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THEATRE: ROYAL, DRURY-LAN The Splendid Pantomime of " Harlequin and St. George and the Dragon," is acknowledged to be one of the moat successful ever produced. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMA... ~ • Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville , M r. Rafter ; Morliere Mr. Homes:Ale; Ardenford, Mr. ei . H a rrison ; mat.e-prepoe, Mr. • Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss -Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas, antie: l mime, being a mixture of the istorical and legendary, title HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. It. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blarnire ; the Ma chinery by Mr. R. Slomen ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Airs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced. under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYBA, THE ENCHANTRES3.—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 " somee.bere or other." Kalyba (the Enchavitress, not by Balfe, quite strees of all the elements, exeept those rnof " Arithmetic, having miscalcula her power), Mr H. Hocastie ; Fiends " and Fu ries (illustrating 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, (tne four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each; the March of Intellect (travelling " mcog." 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 EducaCon, he gives the old lady sudden no lice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. It TERIoR OF INFANT SeHoOL.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " illustrious Visitor," gives the boys A half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIoR AND EARBACAN 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 tee inventor of the celebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Yurse (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 Onorge," to astonish the endives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ttrs Coyle, Seven, Dix, Wel.,h, 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 w ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." .*noires. — E Nothings material to our historic" occurring during a peeiod of fifteen yeers, the author trusts that the audience will al low hint to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALTRA'S House OF CORRLCTION !--NI. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. 11. Payne; St. 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. Deuglae, Mr. Marko, Mr. Chapin°, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St George p ea its bro'her champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in 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 lialyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom Scene 5. DovER lioAcos.—llow the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose ivith the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene G. BANE! 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 daughtel), Mr. T. Mattheave ; Ptolemy - , King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr..Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, Sec. How 2lmanzor came in Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound iii 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, KM; OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, hut patriotically devoting herseli to tho di ges ti v e organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fcr himself ), Mr. Wielend. elow this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the leragon, who, r.ot 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," &e. (vide 31orning Papers). noire!. PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? I " Or me he shall gorge • I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Amine of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at she "Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best ) lan wiu." Scene S. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN TILE DESOLATE VALLEY.- 11 ' ov' the 'Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country tin:triers ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not lAng quite fin!shed); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall oat. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not tinly elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the ;iudience to 'Scene 9. GRAND HALL OP CHIVALRY.—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 Sew Characters. Harlequin ••• • - Mr. Howell, I Clown.. • • Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloo- Mr. Priorson . I Columbine Miss Hicks. .Scene 10. DExtre. IN Cull:103171Es AND IRONMONGER AND CUT- I 'ES'.s SNor.—lmp roved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror ro to nature." " Fainl les furnished" on a novel principle. A loud eport on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint flies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. Cor.NciiANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than the of being "in ' einv,r." Specimen of the very best "Britannia ittetal." Plenty of "game" In high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A. lot of " chaff " in both. Harlequin gives Clown " thcsaelc." 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 totice. " Get out of the way, Old I)an Tucker," and make way for `• patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet io it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish tait and Orleans plum. "A plague o' both your houses." ;Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S Suors.—The original little Tin rettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot -1.4." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. ' Scene 14. INTERIOR of BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE. — Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to "cut and shuffle." Aek in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." .Scene 15. :ruu STATUE AS IT Is; or, Wellington at Hyde-park , corner. scene IG. THE STATUE AS IT Was; or, Wellin;ton at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." TII EATRE ROYAL, HAYSI A RKET. Under the Mdnitgernent of Mr. ►t. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE FOUND OF WRONG; or, a FiresLe • , tory. Sir Arthur Foljambe, llr,Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Cwynne ' Mr. Webster ; lute e, Mr, Buck tone; Harwood , Mr. Howard; Lady Charlotte 17111oughhy, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fbrreseue ; ,11 9..):, , , M .41 MTV& v ei, tioll ; ',Aka 31, VW, Mr. Webster; 'I be Countess of Rosendale, Miss Bennett; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs. aover ; Mittens, Miss Carre. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La I::wadere," " Itallana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, tqled the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Trannuij • slights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, .Liss P. Horton, AIN,. L. S. Buckin,liann, Miss Iteynoldg, and Miss Julia Bennett. 'THEATRE IiuYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Mana , rement of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boz'3 new Christmas Piece. The new and • splendld Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be -performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the e mumve permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert i nith, Fsq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha r,eters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining. eadows, K‘vley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. In whica Mr. and Mrs. Keeiey will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT -I•I;;KFLY'S HALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Clown, Mr. Z. IV. ; Fintaloon, Mr. Conch ; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. ;I.IEATiIE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO 'nix CORSICAN SISTER. 'haracters supported by 2; adame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, o.4Smit i. &e. Between the pieces the celelirated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. di.din Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Ilanlons, will ex hi ,it their wonderful Jeux Oymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA G fSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the 11 ills Bride. . Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr.. P. Bedford, r. 0. Smith, Mr. Caen Ord, Madame Celeste, ;dies Marian Taylor, If its Emma llarditvz, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRI - NCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J: M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be perfumed a Grand Opera, sniffled ANNE BOLEY.ti ll.:nry VIII., Mr. Bo Ida ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; liochford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Eif ; : inour, • Misi fl. Smithson ; Anne l'oleyn, Miss Rossano. In the course of the evening Prof' ssor HEMMING and his ta le:rted 4 HILDR EN will go through their'wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rkan Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Ch.l.tmas Pantomime, enti tled '111! ENCHA `7 TED BE tUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, •Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH. I'I.AYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed LA MAUR kINE. 31. de Jordy, 3f, Mae quillier ; Edouard, M. ; Madame de Ner!s, Mdhle. Vallee; Cecile, Mdlle. Leyden. After which, the popular Drama of L'AURERGE DES ADRETS. Robert 3lacalre, Mons. F. Lemaitte ; who will, during the Piece, dance "La Valse de Faust." FAxes; 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. ; 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gcrinon, will have the honour of repeating the'r Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, TO MORROW EVENING, and on Saturday next (there being no per fortaane.e on Thursday). Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will give a GRAND DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday 31orning next, Jan. 20. Doors open at Tw . o'clock. Pxivate Boxe,, stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's 1.115,ary, 33, itond,treet; and at the Box-office. AsTL,Ey,' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, air. W. Rutty. Patronised by her Most Gracious .Iftjesty the Queen. Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and iloyat Family. Triumphant su ccss of the Chojetmas Novelties. Upwards of 30,0 00 persohs have witnessed the new Grand Comic Pantomime, pronounced to be unequalled for magnificence and mechatiical eftVets. The Boxes tre nightly by brilliant assemblages of ra n k, and honoured by the presence of 11.1111. Prince George of Cambridge, Earl of Strathmore, Lady Crewe,ES an E d VE a host of fashlonables. TH N Will he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en title 1 THE DEI:ON AORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Chaimed flit. Eatire change of the SOEN - E; of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, autifled THE FORTY THIEVE A ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and Me Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vel; Pantaloon, .Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, LeSACC, Frances Davidge. • Mfg EVENING be Performed an original frrama, entitled TILE lIAND OF KTA KES, DKATII. The characters will Be s ter 'Pl x ' rted '7 th e who!e of th e talented Company. Company. TUE RAT M eg Drawl, founded on Dickens' Work, culled J TLE I_llf Char:e.ters :' , !enrs. Neville, ebb, Willi, nt4 0 ltii4on, Lewis, Vr,-,41eriz1,4; M ries.l avlile , Vtuing, Daly, To 'eo,lorr'ewi R al`~'l'trtry.r.o'l'fah'f'l"antaroltne. call-:l THE KING ON THE .cAs ; or, Ilarttnni, to the Le, : d or Drenr.,f. jequil,-Hea ? )e-r * li ' l; ' liar. T hoc ; Columbine, Zddlle. N. lenelt, Herr E. De,4l:n. Vi4;lo.4tiA 14iF,A-TRE 80v.4, lg., Irnif-i-r1".'"1. it.. Ca. ' "4ler Y , 3,1 --" the. " (1,,a-Head .l'autoini The Burkme," form the tw ,, pus t rolv(lnti attraetyi3 ever proa ueed ea any stave on the Nape night. TILES' EVE'3ING WTI he performed THE SLACK DO , ::TO12. In which Mis 3 Vin_ 3lrs. G. Le e, 311S8 L.- Pearce, and Messr s . N . T ? hicks •n -seilowlard, rind, Searle, Formal, etc., will perform. , Muz w hich wi:l he produced a grand Cbristma , i Panto m i me. en. TIE final! OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin "(dm-Head, , " and Joe Miller and h;s Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry. Friday night, about seven o'clock, whilst Colonel SibtLorp's carriage was stan ling at the d oor of Messrs. Lam.. Bert and Rawli ngs , s ilversmiths, Coventry street, waiting for iti gallant owner, sAne expert thief, seeing the coach rnarN back turned, took the opportunity of opening the carringe•door, and stealing a great coat, a railway wrapper, and a paper parcel containing letters and documents of an important nature. MRS. GORE'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 3 vol 4. post B vo. TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT. By Mrs. GORE. Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Banker's Wife,"_& e. Henry Colburn, Publisher. 13, Great 'Marlborough-street. Just ready, iu post Bvo., 95., MAD AG A SCAR, 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.) RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSR.S. 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, Scc., 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 advices of results will be lorwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme- Mateiy disposed of according to instructions. O. 7 1,(0, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. TIMID EDITION OF -THE SUN." 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. 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. THE SUN, LONDON,_ MO N" iJAY MORNINC - 5 SANEJARY 18, 1847. WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 16. THEIVIOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 37 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 30 08.—WIND E., fine. JANUARY 17. T 'F.RMOMETER, Lowest, 26; Highest. 36 ; Noon, 29, BAROMETER, 30.15. —Frosty. El l 4Le W A:UM, 71' i3O ti DOiy. -Biti.DtD; TU.'S DAY. Horning .. 36 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 59 minutes after 2. Mond= 241114 LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1847. PRIVY COUNCIL. To-day her MAJESTY will hold a Privy Council, for the purpose of settling the Royal Speech on open ing the session of Parliament to-morrow. The sum monses for this Council were issued on Saturday. The great meeting of the nobility, gentry, and landed proprietors of Ireland, which took place on Thursday last, must awaken the most lively feelings of pleasure and gratification in the mind of every one desirous of the well-being and prosperity of the sister kingdom. The monster grievance of Ireland the mutual distrust and jealousy that has so long unhappily prevailed amongst her children—was for once completely vanquished. No trace of its existence could be discovered; persons of all shades and varieties of political feeling, of all:creeds and parties, were to be seen co •operating together, and carrying on their proceedings in the must harmonious manner, good-will and fellow ship prevailed on every side, former animosities were forgotten, feuds were reconciled, and the only contest appeared to be which could labour most zealously in behalf of Ire land. As the Noble Chairman truly said, " they were assembled together as Irishmen, on Irish grounds, r,, n vA g y, .i-,;eet s • their sole object was dr sto od of animosity was buried tor tnat day at least. IJet us hope that it may never again be raised from the torilb to which it has been so consigned, but that henceforth the calmut of peace may occupy its place, and that there may be an end of "Civil dis,ension, with its vip'rons tooth, That gnaws the bowels of the common wealth." The most gratifying part of the proceedings was the perfect unanimity that prevailed. No word was uttered, no sentiment expressed that could have given offence to the most fastidious ; the mere sugges tion that the pressing any point might, by a possi bility, occasion a difference of opinion, was sufficient to ensure its immediate withdrawal. Every one of the resolutions submitted to the meeting were unanimously carried, and the assembly separated, having passed all the resolutions prepared for adop tion by the committee. The exclusion of the press, on which we have already commented, was most properly abandoned, and the sanction of the meeting was given to the full publication of the proceedings. This is as it ought to be—a good cause should' never seek conceal ment, should never shun the light. If the resolutions are good in themselves they will bear the freest dis cussion, the most rigid investigation. Any restric tion on the press carries with it prima facie evidence of something wrong or defective in that which is sought to be suppressed. We are happy to find that the committee discovered their error in good time, and that they candidly acknowledged it, and acted in obedience to their better judgment. It is a good thing when public men are thus ready to retrace their footsteps, when convinced of the propriety of doing so ; it affords a propitious augury that they will be open to reason and argument, and will not adhere with blind obstinacy to any hastily conceived opinions. The first resolution proposed was that last adopted by the committee. It was in support of the formation of an Irish party, and contained a strong appeal to the representatives of the coun try to co-operate together cordially in Parlia ment, and to unite in advocating such measures as may appear calculated to raise the social, material, and moral condition of the people, to save society from the ruin by which all classes in the land are now threatened, and to pre serve the property of the country from confis cation : this was proposed by Mr. GEORGE ALEX. HAMILTON and seconded by Mr. O'CONNELL, in short and pithy speeches, indeed there were no long-winded orations indulged in during the day. The speakers seemed to have adopted for their motto, il k. . ' , "irTitv- 4111194, .97,4 1 .kv ~ 0 :7 111 FIV, ; v „. -: ~tA T • MO's ' ✓- ',+., •)-42:13 Allll 75: - f, 4, .; ~ IN -77;7• , ...-. 0 0 , u ..-- " Acta non verba," and thus exhibited a stronger proof of the sin cerity of their determination. It was on this resolution that the only cloud that appeared to threaten the harmony of the day appeared. Mr. OsuonNE, we think very injudiciously, asked whether the Irish party would pledge itself to oppose the Govainialent if it refused to adopt some practical measure for the relief of the people. He, however, immediately withdrew the question on its impropriety being pointed out by Mr. MOUNSELL. Mr. OSBORNE is an Englishman, representing an English con- stituency, so that the indiscretion did not pro ceed from any Irishman. It is, however, but justice to Mr. OSBORNE to say that he has fully and eutrely identified himself with - the country of his adoption, and in which he is now the proprietor of extell:.sive estates, and that none of her children can be more devoted to her interests, more anxious for her welfare, or desirous of her prosperity, han he has shown himself to be. lie has aboured indefatigably for the formation of an Irish party, and he has seen the call re 'Ponded to in a manner that could scarcely have been hoped fur by the most sanguine. Already nearly 80 Peers, arid representatives of the people have enrolled themselves, have acknowledged their former errors, and pledged themselves to mutual concessions and to unity of action, so far as the affairs of Ireland are concerned. It is im possible to overrate the advantages of such a combination, if judiciously pursued, and if there 1., no attempt to carry it to extraordinary lengths, and to meddle with that which does not con cern it. Mr. OSBORNE'S suggestion, if adopted, would at once have taken away the efficiency of such a body, have marred their exertions, and have given origin to counter• associations. They should elevate Ireland to a full and perfect equality with England in every respect ; but they should seek no further, nor should they attempt to carry by their union any questions not relating to their country exclusively. The resolutions relating to temporary measures for the immediate wants and exigencies of the country were then proposed and carried unanimously in four separate resolutions. A suggestion was made by Mr. OSBORNE, in which we heartily concur, that it would not be right to ask the Government for seed, but that every landed proprietor should provide seeds for his own tenantry. This is certainly the most manly and straightforward way of meeting the difficulty. The permanent measures were then put and also carried, and we think the committee appear to have exercised good discretion, as well in the points selected as in those left untouched. We think they are better ,thosen than the temporary measures, and less objec tionable. Some of the questions are certainly of a doubtful character, but to the majority we give our adhesion. We are unable to advert to them more fully this day, but shall probably examine ere long the several propositions in detail, and see how far they are calculated to attain the desired objects—to pro mote the prosperity of their country, to direct its surplus labour into beneficial channels, to develop its capabilities, and lay open its bidden stores. We trust they may do so. We can, however, have no fear for a country whose inhabitants appear to be animated with such a spirit as that which was universal on Thursday ; and we must again congratulate our sister kingdom on the result of that day's pro ceedings. With a few amongst the representatives of the people in the House of Commons it is the habit to correspond periodically with their individual consti tuencies—the correspondence not being, however, through the formality of epistle, but verbal, and even conversational. By these annual understandings be tween the Members and their electors the agitation for triennial Parliaments is so far rendered super fluous : the law with those constituencies does not ne cessitate the septennial nomination of a representative, the duration of Parliament with them is virtually restricted to twelvemonths. We honour this volun tary compact ; it breathes the very spirit of independ ence, it is tantamount to rendering boroughmongering an impossibility. Whenever any political change, whether trivial or extraordinary, takes place in the opinion of a Member accustomed to these timely tri bunals, he can make a clean breast of it to the men who nominated him to his seat in the Legislative Chamber at Westminster. A common understand ing is preserved between the electors and their repre sentatives at St. Stephen's; amidst all the vicissi tudes and fluctuations of political belief their views are perpetually balanced; between them there can be no appreciable discrepancy. One of these Members is the Hon. Representative of Sheffield, the Secretary of the Admiralty. Vacation after vacation finds Mr. WARD in the Cutlers' Hall at Sheffield, "balancing accounts" with its citizens. Hitherto the Hon. Gentleman has been enabled to enter fully and minutely into a consideration of every topic to which the popular attention was in any manner directed. Hitherto he has found himself at liberty to discuss the merits of the various questions submitted to the consideration of the Legislature, and even solicitous to explain his views upon those questions in the plainest language possible. On Thursday evening Mr. WARD again appeared before his constituency, but for the first time, since his election by that borough, the Hon. Member touched, with a delicacy that savoured almost of timidity, upon the different points of social reform requiring the aid and supervision of the Ministry. The reason for that deli cacy was obvious—it was more than obvious, it was natural and honourable. Since the period of his las public interview with his constituency, Mr. WARD had accepted office, and hence, from his position, was incapacitated from entering, as heretofore, into the very pith and core of those matters, the examination of which, in a positive light, by one so situated, would render him liable to compromise the character and disposition of the Cabinet. Nevertheless, while morally shackled by his some adroitness to satisfy the curiosity of his au ditors upon many themes of the highest importance and of the most immediate interest. His adroitness in this respect almost amounts to diplomatic subtlety. Without in any degree anticipating the disclosures of the approaching session, the lion. Member still sur veyed what is expressively termed the political horizon; he indicated the broad course of liberalism, which the present Administration was prepared to follow, and enforced by his individual assurances the engage ments already made by the Prime Minister in the Guildhall of London. On this account, therefore, the observations delivered by Mr. WARD, on Thursday evening, are peculiarly entitled to attention and consideration. His address, which is printed in mother column, while it is the least explicit ever addressed by himself to the electors of Sheffield, is unquestionably the most satisfactory . While it evinces a disinclination on the part of Mr. WARD to avow his anxiety for partieular measures upon particular subjects, it is at the same moment most propitious, from its being composed of generous and propitious generalities. It is unnecessary to remark that the lion. Member for Sheffield was welcomed by his constituency with that cordiality which his independent and inflexible conduct as a reformer has so fully merited for him since his entrance into the Imperial Parliament. sula until the Noble Lord has /04,mitted his version of those transactions to the delihnation of the Imperial Parliament, and to the scrutiny of the sovereign people. Otherwise we should be abusing our power as organs of that popular mind which should be as impartial as the Goddess with the sword, the bandage, and the scales. It would be no difficult undertaking to demonstrate the duplicity of the Guizot Administration from the very defence laid by them upon the tables of the legislative Chambers. There is such a multiplicity of malicious misconstructions interpolated in that defence I—here a voluntary misapprehension of the meaning of Lord PALMERSTON, here a positive hiatus in his dispatches, here, again, a discourteous distortion of the sentences contained therein. By taking the papers grouped together by M. GUIZOT, piecemeal, paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence, and syllable by syllable, it were easy, in the fullest signi fication of that adjective,- to show the utter absence of all honourable speaking on the part of the French Government. Begun with a shameless trick at the Chateau d'Eu, pursued with official falsities in the subsequent communications across the Channel, or beyond the Pyrenees, and consummated with a per fidious surprise in the Palace Chambers of Madrid, the Montpensier marriage is now defended upon a principle in accordance with the duplicity in which it was conceived. It is superfluous, however, to enter wearily into an exposition of the fraudulent behaviour of the Parisian Ministers throughout the whole affair, and more especially of the meanness of the pleas upon which they are now endeavouring to palliate their conduct to the Govern -ment of Albion. Within a few days, we might almost say within a few hours, the documents pro duced in Parliamed by her MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign Affairs will accomplish that task, and any detailed anticipation of those documents is conse quently altogether needless and superfluous. We cannot, however, pass over one of the many preposterous insinuations made as to Lord PALMERS TON'S inefficiency in not preventing the Mont pensier alliance, without one sentence of com mentary. We cannot allow an insinuation so tnon stroutly opposed to truth to go forth without uttering one word of indignant contradiction. Much stress has been laid upon the sentiments expressed by the late Minister for Foreign Affairs,under the Administration of Sir ROBERT PEEL, in his communications to the Due DE SOTOMAYOR, concerning the marriage of the Princesses of the Peninsula. An invidious distinction hai been attempted to be drawn between the course pursued by Lord ABERDEEN and Lord PALMERSTON in this matter, when, in reality, there has been no re cognisable difference whatever between the course pursued by either, when, indeed, their policy, in re gard to Spain, has been almost identical ! What Lord ABERDEEN wrote to the Due DE SOTOMAYOR, Lord PALMERSTON subsequently wrote to the representative of his SOVEREIGN in Iberia. There was not a tardiness in regard to Spanish affairs on the part of Lord PALMERSTON, as has been disingenuously insinuated; nor was there any reluctance in Lord PALMERSTON to cope with the subtle and wily diplomatists of the Continent. Both these facts are notorious to every one acquainted with the circumstances antecedent to the Peninsular nuptials. Scarcely had the Noble Lord taken office, in the middle of 184 d, when he cordially upheld the policy hitherto pursued by his predecessors, and in black and white committed himself to the prosecution of the plans already mapped out by Lord ABERDEEN. Remembering these things, bearing in recollection the prejudiced aspect afforded to the transaction by the papers submitted to the French Chambers, know ing that within scarcely half a dozen days the coun ter-statement of Lord PALMERSTON will be laid before Parliament, and impressed with the considera tion that judgment should never 61 pronounced until both parties have been heard, we again protest dis tinctly and emphatically against the prejudging of Lord PALMERSTON upon this delicate and important matter. On the 22d of last month it became our painful duty to offer some very severe strictures upon the unfor tunate loss of judgment and temper evinced by ~the Lord Chief Baron, in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of GOLDICUTT v. BEAGIN. Mr. COCKBURN in consequence of his having b3en told by the iJudge, Sir Fitanuitica. POLLOCK, in the presence of the jury who were to try the cause, thei sss_esssee ,i,a,--I.sch 1 1R.Iti i to conduct his client's quence of his having ailecTthe next morning to in duce the Judge to postpone the trial, on the ground that such an impression militated against the ends of justice, that the minds of the jury Could not but be thereby prejudiced—im mediately retired from the Court, the cause was triedhe heavier v i e r a s damages,an undefended by 10 roedstu o lußh. n n,icateng e ohtn , tutcoht a hhi ra n i.wdaan d the ba d jury been gave heavier damages, by 1001., than had been ob upon the first trial. Under these circum stances, we thought it our duty to eulogize the course censure en:justice)unguardedly lcrybtheha t phefdaouaßl one l repute miscarried rni(o,n.takenwfh the this chh that,hye have f a htt ohh d i rgero through Chiefmutualdeservedly aB- functionariestal Baron. grievouse honour io.n counsel, omNuve rre oi he t fferae a drtldh n ot country), as well 'for the sake of the people to whom the impartial admini s t ra ti on of j ustice is of vital importance , this matter could not be suffered to drop; and we added, that " it was almost impossible to surmise whether a greater legal indiscretion had ever been manifested on the bench." Sir VREDERICK POLLOCK, at the On Thursday Mr. COCKBURN moved for a new trial observed:--" I may say un on the strength of the circumstances above narrated. Ali the Barons concurred in the propriety of granting inassent to any course which Seeing that a merely garbled statement of the will best tend to justice this . case, and lam far fetehl close en a application, yitchate:iaotn,l deliberation,a w nd il i ngl y correspondence (touching the Montpensier marriage) from thinking that where the . judge has committed an between the several Ministers, Ambassadors, and indiscretion the isdefendant is to be debarred of his Charges d'Affaires of England and France, has yet a candid admission, and highly honourable to the Chief Baron. We only wish he been officially published, we protest emphatically had begun and ended with what . we have just quoted. rights." This against the premature deduction of inferences there- He would then have saved himself from palpable con atfrom prejudicial to the character of the Noble Lord rest . satisfied with his own the head of the Foreign-office. It is neither con- tradictions, and from a sharp , stroke of wit adminis tered by Mr. COCKBURN. S . Ir FREDERICK POLLOCK, sistent with the generosity of honest journalism nor with the love of candour inherent in the popular fession of error, but intimated that the judicial "artcon mind, that the special pleading of a Cabinet so notorious for its duplicity as is the Cabinet of the it seems, could not of the Learned Counsel for .. the defendant." Mr. discretion had been followed by another on the p Tuileries should be received as conclusive, and satis- COCKBURN at once aptly rejoined— If , my Lord, I factory evidence against the rectitude of an ex committed an indiscretion, I can only plead that I perienced and honourable statesman like Lord PAL- MERSTON. What, indeed, can be more derogatory to was accessory to a pri nci p al. T h is smart sall y con the judgment of any individual or of any newspaper siderabl y excited the risible faculties o f the audi ence . than that pliability of opinion which can adapt itself We were full y prepared for a slight exhibition corps, to soft en th e with readiness to the assertions uttered by any conti- on the bench of an e s p rit du nental Government, however notorious its dissimula- features of the misha p of their venerable compe e r. tion, or however flagrant its chicaneries ? Since the There is an old saying, " the least said the soone s t nuptials of her Catholic MAJESTY and the INFANTA mended," which the judge s would have done well to were celebrated by the Archiepiscopal dignitary o Madrid, the documents preliminary to that ceremony DERSON were not very felicitous i have remained under cover of the Ministerial -have borne in mind. Tire Barons. n PARKE and their remarAks. e- Baron PLATT alone best represented the character of portfolios, and the decision of the public, a s an English judge on this occasion, who said, with to the precaution or want of precauti on great nobility of mind, when the counsel admitted evinced by Lord PALMERSTON in this complicated the application he urged was wit hout p recedent— " If transaction, has been hitherto necessarily suspended. it be necessary to make a p recedent in order to ad- Upon the assembling of the Peers and Deputies in minister justice, a precedent ough t to be made." Mr. Paris, M. GUIZOT, without any unnecessary procras- Baron PARKE , it would app ear, thought it highly tination, submitted that correspondence, or as much nconvenient to take away from the judge the dis of it as suited his purpose, to the inspection and deci- cretion of expressing his feelings du rin g the p ro g ress sion of the latter. From the circumstance of the of a cause. Mr. COCKBURN well rennudal him that Parliamentary session in France preceding the Par- it - was of graver importance, that a judge should liamentary session in England by several days, a very not be allowed t o p re j u dice any case. I t s urprises appreciable advantage has been afforded to the Cabinet us, that a judge of the extraordinary abilities which of the Tuileries over the Cabinet of St. James's. M. Mr. Baron PARKE possesses (and who, if judicial GUIZOT and his colleagues have thereby obtained a talents alone —which unfortunately they do not—de priority of explanation. Without the risk of any im- termined the appointments to the chief seats of jus mediate contradiction, they have been enabled to pre- tice, should long ago have been Chief Baron) should judice the snore credulous members of the communi- ima g ine, that th e precedent which, in this case, has ties in bath countries by wilful tills-statements and been most prop er l y es t a bli s h e d, can have the effect plausible prevarications. If it were merely for this of depriving the judges of offering discreet remarks particular reason, it behoves every lover of justice and .during a trial. 'We admit it to be desirable that the plain dealing to delay the utterance of his opinion Judge should be suffered to exercise a discretion, but until the opposite sides had delivered in its counter- then it must be couched in measured terms. The statements. There is an old English proverb—a value of the precedent now set on foot wil coesist in this, th a t hereafter no jwlge will presume golden proverb—familiar in the nurseries of Young England—but which appears to be altogether for- to insinuate to a counsel, and particularly in the gotten at this moment—" Fair play's a jewel." L et presence of the jury, th a t he has advised, and is us, in the name of Common Decency, modulate our acting, like a madman, or little short of one. But judgment in accordance with the principle contained we protest, broadly an d genera lly, against any judge in that fragment of the wisdom and probity of our making any remark s ( espec i a lly in the outset of a ancestors; let us still further suspend our decision in trial), however measured may be his language, upon regard to the conduct of Lord PALMERSTON during the line of defence proposed to be followed by counsel. the negotiation of the royal marriages of the Penin- Such a course cannot be taken without a ten- dency more or Icss calculat to e, m i i;.; .spirit of impartiality in which justice should be most jealously administered. The judge who I,,nds self to such a practice immediately drops the ermine, and sinks into the advocate. Not the least detracting circumstance, in the case under considera tion; from the confidence which sc:me people might place in Sir. F. PoLLoca's judgment, is, that he had a whole night to reflect over the language he had used, and yet the next morning insisted that the trial should be proceeded wh h. Again, on Thursday last, the Lord Chief thron . stated that " what he said was said only to the counsel, 111 could only be under stood by a member of the bar, and could not have the least effect upon the minds of the jury.'', But, at the time when Mr. COCKUURN pressed to have the trial put off, Sir FREDERICK Por.Locx attached him for so far underrating the intelligence of a London jury as to suppose they would be prejudiced by the expi essioc.s he (Sir F. Por,LocK) had used. This is a palpable contra diction. In December, he upholds the intelligence of a jury, when it was clear they understood what passed between the bench and the bar, for the fore man spoke out very warmly upon the subj Pet ; in January, the Chief Baron represents the jury could have no such intelligence. We regret to be compelled to make these comments. For Sir F. PoLLocx indi vidually we entertain a very great respect; but our personal feelings are altogether merged in the vene ration we feel for the high office he holds, the love of justice, and the good of the nation. Intelligence has been received from Friburg to the 10th. The Grand Couhcil has conferred full powers on the Council of State, authorising it to adopt all necessary measures for the suppression of the insur rection. M. FR.ELICIIER, ex-Attorney-General of the canton, and Dr. SCHALLER, a son of the late Avoyer„ are among the persons who have been ar rested. Fifteen prisoners taken at Alorut have been brought in chains to Friburg. Colonel COURANT, of the Neufchatel militia, who was formerly an officer in the English army, is one of these unfortunates. 1 Madrid papers of the Bth have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a decree appropriating 30,000 reals to the construction and repair of public roads. The Herald ° notices, without contradietiag it, a rumour of an approaching change in the Ministry, and aids, that the change will not take place until the Cabinet shall have presented its measures to the Cortes. Senor CORTINA has arrived in Madrid, and taken his seat as a member of the Chamber. Senor OLOZAGA arrived at Pampeluna on the 3d, but, ac cording to the Clamor Publico, " in such a state of health that it was considered necessary to call in a physician, who declared that it would be dangerous to confine him in the citadel ; but, notwithstanding this opinion, a room was being prepared in the citadel for his reception. The Tiempo states that General PAvIA - has been appointed to supersede General VJLLALONGA as Go vernor of Gallicia. The Foment() of Barcelona announces that the Junta of Direction of the Mataro Railroad had contracted with Messrs. MACKENZIE and BRASSIE for the con struction of the line for 120,000/. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 7.—The Three per Cents. were done at 324 fur cash; the Five per Cents. at 20f1 ; thr Coupons at 18:1; the Vales at 811; and the Debt without Interest at 64. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Debuts has a long article laudatory of the con duct of M. GUIZOT in the affair of the Spanish mar riages. It is merely a rofaciameuto of M. GUIZOT'S voluminous note, mingltd with much bitter personal vituperation of Lord PALMERSTON. The Epoque has an article which is the echo of that in the Debits, and the Presse is equally exaggerated in its preises of M. GUIZOT, ;'nd exctssively violent in its abuse of England. The National is of course delighted at the quarrel, which by its sarcasms—and certainly sore of them are most telling—it endeavours by every means in its power to aggravate. The National says— "We have read with great attention the diplomatic documents laid before the Chambers by M. Guizor. They Are very far from being complete, and although they may suffice at a pinch to (maid , one to form a judgment on the conduct of the Ca , .inet, we think it our duty to reserre our opinion until we have blore u: the palkca tions which, on his side, Lord Paiteerston will make known. Another reason, which impo:. e s on us this re serve, is, that the se,•ond note of the h. gMinister is not a discussion against M. Guizot. but 7, / h er against the Kin;r,. Lord Pato,rston imagined, in h i, pr o found ignorance, that M. Guizot had been only a t an d tie Roitr,„ r a7 4ltst e ntetyabim, tr`Ccir '3:gt,nrbt"th,, , an unworthy profanation, which the Frenca mino,ter repels with a certain pride. Rut the refutation involves the accusation, an I as Lord Palmerston inhabits a con stitutional country, as he ought to be aware to what a point inviolability is a principle full of modesty, we do not understand how he has thus brought forward the King's person, the King's will, and the King's engage ments. It appears to us very necessary that Lori Palmerston should explain what had urged him into so wicked a mode of argument, and his official communications will perhaps state it. What we have sought in vain in the papers presented by M. Guizot on the affairs of Spain, is a reason of any kind for the marriage of the Infanta with the Duke de Montpensi, r. There really is not one. To .accept, without doubt, in all its extent the resolution of M. Guizot for the Qu,en's marriage, to approve highly of the policy meant to prevent England from obtaining success for the Coburg, nothing could be better. But to conclude from thence that it was absolutely necessary to unite the son of Louis Philippe to his cousin, that the solu tion was pr- sling and indispensable; and there was no other possible and better, even in the point of view of M. Guizot—there is not a word or motive in any dis patch to justify this pretension. And is it not evident how much sirongtx would the French Government have been to reject the Coburn-, if the Court of the Tuileries had been as disinterest->d tor the hand of the Infanta as for that of the Queen ? The more the di: patches are read, the more it will be seen that they do not contain a single reason justifying the marriage that has been con cluded." • The National, however, offers M. GUIZOT its assist ance, on condition of his adopting the Bonapartist policy of aggrandisexnent and conquest:— "Is M. Guizot firmly resolved to pursue, without wavering, the policy which would ensure the preponder ance of France in the Mediterranean ? Let him say so, and above all, let his acts r.-spend to his sayings. Let him announce to the Ch am b ers an d to Europe that the time has come to turn the Mediterranean into a French lake, let him c,mhat with energy the influence of Eng land whenever she imp , das our action, and we shah for get both the family intriguPs, and the fault c mmitted. He will birnsolf feel that, f r nation§ as for ittividuals, friendship is given in exchange for sr rviees rendered, for mutual respoct, and tried devotedness. He will seek in Spain not what passes away, but what lasts—the true interests of the veople, its desires, its wants of lib: ray, good administration, regular progress ; he will know how to cultivate and find pubiie approbation 1 This is the capital point which, in our opinion, ought to prevail in the Spanish question ; and if M. Guiz , ,t places himself at that height, ho may allow all those who desire to re-establish the English alliance, at the coat of the eternal interests of our country, to agitate themselves at his feet." We give the Natirnal credit for its honesty and boldness. It would obtain openly and by force • what M. Go.:IZOT seeks to obtain covertly and by intrigue. That all future attempts at converting • the Mediterranean into a French lake will fail, as all former attempts to do so have failed, there cannot he a doubt; and if, as the Natio4al desires, the cause of progress in Spain be not impeded by French intrigue, the chances of turning the Mediterranean into a French lake will be more remote than ever. At the sa'ne time, it is well to have this avowal openly made, an avowal which is a most triumphant justification of the policy of Lord PALMERSTON ; and which is alone sufficient to demonstrate to any unprejudiced mind the utter impossibility of ever renewing the entente cordiale—an understanding, the essence of which consisted in sacrificing every where English interests to the personal interests of the KING of the FRFNCII and his Mbiister. The Constituti motel thus points out an unworthy piece of diplomatic trickery practised by M. GUIZOT in the publication of these dispatches : by the n tht i :t i argutuPtiti on a pertain d'spatch, 1 11 ) 8 a 4 1: 6 n . ers , i , o h t e t e Ministers for i, r ..:,r d ,i 7: g tc n d A t fr h r l s 9 and France arc at* varianc, respei , 'ing • l a fi T t l u u „ S t t a x t e! t C l :) a b d urg f" a r s character and meaning ot . th it dispatch. u the English candidat , e, r w d to that maintains that it contained, r e e f , t • and that, on the candi dature, the mere mention of . a . ‘ 1) Enr4e, on the contrary, a preference for Prince „ asrt : , !=l ; y l, in:nut - este:l b‘ its object to reconimendhitllsite:lhe',7teh:.;if. given to Mr. ) i h t . r s ert o e e h f r e i d n b t of ty Lh Lo he rd d hi d tei , i s k s h p i b n : C t r c t d ar : b i i n n n t ; t u n' . e G x n t ,e) sett_f g 11, oniy r that document, and will pl e t e communteation o u more corn In relation to the Cracow - pap , i , nation of the . - tritiz., num' nt ers, Coustitu- tences from it. The Chambers will, no doubt, d esire a not 4 sel w f i a n it th th a e t redsept:crmt. oitttel says — As respects the documeLts, relaave to Cracow, we will coLfine our 3 to Qbsurv€ be found among fhem between the date of the :3d of April and the 6th of November. It was pr,.eiscly in that interval that the German journals revoak/I, with so singular a unanimity, the deliberation of the Three Powers in respect of the annexation of Cracow. This complete absence of dispatches diving the- months of July, August. Septem- :1 October, confir our opinion, that eithev M. Guizot connived at tho mea sure, or that he was guilty of the strangest improvidencc. We will, moreover, ask, why the reply of Prince Met ternich to th:l protest of M. Gnizm, which was commu nicated to the latter on Monday last, does not figure among the documents?" The schism between M. THIERS and the BILLAULT an'd DUFAURE section of the Opihnition is now avowed. The Courrier Francais says— "A numerous meeting of the Opp isition Deputies took place on Tuesday evening at the residence of M. Billault; the schism which had been talked of so much for some days previously was the subject of a long and serious conver.iation, and we may say that, from this moment, it is a fait accompli. MM. Billault and Dufaurc laid before their colleagues all the points of their political programme. All the questions, either of home or foreign policy, have been clearly and explicitly treated on by the two orators, and they have both manifested their formal intention have done with the petty Parliamentary strategy, the- war of intrigue in which the constitutional Opposition has weakened itself, and lost its consequence in •the suite of M. Thiers. The explanations of MM. Billault and Dufaure obtained the complete approval of the meeting. The two Hon. Deputies toad rr,t to form the conviction of the conscientious and sit:lei:re Inert be fore whom they expressed their intentions and their principles ; that conviction had been long before ac quired, but they decided on manifesting it openly, and it may now be sail that the new Opp e i ion, which has nothing in eornmstik.with• M. Thiers, is fully constituted. The meeting, what had its first sitting on Tuesday. will henceforth regularly assemble at the residence u! M. Billault; the second conterenoc has been fixed to take place immediately atter the discussion on the Address, in the Chamber of Peers," The Standing Committees of the Chamber met on Thursday, to elect the Members to draw up an address in answer to the KING'S Speech. Eight Corn. Iflissioners had been chosen—viz., Messrs. d'Hausson villa, Muret de Bord, de Bussieres, Sannac, de Carne, Vitet, Pesramont, and Destnousseaux de Givre—who had all expressed their approbation of the conduct of the Mit.isters in the affair of the Spanish marriage, and also in respect to Cracow. The leaders of the different political sections of the Chamber all took part in the discussions, with the exception of M. THIERS and his friends. The Chamber of Peers has appointed Count MOLE as president and M. BARTHE as reporter of the Commission of the Chamber of Peers appointed to draw up the address in answer to the speech. " The new dispatch from Lord PALMERSTON," says the Presse," w hich the Marquis of NORMANBY read on Tuesday to 11. GUIZOT, is not more concise than his two former dispatches of 22d September and 31st October last, nor is it more peremptory. It is said to repeat the same arguments, the same facts, the same complaints, under a different form. Faithful to his system of publicity without restricti in, M. GUIZOT will assuredly distribute copies of this new document to the members of the Chambers, with the answer of Prince METTErtmca to the dispatch of De cember 3. This answer, while maintaining the divergence of opinion existing between the three Northern Courts and the Court of France as to the interpretation of the treaties, so far as they relate to the independence of Cracow, ex presses a hope that this difference in interpretation will not cause any change in anterior relations. It concludes with a protestation in favour of the respec due to treaties." The Commerce says " The Council of the Bank of France has determined on raising its rate of dis count to 5 per cent. Some members of the Court consider that this measure wculd not be sufficient to bring back specie into the coffers of the Bank, and proposed to limit the length of date of bills admissi ble for discount to sixty days; this latter measure has, however, been reserved for more difficult con junctures. Since the month of December the cash in the Bank has still further decreased; it is now, it is said, no more than fifty-seven millions." The ex President of the Republic of Bolivia, General SANTA Ceiiz, has arrived in Paris. The price of corn still continues to rise through out France, and although the bread riots at Rennes have been suppressed, yet it required the present e of a large military force to re-establi-h tranquillity, and the riot was not suppresed without bloodshed. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 79t. 35c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 8881. 75c. Havre, 68')1. 50c •, Great Northern. 628 C. 75c; Avignon. 8521. 50c.; Vierzon, 5851.; Bordeaux, 5521. 50c.; Troyes and Mon- Min' N itteg, `lA5t . : ; Paris and Lyons, 5031. 75c.; Lyons and Avignon, 187 f. 50c.; Borileaux and Cette, 45Uf.; Spanish D; west Debt, 30i. BLSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON S lOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 15. Boulonie and Amiens, I4%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12 1 4 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 5:% Luxembourg, 2%—Namur and Liege, 3 1 4—Northern of France, 12 ex d.— Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 1 /,, ex d.—Paris and Lyons, 7)6 — Rouen and Havre, 26 1 4-7-Sambre and Meuse, 4;1. (34.PU , "1 WINDSOR, SUNDAY.— Yesterday her Maj , sty walked in the Slopes in the for,tiooo, atieliden by the Mar chi mess of _Douro, Count Schimm..lpenuinck, the N.,ther lands r, the Saxon Mitit.ter, and the Baroness de Beust. Viscount - P ,Li erston, and Sir . Hamilton and Lady Seymour took their departure from the Castle yesterday. _ • Th, Slarquis of Muro arrived yesterday at the Castle, and litid the honour of joining the Royal circle .t dinner. The band of the first Life Guar is attended during dinner at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had au evfning party yesterday at Frogrnore House. The Queen and Prince Albert were present, and also the fol lowing ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite:—The Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro, the two Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Lord in Waitingr, the Earl of Ducie, the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, the Equery in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, and the Eqrwry in Waiting to Prince Alb-rt, Colonel Seymour. The Marquis o! Douro, Major-General Bowles, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps also at tended. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, took walking and pony exercise in the grounds around the Castle. _ _ Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and the dornettic household, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. •The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay offi ciated. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at three o'clock this (Monday)afterno9n, at Buckingham Palace. A Cabinet Council wa held at three o'clock on Satur day afternoon, at the For,ign-office. The - Ministers present were Lord Johm Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerst-:n, Earl Grey, the Cile.ncellor of the Exche quer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord- Campbell, - Viscount Morveth, the Earl of Claren , lon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Maclulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town from Windsor Castle previous to the meeting, The Council sat two hours. The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Sir George Gipps had also an interview with the Noble Earl on Sa ' turday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had .an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Tufnell, M.P., Secretary of the Treasury, has left town for Wrotham Park, Barnrt. to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Byng on Monday. Dispatches were sent offon Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India Colonies. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Iteyal, St. James's, y, sturday. Players were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir J. Seymour at the (Lily Ser • vice ; the Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Baden, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Sir J. Seymour. The anthem was ,, " I will magnify thee," (l'ai.;:trin-e) Mr. .1 title presided at the organ. The Duke of 'Montrose, the Marc,uises of Salisbury and Anglesey, Gower, the Bishops of tlerroOrd to.d Ely, L,r(is Sand wich, Prudho-, Norreys de Mider, and W. Graham, were amone the Nubility pr,,elir„ COWES, ISLE OF . VVIG II T. (FROM OUR OWICCORREOPONDENT.) ROYAL YAGEIT SQUADRON IN'ri.LLIGENCE. ITONUDIENT TO THE LATE EARL OF YARBonouGH.— The subAcript:ons at the Royal squatiro:. Iluu e tanoutt to 6741. Ils.; this is independent of tlnhe at Ryd , :, ant also at the London bankers. A special meeting of the Insulin: Ts oF the sqnsdron i called at the Thatched Ilout;i T4vettt for \V next, the 20th inst., at noon, on the election of a new Coanaodore. The Vice-Commodete's yacht is in a ver for Ward state, and is expected to be 5.f10...t Maly. She is e, .I, sidered one of the most beanttrul models - that even the Whites hare constructed. She promises to h, a regtll,,i -clipper ; she will be Lri g riggco, and i s 380 tons. ThelateCommodore', iw 3•:-.;!clt, .tho Kestrel, which has been purchnsed o the has be,:n taken olft1;, niud here, and towccl'hythe Echo steamer tuPortstnouth; to be fitted and armed. There are now only 22 yachts here. (:n::.1 711.;i Y aud COAIME it t A (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.r The Cotton. se!e:t at Liverpool Lola eaelr have keen 29,250 bales. Tile stock is" 421,006_,balc*.l'e i r 897,000 tales at this time ,last,Year; The rithitaucns have ruled much th e same, but the speculators have be' come more v. Shares were all deprts9 o . C . " C h We !lave accounts to N o vember 18 . fr - 1 . be :ttd Hope. A sort of truce ap:. , t to t .girt" Ild tcontier, but there was no expectation that the war "11., he said to have terminated, and the Governor was draw' ing supplies towards the territory which it will be eessa, y to occupy hereafter, or upon ..which at leafit 11 0 . ! hen d forts must be raised. Great efforts were andc, to ascertain the facilities at Waterloo Bay and *"., Maitlsnd tOr the landing of stores, &C. Consols for the Account have been very heavy to-cbg! at from 92* to 92i ; the premium upon Excheq uer-1 31/ A T, have f•lleit as low as 55., but are now at 9s. ; 13 1 Stock, on the contrary, has advanced from 206 to 20 India Stock is at 264. s' Mexican Stock has this morning been q uo t e d at 22Z; Ilussil.ti at 112 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., for ti c Account, at 36; Spanish Three per Cents. at 35 to 35 Ind Dutch Two-and c.-I.lalf per Cents. at 58i i 4. to In t':e Itai!way Market there is a general tendencY he 1,-einte, owing of course to the heavy markets fol. Iritish Securities. The official quotations are aline° 61. 0 . 515° ONE T WO.: OF BRITISH FUNDS. o'CLOCK. ank 206 207 (3r Gut. Reduced Anns 92% 93% 94 , per C ,V 41 14 tut . Consols Annuities 92% 94 New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Annuities 9 4 % 1 A 14 95 4 .; ladia ,tuck Luna Condi, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account 9 2 3 /4 % IA 9 P Exchequer Bills, 1000/.1%d. ... 9 5 9 P 9 p it o, 500/ Ditto. Small .. . 9 5 9 P sd cLOS I :. TE NACES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'C az r itlC F;3/ LOCK :?2 A ;i exican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 2 3% 39!1 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — ... Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 35 1 ,4 Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 36 112 Russian Bonds • S. , ri•lsh 5 per Cent. 1840 •• — 2.5$ . _ _ . . Ditto, Account 2 S IA) Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. ...... 35 D. tto, Account 3 5 1 /s 88 Dividends on the above payable in London. 59Va ``etch 2 1 ,4 par Cent. . oPilO 4 up,- iIIICSS OF BUSINESS _DONE pgICP it ..ti.m- ky smutEh PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. ^ .0 tberdeen - .............. Amber., Nott., Boston, 2% and Eastern Junction 2% 2%% ............ E" elfast & County Down 4% — .............•• Birniin. and Gleucester..lOO - ............... 0. Ditto New 17% ••• •••• ..... Girmingham and Ox- 1'0; ".:ird Junction Birmingham, Wolver- 5 5.? hampton, and Dudley 42i...... 5 1 / 2 p........••• Birming., W-olveriepton, 8 and Stour Valley... „ 5 ..... ............... Birkenhead, Lancashire, ..... and Cheshire June 2 3%. — ............... % P Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. % P • .... ..... .%iistoi and Exeter 75 — ••••.. ...... ..., Ditto, New . Bristol and Gloucester... 32 Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Halt Shares 2 1, /2 — .... .... •-" •-'4d Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% — ............. . ..... , ChelteY-ham and Oxford 2 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 .....•••••• .... , Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, .••• 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1% — . ........ -" 17 ' , ornw all 5 ... .. . ..., .......... . ... Ditto, Half Shares ........... ...• A Direct Northern Scrip 2% — .. .......... .. ...- Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 Dublin, Belfast, and ...• Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 _ .......... 0 ....... .. Cast( rn Counties Ditto New........ ..... 14 Cent, No. 1....... 6/.13 5 . 4d — ................ 1.••• 11.'• Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13 s . 4d % p........... ' Do., York Extension.. 2 ......, Eastern Union 4O .. ... —•-• ..... ° Titre. Quarter Shares 10 —— '' '' .. .......... .. .., Do. Exten.(Harwich) l'li a — ......... •N"..., , Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — ................ , 11, 4 East Lancashire ..... ... Ditto: New Do., do., New Scrip Fa.,-.1 Lincolnshire ....•. 1 1 4 — '•' ' PA .............. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% . - Edinburgh &Northern.. 12% '— ........••M" ••• ~ Ditto, New - Ditto, Newport 5 ...... ..... ......-*" Ditto, ditto, New .... .1% — ............... I Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ii;ly and tluntingdon ... 12 1 Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% — ............... .., Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilinar.,&ll • 50 .-- ~. ......... ..., „ L w o w,. __.......,yr . _ •..... -- ••••• Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per . ... • cent. guar.) ... ...... 12 1 ,4 Great Northern (London and York Regd. )...... 2 %.• Do (Direct Northern 4 Regd.) 2 3 firell-1d) ' --... 271 / 2 '-- .., Great North of England.. WO ..., Ditto New •• .., Ditto, New I !ate, New Great Western ~..• , Ditto % Shares 50 Ditto •..i Shares - 12%,.::::::- --:::: .. .. :.• , .. 30., Ditto Fifths Ditto. New.. '• . - - ",g Manchu Huddersfield & s. 13 Ditto, Extensip ..•... 3 ...... .... ..• . ..- Hull'and SeibY - _....,.50 1)o. .. Pak shares 11itto1/4 Sili.ares4 4.„,. 12%, ,.; '. ~.- ; ,...i.;„ ~., , 4 ,1,,,,•;i..••••1„. , : 00t •. I psWieli & Bury , 5t...141(.m. 14 :... L. :7„&iii.Ti vz,...;;.;10.itC. 471 0 tgo''_., ,, Do., do., and Norwich 5 - ” ” * ............... ,---, , Lancaster and Carlisle... 50- -- ............. • . ',L J , Do. New ',- 5 •' Leeds and Bradford.••••• , 35 ,- ki Vi l - $l 2 -" . .. ".".., .. .. • ' ?•''' 1 Leicestei and BitAtititi'. .18i t .*;ugr',2t . ' j ' ..... . •.•....... • '''...' ,. -• .Leeds, Dewsbutii&i.:.. - . 27 1 , 4 '' ' .... .::..... ..... . ... , ..,• Do., Branch V; Snares . , 21,4..... —,: . ; .... ••• " '''': "'',..,D0., Branch ( Waft - L..' 2 1 / 2 . ......... '. ..... -'sl'. Do. Extension( G rein ). 2 % .-.-...` ..i•,:. 4.......- ... .... • 1 4 171 /2 '151 4 Leeds artd Thirsk , * .... 4 ;. . Ditto, New 5 - . Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% ' -'4% ... . ... ...• ..... ...• .. Liverpool, Crosby, land. Soutbp,rt .....,, tie:uili" " 2 Liverp., Mncbstr&Now •••. . - ' ' 4 castle Juncti.orr,..;.•l: l -,'.-- 2i .... . . 1 / 8 4: .. •• .-. . •• , L•indo . 4 and BlaCiWall: 161:13x. 4d. —2 ... .... "..•• '''' ' Do. New Ditto Extension ~- 7%...... —, .. ....... •" _,.34 ~.!' London * , Brighton,- and _ _ yo, South Coast - 5O .. '.. 56%% .-• .. ' ... . ... ' ' ' . 34 Ditto, Fifths ..:% 5O .....: .. ...... • ........ 1 Do. Consol. Eighths lO De. 4.; , .tarant. 5 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d —13341.......1......... ...... 7.- 1 Do. Preference ...18/1 7 8 2d — ............ •• 19 Loudon and N. Westernloo 196 1945 ......... 114" 7 Do. Quarters . ••• ... Do., 00., New - :...7: , . • Ditto Fifths -....•. .... 2 Do: 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 10 Do 40/.Share( L. M.) ' 8 ..• ..... . ......... ••• Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40 - .r:, -- ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. &BO B. 5 -- . ......... ..• -, • i do oo •• • e ...'... 0000000 , Do. 10/. .51. & B.) C : 1 ...... ....... f .... ••• London, Oxford, and ' ' ... Cheltenham Lowi. & s,Western 411 6s 10d 631............••• .....1A .Do. New Consol. Bths 40 11.. New - 2 - 6 .......................................... 2 . 6 01 Do. New 18 —•— .... '5 Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 44 ............ ... 5 Ditto Tenths ... .... 4 Ditto Scrip - ... •'• . ! ... , Ditto ditto ....... ~ 3`jf i .... ....... . L(,:idon -nd York Scrip 2 1 4••••• 0 ,5, , . ... ... 1)o. Extension 1, ,,, d0n, Sali•khury, and ....... 1' - oval ...... ~. •••••• " ....... "" ... . L •ndonderry&sit.lerain e 15 .., Lwidonderry aild Ennis lien ...... .- ........ ... 15 Lynn and My - .............. j6X Limn antt Dereham .5 - • ............ ..... iVlizneheztte , and Leetls 82 Ditto ,/:_., Shares . ... 38 • — ........ • OP Do. Quarters' " -- .. .......... .. ...., Do. Fifths 5 • ............... Do. Sixteenths ..... Do. Extension 425....... 11% p... ...... ..- Do. Ltverp. and B ur y 24 ...... ....... . ..... .... D,. du. Fifths ' 1 . ........... Ditto 1 4 (late Bud- ....• dersfield and Sheffi) 23 Man •itt.st,r,Bux ton,ano 4 9 Mat10ck...... 425. 7/ 34 P ......... Manchester, Sheffield, ...• and Lincolnshire ...... 100 ..• ...... . .... ..- Do. Quarters; (No. 1) 8 - ••. ...... ...... Ditto ditto (N o . 2) ... 2 5 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2iyi — ..... - ........ ,-- Ditto and Grim ~by.... 15 - Ditto d tr() .. 3 .......... ..... ••••• Ditto ditto ............... Ditto :-ItefTh..ld and • .. .. 15 Lincolnshire 2 .!/ 2 — ............. klanchest & S out h anipt. 2 2 4 qi(!land iOO .....126 125!.4i ..... ••• ••;4 Do. lift hs 1)!) . Ditto, xt:,ly 0. ~, ~... Lull .:erti; 100 .102 ........ .. ..... - • Ilia', rut n,a , . Wriiten; ...- 1 A fr, sit . , 0 ... .. —. ....... ..-• 3 Ne , c-istie 4,:d •o-vr (2.1. 20 St- , v , astl :thdCarlisle 100 .... Dltt.(o , cw' - Ditto Quarter Shares - 61,4 — ...... . Ne , %krirkt, &Che,tertitl 5 Do. Extensicil ...... 2/. 12s — ............ *" ;"'" e, port & A )ergavently 2% — ........ ••••.. ...0 N , v. i v 4,11.(1 Einli,liiilen 7 ..... ... ..... Nvlrry, Warr(lipoint, :..r;1 Ito:ties— r . 10 •••—• .. .........••. .09 • , :011,11 - i.. Ditto Halt . Shares b,.. Extension .1.),.. Scril., 184;, North of N0r.61k... ...... .. Do. do. Waveoey Val. 2 ........ Nrorti'em Counties Urion 2%...... 1 5 /4-- .......... 54 North tic,,z.ati ... ..... ... 25 Half Sharer Lo. Quarters ..i ol si',.. , IN. AM7S, • • ......•' US i An s • ~_oteti:alasia • of tat shush -North t,lt o 'nal o f to n r 1 or Lo n tonikton Wi n_,otn.ercial t°ll ....... utiaji°4 Join t ilonal Pro% °LI 01 has 144 1 del ,floc 12f 1 ' 1'1f otnulit:ee 111 2UStetta ' 44,1 11 i With . WEs I. ( I)ltA] The dj o , ' I LASG WAy . NOCi The petit SOttie ei ther ill a W ere suss GLASGO GLASG AYR B This wa to bring it branch of to the mai of the whc 300,0001, The cup there w as the plans atond it3 , ( 9 (eOnitnittl The fol customar) orders de( b GLAs This vv to hrinc, exterie n mated cc Th e ei G themys, t he plan e the cane REI ~)ƒ\ 9 -: ~~. ~ [~~ , ~\~~ GLAD Nva ) bra ; Ch,