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'THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. Th. Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices Of At:mission for public approval: - Private boxes, 3/. 35., 21. 123. 6d., 21. 28., Id. 115. 6d., and 1/. Is. Stalls, 53. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery -1 0 I Lower Gallery -0 6 Upper Gallery - e 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakspere's Play of the MERCHANT OF VENICE. Dike of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassanio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer; Salarino, Sir. Everett ; Gratiano, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenzo, Mr. William Montague; Shylock, Mr. James Anderson ; Tubal, Mr. Barry : Launcelot Gobbo. Mr. W. 11. Angel ; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Davidge ; Leonardo, Mr. Ai,bott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephano, Mr. Eller ; Clerk, Mr. Gough ; Antonio's servant, Mr. Priorson; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ; Portia, Miss Laura Addison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Jessica, Miss Fanny Huddart. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King' Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; Ir, MP RRIE ENGLAND IN 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 of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knovsvrho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the reposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunnlng, 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. Immoit. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; 'I he Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, 311si Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Muuchausen, &c., by &c., Ecc. MouTALs. (iool Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; ;Ter Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. DealM ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. henry ; The Unapeak -401- Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. fie . ry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino ; Me ids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, aid other Bores, by the rest of the et.,ipany. 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. Anderson's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's mere than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the uestion"—but the answer, it is hoed, will oe satisfactory— Poorq T ra - g e-dy meets with no clemency, sore 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, Good 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 quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burieigh shakes his head—bat there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the 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 tr ust 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 nex G t O will D ela UE y E follow—and then will be seen OQUEEN BE SS 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 deckle"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. TIIE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen 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 " lligh Horse," the story gallops on to CUMN OR HALL BY MOONLIGILT—WIIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket.:hy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young* lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Debby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Tisit. 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 admirl his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Stiakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " eompeti tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff thr the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love SPANISH , ends in e ARMADA I war, and th total destruction of THE 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 them all change their elothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Devlin. Lord Tlnrleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. DeWitt. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe odo A re d'mo of Columbine, Madlle. The.nr All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis Ion; since we I , :et 1" " Here we are i" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WA CE.REHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFI and Clown—Rutter andßuttertilos—Hungarlan Knock-'em- I iovrns, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Bap lo- Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares Discount—Clown Co. - as Acconipts, and Railway King in Triba lation—Chmige to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Weleorne—the Waiters at Fault-3 Transformation—Clown 'Puzzled —Calfs Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co , ,gress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware—Hunabug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIWIT " NOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. Potatoes all Hot—Tos3 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 ureatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go A it, BSALU B ricks—and Sudden Transformation to SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LOJOING.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 1, BE and -Rall of us, fell down."—Shaks Ll pere. DOOM IN LODGING-OUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's otion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer —Mr. Walker, au intruder — Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CFIARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. . Ice Sonp—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'iliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER TII A. i&ES' RETREAT, . . 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, 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 llighways"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRANO MOVING DIORAMA, _ . designed and painted entirely by liranning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Yleet 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 I _ . 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. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic its—Messrs. Brtmning , Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box -book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French rialarmances at the St. Jaaies's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, With Herold's Opera, in Three Acts, entitled ZA3tPA ; on, La Fiancee de' Marbre. Zampa, 31. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, 31. Kitty Leroy ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlle. Charton ; RiLta, Guichard. ma. Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, .iele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled Ifi',AP YEAR ; or, The Ladks' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Mr. i.r ley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean; Mrs. Flora Flower.'.ew, Mrs. Cli tries Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NINTH STATUE or, The J ewe l s an d The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, q Jn T. S. Bucki-gham, and Miss K. Fitzwilllam. Ts) conclude with the successful and laughable Farce, called an IL AR MING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buekstone ; Sus an swectapple M rs . Fitzwilliam. The Box ' -orlitte is tinder the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TII TUE ROYAL,ADELPHI. : ader ;,e direction e' ` ,1 3.d noa THIS EVENING Will be performed' a new domestic Drama, caIIedTHEWILP. L B ° e dW -001"SE. PrinCipal characters by Messrs. llugheS, Wright, Bed for. , O. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Atter which FRAN KE N STEIN ; or, Th e Model 3lan, Franken stein, Mr. Wright; the What is It? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Mi ss W oo l gar ; Tiddiewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. - To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOON'S. Mr. Higlibury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCP.IrId THEATRE. ender the Managtmeat of M:vlarnz Veetrl4. o r.essee, 4r. Cr, sle,.. Mathe THU; EvRNINO, Will be performed PDX AND COX. titer which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To con Jude with A PRACTICAL MAN. D: - ess Boxes .. : tioner Rox,i, 4s. ; 2s. ; Gallery, 1,, No bah-price to any part of the house. .i:!;wplicattons for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, is New Bond-street. ASTLE f":. , ROYAL A.MPIITTHEATRE. Preprlet - fr, Mr. W. Batty Re-appearance of Madlle. Codone. !It. EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST; sr, The Tourney 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 to Town upon his little Pony. Box-Wilco open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. PRDICESS'S THEATUE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the English version of the Opera of LUCIA DI L AM HEE MOOR. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magi FEdle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. i lea more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE T ONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. ■ J At a GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, held at the Banking-house of the Company, in Princes-street, Man sion House, on THURSDAY, Jsnuary 17, 1850, GEORGE SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE TATLER, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. DIRECTORS. Wm. Blount, Esq. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. Sir Felix Booth, Bart. William James Lancaster, Esq. Sir George Carroll, Alderman. Sir John M`Taggart, Bart., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. George Meek, Esq. William Curling, Esq. Ambrose 'Moore, Esq. George Holgate Foster, Esq. John Timothy Oxley, Esq. William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P. George Scholefield, Esq. henry Grace, Esq. William Shadbolt, Esq. Archibald Haste, Esq., M.P. George Taylor, Esq. The Maxacxx—George Pollard, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Tilson, Squauce, Clarke, and Moriee. The following report was presented : It will be seen from the annexed accounts that the amount of net profit realised by the sank, during the half-year ending 31st De e. mber last, is 25,132/.los. Bd., which, with 13,433/. 14s. Id. carried forward from June, makes a total of 40,5661, 4s. 9d., which Is ap propriated in the following manner-18,0001. for a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ; 22,5001. as a bonus of 7s. 6d. per share ; and 661. 4s. 9d. to the credit of the Guarantee Fund, now amounting to 132,7231. 3s. Bd. The Dividend and Bonus, free from income-tax, will be payable OR and after FRIDAY, the 25th instant. The Directors who retire by rotation are Archibald Hastie, Esq., 3f.P. ; William Mitcalfe, Esq. ; Ambrose Moore, Esq. ; John Ti mothy Oxley, Esq. ; and William Shadbolt, Esq. ; of whom Mr. Hastie, Mr. Moore, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. Fhadbolt only offer them selves for re-election. The Directors regret that, owing to ill health, Mr. Mitcalfe is unable to tender to the 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 Dnke, Bart., M.P. The preceaing Report having been read to the maeting by the Se cretary, a dividend for the half-year ending 31st December last, after the rate of 61. per centum per annum, and a further dividend of 7s. 6(1. per share out of the net profit of the year ending as above, were de clared by the Chairman. Resolved unanimously,—That the report now read be received, and that it be printed for the use of the shareholders. Of the five Directors who had retired from office by virtue of the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, the following four were re elected, viz., Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. ; Ambrose Moore, Esq.; John Timothy Oxley, Esq. ; and Wm. Sha!bolt, Esq. ; and Alder man Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., was elected a Director of this Bank in the room of Wm. Mitcalfe, Esq. Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting desires to record its acknowledgment of the past services of Mr. blitcalfe, and their sin cere regret for the cause of his retirement from the Direction of this Bank. Resolved unanimously,—That the best thanks of the shareholders are due, and are hereby given, to the Chairman and Directors, to whom they are so much indebted for the prosperity of the affairs of the rank. Resolved unanimously,—That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Pollard, the Manager, for his unwearied exertions in promoting the interests of the Bank and his general courtesy to the customers. GEORGE SCIIOLEFIELD, Chairman. Extracted from the minutes. F. lIEWETT, Secretary. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Friend to the Poor, Ripon."—We duly e,timata the kindliness and liberality of our Correspondent, but his proposition is not, in our opinion, calculated to effect so much benefit as Mr. Sidney Herbert's very excellent plan, which we recommend to his generous attention. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY orning, 46 min. after 4 I Evening, 5 min. after 5 To-Monnow —Morning, 24 min. after 5 Evening, 41 min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SUN OrarcE, JAN. 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 35; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 29.95. WIND variable from S.E. to S.W.—rain and sleet. '11 F ; 4 4 . A ~, , ,,iv c.d.0,,,, , '.• -1 i _( _ ..74" ."1 . ,,_ ...:: • .., .. etcrilitpj "PAtu; LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1850. Once more before the opening of Parliament occu pies public attention with purely political matters, we would recommend to the consideration of our readers the claims of that very excellent remedy for a gene rally lamented evil—the Female Emigrant Fund. Three subscription lists have already been made public —the sums subscribed amounting to more than sixteen thousand pounds, and the subscribers' names, including individuals of all classes, from her MAJESTY to the humble artisan, and of all opinions, from the Marquis of GRArtur . to Baron ROTHSCHILD. Yet, notwithstanding the great success which has attended the opening of the subscription, the sum obtained, large as it may appear—large indeed as it is—is not enough to carry out the work as it should be carried out. A few thousands more will effect an almost incalculable difference, and taking the merits of the case into consideration, we can hardly believe that those few thousands will be re fused. Unfortunately, however, it has been attempted to give a political bias to a matter of a purely social character, and moreover avowedly of only a tempo rary nature. The case is so simple, and its beneficial properties so obvious, that it is difficult to enter into the prejudices of its opponents. The case is briefly thus—the benevolent public have been repeatedly distressed by cruel accounts of the arduous labours and inadequate earnings of the needlewomen of the metropolis. At one time those sufferings formed the theme of an exquisitely pathetic ballad— again and again they have filled the columns of newspapers, and have continually excited the commiseration of all. Finally, a meeting of the un happiest of the sufferers took place, and a fact, long suspected, was publicly announced in a daily paper. It was told how, in an enlightened age, in the midst of a wealthy, a philanthropic, and a religious people, in the reign, moreover, of a woman—a young, pure, kind-hearted woman—girls and mothers, once as good and as gentle as that Royal Lady, are compelled, literally compelled, under peril of starvation, to em brace a life of ignominy and sin. Mmy there are who turn from the consideration of this subject with a careless indifference, but few, we believe, very few, actually examine into and ponder over its details without groaning in spirit over the contemplation of so much and such bitter anguish. We should all of us be wiser and better if we were more accustomed to extend the narrow circle of our sympathies. We should, undoubtedly, become more grateful for the blessings we ourselves enjoy, and more compassionate for the wants and wishes of others, if somewhat oftener than at present we turned our attention to that other half of the world of whom we know so little. We teach our children the manners and cus toms of foreign nations, we lament over the cruelty and immorality of the heathen and the infidel, but we neglect to inquire if it be true that, in our own land, at the doors c f our many churches, and under the shadow of our stately hospitals, haggard wretches with wasted frames and depraved hearts, in their days of fruitless toil and their nights of miserable sin, again and again reecho that pitiful ejaculation— " It's 0 to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where Woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work!" It is not our purpose now to recapitulate these hor rors ; happily, they have been set forth in a manner which cannot have failed to move the hearts of all who have met with that most melancholy revelation. These evils had been long recognised and generally deplored when Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT first ventured to give a practical turn to the general com miseration. What avail is it to pity the sufferings without helping the sufferer ? Some few unthink ing philanthropists threw the whole blame of the work women's sorrows upon their niggardly paymas ters, but those who reflected upon the case saw at once that the evil chiefly arose from the terrible mul • tiplicity of hands. To reduce that number appeared the simplest and most efficacious remedy ; at the same time it is notorious, that among the crowd now seeking their fortunes in the New World the female emigrants are few and far between. Since the days when CANNING first exclaimed withboastful exultation, " I called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old !" that magnificent boast has never been more felicitously realised than it has been by Mr. HERBERT'S proposition. Who can wonder that that proposition has met with such immediate and universal approbation—a proposition so feasible in execution, and so doubl4Ladvantageousin its effects ? The rich and the benevolent are solicited not for an almsgiving productive of only evanescent benefit—they are asked to prove the reality of their benevolence by putting a stop to an intolerable evil here, and at the same time eff e cti ng a remedy to a social grievance in the colonies. They are asked to arrest the sup plies whence are furnished the miserable victims of a miserable and vicious trade, and, by stopping those supplies while yet uncontaminated, to turn their course and direct them to where they may be productive o f soc i a l v i r t ue an d i n di v id ua l happiness. This is what the subscribers of th e Female Emigrant Fund propose to do, and this can only be e ffi caciously a ccomp li s h e d b y an a d equa t e sum being provided. Give, then, while there is yet , opportunity, all you who have been loud in your phi lanthropic lamentations! lleed not the plausible remonstrances of the political economist, who may tell you that this is not the right way to go to work. Reply to him that this is a temporary means to overcome a present evil. We are well aware that a wider and a deeper system of reform is required to purify the under-current of our social system; and such reforms we intend to have before long. But in the meantime there is an existing and intolerable evil (who can deny it ?) to remedy which future reforms are ineffectual. A means is before us of alleviating it—again we say, who can deny it ? and why then shall we hesitate to make use of it? Our facetious contemporary Punch, whose ordinary humour only gives additional force to his occasional pathos, has recently contrasted the luxurious profusion obtained by " Pin-Money" with the beggarly produce of " Needle-money," and again he has showed us side by side the starving work woman rushing into "the streets," (as must be her fate if— "0 it is pitiful In a whole cit)fell, Friends she has none,") and the same, or a similar sufferer, happy in a de mestic home beyond the seas, as may be her fate and the fate of thousand?, if rescued by the timely succour of the Emigrant Fund. Ii not the experiment at least worth the trial ? Much has already been given—a little more, and incalculable blessings may be its result ! Towards the close of the year 1848 a feeling of deep sympathy was excited on behalf of a much in jured man. After enduring the most heartrending sufferings for more than four years, Mr. WILLIAM HENRY BARBER was at length restored to his family and friends, with an untainted character. An act of tardy (can we call it) justice was performed, and the unfortunate gentleman was at length permitted to revisit his native land, from which he had been so long an exile, and where his entire innocence of the offence for which he had been erroneously convicted had been fully and completely established. From the defective state of the law, there was no tribunal by which he could be reinstated in his former position, and the mistaken decision of the jury reversed. No appeal is allowed in criminal cases so far as the " facts" are concerned. Although the innocence of the criminal may be rendered clear as light, although no doubt could remain in any ra tional mind on the subject, the fatal verdict must remain for ever recorded. The decision of the jury is indeed final and irrevocable. One remedy, and one only (but, oh, how inadequate !) remains to the victim. He who has undergone unmerited persecutions, who has much to forgive his fellow-men, must be contented to receive, with all humility, his pardon for an offence of which he was never guilty ! The losses, the misery he has sustained must be forgotten. He can claim no re compense fur the days and nights of sleepless agony, for blighted prospects and vanished hopes. Pardon is all he can demand, too happy if his claim be even tually recognised. That pardon, free and unconditional, was awarded to Mr. BARBER after a long and weary probation. It was even rendered more valuable by being accom panied by a letter, in which the Home Secre tary, after " full and anxious consideration," expressed his belief that the victim was " free from any guilty participation in the frauds of which he had been made the instrument." Seldom, indeed, have such acknowledgments been made by official person ages to convicted prisoners, and it is greatly to the credit of S:r GEORGE GREY that he so far departed from the ordinary rule. It proved that he was thoroughly convinced that no lingering doubt re mained—that guilt was not only "not proved," but that clear, palpable, and unquestionable innocence had been established. There were, indeed, few persons competent to form a judgment on the case who didnot feel a similarconvic tion. Perhaps no man had ever previously succeeded, under such circumstances, in bringing forward a body of evidence so powerful and conclusive. There was not only the confessions of the real criminals, of those who had succeeded in deceiving Mr. BARBEE, ,15 any professional man might have been deceived, but there was a consistency and verisimilitude in their ,tatements, agreeing completely with his own un varying assertions and declarations ab initio, that must have fully satisfied any unprejudiced inquirer. I'he conduct and demeanour of the unfortunate gen tleman powerfully strengthenei his case. There was a meekness under persecution, a mild and patient fortitude, which - nothing could confer but a mind conscious of its own rectitude, a deep and fervent spirit of religion, and an humble hope that the period would at length arrive when all would be cleared up, and the true state of the case be made apparent. i p , h ffi eer c isr e o r nu s sn u wh n ei d st hi e t r awt w ihn h og o m m behle h ie e cf Not only did h e w i n th e respect and esteem of the a of the wm aes in p a catt absence c e o r f t i a fi n e y d a tco c o e tna d tl , of all the free guilty knowledge in the unfortunate affair, but even the wretched and degraded beings with whom he was associated looked up to him as one of a different order from themselves ; he was " with them, but not of them." While they were expiating guilt, and sus taining the punishments due to their respective crimes, he was undergoing much greater privations, and an intensity of suffering far beyond theirs. " Much greater," we say, because his former position had been widely different from theirs ; and the very association with the outcasts by whom he was sur rounded has in itself a misery and a degradation of no ordinary magnitude ; and all this he was enduring although free from guilt and unstained by crime. It might be supposed that, when liberated from confinement, and once more restored to the society of freemen, every assistance would have been rendered to enable him to resume his former position. He had been carried away from England at the public expense—a free passage home at least should be accorded, and ample resources placed at his disposal, to enable him to reach his native land with ease and comfort ; but no such aid was in store. His conditional pardon (for a conditional one only was first granted) was announced, and he was directed to deliver up his pri son clothing, without any other being supplied to him, and to find his way as he best could, naked and penniless, to Hobart Town, to receive the official document. What the mercy of the Govern ment denied was, however, rendered by those who had lately been his fellow-captives, who gladly con tributed a portion of their clothing to relieve the ne cessities of the " innocent convict." Mr. BARBER was subsequently enabled to return to Europe by the liberal and munificent subscriptions collected at Syd ney and Madras ; and, as we have already stated, he reached his home in the month of November, 1848. Here, at least, there should have been an end of oppression and persecution ; here, he should have been freed from any unpleasant consequences resulting from the mistaken verdict of the jury. His first desire was to resume the practice of that profession by which he had formerly realised a considerable income, and to the very highest ranks of which he was rapidly ascending when the untoward circumstances occurred which brought ruin and de solation upon his hearth. But here, again, an unex pected obstacle has been interposed, which has com pelled him to remain another year in compulsory idleness, unable to engage in professional pursuits. By the Attorneys and Solicitors Act (6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 73, section 25, and by Rule of Court adopted Easter Term, 1846) it is necessary for an attorney who has omitted the renewal of his certifi cate for twelve months to apply for lEberty to do so to the Court or to a Judge at Chambers. Desirous of the utmost publicity, Mr. BARBER applied to the full Court, having previously given the usual notices, which expired on the last day of Hilarg Term, 1849. No evidence was then brought forward'. to show that his petition could not be granted ; but it was suggested on the part of the Incorporated Law- Society that some inquiry should he made before the renewal of the certificate should be granted ; the matter was accord ingly referred to the Master, in whose office it long remained, moving on according to the mere will and pleasure of the Incorporated Law 'Society. Al things, however tedious, must have so: me termination. The report of the Master was actually- finished, and on the first day of the present term Mr. Sergeant Witausis, on behalf of Mr. BARBER, ap plied to the Court to fix a day for hearing the argume and the 2 8 t h instant was accordingly appointee I for that purpose. Here then has this unfortunate gentleman already been delayed nearly fifteen months, from the time of his arrival in England, and the matter is still unsettled, and to this moment he knows not what new difficulties may be interposed to dash the cup from his very lip. The sole reason why the matter has at all been brought before the Court is, that Mr. BARBER omitted to take out his certificate for more than twelve months. This discontinuance was occasioned by his arrest and im proper conviction. But for the obduracy of the then Government who refused to take the entire circum stances of his case into consideration, and the difficul ties with which he was studiously surrounded, his innocence could have been as fully established in the few months that intervened between his trial, and deportation to Norfolk Island, as it has sub sequently been, and in that case he would not only have been spared the fearful sufferings he subse quently endured, but he would have had no occasion to have come before the Court, but could have obtained his certificate as a matter of course, as in former years. It is somewhat hard, that because his sufferings had been aggravated by a voyage of four months in that horrible floating dungeon —a prison ship, and by nearly three years captivity in that ocean hell—Nor folk Island, to say nothing of being unjustly de prived of a lucrative and increasing practice, and of six years of the prime of his lifer, that he should now be subjected to this harassing and wearisoxn struggle for his certificate. It would seem, indeed, to be a matter of the simplest equity, that after the palpable and unquestionable error which carried with it such fearful and heartrending results, the unfor tunate gentleman should be placed—legally, at least — in the same position in which he stood previous to the charge now universally acknowledged to have been groundless. Everything opposed to that broad prin ciple is merely adding additional injuries to those which he has already undergone. The only issue we submit that remains f,r the Court to decide is this : whether matters have been brought forward which would in themselves be suf ficient to warrant the removal of Mr. BARBER's name from the roll of attorneys and his expulsion from his profession. If this be true, why should such unnecessary delays be tolerated—delays which carry with them the deepest injury to the ill-treated applicants ? THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The discussion on the Education Bill was resumed on Wednesday and again adjourned. The Committee to which the Ministerial proposi tion fur increasing the pay of the non-commissioned officers in the army was referred has chosen M. Pis- CATORY as reporter, M. ODILON BARROT having declined the office. According to the Journal des Debats, the Committee has decided by a majority of 15 to 12 to report against the proposition as pre sented by General D'lLturroun, and to present another of a more general nature, and which shall ex tend to corporals and privates. The Evenement states that a new Parliamentary club is about to be formed under the direction of the Duke DR BROGLIE, DIM. TIIIERS and PISCATORY. It is further stated that a new Parliamentary club is about to be opened in the interest of the PRESIDENT, and that it will hold its sittings in the Palais National. La Presse states that at a Cabinet Council, held on Wednesday, it was resolved almost unanimously that no intervention in the affairs of Monte Video should take place even should the Government of that Republic offer to pay the expenses. The Moniteur contains the following announce- ments : " The Procureur of the Republic has ordered the Liberte to be seized at the Post-office and on the premises of the journal. The gerant is pursued, first, for publica tion, in bad faith,: of false news cf a nature to trouble the public peace; se.londly, fir exciting to hatred and contempt of the Government ‘ of the Republic. The pro seeution has bt en provoked by three articles which follow in succession, the first of which is entitlei Organiser la Resistance." "The journal La Liberte of the Bth of January pub lished an article in which there is mention of a gratuity of 1,500,000 francs, ' that a company which offers to undertake the railway from Lyons to Avignon, has con sented to pay down in ready ca,h.' The Procureur f the Republic has ordered inquiry t ) be made regarding the facts alleged by the Liberte. The gerant of the jour nal will be summoned before the magistrates charged with this inquiry, to give precise explanations as to the facts or the source from which he derived them." The Reforme has again been seized. The " clerical party" has been carrying on a war of slander, calumny, and insinuation, against the PRESIDENT of the Republic ever since, by the publi cation of his letter to ALEDGARD NEY, he informed the world that he would not permit himself to be the instrument of their blind hatred. Their eff)rts to debauch the soldiers have been as persevering as they have been unsuccessful, and they are now en deavouring to accomplish a coup d' eta, by deposing the PRESIDENT, and appointing General CHANGAR NIER as the French Haynau to do the behests of a camarilla of priests, The Assemblee Nationale, the organ of this party, assumes that there exists an intention of appointing General MAGNAN to the command of the garrison of Paris, in the room of General CHANGARNIER and thereupon this organ of the party of " order" and " legality" declares that the Assembly would in such case not hesitate to choose General CHANGARNIER President of the Assembly, and set him up to depose the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The article thus concludes : _ " At the side of the chair of the I'resdent of the At:- sembly there is a dictatorship, and no one will deny that a Pre.ident of the stamp of General Changarnisr could not, in a moment of crisis, abandon the cba'r except to receive from a vote of the Assembly the supreme aad sovereign formula—Caveant Consules." It is well that at length the truth should be known ; it appears clear then from the avowal of the " clerical party" that they are determined, even at the risk of civil war, to do their utmost to reduce France to the by forcing her to submit to the withering tyranny of a sacer d ota l d espo ti sm . O n level of Italy and Spain, the subject of these repeated rumours of intended coups d etat, we find the following in the Constitu tionnel • Re current relative to coups d'etat. It a which th e p resen t O pposit i on k e ep p er manently on its order of th e d a y. W e h ave j u st k p i o n r d t Reports are attack k in heard that proceedings have been ordered against a jour nal which denounced a small preparatory work done by the President of the Republic, to sound the feelings of the army on the proclamation of an empire. General officers had been summoned and ints.rrogated. If the i mper i a l enterprise were to be attempted, General Mag• nan would replace General Changarnier in the command of the first milita r y divi sion. These are circumstantial details. As they have no kind of foundation, the Go vernment has naturally thought that they were of the nature of those false reports and lying news, which hav ing for their object,. or at least for their effect, to alarm public opinion and interests, af.d to cause an injury to public fortune, which are . provid e d aga i nst an d pun i s h e d by the penal code. As journalist s , we d o not j u d ge thi s prosecu ti o n brought against a journal. But we can understand that the Government, driven to extremities by the systematic perseverance in such unjust charges, should employ new means to put an end to it. The Pre sident of the Republic, since the 10th December, has victoriously replied to these calumnies by the invariab'e loyalty of his conduct; he has only made use of the force with which he has been armed by public opinion and passing events, to impose on all, and to religiou s ly practise himselc, a respect for the laws." A meeting took place on Tuesday at the residence of General CAVAIGNAC. Among those present were Generals DE LAMORICIERE, B . EDE..tII, LEF LO , an d LEBRETON. A good deal of discussion took place on the subject of the recent rumours of a coup d'etat, and the general feeling expressed was that no at tempt of the kind was to be feared for the present. The " clerical party" are at length throwing o ff the mask. The following, which appears in the De mocratic Pacifique, furnishes an , a , dmirable e xamp l e of what the " liberty of teaching is for which the prelates and priests of France have been calling out for the last two years : There has been for many years at Berger ac a boarding-school for young ladies , which has a cqu i re d a high fame, and which is directed with much succ ess by the sister of ene of the most reactionary members of the Council-General of the department. This fame of this establishment attracted several Protestant pupil s the parents of whom requested the governess, whose orthodox Catholicity is well known, to engage an assistant belongin g t o the Evangelical faith. This very natural condition was accepted, and carried into execution to the sa ti s faction of all parties, when M. GEORGE, Bishop of Perigueux, caused it to be noti fied to ;Madlle. G. that if she continued to keep in her establishment an assistant who was a P rotestan4, he would f o rbid th e exe rcise of the Catholic worship to herself and her pupils. She has therefore been obliged to dismiss her Protestant governess. The circumstance has created a great sensation at Ber gerac." This specimen of the tolerance exercised by Catholicity in the ascendant speaks for itself." It is stated, in quarters generally well informed en Roman affairs, that a difficulty has arisen relative to the PopE's return to Rome. It is said that the PoPE has consented to return to his capital, but on condi tion that he shall be accompanied by the King of NAPLES, General BARAGUAT D'HILLIERS, Baron D'ASPR E , the Commander-in - Chief of the Austrian . r troops in the Legations, and General CORDOVA, Commander of the Spanish troops. His HOLINESS further requires that on his arrival at the Vatican the Austrian flag, which Ltd been torn down and insulted by the It-publicans, shall be hoisted and saluted by the French troops with twenty one guns. It is said that General BARAGUAT .who has made great concessions to conciliate the Sovereign PONTIFF, is not inclined to accede to those conditions. There was but little business transacted on the Bourse, and the fluctuations were insignificant. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 15c., and closed at ,the same price ; the Three per Cents., closed at 57f. 70c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 830 r.; Rouen, 585 f.; Havre, 245 f.; Great Northern, 461 f. 25c.; Avignon, 215 f. ; Vierzon, 331 f. 25c. ; 116 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 358 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, J.N. 17._ _ . Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12:-S ex in.—Dutch Rhenish, I%—Madrid and Valentia, A —Northern of France, 1 3 / 4 dis. ex in.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3% cx in.—Paris and Rouen, 23 Faris and Strasbourg, 64 ex in.— Sambre and Meuse, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. It is stated that although the Committee has re ported in favour of the authorization demanded by the Minister for the collection of the taxes of 1850, there will be a strong opposition to the measure in the Chamber. Several Members, it is have determined to propose a vote of censure on the Mi nistry for asking for this authorizition. MADRID 1301.5 A, JAN. 11.—The Three per Cents., 28 5-16; Five per Cents, 12k, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 30. GERMANY. Accounts have been received from Berlin of the 15th. The Committee of the Second Chamber were proceeding to consider the amendments proposed to be introduced into the Constitution. They have adopted the proposition according to which all mat ters of finance are to be introduced in the first instance into the Second Chamber, and that by which the electoral law of May 30, 1849, is to be provisionally maintained. The First Chamber of Hanover, on the 11th, adopted, after a long discussion, the resolution of the Second Chamber on the German question, conforma bly to the wish of the Ministry. Count BENIGSEN, Minister for Foreign AffairF, made several commu nications to the Chamber upon the relations of Hanover with the confederation of the three Kings. Accounts have been received from Vienna to the 11th. The - Wiener Zeitung of that day publishes the project of the Minister of Justice, VON SCHMER LING, for the complete and efficient carrying out of the fundamental principles of the judicial'organizAtion of the Crown lands of Hungary, as sanctioned by the EMPEROR. A correspondent from Stuttgard, of the 13th inst., in the Kolner Zeitung says : The King of Prussia'a Message to his Parliament has made a great iensat'on in our country. It aai by no means welcome to the friends f the Prussian Le sgue, for there is no country in Germany more averse to the privilege^. of rank and station awl the kingdom a Wurtemberg. If Prussia were to crt ate an hereditary peerage she would destroy her ground in this country." TURKEY. Letters from Smyrna of the 30th ult., in the Vienna Lloyd, state that the English and French fleets are still in their former moorings, but that Sir W. PARKER is expected to leave the Bay of Musko nissi for a more favourable position. Letters from Belgrade of the Ist inst., is the 'Wanderer, state that 500 Poles are at Shumla under the command of Colonel Z!KowsKt; that they are comfortably equipped, and constantly kept in military training. Tne Russians in Moldavia and Wallachia', continues the writer, do the same, just as if they in tended to strike the decisive blow early in spring. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TILE GREAT PROTECTIONIST MEETING. DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENING.—The Great Na tional Meeting of Protectionists was held this day at the Rotunda. The chair was to have been taken at eleven o'clock, but, owing to the thinness of the attendance it was fully an hour later. The Marquis of Down shire then took his seat, and even at that time the round room was not one quarter full. There were, however, a fair sprinkling of the nobility and gentry present. The Earl of Roden was greeted with immense cheers, accompanied by " Kentish fires." The movers and seconders of the resolutions were the Earl of Glengall, Mr. Mac Carthy, Mr. Butt, Q.C., the Marquis of - Westmeath, the Earl of Shannon, the Hon. Mr. Preston, Mr. .Tames Martin, Lord Cle ments, Colonel Dunn, M.P., Earl of Map-, Mr. J. Ennis, the Marquis of Drogheda, Colonel Chatter ton, M.P., the Earl of Bandon, Mr. T. M. Redmond, the Hon. Colonel Verner, &c. The first resolution recommended a petition to the Queen, setting forth the misery anal distress to which the country has been reduced cf late years. The second called for remedial measures to stay the downward progress of events. The third urged that a committee take instant steps to lay the petition before her Majesty. The fourth declared all Irish interests to have been sacrificed by the imperial policy, the only remedy for which was a return to protection. The fifth was condemnatory of the Irish poor-law. The sixth demanded the development of the great resources of Ireland. The seventh was favourable to an adjustment of the relations between landlord and tenant. The eighth called on the Irish - Members to sup port no political parties who would not listen to their just demands for redress. The ninth urged the propriety, in the event of the prayer of the petitioners being disregarded, of peti tioning the Queen to dissolve Parliament. The meeting had not terminated in post time. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove to Frogmore this morning. The Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Miss Kerr, Colonel Hon. R. Boyle, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, were in attendance upon her Majesty and his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (attended by Mr. Birch), the Prince Alfred, Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, also went to Frogmore. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the gen tlemen in attendance, enjoyed the diversion of skating upon the ornamental water in Frogmore grounds. The Hon. and Rev. henry and Lady A. M. Cust will have the honour of joining the royal dinner party this evening. The band of the Ist Life Guards will attend during dinner, her Ma j esty's private band attending after. wards. The Countess of Charlemont has relieved the Mar chioness of Douro in her duties as Lady in Waiting to the Queen. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign•office. The Mini3ters present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, ir Francis Baring, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat two hours and a half. A deputation from the Light Dues Association, consisting of Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P., Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. Phillipps, Mr. Ogilvie, and Mr. Morgan (secretary), had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere and E irl Granville yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Gillespie had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Mr. Henry May hew had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home-office. Captain Henderson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Tire Earl of Carlisle arrived in to wn on Wednes day from his scat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire, and in the evening joined the Cabinet Ministers assembled at Lord John Russell's residence in Chesham-place. Lord John Russell gave a dinner last evening to a number of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, at his residence in Chesham-plact. TriE COMTE DE NEUILLY.-A very general rtimlur prevailed last evening, to the effect that the ex-Kieg o f the French had e x pi re d su dd en l y yesterday morn ing, at Claremont. In contradiction of the report, we are enabled to stat e th a t D r. G . d e N ussy , w h o i s the chief medical attendant 0.1 the ex-King, arrived at his residence, in Berkeley-square, at noon yester day, from Clar emon t ( w h ere he had passe d th e prc vious night), having left Louis Philippe in perfect health, and that up to nine o'clock last night no intel ligence of the ex-King's indisposition had reached Dr.Nussy. There can, therefore, be little doubt that the rumour is altogether unfounded. A VERY RAW MATERIAL.—Mr. Disraeli says that the land is the landlord's raw material; and so it is. But . landlords h ave a muc h rawer material in the minds of those farmers whom they delude into continuing to pay excessive rents under the fallacious hope of a re•ena:t ment of the corn-laws.—Punch. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW. CITY, QUARTER TO 7111? SE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yest,r,7ay were esti mated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, of which 3,000 American were taken for export, and on speculation. The axles comprised 900 Brazil at 6i I. to 7-P., 300 Egyptian at 7p. to Bp., and 500 Surat at 4?-vi. to , q-d. per lb. The market closed firmly for all deacripLons except Surat, which were a shade lower.—Rails ay Shares were st-ady at full prices. The Grain market is heavy, to-day, but the arrivals cf fireign wheat do not exceed 1,960 quarters. 01 foreign barley there are 7,570 quarters and of oats 6,5F0 quarters.. There is scarcely more unanimity of opinion upon the question cf produce and Consol prices to be expected in the City than there is agreement among doctors, so con flicting are the interests, so warped the judgment, or so strait ed the reports transmitted from übro_id. H re t a at once see the legitimate sphere and utility of an impar tial public writer, watching the varying features of the markets, sifting and reconciling as far as may the adverse or favourable opinions given, and presenting the resul in a succinct form. All who are attentive to such matters have heard for some time past of the continuous rise in coffee, bat it hal now gone so far as to excite the idea of a reaction. We believe that coffee was a few months back much too low, whether in reference to the supplies or the fair remuneration to the colonial planter, but whether such a wholesale advance is justified may he disputed. Some brokers contend that it is; others that a speedy reaction is coming, and as we have for merly quoted the Bulls, we may now fairly give a hear ing to the Bears, without being held responsible for the extreme views on either side. Mesas , . Franks and Millard request us to notice their impression that " the ceffee trad.a after many months of extraordinary excitement, and a rapid advance in prices, amounting to something like 100 per cent., is, we thick, about to assume quite a different appearance. A material diminution has been apparent in operations during the last few days; holders llewise are losing confidence, and are pressing sales at reduced rates. The home trade, throughout, have acted w.th caution, and only purchased sufficient for their im mediate wants, founded on the well-groundel fact that prices have been driven up by artificial means. There is no scarcity of coffee, and accounts with respect to the present crops have been misrepresented. In Java and in the Brazils production will not be quite equal to last season; in other ports there will be a larger yield, and of Ceylon there will be a heavy crop, a large pro portion of which is likely to consist of celory mountain kinds. The is ader will at once be convinced of the artificial position of tie marker, when we state the re cent weekly sales of Ceylon at from 30,000 to 60,000 ce t., whilst deliveries far all purposes have been only from 3,400 to 8,000 cat. weekly for home use and ex port, aid are now below tee latter rate. The stock, which two months back was 194,000, is now 200,000 cat, notwithstanding the late immense opera tons of speculators. There can bo no d that a further diminution will take place in con sumption this season by an increased adulteration with chicoty, which the grocers will be compelled to use for the purpose of vending a cheap article t the public." During the present week coffee has sensibly declined in price, but holders endeavour to buoy it up by with holding supplies. Sugar has been iu favour. Spices have had a steady sale, and Rum, Saltpetre, Tea, and Tallow are rather looking up. Accounts of February 15 from Frankfurt quote the Austrian Metallics et 87, and Spanish Three per Cents. at 30k. At Amsterdam on Wednesday the general tone of tae stock market was feebler. The Dutch Two-and a-blalf per Cents. were 558 to 55 5-16ths. Information had been received by the Committee of Spanish Ameri can Bondholders at Amsterdam, from Baron Groves tins, the Dutch Ambassador at Madrid, t the effect that M. Bravo Murillo had given a positive a surance that in the course of the present session a project for the regulation cf the debt shall be presented to the Cortes. The meeting at the London Tuvern upon the subject of the Russian loan has attracted an immense audience, and thinned many of the usual places of business resort. The Ettglish Stock market, although still fluctuating. is firmer than it was, and there is a better feeling. Consols have been 96 to 4 for Tran,f .r, and 964 to for Account. The New Three-and•a-Quarter per Cente. have been 981 to 98i, and the Three per Cent. Reduced 96* t 8. India Stock has been firm at 265. Exchequer bills are 5Ss. to 61s. premium. Foreign Securities generally are rather quie'. Mexi can Bonds have teen 213 i to 29k. Peruvian hate risen to 664 and 67i. Buenos Ayres Stock is worth 50, and Brazilian 88k. Russian has bean at 107-1 t 1051. French Five per Cents are worth 94, with the exchange at 25 50. Shares are good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 6 1061 / sy, 8 per Cent. Consols Auns New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. 9 8A4'04% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 8% 8 11-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 7-16 India Stock 265 Do. Bonds, 10001 O5 98 p Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock 105 54 1061 Ditto Old Annuities 96% Consols for Account exchequer Bills. 1 1 Ad. 2d. March. June. 1,0691. 500/ 5B 61 p Small eRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Small Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 87 1 / 9 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5O Guatemala Bonds 3O 32 Alexican liolUs, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto for the Account ....... 67 67 1 4 663/ 67 1 4 Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent IOB V2 107 1 / 2 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o 18 3 4 Ditto Account . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 6 1 /4 Ditto for th e Account . Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. P SusRE. ~erdeen Ditto, Preference Notting., Boston, &c. 7;4'i —•—• •to — -shire and Galloway /2 yrshire auu ......_ - , _ :Ifast and County Down .. 28 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. rerpet.s per ct.) 6 irmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. SO Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... ,iriningham, \Vol., St. Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee... 10 Val. 131.14&... 20 iristol and Exeter ' i' C rr B 'k n e e . n' s ' i la g i a , "d J : : Li n a" c u t 6Le i o aB n 6h . t . 7r , uer' Do., Thirth , uckingliamshire 1 7% x.i. to Aledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 8 1 4 to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 nester and H01yhead..„..... 50 ..... to Ditto, Preference larence. .... Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 .irect London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Jublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 )undalk and Enniskillen ... 30 - e.st Anglia, 251. L. & E., aed L. & D .. •. 25 Ditto, 18/., E. & H - Do, 31. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3 1 ,4...... Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2 E%stern Counties Do. New Guerant. 6per Ct. 10 Do. Ex ten., 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 Do., 5 per cont. ... 50 , Ditto, New <astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 .ast Lancashire .... Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6;i. — if.ast Lincolnshire ......... ..—.. 25 'dinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares r<dinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port l5 <xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — X. i. to -- Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. 41usg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — ..... to ;lasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ..... Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 12 1 / 2 — ...... to ;rest Northern 2O 7 7 1 / 8 x. i. to 7 Do. 1 /. A Deferred ..... ... 12!,4 — ...... to % Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12 1 / 2 - tla. & `Vest. (Ireland) 50 - __ it. South.... iv e... t..--- _ Treat North of Eng1and......1 00 232 • .... to Ditto, Now 401.............. 40 Ditto, ditto .... ..... ...... 35 Ditto, New 30/. Ditto,New 151............... 15 ...... . G eat Western 100 ...... 64%...... to 65 Ditto, Half Shares 5O — - Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ .......... 15 ..... 81 , 8 to .ull and Selby 5O lO O l /2 ..... t o _ Ditto, Half Shan:3 .. ...... 25 50%..... to Ditto,Quarter Shares -... 12% auncoTtiarnads Carlisle.... ... 50 ... 10 ...... ...... to Lancashire and Y orlohire Ditto, ditto Ditto 'Jeff Shares — 49 ...... Ditto Quarters 2 3 ,,i — to Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirtls Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 ...... —. to uo., West Hiding Union... 10 ..„ . .. „to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ..... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O .....103 ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...—... f)e.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3% — ..... to -- Ditto, ditto... ..... No. 2 10 Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Prof. Quarters, 1848... 9 hLiverpool, Crosby, and Sout- _ port.. .onion & ii!nci: wal 1 ......11/. 6s. 3d — ...... to —• Lund., Bright.,& South Coastloo ..... 83 1 ,4... .. to $ Do., New sL,gua. 6p r Ct. too leB ..... to Do. Guaranteedsper Cent. 9 Do. Prderential, 5 per Ct., 50 - Ditto, ditto lB5 .. 50 ..... . - London and G:i:•enwieh... 121.15 x. 4d... - Ditto Preference London & North Weetern.....10.....115 1 ,04 116 to 115 Do. New Quarters. l2 - Do. Fifths l2 ..... 141 to 14 ' o. 4P/. 5hara.....14. & M 85 ...... Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 Lo , ifion and S. Weatern.......103 Ditto, New 50/........ .. ..... 42%...... ..... to -- Ditto, l''',lly 40/ 34 - , , , „ . • ~ . ... .. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Prot 7 per Cent ....... ..... ... 5 • — ...„.. to ••••• Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londorderry L,nd Enniskillen 25 Do.. Half Shares ...... ...... 5 L , Ivestoff, guar. 4 Ter ct Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 quncli Buxton, & Matlock 5 - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto' Shares( No. 1) ... 25 - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, V s Shares (No. 3)... 12 1 ,4 ...... -. Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. - •••••• to -- Ditto, ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... - Midland —.... , .... ........ ...100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 80 Aid!Rnd, Birm., and Derby...100 Vlidl and, Consol. Briatei and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - ilidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... - Ditto ditto 22/. 71. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... SO gidland, Leices. and Swan- Rington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . ;7, idld. Great Western (Irish) 47 4 — - Widdlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. . ....... ...... 50 - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... V. 12s. — N ewport Abergy., and Herd. 6 - Newry and Enniskillen tiewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... ..... ........ 20 oriolk - Ditto New 201. - . Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 ( othern Counties Union ... 4 - North British ... ...... . 25 ...... to •- .)itto Fall Shares .... ..... 12 1 4 — Do. Quarters Wi t ...... —.. ...... to Ditto Thirds ... Ditto. Preference vortb Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% 7%%.— to "" North Wales ll% ....• . •... to flri h Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhanipton - Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 ... 16% 4x. i. to -- Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central: 25 ... .. ..... to cottish Midland .... ....... )itrn, tipw..... 22 1,4 — Shrewsbury and thrmiugkam 121,E — it. i. to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 'ihrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - Shrewsbury and Chester __ (Nor. Vc. aiin.) Ditto Halves. Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New ).• Ditto 8 per Cent. Pret....... 10 ...... 15% to *;liropshire Union 6 14..... ...... to ••• outh Devon Ditto, i'reierence South Staffordshire. Bl4 ...... to ••-• South Vasterri: 3 3 1 /8 2O - Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3. SO Ditto, Regzstered No. 4.... 10 Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. South Wales south Yorkshire, Doncaster And Goole heffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16 1 ,4 to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... . 7 law Vale Extension ... ..... 8 Thames Haven Dock anti ...'"' ••• ••• tO ..... Railway 1 7 1,1 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... _ ...... to o' Waterford and Limerick 47%... .. _ ...... to Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 to Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... ..... 5O ...... to Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... .. 15 ... West Cornwall Nbitehaven andFurnees...... 18 ... •"" ...... Windsor, Staines, and South , Western..... Wilts,Somerset,&Weyrnouth 45 ...... 34 a. i to - Y ork, Newcastle, and 14.rwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. Li Do. Hartlepool 1)k. & Illy. 100 York and North:Midland .. 50 Ditto, Pre terenc4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A.nglo Italian (late Italian ;Le, Austrian) 8 1 ,2 — Boulogne and Amiens 2O ... 111. UCLltral 01 France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... D(nnerara. Dutch Rhenish East Indian i...—. ....,°' 3 ! 4 _ x. i. to 00 Ditto .. . Great Indian Peninsular 6 Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 10s. ...... Louvain ala Sambre ........ 7 1 / 2 ...... 1 0 ..-• Luxembourg ..... to .... Ditto .... 10 .• •... —, ...... to nadrid and Valenti a ..• to '''' Namur and Liege 2O VAN to Northern of France ... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... 2 4 7 1 i 11 5 : . •... -- ilis i x j t° ....... Paris and tirleans... Paris and Rouen 2O to ~.• Paris & Strasbou rg .... ..... 12 ... . to Rouen and Havre ...,, Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... ~.. Tours & Nantes .. 13 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to and Ilasselt .., ........ ..• .• 20 •••••• ••*" '' West Flanders B% PA..... 0 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American Colonial Commercial of London. to London Joint Stock ~... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland ....... .... . 22 1 ,4 — --• ~t ° ...• Provincial of Ireland .... Ditto, New .... ..• Union of Australia ...... Ditto, New .... . to Union of London ........ ...... 10 to Union of Madrid ......... ... 40 MINES. tO '' Anglo ilexican lOO ...... ma. ..... t 0 . 0 0 , A.turian ...... .. ..... ... l5 ...... ..... to '4 Australian •.•• • •• ..... MD. ..... •••• 4 Barrossa Range Blaenarvou Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrim British Iron .... to . ••'' Brazilian Imp er i a l ... . .. ... 24 1 % — ••••• to •••" Ditto Cocae , , and Cuiaba... 3t Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper .. ....... 40 to General_, .... 28 Real del Monte. Unregistered .- .. •• ".. to " 4 Do. Black D e b entures — to Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. lO - United Mexican ••• • LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS 1) LONDON, JAN. 18.—Wind noon W., lig ht dull hazy mild weather. The frost has entirely DEAL, JAN. 1 7.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E.— . A rrj. O le Sale, Lilly, Af r i ca. Arrd. from the river *II P r 4; Thi tis, Sydney; Sistev, Ceylon, &c ; E d"r r ' eg il fe l Natal; Rother, Cape of Good Hope; lamaica, Suluttus, Havannah; Loyalist, Barbadoes•_rh-ogo'd, Evans, New York; Ranger, Africa; Forester, 'l 4 ° V•fr, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.—Wind N. N.W Harbeck, New York. Sld., Elizabeth hioo f re. rf pore; Junior, ditto; Zion's Hope, Calcutta; vannah; Africa, Champion, Vera Cruz ; 'fe r n°. at t l, Baltimore; Shannon, New York; Yorkshire, 0 %,,'" FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind N. moderate' Princess Charlotte, Valparasio. a .•-• SCILLY, JAN. 15.—Wind E. to E E fine , o il Chief go, Coquimbo. PILL, ' JAN. 17.—Wind T. T . E.—sld. Ada lO W John Cabot, Africa ; Thomas Crisp, Barbadoef•ii bodi aNv NEWPOR T,: ,: E J n A e o rr : d 1 i 7 „ . 0 — ; 11 , 11 ' in a d ry, N m .E . w It.- ; ton, N. P. Stifibefo SWANSEA. JAN. 17.—Wi n d N,N,E,—..A.rr-• Mills, Cuba. pir MARGATE, JAN. 17.—The PrOVideriCet.rjoinr London, is hi g h an d d ry on the sand; car go oID the in a ed stat. , of 'OO An damaged state. AilßLow, JAN. e 16.—Tho master and og" i 0 30 0 10 1 crew, of the Hottenguer have perished. o ` e red taken from th e wrec k t hi s morn i ng . It i s ' es col' but little of the property will be saved. ‘ . Of WIVENHOE, JAN. 17.—The smack JOaer n locl , chester, has been wrecked on th e c oast of So t ,f wr is s jo LONDON, JAN. 18.—An immense quantity i t,' 0 0 was seen on the River, and a schooner aniThe yt Gunileer, with masts and yards standing, bY steamer, arrived in the River, from Hull., __Slag SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 17,—Wind „ lof t, steamer. West Indies. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind art Noort, Buenos Ayres, for Antwerp. SO ° Sid./ MILFORD, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E. steamer, Londoa ; Law Ogilby, Newport" 86e. CLYDE. —Sid. Asia, Calcut 0 0 or 0 os YARMOUTH, JAN. 17.—A sc roll from the „O h o/ headrail of a ves se l, suspen d e d on a gilt spe ar ' on word " Carecene carved thereon in gilt lettersl3. ground, was washed ashore on the beach, JO' d, 00" c e• BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 17.—A ship's headboaroplit " Prosperity," has been washed on shore alesr THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1150