The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-17 00:00:00

41 -71011 W 1111 Nit A.STLE Assistants, THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY , L ANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices Of Admission for public approyal:-- Prirate boxes, 31. 35., 21. 123. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, be. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE. Boxes - 4 0 Bests - -2 0 Fit - - 2 0 Pit - - - l 0 Lower Gallery - i o Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 . 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallen-. THIS EVENING, WEI be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, 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 ; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett. To be followed by a New Grand Histerical, Metaphorical, Adle;orical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal 'to be called HARLEQULN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; 9r, KERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladlei with large ruffs, tied - round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 I the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Mandel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the mposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Bruning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Puncb, Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Mtmobansen, &c., Stc., by &c. MORTALS. nooi Queen Bev, Mr. R. Romer ; Al4y Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; He , Lovely Bahby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Detain; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Durleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smoly Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° ; Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Maids of a:flour, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the 'rest of the company CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But althoueh he comes in snow, he still hope 3 to meet with a warm reception—bet 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 dot knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Anderson's my Joe, John.' and " 1 am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they coeld—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the queotion"—but the answer, it is hoped, will to satisfactory— Poor Tra-geoly meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" , to A SPLENDID HALL Iv THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical .Facts, therefore; as the Clown at A.Alee"i would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, thet the Ertel of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester; and thence arose tocerespi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Baeon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Barleigh shakes his head—bat there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It to an historicol fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the tettA.ND PROCESSJON THE TOILETTE is intreelueel, in whited the Ttnyal Wig! the Royal Ruff !! the Royal Blintzes - I ! ! and • the: Royai Petticoat I.! I.! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a Mit,sh Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN I:ESS en deshabille, as she is represeeted in a picture at Hampton Court. —What cornea next Will - certainly fol'ow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS • In all her royal spleedouro—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good. 4eceii Bess, like " Young Susan"--" had lovers so many that she scarcely loiter upon reltell 10 cleeldc"—and it is an Historical Fact that the faowine we a a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of '`pain, Prince Rupert, i rince of Swelen, Tinie - of Anjoa,' into Aleneon, Marquis GE W,nehester, the King or Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archrtuke,Chorles, Earl-of Arundel, Sir William. Pickering, Charles Blount, ant the Earl of Arran. - Good Queen Boss appoints a' meeting of • these " %yowl:crone proper men" at Kenilworth, but decieres, that on her way . , " A hanung site will go" —obit hayieg got on the " High horse," the story gallops on to CI:sle: ott :I. BY' - OONL 1 " ;:orning everts cest their shadOws before"—" Rest thee, deriing "—Ketchy,; etchy,...ketzhy—" Put . out the light, an! then '—enter the I. , ri of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— fie stops et Love's lialf-way hence, the, Itobear Arms—" Oh, Smarms," or rather " Ole, Amy 1 ."--it can't be sail, "he makes no bones ale nt it "—They part, more in sorrow, than in sneer," but, " eeiog gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in - her " deeo despair," iutoodeces her Lovely. Debby, to whom-she tins the following e atittfc stanza : " Come my'babby, come along with me We'll ;eV) far-famed Kenilworth, oar nauglitylial to see. And so they do CASTLE As it appeared on the occas;on of Good Queen 8e.,14'1 Royal Visit. For further particulars inquireof ,Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen lle=s paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the pip,,r." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admit, his wondrons generos!ty, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shallspere, by discovering" that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he Meets with some twenty " coropeti-• teurs,", and to him they do come ", petit ours," for they prove per fect hears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the-million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of . • THE SPANISII ARMADA! . ._ _ Jl. By Warner's Fulminating Blow-np—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a" Peace Congre, , s," and brings all to a close by making ;hem all change thel - clothes — The Earl of Leicester puts' off t he motle y garb of Harlequin, M. Deulin. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, I. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, AM Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amonr of Columbine, ga Theodore. All we bare further to say for Good Queen Bess Is—Virat Regina, ami all she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie Ion; since we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND, PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Rutter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knock.'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion —Railway offiCe3 to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Cooks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu- lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Police I—and Change to EXETER HALL Meeting of the reace Co:•gress—How to get up a Row —Prosylites Beware—llnrebug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium. and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family. POULTERER'S AND SHOP 'lO LET. Stick no Mils, in case yon should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "SORRY DANCE." Heals Win the Prize. SNIITIIFIEL'. • • ~ Potatoes all Ifot —Toe.; and Bay-Three real Epping Sausages, and. Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies--A Re- . port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Ho loway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin t.reatly Redaced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Baft; the Order. of the. Day—Punch and the City_Sulsance—,Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SAIXBRIOUS SPOT. STREET ,AND I,O.'GING -HOUSES. 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 J LODGING-HOUSE, clomfortable Qfmrters—Leti - 4; and the Gallant Son of ]tars—Clown's otion of Warm anatConxenfent Arrangement3 , -Good -Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great 'Attirrti , - - -Inclfiratten Extreariinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHABINII-BROSS - AND STRAND. What's to be done ?--Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON - THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance .Hotel, L. Frost.'-N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef W. Old England I —Sports of the Glaceannu— " Plaisirs wraitts 'sbnie Fish, but can - only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be does. FATHER THAAIES' ; RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thathes, with BraSs Door • and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of.. the Waters",,The Alarm—Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent Highways"-L . Fdarful Resolvel—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTIAMPTON WATt_litS, WITH VESSRL For California Or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, ---- designed and painted entirely by Branning. Illustration of Her }lost Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of Interest : Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needl, s—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. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, 3lr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall B4llet Mistress, Madame lonise. Ecenis A.rtLsts-3fe . ,srs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C.Adams, and Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Illamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Riggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfUlly to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVENING,' - With Herold's Opera, in Tlute Acts, entitled ZAMPA; ou, La Fiancee de - Marbre. Zampa, M. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Lilly Lerey ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlle. Charbbn Ritta, Madlle. Guichard. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till •ive. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOLL THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; Williara Walker, Mr. Charles Kean r Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fltzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NINTH ST.L.TVE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Brickirgham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude WIth•THE-SWISS.OOTTAGE. The Box-offize is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. T Ethßft ROYAL, ADELPHL I .i.dor the , lirection of Ma , lame Celeste. THIS EVENING win be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COT'SE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed. for , ' 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Mi ss W oolgar. Aster which FRANKENSTEIN; or, The Model Man. franken• stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zarniel, Mr. 0, .funith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tlddlewincs, Miss EL Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Covent';; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUN BURT'S ' SPOONS. Mr. Bighbary Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twink s , Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews: Mrs. llighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCzillid TILEALTRE. Under the Lessee. M Atariar,ernent of Madame Vas :-c2e r. Chariei Mahe srs. THIS EVENING. Will be performed USED UP. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To con, ludo with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes Upper Boxes. 4s. ; Yit 28 ; (la are, : s•. halt-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcro ft, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS THEATLF-1. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and :oanager. THIS EVENING, ' Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES. THE SE CONE). To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, H ar l equin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flea more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett itOTAL Af fIEATKI 'ropriotor, Mr. W. Batty Re-appearance of Madlle. Codone. LVENING. A Grand Juvenile Night, commencing with the Pantomime The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sev,n, w i t h a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR LEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, "oho came to Town upon his little Pony. 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 new• Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N, T. Hicks will appear. Box-office opea from Eleven tin Pot r. Stage manager, M.r. W. West. fIIGH WATER AT LONDOS BRIDGE, Tali DAY — 7 1(:47/ti2V,litnin:aft7r4 iivening, 31 niin. after 4 To-Moattow -Morning, 46 min. after 4 1 Evening, 5 min. aJter 5 TU WEATHEit.--Sr.N ONNICE, JAN. 17. TEERNOMETEN, LOfitest, 27 ; Ilighklst, 31; 11001, 33, BAROMETER, 29.86. WIND N.N.E.—dull weather. - • E-11 , ' I- ilium • - :::_ P lltitill,a '')1111L. -- LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1850. Even with the assistance of those preliminary biographers who contribute, through the medium of the public journals, the materials fir future memoirs and histories, the multitude has been enabled already to recognise a new evidence of professional injustice as evinced towards the enterprising and lamented 'WAGRoRN. At twelve years of age that distin guished officer entered the maritime service of England as a midshipman, and at forty-nine, after a career illustrated by the most eminent services to bis country, to the promotion of commerce, and to the general cause of civilization, he died in the subordi nate rank of lieutenant ! In this simple fact there is indicated a homily. In the bare statement there is audible a severe condem nation of the authorities at the Admiralty. In the record of an oversight so glaring and in tolerable there is perceptible a severe satire upon the entire system of naval mismanagement. The circum stance is, unhappily, one signally qualified to point a moral," though, at the same time, it is altogether of too mournful a character to "adorn a tale." Glancing back over those 37 years of laborious exertion, ap preciating the toil, the ability, the perseverance, tla , courage, l ind the unceasing energy expended upon the magnificent labours of this great national and inter natienal benefactor, bearing in recollection the splen dour, the utility, and the permanent importance of his most memorable achievements—our heart aches at the deplorable inadequacy of the compensation yielded to a man thus remarkable for the exhibition of the most ex alted self-sacrifice; cur mind is bewildered by the sense vf such supreme ingratitude ; our cheek blushes at the remembrance of so much paltry and parsimonious 'economy of promotion. That a man like this, after acquiring by his matchless enterprise an European ,and world-wile reputation, should, at the end of thirty seven years of public service, die a simple lieutenant, 'would have been a matter wholly incornpreheneible to us, but that we were already too intimately farni liarised with the' unjust and emeerable system of advaacement in the maritime pref,.ssion of Great Britain—a system as anomalous as it is disgraceful, and as short-sighted as it is ruinous. Again and again we have had occasion to reprobate the perpetuation of this crying wrong to the sailors e'England. Again and again we shall continue our expressioris of indignation at lie evil influence on the national fortunes, and at its infliction of a grievous stigma on the national character. Bat never assuredly before hive we had—nay, we are almost bold to aver that never in future possibly shall we have—cause to ref:r to this blot on the marine escutcheon of Eng land with, an illustrative case so miserably conspi cuous for its meanness as that of the treatment r f Lieutenant WAGHORN, a British subject, glorious among the ranks of the renowned for the benefac tions lavished by him upon the three great continents of the Eastern hemisphere, on Asia, on Africa, and on Europe. While hundreds and hundreds of men of the most insignificant capacity have been striding up the scale of promotion, he, the true servant of the Crow❑ and of the country, foremost among the prin cipal " workers" of the age, has been paised over as undeserving of any advancement. Here then—men of England, citizens of that great maritime empire whose annals are adorned by the names of a Come and a NELSON, the noblest of its navigators the son of a collier, the most heroic of its sea captains the sun of a poor clergyman—here is the latest, and as suredly one of the most lamentable tokens of the ob stacles thrown in the path of untitled genius and unpatronised ambition ! Shall it continue thus for ever ? Are we to watch the perpetual patronage of the younger sons of the aristocracy, and the perpetual ,disparagement and depreciation of the eldest born of the people, the offspring of the ge nine, the vigour and the enterprize of-the land ? A popular novelist is at present delineating, in the pages of an eminent periodical, the difficult progress of those adventurous members of the community who would clamber up the steep and perilous Ladder of Gold. It would have been a theme worthy of the pen of MARUTATT to have recounted the toils, the dangers, and the interminable obstructions placed in the way of those. .maritime ad venturers who, without interest, family, or patronage of any description, venture upon an effort to ascend the broad but crowded Ladder of Promotion. In the struggle there for elevation the pampered children of nobility, whose rise has been facilitated by the silken assistance of nepotism, find an endless opportunity of retarding the advance of their less fortunate competitors—trampling on the hands that dare to grasp at the rungs upon which they themselves are standing securely. So it has been from the commencement—so it will he until th 3 popular voice dooms this most atrocious and detestable system. Already that voice speaks, and speaks trumpet-tongued, thraugh the übiquitous organs of journalism. Be fire long it will resound audibly enough within, as well as without, the walls of Parliament. Another fortnight will bring us towards the com mencement of a new session, the re-assembling of the Imperial Legislature being definitively fixed for the close of this present January. Let not the represen tatives of the people of England—the people who love the glorious profession from which their national greatness has mainly emanated—connive any longer at a policy detrimental not only to the true interests of the maritime service, but also, and in a particular manner, to the fair fame of Bri tannia. Let not the ensuing session, like so many of its predecessors, be barren of all practical endeavours to ameliorate the condition of the sailors of Albion. Let the Commons bear in mind the sympathy with which the hearts of all loyal and patriotic Unglishmen beat to the measure of those noble verses of our Naval BEILANGER-- " Then, oh, protect the British Tar, Be mindful of his merit; And when again we're plunged in war He'll show his daring spirit." How the maritime profession of these islands can best be improved is not merely by the obvious good of bettering the con dition of the gallant fellows who breathe the air of the forecastle, but is likewise by the act of exciting a wholesome emulation among all ranks proportionately from the ship-boy to the boatswain, from the junior "middy" to the Admiral of the Fleet—an emulation, we mean, such as would secure to merit its reward. Such an amelioration among the officers, however, can never possibly be obtained while the higher ranks in the service remain so extravagantly, inconveniently, and preposterously overcrowded. Nothing advan tageous can be effected so long as we con tinue to support no less than thirty full admirals, or ten of each squadron ; forty-five vice -admirals, or fifteen of each squadron ; and seventy-five rear admirals, or twenty-five of each squadron. Of this monstrously disproportioned number of flag-officers there must be a large and speedy reduction The necessity is altogether too imperative to be any longer disreguded. Nevertheless, while main taining as we do that the higher ranks in the British navy must be allowed to thin themselves gradually, by the aid'of the average mortality, we make no unreasonable demands, no demands unreasonable either in the way o f magnitude or pre - cipitation. Let the future promotions be hence forth as one to every three or four deaths, until the aggregate be reduced from 150 to 90—the latter, more rational number, being thus apportioned among the different grades—fifteen full admirals, or five of each squadron ; thirty rice -admirals, or ten of eachsquadron ; and forty-five rear-admirals, or fifteen of each squadron. By this arrangement the country would be enabled to reduce its superfluous expendi ture! to enhance the value of its promotion, and generally to improve the condition of the most national of our professions. Accompanying this reduction with the preference of merit over favour, of ability over interest, of brilliant services over emblazoned pedigrees, the Admiralty might at length remove from itself the stigma of attending more to the cause of nepotism than to that of patriotism. Then, indeed, we should be spared the spectacle of all our meritorious but unpatronized officers struggling upon deck through the hawse holes, while the swarm of aristocratic lubbers are creeping in by the cabin windows. Until this beneficent change shall have been effected the naval power of England will continue to be maintained by a most precarious tenure, the fame of England being con stantly jeopardized, and its right arm perpetually threatened with paralysis. " Our country's blind—corruption veils her eyeq, Or paints her heroes in a strange disguise. Her tars are brave, intrepid, and so firth; But mourn the bar opposed to friendless worth. Yet may Britannia see the potent charm Of naval glory fly her thundering arm, When patriot feeling in their breast subsides From cold reward—who then will rule the tides?" Among the many fiscal errors committed when the true principles of taxation were comparatively unknown, under which the nation is still suffering, and which loudly call for revision and amendment, there is, perhaps, none more unjust in principle, more unequal in operation, or more impolitic in practice, than the advertisement duties, under which any persons desiring to make their wants known to the public through the medium of a notice in any public journal, periodical, pamphlet, or literary work, in Great Britain or Ireland, are compelled to pay a fixed sum as a tax to the national Exchequer. It sig nifies nothing what may be the length of the adver tisement, the charge for its insertion, or the subject matter thereof, an equal duty is demanded and must be provided for ; whether it be contained within a single line, or extend to an entire page, one shilling and sixpence must be be paid by the publisher to the office of the Board of Inland! Revenue. Whether it be inserted at an almost nominal charge, or many hundred pounds be paid for the accommodation, the result is the same ; and no distinction can be made, whether it relate to the sale of a widespread domain of the value of some millions of pounds sterling, to the humble appeal of some wretched sempatress or servant out of place for em ployment, or w hether it simply relates the miseries and wretchedness of some fitting object of charity. Uni formity of charge—that glaring fallacy invented by the rich and powerful to bring down their own con tributions to the national Exchequer to the level of those which can be extorted from the humble arid lowly—is the pretext under which this grievous in justice is perpetrated. It is the same principle on which the lowest priced bohea is taxed at the same rate as the most highly prized pekoe or souchong, by which the miserable shirtmaker is compelled to pay fir duty about 1,000 per cent. on the original va'ue of the article which she consume 9, while the luxurious millionnaire or highborn countess pays about eighty per cent. only ; by which the cheapest and commonest description of wine is assessed as highly as the rarest Tokay or choicest Johannisberg. In every case the poor and struggling man, who earns his daily bread by his daily labour, is deeply injured by this uufsir and most inequitable system: Under any circumstances he must be contented with articles of inferior quality—too happy if he can obtain a sufficiency thereof for the wants of his family; while the wealthier classes, who can afford to indulge in high-priced luxuries, escape on compara tively easy terms. It reverses the constitutional principle that every man should be taxed secundum statum et ficultates, according to his condition and the stake he possesses in the country. It not only diminishes the, demand for the cheaper qualities, which could be exchanged in almost any quantities for the productions of this country, but it affords an almost irresistible temptation to smug filing, and to the adulteration, and consequent dete - rioration of any commodity, the first cost whereof is small in proportion to the import duty. A great advantage is thus given to the unconscientious and dishonest tradesman, whilst those who act fairly to wards their customers are unable to meet the unequal competition to which they are thus exposed, and the consumer is compelled, in the majority of instances, to be contented with an unwholesome and unpalatable article. One great object of the Legislature should be to enable every person who is able and willing to work to obtain remunerative occupation. If he can do so he will be a us( ful member of the body politic, in creasing the national H ealth, and contributing to the national burdens, by the consumption of highly-taxed articles. .The beer or tea he drinks, the sugar or to bacco he uses, all contribute to the public revenue. The capital contained in his thews and sinews is turned to the most favourable account. It would, however, appear as if our sapient Legislators thought otherwise, and believed that it was for the public be nefit to compel a certain portion of the population to remain idle and inactive in the union workhouses, unprofitably consuming, in place of materially in creasing, the resources of the country. Were it otherwise, would they sanction a tax on the mere application for employment by those who are earning nothing, but who are anxious to perform their duty to society as good and independent citizens, owing their subsistence to their own honest industry? It is not our desire or purpose to place this import ant question on any narrow basis. We shall not refer to our own interests as public journalists, al though we may be permitted to say, that there is but little equity in imposing a fiscal burden on any parti cular class or body for the benefit of the entire. community. Although the tax is nominally charged to the newspaper proprietor, who is rendered responsible for its liquidation, it ultimately falls upon the consumer. The publisher adds the duty to the charge which he makes to the advertiser, who, finding an additional expense in carrying on business, charges an increased per-centage to his customer. The demand for publicity is undoubtedly diminished from the greater expense, which is almost prohibitory to those by whom it would be most required ; while it forms but a trifling consideration in the larger and more elaborate advertisements, which are but little affected thereby. Neither shall we allude to the ad vantages supposed to be afforded to some of our con temporaries by the impost. All we ask for ourselves, or can accord to others, is a clear stage and no favour. We shall endeavour to supply good and fair value to our customers, and let others do the same. There can be nnmonopoly where one is not unduly favoured at the expense of the other;. but where all are dealt with in the same manner, and are subject to the same conditions and liabilities, there can be 110 just ground of complaint. We take, therefore, the broad ground of the public benefit, " the greatest good to the greatest number." And, with respect to the advertisement duties, the industrious classes, without exception, are deeply interested in their com plete and speedy abolition. We object to them, therefore, because, as we stated in the early part of this article, and as we have shown, they are " unjust in principle, unequal in operation, and impolitic in practice," and, therefore, their immediate repeal should be demanded from the Legislature. Since the appearance of our own observations on the pamphlet recently published by .Mr. WARREN, respecting the " Douglas Court-Martial," our atten tion has been directed to an excellent article on the same subject in the United Service Gazette. Coming as the remarks of that journal do from a distinguished professional organ we gladly transfer them to our columns in this evening's impression, satisfied that the opinion of a military newspaper like the United Ser vice Gazette will be perused with universal curiosity. CABINET COUNCIL.—The Ministers assembled in Council this afternoon at one o'clock, at the Foreign office, for the first time since the holidays. It was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Minto, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Exche• quer, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. 11. La bouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. A series or Councils will be held during the ensuing fortnight, relative to important measures to be brought forward by Ministers during the approaching session. Dispatches for the Goyernors of the West India (o!onies were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Tee debate on the Educational Bill was re sumed in the Assembly on Tuesday, and during the discussion M. VICTOR HUGO delivered a most elo quent speech, in the course of which he denounced the cruelty, the hypocrisy, and the tyranny of the parti-petre, and exposed their designs in terms which procured him the most horrible groans from the priest ridden Members of the Assembly, and which were answered by vociferous cheers from the Liberals. In the course of his observations he said that the Bill proposed he regarded as a strategic one ; it was tho chef-dalare of the clerical party. Ile could not personify that party, he did not see it in the Assem bly, he did not see it in the Government. God forbid that he should be supposed to make allusion to the Bishop of Langres, but he could not help expressing his distrust at the clerical party; he would not en trust it with the development of the rising genera tion ; he would not confide to its hands the future welfare of France. The Bill had one great fault—it said one thing and did another. It was like the usual plan of the Government, every time that it forged a chain it called it liberty ; when it decreed a proscription it gave it the name of an amnesty.—(Cheers on the Left.) In the remarks that he had made he did not mean to confound the Church with the clerical party, fur the latter was the disease of the former. Free religious instruction was the Sisters of Charity by the bedside of the dying; the Brother of Mercy releasing a slave ; VINCENT DE PAULE sheltering the orphan ; the Bishop of Marseilles in the midst of those affected by the plague ; the Archbishop of Paris facing, with sublime smile, the furies of the Faubourg St. An toine, raising the crucifix over the head of civil war, caring little about meeting death so that he could secure peace. The clerical party was an ancient one; it had a past of several centuries; it was it which discovered that truth was but ignorance and error. Its history was written in that of all the progress of the human mind, but it Was written at the back of the page. It was it which put CAMPANELLA seven times to the torture for having affirmed that the number of worlds was infinite. It was it which imprisoned GALILEO, persecuted COLUMBUS, and anathematised PASCAL, MONTAIGNE, and MOLIERE. It had long sought to put a band on the human mind. And now it would be master of public instruction ; but there was not a poet, a philosopher, or en emi nent man that would accept it. There was a book which appeared to be the emanation of human united with Divine wischim which people called the Bible, and yet there had been Popes who had dared to proscribe that Book, and this party claimed liberty of instruction; but the liberty which it really wished fur was that of not teaching —(Approbation and laughter on the Left.) The Clerical party wished to instruct, and it would be, therefore, well to look at what it had done for centuries when. Italy and Spain was in its hands. Thanks to it, Italy, that mother cf nation=, of poets, of genius, and of the arts, now kneW not how to read. Spain had lost her rank among na tions, but it was true that she had gained the Inquisi tion, an establishment which some in that Assembly had wished to re-es'ablish. The signal for disorder was here given by M. Duna, the President, who inttrrupted the orator by the following impertinent observation—a" Y ou cannot be allowed to impute such an intention to any one in the Assembly." The signal for interruption having been thus given by M. Durirt himself, who seems to have acted on this occasion as ringleader of the disorder lhs, the members of the parti-pretre continued voci tirwing during the remainder of the time that N. VseToit Huoo continued speaking. The lion. Gentle man thus concluded his speech:— "Tee clerical party , had g,gge 3 the Roman as it wished is do the French people. It was a ,fine task, but le' them beware. He rejected the Bill because it outrage I French fes lings—because it degraded instruction,lowered the level of science, and del aced the human mind. He was one of those who flt the blood mount to his f,re head whenever France expericnced a diminut.on of ter ritory as in 1815, or a diminution of intellect, es it was now wished to impose on her. Ho would give the clerical }.arty a little serious advice : let it beware cf the darkness caused in men's minds by the at aie of the surplice." On tE e Right—lt is insulting to the Catholic faith. On the Lt.f.—He is right in what he saye. M. Leo Lahorde—lt is infamous. On the L.. f —He does not speak of priests. On the Right—Whom does he allude te, then, when ho talks c f the surplice. M. V. Hugo—The clerical party was alarmed at Socialism ' • it saw the waves rising, and i t imagines that it will have saved society, when it shall have combined material resistance with social hypocrisy, and placed a Jesuit wherever there is not a gendarme.—(Explosion of murmurs, and prolongad bravos on the Lett.) Let it, however, listen, to advice. The 19:11 century was opposed to it, and if it continued its course, it would liaise firmidalsle even tualities. It placed'rhe Government in the sacristy. On the Right—Order! order! A Voice—Let him go on, they are only phrases , . M. Denjoy—lt is only old romantic nonsense. M. de Dampierre-1 demand that the speaker Le called to order. M. de Larcy—Ho has insulted every Catholic. The President—l request the Hon. Gentlemau to re frain from making such observations. A Voice—lt is like the Porte St. Martin. Naraucl—Lt is the liberty of the tribune. The President—The life. ty of the tribune has its limits. The Assembly was at this time in a state of Brea agitation. _ _ - M. Victor Hugo considered that he had a right, when a Bill was presented which be regarded as a public danger, to closely examine it—(Renewed interruption) —and his intentions ought not to be suspected. Ile had last year defended order when it was in peril, as he now defended liberty when it was threatened. He was not suspected when he was at the barrieudes on the 23d of June.—(Agitation.) The President—You have indulged in too long a tissue of persor alities, and you have done so with very insult ing expressions. But you have been treated in your tarn so severely that it has dispensed me with acting ai I s might have otherwise dono. M. Victor Hugo—We re t h ese the k i nd cf Bill 3 that were to be produoed ? W as F rance to be ar rested in her onward coarse ? The intention was to petrify human th ought. —(Laughter.) "In this age of discoveries," said the Hon. Member in conclusion, " you proclaim immoveability ; you pause on the road like men fatigued— fatigued with glory, genius, science, and knowledge l Do you not see that et erything is in movement around you and advances— you want to stop short !—(Nn, no.) I declare to you that if you repel progress, 300 will have fresh revolu tions; and to such men as deny the truth of that asset lion Z reply by tFe declaration that the earth turns round. I shall vote against the Bill." (This speech was loudly applauded on the Leff.) The sitting was brought to a close at a quarter to seven. The discussion was resumed in the sitting of yes terday, and had not been brought to a close when the post left. All the journals admit that the speech of Al. VICTOR HUG° was a splendid specimen of elo quence. The Constitutionnel admits that there are many fine passages in it, and the Assemblee Nationale ' one w h o h as rece i ve d th e will fall for b e lieving in the sovereignty gift t f h oegfeohnrijasut genius, and a s as o n The Univers says— " We have come back to th e worst t i mes o f attaArs against religion and against the liberty of the Church. has just victoriust expressions.luflung 1 go o u r t em b i e n f e o e r id u e . The tribune cf the Assem aa b nn l dd y passionate M This to our thinking, one o f the h i ghest com pliments onfc tehßarthelemybitter, Liberals t si . r r i t Hilaire ofa Restoration." ti that can be paid to these gentlemen ; for, be it remembered, that among the Liberals of the Res toration were PACE'. Louis COURIER, P. J. DE BERANGER, MANUEL BENJAMIN CONSTANT, and General For. The Presse says— " " At the very first word of his speech, this eloquent • orator separated himself from the majority by a pro gramme ofliberty. VI 7 „ e have net time to-day to follow M. Victor Hugo through his magnificent developments. Let us simply record this triumph of eloquence." The Republique says " The Jesuits of the liberty of instruction will not r..cover from this speech. They come and speak of liberty. They who each day practice violent compression wiih the blindest rage, They come and speak of liberty—they who are unvrilling to allow the discussion to take place without impedi ment-they whom every ray of light terrifies ; who have just placed all the teachers of the people under the sur-• veillance of the police; who, according to the words of U. de Montalembe r t, wou ld wish to take away f rom us even to our id eas ! i t is truly too much audacity, and, as M. Victor Hugo told them, if they have succeeded in gagging Italy, it is not prudent on their part to endea vour to introduce the same system into France. France will not have either Jesuits or Inquisition, or the sub serviency of souls, hearts, and minds; she wants to have liberty. And the clerical party is the negation cf all liberty." The Moniteur publishes the revenue returns fur the last six months, from which it appears that the state of commerce and industry is improving. M. PRAX IE h as laid the following proposition on the table of the Assembly Art. 1. In case it should occur, either by surprise, coup d'etat, or insurrection, that the President of the Republic or National Assembly should be prevented from exercising the functions intrus•ed to them by the Constitution, all the municip • ' al councils, and councils of arrondissements and departmerts, shall be bound, under pain of dismissal, to assemble officially, and assume pro visionally the direction c f the administration of the de. partments, arrondissements, and communes. " Al t 2. The pref-cts and other public functionaries, as also the armed force, shall also place themselves under the orders of the new Government, which shell have the power of suspending, clitnissing, and replacing, provisionally, the employes tf the state. " Art. 3. The public functionaries shall, under rain if dizmissal, refuse olelieece to any Government resulting from usurpation or insurrectior " Art. 4. Collectors and receivers of the taxes, whe tber general or particular, are forbidden to hand over the produce of the public taxes to any other hands than those of the' departmental administration. " Art. 5. So soon as the great :powers of the state shall,have their liberty of action, they shall re-enter into the exercise of their authority over the departments and communes." The Bourse was agitated yesterday, and the price of public securities declined slightly. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 25c., rose to 94f. 50c. ; and fell suboequently to 94f. 20e., at which they closed ; the Three per Cents., closed at 57f. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 830 f.; Rouen, 585 f. ; Havre, 247 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 463 f. 75c.; Avignon, 217 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 334 f. 75c. ; Bask, 115 f .; Bordeaux, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 360 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 / 4 —Dutch Rhenish, I%—East Indian, 4 1 4 ex in.—Luxembourg, 2% Orleans and Boor deaux, 3 3 / 4 ex in.—Paris and Strasbourg, 6'.A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. On the Bth the Minister of Finance presented to the Chamber of Deputies a project of law demanding to be authorised to continue to collect the taxes and assess them according to the report read to the As sembly in the name of the majority of the Committee on the Budget. This communication created a deep sensation in the Assembly, particularly among the members of the moderate opposition. The Chamber held a short sitting on the 9th, after which it retired to its committees to elect the members of the Com mission to which the above Bill was to be referred. On the 10th the committee of .the Chamber of Deputies of Spain on the Government Bill on the budget, presented a report in favour of the Bill. Several members of the Opposition, however, in. tended to bring forward amendments. It was expected that immediately after the passing of the Govern ment Bill (which was considered certain), the Cortes would be prorogued. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 10.—,-The Three per Cents. closed at 29 for cash • the Four per Cents. at 12 for paper ; thq Five per Cents, at 124 ; the Debt without Interest at 4, and the Coupons at 71. PORTUGAL. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The Queen in person opened the Portuguese Chambers on the 2d inst.; her Mejesty delivered the fallowing speech : " Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Gentlemen Depu ties of the Nation,—The public tranquillity, fur the consolidation of which your loyal co-operation has efficaciously contributed, has not been disturbed since tbe last legislative session. It behoves us to thank Divine Providence for having saved these kingdoms from the scourges which, have so much afflicted other countries. 4. My relations of friendship with foreign potentates .continue to become closer. " An agreement has been concluded between my Government and that of his Majesty the King of Den mark, by which the Portuguese flag is considered in the passage of the. Sound as that of the most favoured nation ; the - same respect the Danish flag is ad mitted into the ports of Portugal. "In conformity With the principles of a just recipro• city, my Government has arranged that our merchan dise, imported into the ports of Russia under the Portuguese flag, be exempt, from the payment of 50 per' Cent. beyond what is marked in the general custom house duties, and Portugueee ships relieved from the differential dues which are paid in that king dom upon tonnage. "By virtue of the, authority conceded by the law of the 25thjune, j 849, and taking into consideration the dlanns of some foreign Governments, that law has been extended to the Swedish, Dutch, and Belgian _ Tramiuillity has been preserved in the colonies, and in that of ,Angola; a new colony of Portuguese emigrants . frOm Brazil, is already established, which gives the most flattering hopes of pros perity ; but , I ark sorry to have to acquaint you that the establishment of Macao was the theatre of two attempts against the sovereignty of my crown,' and against the rights of the people. My Govern ment has already taken the necessary measures to secure the integrity of the establishment, the sove reignty of the crown, and the national dignity and decorum ; and has also made the necessary claims, which, I trust, will be considered, that due reparation be obtained. " My Governnient will render you an account of the use it has made of the different powers entrusted to it, and will as well acquaint you of the means it had adopted to improve public credit, and meet. the public expenses. The'eStimates of the receipts and expenses of the state must be laid before you, and several proposals tending to improve some branches of the public ser vice, and some law* which experience has shown to haVe hen deficient. " Worthy Peeri of the Kingdom, Gentlemen De puties of the Nation,—At this solemn moment, in which I feel the most lively pleasure in being sur rounded by the repiescntatives of the nation, it is my-duty especially to recommend to you, in accord with my Government, to consider the true situation of the country, and adopt efficacious remedies, in crier to establish the organiz ttion of the public re venue upon a solid and definitive basis." GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette of:the 14th states that an i)Jier Ministerial crisis had arisen at Berlin, owing to the failure of the Ministers to obtain from the • Deputies whom they had consulted se parately their consent to the modifications in the Constitution demanded by the King. At a Cabinet Council, held under the presidency of the King, the Ministers had attempted to persuade his Majesty to make concessions to the Second Chamber, with respect to financial matters, as an inducement to it to consent to the proposed organisation of the First Chamber ; but the King had declined. It was con sequently believed that the second Chamber would reject all the modifications, and that the_Ministry would resign. The Committee of the Second Chamber of Prussia continued on the 13th the examination of the modi fications in the Constitution proposed in the royal message. It rejected those relative to a State Court and the legality of ordnances, and adopted that for authori4ing the judicial prosecution of functionaries. The Cologne Gazette, of the 16th, has the follow ing telegraphic dispatch : BERLIN, JANUARY 15. " The Committee of the Lower House has proceeded with its resolutions on the various paragraphs of the M.iyal message. The 7th proposition, giving the Lower House the first vote in the ways, means, and supplies, was accepted, and so was the 15th pa ag7aph, contsio leg a provisional confirmation of the Electionary Laws of the 30th May, 1849, but the r ara g raphs 4,8, and 14,. trt wing of feudai tenure?, the formation of an Upper Howe, and of entails, were peremptorily nega t.ved." ITAL Y• On New Year's day the diplomatic corps at Na ples waited upon the POPE to compliment hint. M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, the Spanish Ambassador, congratulated his HOLINESS, in the name of his colleagues, on the altered aspect of affairs, and on his restoration by the combined aid of the Catholic Powers. The POPE made the following reply At the time of political acid religious commotions the diplomatic corps was to us a crown of consolation; at present it is a crown of joy to us, in these days in which these commotions are partly quelled, and our heart feels the sweetest consolation in repeat lag t. 3 you our assurances of the pr( foundest gratitude. We rejoice in this oppottunity a expressing it to you, gentlemen, . and of confirming it in the most explicit and sincerest manner. Generosity, nobi lity, firmness, and piety, are the distinguishing features of the conduct of the Four Powers who hastened in the name of Catholicism to triumph over anarchy, and to restore to the Sovereign Pontiff, in freedom and independence, the exercise ef his high functions. ' Returning to his see, he will arrive Vlore under the escort and support of the same sentiments which the Powers manifested at the time they cl. ared the way for him. It is certain that God blesses and elevates nations for the acts of justice they do, and lie will certainly not fail tl bless and elevate the Sovereigns and Governments, whom you represent, for the interest tbey have taken in a case which is essentially that of God. And it is for this reason we have a just motive for entertaining, not only the confidence, b u t the certainty, that, as they have upheld the cause of they will equ a lly d efend God in that of His vicar, with zeal their own cause in granting to the Church the protection and support she is so much in want of, in order that she may influence the true explanation cf the principles and the propagation uf morality now directly attacked by so many enemies of God a n d man. hir () we manifest these sentiments, we bless from our heart, in you, the Sovereigns and Governm en t s you have the honour to represent, without ev er ceasing to pray for the peace of the world, and for the triumph of peace and justice." The Tempo of Naples , which is kno wn t o b e t h e organ of Cardinal ANTONELLI, concludes a leading article with a positive declaration that the P orz w ill very shortly give f rom Rome his benediction, to the whole world. P SATII OF CAPT. HAIG, R,.ll.—We have to re ,, cord the death cf ca,?tain Haig, of the Royal ti' rira an officer whO is frequently mentioned in Sir William Ro=te's dispataes When he commanded the Bacchus in Ile Adriatic in 1812 and 1813, who, in des,iling Eeve ral brilliant boat actions in that sea, under the command of Lieutenants (now Captains) O'Brien end Hood, men tions Lieut. Haig with gr(an c0r21rr2 , .-n!latit:n. 3r.a c,,n cludoi with the ealogiuni, " This officer never Ickes an op t ottuaity of distinguishing himself." MUNE 1' rut CO P4.I.itiERCIA It.i NEW CITY, QUARTER TO THREI.:. The sa!es c f (3,1,t0n at Liverpool yesterOay were about 7,000 balek, of which 1,000 were taken on speculalory. The market was steady st previous rates.—ln BaAwa.y Shares a Lie business was done, and prices were well supported. The rake,: f wheat in the provincial matktt:, Which govern the only, were last wetek 100,864 quarterF. In the colonfal produce marktti a 'air business has been done; .but speculation has received some chick from the IZussian lean affair; and coffee is lower, from _this and other causes, into which we shall enter to morrow. At the half-yearly meeting e , f the Loudon Joint Stock Bank this day, a dividend of 6 per cent. wasdeclared, te gether with a bonus of 6d. per share. The guarantee fund was now 132,7231. 25. Bd. After a friendly diicus sion the report was adopte I. The amount c f Let profits realised by the bank during the half-year ending Decem ber last, is 25,132/. 10s. 83., which with 15,433/. 14s. Id., carried forward from June, makes a total of 40,5661. 4s. 9d., appropriated in the f 'Rowing manner:-18,000/. for a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum; 22,5001. as a bonus of seven shillings and sixpence per share ; and 66/. 4s. 9d. to the credit of the guarantee fund, now amounting to 132,723/. 3s. Bd. The dividend and bonus, free from income-tax, will be payable on and after Friday, the 25th inst. The Directors who retire by rotation are—Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P, William Mitcalle, Esq., M.P., Ambrose Meore, Esq., John Timothy Oxley, E.q., and William SI a Ibolt, Esq.; of whom Mr. Hastie, Mr. Moore, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. Shadbolt only offer them• selves for a-election. The Directors regret that owing to il'-health, Mr. Mitcalf) is unable to tender t) tic shareholders a renewal of his services. To supply this vacancy, the only shareholder duly qualified, who has given notice that he is a candidate, is Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart. M.P. It is dated from Paris, as bearing directly upon the Russian loan, that a rumour exist( cl c f the intention of the Czar to sell out the French Stock which he bought at such a high price, being much in wart of money; and it is further asserted that all public works in Russia are to Le stopped next spring, even those of the Crown, the whole surplus financial resources of the Bute being placed at the disposal of the Minister of War. Wtether this he true or net, it unques tionably bra-s the slaw of probability, and we ere ipermaled, that only the seuresy observed upon the subject c f the Russian finances prevents a deprecia tion of the credit of the Government, which would be far more in accordance with its real position and abso lute. resources. The success of the Russian loan will inevitably rave the way for applicants from other quarters, and the Pope has already obtained 6,000,000 franc:, it is ?aid,. in France. Such a reckless applica tion of, the capital of nations which could well employ the amount at home argues a rotten system, which it will require great perseverance to root out. There is exception taken to some remarks in the lead!ng at Vele cf Tuesday's Sun as to Messrs. Baring being more English than Americar, and we are rsrainded by ruerchauti in the United States trade that the Americans have expressed a sympathy warmer, and even more practical, towards the Hungarians than has been evinced here, and that a loan for Russia would, certainly find no favour at New York. It will remain to be seen, therefore, whether we can make a like beast f London. The En&::sh Funds have been very weak again, the heavy Bull accent t not having been yet wholly ad just. d, there iF, for the moment, a tuller supply of stoney stock. Consols have realised 96 to 961 for Money, al,' 96+ to a for Time. The present values are 96k 4, and Ofii 1. Lank Stock is, quiet at 2071. Ex chequer-bills have been marked' 58F. to 615., and India Bonds 96 -. premium. The New Three-and-and-a-Qnai - 'ter ter Cents. have realised 984 to 1. Jo the Foreign tplarket there is nt t a great deal do ing. Peruvian have risen to 664 i; Brazilian are 884 ; and Buenos Ayres, 50; Portuguese Four per Celt:. bring 354 to _a , being lower. The accounts from Lisbon ce a deficit in the estimated revenue for 1850 of 2,331 contw, and which the utmost economy of the Fi nance 'Minister only reduced to 778 contos. Spanish Thrce per CeatF. are 364 to 374. Russian are down to 107 and 108. The Week's Railway Receipts, as far as yet made up, are a; follows : Gre.tt Western including Bristol and 1850. 11 , 49. Exeter North Western 8righten........... Midland ' .South Eastern . It will be seen that, with the exception of the Mid land and Great Western, these are decidedly satisfactory. 11 e Market for Ragway Shares has net been active, but prices keep up generally, and are better fir North Western. Great Western are also good, but Midland, Ea►tern Countie3, and Brighton are rather duller. BRITISH FUNDS Filth DAY •AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 207 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 6 % 3 /4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 4 per Cent. AIM 4. 9 B A 3 /1 I A Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1960_ 8% 8 11-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859... 8 5-16 India Stock India Bonds under 1,0001-- ....... South Sea Stock 105 1 % Ditto Old Annuities - 96 1 ( 61eosoIs for Account ... ... . 9 %A% lA% ~.xcht, q uer bills. 1 - 4 d. 2d. - March. June. - I ,000/, 500! Small — 58 61 p _ 'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent BB4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5O Mexican BonAb, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent.. 6 6 1 / 2 1A Ditto Deferred .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account... B6 Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent lO7 108 Spanish Bonds, 5 per C ent,lB4o Ditto Account . 1 9 1% % Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account .. ... 57 Cividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild BUSIIIES3 DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONR O'CLOCK Remwsie. PAID. PER SHARE. . berd sea .., Ditto, Pi- , ference 8 - die... to - I .eib , c . It,. .ing., Bo , ton,&c. 7% tyrstiirs :,-1 Galloway - ...... to - ;en t Rl` ' Ounty - Down - ...... to ...... 3erks ant' dants Extension (Gri.. West. i'erpet.s per ct.) 6 - 00. •• to ••••• tirm.tigi.l.,. , is Oxford J unct., calla diu,, pd, or with guar. 20 - ...... to - Do., witi.afta_miafantee... 20 . ~•---- . ..... to Irrninul , '.i.l, .v or., & DlJlley, call . ;dui j i .. 1, or with guar. 10 ..... - ...... to ...... Do., without a guarantee... 10 3i r raing., vV.oi., is; b'toar Val. 13/.14s - ...... to -- -;irkenbeacl, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. - ...... to i;ristol and Exeter (j° ...... 62 ...... t o - Do., 'n i p' , ..... t o iuckinghainshire -17 L/;...... 17% x.i. to - '2,oi lon ia n Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 8%.,.... to - )itto, Clydesdal© Junction 50 . ..... - ...... to .-- ,hester and HolyhQad... - ...... to - Ditto, Preference - .. to Do., let Class 6 per C - ... to - , ent... 10 to - Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 p er C ent. 10 ...... to - sired London & Portsmouth 5% - . ..... to - )üblin. and Belfast Junction.. 40 - ... to - )undalk and Enniskill en ... 30 - ... to - ast Anglia, 25/. L. & E., aad L. & D . Ditto, 18/., E. &II lB ... .. 1 .... to - Do, 31. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref 3% - - Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2 - Eastern Counties .. . Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. Extern, 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d.. - p x. i. to ..- Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... - p to - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 por cent. - ...... to - Ditto, New .... ...... .. 43 . .... - -.... to - i . astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - - Ditto, do, Class B & C...... 25 ...... - Ditto Scrip (pm 6 per ct.) 20 . - ... - east Lancashire .... - ...... to -- Ditto, New - ........... •••• ' 25 - ...... to - Do., New Q uar t ers - ...... to - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares ast d..: - x. i. to -- -:dinburgh and Glasgow 5O - - Ditto, Half Shares - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... - Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. lb Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% -x.i.to -- Exeter and Exmouth... 2ls. - -• .• to - '-'ilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd --.. ... to - ( 41asgow, Kilma r nock, & Ayr 50 - - Do.Prefereace Consolidated - ..... - - Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 12% - ...... to „.. Treat Northern 2O ...... 6i x. i. to 7% Do. IA A Deferred ..... ••• 121 4 — ...... to Do. % 8 . ,6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....—. 12 1 / 2 . 1034 to R. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 4reat North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/.... ...... .. -. 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 30/ Di+t.),New 15/......... G cawWu,t?..ii lOO —... 64% to 65% Dir !. Ilr 'I Shores 5O - Dir ~ Qi ,e: Share 3 Di , ' ), E: 1 29 Do. Now i 71, . ff d ul , r S,7lbv 5O A ..... to 101 mr... II: Sh2re3 .. ...... 25 ...„. 50 . .... to —.- lytt ) ,Qc -: er Sl)trei ... /2% --...... to Lpree , .: q', Id C_ ,:/' le.— ... 50 Do~ It . , ' t.:r.c.f. ; 1 -' - _e , -, nd Yo.l - 3 !'ve 163 Dii - 0,C.,_ . , .. o `.l ...... .... to Dit: 3Qu -e-:s ..... Dino F' ,ni ..... . to llit ' h 1).- ' 2 "A ' . ...... to Do., New Gn• .. 6 per cent Do. (Rudd. , ~1. and Slic. , ff.) 50 D.), We,tridirglTl , 0..3... 10 .... 4... t, Do., P..t._!,,,r, ezd Wve ... 25 ..„ — .. to Do., do., Half Slims (A) 10 ... ' ... to I..,._.:tiand Islr.?(':o.d ..... „.... to DC, , (lc?, rtm '.,:'., i I;'4- G„Lt. 3 1 .--• ..... t'a ••• Ditto, ditto... .....I`o. 2 10 I-. ~„ - Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 6 D. Pref. Quarters:.lB48... 9 xpool. Crosby, and Sciut h- _ , 4 = . . port. :..•.i.i ... .. . i:..., - 10 London 8' 1.3.itte1twa11......111. 6s. Sd — ' t,O -- Lood., Er;gl4,4SOuthCoastloo ..... 811 4 1 / 2 ' to 4 3 Do.; New 51., gua. 6pr C't.loo :..k.. —•-• • W De. 1 3noranteed5per Cent. 9 ...... - .. to .-"- De ri•kerential; 5 per Ct., 50 ...... 58 to --- Ditto, ditto 1852 .50 .. ... I. , );:nipt, end Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... • •••••• . to- •-• . Ditto Pret4rence 2O — w ---, , , 1 Lon(leal 4 North Western-100.-115 115 1 4 114 1 / 2 to .11511 DO. New Quarters. Do. Fifths - 12 ...- 18 1 / 2 to •""' l' O. 4 f,. Shares... , :L. & M 85 ...... Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - to'-' Loa; ion -sr. IS. We:item .......100 Ditto, New 504- ..... - ..... 42 1 / 2 ...... ..... •to. "- D i tto. New 401 • 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pre 7 pox Cent. • - .. 5 . ... N.....- to il 't.ontiotititrry and Coleraine.... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. Londonderry and Erniakillen 25 Do., Half Shares L4westoff, guar. 4 :Ter ct . . Ditto I :gtiai. 6 per cent.:. 13 ...... ‘tanch Buxton & Matlock 5 31anchr, Sheffield, end Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 - Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... .. „ to -'" Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - Ditto, ?sShares (No. 3)... 12tii ...... Do., New - 101. Preference.. 10 ..... 8% W Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield s®' - - to Ditto, ditto. .20 - •..... to ..... Ditto, ditto ......... ........ 12 1 ,4 — ...... to Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 ; quo, Man:: & Lin. Union 44 23. ...: ' W A1id1and........, .... ........ ...100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. tihares ..... ...... -.30 Midland. ilirm., and Derby ...loo ~. Midland, Consol. 13ristei and _ Birmintrhain. 6 por cent...100 iiidlazid, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. Ditto ditto 221. 75. ... .. Dittc,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Ilidiznd, Leices. and Swan- Rington (8 oar ...... to •••,' idil. Great Western (Irish) 47 1 ,i ...... to I.iddleabro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Salle/qv - le and Carlisle „ 100 ..„.. ...... to Ditto Quarter Quarter Shares . 25 ... _ ...... to 0 Newmarket ... .... ....,. 23. - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 2s. — . Newport Abergy., and floret.' ii .„... - NE. ry and Enniskillen • ry, Warrenpoint, ana ROF...treV:Of ..... •••• • ••••• •••• 20 •••• 1 1 / 41 to Norio% .... lOO to Ditto New 201. l5 ...... to -- Ditto Guaranteed 5 par et. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent . to Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 vorthern 'Counties Union 4 North liritish .. .. ... 25 ~.... .„ ... to i )itto Half Shares, .... ...- 121% r — - Do. Quarters Ditto Thirds .. Ei , ... _ ..... to IMO, Preference ...... 5 North Staffordshire North Wales 3% ..... ..... to ..- North Western 1 3 3 /4 .... to '- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Rlq.ding,Guildtd.,Bz Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central: ,coltish Midland .- .. 25 Ditto,New... ..- 2 2 1/ — . to '''' Shrewsbury and Birmingl.ians 12 1 Ditto. .' ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guarantead 8 4 hrewsbury and Hereford ~ 5 Shrewsbury and; Chester t Nor. Vi . ,viii;.) Ditt6 Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry ' 18% — ..., to •"‘ Dine (New)... _ 1 Ditto b per Cent. Pref....-. 10 - , .!ifiropshire Union Oh— .. ...... to "... '", South Devon Ditto, Prelerence ...... .. South StaBordshi-te ..-- South Eariterv: - ' 33 • El 2O ...... to ...,;. Ditto, No. 2.... 3O /' Ditto, No. 3. Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. .. lO ..... 6% ..• South WaleS South Yorkshire, Doncaster and ,Goole .._ . . he:lit-Ad, Rotherharn • and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 16% — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca- ... fneron'a Stm. Coal ... . 7 ...... .-- ...... to rave Vale Extension - •••• .....• Thame salwaynaven Dock and R ..,,. ... 17% - ...... to -- Vale of IN eath ... ........... ~. 10 . .... Waterford and Kilkenny 2O •••••• -- ...... to Waterford and Limerick... - Waterford,Wextord,Wieklw, • • to - and Dublin ••• ffOar Valley 6 pat Cent Guaranteed .. Do. do.. do. . t t o o Do. do. do. West Cornwall 6 - . — ..... to . .... Xhitchaven and Frirneoa lB ... .. ...» W Wintiser, Staines, and South Wes;,ern... .. ..- Wilts, Sotnerset,& Weymouth 45 ....- V ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 o Do.nd Newcastle Exton. 20 .. Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 - x. l ... to , Do. Hartlepool Dk. & lily. 100 York and North - It:if:Band .. 50 DAV), Preference FOREIGN RAILWAY'S. Anglo Italian (late Italian . . , • and Atastrian) .6 12 — Boulogne and„ - Amiena 2O .• ••• 71/i to Central of France (OriegllS and Vierzon) ... Denterara. 17 1 ,4. .... —• ..... t ° ---. Datch Rhenish 8 ..... ..... East Indian ....., ............ .. 314 ..... Ditto 2O ..... .... to Great Indian Peninsular 6 .. • "*" . to Do. Do: .... .... ....... ... 10s. Louvtin Ila Sambre ........ 71/2 ..... _. to ."-- - ..... ..-- toLuxembourg ~.. Ditto • lO ...... to . •• •••. to .0. Madrid and Valentia I.: , !roiretrnaliodf I. l3 'r: r n d c e c a . u .. x ...... 2 Nenntr and Liege 2O ••• •• --- •••••• ....• • Pang and tAloans.... to ....., .... . to 20 to Paris and It ..... ....., .. ..14/78e I%dzisix...i. W ~ 20 . to Paris & Strasb 12 ourg .•••• ••••• Rtmen and Havre .... . to Sambre and M euse ..... ••-•' _ traBbarg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - „••••• t o .0 ... to fours es, Nantas ... ...... .• 18 Tonality, Jurbiso, Lander!, w and 1 - laseelt -- •••'. ..". West Flanders • 814 •••.« to JOINT STOCK. PANKb. •••• Australasia to ..... British North North American eolorziEl .... .... -- ;'omrnitrciz..l of London 2O ...... 22 •••••• -- to London Joint Stock , 10 London and Wastminster. .. 20 N'Ltional Provincial of Eniaci. 85 - " ,••••• 1 Ditto, N QV/ t:;aticn al of 1re1and...... 221/2 1.9 Provincial of Ireland to Ditto, New - •••-* 0 •"' t Union of Australia to Ditto, New to ,„„ Union o; London ... 10 Union of Madrid 14111v.E8. to "... ado , t -, exlcan lOO ...... ....• to •••• Asturian ...• ***** ••• ••••. 15 -•••••— • ••••• to 0" Australian - lilaenarvnn Iron and Coal ... .50 _, . to - Bolanos Lierio to tqitish Iron iirazilian Imporial ...- .. ..,. 2.44 —•••••- to '' Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 • A. ..... , to .... Cobre Copper - ••• to euQral . i,,,:i its Monte, U nreg i s t ere d . .. .. "- to ".. Do. - Mack Debentures. --_ ~.••• ..., •••• Do. Red Debentures ... :*; a n t i a q - o de Cuba United Mexican ....... ........ 28 1 4, - ....... . .. ' wtto° ...:ne. .0 LLO YD'S SHIPPIIN G---( THIS lig LONDON, JAN. 17.—Wind this day at noon-. 144 bret re and h azy; an d t h aw i ng. 01 tae DEAL, JAN. 16.—Wind E. to E . N . E . —A r rd.. river and sld., New Forest, Rio Grande. ro t/ Gowns, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Houghton, O men , M aur i t i us, for London. , 110 d5°°' PLY?101:711. JAN. 16.—Wi n d N.E.—Arrd. - Filly, Moulm e i n , f or L ondon. Ar i i e ;; LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16,—Wi n d E., fresh.—S lo • Basle; Leape, Cap e o f G oo d Hope; Bodinian Castl e, f o ttl: Ceylon, Ba r b a d oes; Loodianah, New Orleano;,ro9lo.4. Cbleen, Calcutta ; B en j am i n B oy d , Af r i c a; Sierra Leone ; Star, Arica; Danube, Rio L' l hen' Thomas Mellor, Pernambuco ; Wilson, g ar or r i Success, Jamaica; Astoria, New Orleans; poll Charleston; St. Geor ge , N ew Y or k. The, h ot e ,: o schooner, Neath to Dublin, foundered in the t.'" 11th inst.; crew saved, and arrived at Kingete wil. Gay Mannering does not make much water. ,00 9 ' FALMOETIZ, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E , fresh br - ,,alsg af Arrd. Isabella, Mortimore, Sr. John's, Nevvf eti : oo , l3P o r The Tycho Wing, of Wisbeaeh, Galatz to Le rl rtero - gone to pieces on the Clews Rocks• master and Oh j, crew drowned—porti on o f cao and materials ria,oo°,, . r MILFORD, JAN. 16.—The Gwenddolea, of E' c ' t he Barrow to Newp or t, f oundere d 14th i ns t. 00 in ileb Bishop's Light, bearing S.W. by W., distant 15 crew saved. P mr PENZANCE, JAN. 16.—The Echo, Surinam t ea Ze d werdarn, has put in leaky, Bse., from stress of The Concordi a , f rom R otter d am, h as pu t in lea must discharge. • PWLIMELI, JAN. 16.—1 t commenced b10w . % a0g 1 ; herd ar E.N.E. 13 t h i nst , i ncrease d t o a gale, i ' e r is ° tinued till about yesterday. The Marvel schono brig' shore at Studweil Roads, and the Greek Fo lac° no Joannes, has been on shore. hog ° n WEXFORD, JAN. 16.--The Gustaf AdnlP vote r „ a „ 0 to ri.ct..s. The Hcttinguer issanit, hull under •0005 - Glasgomau Bank, and it is feared that the P ers male' on the rniz:,n-t .p would eish. owco 11ARWICU, JAN. 16.—The A maran ths, of PI t 6a d; cd Copenhagen to London, vent on the Gu i ' llec land e ye, tu - day, during a Leavy gale at E.; three of crew maste - , mate, and one man remain on board. vtlat o . o BRISTOL, JAN. 16.—The Rose staeme_,: frne 3 iver e I j ford, and the Liverpool whet, from Neot il , ' rui er ` contact this morni ng i n King-road. The it , 0 , r mael ('.imaged, and the latter b oioin carried away. We d 1° SWAN 3 EIa JAN. 16.—The sult4n, ,hick 6 0