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Ike meeting meeting against it. The address to the Queen, as originally proposed, was then carried amidst great cheering. Mr. BELL moved the adoption of two addresses to the Upper and Lower House of Convocation of Can terbury, in favour of the revival of synodal action. The Rev. Prebendary CLARK seconded the motion, and it was carried almost unanimously. With a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meet ing theca, at six o'clock, terminated. NOTICE. MR. DISRAELI'S CHARLES I. The New and Revised Edition of THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I. By I. DISRAELI. Edited by his Son, B. DISRAELI, M.P. IS NOW READY, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 28s. bound. " By far the most important work on the important age of Charles I. that modern times have produced."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough•street. • TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen, A vacancy having occurred in the East India Direction, by the retirement of Mr. Lyall, I have the honour to announce to you, that in accordance with the intimation contained in ray letter of the Ist August last, it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot, which is fixed for the 29th instant, and I respectfully solicit the Votes and Support of such Proprietors as have not yet declared themselves . My Committee will meet daily at the London Tavern, where the attendance of my friends is earnestly requested. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JOHN CARNAC, MORRIS, Late of the Madras Civil Service. Committee Room, London Tavern, Jan. 15, 1851. P.S. It is particularly requested that any recent change of resi dence may be notified to the Committee. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. Yesterday a public meeting of the electors and householders of the borough of Southwark, convened by the High Bailiff, in terms of a requisition signed by upwards of 400, was held in the Town-hall, South wark, for the purpose of protesting against the re cent aggressions 13 this country by the Pope of Rome, and of petitioning Parliament respecting the same. WILLIAM PRITCHARD, Esq., high bailiff of the bo rough, occupied the chair, and having explained the object of She meeting, Mr. APSLEY PELLATT moved a resolution, condem natory of the aggressions recently made by the Pope in the establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy in this country, and calling upon Lord John Russell to act in conformity with his opinions as expressed in his letter to the Bishop of Durham, and to introduce into Parliament a measure for the purpose of disallow ing the grant to the College of Maynooth. In support ing the resolution, Mr. Pellatt detailed the many acts of unjustifiable interference on the part of the bishops of Rome with the sovereigns of this country and the Dissenters, and the controversies which these gave rise to, from the time of Henry 11., arguing from these that the power of Rome was still as intolerant and overbearing as it was then. Hence the necessity there was for checking any advances that power might make towards an interference with the civil and religious liberty they enjoyed in this country, in any shape whatever. _ Mr. Tics us seconded the resolution, and in so doing condemned the doctrines of the Church of Rome as tyrannical and opposed to the liberty of conscience: The people of this country could not be ignorant of the evils Popery had given rise to, for its harsh and intolerant acts were indelibly imprinted on the pages of history. Now that the Reformation had emancipated them from its bondage, he did not believe that the people of England would submit again to its dictation, and in fact the universal shout of condem nation raised from one end of England to the other, at the recent attempt of the Pope to again establish his power here, was a most convincing and en couraging proof that England was at the heart truly Protestant, and that when occasion required it, she would rise as one man in defence of the doctrines of the Reformation, which their forefathers had so nobly handed down to them. Mr. THWAITES said he was as much opposed to the doctrines of the Church of Rome as either of the gen tlemen who had proposed and seconded the resolution, or as any one present could be ; and being so opposed to them, he did not find fault with the resolution so far as it went, but in his opinion it did not go far enough. The resolution called upon Lord John Russell to introduce a Bill into Parliament for the purpose of annulling the annual grant voted by Par liament to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth. Now, while he considered that grant to Maynooth as being a misappropriation of the people's money, he, at the same time, placed under the same condemna tion all state grants or endowments whatever in sup port of religion. He considered that these had a most injurious effect on religion, which ought to have no connexion with the state at all, for when it had such consexion, it only became a creature and tool of the state. He would therefore move as an amendment, that the meeting not only condemned the grant to Maynooth, and called ou Parliament to dis allow it, but that they at the same time condemned and deprecated all state endowments or grants for religious bodies. Mr. TOWNSEND seconded the amendment, contend ing that as regarded religion, the voluntary system was the most just and efficient. Considerable discussion then ensued on the motion and amendment, and upon the Chairman taking the sense of the meeting upon the two, he declared the original resolution to be carried. Petitions were then adopted to Parliament in terms of the resolution, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was cordially agreed to. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 14. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, drove out in a pony carriage this morning, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey attending on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt ing. His Royal Highness was attended by Major- General Wemyss and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The younger members of the Royal Family took their usual airings. His Excellency Lieut.-General Radowitz took his departure from the Castle to-day. The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Queen and Prince Albert drove out this after noon in a pony phaeton in Windsor Park, his Royal Highness driving. The Equerries in Waiting, Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Seymour, at tending on hosseback. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right non. T. B. Macaulay, and Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey. The band of the Coldstream :Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will after wards attend in the Castle. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Castle yesterday (Monday) evening, and per formed the following pieces : Overture Romance Selection, " Fr* Diavolo" Coro, "el Silenzio" Adagio and Polonaise A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town previous to the meeting from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, and was present at the Council. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning from his seat, Broadlands, Hants, and at tended the Council. The other Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Earl of Car lisle, the Right Hon. Henry Laboucher e , th e Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Sardinian Minister had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. _ _ Tileli;;.l7:Leifchiid and the Rev. Robert Red path attended at the Home-office yesterday, and had an interview with S e cretary Sir George Grey, to deliver an address on Papal aggression for presenta tion to her Majesty. Mr. W. Williams, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the 'E 'chequer y es t er d a y, a t his official residence in Downing-street. The School of Design met yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir George Grey left town after th e b rea ki ng up of the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial -office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. MERKLAND, A the Author of .-/r Ity OF SCOTTISH LIFE. By terest "Merkland" "Margaretsurpasses itsMaitland."—ln dramatic in the story is in the borders predecessor. The scene of main spring is the passionate of the North Highlands- - its task of clearing a brother's self-devotion &devotion of a sister to the world's from . a taint of infamy, which, in defiance of the conriction to the contrary she, in the noble faith of her woman's heart, believes to be bu , t t w ni i s th eh a ar undeserved. Gentle, modest, and lo * like power of firth resolve and energetiv.cug'' of Anne Ross is very beautiful in its tend etion m ac an te; in its strength. Another admirable delineationernass-T.-very heroic far-descended and highly-bred old Scottish is that of the Catherine Douglas, who under a haughty bearing,lady, M rs. hides a tender nature, expresses the keenests only half homeliest phrase, and combines the spirit of a nse in the . Christian with the sternest tenets of a Calvinist. The p ower with this character is conceived , and the unflagging energywhich with w hich it is sustained, would alone secure for the authoress of " Merkland" a high place among contemporary writers of prose fiction.— Weekly News. We understand that a large number of the congre gations of St. Paul's and St. Barnabas have come for war d to testify their unshaken confidence in Mr. Bennett, and that they intend to adopt every legal means in their power to avert his final resignation. But we are also informed th at there is little probability of their retaining the rev. gentleman as their pastor, as he has determined to complete his legal re signation, under the conviction that he is morally bound to this course. Serious doubts are, however, entertained by many as to the legality of the Bishop of London's proceedings in this matter, and a correspondence has taken place between Mir. Bennett and his parishioners, which is considered likely to have an important effect upon the ultimate issue of the question. It is still hoped that the efforts of the parishioners i ltif ort of their pastor may prevail with the Bishop, and in his Lordship to retain Mr. Bennett in his diocese. — Chronicle. MARYLEBONE BANK.—Yesterday his Honour Master Kindersley decided that the name of Mr. Anthony Brooke, who had transferred his shares to a second party who had become a bankrupt, and who had resumed all the liabili ties in connexion with them , should not be placed upon the list of contributories. The claim of Mr. Edward Walker, one of the masters in the common law courts, and originally of the directors of this company, for 16,0001., was referred for arbitration to the solicitors and counsel of the parties con. cerned. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 15. THER.IIO3IETER, Di THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. BAROMETEX, 29.19. WEB S.S.W.—stiff breeze and cloudy. X blew a strong gale last night. 1 * Np 4 7., !0 ~1 ~ ,a__:. 4 ~.-7( \% , .... , --- - ;„:....... 5 i.,_: ,„,` xv.4'4,,, „" c L ;‘,..4''.4:, ii .' ~... ....:;: ..,,....A6.: 7 - 4- -' . "- --- '‘ , i .,...... , THE SUN, NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM . Now ready at all thil Libraries, in 3 vols., TIME, THE AVENGER. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons," Ste. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants The First Part of HENRY IV. The King, Mr. Cooper ; Prince of Wales, Mr. J. Anderson ; Hotspur, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Falstaff, Mr. Barratt ; Lady Percy, Miss F. Vining. After which an entirely New Grand, Historical, Emblematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzball, the po pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 31. 35., 2/. 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 1/. II s. 6d., and 1/. is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co.;• Andrews and Alcroft, Bend-street; at Jullien's M usic Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street ; Ransford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats In the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First Act ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Macready. After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckatone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPRI. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled BELPHEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK ; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegur, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; 31adellene, Madame Celeste ; Nini Flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider Xing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea, and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr. Bartley. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Dexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Homeastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great hit of the Romance of the Nose. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. To be followed by PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of the Nose, in which Messrs. H. Farren, Compton, Shalders, W. Farren, jun., Cooke; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle. Adele will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive noveltieS. Madlle. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. THIS EVENING _ _ The Grand new,SpectacleVFZENiilLlollTH; or the Goldea Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGEME ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-effice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tins DAY —Morning 0 min. after 0 I Evening 53 min. after 11 To-Moasow—Morning 20 min. after 12 I Evening 45 min. arter 12 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. . Pm-mourn—Wind S., strong breeze—heavy rain. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. HASTINGS—Wind S., fresh breeze—overcast. Souriumyrox—Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. TuNBRIDGF—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASEIGSTOKE —Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind S.S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. RUGBY—Wind S.E., hard wind—overcast. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. YAR3IOUTH—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S., strong breeze— overcast. Saw—Wind S., hard wind—rain. CARLISLE—W ind S.E., strong breeze—rain. BEArrocK—Wind S.W., strong breeze—heavy rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S.W., hard wind—heavy rain. CARLOW—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN)—Wind S.S.E., strong breeze—rain. MULLThiGAR— Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. POOLE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. CONWAY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind S., hard wind—rain. LEEDS—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YORK—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. Darauearox—Wind S.W., stormy—overcast. &up—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. CARLISLE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BEATTOCK—Wind S.W., heavy gale rain. EDINBURGH—Wind N.W., stormy— rain. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer, which had fluctuated on the first four days of the week, fell to 29.385' inches on Wednes day, and then rose gradually to 29 . 998 inches on Saturday. The mean of the week was 29.635 inches. The mean daily temperature was lowest on Monday and Thursday, when it was about 38°•5. It was highest on Saturday, when it rose to 48°•2. The mean of the week was 42 9 -2. On every day the temperature was higher than the average of the same day in ten years. On Tuesday and Wednesday the mean was about 7' above the average; on Friday 8 9 .5, and on Saturday nearly 12°. The wind was south, and on the last four days was in the south-west. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1851. The opening of the comingsesasnioxnietoy. T of Parliamenthepublic is looked f o rward to with intense will do in r e f erence t o the es mind i s fill e d w ith s peculatio t n a s bl a is s h t m o w ent ha o t f M a R in o is m te a r n s Catholi c hierarchy in this country. Our opinion has been so frequently and so fully expressed on this subject, that we w i ll not trou bl e our r ea ders further on the present occasion, but calmly await the issue, in the hope that it will be dealt with in a spirit becom ing this great empire, with a due regard to the dig nity of the Crown as well as to the civil and religi ous liberty of the subject. The Government business is in deep arrear from the last session of Parliament; measures of great social and political importance were necessarily postponed in consequence of the ill-timed introduction of what may be termed a collateral issue as to the conduct of the Minister for Foreign Affairs; we trust the amende will be made in the approaching session, and that the large legislative debt due to the country will be satis factorily and fully discharged. Amongst the REMANETS from the last session-- and they were unfortunately numerous and impor tant—there was none of greater interest to the well being of both England and Ireland than the Bill for LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1851. the abolition of the Irish Viceroyalty, a measure in our opinion eminently called for on every principle of sound policy. The nobleman who at present so ably administers the affairs of Ireland holds a most anoma lous position. He is not a member of the Cabinet, and cannot initiate such measures as his statesmanlike mind may consider necessary for the good government and well-being of that country over whose destinies he presides. He may, to be sure, suggest or recommend ; but Cabinet Ministers do not always agree ; they enjoy the privilege of differing, like other members of the community, and any proposition submitted to his brother Ministers by a member of the Ca binet, in reference to the department which engages his peculiar care, must, if neces sary, be fully explained before it receives the sanction of the Ministry. The Irish Viceroy labours under a fatal disadvantage in this particular ; he cannot give the weight of his presence, nor the immediate force of his arguments to his propositions. The wisest and soundest measures he might submit are liable to be thwarted, or rendered nugatory, be hind his back, by, perhaps, the most feeble member of the Cabinet. We have a Home, a Foreign, a Colonial Secretary, but the "great difficulty " Ireland—has no immediate representative in that Council where all great measures of state policy are considered and originated. _ The principle of centralization, now so much de cried in Ireland, if not stretched too far, we regard as politically sound and wholesome. There are cer tain institutions which are obviously and of necessity local—educational establishments, municipal corpora tions, courts of law ; institutions such as these are essentially local and cannot be centralized ; with these we would not interfere, but it is quite different with that imperium in imperio— the Irish Executive. The Executives of the two islands should be centralized and consolidated. The nearer the centre and source of power the whole machinery by which a state is governed is placed the more surely will it work harmoniously. Petty intrigues and " back stairs' " whispers reach not the centre. Faction may mar or baffle the best measures of the wisest representative or provincial governor, but can have little effect upon the concentrated wis dom of an empire. There was a time when the distance between the two countries might have been not unreasonably used as an argument for a distinct and indepen dent Executive in Ireland. Mr. GEATTAN re ferred to the natural barriers between the two islands as an argument against the Union. These arguments can have weight no longer. Steam has overcome all barriers, and has brought the two countries within a distance sufficiently convenient for all governmental purposes, while that winged mes senger, which, with more than the velocity of light, can "waft a thought from Indus to the pole," has brought them into immediate communication. There exists no longer, then, any reason why Ireland should continue to be governed as a province. Her provincial Court and mock representation of royalty, with all those puerile trivialities which require the presence of the SOYEREIGN to render them respectable, must be put an end to. It is high time to raise her to an imperial station, and treat her as an integral portion of this great empire. A Contemporary has invented what, no doubt, he considered an ingenious device to alarm the sensibili ties and prevent the independent press of England from speaking out upon this subject. The silly assertion that the Treasury intended to bribe the press of this country, as an inducement to show up the Castle of Dublin, for the purpose of carrying this measure, is too absurd for serious refutation. Why, the whole metropolitan press, with but few excep tions, have long since condemned the policy of still governing Ireland as a distant dependency, or a fo reign colony. This " weak invention of the enemy" will not stand the test of common sense, and will certainly not deter us from expressing our conviction, as we have frequently dorie before, that the abolition of the Irish Viceroyalty is as essential to the good govern ment and social elevation of Ireland as it is to the strength and consolidation of the empire. In discussing this matter, no doubt the successful administration of Lord CLARENDON will be pointed to as an argument against the abolition. We have frequently done justice to the great ability and strict impartiality with which that nobleman discharged the complicated and onerous duties of his high office. We believe few living statesmen could have steered through the difficulties which he had to encounter with the same tri.• umphant success. We believe no statesman, with the same means and appliances, could have done more good for that country. He fostered education, en couraged arts and science, improved and stimulated agricultural industry, and made the laws respected, be cause be administered them with humanity, firmness, and wisdom. Yet, notwithstanding all this, we think he could effectuate even more good with a seat in the Imperial Cabinet as the special Minister for Ireland. During the whole of the recess every speaker at every Financial Reform meeting, every Member of Parliament rendering to his constituents an account of his stewardship and prophesying as to the events likely to occur in the coming session, every parochial magnate addressing a select vestry on questions of taxation and expenditure, has taken it for granted that the window-tax was doomed; that after the division of last session even Sir CHARLES WOOD, who seems to court defeat as ardently as other men court victory, would not be so obtuse as to attempt the continuance of the obnoxious impost. From Mr. HENRY BERKELEY, who in addressing his constituents at Bristol, in the beginning of November last, said—" I think I may congratu late you, before I sit down, on the prospect of the death of the window-tax. My Noble Friend Lord DUNCAN, the Liberal Representative for Bath, has fought that question nobly, and I really believe he has made such an impression in regard to it, that it will be found in the present day. impossible to main tain that tax, and that the Chancellor of the Exche quer will have to adjust his budget without it "—to Sir PETER LAURIE, who, a few weeks since, assured the vestry of Marylebone that he had authority for saying that the window-tax would be abolished during the ensuing session, every one seems to have taken it for granted that the doom of that most obnoxious, un just, and health-destroying impost was fixed, and agitation on the subject had for a time ceased. Un fortunately Lord DUNCAN, who has hitherto so effi ciently marshalled the opponents, and so ably led the Opposition to this tax, is at present compelled to remain for a time at Nice for the benefit of his health, and the Finance Minister is evidently manoeuvring, in the absence of our leader, to turn our apparent apathy to his own advantage, and to continue the present window-tax, or commute it into a house-tax, which would be even more unjust and oppressive. We are led to this conclusion from the appearance within the last few days in an influential journal, which has the credit of being the organ of the GREY section of the Ministry, of divers letters of very suspicious tenor. First, we have an anony mous gentleman who, taking Lord CASTLEREAGH as his model, complains of the " ignorant impatience of taxation" exhibited by the public in general, and by the opponents of the window-tax in particular, which latter tax he forthwith eulogises in glowing terms as the best of all possible taxes, and would, we doubt not, be prepared to contend that even in a sanitary point of view its continuance would be most advisable. Then follows another anonymous gentleman, who is not quite so enamoured of mobsoids t ia a fin x cot a ahtt t iti i roh o d n ne, ow a the f s htoh: in window-taxfi allusionr first, a, nd who to ; t he and dtwh two forme r, proposes foisrcn a foe fo llo wed re odp abolition of the window duty, but its commutation into a house-tax. Judging from the manner in which Ministerial " dodges " have been managed on former occasions, we have no hesitation in declaring that these letters are put forward as feelers, and that if we remain supine we shall, most assuredly, be again . saddled with this detest a bl e t ax and air, and health. We, theref o r e , ca ll upon n light, all who desire its repeal to be up and doing; we will not waste time by arguing the already decided question as to the abstract justice or injustice of the tax, the question has long since been decided. Even on the score of health alone the tax ought at once to be abolished; it is cruel mockery on the part tofthe Government to appoint a Board of Health, and to levy enormous ratesundt the gameerpretenee of promotinfLefficient drainage, while a time, by the imposition of this typhus-fostering impost, it deprives us of that without which all other sanitary measures are of no avail, air and light. We trust, therefore, that the householders through out the kingdom will at once organize for the purpose of bombarding Parliament 'with petitions for the total and immediate repeal of the window duties ; that they will entrust those petitions for presentation to their represen tatives, and that they will give those repre sentatives distinctly to understand that the votes of the petitioners will, at the next election (which is perhaps nearer at hand than many persons imagine), be withheld from any representative whose name does not appear in the division lists as voting for the immediate abolition of the window duty. We would also suggest that those Members of Parliament who are opposed to the continuance of this impost— more especially the Members of the metropolitan dis tricts and the representatives of cities and large towns, whose constituents are more immediately interested in this question should before the opening of the session of Parliament meet to gether to organize a combined plan of operations, and to fix upon some gentleman who should act as leader in the event of Lord DUNCAN being unable to return at once to his Parliamentary duties. What ever is to be done must be done quickly, as there is no time to be lost. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur contains the following order of the day from the Minister of War :-- " Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Soldiers ! "Called by the President of the Republic to the honour of commanding you, my duty is as simple as my will to fulfil it is energetic— "To labour for the maintenance of the public peace in strengthening the Constitution; "To make respected in all ranks discipline and hierarchy; _ "To ca - use justice and general interests to prevail over those which are personal; " Such shall be the object of my care. I reckon on the devotedness of all, as all may count on mine, for the performance of this task. " Paris, 12th Jan., 1851. Signed) " The Minister of War, " REGNATJD DE ST. JEAN D'ANGELY." This document is important as showing that the regular hierarchical command in the army is restored, and that General BARAOUAY D'HILLIERs does not, like his predecessor CHANGARNIER, hold an inde pendent command, but is strictly subordinate to the Minister of War. The Committee of M. 13,EMUSAT has appointed M. LANJUINAIS its reporter. M. LANJUINAIS was Minister of Commerce in the ODILON BAREOT Ca binet. The Committee sat for seven hours on Mon day : the Ministers of the Interior and of War were both examined. The production of the proas-verbaux of the Com mittee of Permanence has excited the laughter of all Paris ; the Burgraves have rendered themselves su premely ridiculous and to the public man in France ridicule is death. It is, however, abundantly proved in these reports that the insolence of CHANGARNIER was such as to render the co-existence of the com mand of the army of Paris, and of the PRESIDENT of the Republic impossible. The example set by CHAN GARNIER was such as to strike at the root of all dis cipline, and to call imperatively for his removal. It was not, therefore, as the Journal des Debats pre tends, a fault to have removed him. On this point we find the following in the Constitutionnel : " A journal, which we respect in spite of its errors, regrets that after having passed two years without com mitting a fault, the President commits a gratuitous one in withdrawing the command from General Changarnier. And who has told you that this act is a fault? What do you really know of the matter? On what information do you speak in this manner? Can you assure us that the unity of the Executive Power created by the Constitu tion, sanctioned by six millions of men, more necessary than ever to strengthen society which has been shaken, has not been compelled to protect itself against an autho rity of which ambitious parties bad made a rival almost an enemy? Are you very certain that the powers of the Chief of the State, of which he owes an account to society and the law, were not weakened, were not threatened by this avowed competition, by this Presi dent of parties opposed to the President of France ? The Government has now demanded, with the ap plause of all honest and loyal men, the complete and official publication of the minutes of the Permanent Committee, of those mysterious archives of another Council of Ten, which their authors had placed under seals, and with which they threatened the Government. Wait until these documents are brought to light, and then, when you shall have been enlightened and in structed by documents which can neither have been dissembled nor altered, then you will know the whole truth, and you will say whether in the interest of the law and in that of the national sovereignty, threatened by an intrigue, the President has committed a fault." The same journal announces that ALLAIS has abandoned his appeal against his condemnation, and has made a written declaration that he is the victim of an intrigue concocted by M. YoN. It is probable that the Committee of M. REMITSAT may merely recommend a vote of thanks to CHAN. GARNIER ; but let their report be what it may they cannot escape the ridicule of the public. The Journal des Debais recommends the Burgraves to offer to the PRESIDENT a Peachum and Lockit re conciliation ;it says— _ _ " Let us speak our minds to men of all parties. There are Legitimatists from heart and conviction, and yet there is not a Legitimatist of any sense who does not avow that the moment for a restoration, if it is to come, is not yet arrived. There are Orleanists, and we declare ourselves openly to be amongst the number—yes, there are Orleanists who bitterly regret the fall of the monarchy of July, 1830, and who persist in their conviction that this monarchy answers best to the interests and opinions of the country; but there is not one Orleanist of sense who has any wish to conspire and risk a revolution for sake of raising at this moment the fallen throne, and placing on it an infant. There are Bonapartists : it is even possible that there are some of them so unreasonable as to imagine that with cries of Vive l'Empereue they could restore the empire; but there is no Bonapartist conspiracy. Ideas about an 18th Brumaire and a military proclamation may have crossed some minds; but they will always stop before certainty and reason, before the oaths of the President, and we will add, before the force of things. Let us, then, address ourselves in a word to the sensible men of the Legitimatist, Orleanist, and:Bonapartist parties (with the exception of some imperceptible minority), and they will all agree that there is but one thing possible at this moment, which is, The President and the Chamber." There was a great crowd assembled at the Bourse, but there was very little business transacted. The Five per Cents. opened at 941. 95c., rose to 951. 10c., and closed at 95f. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. sc. ; the New Loan at 94f. 90c. ; Orleans Rail road Shares, 855 f.; Rouen, 675 f. ; Havre, 273 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 470 f. ; Vierzon, 3861. 25c. ; Basle, 140 f.; Bordeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 3521. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 2471. 50c. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 83 —East Indian, 12—Great In dian Peninsula, 2%—Namur and Liege, BM—Northern of France, 15 1 ,4—Paris and Rouen, 27%—Sambre and Meuse, 3—Tours and Nantes, 5. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. On that day BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO made a furious attack on the foreign policy of the Government, and con cluded by moving for copies of the correspondence with the King of NAPLES on the subjpot of the marriage of the Count of MONTEMOLIN 7 and of that with the United States Government on the invasion of Cuba. There had been some serious riots at Reuss, in consequence of an increase in the taxes on articles of food. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. B.—Thr ee p e r Cents. 33i ; Five per Cents., 12k. Exchange on London, 50 65 paper. GERMANY. The Weiner Zeitungof—ihe9th publishes the financial report of the Austrian budget of the Crown lands for the first half-year of 1850 :—From this it appears that the income amounted to 83,349,8731 ordinary receipts, and 9,359,85811. extraordinary ex penditure, making a total of 92,709,2311 The prin cipal items are under the direct taxes :—General tax, 23,856,858f1.; house tax, 2,764,989f1.; arrears of 'heritage tax, 53,198f1.; subszdium ecclesiastieum, 7,551f1. ; personal tax in Dalmatia, 9,85711.; trade tax, 1,280,5651; aversuale from Trieste, instead of personal tax, 20,0001; Jews' tax, 19,942f1.; income tax, 188,797f1.; direct taxes from Cracow, 58,15411. Of the indirect taxes the chief are —provision tax, 11,711,615f1.; toll, 10,203,908f1.; salt, 10,151,736f1.; tobacco, 7,827,6661; stamp duty, 3,220,55611.; taxes, 452,9951 ; lotteries, 1,321,16111.; post office, 234,29511.; customs dues, 1,133,01211.; taxes from Lombardy and Venice, 128,04711. The expenditure, on the other hand, amounts to no less a sum than 129,316,08311. Of this sum the Court figures for 349,8731; the Ministerial Council, 61,24811. ; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 743,121f1.; Minister for the Interior, 8,810,207 fl.; Minister for 4 t1: 6 fl e 2 : ,4 V 6 a 2. rDepartment, 62,102,194f1. ; Minister of Finance, 8,108,194 fl .; D e p a rtment of Justice, ; Department for Religious Affairs, 1,563,064fi.; Minister for Trade, 12,967,7651; Minister for Agriculture, 1,161,17511. POLAND. The Emperor of RUSSIA has ordered that hence. forth the usual pass authorizing travellers to proceed to Prussia shall only be given to landed propriet ors , merchants, and perso ns posaesse d o f an Independent income of 10,000 florins, T URKE Y. The Hungarian emigrants from Shumla arrived at Constantinople on the Gth, en route for England. The Porte provides them with provisions for the voyage, and has given to each of them in addition the sum of 300 piastres. PRIVATE THEATRICALS. ROYAL SOHO THEATRE (LATE MISS KELLY'S). A crowded and fashionable audience, among whom we noticed several of the most illustrious nota bilities of the literary and artistic world, assem bled at this theatre last evening, for the purpose of witnessing the performance of Mrs. Centlivre's comedy of The Busy Body, followed by Richard Jones's admirable farce of Too Late for Dinner. And here we must pay honour due to the consummate tact of the gentleman who adapted The Busy Body for the performance of last evening. To those at all con versant with our dramatic literature, to those even who are merely acquainted with it, from the common stage version of our acting plays, it must ap pear a task of almost insuperable difficulty to adapt the comedy of The Busy Body for an amateur performance ; yet this task the adapter in the present instance has performed, and performed so admirably, that while not a single phrase, or incident, or allusion is retained which could for a mo ment offend the most fastidious, yet so ad mirably is the whole dovetailed together that it would be impossible for any person who had not compared it with the original version to discover where the cuttings had taken place. The following prologue, written by Mr. W. C. Kent, who, in the comedy sustained the character of Marplot, was de livered with admirable emphasis and propriety by Miss Sullivan, in the character of Patch : Prince Hamlet tells us that " the Play's the thing With which he'll catch the conscience of the King." New-fangled projects speak new language, since A sight's the thing with which we'll please the Prince. Yet we'll combine them both: a Play shall be The Exhibition of our Industry. True that with us no wondering eye can mark A crystal palace in a London park. Yet from its rivalry we clear may pass— Few hurling stones who live in halls of glass, No foreign aid our native arts supply— On England's drama native hearts rely. Not ours the stage translating tact arrays With borrowed plots, and ill-adapted plays; A willing produce of soil is ours, Culled from our garden of dramatic flower. What needs the nation of SHAKSPERE'S teaching rules, With learning bartered in Parisian schools? What needs the muse great DRYDEN loved to praise, With withered garlands of imported bays? For us suffice the more than lavish spoil Our bards have conjured from the midnight oil; The fruits of more than Academic taste, By genius squander'd o'er the social waste. Thus rare in excellence of form and hue The shape our Author's radiant fancy drew, When in the masterpiece that graced her name She sealed her passport to the realms of fame. While once the humour of a hundred books Seemed smiling thro' CENTLIVRE'S COMIC looks, Still in the aspect of her quaintest work, Congenial merriment and laughter lurk; Still in her " Busy Body," reason tells The Busy Spirit of her frolic dwells. . Forgive then, freely, should our acting fail In all to realize the jocund tale. While lenient smiles support our aim to please, Yield us—attention! and we'll—stand at ease. Nor make our play, but seen in starts and snatches— 'Tis Patch that speaks—a thing of " shreds and patches." The following was the cast of the comedy : Sir Francis Gripe ... Mr. KENT. Sir Jealous Traffic ... A GENTLEMAN. Sir George Airy ... A GENTLEMAN. Marplot ... Mr. W. C. KENT. Charles ••• ... Mr. BULLER. Whisper ••• ... Mr. E. MORRIS. Miranda ••• •.. Mrs. J. ARNOULD. Isabinda ••• ... Miss KENT. Patch ... Miss SULLIVAN. In noticing the performance of amateurs, it is generally considered necessary to make certain al lowances, but Mr. Kent stands not in need of any such ; his Sir Francis Gripe would have done credit to the boards of any metropolitan theatre—it possessed all the artistic finish of Farren's perform ance of the part, without his hardness, joined to the rich unctiousness of Munden, without his vulgarity ; and when we consider that this same gentleman rattled through the part of Frank Poppleton, in the farce, in a style of effervescent buoyancy which seems to have departed from the professional stage with poor Wrench, we are almost tempted to regret that a gentleman gifted with such versatility and such capability does not adopt the stage as a profession. The gentleman who performed Sir Jealous Traffic made an excellent testy old man, and Mr. W. C. Kent as Marplot was most amusingly fidgetty, prying, and restless ; the scene in which he attempts to bully Sir Jealous was excellently acted. Next to the Sir Francis of Mr. Kent perhaps the most admirable performance in the comedy was that of Miss Sullivan, as Patch ; this young lady possesses every requisite for success on the stage, her voice is clear, her articulation distinct, and her acting full of spirit ; we know no actress of the pre sent day who could have performed Patch more admirably than she performed it last evening. Mrs. J. Arnould made a most espiegle Miranda, and Miss Kent an interesting Isa banda. She dressed the character with a correctness which is not always found even on the professional boards, and she looked and acted the high-spirited Spanish beauty to the life. At the conclusion of the comedy the following epilogue, written by Mr. W. C. Kent, was spoken by himself in excellent style. Every hit and every pun told, and told most effectively : Well said, Sir Jealous. Now here's peace restored, Both wine and wit should crown the social board ; And beauteous features be the flowers at least, And smiles the sunshine of the friendly feast. In then, elated with our dear bought joy— Life needs the soffning cup as gold th' alloy. But first a generous pardon here I'll ask, Ere mad Thalia doffs her comic mask To don the quainter guise the farce requires In its broad contrast of burlesque attires. Let not your kindness with our drama cease, Nor war begin, because we end our peace. For other claims upon your grace we bear, And hope a cordial round may make all square ; Sanguine that hands like yours may yet requite Our harmless pastime for a winter's night. For his deep laughter, and voluptuous cheer, We loved old Christmas; aye, we held him dear: And oft by rattling hail his reign we knew, And by soft kisses knew his mistletoe. Still the red berries of the bristling bough Show us the year's true holidays are now. Still rhyme and reason gild the festive time, In pies the " raisin," and in frost the " rime." And still the motley pantomime displays The shifts of life in many wondrous ways. Changes as striking, on the boards we'll bring, And trust applause may make our changes ring. Odd and fantastic though their breadth will prove, Its very oddity to mirth may move. Frank Gripe, no longer to his " chargy" true — A capering miser [dances,]" and a wise one too" Will cease his laughter—to appear again As gay Frank Poppleton, with " seven's the main"— Fingering the ribbons with a sprightly grace, And driving tandem (yehup), to the cogs apace. Whisper, with stealthy tread, no more shall help My Lady Lovepuppy to find her whelp. But as Nick Twill shall give his vit the suing, And find, dear heart ! a vag is quite " the thing." ' Gay Sir George Airy, leaving Hymen's track, No more on lady fair shall turn his back. But as poor Fumet, seine pomme de terre I Bring in de carte, [ha, ha,] voila de bill of fare. Marplot shall pry no more—l mean myself—. Nor bid men-monkeys break the clattering delf t But as Bob Rafter—clang my wigs, I'll try To moind the house for maister bye-and-bye. Yet stay—l wonder what they're at justn o I I'll run and see—first having m a d e my bow, For what's being done be sure I long to tell, So off—with one kind parting word—FAREWELL! The principal characters were called on at the con clusion of the epilogue, and bouquets and crowns showered upon them. Then followed the farce of Too Late for Dinner with the following cast : Frank Poppleton ... Mr. KENT.. Frederick Poppleton .. Mr. BULLER. Mr. Nicholas Twill ... Mr. E. Moan's. Mr. Pincroft .. A GENTLEMAN Robert Rafter .. ... Mr. W. C. KENT.' Monsieur Fumet Snip (a Tail or ) ... • A GENTLEMAN. Mrs. Thompson .. ••. Mrs. J. ARNOULD Miss Emma Somerton ... Miss KENT. Miss Elizabeth Pincroft... Miss SULLIVAN. Letty .•• .. •.• A YOUNG LADY. Of the Frank Poppleton of Mr. Kent we have already spoken ; Mr. Buller as the steady brother Fred., wa the very picture of demureness; Nicholas Twill, by Mr. E. Morris, was a glorious piece of cockney vulgarity ; rich and unctions in his humour, I Mr. E. Morris thre w i n t o t h e c h aracter suc h an expression of most intense self-satisfaction as made it gloriously rich and amusing ; there was something quite Listonian about him. Mr. W. C. Kent hit off the character of the sharp York'hireman admirably, and Mrs. J. Arnould, as old Mrs. Thompson, was excellent. The pieces were excellently put on the stage, and altogether the per formances went off with great spirit. Amongst the company present we observed Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton, Marquis da Via, Lady Con greave's family, Commissioner Fonblanque, Major Smyth, Major Berre, Captain Broadhead, R.N., lion. Captain and Mrs. King, Captain Kent, R.N., J. Wyld, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Loudon and family, Mi ss Jewry and party, Messrs. Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, Gilbert A'Beckett, George Cruikshank, Bunn, Chorley, Hullah, Odovvd, Timbs, M. G. Leon, Dowling, Wigan, Poole, R:A., &c. &c. TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railway's. Aberdeen.. Do. Preference •- •• Ambergatc, Nottingham, Boston, & E. juncion Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Exten. (Great W estern Per- petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford, Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... _ . Do. without a guar... Blrming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee .. • • .. withoul a guar... Birming., Wolverliamp., and Stour Valley .. ! Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter .• Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Do. 101. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per et. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. 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ION IL 2% —3 16% 7- iii db. - I - —l3 N BANKS 28 —34% 424 —4:1;% x.d ltV 25 25i:4 18% —19 s 273 28:% 17 3 / 4 -IE4 42 - , 1,1 15 -153 343 -35 12%- iiu = , 4 Business done to-day. 10►% tlis. 13 14 0 178 6 8 6 13 4 6 , 3 4 25 50 25 15 1 1 0, 8 6 8 11 13 4 47% 100 15 111 6 3 100 12 15 4 4 2 01 129 16 0 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 10% 10 MINES, s Paid. Nonain al Pric.c3, t o ,. to-day. --- ----.... Anglo-Mextran(is. N. p.) 100 .. —.. Asturian •• .. ••••• . • • 15 .. —.• Australian .... •••• • • • • 4 3!,‘ 3 Barossa Range 1 13 0 3% —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. _, „ Bolanos Scrip ...... •• • • •• • • • British Iron.. •••.• • • • • • 13 5 • • —• • Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% .. _.. De. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 3% 314 De. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 14% Cobra Copper ...... . • • 40 32% 35% Copiapo ............ .. 14 5% 534 Genera 1.............. 20 13% 14 Real Del Monte, Unreg. % % Do. Black Debentures . • • - . Do. Red Debentures .. • • —• • Santiago de Cuba .. ~.. 10 9 —7% Tin Croft ............ 7 10% 11 United Mexican........ 28 28% 6% —5% MISCELLANEOUS. Canada .............. 22% 42% —44 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 27% Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 78% —76 x. all ex.B ll Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 73 73% IWe cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, all' lcial Lists, and will not be influenced by interesto d correspondents. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es timated at 2,000 bales, comprising 1,500 American, 2 0 , Egyptian at Bd. to 10d., 200 Surat at sd. to 5 4 d., an d 20 Sea Island at ls. 31-d. to Is. sd. per lb. The market was heavy, and prices declining. Most descriptions of American and Surat were *d. per lb. lower.—ln way Shares a fair business was done, at rather higher prices. The Corn Market is steady to-day. English of fine quality is in very limited supply. The following remarks by Messrs. Walker, /Dwell , and Hale, expose the tricky practice of blending Port wine in the docks:—" The deficiency in the vintages 0, , 1848 and 1849 in Portugal was the undoubted cause et the scarcity of moderate-priced port wines; and this circumstance ;having led to a considerable advance in prices in this market, several importations took Plac e vie America, some of which were of good fair qualitie s ' and no doubt genuine port wines. Hence succeeded demand for what has been termed indirect port win e ' Large quantities of wine were also blended in bond , and so long as this system was confined to the blending of genuine port wines, it 'pie have been considered of some advantage to th e trade, particularly as the buyer has always the mea ns at his command ,of ascertaining the fact whether toe wine has been blended or not, by demanding of the sell er the usual duplicate warrant. But it can be easily ?ll' derstood, that if permission be given to blenel wines I coming from places of which such wines are not growths, no guarantee can remain of their genuineness, 911 the duplicate warrant declaring such wines to be Por tugal red or Spanish white, m a y b e th e means o f gross , / deluding the purchaser; and that this may have been t he case, and the preceding remark s no t unca ll e d for, n will, we believe, be acknowledged by our corres pondent s ' We have now before us particulars of l arge q uanti ty (hundreds of casks), consisti ng o f Si c ili an , Freue b ,; Spanish, Lisbon, Marsala, Cape and p or t w i n e, blende d in bond, in the London Dock warehouses, ell which has been exported, and su b sequen tly re-impoort e , into London as Portugal re d w i ne . I ncre dible as Ow statement may appear, we:can vouch for its correctnes s ' We believe that the Customs have sin ce i n terfered, an d that the subject has been taken up by the Wine 1112 Spirit Committee ; but the only rem e dy, as a security ~., the country buyer, would be on the duplicate c ertificat e to describe the wines as merely red or w hit e , leaving th e further designation to be inferred fr om th e pl a ce wheoc". imported, or where blended. " As to Sherry, the vintage of the year (1849), it 11 turned out very bad, and it will be with difficulty th at one-fifth of the produce can be mad e ava il a ble, will contribute considerably to the scarcity of low vrin e _ . , : As yet, this winter (our letter is d a t e d P o rt St. MerY 24th December, 1850), we have had no re in ' which we stand so much in need of for th e country, and - if we are no t very 8111311°/ relieved from this calamity which we have suffered from for some time past, the vines will b e ma t er i a lly Wu if, therefore, there be any prod uce it w ill b e small en of bad quality." It is satisfactory to learn from Manchester that 211; Claussen's process for manufacturing flax goes one; cellently, and piece goods will shortly be in town. effect upon the cotton trade, if the flax growers exec themselves to cultivate a sufficient quantity, must be 10 '1: mense, and the United States Government we hear 1 ( 7 ) very solicitous about the matt e r. Attention is a lso awakened among the American journals, as the follow" ing extract will show:— " If it should turn out, upon further trial, that prepared in a particular way can be substituted for 0! ) . 1 , ton, so as to enable Gr ea t B r i ta i n to dispense wi th our southern staple , a mighty effect will be produce: upon the value of ' property in the Southern Stetl e The price of lands and slave property will at once . diminished, and business arrangements entered into upon the present value of that species of p ro p erty will, after they have matured, produce a c rash t ai will be felt over the entire country. A lesson w thus be read upon the mutability of human a ff airs, and the political consequences resulting from the cnang would be most important. Should flax be made to sup' ply the place of cotton, then will be exemplified the impolicy heretofore pursued by the cotton States, of ~ • relying on one leading interest to the exclusion of all others. If that great system of American industry, first recommended by General Hamilton, and since enlarged and enforced by Mr. Clay, had been adopted here i a a the south, no such catastrophe could bef a ll her. 1311,1 unfortunately, that system was r e j ec t e d. It i s diffino" to foresee the effects of this change. South Caroline; now standing on the brink of secession, might be induc ed to draw back, should she look into the future." The meeting of London and Westminster Bank Pr°d prietors has been held this morning, and • has prov e most satisfactory. The report states— " From the statements attach e d t o thi s report, t he shareholders will perceive that the net profits of tn . , bank, during the last half-y ear , amount to 33,923/. 15s. 61 ' 1 ' " Out of these profits th e di rectors now d ec l ar e a 0 1- dend at the rate of six per cent. per annum. " They also declare a bonus of six shillings per sha re : being equal to one a n d a h a lf per cent. on th e paid-ur capital. " After these paym en t s are ma d e, t h e surplusea d will amount to 100,107/. 12s. Id. "The three directors who go out by rotation are 111 '' 1 1' Liam Haigh, Esq , Joseph Esdaile, Es+, and 11.4:44° Stewart, Esq., all of whom being eligible, offer then ) " selvesfor re-election. " London and Westminster Bank, 31st December, 1850. DR. X. n• To Proprietors for paid up Capital ... 1,000,000 0 To Amount due by the Bank for De posits, Circular Notes, &c. ••• To Rest or Surplus Fund ... To Net Profits of the last Half-year... 3,969,648 15 11 111,183 16 7 33,923 15 6 X 5,114,756 8 ° X. ad. By Government Stock, Exchequer bills, and India Bonds 1,089,794 16 5 By other Securities, including Bills discounted, Loans to Customers, &c. 3,458,922 4 7 By Cash in hand 566,039 7 0 0 8 £5,114,756 1_ By a vessel arrived di rec t f rom Austral i a w e ha; PorG Philip dates of Sept em b er 10. and Van Di e men Land of October 6. There had been a further arrival co convicts at Hobart T own, b y the Nile, and in all the colonies meetings were b e i ng held to protest energeti cally against tran s p or t at i on. A crisis appears to be at hand, unless our G overnment makes timely concessions' At Amsterdam, on the 13th inst., Dutch Two-nod -tv Half per Cents, were steady at 56i. for The Funds are rat h er weaker. Consols, 961 - J Transfer, and 6 61 for February. Bank Stock is 214 t 0 215, and firm. The New Three-and-a-Quarter Pt Cents. h ave rea li sed 98 i to 99. Exchequer-bil l s el' down to 595. and 565. premium. t In the For e i gn mar k et very l i ttle is doing, exce pt the t ait settlement o f t h e account. Mexican Bonds are 34en 35-i; Peruvi an F our - an d -a- H alf per Cents. have be 79 1; Russia n F our - an d- A -H a lf per Cents. are 96 0 . Railway Shares have been looking up. QUARTER TO THRRA ... 961 Consols Ditto Account BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL ... ..-- - ( From the Official List.) ... v ... Rank Stock 214 215 21 45 3 per Cent.Roduced Annuities 97%M0 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 34 per Cant. Anin. . Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7% 7 13- 11 " D 0.30 Tears, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 7% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 73 77 p South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 96% 97% Ditto New Annuities Cot:leis for Account 96%% E.:chequer Bills. I%d. 2d. Pdarch. Awe. 1,009/.... — 59 5 6 P 500! — 59 5 6 P PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOO 5 ' Mexican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . ...... .... Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent 7 9 14 Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds, 1222,5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent 96 96 1 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. COURSE 01 11 16 11 17% 11 17% 25 22X, 25 22% 13 5i Amsterdam Ditto, three months.. Rotterdam Brussels ••••• Ramburgh .... • • M.B &tons Paris, 3 days'sight 25 2% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 22% Marseilles 25 25 80urdeaux......... • Frankforton Maine.... 118 Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 13 0 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 0 Peter sburgh, Sil. Rblo .. Madrid • • • ........ 49% Cadiz • • 50 Barcelona .. r EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.• •• •• •• •• •• •• 9 Leghorn •• 30 Genoa ......... 25 re Naples ............ .• Palermo, per0z........ Messina Lisbon... .• Oporto .. Rio Janeiro • • Buenos Ayres .. ••.. •• New York, 60 days'slght Philadelphia faxen or BULLION, 9 Foreign Geld in bars .. X 3 A" Portagal Gold Coin . 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 1 1 % New Dollars .. •• Silver ia bars .. .• •• u 124* 1 53$ 33% Second-rate performances are too often made the foundation for first-rate pretensions, —Eliza Cook' s .rournal• DINNER AT THE MANS ION HOUSE. --The Lad Mayor, according to the ancient custom of the City, gave °— Plough Monday an elegant entertainment to the varioul City officers, including the governors of the City prisons, several of his private friends. 17% % % 6% 12% % 79U % 79 13% % 56% 57 91% 92 112434 X die. 4834 15% 34 15% % 5% dis. dia. 23% % 19 x. d. 22% % 5 % 34 15% Lint. 2% 100 100 42% 100 47% 78% 223* 2134 2 27yii: s% LL( Cl. - 1 XI I AI, NIL, Queen I) E F a y Ar rd. r , SA , uttha. QU dtj r at i Li d OF] C6l l'▪ eotet trish*: .orelg On foil% 2i ed 43 Pei Wf lit Qt cs,tti lix t , 4