The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-17 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRU RY -L AN E. - Lessee • and 31anager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs•to sabruit the following scale of Prices of Idru;ssien for public approval: - Private boxes, 3d. 35., V. 12s. Gd., 21. 25., Id. lls. 6 d., and 11 . Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. a. d. FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE. Boxes - 40 Boles- 1 0 -- 2 0 Pit - - - 20 Pit - - Lower Gallery - 0 L o wer Gallery -0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. TIII3 EVEN IN('., Will to presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Anderson;. Rafter; Jacques, M. Vandenkoff ; Orlando, Mr. James Adam, Mr. Cooper • Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, AMegoriced, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Ilal ' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied rand about their necks so fast, Would gobble up 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 and Music entirely new, composed by N obody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Itossint Ware, Handel, Rod welt Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaddrs. The Rounds are the mposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superhatendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brawling, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, al Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. hiMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Da unch rcie The Spirit of High Trage d y , Mr. J. Parry Spirit of P MiSs Ennice ; Spirit cf Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munehausen &e., &c., by &c., &e. MoatALs. A. , ny Itobsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Goof Queen Bess, Mr. It , Romer ; Her Lovely Bobby, Master Better ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Denlin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christophe Guards, r Hatton Morris Dancers, Mr. Chap Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons; and other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, Bat although he comes in snow, he still hopes Pad eet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to is yearly visit to the. Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door?"—Come and see—" J. Anderson's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's mere than every one call say ;we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"--l-b meets answer, it is hoped, will te satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as tke 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 Bacon a conspgets i racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe'will be put out-7 quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—bat 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 Raft ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royai Petticoat Ili! *ill make their drat appearance us any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN LESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen • GOOD QUEEN IIE SS In all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical so Fact many , that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers that 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, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and tha `Ewa of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these , derous 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 CUM NOR HALL BY MOONLIGIIT—WiIsen. " Coming events cast their shddows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Loves half-way house, the Robsar Arms makesno —" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lt can't be said, " he bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Bobby, to whom she sings the following patlict:c sa : " Come my bobby; 'come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the piper." Thi4, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-c of true love The Earl fore ver - sta lls ShaksPere, byaliscovering that the coursene did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " eomp teu and to him they do come " petit ours," 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 SHE SPA_ love, ends in war, and the total destruction of T ISII ARMADA I By. Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has sow done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a "Peace Congress," and brings all to a Close by making them all change their clothes M.— The Earl of Leicester puts' on the motley garb of Harlequin, Deulin. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Devlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robs Art dons the Robe.d'Amour of Columbine, Ma dlle. Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Hess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis long since we met I" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WARE E.HOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFIC Cupid and Clown—Hatter and Butterflies —Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Cooks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu lation —Change to INTERIOR-OF CATACOMBS I SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome —the Waiters at Fault—a 'transformation - Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment —Police I Police l —and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOE' TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DANCE." Heals Win the Prize. iiM KIEL Potatoes all hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A. Alird Mill—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smitliflehl Market —llo'lo - way's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin oreatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce nd Spon the - Combustion—Puff, the Order o f the Day—Punch a City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO 'GING-HOUSES. What will be sees here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears" — " O h, what a falling off, my countrymen, ve en you, and BE I, andD,ROOM all of us, feLODGING-HOkUSE ll down."—Shaspere. • , . Comfortable Quarters —Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's °Can of Warm aaa:Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Likte Visitors —A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder — N ov el Mode of E x pelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. lee Soap—Temperance Hotel, Frost.—N.B. Iced Champag ne — Oh, the Roast Beef of O ld En g land !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'iliver"--Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be does. FATHER THAILES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General " Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City 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 VESSEL For California or anYwhere else. GR MOV LNG DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by liranning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest : - Departure for Osborne —passing Cowes and ap p ro aching the Needi,s—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse —Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron .by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James ARderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bemiett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dann. Musical Director, Mr. G. IL-Rodwell. Leader of the Band, J. W. Thiriwall. Bact Mistress, Madame Louise. Scents Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Biamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Earner and Miss Biggs. Box -book-keeper, Mr. J. Pdvey. RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST: JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. Ja es's Theatre will commence 10-MORROW EVENING, With Herold's Opera, in Three .Ae6, entitled ZAMPA ; on, La Fiancee de Marbre. lamp 1, M. Chollet ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Killy Leroy ; Danief Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateanfort ; Camille, Madlle. Charton ; Biqa, Madlle. Gnichard. The Box-otnee of the Theatre is -open daily from Eleven till . THEA ritE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Bole Lesse - a and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solos, Mr. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. Dimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora TlowerJew, Mrs. Charles Kean; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NINTH STIZFUE or, The Jewels and The (IP _Principil characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs.-L. S. Buckingham. and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To_ccinclUde with THE SWISS COTTAGE. The llox-olllse is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. • • THk.IAYRIA ROYAL. ADELYUL. undeptke direction Cl _Madame Celeste. • ~.. I , THIS EVENING ,Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW CO , "St. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed furls , O. Smith, Worrell.; ,IVlndame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Atter which.FRANKENSTEIN ; or; The Model Man. I ranken stein, Mr. Wright; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zatniel, Mr. E. 0. Prnith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddievvincc, miss Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Un dine, Miss E. Harding. • To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. B LJNBURY'S Si t l; . w ls ig . ht .A ; fr iob llighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Rightmry Barnes, Miss Brooks. aciTAL LYCP,UM TUEATEE. Under the st,inagemext et. Madame Ve sti'L. Sole Lessee. air. Clotile9 Mathewb. TBL3O EVENING, . Will be performed USEIY UP. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To con-lude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 54.; Upper Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2a. ; Gallery, Is., NO half-price to any part of the house. applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcro ft, 15 New Bond-street. PRISICE.A:;'S Mr. J. 31. , liatidos, gole.leAgee and Manager. MIS EVENINO, Will be performed a n6W Opera; entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. To conclude with ICING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Xagic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLE P'.. ro RO to I AL Mr. AM W PHI Ba flitty k.A.TRE. Pnrtr, . . Be-appearance of Madlle. Codone. NKIVS /1 A 1:4;:lt: HIS EVE.NI . N(i, drantrAtn ffitht, commencing with the Pantomi me rmance - commence- lit a Quarter to Seven, with a ctPtuestrion Comie,Nantomime, by Nelson Lee, called RAE kc p. -- YALXICEE DOCALE, Rho came to Town upon his little ire* ' 1 • . p;a Z , i4To t he tel/oWed,by a bril*ait display of Batty's peerless scenes of thdpoit, , aapported by 'Wei accomplished artistes of the establish iir ...- .., . u - dqovithAL - nelir Grand Spectacle of THE 'KNIGHT OF AA? t 41PC te ' ' '' i : DT 0 The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. 4 i• OZ •,. 04) open from Eleven till Your. • • Stage litausigerOW.r. W. West. • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN ING, JANUARY 17, 1850 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —l4ning, 14 min. after 4 1 Evening , 5 min. after 4 rn Te-3 , Toaaow —Morning, 46 min. after 4 I Evening. 5 atiL. after 5 THE WEATELEIStrN Onucx, JAN. 17. TnzumoNwrzn, Lowest, 27; Highest, 31; Noo 1, 33. BAROMETER, 29.86. WIND N.N.E.—dull weather. Or,* Tvi, •-t• • -id.' rA • • - 043 - Likittlltt Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1850. Even with the assistance of those preliminary biographers who contribute, through the medium of the public journals, the material.; far future memoirs and histories, the multitude has been enabled already to recognise a new evidence of professional injustice as evinced towards the enterprising and lamented Waal:max. At twelve years of age that distin guished officer entered the maritime service cf England as a midshipman, and at forty-nine, after a career illustrated by the most eminent services to his country, to the promotion of commerce, and to the general cause of civilization, be died in the subordi nate rank of lieutenant ! In this simple fact there is indicated a homily. In the • bare statement there is audible a severe condem nation of the authorities at the Admiralty. In the record of an oversight so glaring and in tolerable there is perceptible a severe satire upon the entire system of naval mismanagement. The circum stance is, unhappily, one signally qualified to " point a moral," though, at the same time, it is altogether of too mournful a character to "adorn a tale." Glancing back over those 37 years of laborious exertion, ap preciating the toil, the ability, the perseverance, the courage, and the unceasing energy expended upon the magnificent labours of this great national and inter national benefactor, bearing in recollection the splen dour, the utility, and the permanent importance of his most memorable achievements—our heart aches at the deplorable inadequacy of the compensation yielded to a man thus remarkable for the exhibition of the most ex alted self-sacrifice; our mind is bewildered by the sense of such supreme ingratitude ; our cheek blushes at the remembraice of so much paltry and parsimonious economy of promotion. That a man like this, after acquiring by his matchless enterpriE3 an European and world-wide reputation, should, at the end of thirty seven years of public service, die a simple lieutenant, would have been a matter wholly incomprehensible to us, but that we were already too intimately fami liarised with the unjust and execrable system of advancement in the maritime profession of Great Britain—a system as anomalous as it is disgraceful, and as short-sighted as it is ruinous. Again and again we have had occasion to reprobate the perpetuation of this crying wrong to the sailors of England. Again and again we shall continue our expressions of indignation at its evil influence on the national fortunes, and at its infliction of a grievous stigma on the national character. But never assuredly before have we had—nay, we are almost bold to aver that never in future possibly shall we have—cause to refer to this blot on the marine escutcheon of Eng land with an illustrative case so miserably conspi- cuous for its meanness as that of the treatment of Lieutenant WAGHORN, a British subject, glorious among the ranks of the renowned fur the benefac tions lavished by him upon the three great continents of the Eastern hemisphere, on Asia, on Africa, and on Europe. While hundreds and hundreds of men of the most insignificant capacity have been striding up the scale of promotion, he, the true servant of the Crown and of the country, foremost among the prin cipal " workers" of the age, has been passed over as undeserving of any advancement. Here then—men of England, citizens of that great maritime empire whose annals are adorned by the names of a Cooa and a NELSON, the noblest of its navigators the son of a collier, the most heroic of its sea captains the son of a poor clergyman—here is the latest, and as suredly one of the most lamentable tokens of the ob stacles thrown in the path of untitled genius and unpatronised ambition ! Shall it continue thus for ever? Are we to . watch the perpetual patronage of the younger sons of the aristocracy, and the perpetual disparagement and depreciation of the eldest born of the people, the offspring of the ge niuF, the vigour and the enterprize of the land ? A popular novelist is at present delineating, in the pages of an eminent periodical, the difficult progress of those adventurous members of the community who would clamber up the steep and perilous Ladder of Gold. It would have been a theme worthy of the pen of MARRTATT to' have recounted the toils, the dangers, and the interminable obstructions placed in the way of those maritime ad venturers who, without interest, family, or patronage of any description, venture upon an effort to ascend the broad but crowded Ladder of Promotion. In the struggle there for elevation the pampered children of nobility, whose rise has been facilitated by the silken assistance of nepotism, find an endless opportunity of retarding the advance of their less fortunate competitors—trampling on the hands that dare to grasp at the rungs upon which they themselves are standing securely. So it has been from the commencement—so it will be until the popular voice dooms this most atrocious and detestable system. Already that voice speaks, and speaks trumpet-tongued, through the übiquitous organs of journalism. B_- fore long it will resound audibly enough within, as well as without, the walls of Parliament. Another fortnight will bring us towards the com mencement of a new session, the re-assembling of the Imperial Legislature being definitively fixed for the close of this present January. Let not the represen tatives-'of the people of England—the people who love the glorious profession from which their national greatness has mainly emanated—connive any longer at a policy detrimental not only to the true interests of the maritime service, but also, and in a particular manner, to the fair fame of Bri tannia. Let not the ensuing session, like so many of its predecessors, be barren of all practical endeavours to ameliorate the condition of the sailors of Albion. Let the Commons bear in mind the sympathy with which the hearts of all loyal and patriotic Englishmen beat to the measure of those noble verses of our Naval BERANG " Then, oh, protect the British Tar, Be mindful of his merit; • And when again we're plunged in war He'll show his daring spirit." How the maritime profession of these islands can best be improved is not merely by the obvious good of bettering the con dition of the gallant fellows who breathe the air of the forecastle, but is likewise by the act of exciting a wholesome emulation among all ranks proportionately from the ship-boy to tbe boatswain, from the junior "middy" to the Admiral of the Fleet—an emulation, we mean, such as would secure to merit its reward. Such an amelioration , among the officers; however, can never possibly be obtained while the higher ranks in the service remain so extravagantly, inconveniently, and preposterously overcrowded. Nothing advan tageous can be effected so_ long as we con tinue to support no less than thirty full admirals, or ten of each squadron ; forty-five vice -admirals, or fifteen of each squadron ; and seventy-five rear admirals, or twenty-five of each squadron. Of this monstrously disproportioned number of flag-officers there must be a large and speedy reduction The necessity is altogether too imperative to be any longer disregarded. Nevertheless, while main taining as we do that the higher ranks in the British navy must be allowed to thin themselves gradually, by the aid of the average mortality, we make no unreasonable demands, no demands unreasonable either in the way of magnitude or pre cipitation. Let the future promotions be hence firth as one to every three or four deaths, until the aggregate be reduced from 150 to 90—the latter, more rational number, being thus apportioned among the different grades—fifteen full admirals, or five of each squadron ; thirty vice-admirals, or ten of each squadron ; and forty-five rear-admirals, or fifteen of each squadron. By this arrangement the country Iwould be enabled to reduce its superfluous expendi• true, to enbauce the *Re cf its prowtion, And generally to improve the condition of the most national of our professions. Accompanying this reduction with the preference of merit over favour, of ability over interest, of brilliant services over emblazoned pedigrees, the Admiralty might at length remove from itself the stigma of attending more to the cause of nepotism than to that of patriotism. Then, indeed, we should be spared - the spectacle of all our meritorious but unpatronized officers struggling upon deck through the hawse holes, while the swarm of aristocratic lubbers are creeping in by the cabin windows. Until this beneficent change shall have been effected the naval power of England will continue to be maintained by a most precarious tenure, the fame of England being con stantly jeopardized, and its right arm perpetually threatened with paralysis. " Our country's blind—corruption veils her eye', Or paints her heroes in a strange disguise. Her tars are brave, intrepid, and so forth; But mourn the bar opposed tl friendless worth. Yet may Britannia see the potent charm Of naval glory fly her thundering arm, When patriot feeling in their breast subsides From cold reward—who then will rule the tides?" Among the many fiscal errors committed when the true principles of taxation were comparatively unknown, under which the nation is still suffering, and which loudly call for revision and amendment, there is, perhaps, none more unjust in principle, more unequal in operation, or more impolitic in practice, than the advertisement duties, under which any persons desiring to make their wants known to the public through the medium of a notice in any public journal, periodical, pamphlet, or literary work, in Great Britain or Ireland, are compelled to pay a fixed sum as a tax to the national Exchequer. It sig nifies nothing what may be the length of the adver tisement, the charge for its insertion, or the subject matter thereof, an equal duty is demanded and must be provided for ; whether it be contained within a single line, or extend to an entire page, one shilling and sixpence must be be paid by the publisher to the office of the Board of Inland Revenue. Whether it be inserted at an almost nominal charge, or many hundred pounds be paid for the accommodation, the result is the same ; and no distinction can be made, whether it relate to the sale of a widespread domain of the value of some millions of pounds sterling, to the bumble appeal of some wretched sempstress or servant out of place for em ployment, or whether it simply relates the miseries and wretchedness of some fitting object of charity. Uni- fortuity of charge---thaticarini fallacy invented by the rich and powerful to bring down their own con tributions to the national Exchequer to the level of those which can be extorted from the humble and lowly—is the pretext under which this grievous in justice is perpetrated. It is the same principle on which the lowest priced bohea is taxed at the same rate as the most highly prized pekoe or souchong, by which the miserable shirtmaker is compelled to pay fir duty about 1,000 per cent. on the original value of the article which she consumes, while the luxurious millionnaire or highborn countess pays about eighty per cent. only ; by which the cheapest and commonest description of wine is assessed as highly as the rarest Tokay or choicest Johannisberg. In every case the poor and struggling man, who earns his daily bread by his daily labour, is deeply injured by this nnflie and most inequitable system. Under any circumstances he must be contented with articles of inferior quality—too happy if he can obtain a sufficiency thereof for the wants of his family; while the wealthier classes, who can afford to indulge in high-priced luxuries, escape on compara tively easy terms. It reverses the constitutional principle that every man should be taxed secundum statum et facultates, according to his condition and the stake he possesses in the country. It not only diminishes the demand for the cheaper qualities, which could be exchanged in almost any quantities for the productions of this country, but it affords an almost irresistible temptation to smug • gling, and to the adulteration, and consequent dete rioration of any commodity, the first cost whereof is small in proportion to the import duty. A great advantage is thus given to the unconscientious and dishonest tradesman, whilst those who act fairly to wards their customers are unable to meet the unequal competition to which they are thus exposed, and the consumer is compelled, in the majority of instances, to be contented with an unwholesome and unpalatable article. One great object of the Legislature should be to enable every person who is able and willing to work to obtain remunerative occupation. If he can do so he will be a useful member of the body politic, in creasing the national wealth, and contributing to the national burdens,_hy the consumption of highly-taxed articles. ;The beer or tea he drinks, the sugar or to bacco he uses, all contribute to the public revenue. The capital contained in his thews and sinews is turned to the most favourable account. It would, however, appear as if our sapient Legislators thought otherwise, and believed that it was for the public be nefit to compel a certain portion of the population to remain idle and inactive in the union workhouses, unprofitably consuming, in place of materially in creasing, the resources of the country. Were it otherwise, would they sanction a tax on the mere application for employment by those who are earning nothing, but who are anxious to perform their duty to society as good and independent citizens, owing their subsistence to their own honest industry? It is not our desire or purpose to place this import ant question on any narrow basis. We shall not I refer to our own interests as publio journalists, al though we may be permitted to say, that there is but little equity in imposing a fiscal burden on any parti cular class or body for the benefit of the entire community. Although the tax is nominally charged to the newspaper proprietor, who is rendered responsible for its liquidation, it ultimately falls upon the consumer. The publisher adds the duty to the charge which he makes to the advertiser, who, finding an additional expense in carrying on business, charges an increased per-centage to his customer. The demand for publicity is undoubtedly diminished from the greater expense, which is almost prohibitory to those by `whom it would be most required ; while it forms but a trifling consideration in the larger and more elaborate advertisements, which are but little affected thereby. Neither shall we allude to the ad vantages supposed to be afforded to some of our con temporaries by the impost. All we ask for ourselves, or can accord to others, is a clear stage and no favour. We shall endeavour to supply good and fair value to our customer?, and let others do the same. There can be no monopoly where one is not unduly favoured at the expense of the other ; but where all are dealt with in the same manner, and are subject to the same conditions and liabilities, there can be no just ground of complaint. We take, therefore, the broad ground of the public benefit, " the greatest good to the greatest number." And, with respect to the advertisement duties, the industrious classes, without exception, are deeply interested in their com plete and speedy abolition. We object to them, therefore, because, as we stated in the early part of this article, and as we have shown, they are " unjust in principle, unequal in operation, and impolitic in practice," and, therefore, their immediate repeal should be demanded from the Legislature. Since the appearance of our own observations on the pamphlet recently published by Mr. WARREN, respecting the " Douglas Court-Martial," our atten tion has been directed to an excellent article on the same subject in the United Service Gazette. Coming as the remarks of that journal do from a distinguished professional organ we gladly transfer them to our columns in this evening's impression, satisfied that the opinion of a military newspaper like the United Ser vice Gazette will be perused with universal curiosity. CABINET COUNCIL.—The Ministers assembled in Council this afternoon at one o'clock, at the Foreign office, for the first time since the holidays. It was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, - Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Eirl of Minto, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Viscount PaLmerston, Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. 11. La bouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. A series of Councils will he held during the ensuing fortnight, relative to important measures to be brought forward by Ministers during the approaching session. Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Colonies were tien; off yesterday evening from the Coloeial-office, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The debate on the Educational Bill was re sumed in the Assembly on Tuesday, and during the discussion M. VICTOR HUGO delivered a most elo quent speech, in the course of which be denounced the cruelty, the hypocrisy, and the tyranny of the parti-petre, and exposed their designs in terms which procured him the most horrible groans from the priest ridden Members of the Assembly, and which were answered by vociferous cheers from the Liberals. In the course of his observations he said that the Bill proposed he regarded as a strategic one ; it was the chef-crceuvre of the clerical party. He could not personify that party, he did not see it in the Assem bly, he did not see it in the Government. God forbid that he should be supposed to make allusion to the Bishop of Langres, but he could not help expressing his distrust at the clerical party ; he would not en trust it with the development of the rising genera ticn ; he would not confide to its hands the future welfare of France. The Bill had one great fault—it said one thine -, and did another. It was like the usual plan of the Government, every time that it forged a chain it called it liberty ; when it decreed a proscription it gave it the name of an amnesty.—(Cheers on the Left.) In the remarks that he had made he did not mean to confound the Church with the clerical party, for the latter was the disease of the former. Free religious instruction was the Sisters of Charity by the bed-side of the dying; the Brother of Mercy releasing a slave ; VINCENT DE PAULE sheltering the orphan; the Bishop of Marseilles in the midst of those affected by the plague ; the Archbishop of Paris facing, with sublime smile, the furies of the Faubourg St. An toine, raising the crucifix over the head of civil war, caring little about meeting death so that he could secure peace. The clerical party was an ancient one; it had a past of several centuries; it was it which discovered that truth was but ignorance and error. Its history was written in that of all the progress of the human mind, but it was written at the back of the page. It was it which put CAMPANELLA seven times to the torture for having affirmed that the number of worlds was infinite. It was it which imprisoned GALILEO, persecuted COLUMBUS, and anathematised PASCAL, MONTAIGNE, and MomEtts. It had long sought to put a band on the human mind. And now it would be 'master of public instruction ; but there was not a poet, a philosopher, or an emi nent man that would accept it. There was a book which appeared to be the emanation of human united with Divine wisdom which people called the Bible, and yet there had been Popes who had dared to proscribe that Book, and this party claimed liberty of instruction; but the liberty which it really wished for was that of not t e aching.—(Approbation and laughter on the Left.) The Clerical party wished to instruct, and it would be, therefore, well to look at what it had done for centuries when Italy and Spain was in its hands. Thanks to it, Italy, that mother of nations, of poet', of genius, and of the arts, now knew not how to read. Spain had lost her rank among na tions, but it was true that she had gained the Inquisi tion, an establishment which some in that Assembly had wished to re-establish. The signal for disorder was here given by M. Dune, the President, who interrupted the orator by the following impertinent observation—" You cannot be allowed to impute such an intention to any one in the Assembly." The signal for interruption having been thus given by M. DUPIN himself, who seems to have acted on this occasion as ringleader of the disorder lies, the members of the parts-pretre continued voci ferating during the remainder of the time that M. VICTOR HuGo continued speaking. The Hon. Gentle man thus concluded his speech:— " The clerical party had gagged the Roman as it wished to do the French people. It was a fine task, but let them beware. He rejected the Bill because it outrage French feelings—because it degraded instruction,lowered the les el of science, and det a sed the human mind. He was one cf those who felt the blood mount to his f,rt head whenever France experienced a diminution of ter ritory as in 1815, or a diminution of intellect, as it was now wished to impose on her. Ile would give the clerical Farty a little serious advice : let it beware of the darkness caused in men's minds by the shale of the surplice." On td e Right—lt is insulting to the Catholic faith. On the Lef,—lle is right in what he mays. M. Leo Laborde—lt is infamous. On the Le f.—He does not speak . cf priests. On the Right—Whom does he allude to, then, when he talks cf the surplice. M. V. Hugo—The clerical party was alarmed at Socialism ; it saw the waves rising, and it imagines tat it will have saved society, when it shall have combined material resistance with social hypocrisy, and placed a Jesuit wherever there is not a gendarme.—(Explosion of murmurr, and prolonged bravos on the Lett.) Let it, however, listen, to advice. Tho 19:h century was opposed to it, and if it continued its course, it would raise f irmidable even tuaAtier. It placed"the Government in the racristy. On the Right—Orderl order! A Voice—Let him go on, they are only phrases. M. Denjoy—lt is only old romantic nonsense. bl, de Dimpierre—l demand that the speaker be called to order. 31. de Larey—He has insulted every Cat'iolie. The President—l request the Hon. Gentleman to re frain fr. in making such observations. A Voice—lt is like the Porte St. Martin. M. Naraud— It is the liberty of the'tribure. The President—The Utility of the tribune has its limits. The Assembly was at this time in a state of great agitation. M. Victor Hugo considered that he had a right , when a Bill etas presented which he regarded as a public danger, to closely examine it—(Renewed interruption) —and his intentions ought net to be suspected. He had last year defended ordor when it was in peril, as be now defended liberty when it WAS threatened. He was not suspected when he was at the barricades on the 23d of June.—(Agitation.) The President—You have indulged in too long a tissue of personalities, and you have done so with very insult ing expressions. But you have been treated in your barn so reserely that it has dispensed me with acting as I might have other Wise done. M. Victor Hugo—Were these the kind of Bills that were to be produced ? Was France to be ar rested in her onward course ? The intention was to petrify human thought.—(Laughter.) ".In this age of discoveries," conclusion, ."- - you proclaimimmoveability atem. M ;y e o mr you pause on the road like men fatigued—fatigued with glory, genius, science, and knowledge I Do you not see that e% cry thing is in movement around You and advances — you r ant to stop shoi t no.) I declare that if you repel progress, you will have fresh to you revolu tions; olu ti o s ; and to such men as deny the truth cf that asset lion I reply by the declaration ape, the earth turns round. I shall vote a„plinst the Bill." (This speech was loudly applauded on the Left.) The sitting was brought to a close at a quarter to seven. - The discussion was resumed in the sitting of yes terday, and had not been brought to a close when the pos t l e ft. All the journals admit that the speech of .M. VICTOR HUGO was a splendid specimen of elo quence. The Constitutionnel admits that there are many fine passages in it, and the Assemblee Nationale speaks of the orator as •‘ one who has received the fatal gift of genius, and will fall for believing in the sovereignty of his reason." The Univers says— „ have co me back to the worst times of attacks against religion and against the liberty of the Church. The tribune of the Assembly has just flung out before France bitter, irritating, and passionate expressions. M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire and M. Victor Hugo remindcJ us of the Liberals of the Restoration." This is, to our thinking, one of the highest com pliments that can be paid to these gentlemen • for, be it remembered, that am on g the Liberals of thei Res toration were PACEL Louis COURIER, P. J. DE BEBANGER, MANUEL BENJAMIN CONSTANT, and General Fov. The Presse says— "At the very first word of his speech, this eloquent orator separated himself from the majority by a Mpro gramme of liberty. We have n ot time today to follow M. Victor Hugo through his m a g nificent develo pment , . Let us simply record this triumph of eloquence." The Republique says : " The JeSuits of the liberty of instruction will not r.cover from this speech. They come and speak of liberty. They who each day practice violent compression with the b lindest rage. They comp and speak of liberty—they who are unwilling cf light terrifies; who have just placed all the teachers of the p eo p le under the sur mioetttlo—wthtehyelvilihscoumaseioyner,ytoratyahe place without impedi veillance of the police; who, accord in g to the wo r ds of M. de Montalembert, would wish to take away from us even to our ideas! it is truly too much audacity, and, as M. Victor Hugo told them, if they have succeeded in gagging Italy, it is not prudent on their part to endea vour to introduce the same system into France. France will not have either Jesuits or Inquisition, or the sub serviency of souls, heart?, and minds; she wants to have liberty. And the clerical party is the negation of all liberty." The Moniteur publishes the rev enue returns for the last six months, from which it appe ars that the state of commerce and industry I\i. PRADIE has laid the followi n g proposition on the table of the Assembly Art. 1. In case it should occur , e ither b y sur p rise, coup (rad, or insurrection, that t he President of the Republic or National Assembly sh ould be p revented is improvi n g . from exercising the funcions intrus'e 1 to th e m b y the Censtitutioncallthe municipal councils, and councils of arrondissercents and departinerts, shall be bound, under pain of dismissal, to assemble officially, and assume pro visionally the direction c f the a dministration of the de. partments, arrondissements, and communes. " Art. 2. The pre ets and other public functionaries, as also the armed force,. shall also place themselves under the orders of the new Government, which shall provisionally, have the power cf su s p e nding, dismissing , and re p lacin g , " Art. 3. The pnbio tunct i on aries shall, under pain of dismissal, refuse obelieace to any Governme nt resultin g the employes f the state. from usurpation or insurrection. " Art. 4. Collectors and receivers of the taxes, whe per general or particular, are. forbidden to 1 1 4nd ever the produce of the public taxes to any other hands than those of the departmental administration. " Art. 5. So soon as the great , powers of the state shall have their liberty of action, they shall re-enter into the exercise of their authority over the de[ rtments and cotnmunes." The Bourse was agitated yesterday, and the price of public securities declined slightly. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 25c., rose to 94f. 50c. ; and fell subsequently to 04f. 20e., at which they closed ; the Three per Cents., closed at 57f. 80e. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 830 r.; Rouen, 585 f. ; Havre, 247 f. 50e.; Great Northern, 463 f. 75c.; Avignon, 217 f. 150 c. ; Vierzon, 334 f. 75c ; _Basle, 115 f.; Bordeaux, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 360 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JAN. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, 1 5 / a —East Indian, 4'4 ex in.—Luxembourg, 2 1 / 2 Orleans and Bour deaux, 3 3 ,4 ex in.—Paris and Strasbourg, 61A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. On the Bth the Minister of Finance presented to the Chamber of Deputies a project of law demanding to be auth ,, rised to continue to collect the taxes and assess them according to the report read to the As sembly in the name of the majority of •„•.e Committee on the Budget. This communication created a deep sensation in the Assembly, particularly among the members of the moderate opposition. The Chamber held a short sitting on the 9th, after which it retired to its committees to elect the members of the Com mission to which the above Bill was to be referred. On the 10th the committee of the Chamber of Deputies of Spain on the Government Bill on the budget, presented a report in favour of the Bill. Several members of the Opposition, however, in tended to bring forward amendments. It was expected that immediately after the passing of the Govern ment Bill (which was considered certain), the Cortes would be prorogued. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 10.—The Three per Cents. closed at 29 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 1 2 for paper ; the Five per Cnts, at 124 ; the Debt without Interest at 4, and the Coupons at PORTUGAL. TIIE QUEEN'S SPEECII. The Queen in person opened the Portuguese Chambers on the 2d inst.; her Mejesty delivered the following speech : " Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Gentlemen Depu ties of the Nation,—The public tranquillity, for the consolidation of which your loyal co-operation has efficaciously contributed, has not been disturbed since the last legislative session. It behoves us to thank Divine Providence for having saved these kingdoms from the scourges which have so much afflicted other countries. " My relations of friendship with foreign potentates continue to become closer. _ _ " An agreement has been concluded between my Government and that of his Majesty the King of Den mark, by which. the Portuguese flag is considered in the passage of the Sound as that of the most favoured nation ; in the same respect the Danish flag is ad mitted into the ports of Portugal. "In conformity with the principles of a just recipro city, my Government has arranged that our merchan dise, imported into the ports of Russia under the Portuguese flag, be exempt from the payment of 50 per cent. beyond what is marked in the general custom- house duties, and Portuguese ships relieved from the differential dues which are paid in that king dom upon tonnage. "By virtue of the authority conceded by the law of the 25th June, 1849, and taking into consideration the claims of some foreign Governments, that law has been extended to the Swedish, Dutch, and Belgian flags. " Tranquillity has been preserved in the colonies, and in that of Angola, a new colony of Portuguese emigrants from Brazil, is already established, which gives the most flattering hopes of pros perity ; but lam sorry to have to acquaint you that the establishment of Macao was the theatre of two attempts against the sovereignty of my crown, and against the rights of the people. My Govern ment has already taken the necessary measures to secure the integrity of the establishment, the sove reignty of the crown, and the national dignity and decorum ; and has also made the necessary claims, which, I trust, will be considered, that due reparation be obtained. _ " My Government will render you an account of the use it has made of the different powers entrusted to it, and will as well acquaint you of the means it had adopted to improve public credit, and meet the public expenses. " The estimates of the receipts and expenses of the state must be laid before you, and several proposals tending to improve some branches of the public ser vice, and some laws which experience has shown to have been deficient. _ _ " Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Gentlemen De puties of the Nation,—At this solemn moment, in which I feel the most lively pleasure hi being sur rounded by the representatives of the natior, it is my duty especially to recommend to you, in accord with my Government, to consider the true situation of the country, and adopt efficacious remedies, in crier to establish the organization of the public re venue upon a solid and definitive basis." GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette of; the 14th states that an other 111inisterial,crisis had arisen at Berlin, owing to the failure of the Ministers to obtain from the Deputies whom they had consulted se parately their consent to the modifications in the Constitution demanded by the King. At a Cabinet Council, held under the presidency of the King, the Ministers bad attempted to persuade his Majesty to make concessions to the Second Chamber, with respect to financial matters, as an inducement to it to consent to the proposed organisation of the First Chamber ; but the King had declined. It was con sequently believed that the Second Chamber would reject all the modifications, and that the Ministry would resign. The Committee of the Second Chamber of Prussia continued on the 13th the examination of the moth fications in the Constitution proposed in the royal message. It rejected those relative to a State CJurt and the legality of ordnances, and adopted that f authorising the judicial prosecution of functionaries. The Cologne Gazette, of the 16th, has the follow ing telegraphic dispatch : " BERLIN, JANUARY 15: " The Committee of the Lower House has proceeded with its resolutions on the various paragraphs of the H )yal message. The 7th proposition, giving the Lower House the first vote in the ways, means, and supplies, was accepted, and so was the 15th P aragraph, contiin ing a provisions; confirmation of the Electionsry Laws of the 30th May, 1849, but the P ara g raphs 4,8, and 14, trt wing cf feud at tenure , , the formation of an Upper House, and of entails, were peremptorily nega tived." ITALY. On New Year's day the diplomatic corps at Na ples waited upon the POPE to compliment him. M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, the Spanish Ambassador, congratulated his HOLINESS, in the name of his colleagues, on the altered aspect of affairs, and on his restoration by the combined aid of the Catholic Powers. The POPE made the following reply : At the time of political and religious commotions the diplomatic corps was to us a crown of consolation; at present it is a crown of joy to us, in these days in which these commotions are partly quelled, and our heart feels the sweetest consolation in repeat ing to you our assurances of the profoundest gratitude. We rejoice in this opportunity of expressing it to y ou , gentlemen, and of confirming i t in t he most explicit and sincerest manner. Generosity, nobi lity, firmness, and piety, aro the distinguishing features of the conduct of the Four Powers who hastened in the name of Catholicism to triumph over anarchy, and to restore, to the Sovereign Pontiff, in freedom and independence, the exercise of his high functions. Returning to his see, he will arrive there under the escort and support of the same sentiments which the Powers manifested at the time they cleared the way for him. It is certain that God blesses and elevates nations for the acts of justice they do, and Ile will certainly not fail to bless and elevate the Sovereigns and Governments, whom you represent, for the interest they have taken in a case which is essentially that of God. And it is for this reason we have a just motive for entertaining, not only the confidence, but the certainty, that, as they have upheld the cause of Gad in that of His vicar, they will equally defend with zeal their own cause in granting to the Church the protection and support she is so much in want of, in order that she may influence the true explanation of the principles and the propagation of morality now directly attacked by so many enemies of God and man. While we manifest these sentiments, we bless from our heart, in you, the Sovereigns and Governments you have the honour to represent, without ever ceasing to pray for tho peace a the world, and for the triumph of peace and justice." _ The Tempo of Naples, which is known to be the organ of Cardinal ANTONELLI, concludes a leading article with a positive declarati.n that the POPE will very shortly give from Rome his benediction to the whole world. DEATH OF CAPT. Ileac, 11. M.—We have to re cord the death of Captain Haig, of the Royal Marina?, an officer who is frequently mentioned in Sir William Hoste's dispatches when he commanded the Bacchus in the Adriatic in 1812 and 1813, who, in detailing f eve ral brilliant boat actions in that sea, under the command of Lieutenants (now Captains) O'Brien and Hood, men tions Lieut. Haig with groat commendation, and con cludes with the eulogium, " Tbis officer never loses an oPP9rtunity cfg distinguishing himself." 311).NEY and COMMERCIAL _NEW F. CITE QUAR7 ER TO THREE. The sales c f Cotten at LivATool yesten . ay were about 7,000 :min, of which 1 ; 000 were taken en epecula!ior. The mark, t was steady r.t previous rates.—ln Railway Shares a fair busiaess way done, and prices were well supportY. The t ales cf whrat in the provincial it a•lti which govern the duty, were last week 100,864 quarters. In the colonial produce marketi a air business has been done; but specuht.on lees received some check from the Russian 1 arra'r; and coffee is lower, from ;his s‘nd other causes, hich we shall enter tc- morrow. At the half-ye arly meeting cf the London Joint Stock Bank this day, a dividend e f 6 per cent. was deeared, tc gether with a bonus of 7-. 6d. per share. The guarantee fund was now 132,723/. 23. Bd. Afar a friendly discus sion the report was adop:e 1. The amount c f ret profits realised by the bank during the half-year ending Decem b. r List, is 25,132/. 10s. 81., which with 15,4331. 14s. ld., carried forward from June, makes a total of 40,5661. 4s. 93., appropriated in the fallowing manner:-18,000 1 . t'ur a dividend at tt,e rate of six per cent. per annum; 22,500/. as a bonus cf seven shillings and sixpence per share ; and 66/. 4e. 9.1. to the credit of the guarantee fund, now amounting to 132,723/. 3s. Bd. The dividend and bonus, free from income-tax, will be payable on and after Friday, the 25th inst. The Directors who retire by rotation are—Archibald Hattie, Esq., M.P., William Mitcalfe, Esq., M.l'., Ambrose Moore, Esq., John Timothy Oxley, Eq., and William SI aibolt, Esq.; of whom Mr. Hattie, Mr. Moore, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. Shadbolt only offer them selves for re-election. The Directors regret that owing to il!-health, Mr. Mitcalf' is unable to tender to the shareholders a renewal c f his services. To supply this vacancy, the only shareholder duly qualified, who has given notice that he is a candidate, is Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart. M.P. It is stated horn Paris, as bearing directly upon the Russian loan. that a rumour existed cf the intention of the Czar to Fell out the French Stock which he bought at such a high price, being much in want of money; and it is further asserted that all public works in Russia are to Le stopped next spring, even those of the Crown, the whole surplus financial resources of the slots being placed at the disposal of the Minister of War. Whether this be true or not, it unques tionably bears the stamp of probability, and we are Zpersuaded that only the secresy observed upon the subject of the Russian finances prevents a deprecia tion of the credit of the Government, which would be rar more in accordance with its real position and abso lute resources. The success of the Russian loan will inevitably rave the way fur applicants from other quarters, and the Pope has already obtained 6,000,000 francs, it is said, in France. Such a reckless applica tion cf the capital of nations which could well employ the amount at home argues a rotten system, which it will require great perseverance to root out. There is exception taken to some remarks in the leading cuticle cf . Tuesday's Sun as to Messrs. Baring being more English than American, and we are reminded by merchant: in the United States trade that the Americans have expressed a sympathy warmer, and even more practical, towards the Hungarians than has been evinced bore, and that a loan for Russia would certainly find no favour at New York. It will remain to be seen, there fore, whether we can make a like beast Of Londor. The English Funds have been very weak again, the heavy Bull account not having been yet wholly ad just-d, while there is, for the moment, a hiller supply of money stock. Consols have realised 96 to 96i for Money, and 96i to for Time. The present values are and 96i Bank Stock is quiet at 2071. Ex chequer-bills have been marked 58s. to 615., and India Bonds 965. premium. The New Thret-and-and-a-Quai ter Fey Cents. have realised 984 to 4. In the Foreign Market there is net a great deal do ing. Peruvian have risen to 66k I; Brazilian are 884 ; and Buenos Ayres, .50; Portuguese Four per Co its. bring 35-4- being lower. The accounts from Lisbon notice a cloaca in the estimated revenue fur 1850 of 2,331 contos, and which the utmost economy of the Fi nance Minister only reduced to 778 contos. Spanish Three per Centr. are 36 4 to 374. Russian are down to 107 and 108. The Week's Railway Receipts, as far as yet made up, are mi follows : Great Western including Bristol and 1850. 1849. Exeter North Western Brighton...• 6,669 6,193 Midland South Eastern . It will be seen that, with the exception of the Mid land and Great Western, these are decidedly satisfactory. Tt e Market for Railway Shares has not been active, but prices keep up generally, and are better fur North Western. Great Western are also good , but Midland, Eastern Counties, and Brighton are rather duller. ONE CLOSING PRI :tcs ON' oRITRBH I ErNDo O'CLOCK. PRICES. lank St oc k 3 per Cent. /teduced Anus - - 96 Y% % 96,4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 , 4 lis -4. 96 96 1 4 96% gew 3% per Cent. Anne. C. mg Anne. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 I:dia Bonds, 1,0001 96 p 96 p Ditto under 1,0001... ... 95 p outh Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities .ous•de tor Account i;xchequer Ilia 14d. a. cu 1,000/. June 5B 61 p 500/. June .... 5B 61 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. OLOtIII , 0 PRICES VC LICIE. razilian Bonds 8 8 1,4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5O Guatemala Bonds 14,-,xican, 5 per Gent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... ...... 29% 29% Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred ?ortuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account ttussian Bonds .. 107 108 107'4 ipanUsh 5 per Cent. 1840 - 19 Ditto, Account Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . Dividends on the above payable in Londor , French Rentes, 5 per Cent 94f. Exchange Beligan, 4% per Cent ......•• ,Juten 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 55% 55 t,2 Ditto. ~: per Cent. Certificates — 86% I'RICES OF rAw. ,BUSINESS DONE C LOS IN • ' A ILWA Y SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRIC EA. Aberdeen ... 50 .... 11 3 / 4 1 1 q., Do. Preference `•mber. Nutt., Boston, and Eastern Junction 7% kyrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 / e — elfast & County Down 28 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 4irminghara and Ox.- fyrd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 29 iirming, Wolverh'ton, and D-ttiley, calls duly pd. or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 14s ... .. . B rkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 ristol and Exeter 92 ... .. 62 Ditto, Thirds '.uckingharashire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 _'hester and Holyhead... 50 - Ditto, Preference l5 ••• •• Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... . tundalk & Enniskillen 30 - •• eeeeee .••• ast Anglian, 2.51., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & 13.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 3% a... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... r'.attern Comities... Do. New, Gua.6 per ct lO ...... 11% Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p x.i. .... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p... Do. North. & Eastern, - 6 per Cent. - Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O - Will.„ Do. New 43 'Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 ...... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B& C 25 ...... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ... •• •—• .p. East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... -- Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 61 ...... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 ...... X. i , Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .---- Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 •• -- , Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport ....... ~ 15 .. ... ... Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,,, • . •••• x. i Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glssgow, Dumfries, and • Carlisle ....... ... —B/. 6s. 8d.... .... ,ilasgow,lialmar.,& Ayr 50 • Do. Preference Consul. Gloucester & Dean Forest 12 1 / 2 ...... .•• sm., I.ereat Northern Do., ~ , 2 A Deferred Do., %B 6 per Cent 7I,E —.. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 % great South. and West. ( Ireland) ....... ........ 50 ...... Great North of En gland.loo ...... _ ... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New,151... ...... 15 .. Great Western... ..... —.lOO ...... 64 1 /. 65' 2 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ,... 20 Ditto. New 171— ..,.. 15 ... , 8%.... .... . Hull and Selby ........50 ......10V 101.. ... .." Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..«.. 50 8 4.•• • • Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 .. ••• •••.. Ditto, Thirds ............. Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Ditto, ditto . - •• •••....•N••• Ditto, i h 54114 ttlill• 419 Ir B •114 •• ... . ,• _ . _ 11• • .- p .••• - X, P• • .... x — Dn. Quarters DD. Fitt hs .. Do. Thirds ..- 16%..... 71.( Do. New G uaran t Ted 1,; er Gent—. Ditto (thuldev field and She) f. ).. o. (W. Riding Union) 10 .. ••• Do. (1 . 1,,..-101,ex yrti) 25 Do. Shares (A)... 10 t..edP, and. Brzultord 6O Leeds and Thirik. 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per et. 3% 0000000 On- do. No.•2 10 . Do., du. ......No. 3 5 ........ do., Pref. Quar., 1848 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . • 10 Landon &Blackwall...ll/. 65.3 d — London, Brighton, ar d South Coast... ..2-100 Do., New W., guaran teed 6 per Cent.. -100 Do.Guarau L. 6 per ct.. Dc. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 ndonandGreenwich 12115 s 4d — Ditto, Prefer.A , P . 20 . — Llridon and N Wtern 100 ll3 115% 11454 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fifthte l2 ." •• 13 1 A••• 000000000 ••• Do. 4,1. Crit, L. al.) 35 Do. lat. 01. & B.) C. 1 2% London es, S W , :stern ..100 G 7 Do, New 501......... 4254 •.. uu..New 404 34 ..... Do., New Scrip, 1843, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 i.ondonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. % 5hare5.......,.... 5 ..ondonclerry and Ennis- , kille.n ..... . .-.. ...... ... 25 Do. % Shares b Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Slancht, , ter,l3uxton,and Matlock ll itaLcitbter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% ..... .. .. . .... _ _. _ .. .., --, Do. New 10/. ?ref lO ..... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby Ditto ditto . ..•...•• • 20 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire ......... 25 Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... ...... Do., Aluichester and L. iln U 41.2. .anco. Midland ........ ~. 44 3 / 4 44% [pion..... !1. Do. t.. onsolidatedPref.loo - ••••• Do.. do., 501. Shares 30 ... .. $7 x.i 6% x.i Do. Birm.,.and Derby 110 Do. (;ousoi.l3ristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 - ..... Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 - ••• WNW •SO • ... -- Ditto ditto .221. 78. •• ••• Do.,ErewashVal.,P ref. 6U — - Ditto, Leicest.ta Swan- nington, S per et. guar.loo • Midland Great Western Irish 47% -- 00000 ......... ..... Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. - ... -- Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do, ' "15 ..•.. • • ••• 411... Quarters N , :wmarket •••.. • 23 Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, . and Hereford 6 ...... ...... .... ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, 411C1 Rostrevor 2O Norfolk ......... ........ ....100 Do. New 204 .. . 15 -- Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 li a pe. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 N orthern Counties Union 4 . ... ....... .... .... North British ... .... ... 25 ..... . Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........ Si .4 Ditto Preference - ....... ...... ... ..... North Stailordshire ... 17% 73/4% 7% North Wales . ••• 3 Ve — North-Western .... 1 3%•••.•• Oxierd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton tteading, tiuiluford, and Reigate •,o) ttoa and Hitchin ... 4%.. ' ' Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New 8. - ,rewsbury tnd Birm... 12% — x. i.... .. .. Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Cruarauteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereid. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto lialTes ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 - ......... ...• • 13hropsture Limon iouth Devon Do. Preference South Stattordshire B4 ........... .es o_ttb Eastern .. 33% 2O Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 no. Registered No. 4 10 . ... Do., Scrip No 4 Suuth W suet oth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, ai Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 S vane. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 law Vale Extension ... 8 Names Haven Dock and Railway ........ 17 1 A gale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limenek 47% -... W aterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley o per Cent. Guaranteed ...... 60 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 .. W eat Cornwall ..... 6 ... hitehaven & Furness 18 indoor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 .. . W ilts,Somersel,ta W ey. mouth ' x. 1 ork. and Berwick. ........ 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 U.N.E.Freterence 8 Do. liartlepool Dock *no Pairway .. 100 - York and North 'vfridland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 r'OIIEIGIst RAIL WAY b. A ti4i • Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5%...... B:ndogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierz0a)... 20 Demerara 17% -- Dutch Rho aish 8 East Indian ......,.. Blt golf •• • ••• Ditto ..... ..... 20 ... 0 Great Indian Peninsular 5 — Do. Do. ... .....10s.. Louvain ila Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg . . . • 7%—... ••• Ditto .... Madrid and V aientia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France l4/. 85... 1 3 / 4 die. x.i ...... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3% xj... •• •• Paris and Orleans Paris and .Rouen 2O ........ ..• .........• Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and a llavre •••.•• 20 .....• ..,.. ...... ••• Sambre and Bleu , e 2O ... ... ... ..... •••••• Strasbourg and Basle fours and Nantes l3 ...... ...- Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Hasselt ..- 2O West Flanders ' ' 8%...... --• MINES. ___..... _ Anglo-Mexican lOO ....•• 00000 .., 00000000 .... Asturian Mining Corn 15 - ..... . ..... •. .0 Australian... - •••• • ...... ••• „„. Bassora Range ... „,,,... Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..... •••• ........... „..• British Iron .. . ...„ Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — . .. •• 0 .. BrazilianCotaeg&Cuiaba 30 ............•...... Do. St. John Del Rey lb ..... 14 ........««« JOLNII SlOUts. tIANECh 0 2, Commercial of London 20 •••••. 21 22',4 ~.......• .... London Joint Stock London & Westminster. 20 .....• ....».......• i!r ai° l afr4s* b r o z N e D aonxd, hazyJ rr .; a l n 7 d . LLOYD'S SHlPPlNG—(THlSthwawinindgthis dayoanlr, 11) . . • tp DEAL, JAN. 16.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. river and ski., New Forest. Rio Grande. p a 0 0 Cows, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E. And. Houghton, Omen, Mauritius, for London. , g, do° ll ' PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. 11 Filly, Moulmein, for London. Ar i" LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.—Wind E., fresh.--- it g e Leape, Cape of Good Hope; Bodanian Castl e, &e' Ceylon, Barbadoes; Loodianah, New Orleans' „` - 10°' Queen, Calcutta; Benjamin Boyd, Africa; Sierra Leone; Star, Arica; Danube, Rio 0 7 4 0 • 0 Thomas Mellor, Pernambuco ; Wilson, Mo" - pre b ; Success, Jamaica; Astoria, New Orleans; Isab e l ' Charleston; St. George, New York. Tbe oh 0 0 ; schooner, Neath to Dublin, foundered in the `'; *) 1 11 " 11th inst.; crew saved, and arrived at Kingstoe*.• Gay Mannering does not make much water. , 1 04/ FALMOUTH, Jeri 16.—Wind N.E., fresh br ee dlss de Arrd. Lobelia, Mortimore, S. John's, Newil„ l3 , The Tycho Wing, of Wisbeach, Gala to Lorr o to ° gone to pieces on the Clews Rocks• - master 1 :"A crew drowned—portion cf cargo and ma teriel , ' ' 8 .00 0 "' MILFORD, JAN. 16.—The Gwenddolen. of 21 1 is °S9 13arrow to Newport, foundered 14th inst- ° l3 , w ile ° Bishop's Light, bearing S.W. by W., distant 1" fai ' crew savcd. .., P E NZANCE, JAN. 16.—The Echo, Swine... 4 noty sterdam, has put in leaky, &c., from stres s of I ,t , sgt" The Concordia, from Rotterdam, has put in lean , Oft, mus t discharge, PWLIIIELI, JAN. 16.1 t commenced blowlad con bard ar E 11. E. 13da inst., increased to a gale , 111:1 ,„ Of ° tinued till abut yesterday. The Marvel schoosti b ogs shore at Studwell Roads, and the Greek Pala ce . ofi" Joannes, has been on shore. hes g WEXFORD, JAN. 16.—The Gustaf Adolf) a pst to pieces. The Hottinguer issunk, hull under opt eer Glasgomaa Bank, and it is feared that the Pell on the wizen-tip would pariah. Ch i l ta SWANSEA ; JAN.I6.-.The wbi 011 61 p 61 p 61 p 7% 111/2 65 E,4, 32 15% 12 1 ;2 8 101 50 MOIIO 714 115% 13' 2 67 ... aye ..... _ % .i .... AA 6~i ..•••• . r ... la is% vi. ... s.' _t4 21 e, to