The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Splendid Pantomime of " Harlequin and St. George and the Dragon," is acknowledged to be one of the most successful ever produced. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Ittr. Rorncastle; Ardenlord, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Marley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisctte, Miss R. Isaacs ; Trivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto 'Rime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled MARLEQVIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Trickl and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chinery by Mr. It. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE of KaGyne, THE ENCHANTRESS. — Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other." Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, mistress •f all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Ilorncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (iliastrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; the March of Intellect (travelling " incog." as " Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly charging the premises to Beene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Bigr wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mad ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance is public on the occasion—how his "cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to A ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under Zaer wing." NOTICE.—" Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA's House OF CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne; Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance ht public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene 5. DOVER Roans.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management Laving, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANKS OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Merocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on ids way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughtet), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How lmanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Laving even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN TAB PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, Kum OF Eovpr.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Ilance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herselt to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fcr nimself ), Mr. Wieland. Ilow this " marriage in high life" is sad ;only interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns ; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Morning Papers). - _ ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; 11, says St. George, l'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN TOE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only eleva:es St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " flue shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CIIIVALRY.—HOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Charasters. Harlequin.... .Mr. Howell, I Clown •• • • Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene M. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER'S SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature." " Famites furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint flies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCHANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than ane of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia Metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff "in both. Harlequin gives Clown" the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND. —" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for " patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet in It." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene la. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending In an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF DRITISII AND FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE. — Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene 15. TIIE STATUE AS IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene 16. THE STATUE es IT Wes ; or, Wellington at Waterloo, L.ok here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new and original Drama, called TIIE ROUND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside story. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Bue'xstone; Harwood, Mr. Howard; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fcrtescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. After which, Blanche's new Comic Drams, called WIIO'A YOUR FRIEND ? or, The Queensberry Fete. Viscount Leatherhead, Mr. Tilbury; Sir Felix Lovel, Mr. Iron ; Giles . Fairland, Mr. Webster; The Countess of RosendalQ, Miss Bennett ; Lady Bab Blazon.. Mrs. Glover ; Mittens, Miss Carre. _ During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po- To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. TURATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Greve, Miss Foster, anti Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. In whit Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled TILE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Clown, Mr. J. W. Co'•lier ; Tantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATNE ROYAL, UNDER, THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be perfonned an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, Sta.,. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTELATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanions, will ex hibit their wonderful deux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA (PSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen Ord. Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma !larding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OX FOR D-STRE ET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lossee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will he performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOT,EYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Boitda ; Percy, ti r. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn ; Lady Jane , Seymortr, Miss G. Smithson; Anne l'oleyn, Miss Brisson°. In the course of the evening Professor HEM‘IING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame tScati Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; ,:lown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed LA MARRAINE. M. de Jonly, M, Mas qtilliter ; Edouard, M. Berou ; Madame de Neris, Mdlle. Vallee ; Castile, Mdlle. Leyden After which, the popular Drama of L'AUBERGE DES ADRETS. liobert Macaire, Mons. F. Letnaitre ; who will, during the Piece, ‘clance "La Valse .le Faust." Boxes, 65., Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at Izalf-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, 3lr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and loyal Family. Triumphant suc cess of the Christmas Novelties. Upwards of 30,000 persons have witnessed the new Grand Comic Pantomime, pronounced to be unequalled for magnificence and mechanical effects. The Boxes are nightly tilled by brilliant assemblages of rank, and honoured by the presence of 11.R.f1. Prince George of Cambridge, Earl of Etrathmore, Lady Crewe, and a host of fashionables. THIS EVENING u ltrill be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en- HE DEMON NORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. Entire c hange of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To c onclude with th e succe ssful - Comic Equestri an Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baha and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har way ; Pantaloon, Mr. LatTarini; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. • P. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Tills EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will b e s upported by the whole of the talented Company. After which a new Drama, f ounded on Dickens' Work, called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Neville, Webb, wesiop, J o hnson, Lewis, Fredericks Md mes.Sa.vlile, Vining., Daly, WillkunsOn, Maynard, and Miss Terrey. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime. called TUE RISC; Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har- OF' THE IST , L ii E n i" r a ' utaloon, Herr R. DeWitt ; Columbine, Iddlle. Sequin, Herr DC u Herr .`c Theodore; clown, . Haiti]) ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. I{ol-AL VICTORf .1 TIIEATItE. ----- Boxes, Is., H a lt-price, The Flack; I it, O.; Gallery , 3, 1.-" Doctor," with the gra nd " Go.a-head Pantomime," form 'the two most powerful attractions ever produced on any stage on the same night. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Howard, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en- Cted THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin !' Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry. • - • STMINSTER-BRIDGZ.—Lord Morpetn has an zounced to a deputation from the parishes of St. Mar garet and St. John, Westminster, that the bill for which notices had been given, for " the removal of Westmin ster-bridge and the erection of another bridge in lieu th ere of at Charing• cross," will not be proceeded with. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, l'ell, Barrington, White, Stanwood, and Gerinon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable EN rERTAIN BENT at the above Theatre, TO MORROW EVENING, and on Saturday next (there being no per =mance on Thursday). Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will give a GRAND DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning rest, Jan. 20. Doors opca at Tw, o'clock. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1847. MRS. GORE'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo. T EMPTATIOA AND ATONEMENT. By Mrs. GORE. Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Banker's Wife," &c. henry Colburn, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough•streut. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds !Hume eiately disposed of according to instructions. OfElces, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THIRD EDITION OF "THE S U N." PARLIAMENT MEETS TO-MORROW, THE 19TH, AND, AS USUAL, THE VERY LATEST NEWS WILL BE FOUND IN THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UP TO THE HOUR OF POST, THEREBY ANTICIPATING OTHER PAPERS BY TWELVE HOURS. IHE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 17. T ERMOMETER, Lowest, 26; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 29. BAROMETER, 30.15.—Frosty. JANUARY 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 27; Highest, 30 ; Noon, 29 BAROMETER, 30 12.—WIND W., frosty. Rhin WATEK AT LONI>ON-t - SKLIK3E Tillb DAY. Morning .. 36 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 59 minutes after 2. be the amount of relaxation in the restrictions upon importation. We have every confidence, not only in the inte grity and sagacity of the Administration, but in the benevolence and courage of her MA JESTY'S Ministers. And as that integrity, that sagacity, that benevolence, and that courage all point equally to the immediate opening of the ports, there can be:no rational doubt that our Free trade Ministers will follow that course which public opinion and the national necessities have already smoothed before them. There is literally no obstacle to this course worthy of a moment's consideration. If ever the minds of the people were united upon a question of commercial policy, they are unanimous at the present moment as to the demolition of the last rags of Protection. The opening of the ports must be simultaneous with the opening of Parliament, or it must follow immediately afterwards. Never did a Parliament assemble under circum stances of greater excitement than will the one to be opened to-morrow by her MAJESTY in person, as well with respect to the fate of the measures likely to be introduced, as the actual state and ultimate fusion of parties, upon which, either for success or defeat, the issue of the Ministerial policy rests. We have it announced, that in accordance with established usage on the eve of a new session, Ministerial banquets will be respec tively given by the Premier and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. Besides this, we are informed that Lord STANLEY, as the recognised leader of the Pro tectionists, will give a sumptuous entertainment to his political adherents. This is a novelty in Lord STANLEY'S public career. But we have a greater no velty still, consisting in the fact (as far as we may judge from the absence of positive intelligence), that for the first time, after a protracted series of years, Sir ROBERT PEEL will not give a public re ception to his Parliamentary supporters. This is a significant departure from the practice which he has uniformly adopted, whether as the leader of the Op position, or in his capacity of Minister. 'We augur favourably from this act of omission. It affords a strong presumption that Sir ROBERT PEEL will not resume his seat in the Senate animated by any feel ing of factious opposition to the Government ; that he is prepared to act as an independent and useful mem ber of the House, to support the Cabinet, in a con scientious and dispassionate spirit, as far as he can, under the arduous difficulties by which they are sur rounded, and, to the extent to which the opportunity may be afforded him, to impart stability to the official existence of the present advisers of the Crown. It may be premised with tolerable accuracy that, substantially, the representatives of the people will approach St. Stephen's to-morrow in the same sec tionized condition in which they found themselves at the close of the last session. Supposing, then, that after the measures of the Ministry shall have been brought forward, and their future policy fully divulged, Sir ROBERT PEEL should not be enabled to yield to it his cordial approval, we apprehend we shall find him adopting the same course which he followed upon the Sugar Duties Bill of the present Cabinet, when the Parlia mentary labours of 1846 were well nigh terminated. On that occasion he contended that a better Bill might have been framed, but looking at the difficulty that would have attended the formation of a new Government, had the Ministers been left in a minority , he overruled his objections and voted for the measure. Deserted by the Protectionists, of himself he was not prepared to resume the reins of power; and, at the same time, he made no secret of intimating emphatically to the Monopolists that any attempt on their part to constitute a Government would be in fatuation. Under such circumstances, Sir ROBERT PEEL traced the only line for his guidance, as an eminent public man, that was con sistent with patriotism and sound practical wisdom. In a constitutional point of view, the part which he took during that extraordinary conjuncture of public affairs was strictly correct. 'With an empire like Great Britain, whose imperial sway is extended over such vast dependencies in every quarter of the globe, a strong Government at home is of para mount consideration ; a weak one is ever productive of mischief, internal and external. Though the present Administration is not so strong as we could desire, still it is undoubtedly the best that we can hope for in the existing disorganized state of parties; and we are not without the hope that when their national schemes are unfolded, as they shortly will be, their position will be considerably improved. But, apart from the absurd principles of political economy with which they have identified themselves, of all Cabinets that might be formed, a Protectionist would be the weakest. In 1834, when he seceded from Lord MEL BOURNE'S Government, and studiously kept aloOf from Sir ROBERT PEEL'S, which succeeded, Lord STANLEY was sanguine enough to think he could supplant Sir R. PEEL, and that before long the Pre miership would have been within his grasp. In this expectation his Lordship signally failed. In 1846 it is not improbable that Lord STANLEY'S secession from the late Administration was dictated by a similar aspiration. The passing of the Corn Bill by the Lords must, however, have considerably abated the ambitious design ; and it may safely be predicated that the ensuing session will not serve to revive the ardent wishes of the headstrong heir to the Earldom of Derby. We have already directed the public attention to the fearful consequences that must inevitably be the result of a continuance by the farmers of the system of neglect and apathy they have hitherto exhibited with respect to the cultivation of the soil and the pre paration for the ensuing harvest, matters on which the future prosperity and welf a r e o f th e nati on i s so entirely dependent. Whatever may be the causes by which that neglect has originated•—whether it is wholly occasioned by the poverty of the occupants, and their consequent inability to meet the present expenses of tilling and sowing the land; or whether it is partly owing to an attempt on their parts to assume an appearance of greater distress than is really the case, and thus to evade their just responsibilities, and induce their landlords to act with greater liberality, and perhaps to obtain Government assistance, in the shape either of a gratuitous distribution of seed or money, in aid of wages for the necessary labour, still every means should be adopted, every exertion used to remedy the evil. The mischiefis not confined to a single locality or district, but is, unhappily, general. The gentry of Cork, Cavan, Carlow, Meath, Wexford, and many other parts of the country, have given ex pression to the feelings of alarm that are naturally excited at such an untoward state of affairs, and have called for the establishment of seed depots by the Government, and other assistance, in order to enable the farmers to get in their crops. We are quite con vinced that the Executive will not be found wanting when the time for action arrives; but we must again repeat that it is the resident gentry of the country who should take the first steps in the matter. Nothing could he more mischievous than an unnecessary in terference by the State with that which should properly be effected by individual enterprise. The moment the nation commences the importation and distribution of grain of any kind, whether for food or seed, that instant all private dealers will withdraw from an opposition that must be ruinous. There would be no advantage in the authorities attempting a partial supply : if once they made a beginning there would be no retreat, no opportunity of retracing their steps; they should persevere, and any failure on their part would occasion the greatest mischief. A strong illustration of the prudence of the Government course, in suffering the demand to regulate the supply, and the customary dealers to regulate the market, may be found in an extract from the letter of a correspondent of the Cork Constitution, who in writing. of the fearful distress existing in the western districts of the county of Cork, says— " The destitution in the neighbourhood of Castlet3wn (l3erehaven) has been greatly aggravated by the arrival of a commissariat officer, rumours having gone abroad that the Government was about to open a food del:kit, which has prevented commercial people from sending sup plies of food as heretofore. The consequence is that the supplies in the town are exhausted, and the whole district is now without food." And such unquestionably would have been the result of any attempt on the part of the Government to usurp the place of the dealers in any description of merchandise. They would. have driven all private speculators out of the field, and in the event of any failure of supplies, would indeed be responsible f9r all the mischief that would have taken place. We • are free traders in the most extensive meaning of the term ; we are fully convinced that any interference with the natural course of traffic of free and unim peded barter is invariably injurious even to the in terests it was intended to promote. Every article of merchandise will find its natural level where there are many persons employing themselves in its pur chase and disposal ; but if one gigantic power extinguishes all the others ; first, a monopoly is created which, though it may greatly enhance prices, and restrict and fetter com mercial intercourse, cannot reduce those prices beyond the fair value of the article to be provided. These may be called the heartless doctrines of poli tical economy. Many kind-hearted and benevolent men may be found who led away by their feelings, and deeply sympathising with the unhappy sufferers from may blame the Govern ment for m notn and v destitution,ng adopted another course, and im ported bread-stuffs freely to supply the destitution in the country, but such a course would have, in all human probability, occasioned far greater want and destitution than that it was intended to remedy, so soon as the Government was about to resume its natural functions, and to leave the corn market to the regular corn-dealers. The establishing of seed depots generally throughout the country appears to be open to this objection—it would meet a present evil by the creation of a greater in future, it would be like the act of a spendthrift who, so long as his present wants are supplied, and his wishes gratified, thinks little of the day of reckoning that must eventually come. The landlords themselves, or their agents, should look after the tillage on their respective estates, if they do not do so they sacrifice their own interests; how can they expect to receive their rents if there is no preparation made for the crops, by the produce of which that rent can alone be provided, they should use the influence their position entitles them to, and enforce, in every way, immediate action by such of their tenantry as have the means within their power. The man with corn in his haggard, or money in the savings' bank, can have no possible excuse for leaving his fields uncultivated, and not providing for the wants of the future year; while the really destitute should have assistance afforded by the landlords, who, as we have already said, are most deeply interested in the result. The most practical suggestion was that offered by the county Meath meeting, who pro posed— " That such landlords as would make themselves re • sponsible to the Government for the necessary advances, should be permitted to till and crop, for the present year only, in an improved manner, and with the most bene ficial productions, the farms of those tenants who may be in the predicament prescribed, and whose holdings do not exceed ten statute acres—the landlords and tenants agreeing as to the mode of tillage, cropping, and amount of expenditure, as well as the proportion and the manner in Iwhich the landlord is to be indemnified, and the tenant's crop thus produced to be considered if neces sary a collateral security to Government for the expen diture on the land." Now this is certainly a tangible proposition, but we do not see how, by any possibility such tillage can be brought within the meaning or character of the " reproductive works" alluded to by the Treasury minute. That minute contemplates works of a per manent and lasting description, and such as would fully recompense the remainder-man for the charge with which his inheritance may be burdened. It may be very desirable that there should be a power afforded to the Government, to make advances for such a purpose ; but we do not see how they can in any manner be brought within the principle of any existing law ; and if it were possible to make such an advance, the amount should be fully repaid when the crops were ready for disposal. We are glad, however, to see any proposition made, the dis cussion of which may eventually lead to some definite conclusion. It is impossible to overrate the import ance or the urgency of the matter. A letter from Berlin, of the 12th inst., published in the Nuremburgh Correspondent, says— "We have received accounts from Warsaw, which announce that, according to an imperial order, Poland has actually ceased to exist, and that it is incorporated with the Russian empire. Warsaw is plunged into con sternation, and affliction is depicted on every counte nance. A commission has been appointed to regulate the financial affairs of the kingdom, and wLen those are arranged the fact of the incorporation is to be promul gati d.>' Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th have arrived The Ministerial candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies is, it is said, Senor MARTINEZ DE LA Rosa. The Progressistas, in consequence of the illness of General SAN MIGUEL, intend to start Senor CORTINA as their candidate. Don ENRIQUE is about to take the command of a squadron, assembled, it is said, for the sole purpose of quietly luring him away from Madrid, where he is de trop. The Captain-General of Navarre, in consequence of the alarming state of his province, has demanded of the Government large reinforcements ; and the savage BRETON, the Captain- General of Catalonia, has had a narrow escape from a body of Carlists, who were on the point of cap turing him. and M ADR ID BOLSA, JAN. 9.—T1117 Three per C eb e t nts. t ou were Interest done at 32A- for cash; the Five per Cent s . a t 201- ; the coupons atat 61 18:1 ; the Vales at 8 the We have received the French papers of Friday and Saturday. Those of Friday contain observations on the dis cussions which took p lace in the Committees of the Chamber of Deputie s a pp oin t e d to draw up the ad rave discussions, charge a rge against M. GUIZOT. and on foreign a ff a i rs ad dress the day before . The Constitutionnel, in com menting generally, makes a t ke he s s e a grave It charges him with having wilfully suppressed a portion of one of Lord PALMERSTON'S dispatches, thereby taking away the real sense of the dispatch. The following is the article : " Such as they are, the documents published by the Ministry relating t o the Spanish marriage and the in corporation of Cracow, suffice to confirm all that we have said of the conduct of our Government in these two af fairs. Nevertheless, before entering upon discussion we will wait the completion of the communications made by M. Guizot, and the result of a discussion, which, as we are informed, has just been entered upon between him and the British Ambassador on the subject of this pub lication. We have said that all the arguments of 31 Guizot against Lord Palmerston, bears principally on a dispatch addressed by Lord Palmerston to Mr. Bulwer, dated July 19, relative to the candidateship of the Prince of Coburg, Don Francisco d'ABSiS, and Don Henry. M. Guizot and Lord Palmerston are not of accord on the construction to be put upon this dispatch. This document, besides, belongs to the English Government, since it is a commun i ca tion from the British Minister to the representative of England at Madrid. Its publi cation, according to established usage, could not have been made without the consent of the English Govern ment. Now, before printing the documents, the English Abassador had not only given to the complete publicity of the dispatch of July 19 the assent of his Goverment, but further expressed his ' desire that the whole of it should be laid before the public. M. Guizot, however, has extracted only two sentences! We are told that Lord Normanby complained of this truncated communi cation as taking away the real sense of the dispatch. A complete citation of it would, it is said, prove that, far from recommending the Prince of Coburg, the English Government, in conformity with the anterior instructions of Lord Aberdeen, inclined towards towards I)on Henry as a representative of the liberal party in Spain. It seems, moreover, that as this dispatch belonged to the English Government, that Government had the right to refuse its previous publication in France, or to demand that it should be published entire. It is asserted that M. Guizot promised to publish the dispatch. We will wait till this point, so important to be cleared up, is put beyond all doubt in one way or the other, before we enter upon a de tailed examination of the documents. M. Guizot was yesterday asked in one of the Committees of the Cham ber why he had not also published the last note from Lord Palmerston? lie replied that he should only com municate it when his answer was sent. He must hasten if he wishes to make the Chamber fully acquainted with all the facts in time to be of use. As yet, only one side of the case is made known. The documents relating to Cracow were also the subject of several observations in the Chamber. It was asked, as we have done already, why there had been no interchange of communications between France and the Northern Courts from the month of April to the month of Noveniber—that is, during the whole course of the deliberations entered into by the three Powers on the fate of Cracow? M. Duchatel re plied that the French Government had been kept in com plete ignorance, because Austria and the two other Powers had concealed their proceedings from France like men who are preparing to commit a bad action. M. Guizot, perhaps, would not have voluntarily used an expression so harsh, but so just. But this reply of M. Duchitel is insufficient. How happens it that the French Government has been so ill-informed, so little vigilant, as not to have conceived some suspicions? Why, after the reiterated warnings of the German press, did it not, by a demand of categ • orical explanations, place the three Powers under .the necessity of making an avowal or telling a falSehoodir The Committee of Peers appointed to draw up the Address in answer to the Speech met on Thursday. The contents of Lord PAIMERSTON'S last note have, it is said, excited considerable uneasiness in the mind of the KING of the FRENCH, rand intense anxiety I exists concerning the manner in which France will be alluded to in the QUEEN'S Speech on opening Parliament. It is also said that Lord PALMERSTON'S representations have been received so favourably by Prince METTERNICH and Count NESSELRODE, that M. GUIZOT, notwithstanding the good feelings ex pressed towards France, and the personal compliments paid to himself by the representatives of Russia and Austria at the Court of the Tuileries, feels by no means at his ease. The Courrier Francais says—" It was remarked at the last reception at the Tuileries, that the Mar quis and Marchioness of NORMANDY were paid great attention to by the Royal Family. The KING spoke for half an hour with the Ambassador, who spoke little, and listened to his MAJESTY with the greatest attention." "It is announced," says the Constitutionnel, " that a courier extraordinary has just been sent off to Lon don with dispatches for the French Ambassador. It is also said that M. GUIZOT calls to Paris the Count DE JARNAC, who has conducted with Lord PALMER STON the negotiation relative to the marriages, in order to confer with him previous to the opening of the debates in the Chambers." All these events became known on Friday, and, in addition, it was announced that on Thursday the Bank of France had raised the rate of discount to 5 per cent. Alarming accounts, too, arrived in Paris of food riots in the provinces, and of a rapid and sudden rise in the price of corn. All these causes acting together produced a panic upon the Bourse on Saturday, and Government securities and railroad shares fell immensely. The following article from the Debats of Saturday is of course intended to make out the best case as to the prospects of the Bank ; and if this is really the best prospect that can be held out, the best is but bad. The Debats says— " The Bank of France has just come to two important decisions. By one it has procured, by means of a loan negotiated in London, a certain quantity of sp e cie ; by the other it has raised its rate of discount, which has been long fixed at 4 per cent., to 5 ;per cent. The English houses with which the Bank has negociated have agreed to advance for three months a sum of 20 millions of francs, the payment of which is guaranteed by titles of recite held by the Bank. It is well known that the Bank possesses in state stock a capital respond ing to 2,952,585 francs revenue. The Bank of England has co-operated in that transaction, not is furnishinc , the capital, the mass of mon e y ac t ua ll y available in the London market rendering it unnecessary, but in delivering to the Bank of France ; against the signature of the English firms, silver in gots to the amount of twenty millions. The Bank of England has testified on this occasion its good feeling, by the moderation of the conditions at which the ingots have been given. It is delightful to see the capitalists and financial institutions of great countries readily lend ing each other, according to circumstances, a mutual aid. As to the augmentation in the rate of interest, the ad ministration of the Bank has supposed that it will have the effect of limiting the demands made for discounting bills, and consequently the issue of hank notes. The Bank of France has determined to adopt these two ope rations by a new reduction on the amount of its bullion. This reserve, which is usually above 200 millions, and which had fallen to 100 millions six weeks back, was not more than 72 millions in Paris some days back, and with the five-franc pieces which the Bank possesses in its branch establishments in the departments, at 90. It is sensibly less at present, but the resources obtained in London maintain it be yond 100 millions. It may be considered as reduced to the half of the accustomed reserve ; but it is well known that one of the reproaches sometimes brought against the Bank was, that its metallic reserve was excessive, and that it had in its cellars nearly almost as much silver as it had notes in circulation. In the pre sent state of things, a reserve of upwards of 100 millions against a circulation of notes of 270 millions is perfectly satisfactory, and would bear a diminution without there being any cause for the slightest uneasiness. There reigns a degree of uncertainty about the future, because no person can positively say what may be for the next few months the wants of trade in specie. The necessity in which the great states of western Europe are placed, to import wheat in large quantities causes a great export of specie, for two causes; Ist, for accidental impoi ts of whatever value they may be, and regular commerce not responding to them in merchandise; and next the re strictive system adopted by all the Powers limit ex ceedingly the exchange of produce from people to people, and necessitates the recurrence to specie pay ments in all unexpected cases. If therefore the defi ciency of our harvest is not made up by the importa tions of corn, which have already taken place, we must expect to see the great accumulations of coined money which form the reserve fund of banks still more diminished. The Bank of England will be exposed to be hold its reserve in gold experience a great reduction, and the same must take place amongst us for the reserve of the Bank of France. Unfortunately no person can say, even approximatively, if France is at present fully pro visioned up to the next harvest. It is not wheat alone that hat failed; if we had had to make up for the smallness of the wheat crop only, there is reason to suppose that the imports already brought in might be sufficient, but we have to replace with foreign corn all the deficiency that has taken place in bread-stuffs of all kinds, and in this respect the deficiency is certainly great, without it being possible as yet to judge fully of its extent. If we shall be obliged to import several million; of hectolitres of wheat in addition to the four millions already received, the general market would scarcely supply it. Thank God! there is in the world plenty of wheat to be sold. But we must pay with hard cash, because the different nations will not receive each other's produce. In that case, the Bank of France may experience fresh embarrassments. Let us, however, de clare that by financial measures, more or less analagous to that which the Bank of France has just effected, these difficulties would be easily got over, particularly with the aid of the Government. But we ought to accustom ourselves to contemplate the possibility of this oc curring, and to be ready for every case, including even that of England being, like us, short of the precious metals." After some more observations of comparatively little interest, the Debar adds : " It is singular that France should appear at this mo ment to experience a want of specie, when it is certainly the country in which specie is the most abundant. Ac cording to the most accredited estimations, the propor tion of specie in France is treble that which suffices for all the transactions of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. It is equal to six times that which sufficed fur all the exchanges in North America twelve years ago, when that country was in the most flourish ing state, namely, before the attacks of General Jackson upon the banks. Unfortunately, the ideas with which the Anglo-Saxons of the two hemispheres have been inspired by the genius of commerce, are unknown in France. In this country every man keeps by him, for his own use, a quantity of specie, more or less. Besides this, it is hoarded up. Thus it results, that with a real exuberance of specie we are exposed to have the appear ance of being in want of it The article thus concludes : " The financial situation of the country is not com promised, but it calls for more than ordinary vigilance. Every one pays homage to the prudence of the Bank of France and to its ability ; certainly the Bank will be ab!e to foresee everything, and guard against all even tualities. The general means which it will be able to employ will be indicated betorehand by experience, and the support of the public powers will not be wanting within the limit in which their co-operation may be ne cessary. But also it must know how to interpret the events of the present in the profit of the future." The Dante steamer, which was presented to the Bey of Turas by the KING of the FRENCH, was wrecked on the 31st ult., on the coast of Tunis. The Bill for affording greater facilities for the im portation of grain is being pressed forward with the greatest rapidity, and indeed there is no time to lose if the Government wish to prevent the most disastrous consequences from ensuing from the pre• sent famine which prevails in every part of France, The Reforme says— As we already stated, two months ago, the price of ► grain, after having reached a considerable elevation, ' remained awhile stationary, when all of a sudden the rise experienced an extraordinary and truly appalling impulse. From no part of France do we receive intelli gence indicative of a fall or even steadiness in the mar • ket. The rise is general and affects all sorts of grain. The centre and west are particularly visited with the scourge, and this accounts for the disturbances which have manifested themselves in those countries, where agitatioa subsides on one point to recommence on another. From the Sarthe to the Lower Loire, in Mayenne, Ille et Vilaine, and Maino et Loire, an unexpected dearth has taken place, and ex cessive alarm prevails. The same may be said of the province of Berry, of the department of Indre, Indre et Loire, and Loire et Cher. From thence the movement extends, on the one side to the Bourbonnais, and on the other to the Orleannais. The sack of flour has already reached the enormous price of 1001. on dif ferent points, particularly in the Cher, where the hec tolitre of wheat sells for 36f. and 37f. At Orleans the price of flour will shortly be as high, being quoted at from 91f. to 921. At Paris the price of flour augments from If. to 2f. at every market, and nobody will part with his grain. Two days ago the highest price was 92C, and, to-day, the sack of flour was not to be had for 951. On Friday there was a further increase of 45c., which raises the price of bread to 49c. perk kilogramme, ru t h e e , and no one can say that it w ill not reach 50c. close of the month." The Sentinelle desPyrentes says that Senor OLOZAGA arrived at Bayonne on the 12th inst. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Five Saturday at 78 f. sc. • the per Cen ß ts., 116 f. 40c.; th e Orleans Railroad' Sh a res, 1,210 f.; men, 8701. ; Havre, Great Northern; 6101. ;.. T ,• ro Avignon, ye s andB33lool.h. tereau; 340 t; Dieppe, ; VierzO 6651. ; n, 5601.; Bordeauxi 542 f. 50 cs p ' 345 f... Paris' 'and StraBburg-, 470 f ; Tours and Nantes,447off..; Paris and Lyons, 493 f. 75c . . • Lyons and Avignon , 80. , ° Bordeaux and Cette, 447 f 50e.; Spanish Three -per Cents., 36i. MARSEILLES, JAN. 11.—Marseilles and Avignon, 8581. 75c. ; Northern, 6371. We. . * :SI .' ''''' ,' /..i - I VO! 84 s t 4 z , 41.0. k S 7 ..f.,„„;„ ~,..,:. , 0 . - ~ ( - \ „: ! . 4 540 6 . . Al , .. A„.., : ,„, ... •. -- '4 •iito ,4 , 44,.. ' , ',. 1, -, , .,^- • SECOND EDITION. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK. EXCHANGE, JANUARY 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelete), /s—Central of France (Orleans and Vier • zon), 121 2 —Dutch Rhenish, s—East Indian, l A—Louvain I la Sambre, I%—Luxembourg, 2',4—Northern of France, 124 ex d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7% ex d.—Paris and Lyons, ;A—Sambre and M euse , 4 1 4—Tours and Nantes, 31,j—West Flanders, INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL. The Madrid steam-ship arrived this morning at Southampton, from the Peninsula. She does not bring any news of great importance. The Queen's troops entered Coimbra on the sth inst., amidst great rejoicing. Antas had evacuated Coimbra forty-eight hours before, and retreated in the direction of Oporto. Before entering the town Saldanha issued a proclama tion, assuring the people they had no violence to fear from his soldiers. Saldanba was to march from Coimbra on the 9th, and if Antas should not offer battle at Vouga, he would reach the neighbourhood of Oporto about the 14th. Macdonald's loss at Braga has been about 200; the loss on the Queen's side is variously stated at from 30 to 120; Casal's men committed great atrocities at Braga, which has kindled a flame of indig nation against him. Nothing decisive had taken place at Oporto. Rebels were flocking into the city in great numbers; the Migueiites all have joined them. Their forces at Oporto consisted of about 6,500 men, and they show no disposition to flinch.—Morning Paper. UN Elk' and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A limited business only was done at Liverpool on Saturday in the Cotton market. Sales, 3,000 to 3,500 bales, of which 3,000 were American, at 61-d. to 71d. per lb. Shares were depressed. We have no late ship arrivals to-day, but it is satis factory to note that large supplies of food are coming forward from all parts, and that many of our merchants have sent out considerable orders to America for con tinued shipments, although, in some early cases, there was very little profit upon the cargoes received here. The majority of those engaged in corn imports, how ever, must have made money, a n d, i n particular in stances, to a large amount. Wheat is ls. per quarter higher to-day than on Monday last. An excellent opportunity will now be afforded to many of the States of the North American Republic to wipe off old scores and pay up a portion, at any rate, of the heavy sums for which they are indebted on account of dividends, to say not a word of commercial debts. They have abundance of produce, and therefore every facility for remitting what will satisfy their creditors. We are pleased to entertain the hope of something being done this year further to redeem American credit. The messages of the Governors of those states, the Legislatures of which have been convened, have given the usual details of the public debt and condi tion of the state finances. These statements give the gratifying intelligence that rapid progress has been made within the past year in liquidating the floating or domestic debts, and in placing the finances upon a better basis. The debts of Illinois and Indiana have been partially provided for ; that is, the people have been relieved of a large portion of the debt, and the revenues of each State from taxation, will be applied towards paying the interest on the debt still nnprovided for. The resources of these states are increasing so rapidly, that a very few' years will suffice to place them in the trout rank of the solvents, and the productiveness of their public works will in a short time, be sufficient to relieve the people from a great deal of the weight of taxation. The Stock Markets rule heavily again to-day, al though occasionally parties who sold for a time at high rates, by closing accounts serve to arrest a further de cline, while the purchases by the Government 'broker and by corporations, which always take advantage of a decline to invest surplus funds, counteract in part the sales of holders or speculators. The market, however, is un questionably in a very unsettled and sensitive condition, and must be materially influenced by the plans of Lord J. Russell, and the -favour with which they are received, not only in Parliament, but throughout the country. All now are anxiously looking to the opening ses sion, as it is held that energetic measures may greatly mitigate any coming pressure, while a timid policy would only aggravate it. Con sols have been 92i to 928 for present tranfer, and 92+ to for time. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 94* to 948, and the Three per Cents. 921 8. Exchequer- bills have been heavy at ss. to 9s. pm. There have been no bargains in Bank Stock. The Foreign Investments have ruled lower again. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 24/, and the Three per Cents. 341 8. Portuguese Four per Cents. are only 34k- to 35. Mexican have remained at 221 to 221. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 58k to , and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 941. The Share Market is lower. Great Western New are 9R, Birmingham and Oxford 148 to 4, Eastern Counties 22k Caledonian 27k to Great Northern London and York) 3, Leeds and Bradford 81/ to 821, Brighton 56k to 57, North Western 193 to 195, South k estern 63i to 64, Midland 123 k to 125, Newcastle and Berwick 34 to North Stafford 8* t, Scottish Cen tral 22+ South Eastern 381, York and Newcastle 381, Northern of France 12 to k. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... 9 2 3 /1 .% 3 per Cent. Consols Aims 9 2 1%0'% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 3 / 4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, l 859 9th Consols for Account .. o_xehequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 2 d. 1,0001. 500/. ... 5 9 pm. Ditto Small I ie.lOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIK.. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account ....... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 2 4 34 Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 3 4 1 j8 3 % Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 3 9 1 /2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent 94 Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%...... to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% - to Belfast and County Down .. 4% .. .. Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......128 1 / 2 to 130 Do. New (iss. at 7 1 4 die.).. 17 1 ,4 32 Birminguam & Oxford June... 5 ..14%%, 3/4143/4 to Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 425. ... . Birming., Vol., &Stour Val. 5 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2 3 /4 .. Boston, Stamt , & 'firming... 225. - Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool June... 2 1 / 2 to Buckinghamshire B4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 Chester and Holyhead 2 7 1 /2 .... Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ..... Clarence. lOO .• to '' 1 ' Do., 16t Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to Cork and Killarney 2 l / 2.- to -- Cork and Waterford Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Direct Northern Scrip VA.-- 2% to Direct Norwich—. .......... ... 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 / 2 — Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 / 2 ...... to Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 — Eastern Counties Do. New.. Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do. N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d. Do., York Extension Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares _ _ 10 ' Do. Extension to Harwich 17g — ...... i; Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 1 /$ East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., New Scrip East Lincolnshire l l /4 3L4 ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% lB Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% . t .... -- Ditto, New..... . ........... ... 2/ 2 — ...... to Ditto, Newport .. ... 5 Ditto, ditto, New l l/ — ...... to Edinburgh and Perth Elyand Huntingdon .. 12%.....• ...... to Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2N — ...... to _ G G i l a a s a g g o ., w D , u K m u f m rie a s r , o lk oc C k, a & rli A sl j e . . r . 5 5 0 to Ditto, New to Do. LA Shares(s per ct.gua.) 12% ..... ..••• to Goole, re a t Eastern Don c as t ander Doncaster , hs Western... : . c c . . . 1 ,4 _... „... to . ...... to 0 Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2 l /2 ' 3 Do. (Direct North. Regd.) 3 3 4 4: to 4 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% ...... 27% to Great North of England 100 ... • Ditto, New Ditto, New Ditto, New 1 1A.i•••••• ..... to 50 85 ............ -- ...... t tt 0 00 ; 12% ...... ... .. to -- Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ..... ...... Do. New 4 % ...... 91 .. to Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .... Di ttc, Extension II u p l i l t a t o n , d (l S u c a l - 5 12 0 ys ..... 106 1 / 2 _ .. . . t t o o LO 7 3 ...... Quarter Shares ...... . Ipswich D D o i t . t d o, os 11 aaB a nn l oa f dr S .Cyjc h aso a rtr r l.li e vsE s li eo d h mund . s 5 2 1 0 4 5 . ...... 11- ...... to to Lancaster 5 to Do; New 5 ...... Leeds and Bradford Leizcster and Bedford Leeds; Dewsbury, & blanches. 27 1 / --, . to Do., Branch 1 / 2 ShareS.... :' ~ 2, 1 4 . — • to =Ditto, Branch O • tte) ' . 1 / 2 - -t%.,....... to .L-- -. ' Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2% — Leeds and Thirsk ..... l7" l 5 l /4 %... to Ditto, New • ...... • . • •••• Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... 43/ t o Liverpool, Crosby, and South port.. 2 ...... 3% 3 / 4 to EXPRESS EDITIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, BRINGING DOWN THE DEBATES TO THE LATEST MOMENT. Orders received by all Newspaper Agents, and at THE THIRD EDITION Sun-office, 113, Strand :truing LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1847. The QUEEN and Prince ALBERT, and the Court, arrived at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, travelling from Slough to Paddington by the Great Western Railway. Tier MAJESTY held a Privy Council at three o'clock, for the purpose of arranging the Royal Speech to be delivered to-morrow, by her MAJESTY in person, on opening the session of Parliament. Most of the Cabinet Ministers were expected to attend the Council. During the Parliamentary vacation, which will happily terminate to-morrow, the scarcity of provi sion has been increasing, extending, and becoming literally unendurable. What was grievous at the termination of the session of '46, has become intole rable at the commencement of the session of '47. Nor is this privation of food restricted to a single province of Ireland, or, indeed, to the whole of Ire land—it is experienced more or less throughout every portion of the United Kingdoms. Even in the me tropolis the price reached in cereal articles of nourish- ' inent has in many instances been miserably dispropor tinned to the means of its inhabitants. Even in London the restrictions still imposed upon the importation of grain by the unwieldy and antiquated laws relating to navigation have acted most prejudicially upon its least affluent citizens. In the more rural districts, in the more remote quarters of Munster and Connaught, in the secluded islands of the Hebrides, and indif ferently in every portion of England, Ireland, and Scotland, these grievances have pressed heavily upon the population, and their pressure ii at this moment so unbearable, that the immediate interposition of Government has grown into a necessity. Fortunately for the people the Parliament is now re-assembling, and the Cabinet will no longer be induced to postpone those measures of alleviation which have only been retarded so long from a sentiment of honourable punctilio, from an anxiety not to interfere with our most venerable con stitutional customs, from a disinclination to refuse the fulfilment of those concessions which had been so recently granted to our discomfited opponents. By the re-assembling of our hereditary and repre sentative legislators, A period is at length put to this pernicious, though somewhat excusable, procrastina tion. The Ministers will now be enabled, without any derogation to their character, without committing an unpardonable offence to a suspicious minors, without any harsh violation of the enactments of the preceding session, to appease the hunger of the thousands who are already either threat ened with, or suffering from, starvation. That energetic measures are required under existing circumstances has been recently and emphatically avowed by the proceedings of the present Adminis tration. When a considerable squadron of armed vessels in her MAJESTY'S service are transformed into the bearers of provisions from the English markets to the more destitute portions of Ireland, it is manifest that the necessities of the community must be most urgent, if not absolutely unprecedented. Guns are not dismounted, war-steamers are not freighted with grain, and other descriptions of food, excepting in cases of extraordinary emer gency. Guns have been dismounted, war-steamers have been freighted with provisions, by order of Government, as the catalogue of ships published only the other day in our columns sufficiently attested—therefore an extraordinary emergency does exist, and that extraordinary emergency demands and justifies the most extraordinary measures for the amelioration of the condition of the multitude. Par liament must acknowledge this; the Ministers- have already acknowledged it by their recent acts for the diminution of the scarcity in Ireland. In the inaugural address to be delivered by her MAJESTY to her faithful Lords and Commons, there is little question that the members of the Cabinet will afford the public more than an inkling of their intentions cs to the facilitation of the introduction of food into the country. By preventing the further evils consequent upon the operation of the navigation laws, a fresh and fruitful source of nourishment would be immediately opened to the population. By allowing the use of molasses in brewing and distillation, a great economy would be effected in regard to barley, and an increased quantity, and a sustained quality, and a decreased price, would be the in evitable consequences in both articles of con sumption. Besides this, moreover, a decided step is rendered necessary for the final and immediate opening of the ports. That step was, as is perfectly well known, deemed advisable by Sir ROBERT PEEL as far back as the November of 1845: it is now no longer merely advisable—it is absolutely requisite. Since that memorable month of political vicissitudes the country has been perpetually subject to a deplor able dearth. The fears excited by the first calamitous failure of the potato crop were confirmed in the follow ing autumn. The destitution, which had been heretofore confined in a grea t measure to the Ir i sh peasantry, has since extend e d ti the Ilighl an d l a b ourers an d th e Hebredian crofters. Wh ereas i n the winter of 1845-6 the scarciitoytnheocmesosirteataeludicttheed e loe sta a b li l t i i s e h a me th n e t of fever hospitals in the winter of 1846-7 has necessitat e d succession of Coroners' inquests, with the verdict of "Death by starvation!" That is the' nature of the difference between the two periods of emergency, and in proportion to that difference must Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2 1 / 2 2N p ... , Lounon l i,. Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — ..... to --- Do. New - Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South C oas t 50 Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . - London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d — ... ... to •"' Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... ••»••W r London end North Western..loo ~....195 ...... to 19$ Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 - Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8 ...... Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . Do. 11W. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 ..... Do 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 2 London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 634.. .. to .... to 64 Do. New consolidated 8 ths.. 40 Ditto New .. Do. New to --•:: Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5 1 / 2 ... to --- Ditto Tenths Ditto Scrip 45 ...... — SIA., .... .... to - - ...7 Ditto ditto London and York Scrip 2% Ditto Extension London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2 2 1/1 2 - ••• --3 A 3 .................. ttt°: Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 Lynn alio Ely :1 1 tt t ; 7; ' Lynn ind Dereham Midland lOO 125 ..... to 1 Ditto Fifths to Ditto, Ditto, New 30 Ditto, New Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... ... _ .... ..• . .. o Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters — l4 .............. t . .., . Ditto Fifths 5 - Ditto Sixteenths . ....... ... 6q — Do. Extension : ° Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24 Do., d0., Fifths Do. Half Shares (late Hud- to derstield and Sheffield... 23 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. P ... ....... Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ...... to -•*" Ditto', Shares (No. 1) ... 8 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... to -"' Ditto, 1 Shr --., (No. 3N 2 1 ~. to •"'" _into, 1 / _.ares (N0...5)... -IA ...... Do. and Grimsby l 5 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 2 1 / — ...... to _ Manchester and Southampton 2 Al idland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midld. Great Western (Irish) 20 Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...., ...... to Ditto New 2O •.• • Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterford 5 Ditto Extension Newport and Abergavenny. .2% —.. . ... to " • Newry and Enniskillen .."". •••1•• • to is cwry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk „100 l3O ..•••• to . . .. to Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension ... to Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 to ."... ••• . .... • Northern Counties Union .... 2 1 ,4 1% % 1A t ° ~ North British •• to Dittc4Half Shares... Do. Quarters l4 3l, %... W to ..." : Ditto, Extension % liA%••• Ditto Thirds ... .......... ..... 1 - Northern and Eastern 5O ...... to Ditto Quarter Shares tO Ditto New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 84%,fi W - North Wales 314 ..... .••••• to .... North. & South. Connecting 2%. .... -- .....• t° ,.. ., 2% _ ...... tO North Western Oxiord, Worcester, and Wel- to 5 verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1% ...... to ..... Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 5 Royston and Hitchen ... l% 24%." W.. ~... Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 12% 135k.••••• Sheffield, Rotherham, and ...... to to ''' Goole 2% ...... ...... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... 4% 3 / 4 ... t° ...... • ' Ditto, ditto, Class B. PA ...... to Shropshire Union. . 42s dis .. • • . 1 a to ...... South Devon ....... ......... 40 South Staffordshire Junction 1/138.4d — ...... to ..„. _ South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 3 B IA. ..... to Ditto, New, No. 1 '''. to Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 4% ...... ..... Ditto New, No. 4 3 3% to South Wales ..... to South Yorkshire, Doncaster, .... and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca- . to "" meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 ['aw Vale Extension Trent Valley, Midland, and "" Grand Junction 42s. 0. Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 3 1 2 1% .........• —VA .. -....: . . tt; --- ...... to •••"' ' Waterford and Limeri c k ... Waterford, W exford, W icklw, , , and Dublin ..... Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia ............ 1,6 ...... ...... to --• . West Riding U n ion 42s. - West Cornwall Windsor, Staines, and South Western ...... to to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 374 ..... to ' Ditto, New - , Ditto, Preference 2 *".. /8 7it . .. ... to ".. York and North Midland „ Ditto, Half Shares - ..... ") , Ditto, Selby . .... Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding 1 Extension ...... to ' • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .to -. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes ...... 1 ...., . to Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% ..- — ..‘...• to ....• Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ...- .1 (Mackenzie's) 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's ) ......... t : 5 .-11 to Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. ..... .... Central of France (Orleans to "... and Vierzon) ~ . 10 to Central of Spain - ..... - Ceylon .... 53. Demerara. to ~ Dendre Valley to ..,„. .... to 1 ' Direct Bombay and Madras ss. Dutch Rhenish to .." • ' . East Indian Fampoux and H to azebrouk..... 4 - Great Indian Peninsular 55....••• •*"" to Great Western Bengal ss. - Great Western Canada t to Italian and Austrian .... .. Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 6 to Luxembourg - . to Lyons and Mignon 2 - Madras .... 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... IA — ,..... ....• _ _ . __ . to Madrid and Valentia . 2 to ...... Mauritius tO Namur and Liege 8 ...... /34 ...... 12 Northern of France. 8 to North Jamaica 1 .-- Orleans and Bordeaux .....6 ... - .••• Over Yssel 413 s 4d...: .. .... -- --- Paris and Lyons - ...... to , to Paris and Orleans 2O — Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ...... .... 5 . Rouen and Havre 2O ...... ..... r 4 % ...... to Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... - •••*"" tO. --. Tours & Nantes ... ... ..... tom' Jurbise, Landen, ... to and Hasselt - Trinidad.. ......" ......... . to -- West Flanders .. 6 ...... ..... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia 40 • ...• -- ...... t O British North American . to "'" Colonial Commercial of London - ....•• to London Joint Stock ... lO "-- London and Westminster... 20 --- ...... National Provincial of Engid. 35 - ...... to ' National of Ireland 22%...... ..... ... .. to --- Provincial of Ireland .. ... to Union of Australia 25 . ...... Union of Loudon .... • ... 10 • ...... V) MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered -- y.) LLOYD'S —(T S Pit s h ag JAN. fres:bt l eze; an d frost O . NDON, Al L b i a v t::s tr , o c o oa L s , t J o A f N A . frica. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind E.—Sld. her At `"' DUBLIN, JAN. 13.—Wind E.—Arrd. Ariadne, Calcutt' 16.—S1d. St. John, Richardson; 'P a lo' nah ; Embline, Boyce, Virginia ; Scotia, APlCe l „, ll : e it, s t * more; Perseverance, Robinson, Baltimore; Una, A".„7, - , 0 05; John's, New Brunswick. 17th, Swea, Lofgren, St* `„ - lieu: Zenobia, Sutherland, Havannah ; Countess of Arr a , A lipbis' derson, Baltimore • Bounty Hall, Teuton, Pbis a- foe" Egremont, Vogler, New York ; Europe, Furber, New Oh Trenton,ll Pitman, Scilly and New York. Put back , jog) ; for Virginia. Off port, Mary Marsden, St. Dt e b s rles Clinton, New Orleans; Octavids, New Orleans; D yson , Joseph, Savannah. Sid., North Pole, Port PhiliPowbsy; Sydney, New South Wales; Prince of Orange/2 3 _„,ersol; Colonist, Ceylo n; Camilla, Lima; Leonora. 1 /" . port' Rachel, Barbadoes ; Edward Boustead, N ew Orleans; Nor land, Mobile. Arrd. 16th, R. D. Shepherd, Biaraidge , Orleans; Siddons, Cobb, New York; Liverpool; Tole? New York; Eugenia, Biscal, New York. 17th' Baker, Charleston ; Hannibal, Toole, New Orleans ' o rk; phrasia, Buntin, Baltimore; Ontario, Holmes, N ew . yak; Concordia, Stephenson, New York; Ake], King, ' 74e " Meg of Meldon, Rickerty, Calcutta. dw ally FALMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind E., strong breeze, an —Arrd. 15th, Enrib, Hasted, Monte Video. BRISTOL, JAN. 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Off, Ant, Q uebec foe° BRISTOL CHANNEL, JAN. 17.—Arrd. Sld. Damascus, Bliss, Boston • Calliope, South, New Ll sorr ill, Chinn; Edmond, jANls n fo d r S d 14, Sir John Hallett, .ditto.; 15, hittit* Quebec; ArW.—Arrd d 1 1 2 3 , , C i rs d e' iT ll- 0 10 1 1 1 : Madras; - Victoria, Wakelram, •ditto, leaky ; Ater -, Absend, Valiiaraiso liccidentA Herbeit, Martinitine.:lo. WEYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Excel, Read, fronl_fead of ampton to Newport, grounded last night on the Nib'. Portland beach, but is expected off without damage- D o CORK, JAN. 14.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Q ueen l.ed Gordon, Valparaiso; master, mate, and one mot wash overboard in a violent gale. Aga, Z. to E.O.A; 17, glav-Adgatrl , ..t4sFdvetd'iycse',P,.6:sroatt etlitt Janeiro; Illgs, alauritiu "1 Po k 1 , TSMOti ' 43 t, and h ' a OFF the IE . 71 Al in ~ a arriv e uie Soutk atL loYd's t.l CUR Heat —Else) Red, 3 Dltto,Whi - Norfolk a coin,] Ditto, Whi Red w . Qll 7e Grind. Malting Chevalier f01k.... litlizston a ito Since into htec England head this oafil tousiated of 3 6 r 4 _ Cows a& r"" from R lU PPlies foun tn4rket have ~t) Oxen hay l loro Irav anc come tc ;martial returr 1014 , 1 845, a Ozen ... %/Moth& by f g Cows ..., Calves Sheep .. Lambs., 't Lam bs.. • tZ'S', vre i - actu wi editiont ate, state,lon trifge qualit Y oth er , aciva 4 ; ;Inda s_iwool clears twrl received 1 I N e a tB, 400 ! 0th.7 1.11 ditto Parts le -er e scat eti g i ld well D er gibncee__l te klil 8. C the Y. at I .. turrenciE 4 .44,1 e; 'least (Au k , ;Pithy PeLnit treg,o. q ll e t oarse 44rtert sheep l i d v i 'jeep kt uts 3 ,159 . bu r i ° Ur ti meat wit 31„._ 4f Po i'l ::::11."filgitaehatt ;l ead I VM nreo r r i nikk un Pri me Pt c prilne„ •••.. $o" b at ,istwis e ea att Ir°4l , °10" . 481 '011 w " Co nlb : tojidgem • vg ‘ 448 378, °ll the 1 , , 7 'arc' t; 9081 Tt e li 200 bale ; Proved fe el bleat is th 4:u 1 8 mai faw n of own Tall( qtJti u lt.& r , 44 0 Ca& "Atrt dui IsZ'4 "ecnblB c fo rai e 4b. of ' 4 ger. k h i s a t ob 4r Yleb( th, Vera Plaintiff Th e c Ex Just ready, iu post Svo., 95., MADAGASCAR) PAST AND PRESENT. With Considerations as to the Political and Commercial Interests of Great Britain and France; and as to the Progress of Christian Civi lisation. By A RESIDENT. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) Co