The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-16 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices Of Admission for public approval: - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21.125. Gd., 21. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and U. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. STCOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery -1 0 1 Lower Gallery -0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J Anderson ; Beauseant, Mr. Montagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry; General Daman, Mr. Baker ; M. Deschapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des ohapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff sing Hal I to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND Ili THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 ! the golden days cf Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knewswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the =position of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superiutendenco of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, 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. Immoirrans• Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The. Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie The Spirit of High Trage iy, Mr. J. Parry ; The Spirit of Punch Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen am, Soc., by Etc., Ac. Mosam.s. Goad Queen Bess, Mr. R. Homer ; A.ny Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Rer Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Dentin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino; Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, and other Bores, by the rest of the Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, 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 knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Andersen's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's more 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 satisfactory— Peer Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN - THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS.. We now come 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, God Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quits' in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but 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 tenet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE Is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS . _ en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes nest will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS In all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of !pain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Illenry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIWAT—WiIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket,:hy—" Put out the ligkt, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Loves half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " 01, 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 yonng 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, lour naughty dad to see " And so they de. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It Is an histori cal 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 admire his wondrous generosity, far all he ever hoped for in return was—half-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 " competi tours," 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 " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of TUE SPANISH ARMAD.I!• By Warner's Fulminating Blow-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 [hem all change their clothes — The Earl of Leicester pats on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Denlin. Lord Barleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Dentin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, Aid Army gobsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Ma dlle , _ _ Theodore All we have further to say for Good Queen Ress is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'Us long since we met 1" " Here we are'." " How are you?" ?RESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Batter and Butterflies—Hungariari Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Cooks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu- lation—Chanxe to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMP'3ON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation--Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—.t Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Police l—and Change to EXETER HALL. _ _ Meeting pf the Peace Congress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware—Hunabug, the Order of the Pay—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in easo you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNEIGIIT "NOBBY DANCE." Hear!s Win the Prize. 531ITHFIEL Potatoes all Hot —Tos and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin hreatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO.,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, when you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Cernfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown , , °time of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—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 Alarm—lneantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR. ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaislrs d'Hiyer"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THA AI ES' RETREAT, I, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerhread linoeter. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The AlarmL-Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTMAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL Fur Valifornia or anywhere else. GRIND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by iirnrin!ng. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Necdi s —The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddysto-e 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, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dann. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Beset Mistress, Madame Louise. Faulk; Artists—Messrs. Brum - lilys, Jones, Nilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. • Costumiers, Mr. PAhner and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper; Mr. J. rovey. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL he respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. la•ncs's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, With Herold's Opera, in Three Acts, entitled ZAMPA ; ou, La Fiancee de Maitre. Zampa, M. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Lily Leroy ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlie. Charton ; Rita, Madlic. Guichard. THILITILE ROYAL, HAYMAItKET. Mr. B. Webster, ,isle vessen and Mancger, Ohl Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solos, 31r. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstona ; William Walker, 31r. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flower.ew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs, K.eeley. After which THE NINTH STATUE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Bnckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. The Loa-oftlze Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. , Tilt:Anvil ROYAL, ADELPIII. .nder tl•-le direction of !diadan3o Celeste. . THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. &d -for(' , 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Wool g a r . Arter which FRANKENsTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, M r . Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford ; Zamiel, Mr. O. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Wog lgar ; Tiddlewlncz, mi., E . Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called Mits. SUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, 3dr. Wright ' • Job Smith, Mr. 0 . Smith: Mrs. Banb ury , Mrs. F. blatthew3; Mrs: Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEAIiTE v . . estria tinder the Manay,emeat of Madame eole Lessee. Mr. Charter Math° ws ' ti EVENING, Will be uerformed MIET CH lIINKst I SEE 3IY FATHER. After which TEE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes Si. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; 23. ; Gallery, IL. NO ball-price fo any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be niade to Mr. Aare, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S T/lEATII.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Barrison, Weiss, Corti, Wynn ; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. P.Lulo; Clown, Mr. Flex, more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLE ROYAL Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. A Grand Javenile Night, commencing with the Fantemime will take place on Thursday next. Re-appearance of Madlle. Codone. 'llll3 EVENI The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournpy of Love, in which Mr. N. 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, nho came t o Town um his little Pony. Box.ofties open from Eleven till You. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 13, Great Marlborough-streetM N OTICE !-THE REV. R. MILMAN'S LIFE OF TASSO, IS NOW READY, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, And may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-Street. ultiti WATER AT LONDON BRLDt*E. Tms DAY orning, 41 min. after 3 1 Evening, 58 min. after To-: foanow—Morning , 14 min. after 4 1 Evening, 31 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.--SuN Omen, JAN. 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 22; Highest, 25; Noon, 30 BAROMETER, 29.47. WIND N.N.E.—a slight fall of snow. 7 -14 4 k. • V • • • • 0 rt: 0 .~~' Ott I 1 Ina ZAilt, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1830, Some weeks since a report of " a split in the Cabinet " was industriously circulated. It was asserted that a serious difference had cccurred amongst the principal members of her MAJESTY'S Government on the all-important subject of "free trade ;" and that while some of the Ministers desired that " the experiment " should be continued for another year, the Premier, the President of the Council, the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and others of their most distinguished coadjutors, were fully conscious of the grave mistake that had been committed, and anxious to retrace their steps, to the extent at least of imposing a fixed duty on foreign corn for " revenue purposes." This ab surd and ridiculous rumour received a certain degree of currency at the various Protectionist gatherings during the past month. Quod rolumus facile credimus. But slight authority was required to give validity to a statement so pleasing to the agriculturists, and an easy credence was afforded to the accuracy of the reported conversions. It was even declared authoritatively that a strong re commendation would be contained in the Royal Speech, on the opening of the session, to the effect that Parliament should take into its earliest con sideration the question of "corn duties," with a view to the adoption of such a tariff as would at the same time yield a considerable revenue to the national ex chequer, and afford the necessary protection to British agriculture. But, alas ! for the futility of human hopes and human wishes, the cup has; already been dashed from the lips of the anxious monopolists, and their sanguine anticipations have already vanished into " thin air." It is true that there has been no formal contradiction of the rumour—the First Lard of the Treasury has not deemed it necessary to proclaim his continued allegiance to the principles of free trade, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE has mani fested an unbroken silence, and Lord PALMERSTON, has neither acknowledged nor repudiated the "soft impeachment." Toe opinions of the Noble Lords, whatever they "might be, remain buried in their own hearts. But, unfortunately, a fact has come to light which has completely annihilated the hopes of the monopolists, has dispelled the agreeable illusion, and has brought vividly before their sight the sad realities of their situation. It appears that the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton has undertaken the duty of moving, and the Hon. Baronet the Member for the city of London, of seconding the Address from the House of Commons, in answer to her MAJESTY'S Speech. That CHARLES VILLIERS—the zealous, en thusiastic, and uncompromising CHARLES _VILLIERS —who made his voice heard when all others—even those who gained the rewards of the glorious victory —were silent; who first brought the wrongs of the industrious classes under the consideration of the popular breath of the Legislature ; who was a Free trader in the most extensive signification of the term, even before it had become fashionable to be so, or " the League" had sprung into existence and vitality,— that such a man, we say, should be selected for this duty by the Government, inflicted a heavy blow and great discouragement on the reactionaries. Hopes might still be cherished if almost any other Member had been paid the compli ment, but the straightforward integrity, the honesty and sincerity of the descendant of the great CLAREN DON, is too well known and too much respected, even by his political opponents, to permit a doubt to be entertained on the subject. He, at least, could never be suspected of tergiversation ; too many proofs had been afforded of his disinterested fidelity to his an cient creed. He, the pioneer of free trade, sought no costly testimonial, no national acknowledgments, for his valuable services. No public subscription was raised—it is with shame we make the humiliating confession—to requite the energetic and invaluable exertions of the Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS. Contented with the approbation of his own conscience, and the approval of " the still small voice," he sought no other reward or recompense, and we regret to say he received none save the commendations of his fellow subjects; these, indeed, could not be withheld. And CHARLES VILLIERS was universally esteemed by all classes and grades in society, by high and low, rich and poor, Protectionists, and we need not add by Free-traders. His activity and fidelity were, indeed, appreciated, and many constituencies contested for the honour of having him as their representative ; but he remained faithful to those by whom he had been elected in less favourable times, and retained his seat for Wolverhampton, although also returned in the most complimentary manner for South Lancashire. We hail his present selection as mover of the Address as a proof that his eminent qualifications for office will no longer be overlooked by Ministers ; that he will speedily be placed in a position worthy of himself and cf the cause he has so consistently, so energetically, and so efficiently advocated ; that the Government will be strengthened by the admission into its ranks of a man respected by every section of the Reuse, and by the community in general. A stronger proof could not be afforded of the determination of Ministers to carry out free-trade doctrines to the fullest extent, and to remove the restrictions that still unhappily exist upon the trade and commerce of the country. An interesting controversy has arisen between the Morning Chronicle and the Examiner, rendered still more so by its having called forth from the pen of Mr. THACKERAY a letter, which appeared in our columns of last Saturday, on " The Dignity of Litera- ture." The controversy arose out of an article in the Morning Chronicle, described by its opponent as a funeral sermon to improve the occasion of the death of Mr. PATRICK FRAZER TYTLER, the eminent Scotch historian, who had been in the receipt of a literary pension. The arguments of the article are summed up in this sentence :—" Protection to litera ture or science is mischievous in nearly the same way as protection to commerce. The let-alone system is equally desirable for both." To prove this thesis, Mr. LIACKERAT is quoted. Pendennis dines at the house of their patron book seller, with : Shandon, Warrington, and other worthies, well known we doubt not to all our readers, whom the cant of their clique and the irony of the biographer has designated the men of lettere." Thi s scene the Chronicle selects, in order to charge Mr. TIIACILERAT with fostering, though perhaps without intending it, the "baneful prejudice" by which in England the name of men of letters is associated with Grub-street; and by a train of reasoning, not very easy to follow, it deduces from these premises the conclusion that State bounties on literature have a tendency to force the production or in. crease the breed of such petits literateurs. The Examiner takes the other side. It fixes on the same passage of "Pendennis" as the subject of its homily, and finds in it a caricature such as Mr. TRACKERAY too often condescends tc, suggested by " a disposi tion to ply court to the non-literary class by dis paraging Lis literary icnow-iabouren." To the former Mr. TILICKERAY replies by bidding his critic suspend his judgment as to the feelings his romance fosters till the curtain falls upon the catas trophe; to the latter, by denying the position that the non-literary class is thus to be wooed. They do not take pleasure in seeing literary men held up to ridicule. Literature, like law and physic, has its charlatans, who are the proper ob jects cf satire, unless laughter and laughing philosophers are to be banished from the earth ; but they who are not sciolists pass unhurt. All, with one consent, Are ready make way and offer § place to a literary man ; and it is not till by some gaucherie he displays a consciousness that it is not his due, that he is bidden to take a lower place. The following remarks of Mr. TIIACKERAY are well worth weighing : " Instead of accusing the public cf persecuting and disparaging us as a class, it seems to me that men of letters bad best quietly assume that they are as good as any other geAlemen; nor raise piteous controversies upon a question which all people of sense must take to be settled. If I sit at your table I suppose lam my neighbour's equal, as that he is mine. If I begin straightway with a protest of, Sir, lam a literary man, but I would have you to know I am as good as you'— which cf us is it that questiqs the dignity of the lite rary prcfession—my neighboteW who would like to eat his soup in quiet, or the man of letters who commences the argument?" But this subject is constantly confounded with an other quite distinct from it, and we shall therefore be pressed by the question—lf this is true, why is not literature a pathway to the higher offices of State ? Wby look with jealousy on a literary statesman ? The instances of GuizoT and TIMERS, and the practice of the continent, will be quoted. We will answer this question. It is an established ar ticle of our faith in this country, founded on a wide experience of practical life, that very few men can do two things really well. The statesman may work at politics and play with literature; the literary man may reverse this order ; but each pursuit demands the service of mind and heart. It is not an easy thing to exchange the habits of thought of one profession for those of another. Every art has its peculiar field, and distinction in one does not necessarily imply fit ness for the pursuit of another. Take a lawyer, the case to all appearance most strongly against us. If, after having passed through the stage of learning common to the politician and himself, he goes on to imbue his mind in the technicalities of his profession, and in consequence of success in them is turned into a statesman, though you change his name, he is a lawyer to the end. SPENCER PERCIVAL, the Prime Minister, never shook off SPENCER PERCIVAL, the Attorney-General. In the House, as at the bar, he was always stating a case. In every pursuit of life men become unconsciously tainted with the faults of their art, and though thi s does not interfere with their success in their peculiar line, yet it renders them unfit for change, unless they consent to get out of their own world, and correct their notions by the notions of some other world, as one sided, no doubt, as their own, but looking another way. This mode of cure is not flattering to our vanity, and the experience of our readers will bear us out when we say that, be it from shyness or from a lurking contempt, no one is so unwilling to adopt it as the literary man. Our space forbids our adding more, but this an swer is enough to show why literature is not com monly the pathway into public life. In our opinion, however,' the question, though almost invariably connected in argument, is in reality beside the subject of Mr. THACKERAY'S letter. On that our verdict is for him against both his assailants. We shall be more likely to learn from him than from either of them the mysteries of human weakness and folly. He has ap plied his keen sense to trace this fancied disrespect of literary men to its true source—the morbid sensibility of men half ashamed of their calling ; and in so doing, in serious mood, we think he has rendered as much service to society as wher, in a laughing humour, he exposes the heartlessness of REBECCA or the vanity of Gaunt House. A letter signed " Philostrator," which appeared in the Times of Saturday last, on the subject of " Army Efficiency with Reduction," merits consideration, not merely from its superiority to any of the nume rous kindred epistles which have appeared of late in the columns of our contemporaries, but for the sound ness of the writer's views upon a topic of the highest importance. There is no doubt but that among the many financial reforms which will be pressed upon the attention of the Legislature in the approaching session of Parliament, the army estimates will not be the lowest on the list, and we feel gratified at seeing the subject handled in a correct and impartial man ner, without absurd Conservative prejudice in favour of existing abuses on the one hand, or equally absurd enmity towards a necessary tower of defence upon the other. We yield to none of the reasonable advocates of reform in an anxious desire to see the expenditure of the country restrained within just limits, and the con tributions of the tax-payer devoted to strictly legiti mate purposes, without undue preference of class, and for the common interest cf all her MAJESTY'S subjects ; but we cannot bring ourselves to look upon the interests of Great Britain altogether through cotton spectacles. We are not of those who would cut our colonies adrift, and break up the most widely. extended empire that the sun has ever shone upon, for the purpose of turning England into the cotton spinning shop of the universe, unprotected by her navies of deathless fame, and the gallant red-coats who have never known disgrace upon the field. Still we hold that a judicious economy should be ap plied to the military department, and we there- Lre earnestly recommend the suggestions of such true friends of the service as the talented writer above alluded to, to the attention of those who feel interested in maintaining what the national inte rests imperatively require—" the maximum of defence with the minimum of expense possible "—suggestions which " offer those advantages to the nation, and also to the army, of an increased efficiency with de creased charges." It is not our intention to enter at present into a particular consideration of the several topics which a perusal of this valuable letter naturally causes to arise. We shall content ourselves with adverting to one or two points. At Gibraltar there are at present five battalions of 600 rank and file ; at Malta four battalions ; and in the lonian Islands five. As the battalions of the line are in future to consist of 800 men each, he suggests that the above three stations should be henceforth garrisoned respectively with four, three, and four battalions, there being thus three battalions less required for the Mediterranean stations than at present. This, if carried out, would doubtless be a move in the right direction, but we consider that both Gibraltar and Malta might each well dispense with one of these battalions, whose place would be far more properly filled by a reinforcement of artillerymen. It is noto, rious that the artillery force in these fortresses is altogether inadequate. It is no part of the duty of infantry men to work heavy guns, and it is not of much use to be possessed of powerful ordnance with a glaringly insufficient complement of hands to turn it to proper use if occasion should require it. With respect to the Cape, the West Indies, and North America, one Queen's regiment is quite enough for Cape Town. If that and the Cape Mounted Rifle men are not deemed sufficient by the colonists, they can very easily raise a few competent corps to keep their frontiers free of the Kafirs. In the West Indies we would have no more than two regiments of the line, one at Jamaica, the other at Barbadoes. It would be far better to raise an additional regiment or two, manned with blacks, who can stand the trying climate of those regions, than to keep sending yearly a copious supply of victims to new rum and " yellow Jack." It is recommended to hold our North American possessions with eight battalions instead of eleven. Now this we maintain to be inferior to a plan which we are led to suggest from a recent perusal of that sensible and entertaining work, Sir JAMES ALEX ANDER'S " L'Acadie." Six battalions should be suffi cient for that purpose—two in Nova Scotia, supplying detachments to Prince Edward's Island and Cape Breton, and four for the Canadas. But we would recommend the formation of local corps the Royal Acadian Rangers for New Brunswick, and a couple or so of regiments, say the Upper and the Lower Canadian Bangers, to assist in maintaining order and repelling danger along the banks of the St. Lawrence. By such a course con siderable saving would be effected in the expenses attending the transport of trcope, and the martial ardour of many of our colonists would be gratified by serving under the banners of the QUEEN. These local regiments would be composed of men inured to skies which frequently produce debility and disease in soldiers just arrived from a different latitude, and we feel convinced that before the lapse of many years it would be found that a purely local force economical levy. point of would efficiently and legally maintain our colonies against Looking k ing domestic equestion treasonueston in i orfor a e n ical foreign view, the c onsolidation of each of the 17 reserve batt4lions, and the substitution of 79 of 800 men each for the present 96 battalions, would effect a saving of upwards of 350,0001. In the proposed re-organization of the cavalry we entirely concur. The King's Dragoon Guards find the same staff sufficient for eight troops as the other home regiments possess for six. By taking that gallant corps as a model we should have thirteen well-filled regiments in lieu of seventeen skeletons. This speaks for itself'. There is no branch of the service in which there is ampler room for improve ment than in the cavalry, so as to diminish its exor bitant cost and consolidate its strength. No branch, in justice we must add, has more honourably distin guished itself upon the field of battle. We trust that the question of army reform may be dealt with in a rational and considerate spirit. It will not do to pare down the army of Great Britain to a skeleton, for the common sense of the English people will not be contest to swallow the mawkish rhapsodies of the Peace Congress orators, whom we earnestly recommend to hold a spring meeting at St. Peters burgh as soon as the ice breaks up, and devote their eloquence to NtcnoLes and his ally the Red EMPE ROR, for in their own country, alas! these prophets have but little honour. But without at all impairing the solid strength of our land forces, considerable sav ing can be effected, and these may haply be almost as scrupulously demanded as even the correction of such abuses as the mismanagement of the Royal Forests, or the eradication of such scandals as the sinecure salaries cf the Hereditary Grand Falconer and the Palace fungi, and the pensions of his Grace of GRAFTON and other coroneted almsmen. Financial Reformers lift up your voices loudly and persever ingly against the disgraceful and disgusting misap propriation of the public purse which panders to the shabby pickings of these mock paupers of the State. Here we will go with you, heart and hand; but let your zeal be tempered with discretion when you call for a rigid economy in the Military and Naval de fences of the Empire. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. For two days previously the Reforme had not ap peared. The Slide thus explains the reason : " When certain journals accuse us of calumniating the Government, we are obliged to quote Lets, which, unfortunat .Iy, always go further than the most exagge rated suppositions of party spirit. M. Baroche has just added a new article to the thousand laws against the liberty of the press; never had the Lila° spirit ef the procureurs-genkaux cf . the Restoration, never had the Belards, the Marchangyc, the Jacquinots de Pampeluna, the Broer, and many others; never had the Persil), the Plougoulme, and the most fanatic men of repression, the imprudence to interpret the laws on the press and on printing, as M. Baroche, now pretends to do. Yesterday morning the Reforme did not ap pear. We have received the following letter on this subject from the Reforme office:—' Last night, at eleven o'clock, our printer came to inform us that he had received a summons from the Parquet, and that, conse quently, it was impossible for him to print our journal. The composition was terminated, but, notwithstanding, the Reforme could not appear this morning, nor will it do so to-morrow. The moment chosen by the Govern ment to shackle our publication was skiifully chosen; it was very well known that some men sought at this mo ment to substitute an intrigue for the traditional policy of the Reforme; that on Sunday the Ministerial oflicts were closed, and that it would be impossible for us to regularise our position towards the finance; there was therefore a certainty of stopping for with iotnheimp le oriatac-aobda3•saa journal which the R o yalists pursue ani mosity.ehlstions,. eed However we th hope that the patriotism of is may be, we shall d e f ea t t h e i r our subscribers will not fail us on this occasion; to seizures may succeed means of intimidation; we shall not stop before the exigencies of the Treasury any more than we have yielded to the rigour of condemnations:—lt would have been in all cases a duty for us to lend the support of our publicity to a journal so brutally suspended ; but what we wish more particularly to state is the impossible situation which the interpretation of M. Baroche tends to create for printers, and consequently fur the press. For the future, therefire, it will be necessary fs)r a printer, before he will consent t) print a journal, to have every day a certifica'e from the Minister of Finance stating that the caution-money is complete. If the printer does not do it, he exposes himself to an inevitable condemnation to a month's imprisonment and I,ooof. fine. A month's im prisonment which the caprice of the first chef de bureau may make him pass in the company of assassins and datives! A month's imprisonment for a misdemeanour which you did not intend to commit, which you could not prevent yourself from committing, which you have committed without knowing it! These are monstrosities which must raise the indignation of all honest men. We are willing to hope that there will be only one voice in the press to brand them with reprobation." The Illoniteur publishes the following official ex planation of the causes which led to the seizure of the Presse on Saturday : " The Pres.se, in is number of Sa`urday, published an article headed 'ln consequence,' in which it reproduces an entire article of the leeforme, c f the 2d ult., which had led to the condemnation cf us responsible editor by the Court cf Assizes c f the Seine. This reproduction having been made by the Presse in addition to the la port of tho trial of the Be:forme has lei to the seizur e of the Presse at the Post-office and its office,." The Patrie has the following on the subject of the expressions attributed to M. ACHILLE FOULD, in speaking of the Assembly : " The Sack and tte National attribute to one of the members of the Cabinet language which he has never made use of. The Government formally rejects these inconsiderate allegations. It deplores the fscility with which several journals make themselves the complaisant echoes a the most erroneous and the most malevolent versions. Do they not understand that they expose themselves by these false accounts to injure confidence and public credit, the rapid development of which must be an object of lively satisfsetion to all good citizens." The Napoleon thus explains the connexion between itself and the Elysee— " The appeal:atice of our firs* number has given rise to the most singular suppositions. It has been pretended that our leader was written by the President of the Re publ;c, and that he even amused himself in correcting the proofs. Such tales do not merit a serious reply. The Emperor Napoleon cf.en gave a political direction to the Moniteur, without thereby being the principal editor of it. Can the President of the Republic be firbidden to do the same , either in the Aloniteur or any other paper? As fir the Napoleon, it will eueeavour to approach as nearly as possible the ideas of the President of the Rc hovtevcr, having th e pretens i on t o see its own ideas and words , taken f or those of the President orn , The fallowing communicat e d note appears i n t h e 1 evening Ministerial journals "Several journal s s t a t e th a t M a d ame pass a few days, has the police to,quit the capital. The alle gation is utterly ur fiandtd.' an The discusion on the orga n i c l aw on e d ucat i on b S e a in w v h it o d h c a b i d y t comehis mni to Paris ts to commenced on Monday in the Assembly. The whole of the sitting was occupied by M. BARTELEMY ST HILAIRE, who opposed the 13ill, and at the conclusion of whose speech the debate was adjourned. M. PROUDUON was married a few days since, and he was permitted one day's leave of absence from gaol on the occasion. Lord BROUGUAIaI and Mr. LEADER have arrived in Paris from Cannes. We understand that the para graph in a journal of the locality, representing his Lordship to have been engaged in some experiments on electrical light, was altogether an invention. PARIS BOURSE, JAN. 1 5.—LATEST PRICES —Five per Cents., 94f. 30c.; Three per Cents, 57f. 75c. ; Bank of France, 2,380 f. 23/. 2 —Rouen and Havre, 10— LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, 'Tax. 16. BUSINESS DONE IN 7FACLREOIrGIeNanRs AanldLWßA:rdSeaAtiTx,T3ll3: Boulogne and Amiens, ex in. —Paris and Rouen, Sambre and Meuse, 2%. GERMANY. The Kolner Z e it un g, of the 15 th inst., publishes the following telegraphic dispatches : " BERLIN, JAN. 13, 12 o'CLocx. "In its f ur th er cons ideration of the propo s i t i ons ( f the royal m es:age , t he Art C o mmittedArticle 100 of ( r t ehspeecting a Lower n House igh Lai declined accepting Cow t) and A r ti c l e 13 (treating of the legali ty o f orders), whil e A rt i c l e 11 (judicial proceedings against functionaries) an d A rt i c l e 12 (containing a preamble to paragraph 105 of the Conr.ftution) bare been accepted." "JAN. 14. " There is a probability of a compromise beine ef fected between the Parliament and the Cabinet. Th e COmmittee of the Upper House has considered Article 7, treating of the composition of that Howe. It was resolved to assent to an hereditary peerage, though with some modifications of the original proposition of the Government, an d un d er t he condition of the Govern ment granting a grea t er power to the houses respect ing Article 8, which treats of the wa y s, means, and supplies. "The committee of the Lova/ . House has farther re solved to negative 9, to, and 13 (treating of the Lower House, 1•f a, High Court, end of the legality of Minis terial d‘crfe.), and to accept Articles 11 and 12 (im peachas'at cf f.,notionaries, and preamble to the municipal law)." A. Berlin letter of the 12th, in the Kolner Zeitung, contains a positive assertion cf the probability of a compromise. The correqondent, who seems to be extremely well informed, protests that several half official articles which have lately disturbed the public mind are neither morn nor less than the " ground-swell of certain indiscretions," and that unless the Royal message:were negatived from the first letter to the last (an event which is by no means probable), the Ministers will be enabled to remain in office. The same correspondent asserts that the KJAQ is /Waved to dike his 00,02 to the Constitution, even if his propositions were totally disregarded ; that the Erfurt Parliament is a political necessity for Prussia ; and that it is equally necessary that the solution of the Prussian crisis should precede the meeting of that Parliament. A letter from Berlin states that, in consequence of a military convention between Mecklenburg and Prussia, the army of the former is henceforth to form part of the sth division of the Prussian army, and be placed under the orders of General WRANGEL. - The Austrian journal the Presse, recently suspended at Vienna, has been interdicted in the Buckownie, Gallicia, and Cracow. General larNAu has published a notification at Pesth to the effect that sequestration of property for political offences shall no longer be pronounced ; and that those persons who may think themselves in jured by sequestrations already declared, may ap peal to the military commanders of districts for redress. It appears from the liTurtemberg papers that the public opinion in that country, though but lately op posed to the Prussian league, is beginning to set in with a still stronger current in its favour. Public declarations for the Federal State and the Erfurt Parliament are frequent, but the KING and the Go vernment of Wurtemberg are still opposed to Prussia. MONEY an 4 COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm, and prices of Surat were nearly d. per lb. hie er. The sales were estimated at about 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 3,000 American, 350 Pernam and Maranbam, at 61d. to qd.; 300 Bahia, at 68d. to 60.; 150 Egyptian, at 7p. to 80.; and 1,000 Surat, at 440. to 4-id. per way Shares were firm A work cf considerable utility to the large and infld ential class iu this country engaged in mercantile pur suits, as well as to the statistician, has been completed by Mr. D. M. Evans, most favourably known as the author of " The Commercial Crisis." The book in question is entitled " The Annual Commercial Register, and General Record of Prices in the Year 1849," and there is no subject of prominent, we might truly affirm of even minute interest, upon which banker, merchant, stockbroker, or trader, may not consult it. If we were to select portions that seem to us mere partieulsrly to meet a wart that we have ourselves, no doubt in common with hundreds a ethers, too often experienced, we should point t) the record cf &t meetings c f public companies, &P., held in the city of London, the date cf the arrival of mails, frequently irksome to trace back, the accouLt cf a'l matters affecting the it terest of foreign bondholders, comprised within the year, notices of important bankruptcy cases, Board of Ti ale returns, eve n t s i n t h e colonies and foreign countries, and debates in Parliament. This information is so succinctly arranged both in the index and the monthly chronology, that we can at once refer to it, while an annual retrospect digests the whole, and a full statement cf prices meets the requirement of parties connected with the produce markets. The example which Englald is setting in respect to its Navigation-laws is telling upon other countries with unmistakeable effect. The Dutch Government has se riously in contemplation a modification of its code, and petitions have been presented to the Second Chamber of the States General, not only by the Chamber of Commerce at -Rotterdam, but likewise by individual merchants, agents, and ship-owners of that port, strongly urging an alteration. In a spirit the most truckling and pettifogging the Times has come forward to advertise the loan of Messrs. Baring, and accordingly recommends the same as an in vestment, which, upon a nice calculation of present payment in full, and of the faithful maintenance of the sinking fund, violated as we witted yesterday, upon a former occasion, gives 51. Is. par cent. per annum. And here ends the morality of the question. It sees nothing but pounds, shillings, and pence in the matter, declares that merchants may become mere money gamblers, and lend their money for any purpose, however immoral—a doctrine that would be scouted lefore a legal tribunal in the ca 'e of any third-rate bill-discounter— with adva . tage to England, and without violence to their own copse e:Lce. Such was neither the principle nor the practice in the days if Sir Thomas Gresham, and, although we are fully aware as commercial writers that the Legislature cannot or ought not to interfere with the free distribution of wealth, we recognise the importance as we trust we shall at least in course of time behold the triumph of public opinion. Fo reign loans, in a broad politico-economical sense, are undoubtedly objectionable, and result in injury to the lender if the interest he not duly met, in an annual drain upon the borrower, if mine tuallyy discharged. When the great aim is to reduce our national exrenditure, especially under the head of army and navy, is it not suicidal to advance to other na'ions the means of supporting theirs? Finally, whatever the Times may assert, we have not the s►ightest hesitation in declaring that the whole mercantile community, properly so called, who live by fair trading, and not mere jobbing and loan mongering, view the Russian scheme with dictate. It disturbs all calculation, and unsettles the prospects of the Money Market, which even temporarily damaged, requires a new lever to support it. At the London and Westminster Bank meeting to day the following report was read and adopted:— •` The net profits of the bank during the last half year have amounted to 32,3911. Os.3d. These profits have enabled the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and to add 2,3914 Os. 3d. to the surplus fund. This fund will then amount to 107,844/. I4s. 6d. The three directors who go out by rotation, are John Garrett Cattley, Esq., James Denis de Vitro, Esq., and George Hanson, Esq. They are eligible f ,r re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. LONDON AND 'WESTMINSTER BANK, DEC. 31, 1849. Dr. s. d. To Proprietors for paid-up Capitil 1,000,000 0 0 To amount due by the Bank for De posits, Circular Notes, &c. To Rest, or Surplus Fund To Protitt of the past Hal!'-ytar ... 3,683,623 10 9 ... 105,453 14 3 ... 32,391 0 3 £4,818,468 5 3 X r. d Cr. By Government Stock, Exchequer bills, and India Bonds By other securities, including bills dis counto3, loans to customers, &c 3,158,014 12 By cash in hand 686,761 16 £4,818,468 5 3 PROFIT AND LOSS, 31ST DECEMBER, 1849. Dr. X 2. d To payment of the dividend now de clared, at the rata of six per cent. per annum on a captal of 1,000,0001, for the halt-L ear ending 31st De cember, 1849 To balance of unappropria`ed profi:r Cr. By Balance cf unappropriated pro fits, on 30th June, 1849 ... By net profits cf the past half-year, alter defraying the total expense c f management, paying the income-tax, and making provision for all had and doubtful debts ... 30,000 0 0 107,844 14 6 £137,844 14 6 X a. d 105,453 14 3 32,391 0 3 4137,844 14 6 By balance of unappropriated profits t 07,8.14 14 6 The English Funds have been depressed again this morning, and money stock has come to market. Con sols have been 96 to 96f for Transfer, and 96/ to for Account. The la'est quotations_ a-e 96f / for the for mer, and 96. i for the latter. The next settling day will be February 14. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have realised 98i to I, and the Three per Cents. 96i to g. Bank Stock has been lower, viz., 2071 India Stock is at 268. The premium on Exchequer bills is down to 57e. to 605., money being railer more in demand. The settlement is in progress, and exercises considerable influence on the quotations. Two or three large Of orators left their accounts open until the last moment, and have, as usual, been made to pay for their temerity. Thus a "continuation" cf if has been chsrged, which is about 4f per cent., or much above the current value of money; and, indeed, if we take the day's price of Consols at 97, instead of calculating the par value, the interest would exceed 41. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been small. Spanish Five per Conte. have be en 19k 7 1-; Portuguese Four per CentF., 3 6; and Bra zilian 89. Mexican are 29 to -1; and Buenos Ayres 49. Danish Stock has been at par for the Five For Conte., Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, have re disci 90 to f, and Dutch Twc-and-a-Half ter Cents. 55-4 1 to 4. Railway Shares support previous values ; Eastern Counties are higher. ONE ...a.,),11 , 1_, Pitt • ,-, .F itiTitsii , UNDts O'CLOCK. FRI(' ES. Jank Stock 3 or Cent. Reduced Arils ...... .... 96%4% 9G.% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... -... 96 , ,,, 96 96% 96y, Nt-W 3 1 4 per Cent. Antis— 9 BA 1 .4% 5 i 99 L m Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 % Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 5 - 16 8 8716 India Stock 268 268 ndia Bonds, 1,0001. - Ditto under 1,0001. .• ...... ....-.... 97 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ...... consuls for Account 96 IAVA , xcliequer Bills. l%d. as 2d 1,0001. June 5001. Juno Small. June 6O 57 60 p 59 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 97 p 96 1 4 , 9414, 96% ONE (ILOSI.N GICLOCIE. PRICES razilian Bond. Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent 49 48 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Guatemala Bonds . .......... ........ 25 atexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..„ ..... 29 Ditto, Account — Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 — Ditto, Account Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — 19 Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive.. Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . 37% Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London French Rentes; 5 per Cent 94f. 50c. Exchange Beligan, 4% per Cent. Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 53 3 / 4 1 4 55 1 Ditto. ,: Der Cent. Certificate! 861 4 3% 86% 100 16:j 4 34 25 2 65 22 .... 37 . . . . s% :BUSINESS DONE CLOSI NG I; A PRTCES \ VA. Y LIA RES. PAIL.AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICK?. Aberdeen •••s• ••• 0000000000 50 00000000000 0 ••• Do. PretLrence Amb,m7. Nett. ; Botert, and Eastern Junction 7 1 ,i — .............. —. yrshira and Galloway.. 7 l i i .... l'elfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. .5 per ct.) 6 ..... •,.. earn mol Birmingham and Ox 1' rd Junct., calls duly paid, or w ith a guaran. 20 - Do, without guarantee 20 Bimini., Wolverh'ton, and Dadley, calls duly pd. or with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pto n , And stour Valley 134 14a ... _ IMMID ITALY. Letters from Turin, of the 9th, state that the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, after a warm debate, had voted the ratification of the treat♦ of peace, concluded at Milan on the 6th of August last, with the Austrian Government. Of 129 depu ties who voted 112 voted for the ratification, and 17 against it. In the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, on the Bth, the Minister of Public Instruction pre sented a Bill on Secondary Instruction, and another for the Re-organization of the Uni versity of Sardinia. The Chamber afterwards deliberated on the Bill provisionally regulating the budget of 1849, and adopted the two articles of the measure, as agreed to by the committee and the Ministry. The Chamber also voted five articles of a Bill to authorise the collection of the taxes until such time as the budget of 1850 had been definitively passed. The said collection is to be permitted to the end of April next. Some changes proposed by M. BALBO in the regulations were also agreed to. A letter from Rome of the sth says :—" Two more regiments of infantry, the 50th and the 68th, are leaving Italy, the first for France, the other for Oran. Generals JOHN LEVAILLANT, THIRY, NIEL, MOLHERE, and DE TINAN are also recalled. The effective force of the French army is now reduced to 14 or 15,000 men. The health of the troops has much improved. There are_now only 760 men in the hospitals." The Gazette du Midi of Marseilles has the follow ing from Rome, dated the sth inst. :—" The supplica tions from all the towns of the Roman States have at length touched the paternal heart of Pius IX. After having maturely deliberated with his Cardinals, the POPE has declared to the diplomatic corps that he will return to his capital in the middle of January." A letter from Florence -of the sth says :—" For the last firty years the cold has not been felt so severely here as it is now. All the hills near the city are covered with snow, and the thermometer has been as low as 12 degrees of Reaumur (10 2-5 degrees Fahrenheit)." PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, has just arrived, with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails. Her arrival has been detained by heavy northerly gales in the By of Biscay and on the Spanish coast. We have accounts from Lisbon of the 9tb, contain ing a copy cf the Queen of Portugal's Speech at the opening of the Cortes on the 2d inst. _ _ _ . _ Up to the time of the packet's leaving Lisbon nothing of particular interest had taken place in the Corte. M. Rebello CAbral had been re-elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. The English squadron had returned to the Tagus. The Lisbon Board of Health had issued a notifica tion declaring all ports in England, save Liverpool, disinfected. According to our correspondent there was no truth in the reports spread in Lisbon respecting a com mencement of revolutionary acts at Evora, Chaves, and other places. It appears that the Portuguese Chargh-d'Affaires, recently returned from Madrid, had stated that 30,000 Spanish troops be ready to enter Portugal upon the first requisition of the Count de Thomar. Tne Count di Lavradio was to move an amend ment to the answer to the Throne in the Upper House on the 12th, when an angry debate was looked for upon the political state of the country with reference to the position of Count Thomar, as President of the Council. Upon the Lisbon Exchange a large supply of London paper had appeared with few takers, except Board of Public Credit, which has remitted 14,0001. by this packet. Exchange on London, 54; discount on Bank-notes, 181 per cent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-TUESDAY. CHESTER COP.-603 to 20 agst Lady Evtlyn (t), 33 to 1 agst Peep-o'-lay Boy (t), 40 to 1 agst Cossack (t), 40 to 1 agst Eilerdale, 50 to 1 agst Fogleman (t), 50 to 1 agst Miss Ann (t), 1,000:to 20 agst Grief (t), 1,000 to 15 agst Harriott (t), 1.000 to 15 agst Little Jack (t), 550 to 10 offered agst all the three yrs old. The handicap is very highly spoken of by all parties here. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-15 to 1 agst Peter Simple (t), 15 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (t), 15 to 1 agst Rattrap, 20 to 1 agst Fanny Grey, 25 to 1 agst Chandler, 25 to 1 agst Vain Hope. METROPOLITAN STAKES —2O to 1 agst Testator, 22 to 1 agst Black Esgle, 25 to 1 agst Borneo. DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 10 to I agst Ghillie Callum, 12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, 16 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t), 16 to 1 agst The Italian (t), 18 to 1 apt The Nigger, 1,000 to 15 agat Yew Tree. We understand that Sir Claude Scott, Birt., has sent the steel barrels which burst in his hands, and about which so much discussion has taken place, to Mr. Witton, 82, Old Broad-street, to be exhibited to the public and all parties interested, to enable them to judge for themselves ; further particulars of which will be found in another part of eur paper. DEATH OF MRS. BARTLEY.—This lady, who WAS fir many yt ars a brillialit °ream:cot of the tragic stage, died 3 esterday morning, at her residence, No. 11, Wo burn-square, after a severe and protraltel illness, which la•tei for seven 3 ears. Her disorder was a general rara lysis, hut her consciousness was perfect up to the mo ment of her dissolution. The deceased was firmerly Miss Smith, who, in 1806, made her first curtsey to a London audience in old Cogent-pardon. During the eery first season of her prosperous career, Mrs. Siddons returned to the stage, and on the same boards; and the beet proof cf Mrs. Bartley's genius that can be given is, that they played alternately Alicia and Jane Shore without detriment to the fame of the younger actress. On the destruction by fire of Covent-garden Theatre, in 1808, Miss Smith accepted an engagement on London t Tms in Dublin. Ste remained in Ireland for three years, at the end of which period she made her second appearance at Covent-garden in 1811. Here she re mained, first, foremost, and without a rival, until 1814, when she transferred her services to new Drury-lane. Soon after she became Mrs. Bartley, the wife of the excellent comedian. Mrs. Bartley died in the 65th year of her age. She who numbered Joanna Baillie and Sir Walter Scott among her warmest friends and fondest admirers, and who was summoned to Windsor Castle and Buckingham House to charm the ear of royalty by her incomparable elocution, can have been no ordinary woman—no ordinary actress. — THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. —A fdw weeks ago a case came on for bear , iog before the Salford Magistrates, at the New Batley Court-house, in which the London and North-Western Railway Company were the appellants, against a rate laid upon that portion of the Liverpool and Manchester section of their lines lying within the township of Bar ton- upon •Irwell. The rate levied Ras 1,336 L 9s. 6d., and of this the company had raid 6701. The magis trates on that occasion decided that the company were too late with their appeal, they having allowed three special and three quarter sessions to pass over without coming forward with their case. They were ordered, therefore, to pay the reirainder of the rate, and the overseers of the poor understood that they would do so ; but upon an application being made to them shortly afterwards, they again objected, and accordingly a summons was taken against them. On the day of hearing, however, it appeared that the magistrates on the bench (Messrs. Brandt and J. H. Wanklyn) were shareholders of the company, and therefore the case was adjourned until Thursday last, when a more impartial bench should be sitting. The case having been aguin entered into, Mr. Kent, solicitor, who appeared in order to watch the pro ceedings on behal of the company, was asked by Mr. Trafford, the magistrate, whether the eempany were pre pared to pay. He replied is the negative, and he was then kformed that a k: arrant e , f distress would be taken out against them. This will probaoly be done in a fdw clap. The company object to pay the full rate because they contend that their property has much depreciated in value, un account (-f the diminution cf the traffic upon this part of the line within the last few months. On Tuesday moorings were laid in the Sloyne for the use of the new line of American mail steamers from New York to the Mersey—Liverpool Mercury. ERRATUM.—In th e course o f the second paragraph of our first lcadirg article cf last evening, a "troop of the 16th Regiment" should have been a " company of the 16th Regiment." B rkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jane.— 20 Bestol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds Backinghamtlire Caledonian . Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhe a d... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 - Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 --, ~. Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth 5 1 4 ........ .•••• , ' Dublin and Belfast Junc. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 e ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D.....• 25 Do. 181., E. &H.... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref.. 3% .... -- Ditto, 7 L 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... t• astern Coupities... ..... 20 •••-• 7 3 / 4 t•i ... .. .. /4 Do. New, Gua. 6 per et. 10 •• 1111 Ditto,Extension, 5 per ... xj• Cent., No.l 6L 135. 41— -V I p s.i. 9i l) Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13 s . 4d... A p A P Do. North. & Easter n , 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A . (late E. U. Shares) 25 - Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - ... Do., Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6 pe - cent.) 20 ... .. .... East Lancii2hiie ....... .: 25 ..... ••••••• •• Ditto, Now .••... --- ....... •••• I. 0.. Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — .. ..... ..... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6% East Lincolnshire ...... 25 r.dinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 - Edinburgh andNorthem 25 _. Ditto, Newport ..- es,xeter.Yeovil, & Dorch Exeter and Exmouth... 21e. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... .•• ••8/.65• 8d.••• - ••.... ...... ••• .... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... ..... ..- Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 12 1 / 2 — ./ q Ireat Northern Do., ~.i t A Deferred - 44 Do., B 6 per Cent... N 1...-. - .. Do., 5 per Cent. P re f. 12% ...... 10% .. ...".. /treat South. and West. (Ireland) ...... Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New,ls/ l5 .. •• Great Western 100 . . ... . 64 65 64;i 65..., Ditto, ;¢ Shares Ditto, LA Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... BA.. ..... •••••••• Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ---101 ' Ditto, Half shares ... 25 ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ..... .......... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 .... ... ••••• Ditto, Thirds Lancaahire& Yorkshire 100 ..... Ditto, ditto . Ditto, % Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Quarters ..».... 23% — .... ...... Do. Fifths—. ....... ..... 10 Do. Thirds ....»....... . 16 1 4.... ..•• Do. New Guaranteed fi per Cent. lO . — ..,...• •.•. Ditto (Huddersfield and Shett) 5O -- •• .. Do. (W. Riding Union) 19 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. i Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Ilsradiord 6O lO3 ••••••••••••••• Leeds and Think Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3% — .... Do., do. No. 2 10 Do., du. ......No. 3 5 ...... ... ........ , Do., Pret. Quar., 1843 9 ...... ...... Liverpool, Crosby .1,0 Southport .... .. 10 Loudon tit Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — ............... Lnivion, Brighton, erd South Coast.,.., IOU Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 -- ••• •• . Do.brultram. o per et.. 20 ...... De. Prefer. 5 per c e nt. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 16:12 50 ... L, , lldon and Greenwich 12/1554d... ... ..... • Ditto, Pretererw. .. . 20 L , ndon and N. Western 100 114% 114 115 1 ,4 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 1 3 14 %% Ihuo,Fitt ~ Do. 40/.Share_s(L. 111.) 85 Do. 104 (M. & - B.) C. 1 ..... X ......., ..• London & S Western ..100 ~.... 67% 68 Do, New 501. . ....." 42 yi 00. New 40i. • 34 ••• . • •MD ~„„ Do. ' New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. .. 6 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 ..... ....... ........ Do. IX, Shares. ...... ~... 5 Londonderry and Ennui- .. ••••••• kiilen 25 ...... ••• ...• ....... .. Do. IA Shares 6 ...... .............. Lowestoft guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) Manche.ttsr,Buxton,and Matlock 6 -• .............. M.;.Lcii t.,t er, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... Ditto ditto (No. 2 ... )... 25% ...... ••••••»••••••• D 0.% Shares (N o . 3) 12 ..... Do. New 101. Prof lO ...,. „ Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 —•-•••• ...... Ditto ditto . ......... 20 ............• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ••• Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ...... Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s .. Midland ...... ........ ...iou • 44 44 % 1 4% -• Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., an. Shares 30 Do.l3irm.,.and Derby lt•O Do.Conscl. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto, Brist. &Glocstr. 42 thtto unto .... ...... 22:. is. _ Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 60 .............. Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Zddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Neucastle and Carlisle.loo ••••••• ... ....... • Do. Quarters Nvwmarket _ Do. Extension :;ewport, Abergavenny, .nd Hereford A ewry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, W arrenpoint, and Itostrevor Norfolk ...... 100 I) u . New 204 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. S Do. du. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 •••••• North i3r,tisn ...-.... ... 25 ....... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. - 81 .. .. ..........«••• Ditto Preterence .orth Staffordshire ... 17% 7l/4* ....... orth Wales . 3% — ..«•• ..«•• North-Western . l3.h — Jxfard, Worcester, and Wolverhampton - .............. ~ .leading; Guildf or d, an d 16 Reigate m 6., , loyston and Hitchin ... 4 % 5% % ... ...... 1 4, . icottish Central .....••• ...- Scottish Midland Ditto, New .....4.. 8 urewabory and Birni 12% . — ex.int .. •• 2. 0 . Ditto ditto, Class B 8 ...... . .......... .0 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ...... ... ..... ...• Shrewsbury and liereld. 6 Snrewsbury & Chester .0 (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto liaises ... ditto 9 Ditto Oawestry ...... 18% — .0„ Ditto New ........ ........ ISM Do. 8 per Cent. Prof ihropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South StaflOrdshire ...... 8% — ............ . 0 :oath Easters. Do., No. 2. ............ 80 Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 - ......... .....• .0 Do., Registe r ed N o. 4 10 D0., Scrip No 4 ioutl Wales South Yorkshire, Don- ..• caster, and Goole Sh?llield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed . 0 ' 5 per cent. ... 16% — .............. ''''' Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 S wane. & Loughor & Ca meron's .0 Stm. C0a1.... 7 ••• .. ...... ... ..„. ‘ law Vale Extension ... 3 ••....•••.•..• [lames Haven. Dock .0* and Railway ..... ... 17% — ............... 0' isle of Neath ... .. ...... 10 iv aterford and Kilkenny 20 . — .. Water.oril arol Limerick 47% ... •• A aterfd,Wxfrd,WicklW and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. -.0 Guaranteed ... .. 5O - ..... ........0 260 Do. do. d 0.... 25 ....•• 26% • ..... ...•••4•• ..... Do. do. d 0:... 15 .• ••• — ,.... 0 . West Cornwall ..... .... 6 ... .. ... ............ 0 . ffhitehaven & Furness 18 - ............... VV indsor ' Staines, and o South Western ..... ... 14 Wilts,Somerset,& Wey- 34 $4 mouth : York, Newcastle, and 11 Berwick. ...... ...... ... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Yrefercnce 8 ... Do. Hartlepool Dock ... 1 14 and Railway .. 100 Yorl and North alidland 50 Di tt., Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RA I !MAID. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). .• 5% _ .. ........ ... Boulogne aid Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans .0 and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ....... ........ ... 17% — ... ........ ... I,lg Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 ... East Indian ....... 4( 4% ex.int...... Iv, Ditto ...... ..... .... ..... 20 Great Indian Peninsular 6 Do. Do. ... ...... 10s. -...... .... ..... ./L9BTIIIA AIA gitat - re ... 7% w............ P!! 0 0 ' ifs Igi ift• 8% ioo l sa ••• ;0, 10/ 137 P 68 • 0 4 i •••• 7$ ~~ ~0