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

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY .L A.N E. -- Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices Of Admission for public approval : - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 28., 11. 1 Is. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. a. (1. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Bemis - -2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, . Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J. Anderson ; Beauseant, Mr. Afontagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry; General Demos, Mr. Baker; M. Deschapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des chapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Ring Hal ' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladles with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 l the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knevrswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the mpesition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Mis s Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. 11/14011TALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J . Pam' The Spirit of Punch, Miss Emile° ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchansen, &e., &c., by &c., Soo illoaraLs. • Gaol Queen Bess, Mr. R. Bonier ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin; Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Maids of honour , and other Bores, by the rest of the Jesters, Wildmea, D ra g oons, Company% CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, Bat although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat kneekine at der door r —Come and see—" J. Anderson's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's mere than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will be satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Waiter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND ritocEsslos OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal- Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! and 'the Royal Petticoat !! ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " lanai indulgence of a British ruble." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is repreaeate I in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainty follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS :11 all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good aueen Bess, like " Young Susan" —" bad lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon wly oh to deelle"— and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES: Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anion, Prince Aleneon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charlee, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Bleent, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these "wendereus proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" --and having got on the " Higb Gorse," the story gallops on to CUHNOR HALL BY 3iOONLIG4T—WiIson. .timing events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, kot 113 - -" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-way house, the Rohsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Of., Amy !"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones abut it "—They part, •• more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being iione, Amy is herself again "—th - it is to sax, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Bobby, to whom she sines the following ratie.t:c stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. KE SILWORTII CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal 'Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never din run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " eompeti tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, or, snore properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in ESP end N I in war ARM, and the ! total destruction of THSII ADA By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their clothes — The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Ma dlle, Theadore All we have further to say for Good Queen P.ess is —Vivat Regina, and eff she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis Ion; since we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. _ Cupid and Clown—Butter anTlllutterflios—ilimgarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway °faces to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Disseant—Clown Cooks Accoropts, and Railway King in Tribu ,.. lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS! SIMPSON'3 DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault-3 Transformation--:Clown Puzzled —Calf a Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Pollee I Police I—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co-gress—How to get up a Row—Frosylites Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOE' TO LET. Stick no Bills, In case you should Sill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT " NOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. SMITHFIELP. Potatoes all hot—Toss and Flay—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin ureatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Trainsfoiniation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LOIGING-FIOUSES. What will be seen here Is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, when you, and I, and all of ns, fell down."—ShaksPere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's otioa of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer —Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done 2—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR OX THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Betel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearam— " Plaisirs d'Hiyer"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, . _ _ - _ 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the City Aborainitions—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTIAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by ilruaning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest —Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more ! Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Aaderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dann, Musical Director, Mr. (4. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J: W. Thirlwall. likllet Mistress, Madame Louise. - ?odic Artists—Messrs. Brunniug, Jones, Wilson, C. ♦dams, and Assistants, Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. 31I,TCHELL begs respectfully to annoanee that the Freieh Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, With Herold's Opera, in Three Acts, entitled ZAMPA ; ou, La Fiancee de Marbre. Zatnpa, M. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Killy Leroy ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlle. Charton ; Ritta, Madlle. Guichard. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, dale Lame and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be presented as entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Blackstone ; Williara Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Floweriew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NINTH STATUE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. Te conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. The Boa-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEA.TREL ROYAL, ADELPHI. cnder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE, Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed jar;' 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Aster which FRANKENSTEIN • or, The Model Man. rranken- Ftein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It . Mr. P. Bedford; Zaraiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto Of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Covent' ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Inghbary Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith Bunbury, M rs . F. Matthews ; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. Under SnY the MAlLLagreCmtilnkft ofTMlLEAadamTllcEiestris. Foie Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METFIINKS I SEE MT FATHER. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 5 5 . ; U pper Boxes, O. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.: 2.70 half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATH.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Harri son , Weiss, Corri, Wynn ; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Fyne. To conclude with KING JAMIE; or, Harlequin and magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Eolegna ; Pantaloon, M r . P aulo ; Clown, Mr. Flex- Miss Fawcett . More ; Columbine, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIit'IIITHEAT Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ' A Grand 4ittenile Night, commencing with the Fantominie - rill take place on Thursday next. -Be-appearance of Madlle. Codone. LtIS EVENINI , Tha performanceperformancewill commence at a Quarter to Seven, w i th a new Grand Spect ycJ of THE KNIGHT OF TIIE EAGLE CREST , of j or, The Tourney ove, in wh ich Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. • To be tollowed b ya brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, support by the accomplished ar ti s tes of th e establish. meat.. `, go conclude „..., a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime , • by Nel son.l lnc; -- V.19.1 ,lARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, nho came to .os. TOVl l .l l Pon* little Pony. Box-office open from Eleven till Font'. Stags Manager, Mr, W. West. 13, Great Marlborough-street.N N OTICE !-THE REV. R. MILMAN'S LIFE OF TASSO, IS NOW READY, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, And may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WATER AT LONDON BRLDOE. This DAT —vorning, 41 min, after 3 I Evening. 58 mm. after 3 To-Msoutow —Morning, 14 min. after 4 I Evening, 31 min. after 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OPINE. JAN. 16. rIIERMOMETEN, Lowest, 22; Highest, 25; Noon, 30. BAROMETER, 29,47. WIND N.N.E.—a slight fall of snow. f. 31 A 03744 44 • 1 - 7 *4 " . • Aat.- - 0 1 L • 0.1 • ~10..* 0 - , - ettetallit 41,1talt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1850, Some weeks since a report of " a split in the Cabinet " was industriously circulated. It was asserted that a serious difference had cccurred amongst the principal members of her MAJESTY'S Government on the all-important subject of "free trade ;" and that while some of the Ministers desired that " the experiment " should be continued for another year, the Premier, the President of the Council, the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and others of their most distinguished coadjutors, were fully conscious of the grave mistake that had been committed, and anxious to retrace their steps, to the extent at least of imposing a fixed duty on foreign corn for " revenue purposes." This ab surd and ridiculous rumour received a certain degree of currency at the various Protectionist gatherings during the past month. Quod volumus facile credimus. But slight authority was required to give validity to a statement so pleasing to the agriculturists, and an easy credence was afforded to the accuracy of the reported conversions. It was even declared authoritatively that a strong re commendation would be contained in the Royal Speech, on the opening of the session, to the effect that Parliament should take into its earliest con sideration the question of " corn duties," with a view to the adoption of such a tariff as would at the some time yield a considerable revenue to the national ex chequer, and afford the necessary protection to British agriculture. But, alas ! for the futility of human hopes and human wishes, the cup has, already been dashed from the lips of the anxious monopolists, and their sanguine anticipations have already vanished into " thin air." It is true that there has been no formal contradiction of the rumour—the First Lord of the Treasury has not deemed it necessary to proclaim his continued allegiance to the principles of free trade, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE has manie fested an unbroken silence, and Lord PALMER9TON, has neither acknowledged nor repudiated the " sift impeachment." The opinions of the Noble Lord, whatever they might be, remain buried in their own hearts. But, unfortunately, a fact has come to light which has completely annihilated the hopes of the monopolists, has dispelled the agreeable illusion, and has brought vividly before their sight the sad realities of their situation. It appears that the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton has undertaken the duty of moving, and the Hon. Baronet the Member for the city of London, of seconding the Address from the House of Commons, in ans wer to her MAJESTY'S Speech. That CHARLES VILLIERS—the zealous, en thusiastic, and uncompromising CHARLES .VILLIERs —who made his voice heard when all others—even those who gained the rewards of the glorious victory —were silent ; who first brought the wrongs of the industrious classes under the consideration of the popular breath of the Legislature ; who was a Free trader in the most extensive signification of the term, even before it had become fashionable to be so, tr " the League" had sprung into existence aed vitality,— that such a mar, we say, should he selected for this duty by the Government, inflicted a heavy blow and great discouragement on the reactionaries. Hopes might still be cherished if almost any other Member had been paid the compli ment, but the straightforward integrity, the honesty and sincerity of the descendant of the great CLAREN - DOTI, is too well known and too much respected, even by his political opponents, to permit a doubt to be entertained on the subject. He, at least, could never be suspected of tergiversation ; too many proofs had been afforded of his disinterested fidelity to his an cient creed. He, the pioneer of free trade, sought no costly testimonial, no national acknowledgments, for his valuable services. No public subscription was raised—it is with shame we make the humiliating confession—to requite the energetic and invaluable exertions of the Hon• CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERE. Contented with the approbation of his own conscienc, , and the approval of " the still small voice," he sought no other reward or recompense, and we regret to say he received none save the commendations of his fellow subjects; these, indeed, could not be withheld. And CHARLES VILLIERS was universally esteemed by all classes and grades in society, by high and low, rich and poor, Protectionists, and vi e need not add by Free-traders. His activi!y and fidelity were, indeed, appreciated, and many constituencies contested for the honour of having him as their representative ; but he remained faithful to those by whom he had been elected in less favourable times, and retained his seat for Wolverhamptoe, although also returned in the most complimentary manner for South Lancashire. We hail his present selection as mover of the Address as a proof that his eminent qualifications for office will no longer be overlooked by Ministers ; that he will speedily be placed in a position worthy of himself and of the cause he has so consistently, so energetically, and so efficiently advocated ; that the Government will be strengthened by the admission into its ranks of a man respected by every section of the House, and by the community in general. A stronger proof could not be afforded of the determination of Ministers to carry out free-trade doctrines to the fullest extent, and to remove the restrictions that still unhappily exist upon the trade and commerce of the country. An interesting controversy has arisen between the Morning Chronicle and the Examiner, rendered still more so by its having called forth from the pen of Mr. THACKERAY a letter, which appeared in our columns of last Saturday, on" The Dignity of Litera ture." The controversy arose out of an article in the Morning Chronicle, described by its opponent as a funeral sermon to improve the occasion of the death of Mr. PATRICK FRAZER TYTLER, the eminent Scotch historian, who had been in the receipt of a literary pension. The arguments of the article are summed up in this sentence :—" Protection to litera ture or science is mischievous in nearly the same way as protection to commerce. The let-alone system is equally desirable for both." To prove this thesis, Mr. TIIACKERAT is quoted. Pendennis dines at the house of their patron book seller, with; Shandon, Warrington, and other worthies, well known we doubt not to all our readers, whom the cant of their clique and the irony of the biographer has designated " the men of letters." This scene the Chronicle selects, in order to charge Mr. THACKERAY with fostering, though perhaps without intending it, the " baneful prejudice" by which in England the name of men of letters is associated with Grub-street ; and by a train of reasoning, not very easy to follow, it deduces from these premises the conclusion that State bounties on literature have a tendency to force the production or in. crease the breed of such petits literetteurs. The Examiner takes the other side. It fixes on the same pass age of " Pendennis" as the subject of its homily, and finds in it a caricature such as Mr. THACKERAY too often condescends to, suggested by " a disposi tion to pay court to the non-literary class by dis paraging his literary fellow-labourers. To the former Mr. THACKERAY replies by bidding his critic suspend his judgment as to the feelings his romance fosters till the curtain falls upon the catas trophe; to the latter, by denying the position that the non-literary class is thus to be wooed. They do not take pleasure in seeing literary men held up to ridicule. Literature, like law and physic, has its charlatans, who are the proper ob jects of satire, unless laughter and laughing philosophers are to be banished from the earth ; but they who are not sciolists pass unhurt. All, with one consent, are ready to make way and offer a high 4 place to a literary man ; and it is not till by some gaucherie he displays a consciousness that it is not his due, that he is bidden to take a lower place. The following remarks of Mr. THACKERAY are well worth weighing:— " Instead of accusing the public cf persecuting and disparaging us as a class, it seems to see that men of letters had best quietly assume that they are as good as any other gentlemen; nor raise piteous controversies upon a question which all people of sense must take to be settled. If I sit at your table I suppose lam my neighbour's equal, as that he is mine. If I begin straightway with a protest of,' Sir, I am a literary mar, but I would have you to know I am as good as you'— which of us is it that questions tt e dignity of the lit( - racy profession —my neighbour, who would like to eat his soup in quiet, or the man of letters who commences tbs argument?" But this subject is constantly confounded with an other quite distinct from it, and we shall therefore be pressed by the question—lf this is true, why is not literature a pathway to the higher offices of State ? Why look with jealousy on a literary statesman ? The instances of GuizoT and Tntrus, and the practice of the continent, will be quoted. We will answer this question. It is an established ar ticle of our faith in this country, founded on a wide experience of practical life, that very few men can do two things really well. The statesman may work at politics and play with literature; the literary man may reverse this order ; but each pursuit demands the service of mind and heart. It is not an easy thing to exchange the habits of thought of one profession for those of another. Every art has its peculiar field, and distinction in one does not necessarily imply fit ness for the pursuit of another. Take a lawyer, the case to all appearance mast strongly against us. If, after having passed through the stage of learning common to the politician and himself, ho goes on to imbue his mind in the technicalities of his profession, and in consequence of success in them is turned into a statesman, though you change his name, he is a lawyer to the end. SPENCER PERCIVAL, the Prime Minister, never shook off SPENCER PERCIVAL, the Attorney-General. In the House, w,„,,at the bar, he was always stating a case. In every pursuit of life men become unconsciously tainted with the faults of their art, and though thi s does not interfere with their success in their peculiar line, yet it renders them unfit for change, unless they consent to get out of their own 'world, and correct their notions by the notions of some other world, as ow:- sided, no doubt, as their own, but looking another way. This mode of cure is not flattering to our vanity, and the experience of our readers will beer us out when we say that, be it from shyness or from a lurking contempt, no one is so unwilling to adopt it as the literary mar. Our space forbids our adding more, but this an swer is enough to show why literature is not com monly the pathway into public life. In our opinion, however, the question, though almost invariably connected in argument, is in reality beside the subject of Mr. TEIACKERAY'S letter. On that our verdict is for him against both his assailants. We shall be more likely to learn from him than from either of them the mysteries of human weakness and folly. has ape plied his keen sense to trace this fancied disrespect of literary men to its true source—the morbid sensibility of men half ashamed of their calling ; and in so doing, in serious mood, we think he has rendered as much service to society as when, in a laughing humour, he exposes the heartlessness of REBECCA or the vanity of Gaunt House. A letter signed " Philostratoq," which appeared in the Times of Saturday last, on the subject of " Army Efficiency with Reduction," merits consideration, not merely from its superiority to any of the nume rous kindred epistles which have appeared of late in the columns of our contemporaries, but for the sound ness of the writer's views upon a topic of the highest importance. There is no doubt but that among the many financial reforms which will be pressed upon the attention of the Legislature in the approaching session of Parliament, the army estimates will not be the lowest on the list, and we feel gratified at seeing the subject handled in a correct and impartial man ner, without absurd Conservative prejudice in favour of existing abuses on the one hand, or equally absurd enmity towards a necessary tower of defence upon the other. We yield to none of the reasonable advocates of reform intim anxious desire to see the expenditure of the country restrained within just limits, and the con tributions of the tax-payer devoted to strictly legiti mate purposes, without undue preference of class, and for the common interest cf all her MAJESTY'S subjects ; but we cannot bring ourselves to look upon the interests of Great Britain altogether through cotton spectacles. We are not of those who would cut our colonies adrift, and break up the most widely.. extended empire that the sun has ever shone upon, for the purpose of turning England into the cotton spinning shop of the universe, unprotected by her navies cf deathless fame, and the gallant red-coats who have never known disgrace upon the field. Still we hold that a judicious economy should be ap plied to the military department, and we there fore earnestly recommend the suggestions of such true friends of the service as the talented writer above alluded to, to the attention of those who feel interested in maintaining what the national inte rests imperatively require—" the maximum of defence with the minimum of expense possible "—suggestions which " offer those advantages to the nation, and also to the army, of an increased efficiency with de creased charges." It is not our intention to enter at present into a particular consideration of the several topics which a perusal of this valuable letter naturally causes to arise. We shall content ourselves with adverting to one or two points. At Gibraltar there are at present rive battalions of 600 rank and file ; at Malta four battalions ; and in the lonian Islands five. As the battalions of the line are in future to consist of 800 men each, he suggests that the above three stations should be henceforth garrisoned respectively with lour, three, and four battalions, there being thus three battalions less required for the Mediterranean stations than at present. This, if carried out, would doubtless be a move in the right direction, but we consider that both Gibraltar and Malta might each well dispense with one of these battalions, whose place would be far more properly filled by a reinforcement of artillerymen. It is noto rious that the artillery force in these fortresses is altogether inadequate. It is no part of the duty of infantry men to work heavy guns, and it is not of much use to be possessed of powerful ordnance with a glaringly insufficient complement of hands to turn it to proper use if occasion should require it. With respect to the Cape, the West Indies, and North America, one Queen's regiment is quite enough for Cape Town. If that and the Cape Mounted Rifle men are not deemed sufficient by the colonists, they can very easily raise a few competent corps to keep their frontiers free of the Kafirs. In the West Indies we would have no more than two regiments of the line, one at Jamaica, the other at Barbadoes. It would be far better to raise an additional regiment or two, manned withThlacks, who can stand the trying climate of those regions, than to keep sending yearly a copious supply of victims to new rum and " yellow Jack." It is recommended to hold our North American possessions with eight battalions instead of eleven. Now this we maintain to be inferior to a plan which we are led to suggest from a recent perusal of that sensible and entertaining work, Sir JAMES ALEX ANDER'S " L'Acadie." Six battalions should be sufli. cient for that purpose—two in Nova Scotia, supplying detachments to Prince Edward's Island and Cape Breton, and four for the Canadaa. But we would recommend the formation of local corps the Royal Acadian Rangers for New Brunswick, and a couple or so of regiments, say the Upper and the Lower Canadian Rangers, to assist in maintaining order and repelling danger along the banks of the St. Lawrence. By such a course con siderable saving would be effected in the expenses attending the transport of troops, and the martial ardour of many of our colonists would be gratified by serving under the banners of the QUEEN. These local regiments would be composed cf men inured to skies which frequently produce debility and disease in soldiers just arrived from a different latitude, and we feel convinced that before the lapse of many y ea rs it would be found that a purely local force would efficiently and legally maintain our colonies against domestic treason or foreign levy. Looking at the question in an economical point of view, the consolidation of each of the 17 reserve battalions, and th e substitution of 79 of 800 men each for the present 96 battalions, would effect a saving of upwards of 350,0001. In the proposed re-organization of the cavalry we entirely concur. The King's Dragoon Guards find the same staff sufficient for eight troops as the other home regiments possess for six. By taking that gallant corps as a model we should have thirteen well-filled regiments in lieu of seventeen skeletons. This speaks for itself. There is no branch of the service in which there is ampler room for improve ment than in the cavalry, so as to diminish its exor bitant cost and consolidate its strength. No branch, in justice we must add, has more honourably distin guished itself upon the field of battle. We trust that the question of army reform may be dealt with in a rational and considerate spirit. It will not do to pare down the army of Great Britain to a skeleton, for the common sense of the English people will not be content to swallow the mawkish rhapsodies of the Peace Congress orators, whom we earnestly recommend to hold a spring meeting at St. Peters , burgh as soon as the ice breaks up, and devote their eloquence to NICHOLAS and his ally the Red EmrE ROR, for in their own country, alas these prophets have but little honour. But without at all impairing the solid strength of our land forces, considerable sav ing can be effected, end these may haply be almost as scrupulously demanded as even the correction of such abuses as the mismanagement of the Royal Forests, or the eradication of such scandals as the sinecure salaries of the hereditary Grand Falconer and the Palace fungi, and the pensions of his Grace of GRAFTON and other coroneted almsmen. Financial Reformers ! lift up your voices loudly and persever ingly against the disgraceful and disgusting misap propriation of the public purse which panders to the shabby pickings of these mock paupers of the State. here we will go with you, heart and hand; but let your zeal be tempered with discretion when you call fur a rigid economy in the Military and Naval de fences of the Empire. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. For two days previously the Reforme had not ap peared. The Sicle thus explains the reason : " When certain journals accuse us of calumniating the Govern ment , we are e b.i e ed to quote f lee . , wh i c h,' uefortunet:ly, always go further than the most exagge rated suppositions of party spirit. M. Bat-oche has just added a new article to the thousand laws against the liberty of the press; never had the firtile spirit a the erecureurs-; (me. aux rf the Restoration, never had the lielarde, the Merchatagye, the Jacquinots de Pauipeluna, the Bruce, and many others; never had" the Persil., the Plougoulene, and the most fivatic teen of repression, the imprudence to interpret the lams on the press and on printing, as M. Batoche now pretends to do. Yesti relay morning the Rflorme did not ap pear. Wu have received the following letter on this subject from the Refurme Last night, at eleven o'clock, our primer came to inform us that he had received a summons from the Parquet, and that, c•mie (Fleetly, it was impossible for him to print our journal. the composition was terminated, but, notwithstanding, the Ittforme could not appear this morning, nor will it du so to-morrow. The moment chosen by the Govern rarnt to shackle our p u thatlel ic s a n t m w e a n s s s e lti ' ng f h il t ly chosen; atthism was merit ve t r i y ) st w ib e s ll ti k tu n t o e w a n n intrigue for the traditional policy of the Iteforme; that on Sunday t'io Ministerial offices were closed, and that it would be impossible fur us to regularise our position towards the finance; there was therefore a certainty of stopping for one or two days a Journal which the Royalists pursue with implacable ani mosity. However this may be, we shall defeat their calculations, mid we hope that the patriotism of our subscribers will not tail us on this occasion; tee seizures may succeed means of intimidation; we shall not stop before the exigencies of the Treasury any more than we have yielchd to the rigour of condemnations.'—lt would have been in all cases a duty for us to lend the support of our publicity to a journal so brutally susf ended ; hut what we wish more particularly to state is the impossible situation which the interpretation of M. Baroche tends to create for printers, tnere,jef a r nd , consequently for the press. For the future, it will be necessary for a printer, before he will consent t ► print a journal, to have every day a certifica . s from the Minister of Finance stating that the caution-money is complete. If the printer does not do it, he exposes himself to an inevitable condemnation to a month's imprisonment and I,ooof. fine. A month's im prisonment which the caprice of the first chef de bureau may make him pass in the company of assassins and tteeees! A month's imprisonment for a misdemeanour which you did not intend to commit, which you could not prevent yourself from committing, which you Lave committed without knowing itl These are monstrosities s Mull must raise the indignation of all honest men. We are willing to hope that there will be only one voice in the press to brand them with reprobation." The Monateur publishes the following official ex planation of the causes which led to the seizure of the Presse on Saturday " The Prese, in its number of Saturday, published an article headed 'ln consequence,' in which it reproduces an entire article of the Reforme, cf the 2d ult., which had led to the condemnation of its responsible editor by the Court of Assizes of the Seine. This reproduction having been made by the Presse in addition to the re port of the trial of tie Reforme has led to the seizure of the Presse at the Post-o ffi ce and its otlice.." The Patrie has the following on the subject of the expressions attributed to Id. Actilux FOULD, in speaking of the Assembly : " The Siecle and the National attribute to ono of the members of the Cabinet language which he has never made ase of. The Government formally rejects these inconsiderate allegations. It deplores time facility with which several journals make themselves the complaisant echoes of the most erroneous and the most malevolent versions. Do they not understand that they expose themselves by these false accounts to injure confidence and public credit, the rapid development of which must be an object of lively satisfaction to all good citizens." The Napoleon thus explains the connexion between itself and the Elysee— _. " The appearance Lf our first number has given rise to the most singular suppositions. It has been pretended that our leader was written by the President of the Re public, and that he even amused himself in correcting the proofs. Such tales do not merit a serious reply. The Emperor Napoleon °len gave a political direction to the Malheur, without thereby being the principal editor of it. Can the President of the Republic be f,rbidden to do the same, either in the Moniteur or any other paper? As fJr the Napoleon, it will endeavour to approach as nearly as possible the ideas of the President of the Re public, without, however, having the pretension to see its own ideas tied words taken for those of the President himself." Toe following communicated note appears in the evening Ministerial jour na l s " Several c.f this morning's journals state that Madame Sand, who had come to Paris to pass a foar days, has been invited by the Police to quit the capital. The alle gation is utterly unfounded." The discusion on the organic law on education commenced on Monday in the Assembly. The whole of the sitting was occupied.by M. BARTELEMY ST HILAIRE, who opposed the Bill, and at the conclusion of whose speech the debate was adjourned. M. PuoupuoN was married a few days since, and he was permitted one day's l eave o f a b sen c e from gaol on the occasion. Lord BROUGHAM and Mr. LEADER have arrived in Paris from Cannes. We understand that the para graph in a journal of the locality, representing his Lordship to have been engaged in some experiments on electrical light, was altogether an invention. PARIS BOURSE, JAN. 15 . --LATEST PRICES —Five per Cents., 94f. 30c. ; Three per Cents, 57f. 75c. ; Bank of France, 2,380 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOC - EXCHANGE, JAN. 1 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 7% , --Orleans a n d Bourdeaux, 33% ex in.—Paris and Rouen , 23;i— Rouen and Havre, 10— Sambre and Meuse, 2%. GERMANY. publishes o'CLocit The Xolner Zeitung, of the 15th inst., the following telegraphic dispatches : ~ BERLIN, JAN. 13, 12 (treating of the legality of " In its further consideration of the propositions . ef ? C r o d u e t r t s ) ), a w n h d ile Ar A ti r e t l i e cle (judicial proceedings against the royal mesrage, the Committee of the Lower House has declined accepting Article 10 (respecting a High 13 11 functionaries) and Article 12 (containing a preamble to paragraph 105 of the Constitution) have been arxepted." "JAN. 14. " There is a probability of a compromise beint ef fected between the Parliament and the Cabinet. The Committee of the Upper House has considered Article 7, treating of the composition of that Houie. It was resolved to assent to an h e reditary peerage, though w i t h some modifications of the original proposition of th e Government, an.a un d e r the condition of the Govern ment granting a greater power to the Houses respect ing I A ttc- -e 8 , which treats of the ways, means, and supplies. "The committee of the Lower House has further re solved to negative 9 10, and 13 ( treatin g of the Lower House, of a High C ou rt, and of t he le g alit y of Minis terial &u ces) ~ and to accept Articles 11 and 12 (int 'me(im- peachmentof f unc tionaries, and preamble to the municipal law)." A Berlin letter of the 12th, in the Kolner Zeitung, contains a positive assertion of the probability of a compromise. The correspondent, who seems to be extremely well informed, protests that several half- Oficial articles which have lately disturbed the public mind are neither more nor less than the " gnu(' -swell of certain indiscretions," and that unless the Royal messageiwere negatived from the first letter to the last (an event which is by no means probable), the Ministers will be enabled to remain in office. The same correspondent asserts that the KING i s resolved to take his oath to the Constitution, even if his propositions were totally disregarded ; that the Erfurt Parliament is a political necessity for Prussia ; and that it is equally necessary that the solution of the Prussian crisis should precede the meeting of that Parliament. A letter from Berlin states that, in consequence of a military convention between Mecklenburg and Prussia, the army of the former is henceforth to form part of the sth division of the Prussian army, and be placed under the orders of General WRANGEL. The Austrian journal the Presse, recently suspended at Vienna, has been interdicted in the Buckownie, and Cracow. General HAYNAu has published a notification at Pesth to the effect that sequestration of property for political offences shall no longer be pronounced ; and that those persons who may think themselves in jured by sequestrations already declared, may ap peal to the military commanders of districts for redress. It appears from the Wurtemberg papers that the public opinion in that country, thAigh but lately op posed to the Prussian league, is beginning to set. In with a still stronger current in its favour. Public declarations for the Federal State and the Erfurt Parliament are frequent, but the KING and the Go vernment of Wurtemberg are Atill oppose.d to Prussia. ITALY. Letters from Turin, of the 9th, state that the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, after a warm debate, had voted the ratification of the treaty of peace, concluded at Milan on the 6th of August lag, with the Austrian Government. Of 129 depu ties who voted 112 voted for the ratification, and 17 against it. In the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, on the Bth, the Minister of Public Instruction pre sented a Bill on Secondary Instruction, and another for the Re-organization of the Uni versity of Sardinia. The Chamber afterwards deliberated on the Bill provisionally regulating the budget of 1849, and adopted the two articles of the measure, as agreed to by the committee and the Ministry. The Chamber also voted five articles of a Bill to authorise the collection of the taxes until such time as the budget of 1850 had been definitively passed. The said collection is to be permitted to the end of April next. Some changes proposed by M. BALBO in the regulations were also agreed to. A letter from Rome of the sth says :—" Two more regiments of infantry, the 50th aid the 68th, are leaving Italy, the first tor France, the other for Oran. Generals JOHN LEVAILLANT, THIBY, NIEL, MOLHERII, and Dz TINAN are also recalled. The *active force of the French army is now reduced to 14 or 15,000 men. The health of the troops has much improved. There are now only 760 men in the hospitals " The Gazette du Midi of Marseilles has the follow ing from Rome, dated the sth inst. :—" The supplica tions from all the towns of the Roman States have at length touched the paternal heart of Pius IX. After having maturely deliberated with his Cardinals, the POPE has declared to the diplomatic corps that he will return to his capital in the middle of January." A letter from Florence of the sth says :—" For the last fey years the cold has not been felt so severely here as it is now. All the hills near the city are covered with snow, and the thermometer has been as low as 12 degrees of Reaumur (10 2-5 degrees Fahrenheit)." PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) S 0 UTHAMPTON, `WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, has just arrived, with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails. Her arrival has been detained by heavy northerly gales in the Bay of Biscay and on the Spanish coast. We have accounts from Lisbon of the 9tb, contain ing a copy of the Queen of Portugal's Speech at the opening of the Cortes on the 2d inst. Up to the time of the packet's leaving Lisbon nothing of particular interest had taken place in the Cortes. M. Rebello Cabral had been re-elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. The English squadron had returned to the Tagus. The Lisbon Board of Health had issued a notifica tion declaring all ports in England, save Liverpool, disinfected. According to our correspondent there was no truth in the reports spread in Lisbon respecting a com mencement of revolutionary acts at Evora, Chaves, and other places. It appears that the Portuguese Chargé-d'Affaires, recently returned from Madrid, had stated that 30,000 Spanish troops would be ready to enter Portugal upon the first requisition of the Count de Thomar. The Count di Lavradio was to move an amend ment to the answer to the Throne in the Upper House on the 12th, when an angry debate was looked for upon the political state of the country with reference to the position of Count Thomar, as President of the Council. Upon the Lisbon Exchange a large supply of London paper had appeared with few takers, except Board of Public Credit, which has remitted 14,0001. by this packet. Exchange on London, 54; discount on Bank-notes, 18k- per cent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsDAr. CHESTER CI7P.-600 to 20 agst Lady Evelyn (t), 33 to 1 agst Peep-o'-day Boy (t), 40 to 1 agst Cossack (t), 40 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 50 to 1 agst Fugleman (t), 50 to 1 agst Miss Ann (t), 1,000:to 20 agst Grief (0,1,000 to 15 agst llarriott (t), 1,000 to 15 agst Little Jack (t), 550 to 10 offered apt all the three vrs old. Tho handicap is very highly spoken of by all parties here. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-15 to 1 agst Peter Simple (t), 15 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (t), 15 to 1 agst Rattrap, 20 to 1 agst Fanny Grey, 25 to 1 agst Chandler, 25 to 1 agst Vain Hope. METROPOLITAN STAKES.-20 to 1 agst Testator, 22 to 1 agst Black Eaglo, 25 to 1 sgst Borneo. DERRY.-9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 10 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, 16 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t), 16 to 1 agst The Italian (1), 18 to 1 so The Nigger, 1,000 to 15 agat Yew Tree. 'We understand that Sir Claude Scott, Bart., has sent the steel barrels which burst in his hands, and about which so much discussion has taken place, to Mr. Witton, 82, Old Broad-street, to be exhibited to the public and all parties interested, to enable them to judge for themselves ; further particulars of which will be found in another psrt of our paper. DEATH OF MRS. BARTLEY.—Thia lady, who WAS for many ye ars a brilliant ornament of the t-agic stage, died 3 esterday morning, at her residence, No. 11, Wo burn-square, after a severe and protracted illness, which la•ted far seven years. Her disorder was a general 1 ara lysis, but her consciousness was perfect up ta the mo ment of her dissolution. The deceased was f.rmerly Miss Smith, who, in 1806, made 'her first curtsey to London audience in old Covent-garden. During th e very first season of her prosperous career, Mrs. Siddons returned to the stage, and on the same boards; and the best proof of Mrs. Bartley's genius that can be given is, that they played alternately Alicia and Jane Shore without detriment to the fame of the younger actress. On the destruction by fire of Covent-garden Theatre, in 1808, Miss Smith accepted an engagement on London t3rrus in Dublin. She remained in Ireland for three years, at the end of which period she made her second appearance at Covent-garden in 1811. Here she re mained, first, foremost, and without a rival, until 1814, when she transferred her services to new Drury-lane. Soon after she became Mrs. Bartley, the wife of the excellent comedian. Mrs. Bartley died in tlie 65th year of her age. She who numbered Joanna Baillie and Sir Walter Scott among her warmest friends and fondest admirers, and who was summoned to Windsor Castle and Buckingham House to charm the ear of royalty by her incomparable elocution, can have been no ordinary woman—no ordinary actress. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—A few weeks ago a case came on fir hear ing before the Salford Magistrates, at the New Batley Court-house, in which the London and North-Western Railway Company were the appellants, against a rate laid upon that portion of the Liverpool and Manchester section of their lines lying within the township of Bar ton-upon•lrwell. The rate levied was 1,3361. 9s. 6d., and of this the company had raid 6701 The magis trates on that occasion decided that the company were too late with their appeal, they having allowed three special and three quarter sessions to pass over without coming forward with their case. They were ordered, therefore, to ray the remainder of the rate, and the overseers of the poor understood that they would do so ; but upon an application being made to them shortly afterwards, they again objected, and accordingly a summons was taken against them. On the day of hearing, however, it appeared that the magistrates on the bench (Messrs. Brandt and J. H. Wanklyn) were shareholders of the company, and therefore the case was adjourned until Thursday last, when a more impartial bench_ should be sitting. The case having been again entered into, Mr. Kent, solicitor, who appeared in or d er to watch the pro ceedings on belia:f of the company , was asked b y 3a Trafford, the magistrate, wh e th er t h e company wore rpre pared to pay. He replied in the negative, and he was then it firmed that a warran t of distress would be taken ()IA against them. Thi s w ill pro b a b ly b e done in a few days. The company object to p. .y the full rate because they contend that their property has much depreciated in value, on account of the diminution of the traffic upon this part t f the line within the last few months. Oa Tuesday moorings were laid in the Sloyne for the use of the new line of American mail steamers from New York to th e Mersey —Liverpool Mercury. EnßATum.—ln the course of the second paragraph of our first h achrg article of la3t evening, a "troop cf the 16th Regiment" should have been a " company of the 16th Regiment," MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm, and prices of Surat were nearly d. per lb. higher. The sales were estimated at about 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 3,000 American, 350 Pernam and Maranham, at 6id. to 6,1 d.; 300 Bahia, at 6-ad. to 60.; 150 Egyptian, at 71d. to 81d.; and 1,000 Surat, at 44d. to 4Hd. per lb.—Rail way Shares were firm. A work of considerable utility to the large and influ ential class in this country engaged in mercantile pur suits, as well as to the statistician, has been completed by Mr. D. M. Evans, most favourably known as the author of "The Commercial Crisis." The book in question is entitled " The Annual Commercial Register, wad General Record of Prices in the Year 1849," and there as no subject of prominent, we might truly affirm of even minute interest, upon which banker, merchant, stockbroker, or trader, may not consult it. If we were to select portions that seem to us more particularly to meet a watt that we have ourselves, no doubt in common with hundreds of ethers, too often experienced, we should point to the record of all mee tings of public companies, 86(.., held in the c , ty of London, the date of the arrival of mails, frequently irksome to trace back, the account of all matters aff:cting the in terest of foreign bondholders, comprised within the year, notices of important bankruptcy cases, Board of 'l'r agile returns, events in the colonies and foreign countries, and debates in Parliament. This information is so succinctly arranged both in the index and the monthly chronology, that we can at once refer to it, while an annual retrospect digests the whole, and a full statement e f prices meets the requirement of parties connected with the produce markets. The example which England is setting in respect to its Navigation-laws is telling upon other countries with unmistakeable effect. The Dutdt Government has se riously in contemplation a modification of its code, and petitions have been presented to the Second Chamber of the States General, net only by the Chamber of Commerce at Rotterdam, but likewise by individual merchants, agents, and s hip- owners o f th a t port, strongly urging an alteration. In a spirit the most truckling and pettifogging the Times has come forward to advertise the loan of Messrs. Baring, and accordingly recommends the same as an in vestment, which, upon a nice calculation of present payment in full, and of the faithful maintenance of the sinking fund, violated as we stated yesterday, upon a former occasion, gives 5/. ls. per cent. per annum. And here ends the morality of the question. It sees nothing but pounds, shillings, and pence in the matter, declares that merchants may become mere money gamblers, and lend their money for any purpose, however immoral—a doctrire that would be scouted before a legal tribunal in the caae of any third-rate bill-discounter— with alvaitage to England, and without violence to their own CODSC'eIiCC. Such was neither the principle nor the practice in the days of Sir Thomas Gresham, and, although we are fully aware as commercial writers that the Legislature cannot or ought not to it terfere with the free distribution of wealth, we recognise the importance as we trust we shall at least in course of time behold the triumph of public opinion. Fo reign loam, in a broad politico-economical sense, are undoubtedly objectionable, and result in injury to the louder if the interest 1 - e not duly met, in an annual drain upon the borrower, if punc tually, diFcharged. When the great aim is to reduce our national exl.eaditurc, especially under the head of army and navy, is it not suicidal to advance to other naaions the means of supporting theirs? Finally, whatever the Times may assert, we have not the slightest hesitation in declaring that the whole mercantile community, properly so called, who live by fair trading, and not mere jobbing and loan mongering, view the Russian scheme with dictate. It disturbs all calculation, and unsettles the prospects of the Money Market, which el ea temporarily del aaged. ri quires a new lever to support it. At the London and Westminster Bank meeting to day the following report was read and adopted:— " The net profiis of the bank during the last half year have amounted to 3 . 2,391/. 08.3 d. These profits have enabled the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and to add 2,391/. OF. 3d. to the surplus fund. This fund will then amount to 107,8441. 14?. 6d. The three directors who go out by rotation, are John Garratt Cattley, Esq., James Denis de Vitre, Esq., and George Hanson, Esq. They are eligible f re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK, DEC. 31, 1849. Dr. s. d. To Proprietors for paid-up Capital ... 1,000,000 0 0 To amount due by the Bank for De posits, Circular Notes, &c. To Rest, or Surplus Fund a. To Profits of the past Half-year ... ... 3,683,623 10 9 105,453 14 3 32,391 0 3 £4,818,468 5 3 Cr. X :,. d By Government Stock, Exchequer bills, and India Bonds By other securities, including bills dis counted, loans to custoiners, &c 3,158,014 12 1 By cash iu hand 686,761 16 1 £4,818,468 5 3 PROFIT AND LOSS, 31ST DECEMBER, 1849. Dr. .£ s. d To payment of the dividend now de clared, at the rate of six per cenr. per annum on a captal of 1,000,0001, for the half-I•ear ending 31at De cember, 1849 To balance of unappropria"ed profits 30.000 0 0 107,844 14 6 £137,844 14 6 Cr. £ B. By Balance of unappropriated pro fits, on 30th June, 1849 ... By net profits of the past half-year, after defraying the total expense of management, paying the income-tax, and making provision for all bad and doubtful debts 105,453 14 3 32,391 0 3 £137,844 14 6 By balance of unappropriated profits £107,844 14 6 The English Funds have been depressed again this morning, and money stock has come to market. Con sols have been 96 to 961 for Transfer, and 968 to for Account. The West quotations aro 96i 8 for the for mer, and 968 u for the latter. The next settling day will be February 14. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. have realised 98/ to 1, and the Three per Cents. 961 to 8. Bank Stock has been lower, viz., 2071 India Stuck is at 268. The premium on Exchequer - bills is down to 575. to 605., money being rather more in demand. The settlement is in progress, and exercises considerable influence on the quotations. Two or three large oterators left their accounts open until the last moment, and have, as usual, been made to pay fur their temerity. Thus a " continuation" r£ - a has been charged, which is about 4i per cent, or much above the current value of murey ; and, indeed, if we take the te d p a e y r 's v p ai r e ic e e , of Consuls at 97, instead of calculating the the inlet would exceed 41. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been small. Spanish Five per Cents. have br en 19i 1; Portuguese Four per Cents., 36; and Bra zilian 89. Mexican are 29 to I.; and Buenos Ayres 49. Danish Stock has been at par for tLe Five lor Cents., Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent.. have I ealisei 90 to and Dutch Two- an d- a -H a f ec Cents. 55i to Railway Share) support previous values ; Eustetn Counties are bigler. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 20 7 1 / .2 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Anna. 9BA 143/4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1880_ 8% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-16 India Stock 268 India Bonds under 1,000/........ ....... 97 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 96% Consols for Account .• Exchequer Bills 1 1 4 d. March. June. 60 57 60 1,%91. .500/ - Small — 60 57 60 P 60 57 60: 'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9 Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 49 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.— Ditto, 5 per Cent Guatemala Bonds 25 Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account... 34% Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account . 19 % 14 Dividends on the above payable in Lonaon. Belgian 4 1 / per Cent. Dutch 21 4 5 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto for the Account .... 10SINESS DONE IX RAILWAY SHARES AT ONA O'CLOCK RAILITArs. YAM. PEE Smuts. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference B3 - Amber., Notting., Boston,&c. N I - •••• • to -- kyrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. - Berks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 3irmingnam & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ....„ Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 e — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 28-i - ..... to -- _ .. suckinghamshire.. 17 1 ,4 1 6 34 Li. to 17 1 4 Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference, 10 ...... 8 LA, to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 ...... Chester and H01yhead......... 50 ..... 93 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - . ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 54 to Dalin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... East Anglia, 254 L. & E., akd L. & D ~. Ditto, l 51., E. & H is ... .. D.,, 3/. 10s., 6p. Ct. Pref. 31 / i — - Do, 7/. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 - Easterr! Couutie, ... Do. New Guarani - . 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d.. % p x. i to Do„ do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... %p..to -- Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - Do., 5 por cent. Ditto, New - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... 25 Ditto, ditto, Cl ass A, ditto 6 Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 29 /ast Lancashire ..... ._ ...... 25 - Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference QU 3 I ter Shares 64...... Eat Lincolnshire 25 — x. i. tO "" Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Ditto, Half Shares - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeavil, & Dorchester 2% x. i. to •-•• Exeter and Exmouth 41ssg., Du m fries, & Carlisle..B/. 6s.Bd — ..... to --" 'Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ._. .. - Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 12% — ...... to ....• Great Northern........ Do. 1 4 A Deferred ........ 12% — ...... to -• Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 12 1 / 2 lOl ll to Gt. South. & Wok,. (Ireland) 50 — to --' , MO treat North of England 100 — • •.•• to ...-• Ditto, New 40/... ... .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto .... ..... ... .. 35 Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ••• •• •..... to Ditto, New 151............... 15 ...... . ... to ;rent Western 100...... 64 65 61% to 6 5 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ ;lull and Selby 5O lOl ..... to ...• Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 — . .... to •-'' Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% — ...... to -' Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds - Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 49 ..... . ...... to Ditto Quarters 23% to Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds ...... ...... 16% ...... Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 50 - Do., West Riding Union-. 10 .... . 3%.. Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... c tO Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leads and Bradford 5O .....103 ...... to ••••• Leeds and Thirsk ......... - ..... to •"'" Do. , do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .„ — ..... tO "' Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. I'ref. Quarters:.lB4B... 9 Liverpool.Crosby,andSouth- _ _ _ port. London & 81ackwa11......11/.65.3d — ...... to Gond., Bright.,& South Coastloo ..... 82 ..... to 83 Do., New 51., gua. 6 pr Ct.loo ..... to De. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 60 ..... London and Greenwich... 121.15 x. 4d... Ditto Preference ii London &North Western-100-.114% 114 115 U to 1- i Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths r' O. 10t. Shares-. ,-1... & M 35 — to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 LOD doll and S. Western .....~109 L)itto. New 506.-- .............. 42%,..,.. „.... to "- Ditto, New 40/ i ;c., New Scrip, 1848, Frei 7 per Cent Londolderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares r.ondonderry and Enniskillen 25 — - Do., Half Shares 5 ...... ...... to "" L .-Nestoff, guar. 4 l er of 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 tlanctt Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo Ditto 4 Shares( No. 1) ... 25 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3)... 12% ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... •••• Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. .......... ...... 20 Ditto. ditto ... ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... - Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2$ — Midland.......- ... ...... ..too Ditto, Consul. Prefereace...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 80 Midland, iiirm., and Derby...100 ~.. Midland, Consul. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 , ..•• idland, afidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 • ...... W Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... .. ...... 0 .." Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan snington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . ............ : 0 . Ni idld. Great Western (Irish) 47% — ...... tO Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar.... Sewcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... --- ............ : ....... -- - tO '' Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... — •••••• Newmarket ...... ..„ ..... ... 28 . Ditto Extension Scri... V. 1 2s — ..... to .. ... Newport Abergy., and lleret. 6 Newry an Enniskillen ...... / --- ••..•• to Newry, Warrenpoint, ana , a •••• IZo!strevor «•••• 20 ••••• —••— ~. S r ortolk .••••• ..... 10G .....••• 25 ...... to Ditto New 201. to . to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per e t. 20 - Do. Do. 512 per cent 5 __ ...... to Do. do. Waven e y V a ll ey 2 "". -- 4-11 '''' '•J •••••• ..... oTtliern Counties Uni on ...... te North British .• .. ... ...... . 25 ...... ..... to ''''. , , itto Vali Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 ,4 — Do. Quarters 6 ' 4 ....... OM Ditto Thirds . — Si g ... .... Ditto, Preference North Staftordshire... .. ...... 17 1 4 North Wales - ..„ Borth Western ...... 13N C ) xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildfd.,& R e i gate 15M 16% ex.i t° g ..., Royston and Hitchin - 54!4..... Wl5 icottish Midland .... ....... .... 2 5 5 Scottish Central; to a to ..... .„,. Ditto, Now 2` ) lA to ...... ... ... Shrewsbury and Birminghiux It %....„ ex .ist to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 ..... ..„, Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Fhrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester .... D (N it o t r o . H W aive l s i , n.) Ditto... 18 9 . 1 - - ••••" I t e e 0' tO ''' Ditto, Osweatry lBl4 — •••• ...• Ditto (New)... • .... ...., Ditto 8 per Cent. Pret....... 10 .• Shropshire Union 64...., ...... t° ... South Devon .. ..., te Ditto, Preferen c e 25 South Staffordshire.... Bl4 — ..•••• to 19 $ South Eastern: 33% 2O ...... to /. Ditto, N'~ 2. ..... .0 . Ditto, No. 3: ". . Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. 0. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaater tO and Goole l2 , heflield, Rotherham, and . w Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 perct. 16% — ... •. 4, / Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca- to - meron's Sten. Coal 7 -"" ...... _ C0a1..... •• • • . t 0 1... - raw Vale Extension rharnes Haven Dock and to .' Railway .... 17 1 ,4 •«•• •. t° .... Vale of Neath ... ........... ~. 10 . Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... ..... __ / Waterford and Limerick ... Waterford,Weaford,Wieldw, to / and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per cent. . Guaranteed o _ Do. do. do. . t° Do. do. do. . to West Cornwall /Vhitehaven and Furness lB ... , ...» Iv Windsor, Staines, and South . to 0. Western..... 26% ...... t° .„,°- Wilts,Somerset,&Weymou to fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 to th 45 Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Prof. 8 . w Do. Hartlepool Lk. & Rly. 100 to Fork and Nortb"Midland .. 50 IP' Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Lnglo Italian (late Italian a„, ..• 0. and Austrian) S IJ ._ ...... t 0 Boulogne and:Amiens ... 20 .. ... 74 ...... o Central of France ( O r l eans / and Vierzon) ..., 2O ' ...... _ Demerara. ...... ..... . 17%- t w • •••• """ .t o batch Rhenish .. 8 j ..-.. 1 1 ,4%1• o' East Indian Ditto ... 2O ..... - -••••• to •*"' Great Indian Peninsular 6 •••-• - ...... to .., Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 10e. - .....• to ... Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... 0"" Luxembourg 7%.••••• - ...... .. ...,, Ditto ... 10 .. ... 2% ..•••. I to ..0 Madrid and Valentia - • ... . 0 to Namur and Liege - ...... 0 .0 Northern of France 14/ Bs.. ... Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ...,.. 8% 13 / 4 S'' to •"" Paris and Orleans... 2O - •••,•• „. tO Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 12 - •.... ..• to Rouen and Havre 2O - ...... „.. Sambre and Meuse - ... to Strasburg and Bah 3 ..... ...... 14 , - ...... to ""' Tours & .Nantes ... .. ...... .. 18 - •••••• Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to .0 - die . ; to 0 , and Hasselt .. .... el. 20 ....... •-• ••"'" to •"" West Flanders 1854 - •..... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia 40 • ...• 22 ..... 25 ....• to ....° British North Ame r i can - ...... to Colonial - • . Commercial of Lo n d on 2O - to o'' London Joint Stock ~.- ..... 10 - ••••. o ~.• ..,„„, London and Westminster ... 20 - •••••• to W .- National Provincial of Engld. 85 - ...*" to 0"" Ditto, New - ••••". to •*". National of Ireland 22% - -•*.* to '"' Provincial of Ireland: 25 - ox.dt• to ..• Ditto, New - ..... to / Union of Australia Ditto, New - 2% - ....... w 0 .. ~. Union of London ... 10 -. ..... . o ••• 40 OM= Union of Madrid MMES. to Anglo ilexican lOO ........• --- m... "1 Asturian - • """, to to Australian ..... to Barrossa Range 2Bs. ...... -- .••••• to ..... No. 11. 0 Bleenarven Iron and C oa l to ...... .0, Bolarlos Scrip British Iron - ..... to ... Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24% -- '''. to ••'"' 0,,, Ditto Cocaes and C u i a b a. .. 80 Ditto St. John Del Boy .~ 15