The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF M RS. MARGARET MAITLAND , or SUNNY . SIDE. Written by Herself. " The most:gratifying work of its class since the great delineator of Scottish manners ceased to write."—Tait's Magazine. "We have read this book with anasual pleasure. It has points of merit which may compare with Miss Ferrier, Galt, Lockhart, and Wllson."—Examiner. Henry Coltman, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause ELLIS against ELLIS, the Creditors of CHARLES ELLIS, formerly of Park-road, Dalston, and late of Hampton Court, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. (who died in the month of March, 1845), are forth with to oome in and prove their Debts before RICHARD Tosco Kniosasiat, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chaacery-lane, London ; or in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. TATHAM and PROCTER, 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause ELLIS v. ELLIS, the Next of Kin of CHARLES ELLIS, formerly of Park-road. Dalston, and late of Hampton Court, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. in the month of March, 18451(who died living at his death, or the personal representative or representatives of any of them who have since died, are, by their Solicitors, en or before the 2oth day of January, 1850, to come in and prove their kindred, and make out the ir claims before RICHARD ToRIN KINDERSLEY, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Ch Southampton-buildings, ancery- lane, London, or, in default thereof , they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree. TATHAM and PROCTEiR, 10, New -square, Plaintff's S olicitors. Lincoln's Inn, THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY -L ANE. -- Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectflilly begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for public approval: - Private boxes, 3/. 35., 2/. 12s. 6d., 2/. 21., 11. lls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s s. d. . d. FIRST PRICE. SECO/4'D PRICE. B oxes _ 4 0 B o xes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 2 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 9 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, win be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J. Anderson ; ileauseant, Mr. Montagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry ; general Daman, Mr. Baker ; M. Deschapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des dhapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, gg ised , and Diabolical Pantomime, by the uthor of " Bluff Hall 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD a QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRY!! ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks ---- se fast, Would gobble ap a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 ! the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture sad Music entirely new, composed by Nobody ltnewswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, nod well, Haydn, and the Rthlopism Serenaders. The Rounds are the mpesition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Lecke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Loaise. The Scenery painted bp Messrs. Branning, Jones, Wilson , C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costames by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direetion of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rieh, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of Rigs Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Mime Dnniee ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munshaucea, &e., &c., by des., kc. M01T11.3. Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Roboart, Mr. G. Watson ; Mar Lovely Bobby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulln; The Little Bad of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lerd Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin; Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildman, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the company• CHRISTMAS COMBS BUT ONCB ♦ TEAR, Bat although he acmes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm seception—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 cdty is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Anderson's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they Gould —How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will t e satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLISISDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF ROOD QUEEN BEGS. We sow come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." it is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigla 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 PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff! ! the Royal Blushes !! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These aro followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What males seat will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN 11E55 Fn all her royal splendour. — lt is an Historical Fact, that Good 4ueen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, L'rince of Swedes, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, lienry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " woaderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CIJMNOR HALL BY MOONLlthLT—Wilson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketzlay—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lt can't be said, " he makes no 'bones about it "—They nnitt. " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is hernEf again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my Debby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Yoar naughty dad to sea" And so they de. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Boss's Royal 'fish. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an historf _ 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, fir 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 did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " sompeti tears," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of TUB SPANISH. ARMADA 1 By Warner's, Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a" Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their elothes— The Sari of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Denlin. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Dentin. The Earl of Essex that of Clowa, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amenr of Columbine, Madlle. Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess Is—Tivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie long ease we net !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE ASD PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AID RAILWAY - OFFICE. _ _ . Ctipid and Clown—Batter and ButterAles—Hungarian Knock-Nim- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Dissoant—Clorox Cooks Accompts, and Railway Kin in Tribu lation —Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clowi makes himself Weleome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled —Calls Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Betalollshinant—Police ! Pollee !—and Change to EXETER HALL. xetting of the Peace Cot.gress—Now to get up a Rew—Prosylites Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of She Happy Family, POULTERER'A AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case. , ou should Kill Sweet William. A ➢OWNRIGHHT "NOBBY DANCE." Meals Win the Prize. SMITIIFIEL i. Potatoes all !Tot —Toe; and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies —A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Ho loway's Purifying Pills — New Tariff—Gin ~ reatly Reduced—Warranted sot to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transfoi nation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND 1.0,G131G-LIOUSES. What will be aeon here Is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, w' en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. RED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOCSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son if Mars—Clown's otioe of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer —Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling tame—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Groat Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND gTRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glaoearum— Plaisirs .d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get State, which he finds rather tough ; it weal go down, though he does. FATHER THA: AES' REfitEAT, 1, Tiddyball's Allay, in the middle of•the Thames. with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH TESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND VOTING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brunsting. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's 'Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Pawing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Taeht 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 Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scents Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Asiistants. 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. Foley. F RENCH PLAY S and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL b egs reepectfully to announce t hat the Trench Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence TO-MORROW EVRNING, by the prodnctien of a new Opera, in Three Acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDORRE. Stephan, M. Lac; Le JeYellu, M. Chollet; Saturniu, M. Killy Leroy ; Jacques Sincere, M. Nathan ; Theresa, Madlle. Gnieharsi ; Georgette, Madlle. Cetti ; Rose de Mal, Madlle. Charton. The Ma-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. ' THEATRE ROYAL, ILtYMA.RKET. Mr. B. Webster, Iste Lessee and Manager, 91d Bromptop. THIS EVENING, Will bs performed a ,new Comedy, entiled THE SERIOUS - FA. MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Bucksto)iae Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After wkieh THE NINTH STATUE or, The Jewels and The Gans. Principal characters by Mr. Manyard, Miss P. I.lorton, Mrs. L. S. Buekingharn, and Miss K. Fitmiuj am . To sonclude with BOX AND CON. The Box-ofilse is under - the direction of Mr. I. T.; Archer. LEWD WATER AT LONDON 13111DGN. Tits DAY —Yorning, 58 min. after 9 I Evening, 33 min. Attar 10 Te-Moiaow irinng, 8 min. after 11 I Evening, 40 rain. after 11 THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. kl - ader the :irecticn of Madame Calestd4 THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called TI3.E WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed lbrd, 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss W oolgar, After which FRANKE NsTE ; or, The Model APan. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? 31r. P. Bedford; ZEamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddler inee , Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Covent' ; Irndine, Miss E Hat ding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS.I3,. NBURY'S sPOONS. Mr. Inghbory Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; .Bob Twinks, au. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Eiihbuzy Barnes, Miss Brooks. 1 THE WEATHER.--Sex Orrzcs, JAN. 8. ruzamomETEß, Lowest, 19; Highest, 33; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 30.36. WIND N.N.E.—cold frosty weather. TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1850 LOTAL LYCIATAI THEATRE. Fader the Management of Madame Vestrio, •lole Lessee. Mr. Charleh Maths ;is. THIS EVENING, Will be Derformed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes si. • Upper Boxes, 4s. ; 25.; Gallery, 111,1 No half-price to any pa rt of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the English version of the Opera of LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle If arlequia, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ISTLEF'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. A Grand Juvenile Night on Thursday, commencing with the Pantomime. THIS EVENING, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sue ..eeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle ingEle is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearanee at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. Re-appearance of Madlle. Cadone. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported ►y the accomplished artistes of the establish meat. To conelade with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, nho came to Town upon his little Pony. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. r•tage Manager, Mr. W. West. •%•AF;- 41 • '1- 4 .61010 . .. *" r • s 4 7,11.1041111 glytnilt! .-7;itit LONDON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 8, lsio. The National Reform Association is now a " great fact." Within a few months it has achieved a posi tion similar to that occupied by " the League" imme diately before the close of its labours. There is on every side the same zeal and energy, the same enthusiastic devotion that was so conspicuous when the popular demand was for free and unrestricted trade, and cheap and untaxed food. The accomplish ment of a great but tardy act of justice—the purifi cation of the Commons House of Parliament—the extension of the suffrage to those who, although heavily taxed, are still unrepresented—the strengthening of the Constitution, by placing it on a broader superstructure than that on which it is now based and supported, and the attainment of more righteous and equitable laws by the removal of the corrupt and enervating influences that now taint and emasculate the sources of legislation, are the objects for which the British nation is now prepared to enter on a course of peaceful agitation. There is no want of the necessary materiel for carrying on the contest. The people rush to the standard en masse, anxious to participate in the glories that must await the victors when the inevitable triumph is achieved. All those who had lent their assistance in the overthrow and destruction of monopoly have already inscribed their names on the muster-roll, while new recruits, day by day, flock to the banner of reform on which the magic symbols are inscribed —" Extension of the Suffrage—Vote by Ballot— Triennial Parliaments—Equalization of Electoral Districts—the Abolition of the Property Qualifica tion for Members of Parliament." When the soldiers are forthcoming, when the thews and sinews of an army are fully made up, but little remains to be done. Tried and experienced generals are seldom wanting to devise judi cious means for the employment of their cohorts ; or if, through any strange accident, there were none of established reputation to fill the chief position, the exigencies of the moment would produce new and unexceptionable candidates for the post of honour and of difficulty. In the present case, however, there is no such neces sity. A staff is formed of faithful men, who have already afforded the most unquestionable evi dences of their ability and judgment in directing the popular exertions ; and there is every reason to sup pose that any amount of money that may be required will be placed at their disposal. It is true that thousand pounds subscriptions, such as those that so abundantly testified the sincerity and devotion of the Corn-law Abolitionists, have not as yet been effected ; but many hands make light work, an I were the great majority of the people are arrayed on the same side, it is scarcely possible to suppose that such heavy sacrifices will be required from individuals. And if the occasion should arise, and that liberal contributions should indeed be required, we venture to say, that they will not be withheld. Ministers are already exhibiting that due sense of the pressure from without for which the Whigs are so notorious. We are told, on semi official authority, that a liberal extension of the suffrage, both in England and Ireland, is to be brought for ward by the Government at the very com mencement of the next session of Parliament. The doctrines of finality are, it appears, to be aban doned, and perhaps a few more demonstrations may induce the Cabinet to extend the measure, and to add a few more of the required alterations thereto. So be it. The people will accept whatever may be offered as an instalment of justice, and as affording them additional strength to struggle for the remain der—but they never will relinquish their exertions or abandon their agitation until every one of the " points" inscribed on the banner of the National Association be conceded. It must be no mock extension of the suffrage ; it will not now be sufficient to add a few hundred thousands to the number of those possessed of the elective fran• chise. The Parliamentary voters must largely out number the workhouse paupers. Every man occu pying a tenement, and rated to the relief of the poor must be placed upon the registry of electors. By such means the several constituencies will, at least, be quadrupled, and the people contented, until the period when the spread of education, and the in creased intelligence of the age, shall justify a further concession, and every adult male, not under any legal disability, shall be entitled to a voice in the election of the popular representatives. In other words, when universal suffrage, in its most extensive signification, may be adopted. 1 But it is no less necessary to place the franchise upon a broad and suitable basis than it is to provide for its free and independent exercise, and to insure that salutary control over the chosen representatives that will prevent them from violating their pledges, or deceiving the reasonable expectations of their con stituents. For that purpose, the adoption of the principle of " the ballot," and the " limitation of the duration of Parliament" to three years at the utmost, are almost as essential as the extension of the franchise. A more equal distribution of the electoral districts is also indispensable. The existing anomaly, which enables the representatives of a few insignifi , cant boroughs, that obediently follow the dictates of some wealthy aristocrats to outvote the members for the great marts of trade and commerce of the metropolis, of Liverpool, of Manchester, Birming ham, and many other populous and wealthy districts, mist also be removed'; and although last, perhaps not least important, every constituency must be free to select as representatives those who may ap pear most competent to carry out their views and wishes. It is not a pecuniary or territorial qualification that is required in mem bers, but those of honesty, integrity, acti vit y , zeal, energy, and devotion to the cause of the people generally, more espec i a ll y o f t h ose by w hom they have been selected to fill such high and important si tuations, to make wise and enlightened laws for the government of a free nation. A Paragraph, which will be found elsewhere in this evening's impression, announces to the public a further reduction in the amount of Sunday labour in the Post-office establishment. Every additional glimpse obtained into the innovations projected by ItowLtrip LULA demonstrates yet more and more incontestably the superior morality and hu manity of his system over that of the Sabbatarians. While they are ranting about a weekly cessation from toil, and a periodical show of godliness, he is ensuring a practical improvement in that direction—an im provement securing at once the amelioration of a large part of the community, and a more certain accordance with the recommendations of Christianity. Nothing could have produced a more painful exposure of the cant of his antagonists than the revelation of the pre cise tendency of the policy decided upon under his superintendence. Nothing could more glaringly have revealed the inaccuracy of the different charges entered against that policy, to the effect that it would inevit ably produce an increase of the toil already found to be requisite on Sundays throughout the complicated channels of national intercommunication. Instead of producing this prophesied evil—instead of enhancing the labour of the Post-office officials—instead of rendering an increase of their number necessary—the changes so judiciously effected by Mr. ROWLAND HILL, in the face of so much opposition, contumely, and vitupera tion, have evolved exactly the reverse consequences. Scarcely a branch post-office throughout England, from Berwick to Penzance, but has already experi enced the benefit of the new arrangements. For ex • ample, as was well known from the outset, although the Sunday Saints (might not Master MOTLEY, in his cap and bells, insinuate that they are therefore, par consequence, the Weekly Sinners ?) strove to ignore the existence of that advantage—large numbers of the provincial clerks would be released from their usual Sunday avocations by the discontinuance of the plan of granting Post-office orders on those days to all applicants. Since the newly accepted, yet much-abused, improvements have been in actual operation, it has been found possible to alleviate still further the condition of the subordinate officers in those branches of the Post-office establishment. Having found it expedient to discontinue throughout the country all post delive ries on Sundays, except one, it proves possible with out causing any perceptible inconvenience whatever to withdraw divers dispatches on those days—dis patches such as must have been otherwise imperatively required_ The result of all which is, that the Post master-General finds himself enabled to direct (and that, too, without any dereliction of his duties, or any show of indifference towards his responsibilities), that henceforth, as a general rule, " every Post-office in England and Wales shall, after ten o'clock in the (Sunday) morning, continue closed for the rest of the day, instead of opening again, as at present, at five in the evening." Now there is another, and a most remarkable example of the superior capacity pos sessed by common sense and truthfulness over lip piety and sanctimoniousness in the way of ad vancing the interests of the country and of furthering the cause of religion. Although perfectly aware of the obtuseness of the intelligence of the Sabbatarians, and although entirely satisfied as to the opacity of their judgments, we would nevertheless most earnestly beseech their atten • tion to the facts just commented upon by ourselves. If they would only view those facts in the clear light in which they will assuredly be regarded by the rest of the multitude, they would spare themselves hence forth the commission of many grievous absurdities, and scarcely expose themselves again to the derision provoked by their pitiable affectations of godliness. Instead of mouthing about the sinful influences of this and that regulation of the authorities at St. Martin's. le Grand, they would attend more sedulously to the duties of working out their own salvation. Let them remember this, that according to the assurances of Revelation the labour of securing one's own admission in the realms of ever lasting beatitude is scarcely capable of being accomplished within an ordinary lifetime with the utmost assiduity and the most unre mitting supervision. Yet would they, forsooth, deem it a work of such extravagant facility that it admitted of their applying the principal portion of their existence to the detection and exposure of what they may happen to regard as the foibles and short comings of their neighbours. At least let them be sure of this, that in the present instance their toil.s in that regard have been squandered to no purpose beyond that of securing to themselves the contempt of the rest of the community. Not only have recent circumstances shown that their interference has been altogether ineffectual in forwarding the interests of Christianity, but the result of the new regulations introduced by Mr. ROWLAND HILL, the great public benefactor, has demonstrated that the hysterical cant of the Sabbatarians was, in the instance before us, entirely uncalled for and misplaced. So shameful, indeed, was the system of misrepre sentation adopted by the sanctimonious minority of the metropolis, and in one or two of the more unfortunate of the provincial localities, that it was protested by that minority that the scheme of Mr. ROWLAND HILL was intentionally directed to the increase instead of to the decrease of the Sunday labours in the Post office establishment; whtreas one of the principal causes of all his recent innovations in that department of the public service has been a solicitude to diminish as much as possible the unceasing toils of his subor dinates. In this endeavour he has just proved emi nently successful. By an addition, not as was pretended of 25, but of merely 14 supplementary clerks at the main office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, he has enabled himself to release many hundreds of other clerks in the various country offices throughout the kingdom. Beyond which it should be especially borne in recol lection by the Sabbatarians themselves that, in con sequence of the changes late effected through the instrumentality of Mr. ROWLAND HILL, the subordi nate officials in his own department are nowhere required to work on Sundays during the hours of Divine Service. So much for the immorality and inhumanity of the Post-office authorities ! So much for the reason and accuracy of the loud-vaunting Sabbatarians ! COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exer cise in the Slopes and 'Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, accompanied by the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke d'Aumale and attended by Colonel Hon. C. B Phipps, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours left Windsor Castle this afternoon. The Bishop of Manchester also left the Castle. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in Downing-street. There were present the Governor of the Bank of England, the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery, and the Deputy • Governor of the Bank. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners, was in attendance. Captain Henderson had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the Council) arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Dispatches from the Governor of Malta were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Hong. Kong and Ceylon. PRIVY COUNCIL ♦T WINDSOR CASTLE, THIS DAY. —This morning, at eleven o'clock, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir George Grey, accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse, and the Clerk of the Council in Waiting, Mr. Charles C. Greville, left the Paddington terminus by special train for Windsor•castle, where her Majesty was to hold a Privy Council at one o'clock, for the purpose of fixing a day for the meeting of Parliament, which stands prorogued to the 19th inst., for the dispatch of busi ness. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the Council, which it was understood would order a proclamation to be issued, to appear in the Gazette of this evening, summoning Parliament to meet on the 31st inst. The order authorising transportation to the Cape of Good Hope to be revoked, was understood to he also part of the business to be transacted at the Council. The Ministers, after partaking of a dejeuner at the Castle, will return to town at four o'clock. PL017411 MONDAY AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, according to ancient custom, entertained the gentlemen connected with the several official departments of the corporation at dinner. Covers were laid for sixty, and the party broke up at about eleven o'clock. Before leaving each gentleman Was presented with a service, consisting of cake and sweetmeat, for the younger branches of their several families. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following is the speech of M. Rouher, on the La Plata question : M. Rouher, Minister of Justice, next rose to reply. M. Thiers, he said, had treated the question in the double point of view of the commercial interests and honour of the country. The Government had never demanded the ratification of the treaty of Admiral Le Predour. Why, then, discuss the me• rite of each of its clauses, as if the Cabinet adopted them ? M. Thiers was perfectly aware that when Ministers laid down the principle of mediation and proposed to open new negotiations they could not discuss the intrinsic value of the treaty. He would, nevertheless, follow him on that ground, at the same time that he invited the Assembly to bear in mind, that the treaty was not submitted to its ratification ; that the Government demanded the continuation of a negotiation imposed upon it by the most vulgar rules of the law of nations, a nego tiation that might end in war, which the Cabinet wished to be serious, without assuming an unbecoming menacing attitude.—( Murmurs on the loft.) 11. Rouher, turning towards that side, said—lnterrupt us, gentlemen; charge us with weakness, endeavour to depreciate the Government. Do you consider that a proper and patriotic act? Do you imagine that, when you shall have enervated the Government by your accusations of inex perience and weakness, you will have fortified the country? No, you will have attempted a new ministe rial revolution, which this discussion does not infer; you will have done nothing else, and the country will suffer the more.—(Approbation on the right.) I am here accomplishing the important duty I accepted: if my strength betrays me, I may regret it, but my courage will not betray me."—(Bravo on the same side.) M. Rouher then examined it the honour of France was en gaged in the question. He admitted that France had sought a point di 'appui, at Monte Video. W hen she declared war against Oribe, an internal in surrection overthrew that chief, and three other wars ensued on the banks of the River Plata, which were on the point of overpowering Rosas, when M. Thiers, then President of the Council, gave M. de Mackau the following instructions:—" Paris, July 21, 1840. You will find yourself in presence of auxiliaries who were either unwilling or unable to keep their promises. In the first case, you owe them nothing ; in the second, they are entitled to your sympathy, good offices, and even assistance, to deliver t h em f rom t h e per i ls t h at may menace them, but which are Improbable in a country where the vanqUished parties and the conquerors find it so difficult to meet, But . they cannot require from you that you should continue indefinitely, on their account, struggle, in which we did not involve them, which they spontaneously and willingly commenced themselves— and for the success of which they demanded and ob tained our co-operation without rendering us as many services as they received from us. Nevertheless, if they succeed in negotiating with President Roses, you will enter into communication with them, offer them your friendly intervention, and save them, in a word, as much as possible, from the consequences of the civil war they themselves originated. M. Thiers here interrupted the Minister, and said that the parties above referred to were not the Monte Vi deans, but the insurgents of Corrientes and Entre Rios, commanded by Lavelle. M. Rouher replied that be could not accept the expla nation of M. Thiers—that bis recollection must fail him; and that, having read the entire document, he had not perceived in it the distinction made by the Hon. Gen tleman. _ M. Thiers nevertheless insisted, but at the suggestion of the President he permitted the Minister to proceed. M. Rouher said that the vivacity of the interruption of M. Thiers little surprised him. The question had been his own for the last twelve years.—(" It is the question of the country! not mine," retorted M. Thiers.) He was totally disinterested in the affair ; he would examine it fairly and impartially, and inquire if the national dignity was really compromised. M. Thiers, in 1840, when war with Europe was impending, did not hesitate to follow his convictions, and demand a repara tion for the insults offered our countrymen in La Plata. He, however, did not complicate the question by others relative to Monte Video and the presidency of Oribe. This is so true, that when Rosas was nearly overpowered, M. de Mackau signed the treaty of the 29th of October, 1840, on terms perhaps more favourable than those laid down in his instructions. The other grievances subse quent to 1840 have since been investigated. In 1844, M. Thiers demanded an inquiry, to which the Cabinet replied by reading dispatches from M. Pichon, Consul- General, proving that the latter had always resisted the armament of the French, and that he had even cautioned them that if they took up arms they would lose their nationality, and incur the penalties enacted by the civil code. M. Rouher next contended that France was only bound to guarantee the independence of the Republic of the Uruguay, agreeably to the stipulations of the treaty of October, 1840. That obligation the Cabinet would fulfil. He next demonstrated the inutility of an inquiry in France. Its proper place was on the banks of La Plata. More confidence should be-granted the admirals and agents of France on those shores than the parties interested, who would be examined here. The dis patches of Admiral Le Predour and other naval officers agreed in stating that the foreigners, and in particular the French residents, at Buenos Ayres, enjoyed protec tion and a great liberty, because they did not meddle in politics; that the armistice was religiously observed on both sides, and that Oribe evinced the utmost modera tion and good faith in the execution of the different clauses of the treaty of the 24th May last. M. Thiers had said that Suuth America offered France a consider. able market. He might rest assured that the Cabinet would not compromise her influence in that quarter by abandoning Monte Video, the commercial importance of which was independent of that of Buenos Ayres. The populatioi of those countries being Catholic will always give the preference to Catholic France. The trade of the River Plata with France is a necessity, an imperious necessity for the people inhabiting its banks, syee b o e wct c oace a rov u enmex s ar e z: they are devoted to agricultura l oleofywt,hhesakvoceifol p sdon, u ent r vair s yeyn u id, i )o t p s nitr a nnh n geean d i rert t eth o id:er t hl the rear ing of cattle, and stand is need of French and European )wt mtw oh h r a ie o e a t us r dn he s c t o ge i l t he a c au e t l e t relations. eolrteyico n dition d wpn e h i rha to i e i dti lo scu d es n hrsi h:nllontfotat they meansl theb hes it ate tnationalexamination,at e te a ccept honour eee p int it presence b require duthis 0. war, fs aonh. it b im t m he ed r i e a p te re ly sen d t e at p u kz e n o o f reason why it should engage aecep it was of France was not accepted a E r r m ae is e t e i . ce and a ee tr m e m aty reial yes a re s traet i l n eto th ri a e t c city, couldebt eßeucetnahos. c A e y n r te e4 re , d co in rr A ie l u on te t c e , V an i d dez re estab lished. s e h r e e d a . uli T i o b o e s l t o o ,o r oo e m aFrenchremain Others an d d iatf t resided B e ue n o a s t m Ay o n r et Government Monte treaty of Admiral Le Pred th ou er r e , were to hearken to their wis hes it would ratify the video, who were like • wise entitled to the protection of France. The Assembly shou ld wait to come to a deci sion; a solemn opportunity will regards the Cabinet, it pledged soon present itself. As negotiation and energeti ca l l y itself to continue the t() prot e ct the French settled on both territories. The Brazils are interested in the independance of th e Banda„ sec Oriental, but have nothing to apprehend from •" do at home. Was he not obl r i is, who had sufficient to obliged t o w atch General to Urquize, who is endeavouring constitute an indepen dent state? It should not be forgotten Paraguay and the Oriental Republi c either that t he . s from the Argentine Republic. Te2l e wretched h separate the militaryßraisa l means placed at the disposal of Ro sa s rre by M. re were, on the other hand, little calcu l ated to ena bl e him to realise his supposed ambitious views on that country. Referring them to the projected expedition , on f M..Rouher said that the neutrals would, a s demand to be allowed to trade continueathoereroccasZtnl; Buenos Ayres. The English interest r • might not be aroused by a first attack, but if the•the blockade eontieued too long, that interest occupation or erest might put for ward pretensions, and this is a reason not to embark rashly in a war which was not immediately and anxiously required by the honour of France. In con clusion, the. Minister declared that the Cabinet would not ratify the treaty, nor abandon Monte Video, nor re cede before the consequences of the war, but he would observe that there were duties to be fulfilled before com ing to that extremity. After the close of the negotia tions the Assembly would be called to investigate the conduct of the Ministers, who would explainit - • with the same frankness they had exhibited throughout the pre sent discussion. The Assembly afterwards rejected five or six amend ments to the resolution of the Committee, one of which, moved by M. Bouvet, proposed that the settlement of the question be left to the joint mediation of Great Britain, France, and the United States; and adjourned at half-past seven. The debate was to be continued on Monday. The publication of the note which we have quoted from the Napoleon, and which appears also as corn rnuniqui in the Patrie and Moniteur du Soir, has occasioned a great sensation, particularly among the Legitimatists, to two journals of which party it appears to have been communicated by mistake. The Opinion Publique, one of the organs of the Legiti matists, and which, during the ascendancy of the De Falloux party, was wont to be favoured with Ministerial communications, has the following : " The following note has been communicated to us. It comes from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [The Opinion Publique hero quotes the note of the Napo leon.] We cannot but remark the singular phrase underlined in the original, and which we have printed in italics—' So long as the Ministers have the confidence of the President, they meet wills no check.' At are Palace of the Elysie that may be possible, but at the Legislative Palace it is quite another thin .g. The Assembly has, up to this time, passed for being a power. Who makes the laws ?—is it the President ? Who votes the taxes ?—is it the President ? Who regulates the number of the Ministers ?—is it the Pre sident ? Who can put the Ministers on their trial ?-4 is it the President ? Who can put the President on his. trial ?—is it himself ? Louis XIV., it is true, said, The State—it is I;' but Louis XIV. made head against the whole of Europe; he si ned, after twenty victories,. the glorious treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle, Nimeguen, and. Utrecht he bent the fleets of England and Holland ; ' he triumphed over the armies of Spain and Italy ; ha • had Ministers who bore the names of Colbert, Louvois,. de Lionne, and de Torcy ; he said at the end of his. reign, " The Pyree6.2B no longer exist. He did not. thick that Rosas was a too powerful enemy for France.. A little less vanity in words, or a little more pride its action, if you please." The Opinion Publique then adds— " Whilst writing the above lines, a person presente d himself at our office, as sent by the Minister of Foreig n Affairs, to declare, as not apocryphal , but simply ett tracted from a journal entituled the Napoleon, the notte which we published; which- the Gazette quoted as aw extract from the abovenamed journal, which the Mord! teur du Soir inserted as a first pAragraph, and the Patrie as a communicated article." [ Clic Opinion Publique is here in error—the Petrie did not give it with the word communiqué attached to it.] "We have still by us the envelope of the communication, with the seal of the Foreign office, and bearing the imprint as coming from the Cabinet of the Ministry, and it was impossible for us to state an article as extracted from the Napoleon, of the existence of which we were not aware, which was transmitted to us by the Cabinet. A verbal request did not appear to us, therefore, sufficient, and we are not called on to repair the blunders which are committed in Paris." Another Legitimatist organ, the Union, also received the note. It says— " Thi s note, which was given in two of the evening journals, was forwarded to us under the corer of the Ministry of Foreig❑ Affairs with the word communique In the evening a person who declared himself to be an employe of the Cabinet, came and informed us that the note had been sent without the consent of the ➢linister, and that we were requested to consider the note as not having been sent." It is supposed that the Cabinet will have a good majority, as Count MOLE and the Duc DE BROGLIE are working to counteract the influence of M. TRIERS. It is, however, very evident that the great and com pact majority of which the reactionaries were wont to boast is completely broken up. A new weekly journal, entitled the Napoleon, and said to be the official organ of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, appeared on Sunday. From it we ex tract the following remarkable paragraph : " In consequence of the smallness of the majority by which some recent measures of the Government have been carried certain journals, with regard to whose intentions we may be permitted to doubt, advise the Ministers to retire. They contend, arguing from certain customs of the past, that after expe riencing such checks, Ministers who have any feelings of self-respect can no longer continue in the direc tion of affairs. " These journals are ignorant, or:reign:tobe ignorant of what must be henceforth the position of the re sponsible Chief of the Executive Power. In the new order of things, so long as the Ministers have the confidence of the President, they experience no check. Once for all we warn the obstinate defenders of the old constitutional routine, that the chief of the state will retain his Ministry in spite of all jealous attacks and that the deplorable fact of Ministerial instability will no longer be reproduced at the bidding of Parliamentary ambition." It is said that Marshal MARMONT arrived in Paris on Sunday. General TITTE is about to proceed from Brest, on a tour of inspection, to the French colonies in the West Indies, and on the West Coast of Africa. The .11foniteur publishes a decree, appointing M. PAUL DE BOURGOING Ambassador to the Court of Spain. It is said that some grave disorders have broken out in a regiment of cavalry at Valenciennes. General LATOESTINE has been dispatched from Paris to make an inquiry into the circumstances at tending it. One of the editors of the Reforme, a Russian, who has resided in France for many years, has been ordered to quit Paris in 48 hours. The Assembly met yesterday, at three o'clock. M. Baroche, Vice President, took the chair. After the Secretary had read the minutes of the pre. ceding sitting, M. Laussat ascended the tribune, and complained of an omission in the report. On Saturday, when M. Thiers defied any Member of the Assembly to proolaim himself the partisan of the treaty concluded by Admiral Le Predour, he had risen and declared that he was ready to accept it. The fact, he thought, should have been no ticed by the secretary. A ballot next commenced for the election of the President of the Assembly, which gave the following result:— Voters ... Absolute majority ... ... 595 ... 298 Votes. ... 377 ... 156 M. Dupin obtained ... M. Michel de Bourgea M. Dufaure ... ... M. Odillon Barrot ... M. Darn ... ... M. Dupin having obtained more than the required majority, was proclaimed President for the three en suing months. The Assembly next resumed the adjourned discussion on the affairs of the River Plate. M. Granier moved the following amendment:—" The Legislative Assembly invites the President of the Re public to give notice to • the Government of Monte Video of the cessation of the treaty of the 12th June, 1848, and to inform it that, three months after that notification, the subsidy shall cease to be paid by France. The Legislative Assembly, moreover, invites the Presi dent of the Republic to adopt the measures necessary for the efficacious protection of our countrymen and of French interests on the banks of the River Plate." M. Granier developed his amendment amidst the noise of private conversation. The amendment was next put from the chair, and rejected. Another amendment was presented by M. de Rance to this effect—" Whereas the treaty of Admiral Le Predour has not been submitted to • the ratification of the National Assembly; whereas the Government de clares that it intend: to continue the negotiations, with a view to guarantee the honour and interests of the Re pu lie, and that in all cases our countrymen shall be seriously protected against the contingencies which might menace them on the banks of La Plata, the As sembly passes to the order of the day." Several other amendments were next read by the President, but the Assembly having decided that the discussion should open first on that of M. de Rana, the latter rose and said that the speech delivered by M. Rouher on Saturday clearly indicated the intentions of the Government. The Minister had formally declared against the ratification of the treaty and the abandon ment of Monte Video, and the Assembly he trusted would see the necessity of leaving the Cabinet its full liberty of action. M. Daru, in the name of the Committee, declared against the amendment and all the others, and called on ti t nh la ge e nc A iro s ym se am m nid b tt ly eae to vote the resolution submitted to it by de termined not tO sow m ieh a mi k c e nh fc r o e im s t suml convictions ot of tne ve i ts cwt s is e ns r n i s u d ue tos. anybody, even at the risk of its members being charged with personal ambition, as asserted in two semi-official the sacrifice been ifi The ce th o e journals. Here the Minister for Foreign Affairs rose and stated that the article alluded to had emanated from his mi nistry, but without his knowledge or participation. The moment he heard of its existence he hastened to disown it. M. Darn again insisted on the adoption of the resolu tion of the Committee, which requires the executive power to support the negotiations it intended to open by a force sufficient to insure their success, and protect the French residents at Monte Video. The Minister of Justice, in the name of the Cabinet, adhered to the amendment of M. de Rano& Twenty Members having demanded for a division, a ballot com menced, which was still proceeding at post hour. M. Francisque Bouvet had presented the following amendment : " The National Assembly, anxious to prove to the world that the French Republic places right and intelli gence above measures of action, particularly in the case of a rival inferior in power, decrees—' The executive power is invited to propose to the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, to regulate, in conjunction with France, the affairs of the Plata. The three powers shall send to the spot each three commissioners, invested with full powers to adjust, agreeably to the law of nations and the rules of equity, the pending differences between the different states of that part of the American continent. With a view to ensure their mutual independence, and the peace claimed by the wants of trade, the National Assembly moreover invites the executive power to send without delay a sufficient force to protect our countrymen, and to act in the name of France alone, in the event of the refusal of Great Britain and the United States to join in a com mon intervention.'" The Mountain also proposed an amendment, signed by Messrs. Cholat, Jules Fevre, and Duch. It was as follows: " Art. 1. Previous to all negotiation the French En voy shall order General Oribe to raise the siege of Monte Video and remove his camp to the right bank of the river Santa Lucia. " Art. 2. Should General Oribe refuse to accede to those preliminaries, the French negotiator is authorized to employ force to relieve Monte Video and cause the independence of the Republic of the Uruguay to be respected." The National Assembly afterwards adopted the amendment of M. de Ranch, by a majority of 338 to 300. The first article of the Bill, granting an extraordinary credit of 1,800,000 f. to the Government, to pay the subsidy due to Monte Video was afterwards voted, as well as the two remaining articles, without any dis cussion. The whole Bill was next adopted by 496 to 88. General Bedeau was re-elected Vice-President by 382 votes. M. Leon Faucher obtained 66, and M. GithY 12. The I Bo . urse was well attended starsebaut r Northern,gh , yesterday, 36os.: 4asnBda Tours co n d . , siderable quantity of busin es s wa s transacted. The Five p er Cents. opened at 92 f . 90 c. , rose steadily to 9 3f. 25c., and closed at 9 3 f. 20 c.; - the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 25c.; Orleans Railroad Shares , 8051 .; Rouen, 582 f. 50c.; 242 f. 50c.; and 50c. ; or Avignon, 215 f.; Vierzon, 3401 .; Basle, 112 f. 50c. 1 ; Bor deaux, Havre,42s Paris Nantes, 270 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 734 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon), 13 3 / 4 —East Indian, 4 —Northern of France, 1% die.—Sambre and Meuse, 21/2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. Two of them, the l'ais and the Nacion, an nounce, on the authority of letters from Paris, that the Montemolinists intend to resume hostilities at the beginning of the spring. Both these journals declare that the Alonteniolinists have money at their command, and the Count DE MONTEMOLINO has addressed cir culars to his partisans to bold themselves in readiness to act at the first signal. The IVacion adds that the insurgent commanders of the different provinces have been already named.—CABRERA to the chief command,in the northern provinces and eastille ; ELm, to Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, &c.; and it further states that two expeditions by sea, under the order of Count DE MONTEMOLINO'S brothers, are contemplated. All this had created considerable sensation in Madrid ; ' but it was believed that it was much exaggerated. Royal decrees in the Gazette announce the appoint ment of M. J. DE LA GETZ OSES to the post of Under- Secretary to the Department of the Interior, of M. BALLESTEROS to the Director- Generalship of direct taxes; and another decree transfers the management of all affairs respect ing what are called the passive classes of state cre ditors to the Minister of Finance. The Chamber of Deputies, on the 31st ult., was occupied in discussing the validity of certain elections. On the Ist postal reform came into operation, and stamps for prepaying letters were issued for the first time. There was a report that the Cortes would be dissolved after the discussion of the budget. The Three per Cents. on the Ist were done at 294 (ex. div.), but that day being a holiday the Stock- Exchange was not open. GERMANI AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Both Chambers met on the 4th January, and re sumed the transaction of public busineFs. A Ministerial circular has been published, appoint ing the 24th instant for the election of Deputies to the Erfurth Parliament. . The KING is to take the oath to the Constitution on the 18th instant. Dr. JACOBY has declined to take his seat in the First Chamber, as he considers the Prussian Cham bers as at present constituted illegal assemblies. There have been serious inundations in Silesia and Pomerania. M. DE PERSIGNY arrived at Berlin on the 3d. The Government has determined to erect a perma nent bridge across the Rhine at Cologne, to unite the Aix and Minden Railway lines. FRANKFORT. The Senate of Frankfort on the 3d refused to put the new Constitution to the vote, and dissolved the Chamber. The new Chamber is convoked for the 21st. HAMB URGH. JAN. 3.—The weather has now set in so decidedly cold and frosty that the Elbe will be firmly covered with ice in the course of a day or two. At present the mouth of the harbour is kept pretty clear by the workmen, but this cannot last. The temperature is 3 deg. Three ice-boats have gone out to sea, carrying pilots for any vessels that may want to enter the Elbe. The navigation is still kept open, though with difficulty, between Hamburgh and liar burgh. TURKEY AND RUSSIA, Great doubt exists as to the truth of the announcement of the settlement of the Russo- Turkish question. Russia is, it is said, manceuver ing to gain time, and the EMPEROR has refused to accept the guarantee offered by the SULTAN on the subject of the Polish refugees, and insists on their expulsion. The Ministers of the Divan, on the 17th ult., met in a grand Council, and, it is stated, gave an important decision, to the effect that they will not resume negotiations but on the footing pre viously proposed and adopted by M. Trrorr and M. STURMER and the Porte. On the 15th the SULTAN suddenly made his appearance at the Grand Council while the Ministers were in full discussion, and joined in their labours for upwards of an hour. Subsequently, in a neat speech, he recommended union, and caused the Ministers to take each a solemn oath, to the effect that party spirit will be done away with henceforth, and that no animosity should exist among their ranks, which ought at the present time to be directed in guarding against the enemies of the state. The warlike preparations of the Porte still continue. The militia pours in daily, and a few days back recruits of Rumelia began to make their appearance. In this city there is such a flux of troops that the barracks are crowded, and about severity khans (caravanseras) are occupied by the new comers. The several strongholds of Turkey are likewise being fortified—among others, a mint of money is being spent on the fortress of bhumla. A few days back a three decker was launched. General DEMIDOIT, at the head of 4,000 Russians, has entered hails, in direct contravention of the Grabbe Convention. Other accounts from Constan tinople of the same date state that the refugee question is settled. GREECE. Intelligence from Athens has been received to the 21st ult. On the 18th the Canaris Ministry resigned, and the KING sent for M. METaxa to form a new Cabinet. METAx& is the chief of the Russian party. 1T A L Letters from Turin of the Ist of January state that on the preceding day the Marquis D'AZEGLIO, the Prime Minister, presented to the Chamber a projrct of law for the ratification of the treaty with Au,tria. It was believed that the Bill would bs voted without discussion. A letter from Turin of the Ist inst. announces that MM. Cavour, Revel, Ricci, Favina, Cagnione, Regis, and Desline, all members of the majority, have been appointed to form the permanent Com mittee of Finance. The Maws Gazette of the 31st ult. publishes a proclamation from Marshal RADETZKY, commanding the inhabitants to surrender forthwith ail arms, flags, drums, and colours of every description which they may have in their possession. PREVENTION of ACCIDENTS on the ICE TO THF: EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Nothing, I am confident, is a greater ca lamity to humanity than the loss of friends or rela tions by sudden death, but especially so by fire or water, the latter more frequent than the former, mostly so at this period of the year, when thou sands of people imprudently venture their lives for no other purpose than to gratify their curiosity, and others to enjoy the winter sport of skating. As nothing in the way of example deters people from going upon the ice, it is most desirable to improve, if possible, the present method of rescuing them from the water in case of accident. I shall, therefore, propose the followin g s i mp l e an d economical method to be put in practice in time of frost :—Take, for instance, an ornamental water, say St. James's•park (which is nearly 2,000 feet long), and at proper distances erect along the bank two strong poles, connected at the top with each other, forming a point. To the top, between each, attach a large pulley; at the bottom, between each pole, in a barrel, have a middle-sized rope coiled, sufficiently long to attain the distance limited to each ; pass one end of the rope ,through the pulley, fix to it an India-rubber ball, about three feet in diameter, covered with thick net work, and loops attached to lay hold of; keep it suspended about five feet from the ground. On an accident happening, the iceman will immediately lay hold of the ball, run to the spot, and throw it to the persons in the water, whilst those on the bank will be able to render assistance by pulling the rope, and thus draw out the persons laying hold of it, instead of the present plan of throwing a single rope, or ladder, or even the lifeboat, which, in the anxiety of the moment, some times causes the unfortunate victim to receive severe contusions ; and to render the process still more expeditious and safe, the iceman who should be appointed to throw the ball might wear states, and be tied to the rope attached to the ball, which would facilitate his efforts from the confidence it w ou ld g i ve him. Each o f th e four icemen would, of course, know the limits of his rope. This plan would prevent the crowding round the place to save one, by which many often fall victims through feeling , of humanity. I sincerely believe that this plan, added to the ad mirable services rendered to the sufferers by the offi cers of that benevolent institution the Royal Humane Society, may be the means of ensuring such accidents from being fatal. Being confident of the success of the undertaking, I shall be happy to subscribe my guinea towards it; and deposit it in the hands of any committee who will undertake such erection round the ornamental waters of the metropolis, or.even erect one as a model, if permitted, at my own personal expense. With the highest consideration, I have the honour to remain, your most obedient servant, HUMANITAS. Jan. 8. P.S. I have just heard that Mrs. Butler, who met with the accident in St. James's-park, on Sunday week, is dead, leaving eleven children ; and she might have been saved had the above apparatus been there. Sul DAT DUTIES AT THR POST OPlUM—Another important measure for the reduction of the Sunday d ut i es at the provincial ,offices will take ;place on Sunday, the 13th instant. The discontinuance of all Sunday delive ries except one, has rendered it practicable to withd raw many dispatches on the Sunday without inconvenience to the public; and this, together with other measures of relief, has enabled the Postmaster-General to direct that henceforth, as a general rule, every post-office in Eng land and Wales shall, after ten o'clock in the morning, continue closed for the rest of the day, instead of open ing again, as at present, at five in the evening. This will be a most important addition to the relief already afforded on the Sunday to some thousands of persons in the service of the Post-office. We may add that the public has been misled as to the increase of force in the London office. S uc h i ncrease, which has never in a single inst ance excee d e d twent y-five men, is now reduced to fourteen, and it is expected that further reductions will shortly take plum—Observer. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREJL The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, including 2,003 taken on specula tion, and compried 5,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham, at 6dld. to bid ; 150 Bahia, at 641 to 60.; 100 Egyptian, at 6id. to 7td.; 300 Surat, at 4i. to 41(1.; and 30 Sea Island at 111 d. to is. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull at previous rates. Speculation in produce is being prosecuted rather actively, and as all such operations must depend for success upon the extent of the supplies on hand, and the anticipated crops, authentic information is indispen sable. The public at large also are interested in this matter, as an undue enhancement of prices is prejudicial to the consumer. The following particulars of the growth, consumption, &c., of coffee, as furni s h e d by Messrs. Carey and Browne, have evidently been collected with much care. " Coffee," they " remelt," has at length taken the position which, on more than one occasion, we have ventured to predict must eventually result from the neglected and depressed state into which it had fallen, its long protraction ren dering the reaction the more certain, and in its extent the more important and permanent; as unlike most other merchandise, the supply of which can be operated on by the fluctuations from year to year, no material ad vance in the production of this article can be effected by increased cultivation within three or four years; the rise that took place from the end of 1830, also followed a period of great depression, during which the want of encouragement for renewing old plants, occasioned a gradual deficiency of imports, as compared with the demand; but at this time production was on a mu ch more limited seals, and the power of consumption was only beginning to be developed; the advance in 1836, and stiff rates ruling for several years following. stimulated a greatly extended cultivation, which, after the effects thereof began to be developed by declining quotations on the continent, was further encouraged by the comparatively high prices that continued to be maintained for British sorts in this country. owing to the deficiency in our home supply. as also for foreign imported through the Cape of tiood Hope and our East India possessions up to 1840; the equalisation of the duty on East and West Innis, of British growth, likewise promoting the improvement in Ceylon, that has led to our present large import from hence, viz., about 16,000 tons; whereas in 1835, woes the reduction was made, our receipts were only about 100 tons; a great advance in the g e neral pr o duction being tus influenced, the supplies to Europe were heavy, and with accumulating stocks prices gave way. and from 1842 to the early part of the present year. mostly ruled very low, standard quality of Java tit Holland from 22 cents. to 17 cents., which was tha quo tation towards the end of 1848; but consumption in the meantime was also rapidly progressing, more especially in the United States, and notwithstanding the enormou s crops in the Braids (the most important producing country), no marked increase in the European Stocks was shown after 1844, the comparisons of each succeed' ing year making it evident that consumption was bl degrees gaining on production; a diminution ea considerable as that which was shown in the yield of both Java and the Brazils in th e past season, therefore, soon made an impression on th e stocks; and as from tolerably well authenticated r ports, the crops now coming forward from these place' will exhibit a still greater deficiency, very general into rest has been imparted to the article, and extensiv e operations have kept prices almost continually advane' ing since the middle of the year, and although the rt e .° has of late been more rapid an d cons id era b le than IP' most sanguine could have anticipated, from the re' markable position in which the article is placed, its er hanced value appears to be fully established, for with • consumption, by the most moderate computati oo : amounting to 250,000 tons, an d a p ro b a bl e stoc k o f s hoal 50,000 tons, in the leading ports of Europe at the ebl ee of the year, the coming season's exports from the PO . duciug countries, according to the highest estimat e ' cannot be taken at above 210,000 tons; the no incoa, siderable quantity of old Coffee that had been left ()T o in the Brazils being also taki ng i nto consideration. P 6 that there appears to be ever y pro b a bili ty that nest year the stocks will beco me muc h re d uce d , an d littl e chance 'of a permanent decline from present rates ' s which, however, are in a grea t measure i n ant i c ipstia o thereof ; and although the decreased production is. doubt, in part, the effect of unfavourable seasons, it,: pretty well understood, a t l east as regards Java, to "• chiefly owing to the decay of old trees, which, by r e ' s : son of the long continuance of unremunerating rati„ there has not been in c li na ti on or means to rep l en i s h 9 4 fresh planting; should thi s p rove th e case , a s till , fI P ther advance may be lo o k e d f orwar d t o , an d a l o t% r i riod may elapse before any decided reaction e nsues. 4 Neither the steamer from New York, nor that frv o i the West Indies has yet arrived. The former is fairly due. The Belgian papers contain no news of interest. o f At the Colonial Bank meeting just held, th e profits the halt year were stated at 13,0001., the bad debta!,e being greater than anticipated. A di v id en d o f 1 r cent. for the six months was declared. ir Yesterday afternoon the National Debt Calip h , sioners had an int e rvie w w i t h t h e Ch ance ll or o f • Exchequer, and the impr ess i on b ecomes stronger tbr., o , financi 1 operation of importance is contemplated by u veroment. With a good surplus income, such ill the retrenchment stat e d t o h ave b een accomp lished o give the Cha nce ll or , t h ere i s every reason to b e li ev e th an arrangement might be made for the creation of I: 0 minable annuities, whi c h, a lth oug h t h ey " would i n cre the present burden of interest, would prove of relict hereafter, and counterbalance the injurious too tion made to the debt within the last year or trio account of Ireland. The Funds have opened higher again, Consols w e met 97 to j for Transfer, and 974 to 4 for Account. .7 1 6/ present value is 974 Bank Stock has risen 1 .716/ and and 2071; and the New Three-and a-Q uarter pert/ 9-„v 0 have touched 994 4. Exchequer-bills have been 601.0, 635. premiem, a rise of Is.; and India Bonds ar e ja ' dsarer viz., 98a. There have been sever a l bargain s. South Sea Annuities. ie f p In the Foreign Market prices ar e advancing. Pl ane vian have reached 62 and 621 ; M ex i can have been th;;00 at 294 and 291; Buenos Ay res are 484; end New 87. Spanish Five per Cents. have been ol l t ° of / 194 4, and the Thre e p er C ents. 374. Portuguese 4'OlM per Cents. are about 36 to 37. French Five per ‘a have been marked 94, with the exchange at 2 1 Dutch Two•and-a H a lf per C ents. have been 551 Laid Business in the Share Market is exceedingly dulls prices are much the same. Lir" ONE ' le is, P C . r 4t.Ttn. , USW. O'CLOCK. P,- 8 2 0 it , ank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 97 % ,/ S pe , Cont. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Ann u iti es ,l726 95% 9 9 1 q .< j'A t per Cent. Anna..... 98% ON L , ng Anna. to exp ire , J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. B% ...., India Stock 9O India Bonds ,1 , 01x)1. ...... 95 98 p 1, iitto under 1,000/... ........... 95 93 p ••• 4 South Sea Stock ~•0/ Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ...... 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 ... ou,ols .or Account 97104 ,Lequer Bilk. 1%6. - lic 2d 6 0 ! 1,0001. June 62 63 60 p 61' Small. June 59 62 p isi-P ) PRICES OF FOREIGN FU.N.UIS. CC , (E 10 J TO O'CLOCK. .., Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 - ti t Ditto, Account Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent 4Bl‘ be Ditto, Account -,,, Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent .. 10°7 41' Ditto 5 Der Cent. ... Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. vitix.it;itri, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— 0 Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons —5 ), Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 62 Ditto. Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese o per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account . pw,ir_li 5 Her Cent. 1840 — 191 Ditto, Account .. . __. Ditto. 3 per Cent - Ditto. Account ••• •• ••• • '. , 9ividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent 94f. 94f;' 40e,' Exchange 1 I utch 29 E per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 65%.% ", ,ia Ditto. , C. per Cent. Certificate? — of , eVo 1 ItICES OF BUSINESS DONE , -- i ij ° C , tAILWAY SHARES. PAID* AT ONE O'CLOCK. •— .... 1 0 , berdeen 5O — Do. Preference tuber. Nott., Boston, / end Eastern Junction 0/ 4 -- .yrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 / 2 r eltast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. / (Ut.West. Per.s per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Juliet, calls duly / paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 :,rming, Wolverh'ton, and': idley, calls duly / pd, cr with guarantee 10 ..... Do. withoutguarantee 10 B i r ming., W olverh'pton, / and Stour Va11ey...... 131. 14s Birkenhead Lancashire, / and Cheshire J une.... 20 Bristol and Exeter...... 92 ..•—• Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 281 Suckinghamshire . 107 Caledonian ...... ...... 50 Ditto, New M. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 :Allister and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, / 4 per Cent. Direct London'& Ports- / mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 14 szt Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 108., Pref... 3% _ -- ........... ...• Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per / Cent., Preference... 2 . Eastern Counties... ... 20 Do. New, Gun 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... _ .0 Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ............... Do. North. & Eastern, ~ 6 per Cent. Ditty.s per Cent s °so ...... .". 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