The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-23 00:00:00

TO THE SHARnOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL MERCANTILE LICE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. A DIVIDEND of FIVE PER CENT. per A.NNUM, for the ye ending 31st December last, on the Proprietors' Stock, will be P.. 1.1171 on application at this Office, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'Clook, on and after the 27th JANUARY instant. By order of the Directors, FRED. BANICART, 1 Secretaries. J. L. EVANS, Arthur-street West, London -bridge, Jan. 23, 1845. The Dividend cannot be paid until the Shareholder has executed the Deed of Settlement, or a Deed of Covenant, to abide by its rules and regulations. THEATRE T HIS ROT E V E N ING RURY-LANE. Will be repeated a Grand Opera Soda, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. LUsignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr., Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro , Miss Poole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTO'MIME or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON qaUSOE. Robinson Crusoe ,i Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. The Box.ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. _THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, celled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Sl.rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Poilipion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Veatris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING __ _ b• Will be repeated k special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) is New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, 31r. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son ,• Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Bedford ,• Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which will be repeated a New Farce, called THE COR PORAL'S WEDDING; or, a Kiss of the Bride, in which Messrs. Lambert, Hudson, and Selby, and Miss 'Woolgar will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the King of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lens dale; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ottlce open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING WM be repeated an English Version of the ce'ebrated Opera Butte, in Two Acts, called THE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. the Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corfi ; Lindor, Mr. Allen; Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. tdattacks ; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss Brentnall. To be followed by a new Divertissement, called THE IRI H .WEDDING. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Miss Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Rouniet, Mr. ,Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW 13 , - . :yviTCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Waller Lacy; Mrs. Lon :ner, Mrs. Stirling. Aft,* which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Durlesque Extravaginza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grit doff; Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr. Granby; fiber, Mr. Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. lid. ; Boxes, 2.5. ; Plt, Is. - Gallery, W. Private notes. Two Guineas and - One Guinea and a. Half ,• Presce. Winn Boxes, Two Guineas a nd a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. the Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. idassingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. Stage Manager Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUMHOU S . E.ATE ENGLISH OPERA. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantomimical. Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Kee!ey Mrs.. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, fts.; Pit, 2s. I Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2r. ; sipper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second fier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the _Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. The Box.ofticei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. GRAND JUVENILE FETES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and In the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased t y Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in tha Feats of Horse klianSh ip. After which, a Brilliant Military Cavalcade, introducing Thirteen Female Equestrians, entitled THE HUNGARIAN BRIGADE; or, Female Cavalry. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, edled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the slack Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H, Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury, Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells, Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art o Riding by Mr. W. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE In compliance wiiiiiiiewisVe;t7friu;;;;TsPam will be performed in the middle of the Evening.—Continuation of the moat brilliant Success ever known. THIS EVENINH _ Winne repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End Of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corr! (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Honner, Lewis. Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs, W. Daly, and Miss Martin. To be PA owed by an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime. called POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND, PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H: Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri• ; Columbine, Miss Mailer. To conclude with T HE WET NURSE. Supported Isy Messrs. Neville, W. Smith,:and Lewis, Miss Martin, &c. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE Extraordinary Success of " Marianne; or, The Child of Charity, and the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENI NG Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sun ported by Mr. o:baldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. Niggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, MONSEIGNEUR. Monseigneur, the French Jack Sheppard, Miss Vincent. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime,. eitilled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman- and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin(); Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney ; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Fite. THE WEATHER.-SCIN OFFICE, JAN. 23. THEamomETEn, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 44, BAROMETER, 30.9.-WIND, S. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 51 minutes after 1 f Evening ... II minutes after 2. length of speaking of free trade with respect ! Yes, he had positively expressed himself—the monster ! not unfavourably disposed towards the experiment ! These were his very words :—" The doctrine of free trade is the doctrine of common sense." "It might be so," added Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY, " but the agriculturists had not as yet sense enough to under stand it." The speaker is right. The agriculturistshave not sense enough fully to appreciate the advantages of free trade ; and GOD only knows when they will have, for intelligence crawls among them quite at a snail's pace, notwithstanding the indefatigable exertions of the Anti-Corn-law League, who for years past have been doing all they can to illumine them on the sub ject of their true interests. Poor Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY ! He must be in a grievous state of tribulation and perplexity, for nothing that Minis ters say or do, seems to give him the slightest plea sure. Nothing is right, but everything is wrong in the political world. Society is turned quite topsy turvy, and men scarcely know whether they are stand ing on their heads or their heels. As for the present Parliament, it is but a " compact of saints and sin ners—such a shoal of New England, and scarcely a representative cf Old England among them !" As we are far too polite to venture seriously to differ with the llon. Member for Northamptonshire, we will allow that there is some justice in his descrip• tion of the House of Commons. It is really and truly a " compact of saints and sinners"—the latter preponderating—nevertheless, like another illustrious personage, it is not so black as it is painted, but con tains within itself not a few of the seeds of good, which, under favourable auspices, will, we trust, bring forth fruit in due season. We felt it to be our duty, some time ago, on an nouncing the vacancy which had occurred by the death of the late ILTID NICHOLL, Esq., in the office of her MAJESTY'S Proctor, to exhibit some glimpses of that unlimited nepotism which has, for so long a course of years, appropriated all the lucrative offices connected with the Courts of Doctors' Commons in the two families of the NICHOLLS and the JENNERS, and their nearest kinsmen. We showed how this line of hereditary office-bearers, virtute nominis, was con tinued, by links of a " golden chain," like that which the poets fabled as binding this globe to the footstool of JOVE'S " empy teal throne"—from the supreme judge in the ecclesiastical and spiritual jurisdictions, down to their inferior officers. We demonstrated that the rule of office-appropriation, in that somewhat obscure region of the law, was so strictly exclusive, that all the possessors of appointments within the gift of the Dean of the Arches, or the vicarious patronage of the Archbishop, are but varying phases of the Jenner-Nicholl, Nicholl-Jenner, Jenner-D yneley, Dyke-Jenner combination, which overrules and over-rides the whole of these judicial and official establishments. In conclusion, we did venture to ex press an earnest hope that on the occasion of filling this vacancy in the office of QUEEN'S Proctor, the chain of nepotism would be broken, and that room would be made for the induction of the most ex perienced and best qualified practitioner among the proctor-candidates into this appointment. It gave us great pain to name one of those candidates, Mr. F. HART DYKE, as one of the "family compact," be cause we knew how highly and justly respected he was for his probity and business-like habits. But he stood in a degree of relationship to the judge which made the several appointments already held by him distinctions provoking much invidious commentary, especially when his pretensions were opposed to those of men of much higher pretensions on the score of seniority, experience, and legal knowledge, as well as knowledge of mere technical practice in the courts and registries of the civil law and maritime courts. This gentleman (if we mistake not the junior of the several candidates) has been appointed her MA... JESTY'S Proctor. It is painful to find so little sense of decorum operating with those who control such an appointment. These are not the days in which family favouritism in public affairs—and this is one of that class—can be safely persisted in. The public opinion has been loudly and emphatically expressed against class-legislation. The motive of this hostility is a generous desire to see the law devised and ad ministered for the benefit of all, not of the few. But family office jobbing is a sin against the good sense, as well as the good feeling of the public. They will not endure that the example of the Roman Pontiffs in elevating to all points of honour and emolument, not the worthiest candidates for them, but those most nearly allied by blood or by family connexions to themselves, should be imitated, though on a micro scopic scale, in the genial atmosphere of Doctors' Commons. It may be very true that, as one of our Contemporaries has stated, the gentleman appointed her MAJESTY'S Proctor is the Proctor employed by Sir ROBERT PEEL. This fact does not help the matter. It cannot purge the transaction of the taint of outrageous favouritism. But it may be productive of one good effect, in common with most of the indiscretions committed by the Premier—it may tend ultimately to advantageous results never contemplated by him. For the last twenty years, at least, there have been impending over that classic ground of the canon and civil law, of spiritual tribunal and civil forums, threats more or less formidable of inquiries into antiquated customs and modern abuses, snug sinecures, &c., &c. By dint of some clever management and wheedling on the part of Hon. and Learned, or of Right lion. Members, attached to them in divers capacities, the discussion of the expediency of going into such matters is always tided over till the fast outrunning current of the session leaves it stranded, high and dry, among the dropped orders of the session, where it is clear it must remain till the " springs" of the following year, when, in the shape'of new or renewed notices of motion, it may float off again upon the surface of the business periodically brought before the Legislature. Terrible things have been talked of; some of them but reasonable propositions ; others, unfair in themselves and calculated to produce ruinous consequences. It has been endeavoured to open the advocates' bar to barristers—to allow attorneys to practise as proctors—to reduce all fees—to reform the whole scheme of appeal courts, &c. The peril has from time to time subsided; the storm has blown over. But most assuredly the spirit of indifference which this last appointment manifests for public opinion (so decidedly intimated as that has been through the public press against the continuance of all family monopolies of office), is the sort of challenge best calculated to provoke in the House of Commons a searching, uncompromising, and severe scrutiny into "the way in which they manage these matters" south of St. Paul's Churchyard. The Madrid Gazette of the 15th inst. contains the new regulations for the management of municipal cor porations throughout the country, the great object of which is to place them as much as possible under the control of the Central Government. The debate on the Clergy Rotation Bill was still going on in the Chamber of Deputies. Her Majesty the QUEEN• MOTHER had announced to the Committee on the Es timates her marriageiwith MoNoz, for the purpose, we suppose, of obtaining a pension suited to his new rank and dignity as a grandee of Spain. The intelligence from Morocco, by way of Gibraltar, is not favourable. Anarchy was said to prevail in the interior, and the authority of the EMPEROR had been much weakened by the peace with France. Some accounts even infer that Ann-EL-KADER is plotting against him. The Three per Cents. closed at 32i for cash, and 33 at 60 days ; th , 2 Five per Cents. at 238 for cash, and 24 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 274 for the ISth of February next; and the Floating Debt at 80 at 60 days. The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies, if such an exhibition can be so called, was resumed on Friday; and as M. TIIIERS, who is supposed to be the prime mover in the intrigue against his friend M. GUIZOT, was to speak, some interest was excited to hear his denunciations against the Ministry; but mi serable must have been the disappointment, judging from the first part of his speech. It contained abso lutely nothing except what had been said and written fifty times about Morocco and Otaheite, the Eng. lish alliance, and the visit to Windsor Castle. We never remember any similar occasion when the French ever orators were in such difficulty ,for a theme. Un luckilyth there is no passion of the day to play upon— y foreign grievance is worn out ; the right of search is an old almanac, and no fictitious story has been got up, to give it life, abous the capture of fair traders on the coast of Africa, and the brutality of Eng lish sailors. This is a grievous oversight on the part of the coalition. In fact, if these intriguers had not England to talk about, and e3pecially "one PRITCHARD," who from a quiet, inoffensive mis sionary, has been transformed into the "lion of the day," they might give up business. Yet the occasion is not so barren of subjects. Why not talk about other countries as well as England ? Why do these patrons of democracy—these friends of the people, and these ardent advocates of liberal institutions — not pass the Pyrenees, and see what Frenchmen have done for liberty in Spain ? In that devoted country they could find ample scope for the expression of patriotic feeling (for France cannot see despotism in Spain without thinking of her own fate) ; they would see the Constitution trampled upon by a mer cenary army—trial by jury, and even the ordinary forms of justice, which are observed in absolute states, set at defiance—hundreds of Spaniards who resisted Nan VAEZ and an abandoned woman shot like mad dogs, and the only men who could raise their voice in the Cortes against such atrocities, either thrown into prison or banished like felons to penal colonies. But perhaps we do M. THIERS injustice. He had not finished his speech when the post left Paris on Tues day ; he may have asserted the principles which brought him first into notice as a politician ; but the chances are small, when we look at the utter silence of the Opposition press, and, above all, the silence of his own journal on every topic that ought to exercise the mind of a liberal statesman. The following brief extract from his speech will show that Morocco, Ota heite, and PRITCHARD are the great grievances of which he complains. The speaker, after lamenting that neither Marshal BUGEAUD nor the Prince DE JOINVILLE had sufficient forces under their com mand to vindicate the claims of France, says—" It was not in consequence of the difficulties offered by the season that the treaty had been so hastily concluded ; it was owing to the apprehension of new complications with England. France had made England the judge of her grievances, which the latter had pronounced to be well-founded, and it appeared, even by the documents seized after the victory of Isly, that she recommended the EMPEROR to satisfy them. France was consequently, at the time, in a favourable condi tion to obtain an advantageous peace. But then she was engaged in one of the most serious compli cations with England ; the young diplomatist who represented her in Londan, described in terms of great emotion the dangers of the position, and insisted on speedy' satisfaction being given by France. The Ministry in their alarm had then seen the necessity of throwing the heavy baggage over board, and on the 29th and 30th of August, within an interval of 24 hours, satisfaction was granted to Lord ABERDEEN for the treatment of Mr. PRIT CHARD at Otaheite, and directions were forwarded to its negotiators at Cadiz to insist only on the redress of the four grievances which France complained of previous to the commencement of hostilities, and to conclude peace at any price. All these concessions, he maintained, had been made under the impression caused by the complication of Otaheite, and the inte rests of France in Morocco had been sacrificed to that consideration." The Journal des Debuts, and indeed most of the papers, assert that nothing can be gained by talk. There is but one question which occupies every mind —" Shall the Ministry be overthrown by the coali tion ?" That is the entire affair. As long as the co alition shall not have appeared at the tribune, there will be words but no action, and it is action alone which gives importance to words. Well, the coalition has appeared in the person of M. TRIERS, and still there are only words, because there are no facts ; the vote is everything. The following remarks of the Presse on this point display judgment, though we re gret to say, the latter paragraph contains assertions which destroy much of their effect, because the writer must have known that he states what is contrary to facts. England was deserted by France, when it suited her purpose, both as regards the affairs of Spain and the East:— "We gave good advice to the adversaries and to the friends of Ministers, but neither followed it. The ad vice we gave them was to pass over the general dis cussion, and to arrive at once at the paragraph upon which the existence of the Cabinet ought to turn. To what purpose are all those preliminaries except to ener vate the debate ? The sitting of Monday will not have changed our views on that subject. Five orators were heard, and still the question did not advance one step. Why not at once enter on the affairs pending ? Our foreign and domestic policy have been in turns brought before the public in the reply to the Speech from the Throne. Every opinion, therefore, those which are favourable to the policy of Minis ters, and those which are opposed to it, might declare themselves on the speeial debate on each paragraph. The general debate is only calculated to lose time, and to drown facts in an ocean of common-place phrases. It was certainly to this cause which must be attributed the little interest with which most of the orators were listened to. Some of them made sensible speeches, which merited more attention. Messrs. de Tocqueville and de Beaumont, for example, were happy in their defi nition of the attitude which :France ought to assume in her relations with foreign Powers. The system!of an exclusive, permanent, and absolute alliance with Eng land, found in them convinced and enlightened adver saries, who indicated without passion the general and particular reasons which ought to lead France to seek assistance in other points of Europe. In their minds no more than in ours, that did not mean that we should hastily break off from England, prefer misunderstanding to good accord, or seek pretexts for collision or war. Such conduct would be insane. It simply means, that whilst living in peace we ought to reserve our liberty and our independence, and not devote ourselves exclu • sively to a PoWer whose assistance, ever interested, and for that reason capricious, has already abandoned us in the most decisive circumstances." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers:-- "We learn from the Cherbourg journal that a com pany of infantry, which has been embarked at that port in the Prevoyante, for Brest, is to proceed to Otaheite. A company of grenadiers will be taken on board at Brest for the Marquesas Islands. "A letter from Oran, of the 10th, states that the officer of the Emperor of Morocco, who is charged with General Delarue to fix the limits of the frontiers, had arrived at Ouchda, and that the Emperor appeared to be sincerely desirous of fulfilling all his engagements with France, but that his power over his subjects was becoming every day less. The same letter states that Abd-el-Kader had succeeded, notwithstanding all the precautions that had been taken, in getting together nearly 1,000 men, at the head of whom he was waiting for some turn in his fortunes. " The Fiance publishes the following letter from St. Petersburgh, dated the Bth. It shows that the report from Berlin of the illness of the Emperor and Empress of Russia was wholly without foundation:—' Last Satur day the Emperor held a grand review of the garrison. The troops were drawn up in the square of the Admi ralty. His Majesty was on horsback, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke Alexander and a numer ous suite. tThe Emperor wore a general's uniform. The troops were two hours in defiling before him. On the 6th, the festival of Christmas, according to the Russian calendar, was celebrated. A high mass in music was performed in the chapel of the imperial palace. The Emperor, the Empress, and all their fa mily were present, in deep mourning. It is the day on which, in all the churches of Russia, a public prayer is offered up, thanking God for having repulsed the inva sion of 1812. After the mass, there was a grand recep tion in the outer palace of the civil and military autho rities and the nobility. The Duke de Leuchtenberg is eipected here the day after to-morrow, to be present with all the Court at the celebration of the Russian New Year." We learn from Zurich that the Swiss Vorort has re solved to convoke an extraordinary Federal Diet for the end of January. The Univcrsal German Gazette states that the Aus trian Government, in order that France may not assume to herself the exclusive Protectorate of the Christians in the Holy Land, has appointed a Commission charged with that duty on the part of Austria. THE BOURSE---TUESDAY, JAN. 21. „iv-- -. 4 •:•-.- - • - , 4 .1 4 , 4 vf • ' ZT., i , v__.. • %,,, ~, , ,' ,4 ) L- --7 - .. ;:-`*. • • :. • , :,„,,,. ,:, 4 - . 0 07- 4 110 -' -- --1-- . ' l ' -•• A .t 7 ,1”. •.,.- , , A 41 ., ~ it., es • 6 ..mu, ioiT . , z , AR* .., ;,..:.. oyEv Iv, •,„,,...„:,›...,, „ 5 ..,,,,,-,:i , - , ' SECOND EDITION: . ` -~ i ~ LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1845. By way of enlivening the members of the North amptonshire Agricultural Protection Society, who held their first anniversary dinner yesterday, at North ampton, Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLET, one of the repre sentatives for the county, indulged them with a somewhat lengthy speech, which was filled, like one of Cassandra's prophecies, with all sorts of horrors. Considering that this speech was a post-prandial one, we are surprised at its gloomy tone, for, generally speaking, a good dinner works a most cheering revo lution in a man's spirits, and he is never so ready to forget or make light of his troubles as when, like Bhakspeare's Justice, "his bellyis with fat capon lined," and lavishly baptised with the ,generous juice of the grape. When once " impletur..veteris Bacchi pinguisque brines," away ,go his Oievalts , whether public or private, and all that is lively an hopeful in his nature sprouts into leaf But such was not the case with Sir C. KNIGHTLEY at the Northampton dinner. The rood things on the table seem to have had no enliven influence on his spirits, and he addressed the any in as triste and morose a tone as if he had t et dieting himself on crab apples and vinegar. The s em,. 'twists, he said, had been shamefully used by Ilinistexb - I, who bad trampled on these injured inno cents, jut.t as if they were so much dirt beneath ,their feet. There was first the Corn Bill, then the Canada Corn Bill, then the Tariff—all these iniquitous measures had been passed by Govern ment without the slightest regard to the delicate iss usibilities of the monopolists, and there was not one of them but was fraught tith the deepest in jury to their pecuniary interests. But the Tariff was lhe. great nuisance—the knock-down blow to the ugricultnrists. They might hare stood up against the .t wo corn Bills, but the Tariff had fairly floored them, and he, the speaker, very much doubted whether they -would ever be able to get upon their legs again. .Meat which, in the good old times of monopoly, was sixpence and upwards per pound, was now only four pence-halfpenny—a reduction not to be thought of without dismay ! True, the country at large gained by - such reduction—more especially the poorer ckaies—but what of that ? The agricultu gists suffered by it, and what are the inte mats of the many compared to those of the few ? BO not content with inflicting this prodigious amount of ,mischief on the meek, unoffending monopolists, th e s t o y.bearted Premier had actually gone the First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Pi :ce. French Five per Cents •• • . 121 95 .. 122 05 .. 121 95 .. 122 05 Three per Cents..... 84 95 .. 85 10 .. 84 95 .. 85 10 Bank of France 3262 50 ..3262 50 .. 2262 50 .. 3262 50 Goan' Bank, I,ooof. Shares 1097 50 ..1100 ..1097 50 ..1100 Belgian Fives, 1840 •• •• •• 104% .. 104% .. 104 .. 104% 1842 •• •••••• 106% .. 106!6 106} 1063 Spanish Threes •••••• .• • • • • 39 .. 39 .. 39 .. 39 Active •• •.••• • •• 37% .. 38 .. 37% .. 28 Passive .••.• . • . • • 6 . . 6 .. .. 6" New Deferred l6 .. 16 .. 16 .. 16 Portuguese Five per Cents 5 91 .. 59 1 / 4 .. 59th .. 59N Neapolitan •• •• •• • •• 98 75 .. 98 75 .. 98 75 .. 98 75 Roman ..... 105 .. 105!4 .. 103 .. 105% RAILWAY SHARES. - - St. Germain ..1002 ICO2 50 ..1002 50 Versailles, R. 8.•. •••• • • • 495 .. 498 75 .. 495 .. 498 75 LB. .. ....•. 377 50 .. 382 50 .. 380 .. 382 50 Rouen ...• ... ...1057 50 . 1062 50 ..1055 ..1058 75 Rouen to Havre...". • • .. 822 50 .. 822 50 .. 822 50 .. 822 50 Orleans ..................1132. 50 .4132 50 .4131 25 ..1131 25 Strasburg to Bale ... 301 25 .. 303 75 .. 301 25 . 303 75 Avignon to Marseilles...... 927 50 • 930 • • 927 50 .• 927 53 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 31. 1010 .•1010 ..1010 Versailles, R. 8... ...... •• • • 495 . • 500 .. 495 LB. ...• •• 382 50 .. 385 .. 380 Rouen •• • ....... •• •• •• • • ••1055 —1063 75 ..1053 75 ..1010 .. 500 .. 385 ,105 F Rouen to Havre.• ••.,• 822 50 .. 82 3 75 .• 822 50 ..,058 82 75 2 50 Orleans •••••••••• '••••••••1127 50 ..1132 50 ..1127 50 ..1127 50 Streiburg to Bale •••• 301 25 .. 303 75 .. 301 25 .002 50 Avignon to Marseilles.-925 .. 930 .. 92 5 .. 930 The table of the mortality in the metropolis for the week ending January 18, shows a decre ase i n t h e number of deaths as compared with the preceding week, the total, except from violence, in the week end ing January 18 being 1,001, while in the week ending January 11 it was 1,098. By far the larger number of deaths during the past week have been from dis eases of the lu s and organs of respiration, the number of deaths attributed to this cause being 325, including no less than 146 cases of consumption. The total number of deaths, including deaths from vio lence, during the past week, in the metropolitan dis trict, is 1,010. The total number of births in the metropolitan district during the same period is 1,331. During the week three males have died, of the re spective ages of ninety, ninety-two, and ninety-four years, and one female died at Kennington at the age of a hundred and five years. THIS DAY'S NEWS VICE-CHANCERY.-(T HIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) WALKER C. HILL. Mr. JAMES RUSSELL (with whom was Mr. Daniel) applied to the Court, on behalf of the plaintiff, for an in junction to restrain the defendant from making, manu facturing, selling, or disposing of, or causing to be manu factured, sold, &c., a certain description of axle-shaft, for which a patent had been obtained by a Mr. Hardy, and which the plaintiff now used. The object of the motion was to prevent the defendant, who, as well as the plaintiff, is resident at Birmingham, from infringing the plaintiff's patent. Mr. Wigram appeared for the defe..dant. His HONOUR granted the injunction, without prejudice to any motion that either party may deem fit hereafter to make. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) The Court were engaged to-day in heaping arguments upon a case relating to a Cornish mine, in which the question to be determined referred to certain boundaries and customs in Cornwall. The question, therefore, in. volved no general interest. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) DAVIS V. ANCRADL _ _ _ In this case Mr. Jervis had obtained a rule calling on Mr. Moss, the plaintiff's attorney, to show cause why he should not refund the sum of 51. ls. paid to him for costs on an untrue representation that judgment bad been en tered up. The application, in the first instance, was made before the Lord Chief Baron at chambers; but his Lordship, on the ground that an important point of pro fessional practice was involved, intimated that it should be heard before the full Court, in order that such notice might be taken of the case as it seemed to demand. The Learned Counsel now moved, on several affidavits, and, among others, that of the defendant himself. In that affidavit it was stated that the action was brought to re cover the sum of 41. ss. 6d. Notice of trial was given on the 2d of August, but it was also countermanded, as were also several subsequent ones. The action was at length tried on the 3d of July, when the plaintiff ob tained a verdict for the sum of 1/.75. 6d. The trial was, however, set aside on the ground of irregularity, it being stated that though the defendant had a good defence to the action, it was unavailing on account of the vexatious delays on the part of the plaintiff. Being unable to pay 8/. 15s. 6d., the amount incurred by costs and other wise, the defendant went to the plaintiff's attor aey in December last, to request further time, which the attorney at first refused, on account of the judgment and execution having been signed, though he at length con sented to stay proceedings on payment of the debt, costs, and further sums stated to be due, the whole amount being 131. 16s. The defendant signed a memo randum making his goods liable to that extent. The money was paid in due time, and proceedings were taken, when it was perceived that judgment had not been signed. The plaintiff's attorney then proposed to refer the matter to a solicitor, and correspondence ensued. Mr. CHAMBERS now showed cause, contending that Mr. Moss had done all in his power to save expense, and that all the outlay was occasioned by the defen dant's offering vexatious obstacles to the progress of the proceedings. Mr. JEavis, in reply, submitted that the rule should be made absolute, as the affidavits of his Learned Friend admitted the overcharge.—Rule absolute. CHAPPELL V. PURDAY. This case was argued last term, the suit being insti tuted for the alleged infringement of the copyright of the opera of Fra Diavolo. The principal facts of the case have already been laid before the public. Counsel were heard last term in support of the rule obtained by the defendant, either to have the verdict entered for him on some of the issues, or to have a new trial. Mr. CROMPTON followed this morning on the same side. The Learned Counsel said it seemed to be admit ted on all hands, that the music of Fra Diavolo was the composition of Auber, and that it was assigned by him to Latour, and published in France before it was pub lished in this country either by the plaintiff or the de fendant. The proposition which he was prepared to maintain was, that this species of property could not exist in any one, except an English author of an Enghgh work, or the assignee of such author. The decision of the case must depend either on the statutes relating to copyright, or on the common law of England. An attempt had been made by his Learned Friend (Mr. Martin) to put the matter on some general or universal law of nations, contending that in all civilised countries such a right must exist. How could any such right exist, when the law varied in different countries, and when copyright was given for such different terms ? The argument, however, had been principally rested on the common-law right. It was yet an open question whether any right existed, even in the case of an English subject, independent of the statute law ; and that question must be decided before such a right could be claimed for foreigners. When Ireland and Scotland were foreign countries, it was a common matter of complaint that English books, soon after they appeared in this country, were republished ; and in the case of Ireland there WIG a scramble amongst the Irish booksellers to see who should first establish a kind of right to the publication in that country. Why was it, if the arguments on the other side were sound, that the English authors did not seek redress in the Irish courts? A similar illustration was to be found in the case of Mr. Dickens, whose works were republished in America, but who had never sought redress against the American booksellers. With regard to the assignment pleaded in this case, how could that alter in the least the original character of the work ; or how could the assignor acquire any right which did not belong to the assignee? Why was the assignee to be placed in a better position than the author, or to possess any additional right ? He thought their Lordships would pause before they recognised the common-law right in an Englishman ; but even if it were determined that this right existed, and that it could pass from one English subject to another without deed, the plaintiff would still have to show, either by statute or common-law right, that a property was recognised in a French publication. It appeared to him that there was no such right, and that he was entitled, therefore, to have the verdict entered for the defendant. Mr. MARTIN said, the point put by his Learned Friend had been submitted to the Courts of France in the case of an Italian work republished in that country, and had been decided in favour of the assignee. The Court intimated that they would take time to consider their judgment. The papers were handed up to their Lordships to assist them in coming to their decision. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) THE QUEEN V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF EXCISE. Mr. Cooil moved for a writ of mandamus, directed to the Commissioners of the Excise, calling upon them to express their assent in writing to a recommendation of the Commissioner of the Court for the relief of insolvent debtors, that the sum of 401. per annum s h ou ld b e pa id to the provisional assignee of the estate of Philip Hay ward, lately an officer in the excise, and now in receipt of a superanuation pension of 1201. a year, that sum to be equally apportioned among his creditors. The insolvent, Philip Heyward, had been committed to the prison of St. Thomas the Apostle, in th e t own o f Exeter. He filed a petition in the Insolvent Court there, and obtained a hearing before the Circuit Commissioner. He was opposed by a creditor, and ultimately the Court made art order that he should pay 401. a year out of his retiring pension. The practice of the Court was that the order or recommendation by the Commissioners of the Insolvent Courts should be transmitted to the Court of Excise, which might or might not assent to it, in terms of the Act of Parliament, 1 and 2 Victoria, chap. 110, secs. 5 and 6, which excepted those holding certain eccle siastical benefits, and the pay or pension of military per sons, or persons employed under Government, from the operation of the general vesting order. To bring the matter more clearly before his Lordship, he would read the answer transmitted by the Court of Excise to the op posing creditor. It ran thus;—" Sir—The Commissioners of Excise have considered the application made to it, that a certain sum should be apportioned to the cre ditors of Philip Heyward from his superannuated allow ance, and they request me to state that the recommenda tion cannot be acceded to, as the Court has no power to stop any part of such allowance." He contended that the Court of Excise had that power, and therefore it was that he moved for a mandamus. Mr. Justice - WILLIAMS did not see how the C our t could interfere, as it was discretionary with the C ourt o f Excise whether any recommendation, proceedi ng f rom the Insolvent Court, and affecting the stipend or pension of any its officers, should be acceded to. The application was refused. IN TUE MATTER OF OILBERT. The SOLICITOR•GENERAL said that he understood an applicati :n had yesterday been made by Mr. Huggins to set aside a rule which had been granted on an exparte statement made by himself, in the case of two infants. Now he thought it was essentially necessary that the in fants should appear before the Court, as the question was one between two guardians, and it might remain for the children to state in whose custody they might wish to be. He, in order to avoid any delay, would move for an attachment against the party to whom the writ of habeas was directed. Mr. HUGGINS said that they bad the whole of that day to make the return to the writ, and it would cer tainly be done before night. His LORDSHIP said, under these circumstances, he would not interfere, but leave the matter for discussion before the full Court. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Two lads, by name Thomas Murphy and John Thomas, were charged with stealing two pieces of bacon, the property of James Clark, a cheesemonger, in Museum street. _ The prosecutor stated, that at about three o'clock in the day, on Saturday the 19th, he had occasion to l eave his shop f o r an i nstan t, a nd on his return he m i sse d two pieces o f b acon f rom his counter. On going to the door of his shop he saw the prisoners running away, and he then called a policeman, who overtook them and found the bacon on them. Edward Barris, policeman E 50, proved that prose tutor called his attention to the two boys, and having told him that he thought they had stolen some bacon, he seized them, and found the bacon in their possession. The prisoner Murphy said that he bought the bacon from a boy in a naval cap, whom he met in the street. The prisoner Thomas said he was with Murphy, and saw him buy it.—Committed to take their trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) One of the Italian mendicants, about 18 years of age, was charged by Wm. Horsford, one of the constables belonging to the Mendicity Society, under the following circumstances : Between five and six o'clock last evening the prisoner had placed himself on the foot pavement in Oxford street, and was exciting charity by pretending that he was in great pain. Knowing him to be an impostor, the constable took him into custody, and on searching him found in his pockets ls. 10d. in silver and copper, and in a small bag concealed in the lining of his trousers there were 16 sixpences and 13 fourpenny-pieces. He was committed for one month. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) John Pearce, a young urchin of 12 years of age, was charged with robbing his mother of 3s. in silver. The father and mother of the lad stated that they had a large family, and the prisoner was their second child ; he was continually robbing them, and they had tried all means of reformation, but in vain. The father was a bookbinder, and there was plenty of work, but the prisoner did not choose to do it. He had got his sen two or three excellent situations, but he never kept them. The father added that he had even gone so far as to keep him for a fortnight locked in a back room without his clothes, but it was all to no purpose. kr. NORTON (with the approbation of the father) di rected that Cook, the gaoler, should take the prisoner into one of the cells, and administer to him a severe whipping with the cat-o'-nine-tails, and then bring him again into Court. In compliance with the Magistrate's order the castiga tion was immediately administered. The youthful cul prit afterwards received a severe admonition from the worthy Magistrate, and was delivered up to his parents with a caution as to his future conduct. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) An elderly gentleman, dressed as a clergyman, and who described himself on the police-sheet as the Rev. Thomas Hanbury, of Leicester, clergyman, was charged with having been found drunk. Police-cnstable E 165 deposed that, on the previous night, he found the prisoner in Bernard -street, Russell square, drunk, and incapable of taking care of himself. Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? Prisoner—l have nothing to say. Mr. GREENWOOD—YOU are fined ss. ALARMING EXPLOSION AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. This morning (Thursday) an explosion of a fearful character, and which resulted in a great destruction of property, took place in the oil and colour stores in the occupation of Mr. Bayliss, colourman, No. 149, White chapel-road, immediately facing the London Hospital. From inquiries made upon the spot, it appears that two lads in the employ of Mr. Bayliss were engaged between eight and nine o'clock in drawing off a quantity of naptha from a churn-shaped vessel. Whilst they were so employed the light they held communicated with the inflammable fluid. In an instant, and almost before the lads could escape, the body of naptha took fire, and the house from the bottom to the top was one mass of blaze. One of the conductors of a Bow omnibus hastened to Mr. Crookland, at the Jeffery-square station, and the engine from that station, followed by others of the brigade, was very speedily at the scene. By the exertions of Mr. Braidwood, and his men the flames were confined to the building in which they originated, but the work of extinguishing the fire was one of no ordinary difficulty, the limbs and lives of the firemen being in constant jeopardy from the frequent explosions which took place among the ruins, supposed to arise from a quantity of gunpowder among the stock. Co pious supplies of water being furnished to the engines at work, the ruins were cooled by half-past ten o'clock, but every particle of property is destroyed, and the house, which is completely burned through, and in a very tot tering state, must be taken down. One of the lads was rather severely burned about the hands and face, but having had his injuries dressed at the London Hospital, he recovered so far as to be able to engage in business again. Both the house and its contents are insured. The adjoining premises, occupied severally by Mr. G. Was tropp, baker, and Mr. Sewin, cern-chandler, are par tially injured by fire and water. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 15s ; Useful ditto, 41 16s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ As to 5/ 10s; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold slowly, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4118 s; Useful ditto, 51 to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 5/ 18s; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—CoarseMeadow Hay, 31 los to 4115 s ; Useful ditto, 41 16s to Si 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1114 s ; Wheat Straw, 1114 s to 1/ 15s per load. Trade on the whole, dull, at but little variation in prices. =EAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 22.—The supply of each kind of fat stack on sale to-day was tolerably extensive, yet the demand was steady at full prices. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Supply:—Beasts, 40; Sheep, 1,200 ; Calves, 49 ; Pigs, 53. ROMFORD, JAN. 22.—Prime stock was in good request at full prices ; otherwise the trade ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, IBs to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. liamslam, JAN. 22.—We had, comparatively speak ing, a steady demand this morning, and prices were freely supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 43 per 81bs. ARUNDEL, JAN. 21.—Prime Beasts and Sheep sold steadily ; other kinds of stock slowly, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Blbs. CHICHESTER, JAN. 22.—There was a fair amount of business doing here to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 16/ to 191 each. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 19s 6d ; Chester Main, 19s ; Hasting's Hartley, 19s ; Old Pontop, 17s 6d ; West Wylam, 18s 9d ; Wylam, 18s 9d ; W. 1:., Acorn Close, 20s ; W. E., Killingworth, 20s 3d; W. E., Newmarch, 19s 6d ; W. E., Belmont, 21s 3d ; W. E., Hetton, 22s 6d ; Sey mour Tees, 21s 6d ; Townhill Elgin, 18s 6d.—Ships arrived since last day, 137. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 18, 1845, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 'Wheat ...... 45s 7d I Oats ...... I 21s 8d Beans ~... Barley ...... 34s 7d Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. • 35s 7d • 35s 8d Weeks ending Wheat. 1 Barley, Rye. 1 Beans. Pease. 36 1 35 4 35 3 36 1 36 0 35 8 Dec. 14.... Jan. 4... 45 1 134 5 45 3 34 2 45 6 34 3 45 8! 34 2 45 10 ;34 5 45 7 134 7 2 36 8 0 35 11 9 35 7 8 36 3 4 35 8 4 35 7 TIIE SIX WEEKS. IMPERIAL AGGRE Whea,t •••• .. 453 6d BArley ••• • • • 343 4d Wheat . . 20s Od Barley ... • • • 49 Od SATE AVERAGES OF Oats • • • • 21 7(1 Rye •• •• • • .. 32 03 'IES ON FOREIGN CI Oats Rye • . 10s 6d I Beans ....• •.• 36 Od Pease •• • 26 94 'ORN. Beans . . Gs 6d Pease.. .. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 23.—Wind at noon southerly breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 22.—Wind W.S.W. light. Ten, P.M., S.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Naiad, Rogers, Demerara ; St. James, Mayer, New York ; Catherine, Prince Ed • ward's Island. Sld. Leader, Rio Janeiro. The Saucy Lass, from London to St. Michael's, grounded off Deal Castle this evening, but shortly after floated off, and proceeded westward. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind W.8.W., moderate.— Arrd. Industry, Waterford, for Colchester, leaky, and with loss of sails ; British Queen, Smith, Cobija ; Vesta, Newcastle, for Naples, leaky,"loss of bulwarks, &c. ; Alfred, Smith, Ichaboe, leaky, loss of topsail-yard and topgallant-masts, &c., and part of cargo pumped out. Off, Fergus, Findley, Ichaboe, and sailed for Liverpool ; Everthorpe, Batty, ditto, and sailed for the Humber. SCILLY, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Minalto, Tregarthen, Buenos Ayres, with loss of bowsprit, &c. The Louisa, for Pernambuco, which put in here with damage, has been surveyed, and commenced discharging. The William Cornelis has been surveyed, and must dis charge. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind s S.W.—A hogshead of oil marked with a cross in a circle, 4 on the bilge, and No. 1., has been picked up near the Nab Light, and landed here. OFF NEW ROMNEY, JAN. 22.—Trusty, Elsden, Ba tavia and Mauritius. PADSTOW, JAN. 21.—Wind S., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Minerva, of Exeter, Cork, with loss of foremast and other damage. BRISTOL, JAN. 22.--Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Unity, Agnew, Nevis. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Margaret, St. AR drew's, New Brunswick. MILFORD, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.E., moderate._Arrd. Hereford, Readburn, Ichaboe. STUDWELL ROADS, JAN. 20.—Arrd. David Banks, Ichaboe for Liverpool ; Heron, St. John's, Newfound land, for ditto. ST. IVES, JAN. 21.—Lady Ann, of Yarmouth. which sunk within the pier, has been surveyed, and must dis charge. PORT TALBOT. JAN. 21.—The Speedy, Holman, of and from Cork, got ashore last night at the end of the breakwater, and this morning was hove off and went ashore on the north side, where she lies, with rudder gone, &c., but is expected off to-morrow. OFF llAsTrios.—Anna Marguetha, Batavia for Bremen. TOBERMORY, JAN. 18.—The Benjamin, from Wick to Dublin, put back yesterday, leaky,lhaving struck on a rock and has been beached. CLYDE, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Duncan Daggett, New York. Sid. Mary Allan, Jamaica ; Randolph, Demerara ; Thistle, Demerara ; Calypso, Trinidad. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.--Wind S.S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Robert Fernie, Williams, Lima; Johnston, Harri son, Valparaiso; James Gibson, Stuart, Baneos Ayres; Fanny, Styles, Pernambuco; Lima packet, Stanton, Ber bice; Washington, Benson, New Orleans; Burlington, Crawford, Mobile; Harriet and Jessie, Charleston; De fence, Dewley, Miramichi. Sld. Princess Royal, Port Phillip; Kilblain and Manchester, Calcutta; Alexander, Berlin; Swanton, New Orleans; Eliza Ann, Savannah; J. R. Skiddy, New York; Navigateur, Buenos Ayres; Ayrshire Lass, Hayti. The Alciope from Valparaiso to Swansea, with loss of mainmast, bearing up for Fayal, was spoken Bth inst., lat. 34, lon. 17, by the James Gib son, arrived here. A barque, supposed the Mary Muir, which left Cobija 13th Oct. for Valparaiso, was seen Nov. 2 by the Johnstone, arrived here. SRILLY, 20.—T6e Ruby, Butler, from Waterford to Shoreham, bore up for New Grimsby Harbour through stress of weather, and drove on the rocks, but was washed off and grounded in New Grimsby, making a great deal of water. The Northumbria, Harrison, from Cardiff to London, sprung a leak at sea, bore up for this island, and was run ashore on Crow Sand, 17th inst. STANRAER, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Margaret -and Ann, of Berwick for Dublin, towed in dismasted. DUBLIN, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Wanderer, Trinidad. WATERFORD, JAN. 21.—Wind N. to S S.W.—Arrd. Duke of Gordon, Bissett, Ichaboe, leaky, and with loss of sails ; Sarah Fleming, ditto. YOUGHAL, JAN. 20.—Arrd. Alarm, Elliott, Ichaboe for Cork, with sails split. CORK, JAN. 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Wil liams, Wilson, Cameroons for Liverpool, with loss of sails, &c. Off, Wilsons, Campbell, ditto, and sailed for Liverpool. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were large, and the market was steady at previous rates. Sales 7,000 bales, of which 500 to speculators ; 300 Per nambuco sold at 51d. to 53d. ; 200 Maranham, at sd. to 51d. ,• 300 Egyptian, at 53d. to 83d. ' • 200 Surat, at 2: 4 1d. to 31d. ; and the rest American, at 34d. to sd. per lb. Shares were not so good. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1073 3 ; Caledonian, 51135. 9d. ; Chester and Holyhead, 73 1 ; Dublin and Belfast, 53 / • Eastern Counties, 181- 1 19 ; Ditto Perpetual (No. 2), 11.75. to 14 Bs.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 644 ; Ely and Bed ford, 11 ; Kendal and Windermere, 43 ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 5; Lancaster and Preston, 481; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 393; London and Bir mingham, 321. Shares, 421 2 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 29* ; London and Croy don, 15i ; London and South- Wertern, 79 ; London and York, 44 Lynn and Ely, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 51 6; Man chester and Leeds, 1331 131 • Ditto, Quarters, 121 ; Midland Counties, 133 130 • Ditto, 401. Shares, 10i 9i; Newcastle and Berwick, 103 ; North Union, 144 149 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 11 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 64 ; South-Eastern, 484 49 ; Ditto, New, 201; Trent Valley, 101 ; Paris and Lyons, 3i ; Paris and Orleans, 45 ; Paris and Rouen, 414 ; Northern of France, 51. There are no late arrivals to-day from any quarter. As the new session of Parliament approaches, the an ticipated tariff alterations occupy increased attention, and the proceedings of the Legislature are expected to be of peculiar interest to mercantile men. To a certain extent the dealings in sugar, &c., must be restricted to the requirements of immediate consumption, until the announcement of the Ministerial intention takes place. The Funds are a little flat to-day, but prices are lower only for the Three per Cents, the other securities sup porting the full value. Consols for immediate transfer have been par to 100*, and for time 100* to 1001. Ex chequer-bills have realised 58s. to 61s. premium, and East India Bonds 775. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 2121 to 2133, and India Stock at 287. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are 1041 to 1041. The Foreign Bonds have been tolerably steady, but there has not been much doing. Spanish Actives are 281 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 40 to Portuguese Converted have been 603 to 603. Mexican Bonds have been done at 34/, and Brazilian have been marked 90. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 631 to 1, The Railway Shares have been very lively again, and the new lines for which a favourable decision is antici pated, viz., Churnet Valley, Caledonian, Trent Valley, &c., are held for very full rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21 3 1/ 212 3 / 4 213y 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO % 3 / 4 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Consols Anns lOO% 100 New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll 15-16 12 Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860 India Stock 287 India Bonds 1,0001 ... 77 pm. Ditto under 1,0001 77 pm. South Sea Stock ll6 Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 / 2 d. 1,0001. 500 1 . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... .•••• • PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account.: 3 4 3 /4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B 4 l /2 Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 6o p l /8 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 2B 4 % Ditto for the Account. Ditto Passive Bonds 6 4.4 Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 4O Ditto for the Account Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto for the Account. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pm SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, New... Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Cornwall ...... Direct Northern 2% 2l l / g4... to —' Direct Norwich ... 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 Dublin and Galway ... 2 1/. Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3 5 / 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 64% to 64 Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Great North of England 100 l5O Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto Fifths Harwich 1 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham ...100 236 London and Blackwall 16% 7 l /2 to London and Brighton London and South Western.. 41% 79 Ditto, New London and Croydon London and York 2 12 .. .. 4 1 / 2 to 5% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds 7O l3l Midland Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 Newcastle &Darlington Sunc. 24 ..«•• 64 3 / 4 to Newcastle and Berwick North British Northern and Eastern 45 62 Ditto 1 4 Shares l2 1 / 2 l 7 l /2 to Rugby Sheffield and Manchester ... 82% — to Ditto Quarters Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 3 l/2..... to South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 / 4B 47% to 481. Ditto New Ditto, New South Wales Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto % Shares Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 7 O IA 71% to 71 Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN 22.—We have again bad a considerable business done, but the market is scarcely as strong as yesterday : Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters 5%% Great North of England, 301. Shares ll% Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares 5 5 1 /2 Manchester and Leeds, 16th Shares 5% Manchester and Birmingham ryv J , 8 Ditto Quarter Shares Midland Railway Consols 40/. Shares ll% 10 Preston and Wyre, 5 per Cent. guaranteed Sheffield and Manchester South-Eastern 4 9 1, Ditto New Creation Darnsley Junction Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chest]. Junct., 7% Blackburn and Preston Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley 4 15-16 5 Leeds and Thirsk . .. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston 4ss. 6d. London and York Manchester and Buxton 2 7-16 1 / 2 9-16 Trent Valley lO% West Yorkshire Boulogne and Amiens 5 6 Great Northern of France THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—We regret to state that the strength of this venerable Nobler an is fast sinking. On/inquiry at the Noble Earl's residence in Grosvenor-square, this morning, the reply was, that his Lordsitip-*as not quite so well as he was yes terday. CABINET Cotlrrcin.—Summonses were issued from the Foreign-office for a Cabinet Council, to be held to-morrow (Friday) afternoon. Oats. 21 11 21 10 28 10 20 10 21 7 21 8 SUMMARY OF iIEVIS AND eptitton, 4i Who runs may read*" -raammizu• On Sunday Louis Philippe t received tbe nbcllo who went to t a ke le a v e of his Majesty. licrittio presents to the rest, his Majesty addressed ALI , 0,1 of Constantine, and said, smilingly, " A s have nothing to give ;" but Marsha l Soult ward, invested the chief with the cros s of COril ;i0 the Legion of Honour, a token which Int e r , o f sparkle with great brilliancy. The de h rt chiefs, which h a d b e en fixed for Tuesday, a' been poned till Thursday. . 0 $ O3 It is stated that the Duchess de Nemours la 1 ° to add to the number of her family. os es General O'Brien, who arrived in England a o t ets time ago with dispatches from the Government leis Video to Lord Aberdeen, has had an interviely Guizot on the affairs of the River Plat e. , M. Bign al has been appointed P re sidet de s' l Vatry Secretary, on the budget ; the Ceuta , isr d vandy has been appointed President, and 1 11 . cretary, of the Committee on the Bill for the p M. Villemain. The Siete& contradicts the statemen t of the Cr, die Count de Montalivet voted with the MinistrY i e ti ts sion of the Peers on the Address. The Siaco o ttli that he was not in the Chamber at the thll division. $ 01441 0, The wind blew with such violence at Iravr° °nod morning, that thgence of Latiitte, C a illard , ch at , arriving from Padris, wa s thrown with s° 13311 4 against the Ingouville gate, that the fore SJE leaa broken, and the p ass e n gers were oblig ed to " enter the town on foot. We read in the Presse :—" Two supping at the Maison-Dom on Saturday nig h t l : o into their heads to go to the masked ball at Not knowing that the Rue Lepelletier was el° se , they sent for a hackney-coach. The driver orostior them down, demanded three francs for the the Englishmen refused to pay deeming it t n h tiOo EnglisbOteto at extortion. An altercation ensued, in ivuu- sip the Englishmen offered to box the coachniTy that purpose threw off his paletot and hat, Wh ic acif e ; near him on the kerb-stone. The battle waa , positively declined, and the Englishman, 13° - to put on his paletot and h a t, found tha t s°° colen both." A malefactor named Anquez, lately ar rest- 4 .. . 6 0 1 Or; has given information which has led to thet.' o. l,4 ol ol fewer than 29 thieves, forming a band of Yll e i c leta• was the chief. They are almost all old °' eve n art° have carried on their depredations in the is left bank of the river, extending from Be P' .- girard. fO,/ to ll' Olozaga has arrived at Paris, where joined by his family. M. Cantero, the M, l ' ' rl i , l 4o+ nance in the Olozaga Cabinet, has left Pantk a ncir, The remainder of the nefarious ba nd ;Ow" tli s driven out of Paris by the late prosecutiou, ted 10 0 a. tinned vigilance of the police, have Mir eo banlieue. Three nights ago they four , a P turning home late, in the Rue St. Laurent, at) ~,oe and literally stripped him to his shirt. , a rs,_':o o Education among the poorer classes sPr o ogy e al i i recent statistical account, to be making gr e i tat Lombardy. More than 350,000 children. of vv o lirar, now receiving instruction there in the Trilna r r ph l e A few days ago, says the Journal de; en t gendarmes went to a village in that dePa r " 6l deO r foi a man, who had for a slight offence been week's imprisonment, but had not Wr en :A: ll g entered his bed-room, where they saw h is - hus.air, just risen from bed, who declared that he r , - tri oo tIl" absent. The gendarmes, however, pereeivild A t; person was in bed, turned down the clotheai oto man in the simple apparel of nature. 7 1 1 husband," said the man. " That story Nv . ";,, a li ba s ..4" the gendarmes ; " if you were not the ,7 10 would not be in that bed." They naade i. Pi gar a lri go with them, but on th e ir arr ival at t u e v hfa they found that the man had told the ' - o .iasa„ they found the husband, w h o had ju ss ,,''a ase" up, and learned for th e fi rs t time tha t m p/aeant. 31.8 1 ;#7 AND POLIC * 1.00 11 1?i In the Secondaries Court Mrs. Cock, 7ih Hope public-house, Battersea, recovered 9 : 0 0 George Bass, a builder, residing in the l d t o ; c i porter and ale and variou s a rti c l e s suPPj es Charles Dotesio came up t o pass his Cosa e 4 in the Bankruptcy C ourt , b e f o re ot r '-goll' hr ,4 l :l9 Goulburn. The bankr u pt h a d kept b y bgt Slough, and had lost upwards of 10,00 10 *, i;eiolP lotion. The balance s h ee t, however, 11, t 0 " o time, the further he a ri ng was adjourn ed V ir g February next. rsOli , John Cadley, a groo m t o Mr. Sand e " by i d shire House, Hornsey- roa d, was suraule °e #4 J,y Thatcher to the Clerkenwell Police-Out: Mr. Douglas, of Torrington-park, If it ",, o rri,V) misconduct:---Mr. Douglas was in bi s nt ° Hornseproad, when he saw the defeau6,„"rioosr turn his horse on the footpath,' and drive& As to the imminent danger of passengers. and costs. P. P. t i e At Marylebone, Mr. Joseph Morffate, todi o t Grove- street, Lisson-grove, charged wi th .,;io o , l l ' ted a series of cruel assaults upon his fewoit''' named Eliza Milleman, a girl about sixte e " was fined 40s. . o i 0 crj Mr. Philip Merson Hewitt, a g entlea l i r eette dent circumstances, residing in Spence,!:,; o ,oo well, was summoned before Mr. Brouga`" gerhe street, at the instance of Mr. John 0 0 .) solicitor, and clerk to the board of trus t-s 'ci:o4l 01 01/ d • of St. Luke, on the charge of having 00j lished a certain false and scandalous lib e ' l e DTA V, complainant, with intent to excite hint n jorroil,Ji peace. The complainant had been e 'de. o „A sionally by defendant, and held certain Pil e ctly he had a lien for costs. The defendan V the costs, and had, as w as a ll eg ed, Pl ac- jlt me lf plainant as a rogue. Defe n d an t denied t he ici ,$J author of the libel : h e was , h o wever' - or / I t ' answer the charge a t th e sess i ons . s ho t i At Lambeth, Thomas Clifford, °n vt ol ol,/ mination described himself as a sailor, ti fore Mr. Henry f or fi na l exam ination', 00 I l i/ stealing some s il ver an d a to b acc o.bo% ' r od / of William F. Copestake, was fully cO lOll/ 05A 0 0 1 A Mary Ann Wheeler, a young felna l To Southwark with having in her posses s.- r elfletr i Iles, consisting chiefly of women's aPP:4 V produce of a burglary recently eoinrel“. g eet, o f Miss Allen, a lady residing in Unial l- „,,0Th9 soner, who gave a very unsatisfactory a'" 0111 was remanded. tiff' btQy Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police-00045 A melino de Arrandiago, master of the SP: 0 0 4 1 : - ci;0 1 Victoriana, and Antonio Martinez, a s e ho " th the crew of the Spanish ship Pepita , " - opt Katharine's Docks, in penalties of 1001 e gling cigars. .010 1 1510 11 / 7/ - A COTTILT---VASZIOWItc-t-he Yak, The Duke of Norfolk has rejoined,," iaa family at Arundel Castle from town. -- , ( I _, j Jermyn have Arrived there on a v is a i t t. berivel io s p i A The Duke and Duchess of S Caroline Leveson Gower returned t e a c isite o p,lf f i Staffordshire, on Saturday last, from „ .00 1 / 1 160/ arr E iv a e r d l i a n nd tew C n ou e n n te T ss ue D ad e a l y aw n a i Lady Francis Egerton, Hatchford ar ta cil 1117 7 - sret p- beetso9 Gopsall Hall, and left Upper Gr evening for Buckhurst. , s , hlite li The Earl and Countess of Brownie' t s e y taining a large and distinguished circle I/ _ ee ls° near Grantham, during the week. . c ., 05,„_,P P ;ltv The Marquis and Marchioness of v ° b , 9 town for Belfast, en route for Hillsboroog, 0 Down terh il°l o l grrhtottanvfr: ni - S_.B lslc t r i Count Rodolph Minsky and Count Es. og to Mivart's Hotel, for Badminton, on a ° Ii and Duchess of Beaufort. ,lii 0. 9 1 :44 satisonialip,&lo ll°ll , l t wo e„ o rtretli Lord Mountcashel lately prosecute" her P 0 0 0) 3d Dragoon Guards, stationed at Clog love' btiV, shooting snipe on his grounds withou t 6914/ the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 9, s : f ; l id P : i perj, if suggested that " snipe was net gani,,, e ' f3rel q ,; r o t , the penalties were not incurred. oL r ' f beir ,:,, li i ' i f Solicitor-General have since given ;,,-, 0 t''' .e il l i firming this view of the case. " 511'-' t i 6r o4 not game." vres t iat) The first ordinary meeting for the =Toes,. Horticultural Society was held en a q.,''' rooms in Regent-street, R. H. Tolly, w d ., 4, chair. The show, which was not ve r loorta ti o ra l some fine specimens of oranges frc lii r ded ,t4ow f , V, apples, and pears. The prizes ftw a * re hiot. % etel r Banksian medal to Mrs. Lawrence, forth,e o f P 1e ,02) and certificates of merit to Mr. V eit o f socgoor er specimen of plants; Mr. Thornicroft, gr, or . . 1 0 A d i , Montserrat pine, weighing 4113. I ".' e ; a of P e c o lor a tn the Clapham-road, for seven varietio sli d 000 / lent preservation ; and Mr. PO t b ° i bited l o oli t y ° rosof loner, for grapes. Dr. Lindley e t. s a heea t of / of very excellent quality, vrhleh," 3 o , o ol3 , 0 ,go I Colonel Reid from Bermuda. tin 01 .009 0 ,;.:1, bable destruction of the Portuoirseef the e hje c fo f the Western Islands, the attmitteaho t he o ttic o /: ment had been earnestly turned , d j o i, O l i ' was probable that this fruit Nvoun! C O gii article of extensive import from t!'" o f if be . C 1 ! 0 f V A meeting was held at the Citl r ei . io . Ctfl is t° . broto od b 1 yesterday, oir. Alderman Fare seta a , • 1 ported by many influential Inerf u ,,. a gra,, li t he 3: 0 ; $ 10 ( 4 1 1 ) rides, for the purpose of prornotiPbeid or be e r held on the 26th of next month, 0 11 w ill, e ite ~,j i Needlewomen's Society. The b a ; t he Jpoe;•,, patronage of his Royal Hight le i ti e ssre; t beit 1 ) t b l r le idg C e ity Sir Members,Moses A h l a o v n e te ak fio e r tl e, d l;7 l : 6l 9loooo( s, P the Committee. A ball wa9 held last evening at, e b e P i l o Pt i) pr street, St. James's, in support 0 1 i eb is t he , / Holim Hospital, the object of w il eac i fe r . f ell re atii the sick poor, lying-in wetaen,',„ g ethe r ,rio l ea l ll / 4 the Hebrew religion. It Was tt ;t" - Vip• 'or - OM affair, and exceedingly well a nd 0 0100 _,L i 0 , was crowded with the higher et her 4 .,,' r cl V I , ' Yl, Hebrew classes, and with may .ere x7,errelbieroV tlemen. Among the stewards' sir a. .i_ rt Jfw_ t e , ~i Stuart, Baron A. de Rothschild, oce j 1.11 1 0 l' A pv t p Montefiore, &c. Dancing COVl S sci irit b t/ e serry` d e, o'clock, an was kept up with ort rf t el l l ,llil Between the dances, the reP o f the e re boll towards the immediate large.objec of irk lib` nounced ; they were ver Y ' el peot music, and the whole strong excellently attended to' I* THE SUN, LONDON, T URSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1845.