim •... 3 6 310 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork. 1arge........ 2 a 3 4 eal• ••• .• •••• • . 3 0 310 - small •••• •• 6 4 3 BOROUGH HOP IVEJUICHET. We have to report a decided improvement in the dew mend for most kinds of Hops—especially for fine neW qualities—at prices fully equal to those obtained lass week. , The show of samples is comparatively small, anti the holders generally are firm. New Mid and Esss Kent pockets, 61 lOs to 121; New Weald of Kent ditto, 61 5s to 81; New Sussex ditto. 51 15e . to 6/ jesj New Farnhams, 121'to 131; Yearling Kents, 31 to 4112e1 Yearling Sussex, 21 8s to 31 172; Old Hops, 11 to 41. COLONIAL. SUGAR—The market has been active and at full price' for all descriptions. British Plantation has advanced 6d to Is per cwt. Barbadoes by auction selling at 425 for fine yellow; at 38s 6d to 394 6d for low to mid; and Jamaica yellow at 39s to 41s. Refined grocery has heal at 50s to 525; Crystallized Demerara had been sold a 41s to 44s for mid to fine yellow, and at 37s 6d to 40 for brown. EA sr INDIC Mauritius has been 6d to 11 higher, good and fine yellow having realiaeti 39s 6d to 41s ; low to mid 37s 6d to 39s ; good to fine brown 36s to 37s ; ord and mid 32s to 35, ; and ord to fine grey 363 to 39a 6d. Bengal sold well at 3 95 6d to 45s 6d for strong yellow; at 34s to 39s for strong brown; and at 46s 6d to 48s for white ; mid to white fine 8.-hares went at 40s to 425; and brown at 30s 6d to 31s. Madras soft brown brought 296 6d to 31s 6d, and grocery yellow 36s to 38.. Manilla bas been taken; in at fuller rates, ord dark brown at 32s 6d to 83s, 5 13 ° low yellow at 36s 6d. Privately , a good deal has been done in Manilla. Porto Rico low and mid bas been solo at 38s 6d to 40s, and good and fine at 40s 6d to 445. COFFEE.—Much enim.tion has prevailed again in thio article, and all descriptions have further advanced. Ceylon takes the lead, being materially higher, good and fine or pale has been sold at 63s to 68s, low mid and EU at 694 to 765, good at 76s to 85a, Peaberry at 71s to 7 34 and triage at 50s to 645. Those are the latest quota' lions for plantation qualities. Good ord native has bees sold privately at 663 and 66s 6cl, and ord to first damaged at 54s to 61s. Jamaica good ord has 'been!" 60s and 655. Madras has touched 65s and 725. Telti l cherry has been sold at 63s 6d to 67s 6d f o r good fin e fine ord, and at 73s to 73s Gd for fine fine ord. PORED:IN.—Mysore is held for 64s and 641. W ei l good yellow has been at 60s 6d to 85s. La Guyara wen' at 64 6d to 65s for fine ord pale. Javi good and fill/ has been takea in at 64s to 70s and triage at 50s. , COCOA.—A large business has been done f or shipmeo; at 345, and Grenada has been tak en i n a t 43s to 431,112' Guayaquil at 35s for ord. RICE.—FuII prices have been obtained, white Beng ' _,, realizing 10s 6d to lls, Madras being taken in at Its 6 0 , and lOs 6d, and Bengal 9s 6d to I 111. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea has been steady at 103 s for mid, and at 82s to 97s for mouldy. Pimento has been rather dearer, having touched Sid to 6id per 1b• Cloves have been steady, at Bid to is 6d per lb. Mac! ) . has realised previous rates. Black Pepper has bee d rather dearer; some white has been sold at sil to 51 (1 per lb; and Jamaica Ginger has been taken in at 410 8/ lOs per cwt SALTPETRE.—A good :demand has prevailed for O. article, and at full 6d advance. COTTON.—Considerable sales have been made at full er quotations. TEA.—In both Black and Green a satisfactory hula' ness has been transacted. TanLow.—The market is firmer than at the beginfla of the week, P.Y.C. being 39.4 6d to 40s per cwt. k i s GREEN FRUIT.—The d eman d h as b een li m ited to week, the cold weather having checked consumPti °l3 ; Oranges dull of sale. Several cargoes of Messina Lemon have arrived. Chesnuts ar e l ower ow i ng t o seta i cargoes being received, two of which sold by 'COP" and Hunt at public sale at a reduction of 24 to 3s PI barrel. Black Spanish Nats h ave a d vance d 5s per barre l with few remaining on h an d, an d wh i ch h as ren der e th the price of Barcelona firmer. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) r d This being the first day of Hilary Term, the Chancellor sat i n th e Old H a ll , Li nco l n ' s I nn, hortlf afletl ten o'clock. There was no ceremony of the ju d g i , - 1 breakfasting with his Lo r d s hip, r ecen t r egu l a tions the benefit of the public and for saving time having ! an end to it, exc e pt in the case of the first day of chaelmas Term. The Lord Chancellor, on taking P/ o f seat, proceeded to hear appeal n‘otions, and the Cas 6 Whitworth v. Wh3ddon occupied the Court the W l3° ' morning. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) j , This was the first day of Hilary Term, and his 1 0 t , 0 ship, under the L e w regu l at i ons, sat i n hi s cour t in t o Rolls-yard, Chancery lane, and heard motions. 7, e , case of any interest c a m e b e f ore hi s L or d s hi p d u ring morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS The Vice. Chancellor of England sat in his court to Lincoln's Inn to day, for the first time since the Oat; mas recess. His Honour heard motions, it being tm first day of Hilary Term, but no case calling for s titular report came before him during the morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE ) ‘,/ His Honour heard motions, this being thy first OE Hilary Term. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Wicium.) ~„ His Honour the Vice-Chancellor Wigrarn, after a l ., posing of the case of " Re Spackman," which stood II the paper for judgment, proceeded to hear motions, b, I L nothing calling for a special report came before P'" Honour. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY') Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and fi t ' Justice Wightman t oo k th e i r seats on t h e b enc h short l y after ten o'clock. ABSENCE OF LORD DENMAN. Mr.JusticePArrxsosr, addressing the Bar, said he 141 ! hoo sorry to say that at the beginni ng o f t h e term t h e y —•• not the satisfaction of the presence of Lord Denman, s I ha fully expeeted they would; but his Lordship's absen s ° : arose from the alarming illness of Lady Denman' Derbyshire. Ile was happy to say that the health ° her Ladyship had improved though not sufficiently l° 1 : i permit Lord Denman's absence. His Lordship i f I d obliged to stay, but his absence from the Court 1013 ,,, not be of long durati on . Th ey wou ld soon h a ve t' pleasure of seeing his Lordship. The whole Bar rose and bowed to the Court. CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE "MORNING rob°' THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL AND COUNT DE TROIKAS' COUNT DE TNOMAN V. LONG AND CROMPTON. Sir FREDERICK TIIESIOBR said he had to move for rule calling upon the defendants, the printers and P ub ; fishers of the Morning Post newspaper, to show o ' l % why a criminal information should not be filed eg sill h s , them for the publication of a libel reflecting 0° Prim character of Count de Thomar, the present Fr i % Minister of Portugal, and which indirectly reflected ° I the Queen of Portugal herself. In the course of la° year the Count de Thomar was, by a royal decree , 0 0 ; pointed to the offices of Prime Minister, Secretor , ' o f State for the Home Department, and President the Council of Ministers of the Crown. ll° m 13 , 1 :0 previously held very high and important 0'',7 0 3 in the State, having been at a former Per,,, s , Secretary of State for the Department of Ju stl e - he and also previously Secretar of State for ` o Borne Department. In the distr y acted and divided ott' y of that country, t o r n , as i t h a d b een , so long ;0-0 factions, it wus h ar dly t o b e expecte d t h a t in the positli.o in which Count do Thomas was placed that should altogether esc a p e ca l umn y. Reports for ee p o i time wero industriously circulated against his Peri° lb li B , kir II me Ti I kt 8 tio to Of g ; h i ll ,L