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In the press, A NEW NOVEL. BY THE AUTHOR OF "CECIL." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MARSHAL MARMONT'S WORK on the SPIRIT of MILE I ARY INSTITUTIONS, addressed to the , 11ENCH ARMY, will appear in the " uNITED SEIZ VICE MA JAZINE" for February 1. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ' - MRS. HOWITT'S NEW WORK. Jast ready, in 3 voli. post Bvo. THE IMPROVISi.TORE; Or, LIFE IN ITALY. From the Danish. By MRS. IIOWITT. Richard Bentley, New Uurlington-street. On Saturday, 1 ebruary 1, will be published, price bit., THE LONDON JOURNAL, a first-class WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, devoted to the interests of the Oraers of Foresters and Odd Fellows, and the Working Classes gene rally. Independent articles upon Politics—Copious information upon all matters of public interest—Sound and honest opinions upon the great trading, commercial, financial, and social questions of the times — Titles by men of first-rate ability ; with the fullest details of thn; con tinued progress of the mighty experiments of the 19th century. The SECRET SOCIETY SYSTEM will commend the London Journal to the patronage of all classes. _ Order of any Newsman. Office. 14, Wellington-street North, Strand, London, APUBLIC SOIREE will be held at the White Conduit House Tavern, on MONDAY Nevi', February 3, (the evening previous to the meeting of Parliament), in honour of the People's _Representative, T. S. BUNCOMBE, who will be present. The folloNsine Members of Parliament are invited :—T. Wakley, J. Puttlion, J. Fielden, J. A. Roebuck, Gen. A. Johnson, J. Hume, W. S. Crawford, J. T. Leader, J. Humphery, Esqs. ; Sir B. Hall, &c. Tea on the Table at Six o'clock precisely. Tickets to the Soiree—Single, Is. Gd. ; Double, 2s. 641., to be had of the Committee ; and at the liar of \Vhlte.Conduit House. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Belle's Grand .Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF BT. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas llarlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, harlequin and Robinson Crusne. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. 11. l'ayne ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Columbine, Miss Carson. The Box-office is open daily, from Ton in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, I laces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. Opp iition to the bland region of the Treasury bench, whose rivers flow with milk and honey, and whose loaN es and fishes are never known to fail. Again, many of them, it is well known, entertain the most decided opinions possible on the question of the Game-laws, which they look on as the pride of the British Con stitution—the palladium of our liberties; yet, doubt less, they will be compelled to consent to-a revision of these hateful laws—a total abrogation of them we hardly expect—and vote one way, while their strong inclination would prompt them to vote another. These are but a few among the numerous grievances prepared for the Conservatives, and which they will have to submit to in the approaching session ; but as " measures, not men," is our motto, we shall gladly and even gratefully accept all the good we can get at their hands; for why should we quarrel with good, even though it " come out of Nazareth ?" THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. 59th Night of " Cld Heads and Young Hearts." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. Strickla 1; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farrell ; the Countess of Pompton, Mrs. W. Gllford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn. Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Ben ett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorius, Mr. J. Bland; Princess Graclosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PICTORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Bus-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. Second Niight of a Sew and Original Drama, by the Author of " Wreck Ashore," " Yictorine," &c. THIS EVENING that is, against the indemnity. The question would be formally brought before the Chamber on Monday, when a ballot would be taken, and then the English public would know whether the main condition on which Sir ROBERT PEET. and the Earl of ABERDEEN ac ceded to the terms of M. GUIZOT was disowned by the French Chamber. As this is rather a serious matter, we shall wait for certain intelligence before adverting to it further. But, besides the Otaheite affair, M. GuizoT boasted that in many other trans actions France had got the better of England. He did not broadly state the fact in the same worth, but there can be no doubt as to his meaning, and as little doubt that England has come off second best. " When I hear men say," he added, " that cour tesy, regard, good proceedings, mutual advan tages, and concession are not reciprocal be tween the two countries, after what has passed during four years, and particularly during the last six months, I think I am dreaming, for I can hardly conceive that facts should. be so perverted or badly understood. I could, if I wished, lay before your eyes the relative situations of France and Eng land, and all the facts relating thereto in all the points of the globe, and you would see that every where the advantages and concessions are reciprocal between the two countries; you would see that wherever we had any object to carry, our policy, so far from losing ground, in consequence of our inti macy with Great Britain, had rather gained. French influence in Spain, in Africa, in the East, in Greece, in Italy, everywhere in short, has increased." This may be said to conciliate the Chamber, who, by the bye, will not be conciliated, but-at the same time it is offensive to England, and certainly not at all calculated to maintain the `" entente eurdiale." We have no hesitation in saying that the exhibition in the Chamber on Saturday was more hostile to Great Britain than any that has occurred since GuizoT came into office. On Sunday, at TORTONI'S, the Three per Cents. were quoted at the closing price of Saturday-85f. 35c. Wilt be repeated a Now and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates , ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. f itzwilliam ; 311asul, Madame Celeste. . . Our correspondent, "A London Merchant," whose letter will be found in another column, may be con sidered by many of our readers as exaggerating—out of his natural solicitude for the welfare of our com merce—the dangers to which, as he endeavours to show, it is exposed by the unextinguished spirit of hostility on the part of the French nation to British grandeur, and its first element—our foreign com merce. For ourselves, too, we confess that we are not much disposed to attach any high degree of im portance to the truculent vapouring of the Constitu tionnel and other organs of the Anglo-phobia, or TRIERS' party. At all times eloquent and vivacious, the French Opposition press is not remarkably ve racious. From the attacks which one portion of it have lately indulged in against the Queen of GREAT BRITAIN, we may reasonably estimate the value of its denunciations against the British nation. Still we are of opinion that the sustained and continuous ex hibitions of that feverish and unscrupulous animosity against us which appear to be so popular among very considerable sections of French society, go far to After which, THE CORPORAL'd WEDDING ; or, a Kiss of the Bride. Sir Felix Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Mr. Selby ; Lady Ambits& Gr skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Nancy Cobb, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with VIE CHIME 4 . Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith ; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkinson; Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Yea, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter. Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. Box-oftioc open from Eleven till Four. Private BOXe3 to be ha, at the Theatre, anti at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CASTLE 01' AYMON ; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de liaanmanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen ; .Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Ilime ; Renaud, Mr. .attacks ; Iron, Mr. Leffler ; Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Clara, Miss Brentnall ; Totemic, Miss E. Homer ; Eglantine, Miss O'Connor ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, Miss Coletti will Pgrform Mendelshon's Concerto In D Minor. To be followed by DON C.XcAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar de Baum, Mr. Wallack ; MariU>:na, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Stage Manager, Mr. V. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edniu•.;d Bradwell. justify the warning recollections of our correspondent The most ardent advocates of France—the stout es THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER, THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Week of " The Chimes." THIS EVENING champion of her successive Governments since the memorable days of July—the most partial ex pounders of their policy—can scarcely exonerate the French nation from the imputation of a proneness to repay our forbearance and good faith towards her ith unmeasured dislike, unscrupulous encroach- Will by repeated THE CHIMES. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vinlr.g, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, CoMor. Itinery, Turner, and Reeley ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. Woollidg" Miss Grove, and Rm. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by 3tessrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea dows ; Miss Walcott, anti Miss Fairbrother. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Khdoch, Yaraold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, 3llss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. Unequalled Success of ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHICATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. First Week of the Southern American Minstrels. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX 111 NT ; introducing a Real Fox-ehase on the Stage. by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. To be followed by the Melodies of the American Southern Minstrels. Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JOHNNY OILPIN'S RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; Haritntrin, Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. D. W. Broadfoot. ment, and a jealousy, without even decent pre texts for its susceptibility. If better counsels have prevailed over those which such prepossessions would have adopted—if the two empires have not bees pre cipitated into that destructive collision for the event of which the war party in France continues to clamour with such reckless insanity—this result has been owing rather, under PROVIDENCE, to the higlier moral integrity and political sagacity of a few powerful Ministers, backed by the pacific dispositions and abundant good sense of the KING, than to the statesmanlike wisdom, or the uncompromising honesty of Frenchmen generally, who have been connected with the discussion and administration of public affairs. If the impression of our correspondent be correct, that the scheme of offensive annoyance most cherished by the anti-English party in France is founded on the historical precedent supplied by the destruction of ancient Carthage, as a necessary victim, first, to the jealousy, and, secondly, to the safety of Rome, the " party" on the other side of the water are labouring under that wildest of delusions, which consists in committing one's self to deductions derived from false parallels. Great Britain, with her insular but extensive and influential position, and territorial im portance in the geographical relations of Europe, is little like enough, Heaven knows, to Carthage, with its geographical relations to the coast and terri tory of Africa, and its power of acting upon the king doms of Europe. But modern France infinitely less resembles ar.cient Rome, we should apprehend, in any of the elements of that prestige of unchastised military usurpation, and that unforfeited " spoil of empires," which enabled the Supreme Mistress of the civilised world to decree and to execute the iniquitous sentence of destruction—absolute political erasure — against her more opulent, but weaker rival. This preposterous comparison of France with old Rome, and of Great Britain with the Republic of Carthage, provoked many a smile when hazarded even by NAPO LEON, whose historical information and powers of generalising what facts it had accumulated, were by no means on a par with the extent of his military genius, the grandeur of his ambition, or the pro foundness of his knowledge of mankind. But, look ing to the downfal and hopeless ruin of the vast fabric he had built up, and in the contemplation of which he might be well excused for growing giddy, and being betrayed into occasional extravagances of boasting—we listen with less decorous merriment to one of his persifflages in the mouths of any French men in 1845. "Fas est et al, hoste doceri" is, however, a sound canon of political wisdom. In our application of it' we should not he content with having learned the fact, assumed by " A London Merchant," of the inces sant energy of this jealous hatred of England; but we should imitate the example of French prompti tude and animation, in repairing, extending, and con solidating all the arms and forces of our material strength, whenever external causes indicate the ne cessity for such preparation. We have so lately urged this topic on the attention of the public, and more particularly of the Executive Government, in reference to the administration of all naval affairs, and the incessant supervision of our navy and its esta blishments, that we will not now again press it. Besides, we have good ground for believing that this precautionary necessity has long been perceived and acknowledged, and is now acted upon, in the highes and most influential official quarters. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Tile Grand Pantomime every Evening, with Splendid Novelties, and Another New Piece. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSEY, in which the whole of the Company will perform. After which, THE RENT DAY. To conclude with the Pantomime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon. Mr. Henry Corr! ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boni: to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to FouT ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Grand Juvenile Week—Pantonlinc, Second Piece. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE ; or, The Child of Charity. Sup ported by Messrs. Osbakitston, 11. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bert, E. Jones, and W. Searle ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mrs. E. Jefferson. After which, the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS. To conclude with BLACK WHISKER ; or, The Demon of Seven Dials. _ _ Boxes, 2s. ; Fit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 28. TREalitomerrun, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 29.07. WIND, S.W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 56 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and "Rain" at 29; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 3loruing 4G minutes after 4 j Evening .. 3 minutes after 5. We have accounts from Madrid to the 20th inst. On that day the Reform Bill passed the Senate by a vast majority-74 to 12. The Clergy Endowment Bill also passed the Deputies, so that the business of the session is drawing rapidly to a close. Unfavour able reports are again prevalent of the state of the QUEEN'S health ; and it is even stated by the Cas tellano, that she has been recommended by her phy sicians to try sea-bathing. It is also said, that she will leave Madrid in the course of a month, for a watering-place in the south of Spain, and assist on her way at the ceremonies of the Holy Week, in Seville. The Three per Cents. closed at 31/ for cash, and 31i at 60 days; the Five per Cents. .at 211 at 60 .days; and the Debt without interest, at 71 at 60 days, with premium. The discussion which took place in the French Chamber of Deputies on the indemnity to Mr. PRITCHARD, and the result, are extremely unsatisfac tory. Even according to M. GUIZOT'S statement, Mr. PRITCHARD had not been justly dealt with. He had been accused of serious offences by the French authorities at Otaheite ; no proofs were furnished that he had been guilty of these offences, yet he was on vague charges ignominiously imprisoned, and ex pelled from the island. " When he was thus treated," said M. GITIZOT, " he demanded that an inquiry be instituted into the facts with which he was charged; he asked to be tried, and repeated that request after his return to England. He maintained, wrongfully, I believe, that he was a stranger to the explosion of the civil war and to the revolt; he contends that it would hare been impossible to convict him, had he been tried, for want of proof. Our agents at Otaheite did mot deem it expedient to adopt such a course. I approve their conduct. I regard th?ir convic tion respecting the intrigues of Mr. PRITCHARD and the danger of his presence as well founded ; the trial would have been difficult and dangerous, and perhaps productive of no result." This is a strange admission. The Prime Minister of France believes the charges against the Englishman to be well founded, yet is opposed to inquiry, to matters of fact, to a fair trial, because the trial might have been productive of no result. If we are to be lieve M. BRUAT, his crimes were as clear as the noon day sun ; he had been manifestly guilty of insti gating the natives to murder Frenchmen and en danger the whole of the forces in the island; he must therefore be punished as a spy, and an agent of re bellion. It really appears that M. GUIZOT had no proofs of his guilt, else why fear that a trial would be difficult and dangerous, and, perhaps, productive of no results. Here Is a man punished without trial, yet the paltry indemnity of 1,0001. is grudged by the French Chamber, or perhaps refused, for no vote on the question has been taken, nor can we yet tell what will be the result of a division. From all accounts the majority of the Climber was for the amendment-- THE SLN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1845 Mr. WYLDE, for the prosecution, stated that he was instructed by the prosecutors to recommend the prisoner to mercy, as he had previously borne a good character. Mr. BALLANTINE said Dr. Todd had kindly con.sent,d to plead in favour of tic prisoner, and there wei e also several gentlemen of eminence in the medical proftssion who would al%o speak as to his character. The Learned ASSISTANT JUDGE said that, as the pro secutors were inclined to deal so mercifully with the pri soner, and as the loss of his character must be a most grievous punishment to him as long as he lived, the Court would be as lenient as possible. The sentence was, that he be imprisoned, and kept to hard lab our in the house of Correction for one month. The Court was crowded with medical students, and other gentlemen connected with the profession, who seemed to take much interest in the result of the trial. The prisoner upon hearing the sentence bowed re spectfully to the Court, and turning to the several pro. secutors, who sat behind the counsels' box, thanked them for their recommendation to mercy with much apparent emotion. An ill-looking fellow, named Thomas 16 ape, was in dicted for stealing a watch, value Si., the property of Joseph Barrett, from his person. It appeared that the prosecutor, who was a barber and hair-dresser in Great Wyld-street, Drury-lane, bad been out on the " spree" in Broad-street, St. Giles. when lie met the prisoner and three other persons, whom he took to " Dutch Sam's," in Brydges-street, Covent-garden, to treat them to some drink. Here a row was got up, the consequence of which was that the prosecutor found himself minus his watch and chain, when he gave the prisoner into custody. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict of Guilty. It having intimated to the Court that the prisoner had been previously sentenced to seven years' transportation, he stated, in reply to the Learned Assistant-Judge, that in that case he had got a free pardon, after serving four months. The COURT suspended sentence, in order that inquiries might be made with respect to the previous conviction. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE - 11 1 S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday, was steady. Sales 7,000 bales, including 1,500 on specula tion.— The Share market was not so firm as last week:— Birmingham and Gloucester, 111 1101 ; Caledonian, 5 ; Chester and I3irket,head, 3C ; Cambridge anu Lincoln, 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 64 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 751 ; Eastern Counties, 18;i 1 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 65 ; Ely and Bedford, 1i 1 ; Glasgow, Duinfeies, arid Carlisle, IL Gs. •, Grand Junction, 234 • Ditto, Half, 117 ; Great North of E n g land, 401. Shares, 45 ; Great Westerns 170 ; Lancaster and Preston, 51 L 2 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 394 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter, 28 ; London and Brighton, 51A ; London and Croydon, 171 181 ; Lon don and South-Western, New, 121 ; London and York, 5i ; Lynn and Ely, 6 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 1261 ; Manchester and Leeds, Ilalf, 55; Midland Couaties, 129 128; New castle and Darlington, 66. ; South-Eastern, 491 48i ; Ditto, New, 22 211 ; Trent Valley, 11 ; Paris and Lyons, 31 5 . ; Oleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 7.1 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 ; Northern of France, 5i 1. The accounts received this mornisig from Lisbon are certainly considered to he of a sari: factory character. The Minister of Finance had laid before the Chamber of Deputies his budget for the year ending June, 1846, and it appears that if the estimates of income and ex penditure be well founded, that there will be a surplus in favour of the State of very nearly 40,000 nailreis. This unquestionably is the first time, for years past, that such a favourable expose of the resources of Portugal has shown such a favourable indication. There appears to be a general desire, on the part of the Portuguese, to aid the Government, as far as possible, in improving the resources of the country, and tranquillity having existed for some time past, the good fruits of such a state of things is in progress of almost daily deve lopment. The Ministry appears to have exer cised a sound discretion in the expenditure of the Board of Public Credit. But the secret has at length been let out, that the interest upon the Home Debt is considerably larger than upon the Foreign Debt. The figures stand thus for the former -1,476,695 ; and for the latter-1,392,246 milreis. It would be much to the advantage of the credit of Portugal were something 1 ke a definite account rendered of the real amount of the Home Debt, as, by such means, more confidence might be placed in the Government. As far as respects the Foreign Loans, the amounts raised are known with accuracy. We have further accounts from the United States ; but although there had been further meetings of the different States' Legislatures, we do not find that, with the exception of Pennsylvania, there will be any amount set apart for the payment of arrears of dividends upon the loans contracted in this country or elsewhere. Still, if the private advices are to be credited, there is a slight disposition shown to advance a step in the right direction, and although in most instances direct taxation on land, &c., has been most emphatically eschewed, there are symptoms that in order that the stigma of repudiation should be removed, a revenue from such sources as have just been mentioned will be sub mitted to. The accounts from the Cape of Good Hope and from Graham's Town are late in point of date. It is very satisfactory to find that the frontier was in a quiet state, the Kaffres having refrained from depredations —thanks, however, to the measures taken by the Go vernor in strengthening the military posta.on the line of demarcation. The natives are represented as being more industrious, and desirous of cementing a lasting friendship with the colonists. The cultivation of the lands of the colony was rapidly on the increase, aad the breeding of sheep also. In the Public Securities there has not been any very large operations reported this morning. As the settle ments in the Foreign Stock; and in Shares are near at hand, there is a trifling increase in the demand for capi tal. The Three per Cent. Consols have been sold at a fraction under par, and Consols for the Account at tooi and at 100. Bank Stock keeps on the advance, and is now at 2141 ; India Stock is at 2851 ; and the premium on Exchequer-bills at 655. 665. Not much has been done in the Foreign Stocks to-day. New Brazilians have been at 86; the Mexicans at 341 i; Portuguese Converted at 591; the Five per Cent. Spanish at 28; the Three per Cents. at 40, and at 39k; and the Dutch Four per Cents. at 98i _a. The Share Market has been scarcely so active to day as for the last few days. The fluctuations are officially given in the list. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF PUBLISHING MALIGNANT LIBELS.— WM. Forbes, jun., of New Broad-street, ship-broker and ship agent, was summoned before the Lord Mayor to answer to the charge of having written three letters with the in tention of destroying the credit and character of the re spectable house of Rickard, Little, and Co. (one of whom is a Director of the Bank of England), of Bishops gate-street, East India merchants, and particularly of Mr. Rate, one of the partners of the establishment. Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the prosecution, stated the case, and designated it as one of those pieces of villany which were scarcely to be paralleled by any instance of modern crime. Ile then read three letters, which he said he could distinctly prove had been written by the defendant, who had done some business for the firm of Rickard, Little, and Co. The one was addressed to a firm in Calcutta, with whom the prosecutors tran sacted business. It represented that the prosecutors were altogether insolvent, and strongly advised those to whom it was addressed to shun any trans actions with such an establishment ; and it pur ported to be written by J. Cust , p er p rocuration of Messrs. Cook and Truman. The second was addressed to the father of a lady to whom Mr. Rate was paying his addresses, and the third to the mother, both describing not only the house insolvent, but Mr. Rate as a person guilty of felony-. Mr. Clarkson called two witnesses, Mr. Rate himself, and Mr. Little, nho swore they believed the letters had been written by the defendant. Mr. Chambers, for the defence, altogether denied that his client had anything to do with such horrible libels ; but the Lord Mayor held the defendant to bail in two sureties of 1001. each to appear to answer the charge. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) An old woman, who keeps an apple•stall opposite Drury-lane Theatre, was charged by a man in the dress of a mechanic with attempting to pass base coin. The prosecutor stated that he was purchasing some apples of the prisoner on Saturday night, when he gave her a sixpenny piece, and asked her for change. She went to get change, and on her return she said that the money was bad, and produced a sixpence, which was not the same that. he had given her. lie immediately gave her in charge to policeman F 104. The prisoner said that the sixpence was the same that she had received from prosecutor. She had no other silver about her when searched. Mr. JARDINE said that he would discharge the prisoner if she would pay 6d. to the prosecutor. Prisoner said the prosecutor had already received a pennyworth of apples. Mr. JARDINE said that she must pay 5d., and on con dition that she did so he would discharge her. Prisoner sent a message to her husband, who psid the money, and she was set at liberty. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A ferocious looking woman, named Mary Shee, was charged with cutting and wounding Mary Donovan. The prosecutrix, whose head was bound up, deposed that on the previous night she went to see her sister, who lodged in the same house with the prisoner, in Little Ormonde-yard. The prisoner, with whom she had an old grudge, planted herself at the door, and re fused to allow her to enter; the woman, however, per sisted, and declared that nobody should prevent her from seeing her sister; she was going in, when the prisoner sewing a poker struck her twice on the head with it, in flicting two deep wounds under the left eye. A police man came and the pthoner was secured. The woman was taken to a surgeon, bleeding profusely. In default of fine Mr. Combo committed her for three weeks. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Conscls , 997k 100 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 9V% South Sea Stock 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 98% 98% New 3M per Cent Long Annuities toexpireJan 1860 12 % 3-16 12 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct.lo, 1859 ... 11"% ; 12 12 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 13-16 % 11" India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 . ..... 78 Ditto under 1,000/. ......... ..... . 80 Consols for Account... ....... 100% 100 India Stock, for Account 286% Exchequer Bills, I,COO/., I%d G6 G 5 pm. Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. 21-W, 100 q 100 LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) THE ALLEGED MURDER IN FORE- STREET, LASS BETH.—One of the sergeants of the L division of police stated that the Coroner had not yet issued his warrant relative to the death of the poor woman Wright, who was found dead in the passage of her house, at an early hour on Sunday morning, the exclusive particulars of which appeared in Me Sun of yesterday. Mr. HENRY said that in so serioua a charge the police must get up all the evidence they could. It would be requisite that they should get witnesses who could depose to the quarrelling of the prisoner and his unfortunate mother—it was an exceedingly lamentable case. After the inquest the prisoner should be again brought up, and the Worthy Magistrate said he would then go into any additional evidence which the police might procure. The evidence of ill usage would he very material in the case. The sergeant said that the Magistrate should be made acquainted with the result of the inquest. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 28.—Wind at noon W., strong breeze and fine. It blew hard last night, with squalls, ac companied with snow and sleet. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind W.N.W., hard and squally.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Dido, from Penang ; sailed Oct. 31, Cape of Good Hope 18th ult., and St. Helena 28th Ult. RAMSGATE, JAN. 27.—The Medina, from Sunderland to Cowes, has been assisted in here with loss of main mast, &c. The Charles, from Newcastle to Marseilles. has put in here with damage,having been in contact with the Sarah, from London to Liverpool, in the Downs. DEAL, JAN. 27.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., strong, with heavy squalls.—Arrd. Ambassador, Tate, Ichaboe, ' for Hull; Llangothlen Hull, for Valparaiso. Put back, Caledonia, Hull, for Bombay, with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with a vessel, name unknown, on the 26th. The Sarah, from London to Liverpool, was in contact with the Charles, from Newcastle, and lost bulwarks, &c. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.•—• Wind W., strong.— Arrd. Oveston, Wright, Round Island. SWANSEA, JAN. 26.—Arrd. Alciope, Valparaiso. LOWESTOWF, JAN. 27.—The whole of last night it blew a violent gale from N.W. to N.N.W. Last night several vessels lost anchors. YARMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind N.W., stron g .—The Elizabeth, of Scarborcugh , f rom MiddlesborougtoLen don, got On the Cross Land, yesterday (as reported), drifted off, and is supposed to have foundered ; crew saved. The Pedlar, from Middlesborough to Dover, got on the Inner Bar, and is expected to become a wreck. The Brougham, Broomfield, from Boston to London, came into the harbour to-day. The Earl Errol, from Sunderland to London, as well as several others, lost anchors, &c. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 27.—A schooner is reported ashore to the southward. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27.—Wind N.W:, strong.—Arrd. Fergus, Finlay, Ichaboe ; Williams, -Wilsons, Cama roons ; Lydia, Jones, Antigua ; Brewster , Laur a, and Walpole, New Orleans ; Ashburton and Sea, New York (10th inst.) ; Cynthia 'Ann, Sack ville, New Brunswick. Off, Lica, Valparaiso ; barque Mary. STRANRAER, JAN, 26.—The David, from Shields to Carthagena, drove from her anchors during a heavy gale at S.W. to N., and went ashore near Lochmouth, where she remains full of water and rolling heavily; crew saved. The Isabella, Davidson, in company of the above, also drove ashore, and remains high and dry, but being in ballast is not expected to receive much damage. A large ship dismasted is report ed to have p assed Port frabuck this morning, and it is supposed she will go ashore in Portaspittal Bay, or at Portlogau. A vast number of vessels in the Roads. LOWESTOFF, JAN. 27.—1 t blew a violent gale all yesterday at N.W. and N.N.W., and during the night several vessels drove. ' LIVERPOOL, . JAN. 27.—The Valparaiso, hence for Valparaiso, is ashore on Foratby Point. The Eliza, from Killough, foundered last night in the river off Brikeuhead. The Fortfield, Braithwaite, from Ichaboe to this port, in coming through the Victoria Channel yesterday afternoon struck tm the Bar, rolled over and went to pieces ; ene man drowned and two severely injured. SLIGO, JAN. 26.—The James Metcalf, of Maryport, lying at Custom-house Quay, capsized during a heavy gale from north to north-west, and is now lying across the river on her beam-ends, and with loss of both top masts. The Eleanor, Robinson, from St. John's, New Brunswick, grounded on the flats, where she remains. Hum., JAN. 27.—1 t blew a heavy gale on the night of the 25th instant. The Maria, hence to Antwerp, drove ashore in Jetney Haven, after being in contact in Grimsby Road, but has been got off, and in to Grimsby, ...... TUE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—We are happy to " state that the health of the Earl of Mornin g ton is more satisfactory. On inquiry at the residence of the Noble Earl, the reply was, His Lordship has passed a good night, and is rather better than he was yesterday." Only one of his Lordships physicians attended this morning. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and other branches of the royal family, sent to make inquiries. The nobility and gentry in town made Calls in Grosvenor-square this morning. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1843 B6 Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. Columbian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Danish 80nd5,:1825,3 per Cent... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 3 4 3 / 4% Ditto, Deferred 15 5%A% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted ... 5 9 3 /4 Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account 2B Ditto 1843 23% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. 4O 39 % , 40 Ditto, Account 4O Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4 4 1 /2 Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific• .98%% PRICES OF CLOSING_ RAILWAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES - 13irmin, and Gloucester. 100 110 1 h 110 112 111% ii i Ditto New Shares ... 17 1 /. — Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New — Bristol and Gloucester... 30 44 1 4 43% , Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4% 4 Chester and Holyhead.— 5 Churnet Valley Cornwall . 3 ••• ..... ... Direct Northern Dublin and Mullingar... 2 % — Eastern Counties 25 ...... 1811 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, - No. 1. 3% Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d Eastern Union lO . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford ...... ... 1 Great North of England..loo l5O Ditto New 2 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension • 2 1 / 2 London and Birminglim (Stock) 233 234 London and Blackwell.. 16% 7% London and Brighton... 50 London ar dS. Western. 41% 77 78 1 /. Ditto New 2% 13% IP /4 .. London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 1 7 3 /4 18 London and York ......•.. °I/ 2 4%% •••• Lynn and Ely 5 .•. Midl an d 100 127 A 127 ... Ditto New 2 •...• 93 Newcastle and Darling -, ton Junction 24 .. 65 isiewpas. to and Berwick 1 1 / . . l3 12.1 !, North British Northern and Eastern... 45 Norwich and Brandon._ 8 Ditto, New Shares ... 1 Rugby Sheffield and Lincoln ... 1 1 % 1 l% Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birnl 2% 3 3 /4 4 South Devon... lO ...... 16 ..... South'EaStern & Dover 33% 4 8 14 7 3 /4 .... . Ditto, New Shares ... 4 Ditto No. 2. South Wales Trent Valley York and NUrth Midland 50 Ditto, Selby Scrip 2O Ditto Extension ...... 1% 13% 12% ... FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne anti Ani fens... 2 Great North. of France._ 5% s_ ••• Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ' 3 g Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 27.—We have again had a very lively market, and prices close firm. Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 12-i ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 5 -I ; South-Eastern, 49 50 ; Ditto , New Creation, 20i i ; Ditto, Scrip, 8 prem. ; York and North Midland, New Sha r e s, 15 ; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 2-,i ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 4t ; Caledonian, 6 ; Cambridge and Lin coln, 4i ; Churnet Valley, 6i ,i- ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 61 ; Ely and Bedford, li- ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 41 ; London and York, 5 ; Lynn and Ely, 5 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 91 ; Man chester and Buxton, 2i 9-16 ; Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction, 11 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dud ley, &c., 31 13-16 ; South Devon, 15i ; Trent Valley, 11 lOi ; West Yorkshire, 4 ; Great Northern of France (English), 5-1-, ; Paris and Rouen, 42 ; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, 11 9-16. 40% 1414 90' 33 3514 26% ,27% 9 2 3 / A 1 1 X 131/2 47% GALLANT ACT OF A LIEUTENANT OF lIER MA JESTY'S SHIP SUPERB IN HAMOAZE.—On Tuesday 11101'1.- ing last, a private of the Royal Marines, belonging to the above ship, accidentally tell overboard. A strong ebb-tide was running at the time, and the poor fellow, being unable to swim, must soon have been drowned, but for the prompt and gallant act of bravery displayed by Lieut. Stewart in jumping overboard, and keeping the man from sinking, until, with the aid of ropes, he was got out in a most exhausted state , and taken on board the Bellona hulk, where the usual means for restoring drowned persons were quickly resorted to by Dr. Coulter, of the Superb. and happily proved efficacious in restoring a nima t ion.—Plyinoudk Times. We understand the Board of Admiralty have de• termined on withholding their assent to the proposed viaduct over the Penryn river, as A part of the scheme of the Plymouth and Falmouth Railway.—Talmouth Packet. • % ge ..• - Art , •.; = ,- - 1 .4 7 1.11110i4 • aiN lk . :2lrAP itr.mos` 4„e , kao• 7 SECOND EDIT lON. ( 0 1 - braing .7;int LONDON, TUES'DAY, JANUARY 28, 1845, A corresponde n t of a Morning Contemporary, who seems to be )..,y no means passionately enamoured of Conservat: e pi in , observes, in the course of some re marks 'Aich he makes on the pretensions of this overrat e d party, that it possesses at least the merit, tini er the guidance of its chosen Minister, of having P i a Aced the country in a more flourishing condition than that in which it found it, and enabled the people to make sure headway for some time to come. Now Conservatism is by no means entitled to this merit. Whatever benefit it may have been the means of conferring on the country, has been conferred most reluctantly; and only at the stern, authoritative command of its inexorable taskmaster. Think of the sulky, dogged resistance which many of its members made to the passing of the Canada Corn Bill ; the 111-disguised reluctance with which they consented to the slightest alterations in the Tariff; and the ludicrous alarm and horror with which they heard Sir ROBERT PEEL enunciate his well-known free-trade maxim— namely, that it is good to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market! All that the country hea gained of late years—that is to say, since the secession of the present Ministry to office—has been gained, not by Ct. nservative influence, but in sp it e o f it.—by the Premier, who well knows his men, acting on their fears and their vigilant sense of self-interest, whose eyes, unlike those of Argus, are never closed. In the session which is now c l ose at hand, and which we foresee sill be a tempestuous one, probing the sincerity of Conservatism to the quick, this ill-assorted party will ,be called on to play a far more decided part than it has yet played, and will, as a ne cessary consequence, be involved in hot a few ludicrous embarrassments and perplexities. Thus, while a vast number of its members hold strong opinions on the subject of Irish education, and the institution of a mom liberal system, they will either be compelled to give way to Sir ROBERT PEEL, who has given certain pledges on these matters, which of course he will re deem ; or, if they turn restive, and refuse to be dragged captive at his triumphant chariot-wheels, they will be exposed to the cruel mortification of seeing the hungry \Vh igs rush over from bleak Tins DAY'S NEWS• BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) .(Sittings in Banco.) BOLT V. THE QUEEN. Mr. HILL moved for a rule, directed to the Marsha of the Queen's Bench prison, directing him to discharge a prisoner now in his custody. The case was that of a person named Thomas Holt, who had been indicted for a libel, convicted by the Court of Queen's Bench, and adjudged to twelve months' imprisonment. The term of his incarceration expired that day, but some time ago he was indicted for another libel in the Central Criminal Court of the Old Bailey, and judgment was there passed on him, to commence from the expiration of the previous sentence, thus totaly losing sight of the probability of the former sentence being reversed by a court of error, or of the prisoner being pardoned by the Crown. On these and other grounds a writ of error was sued out, and in IN hich judgment was recorded for the plaintiff, as the opposing party did not come forward. The rule or order he sought for was absolutely necessary, in order to justify the Marshal in allowing the prisoner to go ithout. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said the application was a novel one, and he would consult one of his brother judges as to the practice. Mr. Hill need not be again troubled on the subject. Mr. 'HILL said his Learned Friend Mr. White would hear his Lordship's opinion in the Bourse of the day. THE QUEEN r. THE TOWN-COUNCIL OF GODAL3IING. Mr. RAWLINSON moved for a rule for a mandamus, directed to:the Town-Council of Godalming, in the county of Surrey, commanding them to proceed imme diately to the election of two Aldermen, in the room of two who retired,:by rotation, on the 9th November last. The affidavits of the town- clerk and one of the bur gesses verified the fact that no election had yet taken place,--Bule granted. EXCHEQUER -(THIS DAY.) TILE NEW BARON. The new Judge, Mr. Baron Platt, having been pre viously made a sergeant in the Court of Common Pleas, and sworn in with the customary forms, took his seat with the other Learned Barons at half past ten. There was an immense bar to greet the Learned Judge on entering upon his new career ; and his own family, and private friends also, attended in considerable numbers to witness the interesting spectacle. HARVEY V. PRITCHARD. This case was tried last week at the Guildhall, before Mr. Baron Rolfe. The verdict was given for the defendant, leave being reserved to the plaintiff to move to have the verdict entered for himself on the first issue, and a verdict of non obstante veredicto on the second. The action was brought on a guarantee given by Mrs. Pritchard to the plaintiff for the supply of goods to his daughter, Mrs. Barnes, a bonnet-maker in the City. It was dated the 22d of March, 1844, and was to the following effect:—" All goods purchased of your firm by Mrs. Barnes I hereby agree to pay for when due." It appeared that at the time this guarantee was given there was a bum duo to the plaintiff of 891. odd. Accompanied with the guarantee, the defendant lodged the lease of a house, and a paper, which stated that she would be answerable to the extent of 2001. About the month of October, last year, the new claim of the plaintiff in respect of goods supplied since the date of the guarantee, amounted to 1851., and a demand of payment was made by the plaintiff. Mrs. Barnes, upon this, called on him, and tendered that amount, which the plaintiff, however, declined to receive as the payment of that specific sum, though he was will ing to take it on account of the two claims jointly. Mrs. Barnes and a gentleman who went with her, thereupon again tendered the sum of 1851., and demanded back the guarantee and the lease. The plaintiff declined to re ceive the money or to give up the documents, contend ing that the guarantee and the lease had been deposited as security for the whole amount of his claim. The action was therefore brought, and on the trial Mr. Baron Rolfe held that the guarantee and the lease were intended to cover the value of any goods supplied to the extent of 2001. subsequently to the date of the guarantee. • Mr. JEnvls now moved, in pursuance of the permission given by the Learned Judge, to enter the verdict for the plaintiff on the first issue, having refe rence to the guarantee, and a verdict of non obstante veredicto in reference to the second issue. The Learned Counsel also moved for a new trial, but The COURT, after considerable argument, refused both applications. (Sittings at Nisi 'Prius, before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Common Jury.) This was a running down case. The Diamond Steam Packet Company' sought damages from the Watermen's Company, for injuries occasioned to their steam- boat, the Gem, 'in a collision with the boat No. 1, of the defendants. Mr. Martin and Mr. James were for the plaintiffs, Mr. Hugh Hill for the defendants. (The case was part-heard yesterday, it concluded this morning.) Several witnesses were called on both sides, and, as his usual in such cases, a large amount of con tradictory evidence was adduced. It was stated, on the part of the plaintiffs, that on the 26th of last September, about nine o'clock in the morning, the weather being somewhat hazy, the Gem left London-bridge, and proceeded on her passage to Graves end. When she was off the Tower, passing between two tiers of colliers, separated by a water-way of 250 feet, the fog had considerably thickened, so that the de fendant's boat, the Waterman, coming from Woolwich, had advanced within 70 yards of the Gem before the crew of the latter perceived that she was approaching. Ott board the latter vessel orders were immediately given to ease and stop her, and the helm was put to port. In spite of these precautions, however, the Waterman came stem on, and struck her on the larboard sponsun beam, which she cut through, though it was eleven inches square, and the main beam afterwards. The vessel bounded back from the effect of the colli sion, and almost at the same time the upper part of the stern of the Gem sliced off the outside of the lar board paddle-box of the Waterman. Such being in substance the statement on the part of the plaintiffs, the defence consisted in a denial of all blame on account of ,the accident. A disinterested witness, who was on board a collier, and saw the acci dent, gave his opinion that the accident was unavoid able, and that both parties did all that was proper under the circumstances. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2741. ss. 4d. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the .ASSISTANT-JIULGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) The adjourned General Quarter Sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at ten o'clock, at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green. The Calendar was by far the heaviest which has been printed since the consolidation of the two districts of Westmin ster and the county of Middlesex, there being no less than 180 prisoners for trial, of whom 160 were charged with felony, the remainder being charges of assault and misdemeanour. The grand jury having been sworn, the Learned Assistant-Judge proceeded to deliver the usual charge. 'THE HOSPITAL ROBBERIES.—Ebenezer I'arou King ston, a most respectable-looking young man, aged twenty years, was indicted for stealing a coat and other articles value 41. los., the property of John Farmer, the younger. There was a further charge against him of stealing two printed books, the property of Edward Sandford, and another of stealing a vice and other arti cles value 21. 3s. 6d., the property of John Forrest. The case stood over by adjournment trom the lea session. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge. He was defended by Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Wylde ap peared for the prosecution. It will ke remembered that the prisoner had been in the habit of calling at several of the hospitals under the pretence of seeing some of the students, and availed him self of the opportunities thus afforded him to steal what ever articles he could lay his hands upon. The robbery to which the prisoner pleaded guilty had been committed at the University Hospital, when he was engaged with Dr. Lodd for upwards of four years; and, upon the coat and other articles named in the first indictment being missed, they were found locked up in a cupboard, of which the prisoner had the key, and which was used for the purpose of keeping anatomical preparations. FLANDERS MAIL (RECEIVED 'fins DAY.) BRUSSELS, JAN. 23.—The Chamber of Representa tives continued yesterday the general discussion of the budget of the department of the Interior. The Minister of J ustice spoke in defence of the policy of the Ministry. fle (ndeavoured to prove that it had remained faithful to the ideas ; - ;f moderation and conciliation which it had taken for its motto. M. De'fosse, who spoke after M. Anethan, maintained, on the contrary, that the Ministry had not kept any of the promises which it made on taking office. The Deputy for Liege especially insisted that the Ministry in its very essence—that is, the members who compose it—cannot inspire the country with any confidence. This assertion was combated by the Ministers of Finance and the Interior. The general discussion was interrupted by an amen dental question. M. Dumortier observed, that if the vote were delayed till after the examination of the several chapters it would net be given for a fortnight, and he asked if it would not be possible to follow a more rational course. M. Osy, taking advantage of this idea, made a formal motion in the following terms:— "Has the Chamber confi2ence in the Ministry ? " 'I he Minister of the Interior combated this new mode of expressing the blame of the Chambers, and desired time till to-morrow to reflect on the new form proposed by the Deputy fur Antwerp. linussEns, JAN. 24.—At the commencement of the sitting of the Chamber to-day the Minister of the Inte rior spoke first on the motion of M. Osy. Ile took a rapid 'dew of the preceding Acts of the Chamber, to prove that the Chamber has in its power all sufficient means to express its opinion on the Cabinet, without having recourse to any new method. In consequence the Member moved the order of the day on the proposal of M. Osy, and declared that the Cabinet considered this order of the day as a question of its existence, and that it would retire immediately if the order of the day were nut adopted. M. Devaux followed the Minister of the Interior. He endeavoured to prove that the method pro posed by M. Osy, to have the opinion of the Chamber, was better than the precedents quoted by M. Northomb, because it gave more latitude to opinion. M. Osy, notwithstanding the support he had received from M. Devaux, declared that he withdrew his original motion, and would substitute fur it a motion fur an ad dress to the King, in which the Chamber should declare that it had no longer any confidence in the Ministry. It was decided that the vote on this motion should take place immediately after the general debate on the budget. Several other members spoke, but the attention of the Chamber was chiefly attracted by a speech of M. Libeau against the Cabinet, and by a reply of the Minister of the Interior, which was applauded by the assembly. A letter from Antwerp of the 24th, says :—" Our quays in the basin next the railway are so crowded with goods intended for Germany (the forwarding of which is delayed by the breach in the tunnel, near Cremptich) that it will soon be impossible to find room for the least thing. It is to be hoped that this inconvenience will be remedied as soon as possible." The director of the railways and several engineers went yesterday to - inspect the tunnel, and see what damage had been done. They will meet to-day to con sider how to prevent any further falling in of the earth, and adopt means to re-open the communication as soon as possible. We are harpy to say that none of the work , men lost their lives. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 24. Actual Debt, 2 h per Cent •••••• . • • • • • • Rothschild's Luau, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9B}. Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840. ... Ditto, ditto, 1842 1023,4 Ditto of the City, 1843 Ditto, 1832 Bunk of Belgium. .. 610 Brussels Papers, Jan. 25. AUSTRIA_N FUNDS.-limiNA, JAN. 18. 5 per Cent. Metalliques. 111 13-16 4 per Cent. ditt0............... ...... 1074', 3 per Cent. ditto.. ..... Loan, 1834 .. • • • • •• • • • Ditto, 1839 . • • • .• • • • Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan • • Angenieine Zeitung, Jan. 21. -.1622 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY HAT 211.11.31.3Li5T5. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 Is to 41 lOs ; Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 518 s; Clover Hay, 41 108 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, I/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold slowly at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. — Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4/ 15s ; Useful ditto, 41 16s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 51 10a ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to Si 183; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECHAPEL. — Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4110 s; Useful ditto, 4/ 163 to 5/4s ; fine;Upland ditto, 51 5s to 51 10s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to £l2s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 113 to 11 13s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Trade throughout dull, at barely previous rates. COAL MARKET. _ _ . Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 18s ; Chester Main, 18s ; Davison's West Hartley, 18s 6d ; Elison Main, 16s 6d ; llasting's Hartley, 18s ; Holyvvell Main, 19s; Morrison's Hartley, 16s ; Old Pontop, 17s ; Ord's Redheugh, 17s ; Old Tanfield, 17s 6d ; Ravensworth West Hartley, 18s ; Tanfield Moor Rules, 17s 6d ; Tanfield Moor, 20s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 18s ; West Hartley, 18s ; West Wylam, 18s 6d ; W. E., Ramsay, 17s ; W. E., Sharp's Tanfield, 17s ; W. E., Seymour Tees, 2Us 6d ; W. E., Tees, 21s ; W. E., West Tees, 19s 3d ; Clackmannan, 163 Gd ; W. E., Killingworth, 195.--Ships arrived, 115. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Holders of British Plantation have in some instances accepted a further reduction of 6d to is on the lower sorts, and the market is very heavy, only about 300 hhds having been sold. The only transactions which had transpired privately, consists of about 400 boxes fine yellow Ilavannah, which have been sold (for export) at 235, being the extl i eme value. The quantity of British Plantation landedast week at the East and West India Decks _was 635 hhds 19 tierces 205 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,018 hhds 115 tierces 217 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,665 hhds 754 tierces and 1,463 barrel.% COPPEE.—The public sales have consisted principally of 216 casks 192 barrels British Plantation, 1,312 bags East India, 30 bags and barrels of Rio. Nearly all the British Plantation and Rio was taken in, there being no disposition shown to purchase at previous prices. About 1,000 bags of East India sold at 37s to 40s for fine ord pale to fine fine ord. Colony Manilla being about on a pat- with the rates obtained privately, and good yellow Batavia at 43s to 445. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 186 puns 254 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 177 puns 29 hhds, and ex ported, 74 puns 19 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10,058 puns, 1,446 hhds. SALTPETEE.-1,461 bags Bengal, at auction, found buyers at 25s to 265, and oue lot at 26s 6d for 11 to 54 per cent. refraction, which are barely previous prices. SPICES.-498 bags Sumatra Pepper, and 103 bags Pimento, sold steadily, the former at 2/d to lid for ord to good quality, and the latter at 3id to 3d for good mid. The Cinnamon sales commenced yesterday, and have been going off very heavily at 4d to 6d per lb de cline, first quality being 3s Id to 4610 d, second, 2s 8d to 3s 10d, and third, 2s 6d to 2s 8d per lb. INDIGO.—The auctions are progressing well. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 39s 6d to 40s per cwt on the spot, and dull. TEA.—The deliveries are increasing, and the market is steady. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. — Last evening meeting of members of the medical profession was held at the Charlotte-street School of Medicine, Bloomsbury, for the purpose of petitioning her Majesty for the repeal of the charter of the Royal College of Surgeons, and to hear read the opinion of counsel on the case to which that petition more particularly related. It appeared from the address of Dr. Collier, who presided, and also from the petition, that Mr. Dernsott, consulting surgeon and a teacher of anatomy and surgery of twenty-two years' standing, had heel refused to be made a member of the College. The case having been submitted to the consideration of Mr. Kelly, his opinion (which was read) was, that he was unable to say that in point of law the charter could be impeached ; nor was there any legal re medy by application to a court of law, or otherwise, upon the arbitrary or unjust admission or exclusion by the council Of any individual in the appointment of Fel• lows under the charter. The Learned Counsel, there fore, advised a petition to the Legislature and the Crown. The petition was signed by Mr. Dermott, not merely on his own account, but as the representative of numerous others suffering with him. The signatures of the pro fessional gentlemen present were appended as corrobora tive testimony of the truth of the statements in the peti tion, and the injustice of the case. It was proposed that a deputation should wait upon Sir J. Graham with the petition for the presentation to the Queen, when a gen tleman suggested that it should be sent through the Post-office, when Sir James could not fail of seeing it. After the laughter which this joke created, it was agreed that a letter should be sent to Sir James, requesting him to appoint a day to receive the deputation. PAISLEY.—STATE of TRADE.—Our manufacturers are now quite busy in getting forward goods suited for spring and su.mnier wear. Some eery large, rich, and expensive shawls are in the loom, or in course of prepa ration, and all hands employed still at very low wages. As a sign of the times, one of our most spirited and ex tensive manufacturers, Mr. Kerr, of Thread-street, has this we, It commenced building a very extensive weaving factory in Scedhills. The mason work is contracted for by Mr. Robert Orr, and the carpenter and joiner work by Bailie Piston. These two items alone will cost nearly 2,6001. To this old-fashioned and out-cd-the-way part of the town this will be a most important matter, as a great number of hands • will be employed, and a large amount of money put into circulation. LIVERPOoL.— SUGAR FROM VENEZUELA. -- The cargo of sugar which we mentioned a fortnight ago as having arrived from La Guayra, the admission of which, as being the produce of slave labour, was for some time doubtful, is announced for sale next week.---Manchester Gee, dian. LYCEUM THEATRE.—This theatre, under the clever management of Mrs. Keeley, continues to be visited by fashionable and crowded audiences, the new grand extravaganza of Valentine and Orson, with its corps of female warriors, who go through their evolutions very cleverly, being nightly received with unbounded applauNe. Sir Robert Peel's Parliamentary dinners are to be continued every week until the Easter recess. We hear it is in contemplation to have those official entertainments on the same scale as last year ; that is to say. the Itigi.t Hon. Baronet will receive about 40 Members of the House of Commons at each dinner. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYNiAN.—On Sunday the Rev. Richard H. Chapman expired suddenly, at hi e re sidence in Marylebone. • ICO I / 4 2861/2 CLOSING PRICES. SUMMARY OF NEWS ..t.(l-Att ftf 48 " t io lto o 11,_ " Who runs may read.' The Paris papers of Sunday TiDAIELZGN • the debate on the indemnity to,Mr. Pritcliard, bring.l'o news. That affair was by no means semi' don Saturday The question was put twice, and both times it was hurrieddoubt: ful. The President, evidently to avoid a ballot, from the chair, and the ultimate dtcision could not t 1 1 place before Monday. This would afford the Court Olt' the Cabinet time to work upon the refractory. , „ v ; n g Accounts from Bayonne state that Zurbano, vel! 4l , the pursuit after him had ceased, left his hiding-101r if we except the result of country-house near Logrono, on the 19th, and was„ be stantly seized by the guards stationed on the road. ;ea Governor of Logrono would allow of no delay, AildP l ja his prisoner immediately in Capelb, from which,i,Aied twenty-four hours, he was led out to execution. Il e eevely. M. Villemain has left the cfficiel residence of tb , Minister of Public Instruction, and has gone to reside o' Chaillot.cis' The Directors of the Rouen railroad placed a c o r d e r train at the disposal of the British Ambassador, ill t i e that he might inform his Government of the vote (I Chamber of Deputies on the subject of the Address. lie The report of M. Thiers on the proposed law o i r: r i, regulation of secondary instruction has just been d i buted among the Deputies. Rolmliesdied Ai of t h e o E u m t i u n e e l n 2 c t e h CofartidanniaularNy.icholas Grimaldi The Synod of the Protestant clergy rand touchy of Posen ha passed a lution le ration should be veabsolutely without limit, an d t o . even if a Christian wished to emb race Judaism the ~P 9 , tors should not prevent him fro m doing so . if hi s '''' version teok place from conscientious motives. &AVir AND POI.ICRI. if ell' At the Guildhall yesterday, Ferdinand Zs(' Dej o il field, Julius Henrich Bruck, and ' Jacob Jones, at t n ell o er on summons before Mr. Alderman Hughes , t° i n or• the complaint of Mr. Frederick Barrel!, of Grosvecipg terrace, Camberwell, fur confederating and cont i d iii to defraud him of 2501. The alleged fraud consirdos certain representations made by the defendants ' II It the prosecutor to purchase a tobacconist's businv,;oo appears that the matter has come limier the COg°,oo of the Court of Chancery . in another form. 1:11,3et t ee having been partially gone into, it was arranged that hearing should be adjourned for a fortnight, .1011 5 ot eer released on his own recognisance in 4a, an w An g L, slid two defendants finding each two sureties in 1 ,- giving their own recognisances in 200/. each. .bed 00 Maria Allen, about twenty years of age, de sc , f e o tira e a milliner and dressmaker, residing in W es '; ‘ , oil ° street, Pimlico, was committed from Queet' s q °4- It. charge of robbing the till of a shop where she des w ith George Gardiner was charged at Maryleboeeide of having stolen a pair of men's boots, from the outside, Or, the shop of Mrs. Tatham, 21, Great James - seven tolg son-grove. On Saturday evening, between gae eight o'clock, Mr", Tatham missed the boot t i/ a0 iiit° tion, and the prisoner was soon afterwards to'll'ioor custody by Compton,with the proper*. in s og ir session. In committing the prisoner for trial tbe goods 0 trate said to the prosecutrix, "Exposing your g ° you do is a temptation to thieves." agr s 7 At Southwark Robert Davis was charged Iv — i Du' abusing a gentleman named Ainslie, residing °rioter, with, for refusing to give him Ow. ' l : bg t tiro , e !: who denied all that had been alleged og aLlii- net iki . cept that of begging, was committed for twenty ° COUSLIC— FAKSEMOZIA.OI.7O'. a 101° The Duke of Buckingham is entertaining _..tred party with the sports of the field at Stowe. , ~, ow_ A t T i n Grosvenor-street, v a e r n l o a r n ,s d at t r C c o et u ,f e r s o s of ma y ll is i i l I t s b t o o r 011 gb ull . - d I F " Lord 00 Hohnesdale, at Montreoil, Seveno aks, Kent- 0 e ° ' -. ' The Earl of Cassilis has returned to town frown ea te tinental tour. pa r tm T nig h n eEarl and Countess of Belmore have../bee-lo Earl` a large party at Castleccol e, the . 0° 1 seat in Ireland. .10 6 14 Co V m i p sc to o n un v t e a rr n e d y, V o is u co a un v te is s i s t VtoilliLerosrdbgd° .L. itr adY ' the a IriSl loughby de Broke. • to Lord Alvanley has left Dover-street on i Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at l3adatiotoo. A a s l ' . ralsozz.z.awrzotro• so ..g, general meeting of the Master t3oot 0 00. - 0 M at a t k k e e r s' Freemasons'B e n Benevolent Tavern, G r etsotokQupel :cue., left Or for ! te s tree t o f r 1 ;. p rßase u noep r ,crio p ir er o taott s i yl e , 6,t h, a o a enfs candidates. willt building e huf l bT e eoi el c nudh t er i ienn n ronga g efhbaf f altdu o eih,rnd u ef r dwrt ooca9 a masoa n nld n . d:d u i . takenhit taioaet leavingnht shs t s t eiw f t fia r sen o v i t ipo fi l e , set l fitelci lt n:ari i : . tol l' o4 , : of ! , 4,0001. A fri 4411 :, 1 0 1 A general meeting of the subscribers ti°7,terti_„%/4 the General Annuity Society took place ' e a t. elewof the office, in Coleman-street, for the purr h se nt - l t rof° four annuitants, in addition to 1 "," - 1 0° 1 4 0' who are already recipients of the food s ' o'o B. Cabbell, Esq., was called to the c„.llallsrd,,def h no ad un f c o e r d w , a a r m de id d s a t ldootioductihooneroifngl,otohla,t iLuusbdeartgibtreertoolo9l donations. There were four female 9 ,0 50 oce i ° ,1e candidates, and, the four names who ,verce,„ r eSet t h 0 having been announced, a brief report W : 7, / , b y a i t oO scribing the improved condition of the se eje irer Or regards the increase of funds and the additiort ostos noble patronage so recently conferred. s ide • flounced that Lord John Russell would P re CI ensuing summer festival. frol il f li _ By advices received at Lloyd's yesterdol orlicior haven, under date Jan 23, it appears that It i ll ye sse 0 0 been issued the day previous, prohibiting all Il i t t 0° toeing the port (except the mail steamers).. WS' cbe i b sh ei i u p g s f p u r l o l c u e f e s d hi t p o pin t g he i n forros t . l° a o 10 England that the navigation to Hamburgh ti 1 interrupted. .l te risi, vj . Between the hours of six and seven le °- o f g l 2,;arrr a ing, an explosion, the result of an ese l l e rty,nio . .s . which ended in a very serious loss of proP e , „" ne r, or Elbe t ib i e s thereforeuntil adviso, 0 r o t e on the premises of Mr. Hyslop, lineour3 tb°,lo(ll,°' at South- end, near Croydon. y don. lt aPP c i r;e - ted,`; OS of the assistants went down stairs with a' y o ' on tP 4 10' I to open the shop, and on opening tbe . 0 e,.it,,10 4 , ° being entirely filled with gas from the ° e l' edit, diately ignited, and exploded with a ve r y ft°of the the same time firing the drapery in that 1 )1 ; ‘ , r ese tl ,,sr, A mises. The inmates having been proralitued ((rota,' formation of the occurrence was whenall s ,P g : soli ge t jyt" to the police-station in the town, b"-.05ta°,,,,10', engine, with a strong body of brigadetoe°, i v t"'"1. 01 " don On o lr rp it h m a d n a A y coeded to the scene, and succeeded in stoPP I j Or f el° Asylum l u meeting k ofpl place n e at su t P h r e srte°rsn i °oP g itglil l el3 o 6 _, 6 l . ll' Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose a s le et fr o: 0 051 five children to the benefits of the asYl °l3l 4eed tr - ceo e l'' one hundred candidates. Mr. Bostocit `„, the 1,001 The Board of Directors reported that sinbeilareotvio !$,,, meeting at the commencement of 1844, 1c t iort• t 'O7 completed their term, had left the instit° preterllo3.o died, and 64 had been admitted. At th e t he !,, ti c e the whole dependent for support oP, 11 „ t al _ . , 1- e let t s the association are 392, making tbo„'; PK, - ro," formation of the asylum 1,485. •"'; frolfloV ceived during the past year hod be x e villigle, ~001 Sarah Blasson 200/, Mrs. Bridges 105 1 . , 4 0 11)°" t ee," 0 Esq., 1,909/. 16s. 2d., and Edward A , by - o te' e f t l 1001. From the financial statement Too" goooillore b th e a e ll o a td'B°P : t of illiPieteel°sl3:o4°i surer, il,669l. i i t ss a . p 6 p d ea ., red that the receiPtilelsefer about 501. The rep a o s r u t ru havingless resolutions, referring to the managernent,o lee-teo tion carried, the meeting proceeded to t"_o(tido at five o'clock the twenty-five successful e:" their . : 0 3 ;. : ..nO °1191" 1 , 1 4 1 O Cir ol o announced. ............................ %I se - 0 THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT iii tb°o* culars to the supporters of Govcrnwent i y ew' 0 Commons have been issued, urging at the opening of the Parliamentary' ses s L jo v n ,iloo/ THE WINDOW-Tax —A requisition . 1 0 'i ore 6 ;jer it is , signature, to the High Bailiff of the C.i t Y„ to o . i ttle requesting him to call a public rneet t° "' ore' te e propriety, of petitioning Parliament to Of s fro dow-tax. „ at. f,o • 00 , MR. LOVER'S IRISH EVENINGS."'. d igh t l bl ot Ol t If WI , - o u $ •his season of " Irish Evenings, ,- si el ° t 0 Hanover-square Rooms. " Paddy by mi - he firo ro te, is the title of his new entertainmeot.ta illO t o f 0 i l i which consists of musical and and eco od 10,1, the life of the Irish soldier ;theand the s oi jor. p lirolo illustrations of the life of 10414 liltt hi°.le, second part Mr. Loverintroduces one uos, ootrosll ballads which no one living can ° °wP ored if Oil " What 1611 you do, Love?" Inuit ass n was tila• ballad of the season. The entertainroen",d, ridriol p 0 p 0 ho is ~,i successful, and the room vvas well li tt e.-' - e igb ir , 1 1 1, THE GREAT BRITAIN STSA M ..4 its 13 , a 01iv,,e whole of yesterday Blackwell Pier and weo;teo of l't wharfs were much crowded by PerS°l!oo9 °`„ ( 1 i ll Otei this monster steam ship, at her raor ; F or, E o p ro oi ce l wall dockyard. It being genera 00 0; 5 ol e o public would be allowed to inspec t b c og 9 et sr ooffrotnoehsehrilfloinrgt,hmatapnuyrbpooaset,lobaudtsteff is er s r o e r r e plli fil b a li e tn eb o t °134 0) is stated she will not be thrown op en i t 19 w i t og s , tion until Wednesday or ThtlrotleP.p, s ogi ottfo, will be taken into the East India ~Thc e r. af io I"„q of public greater facilities in view''''''' .o . Asti tb e Ae j e t re THE LATE FATAL ACCIDNIST 00 041." the 0 00 . id THEATRE.—Yesterday Mr. Cort e : e cting eov e iol:Aft adjourned from Friday last, r °Pt to I t ., the t ., r„0 William Blake, a supernurnerarY s"o,iclell‘joj w or i . .. 4, Mr. Jeffree, the surgeon, for whi lfo l d e o:t or e 0 0 ro had been adjourned, said that be ,v,tele° the co ° or," and found three of the smaller ip , ,,, to vi ores#o; l injured ; the injuries correspondTleasecilyaa it i oe s, e ll sued by the spring of the truss a d ied ifi teo, o ,,,, 0 ,.0 internal double rupture. Decessed tbet;proZ.oo°/, ftlittiTi,ngapopnrehtaischtirnugssto gay) reeslltge:geh,oo;"ebeatrtsecof of upon te t 'og - injury. Verdict—" Accidental d eal i3orr, mei ,i, AO . of 0 4r the request of the jury, telling at i o u if & 1 0 1 . sidered him freed from the iroPu t DIS t o i °oo , OP o clt ii O ti ll the accident. ,ietteoll 'c l ca 11 .....i0 1e .4 NEw MAIL BETWEEN EDI..-- e ltie frO- Jr er —aftThishemaarilrilveualvoefs tNneewincoarsutlienga_nit t i l e i , i s tra rr i t , ° ; ; :e g ri lf or l rl i eof t il and the other towns on that ruti n a f iel cu, 9 0. 0Ti ii . i c) 0 1 between six and seven A M., eight 0,,,' e 1 , 10 0 0 9i1 j3ertf e j r° and papers will take place at eitre, The ill o rl e, in Edinburgh at half-rast tvg., orriviiettellwitila 0, Edinburgh at eight o'clock,{i,s''nor,li t oe . 01 0 ',',10 - two P.M., when a delivery ' 1 :: sa me le iii t i o s 0 1 P will probably take place at t I.4oorea't .Ltlia from the west ; and reachingintiteo P*l mail train to London fit fifty Berwick Warder. I