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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRAN-GENII:NTS for the SEASON 1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the It is presented with the confident hope, that the ' successful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Europe, mid of its distinguished Patrons will insure the continuation of their support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. ile. Jenny Lind (her first a ppearance in this country), Madae m M 41 Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; 116111 e. Sandileli, MUile, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap- Pearaucet in this eountry) ; the Contralto, Made. Vietti and Millie. baria Nisei° (their erg appearance in this country) ; and Madame Castellan. Signor Frasoliai, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this oeantry) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera. Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country); Signor F. Lablache Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigl (his first appearance); and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, th Chevalier 31eyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesie, by Mae. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Dartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of Shakspere; written loy 31. Scribe. Miranda.... • • ....... . Mdlle. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand •••.• • • • • • .......... Sig. Gardoni. Herr Staudigl. is Prospero • ... •. • • • ...• Lablache. rt l ikewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signer Verdi, having recovered front his severe Illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is Pounded on the ROE- • KERS of SCHILLER. Rossinl's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca demie Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castelien, Sauckioll, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar den', Superchl, and Fraschini, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences In March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Dirttotor of tho Music and Conductor, Mr. BILFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, wit be produced, and the repertoire will be selected tram the chefs d'oeuvre of Mozart, Cimerosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mcrcadante, Bel• Ifni, Ste. The str cteat attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect in all its parts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per. formers. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TILE BALLET. lidlle. Carlotta Grist, Malls. Lucile Gratin, and Mdlle. Cerito ; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala (her first appearance la this country); Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascale% and Berlin; and Ildlie. Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artist• was received last season, hopes are entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. If. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Ac atomic Royale, Paris (his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Mattia, Sig. lenaiYa, M. Geuriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Mailres de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and Y. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin Regisseur do la Danse, M. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected front the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the kindness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGURIA. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by M. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des Deesses and Pas de Quatro, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last Swim. The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will ne produced, for the first time at her Majesty's Theatre, Donizetti's adm‘red Opera of LA FAVOIIITA, in which Signor Gardoni and Signor 4upercht will make their first appearance in this country, and *A entirely NEW BALLET, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Madentolselle Caroline Rosati will appear. TrIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Amitelm, Mr. Aorraii ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus. AV Rafter ; Derilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies , Mrs. ilughea ; Arline, Miss itainforth. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Panto.nime, beng a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND T. QEORGE AND THE DRAGON. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the MAilzgement of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. TER LAST JUVENILE NIGIIT. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Mr. Hardoastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Slr Charles Marlow, Mr. Tilbury ; Young Marlow, Ur. Boll; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs, Hardeastle, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Hardeasile, Miss Julia Beunett Dolly„ Miss Weulds. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " Le Fidel. Berger; " Antoinette" Cellarius, " Dublin " Waltz, and the " American Polka." To conclude with the 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, 'Milts Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called £5OO REWARD. Characters by U•ssrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, IL Butler, Miss Vinare, and Miss Forster. After which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Drama, founded on tho 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 RATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• rasters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, meadow., Keeley; Mrs. Woellidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Vise Fester, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an ori g inal romantic Dram a , ca ll e d CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, kc. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTOIZTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex- Itiblt Moir wonderful Jeux Symnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet .L. 4 OJBSLL!2, ctiClaud £Ut I - ILL\ fl).11 ILLNUELSZS ; or, the Wilts Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Callen'ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'3 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen; Rochtbrd, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Rourk ; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassano. In the course of the etening Professor HEM AING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderffil performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introdacing "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 Oeni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss BuigAdge ; Spirite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John 3litehell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular domestic Melodrame, entitled LA Blitn DE SAINT TROPEZ. Georges Maurice, Mons. F. Le maitre; Hortense d'Auberive, Mdlle. Clarisse. To eionclude with the favourite Vaudeville of LOIJISETTE ; ea, La Chanteuse des Rues. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 39.; Gallery, 2e. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETILIONAX SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White. Stanwood, and Gannon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequence of th,e continued demand for places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 3, and every Wednesday Morning nntll Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance commences at Half-past Two. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2e. Private Boxes, Stalls, Etna Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. NEW HISTORICAL WORK BY MISS PARDOE. Just ready, in 3 vols. Bvo., with numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood, by William and George Measom, 21 . 2 s. bound , LOUIS the FOURTEENTH, and the COURT of FRANCE in the SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By JULIA PABDOE, Author of the " City of the Sultan," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COL7RT of CIIANCER.Y, made in a cause ROAKES against MASSER, the Creditors of WILLIAM 3IANSER, late of Rye, in the county of SIISSCX, yeoman, who died In the month of November, 1831, are, on er before the Ist day of March, 1447, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSOV, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. GREGSON and KEWELL, 8, Angel-court, Thrograorton great, London, Agents for R. YOUNG, Battle, Sussex, Plaintiff's Solicitor. _ . . re - i , .,-.:. ill 4101. ;7.,.:4!:-. *1 11.IIIV •. 4 ',4.1y•-• . t ~ - .....:-;, • . .-..,( 9 Al a iAbi's' 0),......., Al it ,•....,.,..--, h ,eg.k. - ,• 0 k,!.• ..,....-- .... - as - , , ,„ 1 4an-ii,,,,k,..,,arixt:F l . ol :::, , iu....viccraio-:-.tiv”- ~,, _..,„•:1,,—,-•,:(4...,0rt.;,,,,,,-,-. . ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.—Nfr. BATTY respecttifily bogs to acquaint the public that he purposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on TH URSDA Y, Feb 11. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be brought into.action. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-AUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change Cl the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successtbl Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and All Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. llar- Yey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Itoz-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at .ix and a , mmence at half-pait six o'clock.--Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY" THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Win be performed a new Drama, entitled EASY RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole stgength of the Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OM THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, Herr It. Deulin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore; Clown, Herr N. Deulin ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS; or, The Dead Woman's Secret. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle, Bird, Howard, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Pearce will appear, After which, TPIE DUKE OF SIIOREDITCII, Supported by Um entire Gmle strength of the Company. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE SIRTM OF TIIE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " filio-a-Bead," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown. Mr. T. Barry. Boxes, Is., Half- price, 6d. ; Pit, 641.; Gallery, 3d. COURT CIRCULAR. WIIDBOI, • TurpAy —The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales abio took walking r exercise oy this forenoon in the grounds around the Castle. the royal dinner party. at the Castle this evening will in elude her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alex ander Mensdorff, the Lady in Waiting • of the Duchess of Rent, the B aroness d e S pe th , th e E ar l o f Liverpool, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley litassell, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the First Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. His Royal highnes s the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Ma* Stephens, diued, at the St. Mary's Hospital dinner, last evening, at the London Tavern. A deputation from the Corporation of the city of London consisting of Mr. Alderman Hunter, Mr. Prior, Mr. Allen, Mr. Farrier, and the City Remembraneer, had an interview with Lord Morpeth, and the other Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-i.lace. Mr. Alfred Smee, the surgeon to the Bank of England, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon at tha office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, an d exhibited specimens of th e " Aphis Vastator," the cause of the potato disease, with the effezts of the insect on the potato, and various other Plants. Bishop Willson had an interview with Earl Grey, yester da.,.,y, at the Colonial-office.sent off vestently cve n i ng f rom the Colocial dispatches were offieil for the GOet • •nors of New Z and Aus tralia. REDUCTION IN TIIR PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday morning, nearly all the bakers in the Metropolis reduced the price of their bread from 94.1. to 9d. best quality, and from Bid. to Bd. for hofisehold. Some few of the full-priced bakers are still charging as high as 10d. and 11d. for bread of a similar quality.. The price of the best flour is 10d., and that a.aecond quality 9d. par quartern. .110.311 Wk k'f 1.07 , 1)0N-11k11)0F, tins LAY. Morn'sg .. 47 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 2 minutes after 4. THE RE-ISSUE ON BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY Now ready, price ss. PART 11. of BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. To he Completed in Ten Monthly Parts, prick ss. each. " A work In which every gentleman will rind a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of nearly every kn)v n family in the United Kingdom."-31essenger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PRESENT STATE OF PORTUGAL. Now ready, in 2 volS. small Bvo., AN OVERLAND JOURNEY T 0 LISBON AT IHE CLOSE OF 1846 ; With a Picture of the Actual State •f SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. BY T. M. HUGHES, ESQ., Author of " Revelations of Spain." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough. street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MEssits. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public fer 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 orevions to their being offered ; aid advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Immo tiately disposed of according to instructions. °tikes. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATTIER.—Sum OFFICE, FEBRUARY 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30; Highest, 39 ; Noon. 34 BAROMETER, 29 96.—WIND N.N.W., rain and sleet. 11 - trientni LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1847 On presenting two petitions from certain growers of malt in Linlithgow and Dalkeith, Lord STANLEY availed himself of the opportunity to throw some im pediment, if possible, in the way of the Government, by inveighing against the Ministerial measure for the admission of sugar in the operations of brewing and distillation. The Noble Lord appeared to protest against this proposition simply for the purpose of indicating his continued adherence to the obsolete principles of Protection. There was no necessity for this parade of pertinacity. The imperviousness of Lord STANLEY'S mind to the convictions which, to other men are inevitable, from the combined argu ments of reason and experience, is thoroughly com prehended by the mass of the population. It needs neither such observations as those uttered last night in the Upper House by Lord STANLEY, nor such de monstrations as the memorable whitebait dinner of last season, to convince us of the obstinacy of the Noble Leader of the Protectionist Oppo• sition. There is an insurmountable barrier — a sort of moral chevaux-de- frieze—between the Noble Lord and the free-trade movement—the alternate cross-bars of the chevaux-de-frieze being hia egotism and his ambition. Every sensible observer of the fluctuations of our statemen will acknowledge at once that nothing short of a political miracle can remove the scales of agricultural prejudice from the eyes of Lord STANLEY, or pour the light of true corn • mercial knowledge into the wilful darkness of his judgment. Even if the flourishing state of our na tional revenue, and the increased prosperity of our native and colonial agriculturists, and the improved condition of our labouring classes, and the extended comforts of our shopkeepers and manufacturers, at tested at this moment the advantages of free trade, Lord STANLEY would still require some preternatural transmutation of his whole nature before he could avow him.AlF a convert to the doctrines of mercantile freedom. The whole individuality of Lord STANLBY (would be annihilated in the change. He would be metamorphosed into somebody else by the abandon ment of all his old and cherished phantasms. Like RIP VAN WINKLE on awaking from a trance of years, Lord STANLEY would be bewildered as to his own identity. Who does not remember the exclamation of RIP VAN WINKLE-- " I'lll not myself; I'm somebody else; that's me there!"—pointing to a neighbour. Inevitably, Lord STANLEY would find himself in a state of incredulity quite as extravagant as that imagined by WASHING TON IRVING. He would behold himself surrounded by the manifestations of the blessings consequent upon an emancipated commerce, and be loth to credit his own stolid loyalty to the cause of protection. That would be inevitable, supposing the advantages of free trade could be obtained at a bound, instead of gra dually and progressively. As it would be out of the course of all nature, however, to realise the benefits of the new system suddenly, Lord STANLEY must con tinue the same pertinacious upholder of the monopo- list creed. He must wait for the miracle we speak of. Although the Noble Leader of the Protectionists endeavoured to disguise his objections to the proposed admission of sugar into distilleries, under the plea of its being calculated to injure our colonial cultivators of sugar and our native growers of malt, the mask was too transparent to screen his real purpose. The gist of Lord STANLEY'S objections amount, in fact, to the advocacy of those old principles of monopoly which were finally exploded by the Legislature during the course of last session, and which have been cleansed from our commercial code. Allow the introduction of sugar to our distillers, and permit at the same time the gradual reduction of duty upon sugar grown in foreign plantations from 21s. to 145., so as to be upon an equality with our colonial pro duce, and what will be the consequence ? Why, ex claims Lord STANLEY, the consequence is ob vious ; the facilitation of the purchase of foreign sugar will naturally arid necessarily deteriorate the interests of our colonial planters, and the extended employment of that commodity in distillation will prove equally prejudicial to our growers of malt. The proposition, we will admit, is plausible enough at a superficial glance, but its sophistry vanishes upon a closer examination. It is reported that grain is now so far reduced, and the duty upon sugar still con tinues so considerable, that there is no inducement whatever to our distillers to forsake their system of extracting saccharine matter from malt for the pur pose of obtaining it directly from sugar. Besides this, the argument of Lord STANLEY against the dimi nution of the duty upon foreign sugar to the amount levied upon colonial sugar, is nothing more than a revival of the old Protectionist howl. Because it suits the purpose of the discomfited mono polists, they altogether throw into 1 the back ground the object of the Administration in intro ducing this measure in reference to the employment of sugar in distillation--that object being to afford brewers and distillers a substitute for malt whenever a panic has so far acted upon the corn-market as to carry grain up to the enormous price of 70s. or 80s. per quarter. That is the grand intention of the Government, and that is the inten tion which Lord STANLEY and his followers would misrepresent as a wanton interference with the inte re,ts of our English growers of malt and of our colonial cultivators of sugar. The logic of the Pro tectionists has become too threadbare, however, to cover their insidious attempts with anything like decency. We have zealously advocated the interests of Ire• land on all occasions, to the best of our ability ; we have urged the adoption of all such measures as may be calculated to afford relief to her suffering children, or to be beneficial in any respect to the Irish gene rally, or to any particular class of Irishmen, unless some great principle of national policy, or national justice, should be infringed on, or violated by the concession. When demands, unreasonable in them selves, and in direct opposition to the recognised principles_of legislation, are made, it becomes our SUN' LONDON W 1 duty, as otblic journalists, to expose the fallacies of which they' are founded, and to enter our protest against the el, precedents of again recurring to ex ploded doctrines ,and vicious principles. The session of 18-16 was remarkable for the total and what has been most abolition of moncY ol Y , improperly termed protection. Class legislation received its death-blow ; and we could scarcely have supposed that gentlemen, who were arrayed in the ranks of the free-traders in their glorious con flict and triumphant victory, should be found seriously pressing upon the attention pf the Government the propriety of preserving for their own exclusive benefit a taxation, not for the purposes of re venue, but of protection, amounting almost to a prohibition, and practically creating a monopoly in an article of very general consumption. Yet such has been the conduct of the Irish distillers, and such would be the result, if any weight were given to the arguments of the gentlemen forming the deputation from that body, who waited on the Secretary for Ireland on Saturday last. The object of that deputation was "to represent the ruinous effect that the diminution of the duty on rum would have on the distilling trade throughout Ireland, and to claim, on grounds of justice and sound policy, that the projected diminution of duty should be of a tem porary, and nct of a permanent character." Hitherto the extraordinary duty charged on rum has nearly banished it from the Irish market. In 1809, the average annual consumption of rum in Ireland amounted to no less than one million gallons, whereas for the last four or five years it has diminished to thirteen thousand, twelve thousand, and even eleven thousand gallons in each year: this was owing chiefly to the duty being 6s. Bd. per gallon higher than that on spirit manufactured in Ireland. It was not for the purpose of encouraging the consumption of ardent spirits, or the trade of the distiller in that country, that the duty on Irish spirits was fixed at the low rate of 2s. Bd. per gallon ; of all articles it was that which might most justly be taxed, and the diminution in the production of which would be hailed with the greatest delight by the philan thropist. But its use could not be wholly abolished, or even materially checked, by any amount of tax ation, or any restrictive measures. An attempt to do so would inevitably-lead to illicit distillation on a gigantic scale, and the demoralisation of vast num bers of the peasantry—indeed of all classes of society. As the Chancellor of the Exchequer most truly stated, " the only limit to the amount of duty on spirits is the risk of illicit dis tillation ;" the measure of the duty should therefore be the facilities and opportunities afforded in each of the countries for the production of contraband spirits. This varies materially in different localities, for while 7s. 10d. per gallon can be levied in England, it was found that 3s. Bd. was the maximum that could be obtained in Scotland, while any attempt to raise a higher duty than 2s. Bd. in Ireland was invariably defeated, and led to the most injurious results to the fair trader, and occasioned the working of an in credible number of potteen stills, and almost universal breaches of . the Excise-laws in that country. For that reason, therefore, and that reason only, the duties in the several parts of the United Kingdom were fixed at 7s. 10d., 3s. Bd., and 2s. Bd. respec tively, and a great boon was thus given to the Irish distillers, which it is not desired or intended to take from them. The reduction now about to be made in the duties on rum is a just debt due to our West Indian colonists. They are our fellow-subjects, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of British citizens. Up to the last session of Parliament a certain pro tection was afforded to the staple commodities of the West India islands, which was then withdrawn for the general benefit of the entire kingdom;; the colonists had a just claim for the abolition of all injurious restrictions on the use of their produce. It should, in justice to them, have been contemporaneous with the withdrawal of protection. But, although the equity of ,the claim was acknowledged, and a Minis terial, indeed a legislative, promise given for:their re lief, the measures calculated to effect the object were necessarily postponed to the present time. A differential duty of sixpence per gallon, it was, on due investigation, found, might justly be retained as an equivalent for the disadvantages to which the home distillers are subjected by the Excise regula tions, and that is given to the Irish and Scotch as well as to the English distiller; and, therefore. none hare any just cause of complaint. If the Irish dis tillers sought an abolition of the restrictions on the use of Irish spirit in this country, and that (on pay ment of the difference of daty) the same freedom of transit from Ireland to England should be allowed that is now sanctioned from one part of Ire land to another, their claim would receive the sup port to which it was justly entitled, and its concession would lead to a great increase in the quantity of Irish spirits consumed in this country. It will be remembered that one of the first acts of the Provisional Government of Geneva, after the late revolu tion, was to declare that it would hold the members of the last Council ref ponsible for all the damage caused by the troops in the attempt to resist the insurrection. The amount of damage having been estimated at 42,000 f., the members of the late Council were ordered to pay it. They refused, on the ground that their condect in the insurrection was imposed upon them by the law for the preservation of public order; but a deoree having been obtained from the tribunal for immediate payment, they yielded to force, and paid the money. A few days ago several of the citizens of Geneva held a meeting for the purpose of raising a subscription to repay the sum thus unjustly wrung from the members of the late Govern ment. The latter, however, have, in an address to their fellow-citizens thanking them for their sympathy, de clined receiving the proposed reimbursement. Madrid papers to the 26th ult. have arrived. They contain no intelligence. No Ministry had been formed up to that date. Mennen BOLSA, JAN. 26.—The Three per Cents. closed on that day at 31 15.16; the Five per Cents. at 21 15-16; Caupons at 184. Accounts from Constantinople, dated 13th January, announce that the Circassians have gained a brilliant victory over the Russians. On the 19th December they stormed Marquki, having completely defeated the Rus sians, and killed great numbers of them. The loss of the Circassians was 300 men. When the accounts left they were preparing to attack Abouhour. We have received tho Paris papers of Monday. The note of M. GUIZOT, in reply to Lord PALmitns- TON, is the subject of comment in all of them. The Debuts, the Epoque, and the Presse are the only papers that support M. GUIZOT, and it is easy to judge of the necessity to which they are reduced, when we find the Epoque actually praising M. GUIZOT for the " can. dour, uprightness, and frankness" which he has ex hibited from the beginning to the end of these nego tiations. The Opposition papers of all shades consider this last note as a failure. Tke Constitutionnel says of it— ' There is nothing new in this fresh pleading of M. Guiaot, no serious refutation of the conclusions so clearly to be drawn from the documents produced by each party ; nothing can be more empty than this last document, drawn up as if by a Procurear, who fancies he is refuting arguments by pre tending not to have heard them." The Sijcle commonts on it in the same strain, and adds the following:— "M. Guizot devotes a great portion of his dispatch to prove to Lord Palmerston that it is the latter who, by direct ing several of his criticisms against the acts attributed by him to inviolable persons, has dictated the principle admitted in England as in France, that the King can do no wrong. This argument would make a good article in the columns of the Journal des Debuts; but it is not the less true that the only means of seriously carrying this principle into practice is never to speak either of the acts or personal opinions of the Prince, and to deliver up to controversy only the acts and opinions of the Government." The Commerce considers the conduct of M. GUIZOT from the moment Lord PALMERSTON .entered office to be proof that the French Minister, and those with whom he was acting, were engaged in an intrigue to overthrow the Whigs and to bring back the Tories. The Quotidienne and the France are to the full as severe in their strictures on U. GUIZOT as the Liberal papers are. Speaking of the justification offered by the Debate for M. Gurzofs reserve to Lord NOR MANDY, the France says— " Nothing authorised M. Guizot to reveal his secrets to the English Ambassador; nothing prescribed an imprudent confidence in the man charged with the support of rival in terests; but there is a distinction between the reserve com manded by policy and the mesquineries and falsehoods dis avowed by a sense of dignity, which M. Guizot appears to have disregarded." The Presse is outrageous with England for taking possession of Labuan; and, following in the wake of the National of the preceding day, splutters a vast deal about the violation by England of the treaty of 1824, by such taking possession. It is evident, however, from the 111INESD A Y 1-±::VEN IN G, FEBRUARY 3, 1847 manner in which the subject is treated, that the learned Theban who wrote the article has never read the treaty. This argument from the treaty of 1824, which was used by the National of Sunday, is disposed of by the Journal des Debuts in the following satisfactory manner : "All the argumentation of the National consists in this —the occupation of the island of Labuan by England is an usurpation committed in direct violation of the treaty passed in London on March 17, 1824, between England and Hol land, of which latter country the treaty guarantees the rights over Labuan. The National appears to think that we are ignorant of the existence of this treaty, and of the representations which the journals of the Hague and Batavia, in grounding themselves on it, have put forward whenever there was a question of Labuan. It is mistaken. 4.s we said on Saturday, it is a long time since this matter has been projected, and however ill-informed we may be thought, it is not reasonable to suppose that some fragment of the discussion that has arisen in England and Holland on this subject should not have reached us. Far from that, we desired to search into the matter ourselves, and we have done what the National ought undoubtedly to have done before launching forth somewhat rashly into the question. We have read the treaty of 1824, the basis of the discussion and of the rights of both parties. We have it at this moment before us, and we affirm that in none of its 17 articles is it possible, unless one is blinded by personal interest or by foolish passions, to find anything that is contrary to the creation of English establishments at Labuan, or even in the ;ndependent part of Borneo. This treaty, which regulates at present in a sovereign manner the respective situations of England and Holland in the Malay archipelago, allows to Holland the entire possession of Sumatra, and to England that of the peninsular of Molacca. It confirms the rights of Great Britain to Singapore and the abandonment of all pre tensions on her part to the islands situated to the south of that establishment; it stipelates the reciprocal admission of the vessels and subjects of the two Powers to all their pos sessions, except the Moluccas; it treats of the Celebes, Timor, Ceram, of little isles like Battam, Bintang, or Lingin, but it says not a word of Borneo, and contains nothing which can apply to the present matter. In even reading attentively the treaty, and the documents annexed to 1., in studying their spirit, and seeking to explain the results which they are destined to produce, it is difficult for an impartial mind not to arrive at the conclusion that in what concerns Borneo and the isles dependent on it, the intention of the negotiators was to reserve the question, or still better, to allow it to follow its natural course without making it the object of any particular stipulation, and to have recourse for the future to the pre scriptions of the law of nations." The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address (yommenced on Monday, but as the Address is debated paragraph by paragraph, it is supposed that the discus sion on the Spanish marriages will not take place until Thursday. The following addition to the paragraph in the Address on the Montpensier marriage will be pro posed by UM'. BILLAULT and DUFAURB " If, on the occasion of that event, any difference has ma nifested itself between your Government and that of a ❑eighbouring people, France has a right upon reckoning that the good relations shall be re-established, without costing anything either to her interests or her dignity." On Monday, M. ROGER (du Nord) opened the de bate by censuring the conduct of the Ministry, in regard to the occupation of Cracow, as wanting in dignity; he was followed by M. DESMON VEAUX DE Cavaz, who de fended the Ministerial policy with regard to Cracow ; .and after a speech from M. GARNIER PAGES, the general , liscussion closed, and the first paragraph of the Address was agreed to. The Three per Cents. fell 60c. on the Paris Bourse on Monday, apprehensions being entertained that public tranquillity might be disturbed in that capital in conse quence of the increased price of bread. As measures of precaution, the military posts had been doubled and the troops had been confined to their barracks. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 771. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2201. ; Rouen, 875 f. ; travre, 6801.; Great Northern, 606 f. 25c; Avignon, 8201.; Vierzon, 570 f. ; Bourdeaux, 5401.; Basle, 2051.; Paris and Strasburg, 4701.; Tours and Nantes, 4661 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 487 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 480 f. ; Bourdeaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34. MA A5E11.1.23, JAN. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 842 f. 50c.; Northern, 6201. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 2. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), l234—Dutch Rhenish, 4—East Indian, %—(lreat Southern of Madras, IA —Namur and Liege, 2N—Northern of Franc•, IVA —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 Sambre and Meuse, 6% —Tours and Nantes, 334. Mr. 13nel:worth's Bashful beat Mr. Squire's Odessa. Mr. Vipan's Viola beat Mr. Fyson's Fatima. THE POET STAKES. Lord Stradbroke's Mac beat Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk. Mr. Gillett ml Foxhunter beat Mr. B. Smvth's Surrey. Mr. King's Rhea beat Mr. Fyson's Fair Maid. Mr. Dobede's Destiny beat Mr. Fyson's Flash. Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Lord Stradbroke's Mintman. Lord Stradbroke's Mainmast beat Mr.. Vipau's Varua. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet. Sales, 1,500 to 2,000 bales only, of which speculators took 600 bales American. Railway Shares were lower generally. The sale of Railway Shares, yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., was well attended, and, although prices were a shade lower, a good business was done. Many purchasers for investment were present, who took off the better descrip tions et shares readily. The following are a few of tke principal sales : _ _ London and Manchester (Remington's) £0 7 6 Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 18 0 Shropshire Union and Canal 1 8 0 Northern Counties Union 1 6 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock Northern and Southern Connecting Madrid and Valencia Buckinghamshire Paris and Lyons ••• Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3 19 0 Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 13 0 Caledonian Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 6 10 0 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 4 0 0 East Lincolnshire Manchester, Buxton, and Ilatlock. Accounts, per Northumberland packet-ship from New York, have been forwarded to the North and South Ame rican Coffee-House. The dates were January 12th. The corn trade was dull, and cotton was quiet, though it main tained its value. The Mexican war was likely to continue, as the Congress had adopted Santa Anna's view, and decided that there should be no treating for peace while the American troops were in the country. Respecting the Government pecuniary wants, we are advised that—: The refusal of Cong ress t o l evy a duty upon tea and coffee has defeated all the calculations of the Secretary of the Treasury, and compelled him to look about for other ways and means to raise the revenue and to increase the credit of the Government. It appears that Mr. Walker assured those who took the last loan that a duty of twenty five per cent. should be placed upon tea and coffee, and it was upon that assurance the favorable bids were made. We have no doubt but that the depreciation in the market prices of the new United States 6's has been in a measure produced by the vote in the House of Representatives upon the reso tion to tax tea and coffee. Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor write from Manchester:— "There is certainly nothing in the aspect of our foreign or colonial markets, nor in the social condition of our home popu lation, to encourage a hope of that large demand immediately springing up which would fully employ all the productive resources of our cotton manufacturers. On the contrary, the likelihood of high prices for food continuing, at least for some months, to rule in this and neighbouring nations, must tend materially to abridge demand for manufactures; the drain of money in payment for imports of foreign grain, to supply the national loss of several millions of wealth, occasioned by the failure of the potato crop in Ireland; the necessary increase in the ratespf discount, and accompanying contraction of the springs of commerce; the uncertainty of an increase in our local and national burdens, consequent on the calamity which has fallen upon Ireland in the first place,—all these cir cumstances conspire to render highly probable the fact of a diminished consumption of goods, and a consequent decline in their value. On the other hand, the opinion is pretty generally received that there will be a deficient sup ply of cotton, and that the present high rates will be firmly upheld; and this fact is relied on by many who infer that a limitation of production will, before long, be rendered ine vitable, and that the downward tendency in the prices of yarns and goods will be arrested. The ultimate supply of cotton yet remains problematical, and, as we have no longer any confidence in manufacturers regulating their production by the circumstances of the times or the simple rules of commercial policy, we cannot at present venture to suggest to our friends how best to time their investments, whilst so many conflicting influences appear- to bear upon the future." The English Funds have been rather better to-day, though still somewhat fluctuating. Consols have been 90% to 91 1 3 for present transfer and time. New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 92% to 93 1 / i •, and the Three per Cents. 90% to 91'A. Bank Stock has been firm at 203 to 204. Exchequer-bilk have been 3s. to 6s. premium. The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Spanish Three per Cents, have been 34% , and Mexican 22. Chilian have been 94 1 A, and Brazilian 85. Shares have been rather firmer. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. • • 204 203 203 1 ,6 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91% 90% 91% 91 91% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 90% 91% 91 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amis. 93 92% 93% 93 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16 % 9 % Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9% 9% India Stock .. . 250 Consols for Account .. .. 90% 91% 91% Exchequer Bills. 1 4d. 134 d. I,oool .... 6 3 pm. 3 5001. . 5 pm. 5 Ditto, Small •• .• 6 7 4 pm. 4 ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 85 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 94% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 22 Ditto, for the Account 22 Russian Bonds .. • • .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto. fer the Account .. 34% Ii Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 3454 Dutch Two-and-•a-Half per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certtrica.tes CLOSING PRICES. 11114 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY Since Saturday evening the arrivals of English Wheat, especially from Kent, have been somewhat extensive, viz., 4,440 quartrs, mostly in fair condition. The stands were heavily filled with samples; at least four-fifths were those which remained unsold at the close of Monday. This cir cumstance, together with the thin attendance of buyers, caused the demand for all descriptions to rule excessively heavy, and, to effect sales, a farther decline of quite Is. per quarter must have been submitted to. In Foreign Wheats, the show of which was not large, exceedingly little business was doing, yet the holders were not to say anxious sellers; hence, in prices, we have no material alteration to notice. The receipts of English Barley have considerably exceeded those of many preceding weeks; but the imports of Foreign have been small. The Barley trade was dull, at barely sta tionary figures. The show of Malt was moderately exten sive. All kinds moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Oats, Beans, and Peas were easier to purchase. Flour dull, and the turn lower; 14,190 barrels have come from America in this week. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Bartey., i Oats I Flour. English .. —• • 4,440 qrs.) 6,570 qrs. 5,930 qrs. I 4,370 ski. Irish. ........ _ _....._ --I and Foreign .... • • 1,970 590 I 14,190br1s 1,940 Malt, 5,560 qrs. WHITE C HAPEL. We had a large supply of both town and country-killed Meat on sale. Generally speaking the demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 8d ; Mutton, as 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, Be 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs., by the carcase. IMP E RIA L PA RI lAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Busi ness, however, did not commence for twenty minutes after wards, as forty Members—the requisite number to make a House—did not assemble till that time. RAILWAY BILLS. On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, the following resolutions for the regulation of Railway Bills were severally agreed to :- 1. That a Committee of five Members be appointed, to be called the Classification Committee of Railway Bills, and that three be the quorum of such Committee. 2: That copies of all petitions for Railway Bills presented to the House be laid before the said Committee. 3. That the Committee of Classification shall form into groups all Railway Bills which, in their opinion, it would be expedient to submit to the same Committee. 4. That as soon as the Committee of Classification shall have determined what Railway Bills are to be grouped to gether, they shall report the same to the House, and all petitions against any of the said. Bills shall be presented to the House three clear days before the meeting of the Com mittee thereon. 5. That there be no more than seven clear days between the first reading of any Railway Bill and the second reading thereof, except by special order of the House. 6. That the breviate of every Railway Bill shall be laid on the table of the House, and be printed and delivered one clear day before the second reading. 7. That such Railway Bills as shall have been read a first time before the House shall agree to these resolutions, shall be read a second time within seven clear days thereafter. 8. That such of the standing orders as relate to the com position of the Committees on Private Bills, and the orders consequent thereon, be suspended, so far as regards Railway Bills pending in the course of the present session. 9. That Committees on Railway Bills, during the present session of Parliament, shall be composed of a chairman and four Members, to be appointed by the Committee of Selection. 10. That each Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill or Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend and vote on such Committee, sign a declaration that his constituents have no local interests, and that he himself has no personal interest for or against any Bill referred to him ; and no such Com mittee shall proceed to business until the whole of the Mem bers thereof shall have signed such declaration. 11. That the promoters of a Railway Bill shall be prepared to go into the Committee on the Bill on such day as the Committee of Selection shall, subject to the order that there be seven clear days between the second reading of every Pri vate Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon, think proper to appoint, provided that the Classification Committee shall have reported on such Bill. 12. That the Committee of Selection shall giie each Member not less than fourteen days' notice of the week in which it will be necessary for him to be in attendance, for the purpose of serving, if required, on a Railway Bill Com mittee. 13. That the Committee of Selection shall give each Member a sufficient notice of his appointment as a Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill, and shall transmit to him a copy of the twelfth resolution, and a blank form of the de claration therein required, with a request that he will forth with return it to them properly filled up and signed. 14. Teat if the Committee of Selection shall not within due time receive from each such Member the aforesaid declaration, or an excuse which they shall deem sufficient, they shall report to the House the name of such defaulting Member. 15. That the Committee of Selection shall have the power of substituting, at any time before the first meeting of a Committee, another Member for a Member whom they shall deem it proper to excuse from serving on that Committee. 16. That power be given to the Committee of Selection to send for persons, papers, and records, in the execution of the duties imposed on them by the foregoing resolutions. 17. That no Member of a Committee shall absent himself from his duties on such Committee, unless in the case of sick ness or by leave of the House. 18. That all questions before Committees on Railway Groups or Bills shall be decided by a majority of In:ACES, in cluding the voice of the chairman ; and that, whenever the voices shall be equal, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. 19. liat, if the chairman shall be absent from the Com mittee, the Member next in rotation on the list, who shall be present, shall act as chairman. 20. That Committees shall be allowed to proceed so long as three Members shall be present, but not with a less number, unless by special leave of the House. 21. That if on any day within one hour after the time ap pointed for the meeting of a Committee three Members shall not be present, the Committee shall be adjourned to the same hour on the next day on which the House shall sit, which hal been fixed for that day. 22. That in the case of a Member not being present within one hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the Committee, or of any Member absenting himself from his duties on such Committee, such Member shall be reported to the House at its next sitting. 23. That each Committee shall be appointed to meet on each day of its sitting not later than twelve o'clock, unless by the regular vote of the Committee. 24. That Committees on Railway Bills have leave to sit in the present session, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, if the Committees shall so think fit. 25. That it be an instruction to all Committees upon PH. rate Bills not to hear parties on any petition hereafter re ferred to them, which shall not be prepared and signed in strict conformity ;vitt' the rules and orders of this House. 26. That all Select Committees on Railway Groups or Bills be empowered to refer, if they shall so think fit, to the Chairman of Ways and Means, together with the Members ordered to prepare and bring in each such Bill, any unopposed Railway Bill submitted for their consideration, and that such Bills be severally dealt with by the said Chairman, and those Members respectively acting with him, as other unopposed Bills are to be dealt with. 57. That the following clause be inserted in all Railway Bills passing through this House : And, be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railway by this or the said recited Acts authorised to be made from the pro visions of any general Act relating to such Bills, or of any general Act relating to railways, which may hereafter pass during this or any future session of Parliament, or from any future revision and alteration, under the authority of Par liament, of the maximum rates of fares and charges autho rised by this Act. Mr. HUME wished to know if the Government proposed to take any steps to carry out the principle agreed'io by the private Committee, which sat last session on Railtvotßills— namely, that some responsible board, answerable fothose Bills, should be appointed. He wanted to know, thererdre, whether any measures had been taken for the purpose of having preliminary inquires made with respect to the pro posed railways ? Mr. STRUTT said that he himself was a member of the Committee referred to by the Hon. Gentleman, and con curred in the report that a local inquiry should, previously take place before any steps were taken in that House. Such an inquiry locally on the spot would be more advantageous than any that might be made before a Committee of that House. Since the report of that Committee an Act was passed in the House to carry out the recommendation of that report, and, in accordance with that Act, preliminary inquiries had been made by two departments--namely, the Admiralty and theßoard of Woods and Forests. The department of railways was, he considered, one in which it was especially necessary that these prelimi nary inquiries should take place, and he begged to inform the House that the question was at present under the considera tion of the Government. He hoped shortly to be in a con dition to state that a measure on the subject would be in readiness to be placed before the House. He did not think it necessary, therefore, to make any further observations at present. CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. sTßurr moved the nomination of the following Committee for the Classification of Railway Bills :—Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord Courtenay, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir John Pakington, and Lord Dalmeny. —Motion agreed to. Mr. HUME wished to know whether there was any pro vision that private Bills should be submitted first to a re sponsible Committee, as during last session ? Mr. STRUTT quite concurred in the propriety of the question.. By such an arrangement more points would be satisfactorily arranged than if an Act had been passed, by which preliminary inquiries on railway Bills should be made by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and by the Ad miralty. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for a copy of the information, and the punishment inflicted on certain parties who had left Hours'BA N B K i r a p n r d e s f e o n r t t e h d e s a e m v e e r n a d l petitions naen t o fth i e n p f o a o v r o . u ia r w of ß t h e e . their masters' service in a manufactury. Te A n ir lief Bill Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from the ship owners of Drogheda, complaining of the light dues. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented several petitions in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. POSTPONEMENT OF MOTIONS. Mr. HUME said he would postpone his motions for a copy of the returns of corporal and other punishments on board each of her Majesty's ships in the royal navy, in each year, from the Ist day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of De cember, 1846, stating the name, rating, nature of the offence, date of punishment, the number of lashes, and remarks of commander-in-chief or senior officer, as to any excess of punishments or otherwise, according to the schedules pub lished and ordered in the Admiralty Instructions, dated the let day of January, 1844, for the government of her Ma jesty's naval service ; stating, also, the number of seamen and marines employed in each year,and the average number flogged, distinguishing the number of commissioned and warrant and petty officers; also, specifying the name of her Majesty's shipsand vessels, and the name of the commanders, in which no corporal punishments have been inflicted in any of these years---also for abstracts of the total number of men, rank and file, belonging to the Royal Marines, who, from the Ist day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of December, 1846, have suffered corporal punishment or imprisonment on shore, showing the nature of their offences, in classes, for which such punishment h as b een awar d e d, an d the number in each class ; and showing the greatest and the smallest number of lashes inflicted; also, the longest and shortest period of con finement awarded as punishment to each person, and the average period of confinement for each class of offence, and the average number flogged, stating the total number of rank and file, and also the number of commissioned and non commissioned officers on shore in each year : of the total number of soldiers belonging to the Royal Artillery and Quiz:wee' corps in Great Britain and -Ireland, who, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and the 31st dry of December, 1846, have suffered corporal punishment or imprisonment; showing the nature of the offences, in classes, far which such corporal ponishment or imprisonment has been awarded, and the number in each class ; and showing, also, the greatest and the smallest number of lashes; also, the longest and shortest period of confinement awarded as punishment, the average number flogged, and the average period of confinement for each class of offences ; distinguishing also the total number of rank and file liable to be flogged, and also the number of commis sioned and non-commissioned officers in the United Kigdom in each of those years ; also, returns of the same tenor, of the Royal Artillery and Ordnance Corps serving abroad. Returns of the total number of soldiers belonging to regiments and depots 111 Great Britain and Ireland, wh o f rom the Ist day of Jan ler Y 1844 to the 31st day of December 1846, have suffered either corporal punishment or imprisonment ; and, whenever either corporal punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted on the same person more than once, specifying how often it hag been so inflicted; with abstract of the total number of sol diers, belonging to regiments in the colonies and possession! of Great Britain, who, in each year, from the Ist day of January 1844 to the 31 s t d a y, o f December 1846, have sot.- fired corporal punishments oiinsprisonments ; showing the nature of the offences, in classes, for which such c or p oral punishment or imprisonm en t h as b een aw arded, and the numbers in each class ; stating, also, the greatest number and the lowest number of lashes inflicted on any person 10 each year; also the longest and th e s h or t es t period of cpn; finement awarded as punishment, the average numbe,_ flogged, and the average period of confinement for each class in each year; also distinguishing the total number of rank and file, and also the number of commissioned an s non-commissioned officers, in each year. Of the numberbo; soldiers, who, from the Ist day Of January, 1844, to h.. 31st day of December, 1846, ha ve suffered corporal Puli! ss ment or imprisonment, and wh e th er either corporal punisoa ment or imprisonment has been inflicted on the same P ere° d . more than once, specifying bow often it has been so inflicte.e; and distinguishing the number s i n regiments in the colon];, in possession of her Majesty f rom regiments in depo tB Li Great Britain and Ireland ; distin gu i s hi ng , a lso, the t o number of rank and file, and also the number of om i l! s s . sioned and non-commissioned officers in each year ; ty stating the number or name of the regiment or corps, l g l ; s i the names of the commanding officers, in which no corpor punishment has been inflicted in any of these years ( 10 , e As tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 308, of session I °' r e He would, however, move for a copy of the correspondenc_ between the Consul of her Britannic Majesty and the Austris° Governmenerelative to the annexation of Cracow. DESTITUTE POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL" oss as Mr. ROEBUCK said he would mo ve t o - mor row, in '"— mittee on the Destitute Poor R e li e f Bill, th a t the pow er : vested in the Government to render valid a presenting° shoald be expunged. ^ TI3, — kVELLING ON SUNDAY. 'ate' Mr. FIUME said that ce r t a i n ra il way di rectors had , 0 fered with travelling on S un d a y, w hi c h was considered ,af tremely incommodious to the public. Now he desired ec ° % of the resolutions and orde r s o f every ra il way court where the travelling on Su n d a y h as b een stopped vib°llo- partially, so as to show the accommodation afforded rer,„ e . veiling to the public gen era lly, an d to t h e Post-office nrit cially on that day. He would then consider what stero l s might be advisable for the House to adopt in reference"' subject. MILBANK PRISON. Mr. M. GORE moved that the report made to her 310. by Mr. Escott, a Member of this House, on the state ° I bank Prison, be laid before this House. with' Sir G. GREY requested th a t th e mo ti on s h ou ld be with drawn. A Commission had been appointed of three Cs °3 nu ite sioners, who were to make a joint report. Now he we s toe. willing to receive it in the shape of a letter from the rr Member, the only way, h e a pp re h en d e d , t h at h e coal(' e ceive it, and he would then lay it upon the table of the W ire ° Mr. B. ESCOTT said that his ideas of what was co m ot.. differed from those of the Ri g ht H on . B aronet. H e was dye manded to report by the Commission of her Majesty, O li o did not think he would be f u lfilli ng t h at comman d by vill oot a letter to the Secretary of State. Though he •le anxious to stand on ceremony, he considered that a OOP was involved ; and he was not willing to concede it. Sir GEORGE GREY sa id h e did not w i s h the .."" tb. Member to change a single word of his report, but on l y form it. Mr. B. ESCOTT replied. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE was sorry that the House, 1.0 . 1 ,, e2a e d of coming to the subject-matter itself, should be eng'" e f re att_er with a mere matter of form. But, speaking of a form, he did think the Hon. Member (Mr. B. Escott) 'Too the right, for it was in accordance with precedent no; B by commands of her IVhjesty, that a report should be Ini , ":„, e ot the commission. Such was the language of the do e % ) to by which they had b een appo i nted, comman di n g th e t he inquire into the matter, and make a report same. In fact the duties of the Commissioners woubt.t%p be completely discharged unless they made and brought touching of their report; yet, so far from doing this, they had kept froo! report open till another was ready to be sent • ag ,of another Committee. He recollected that in t he pa i c- g rave a former commission, of which Sir Francis - to was a member, that gentleman had sent in a report seP e ller.• from that of the o th er comm i ss i oners, and he did not % fie& stand how that should not ru l e in the pre sent in Indeed, without a report from the Hon. Mem b er for coo , chester, the papers o f th e commission would not ffbi tb: pleted. He at th e - same t i me could not help saP; " opIOW IS did not agree w ith th at H on. Gentleman in_u.w.tx," which he had f orme d, an op i nion, as it apPeal'", l $ll tte° which he could not have arrived at, if he had ice.. e tter " 1 ' evidence over attentively. But to return to' the = g ilt bi form which was the subject before the Ho; ; 1 7.„' e tano immaterial whether the result of the comm,sr rep ert; before the House in the shape of a letter or or the pro Per but there could be little doubt that a report 'was goes' form for the commissioners to adopt. e the b e for f three per- Mr. ROEBUCK said in the instance a commission had been appointed, consisting 01 ° , ttie sons, and power was given to any two or n ether it was do certain things; unless two of them Were t o of her clear that they could not legally and in fu l i ss ionerg Majesty's Commission do any act; that if the Conlin. - re. instead of meeting together, should transact the businesit's so quired of them, each in a separate chamber, the A e r ,, ni . done would be illegal. By one clause of her Majesty's vv_d mission, power was given to any two of them to together to gether, r dt no fewer, to dischargi the duties of the Commission. P ; ,,," when they came to another clause, requiring the C001,111„,a -sioners generally to report, the construction of that vs must be ruled by the former clause, so that the mean ly% must be taken to be th a t not fewer than two of them t c r4 gether could legally d raw up a report on the transac tions " the Commission. Mr. FOX MAULE was sorry that the House should Pre. their time on a m a tt er which would really come to no is : to It was agreed that a re p or t f rom th e Commission Ong' er s be laid before the House, and he was of opinion that a reP for ought to be made irrespective of the Hon. Alernbor ree e Winchester. He recollected th a t i n th e c ase of the Inquiry Commission appointed for Scotland, one of the-M - 1 k bers of that Commis s i on was a di ssent i en t from the.,, '6 r eir but instead of int er f er i ng w ith t h at report, that Hon., tleman tleman sent in a sepa ra t e repor t t o t h e Secrets*" ° 1 eti ght and he thought that th e H on . M em b er f or Winc hester to follow the same precedent. The motion was then withdrawn. MILITARY STATISTICS. um tb° Mr. HUME inqui r ed o f th e Ri g h t Hon. G e ntled Secretary of the War Department (Mr. F. Malty had the military statistics of India, which Major ,L 1 r,,,„ been formerly engaged in, would be resumed? 1 3 7 - to be tistics were of the greatest importance, and ough t l ght forthcoming without delay. He would also ask tTh is re' Hon. Gentleman whether he had received the ret ll ,; Ottr• garding the health of the troops in India, which '- Hume) had moved for two years ago? Mr. F. MAULE said he was not aware that the: bat referred to by the Hon. G en tl eman h a d b een r eceiv he would inquire at th e War-office. In reference to t h ; of that tistics of Colonel Tulloch, the other engagemems Gallant Officer b a d f or a t i me interfered with their con ance, but they would be resumed as soon as possible- c oal Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday next ke " that move an addre ss t o her Majesty, if found ne cessarY' Ac et, tbese statistics be co n ti nue d f ort h w i t h b y some pu blic ow the for which duty he knew of none better qualified than Gallant Officer who had been referred to. The House then adjourned at Half-past One o'clock' MEXICO. The following important news is posted at the North and South American Coffee House. ARNIVAL OF THE LONDON PACKET-SHIP NORTHUMBERLAND, CAPT. GRESWOLD. NEW YORK, JAN. I2.—The Mexican Congress has decreed that they will not think or treat of peace until every hostile foot has cleared Mexican soil, and every vessel that lines her coast is withdrawn. TELLIGENCE. THE CHESTER CUP. Age st. lb. Due an Durras ... 5 ... 6 12 Flahowlagh ...... ... 5 ... 6 12 Clumsy 5 . . 6 12 Chertsey 5 ... 6 12 Jenny Wren Duke of Richmond 4 ... 6 12 The Premier ..- CawrouFh .... .... Queen Anne 4 6 12 Restoration 5 6 10 Cherry 4 6 10 Emigrant . .._ lied hoc-Pr 6 6 Satyr , 6 . 6 Fatal Report Magnet 5 6 Litt - le Jack 5 ... 6 6 Best Bower .•. 6 ... 6 5 5 ... 6 5 Farthing Candle 4 ... 6 2 Camera Obscure 4 ... 6 0 Erin-go-bragh Mermaid . ... ..... 4 ... 6 0 The Lamb Flitch ......... 4 ... 6 0 Punch Smuggler Bill 4 ... 5 12 Head= ..... 4 ... 512 Horn of Chase 3 ... 5 12 Hannah Rahn Chatterbox 4 ... 5 8 Regalia ... 4 ... 5 8 Golden Bee 4 5 7 Banana Pride of Eden 3 ... 5 7 Crozier 3 .. 5 7 Factory Girl Wave ... Devil-me-care Mood kee 3 411 The Premier Pink Bonnet Moonlight Sir Martin ..... 3 ... 411 So Nice.. ........ 3 ... 4 9 Agnes Mirmillo Bedlam cby Euclid 3 ... 4 9 lafringe Precocious Youth 3 ... 4 6 Emerald Isle Spem Gregis Bit-nibble SPORTING I ACCEPTANCES FOR Age st. lb. Sweetmeat 5 ... 8 12 Sir Tatton Sykes 4 ... 8 11 Inheritress Dulcet... ...... 5 ... 8 8 Ingo Sting Dolo Pam 5 ... 8 2 Doleful 5 8 0 Mendicant Annandale Faith 5 ... 7 13' 6 ... 7 12 The Conqueror- A .7 11 at. Lawrence Newcourt a ... 7 10 1 Queen Mab a ... 7 10i Queen of Tyne Monarch 6 ... 7 8 Antler Lady Wildair 5 ... 7 8 Jinglepot 5 ... 7 8' Tom Tulloch Mildew 5 7 7 Arthur .. 5 ... 7 The Collier 5 ... 7 7 Winchester 5 ... 7 7 Fitzallan 5 7 6 Marq. Conyngham 4 7 6 Princess Alice 4 7 6 Jonathan Wild Lord Saltoun Intrepid Gwalior Campanile .•. 5 ... 7 5 Whinstone ..... 5 7 5 Torn T0ugh......... a 7 4 My Mary •••• ..... 5 7 4 Master Downes ... 5 ... 7 4 Crown Prince..... 4 7 4 Chamois ...... 4 ... 7 4 Mickey Free R a tcliffe Comet Crirn Con••• Robin 5 ••• 7 2 Pal .......... Maid of Lyme ...••• 4 ... 7 2 Plaudet ••• ••••• 5 .•• 7 0 Woodpecker Roderick a ... 6 13 Councellor Ajax.............. .•• a 613 Marian R a nasap.• 5 613 Bourton ........• 4 ... 6 13 ACCEPTANCES FOR STA. Age. st.lb. Annandale ......... 5 ... 8 5 Queen of Tyne ...... aged 8 2 Lord Saltoun ...... 5 6 ... 7 11 R e f rac tion ...... • ••• 7 9, hiss Elis ............ ••• 7 Crown Prince ...... 4 ... 7 7 Mount Callan ...... 4 ... 7 6, Ajax ................. aged 7 41 Clumsy ..... ...... 5 ... 7 Roderick ............ aged 7 9; Humdrum ......... ... 7 0 N F o rest Deer... 6 ~.. 613 Miss Burns ..... aged 6 12 1 Sir Simon ......... 4 ... 6 11 8uttre55............4 ... 6 11;' Foxwhelp ...... 5 ... 6 10', Morocco ............ 4 ... 6 10 HE SOMERSETSHIRE KES. . st. lb. • .Vo•cl Age pecker Magnet Camera Obscure 4 .. 6 9 Alliance Buscot Buck Mi-s Shirley Trojan 6... 6 0 Crozier 3 ... 5 9 Regalia Brave Buck 3 ... 5 2 Halo 3...5 0 Daughter of the Star 3 5 0 Moodkee 3 ... 5 0 Rosin the Beau c. by Eac:idi NOMINATIONS FOR THE GRAND FRENCH STEEPLE CHASE. —Cavendish, aged—Maid of Llangollen—Switcher — St Leger—Little Tommy—Campling—Avoca—Discount—Al bert—Christopher North—Jack—Culverthorpe—Brunetti Frederick—br g by Glascus, d by Belzoni—Mahomet— Gazeley—Salute—Golden Rule—Tramp—Latitat—Rageman —Gayhurst—Forester—Matchless—Loto--Peter Simple— gabine—Cicy—The Page —Young Lottery—The Orphan— Conservative Pioneer Linkboy Lucifer— Bachelor— Victress—br g by Tom Brown—Littltae Joh The The R n—oarer— Walter Gay—Little Ben—Hippoli. above are the nominations received in London, those made in Paris will be published as soon as they are received. --- TATTERSAT.LS.—ERRATUM.--FOr even bets between " fif ties" and the field, read between "fifteen" and the field. Potentia, stated to have been bought in, was sold for 355 guineas. LATEST BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TIMSDAY. (RECEIVED THIS DA Y. ) CHESTER CUP. —2O to 1 agst Mendicant (taken)— 25 to 1 ag s t C amera Ob scur a-25 to I agst Flitch--30 to 1 agst The Lamb-30 t o 1 ag st Erin-go - brag h-35 to 1 a gs t Punch--. 35 to 1 agst Bedlam-500 to SO agst Duke of Rich mondl aget — 150Vantootal— (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst Polo (taken). DIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. -- 100 to 6 agst Bourton (taken)-100 to 6 agst Pink Bonnet (taken) -100 to 5 agst Mecanee (taken). DEauv.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (offered) -11 to 1 st?;st a 3 g 3 st t : Epirote-16 to 1 agst Planet-20 to 1 agst Glentilt-35 to to 15 agst colt out of agst Lunedale-40 to 1 agst Bingham-40 to 1 agst Red Hart roljeacgtisite_Alll,eorotoonian (taken)-40 to 1 Calypso's dam (taken). OAKS-20 to 1 agst Ellerdale (off ers to take). NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—TuEspay. CHIPPENHA.M FIELD. THE DEIDIY. rySOU'S Fireawav beat Mr. B. Smyth's Steamer. Epson's Farmer's Boy beat Mr. Dobede's Director. Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Dobede's Doubtful. King's Rhadamanthns beat Mr. Buckworth's Bachelor. Arabin's Auricula beat Lord Stradbroke's Mentor. Vipan's Valiant beat Mr. Gillett's Gentilt. M r . • 9 CUP. Itlr,Vipan a Vampire beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck. . Dobede's D beat Mr. Gillett's Gol.d owager Queen Finder. illrr. Dobede's Da mas k R ose b ea t Lord Stradbroke's Mills. ‘ . B. Smyth's Spinster beat Lord Stradbroke's Mawworm. Lord Stradbroke's M Mr. Fyson's Fenella. Mr. Vipan's Victor beat beat ictor beat Mr. Buckworth's Backsheesh. Mr. Fyson's Fancy Boy beat Mr. King's Rosetta. Y s R egina beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sherwood. Mr. King's ' • THE OAKS. Silesia beat Mr. Dobede's Diana. Mr. Arabin's Al Mr. MOOCI ,8 es beat L or d Stradbroke's Moss Rose. .., . y, R e voke beat Mr. Gillett's Gipsey Girl. Mr. voinue a Daisy beat Mr. 9 r. B. Smyth ' a Sorella. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 92 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% ....... Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% 11. •.. • • firming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 425. 4% p........ firming., IVolver.,& Stour Valley 5 .... 7 . •• . Buckinghamshire 84s. —.. • • p Caledonian .30 .... 26% ...... • ... 26% Ditto, Half Shares . 2% .... 2% % ........ Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 .... ...... Cornwall . • .. •• • • 5 —•••• • • • • 1% Direct Northern Scrip .. • • .... .......• 2% Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 1231 —••.. •• 5% E Astern Counties . 2O .. 21%34 •••• . • 21% Ditto, York Extension 4 .... Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 31 .. 18% Edinburgh and Northernl2% Ditto, New .. • .... 3 3 Ely and Huntingdon ..• • 12% ....:13% 13% Great Northern (London & York Regd.) .. .. • • . • .. 2 214% 254 Do., do (Direet Northern Regd.) 3 % ..„ 3% ...... • • 3 % Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 2734 .... 26% .. • - Great North of Engl an d . ..100 ••• • • Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 59% • • 59% Great Western .. •85 .... 124 125 125 Ditto, Half Shares • 50 .... 72 73 ...... 73 II Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 19% •• • • 19% Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 29 Ditto, New .. • • .. 4 % ••98%•• • • • • " 8 34 Leeds and Bradford .. .• .. 35 .... 8131 ........ • • 8114 Leicester and Bedford .. 165..... •• •••• • • • % dis. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 273¢ ••• •• Ditto, Branch Half Shares .. 5 ••• • • Leeds and Thirsk 2231 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent... .... 4 31 Liverp.„ Stanch., & Newe. Junct. 235.... 2 London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .. . 55%....... Ditto, Consol. Fifths— .. 50 .... 53% . London an North-Western . • • 100 ....191 192.... Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 ....... Ditto ditto, New Sh ares • • .. 2 14 1 ,4 .14 . Ditto, Fiftlis 2 .... 1914 19 .• London and South-Western-41/. 6s. 10d... ••• • • ..... Ditto, Tenths .. .. • • ••5.. • • 514 1 4 • • • 5% Ditto, Scrip.. .• .. 5 .... 514 %.......• 5% London and York Extension Scrip 2% .... 2% • • 2% Londonderry and Coleraine .. 17% .... 10% .... • ..... 1054 Lynn and Dereham .. • . •• 15 .... 1634 .......• .. 16 1 4 Manchester and Leeds .. .• 82 .• .. 108 ...... 108 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% Midland .. .. • • •• ..100 .. ••123% 124 Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 30 .... 35 .......... 35 — Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 65% ....... 5% Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. • • 32% 31% 32.. 32 North British .• • • • • 25 .. • - 34% ..... 34% Ditto, Quarter Shares •• • . 2 1 4 .... 4IA .• • • 4% Ditto, Extension • • •• • • %•••• 1 %•• • • • • • • • • 1 % Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • .. 1 North Staffordshire • • • • 5 •• • • 8 •• • •• • - 8 North Western .. • . 214 ... • 2S, • 2% Scottish Midland .. 1731 21 20% 21.... 21 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .. • • 4 •• • •• • • 4 Shropshire Union .. . 425. 9 .... • • % dis. South Eastern and Dover .. • • 333{ .. • . 371 3731 e.,b0., New (do, 151.) .. No. 4. 354 •• •• •• .. 4 South Wales .. • • •• - " 10 ** 7% ••• • • • 734 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 .... 1% 2 1%.... York and Newcastle 25 .... 37 3:% • • 371 Ditto, New.. .. 5 ..., 11% .• • • 11 Ditto, Preference .. _ 2 .. • • 6% At •••• • • • • 7 York sad North Midland .. .. 50 .... ••••• • • • • a Half Shares 25 .... 45 44% •. .• 4 Ditto, Selby .. 50 .. •• 89 •••••• • • • • I Ditto, Extension .. .. 20 .... 36% 36 •• Ditto, Preference .. .• • • 2 • 113 % •• • Do. E. and W. Ridi ng E xten... 5 ...- 17 16% •• •. • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 .... 13% 11% .... Dutch Rhenish .. ••.. 7 .... 4% Luxembour• .. • • .. 6 .. . 1% 2. ....... Northern of France .. .• •• 8 12 11% 12.... Rouen and Havre .. 20 .... 26 •• .. MINES. Real del Monte, Unrexistered —•• • • 331 • • 2% 13y, P 53% 192 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY) LONDON, FEB. 3. Wind N.E. by N., light breeze and hazy. DEAL, FEB. 2.—Wind N.B. to N.N.E. fresh and squally. —Arrd. Loui sa M ar i a, Weuk, New York ; ' Anna Margaretha, Rumsden, New York ; and both sailed for Antwerp ; Mari ners, Mendez, Havannah, and sailed for Hamburg ; Henry Skelton, Long, Baltimore. Sld. Sharp, Cape of Good Hope ; Arab, Cape Coast Castle ; Cato, St. Vincent's •, Osbert, Do minica; Planet, Jamaica; Caroline, Havannah ; Circassian and Corsair, New Orleans; Zealous, Charleston. POOLE, FEB. 2... Wind W. Arrd. Nymph, Thomer, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, FEE . 3.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. John Oldham, Jamaica. FALMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Off port, Helen, of Glasgow, Moulmin, for London. Sid. Hindoo, Cape of Good Hope. PORT TALBOT, FEB. I.—Wind E N.E.—Arrd. Dominica, Storach, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, FIB. 2.—Arrd. Daniel Webster, New York ; Albion, Bowman, Quebec. BERWICK, FEB. I.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Margaret Hardy, Mann, Callao. Exmoum—Arrd. Northumberland, New York. COBEC, JAN. 3l.—Arrd. an American ship, with loss of foremast and bowsprit. The Richmond Lass, water-logged and abandoned, was passed in long. 11 W., by the Susan Green, arrived h ere . A rr d. B r itish Tar, Harris, Berb i ce, for the Clyde. Sid. Bartlett, New York; Indian Queen, Bar badoes. ILFRACOMBE, FEB. I.—A portion of the quarter-deck of a small vessel, the combings of the companion, painted green, has been towed in from the Seven Hills. COWES, FEB. N.N.E.—Arrd. Emma, Honduras. SOUTWAMPTON, FEB. 2.—Sld. Avon steamer, West Indies.. GUMMY, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Olga, Morrison; Richebneta. OFF TORBAY, Fan. 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Woodside, Guthrie, Rio Grande; Adolph, Behrens, St. Thomas, for Hamburgh. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2.—Wind N.N.E., moderate. —Sld. Isabella, Demerara; Storm King, Vera Cruz; City of Rochester, New Orleans; James Bonham, ditto; Elizabeth Ellen, ditto ; R. D. Shepperd, ditto ; Medora, Charleston ; Venice, Philadelphia. Off port, Joshua Waddington. Dispatches have been received at Lloyds from the Admi ralty reporting the damage sustained by shipping at Galway and Sligo, in the gales there of the 24th alt., partictilvo of which have already appeared. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-SLO SPHYNX. Th de PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY, F IVE O 'C LOCK, e / 4. 1 .4 packet, just atrived, brings Mr. George Riddlecombel „ Master of the flag-ship St. Vincent, with dispatches ' ° " f acer Commander-in -Chief at this po r t, f rom th e s enior 0 i ll . operating at the wreck of the Sphynx, and the w ele° llo° telligence that the Sphy nx h a d b een moved t hi s tid e 6 feet nearer deep w a t er . Sh e would, doubtless, have hee,llolili off further, but o ne o f th e " camels " burst, and thef, t he were consequently comp e ll e d to l eave o ff heaving. l i n be 30 tons of coals now i n h er can b e got out, an d s he es no a further lightened 30 or 40 tons more, success is looked ° Qt as certain. Wind and weather continue favourable, altil ° "' the tide has not risen so high as had been anticipated. t o The Medea steam-sl oop , C ommander Mason, arrived 0 0( morning, and cam e i n t o h ar b our to fit for the rece ption Sir H. Seymour, the newly-appointed Minister at Lisbon' Mr. WALLACE'S NEW OPERA.—The libretto so d been read in the green-r oom b y th e aut h or, Mr. Beell'ssiar the opera is now in daily reh earsa l. Th e scene i s in Bohe and the subject has been taken from history. O f BANK OF ENGLAND. — Accounts of the amo—d in all Exchequer-bills purchased by the Bank of Engle e t of 1846, and of balanc es o f sums i ssued for the parri„eis469 dividends due and not d eman d e d , f rom the sth of APr',", to the sth of Jan uary , 18 47, have been presente d to ' r b 9lo meet, pursuant to the Act. The amount of Exchequ er hick and other Govern men t secur i t i es so purchased, or on ' c od sums were advanced in the year 1847, altogether of eeti r ged• to 4,660,9191., all of which has been paid off and disohe'udoo The gross total amount of the dividends due and %lig, manded amounted, on the sth of April, 1846, to 1, 10 : the, of which, 135,0231. remained in the hands of the BeeT t b of remainder being advanced to Government; on the be July, 1846, 1,093,5561., of which 100,0001. remained '1846 hands of the Bank ; on the 10th of October , ' ,ode 10,017,9801., of whi c h 100, 000/. remained. in the t . VT of the Bank ; and on the sth of January l ab ‘ „ ' f U.- 1,088,8191., of which 170,8381. remained i n the bane Bank. 4. Of Inv THE NATIONAL DEBT.—The annual itccoa. for the reduction of the National Debt in the year ended the sums received and expended by the Commissions the ore• of January, 1847, has been prepared and presented. ~T0 1 1e4 11., ditor side of the account exhibits a sum total of 3, e arising from cash received at sundry times from th e the quer, and interest on stock, &c. The debtor side sue" ~1301. following items :—vin., a sum of 9,700/ paid for 1 ';0 Reduced Annuities; 263,1021. for 273,849/.Consols; 689 ,t' sea for 718,353/. Reduced ; 46,925/. for 49,2911. Old Solt" / g AO2" Stock; 149,6091. for 157,9001. New South Sea Stock for 15,6441. Tliree per Cent. Annuities (1726); fur 4,000/. Three per Cent. Annuities (1751); 14,1 " - 001 , for Exchequer-bills. or SURGICAL OPERATIONS UNDER THE ETHER.—Yesterday afternoon two more operations were 8 50 cessfully performed in the large theatre of the Cheri n g -cr h e er Hospital, on patients while under the influence o Ave vapour. The first operation d b Mr. r •ii was performe Y he lei and con~isted foot—a very painful process ; and in the second ese e ' a Steghall, the house surgeon, extracted several teeth fro; the young man who had inhaled the ether. In both C 3s l t st patients acknowledged that they had not felt the " 1 e pain during the operation. Information was yesterday' received by 'the P ° that, on the previous evening, some thieves obtained and 2,400,0 by means of skeleton keys, into the house of Mr. Lethbridge No. 3, Manor Cottage, Kennington-oval, and carried ° o f quantity of plate, consisting of silver spoons and forks ..t every description, a cameo brooch, a gold hair-brooch, !*,' with pearls, a Geneva gold watch, a gold brequet chaintlT, a gold seal and key attached, a morocco purse, gold and silver moneys to a large amount, it " m e/ 6a other articled cif yaluablejowellery, and a quantity of apparel, contin, • t 4 '` 1 1 4 ,