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TrIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The emingut PANTOMIII . E THEATRE, i!!..! the FIRST PANTO- ME ;‘ne.NlNfi Will be performed lla e tied THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernois, W, ; eville, Mr. Rafter; Morliere, Mr. Horne:J:4le; Ardeet• iril, Mr. W. 'Harrison (his first appearance since his indispos:thei); opoe, Mr. Harley ; Madame Co rinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Hiss It. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mts. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, be ng a mixture of the 'historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. It. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, ,and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE KALYBA, THIS ENCIIANTRISS.—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 • 1 somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Belle, mistress of all the elements, except those of "4. rithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Horneaetie ; Fiends and Fu- Ties (lll,setrating a common expression of speech, wills anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; the March of Intellect (travelling "incog." as " Young England," a true hit 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 says a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL. — Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys I a half-holiday on the: occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND 13ARBACAN OF' COVENTRY CASTLE The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the ce'ebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance its public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICE.—" Nothings material to our historic " occurring during a period of fifteen yesrs, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA'S HOUSE or CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. 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. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his broter 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 Icalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene 5. Dover Roans.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene G. BANR3 or Tun NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How.Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Laving even dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALE IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KING OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak lc: airnself ), Mr. Wieland. How this " marriage in high life" is su,. lenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns ; but elopes with the bride ; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION, Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.-- Mr. Prlorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT- I,ER'S SUOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. "Holding the mirror up to nature." "Farniles furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Dies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCIIANDLER'S SHOP AND f;RANARY.—More ways than ene of being "in cliiver." Specimen of the very beSt " Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" .n high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A I,t of " chaff " in both. Harlequin gives Clown" the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NIIILIPERT GROUND. —" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old lian Tucker," and make way for " patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish not and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND Twitoa's SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A gr a t e m i sta k e. " Going out a shoot .ng." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOY 'WAREHOUSE.— Toy 3 for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Tack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Seene . ls. flu STATUE - As IT Is; or, Wellington at Hyde-park. corner. Scene 16. THE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterlco. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mx. W. Farrell ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Tilbury I Young Marlow, Mr. 11011; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover ; 31iss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lolly, Miss Would!. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaarne Tell," and a Po lonaise. After which the petite Comedy, called THE WOMAN HATER. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Holl, Rogers, and Miss Reynolds. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tratuln2 Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, 'Liss P. Horton, ?Yrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Tr!urnphant success of Boa's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, bounded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albei t Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• meters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keetey ; Mrs. ‘Voollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GI 'ARDIANS. In whic , , Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Cough ; Columbine, Miss 0. hicks; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIO.).TISTS, John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Minions, will ex hibit their wonderful Jens Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA G!SELLE, entitled TILE PHANTOM DANCERS. ; or. the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr, Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen ord. Madame Celeste, Al iss Marian Taylor, Mi,s Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lkssee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. I effler ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rockford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jars Seymour, Miss G. Smithson; Anne Boleyn, Miss Rossano. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented (*HILDRBN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled Thl ENCIIAvTED RE.kUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Hiss Burbidgc ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. - FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MOR':OW EVENING Will be performed the popular domestic Melodrarae, entitled LA DAME DE SAINT TRO t'EZ. Georges Maurice, Mons. F. Le maitre; Hortense d'Anherive, Mdlle. Clarisse. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3e. 6d. ; Stalls, 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, Harringt on, their White, Inimitable Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of reating ENTERTAINsIENT at the above Tpeheatre, on SATURDAY EVENING next. The programme includes se veral novelties, w th a careful selection from their popular pieces. Performance commences at half-past Eight precisely. On Wednesday Morning next, in consequence of the continued demand for planes, they will repeat th e D AY PERF ORMANCE. Boxes, 43. ; Pit, .234 Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Koval Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries and Music-sellers ; and at thb Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and itoyal Family. The new Grand Christmas Pantomime increases in attraction, and is pronounced to 13.3 most magniticent.for novelty, scenic, and mechanical effects. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Batty's SCENES of the CIRCLE; with the performances of Laurentz Wolff, the great Belgian horseman. To conclude with the successful L'omicEquestrlanFairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Liar- IreY ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open tram eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six a rn't emudence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. titroadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. . , THIS EVENING Will be THIS an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS—GAIdE, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. After which, iide nerien . 'a Farce, called TOBIT'S DOG. Lord Rochester, Mr. Johnson ; Master Smith, Mr. Timid! ; Jacob Whit- Dianan Mr. Webb ; Jermyn, Mr. Lewis • Terre fir. Hawkins ; Lady Clarges, , rs. S4ville Alice, Miss Terre, . To conclude with a grand a iry Panto mime, cane! HE KING THE CASTLE ; or, Harlfequin the Land of Dreams. T Har m, iegnin, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, H er R. Deulin ; Columbine, Ildile. Thecdore ; Clown. Herr N . D entin ; Punch, 'lett. E. Deulin. lIOYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, is., Half-price, bd. ; I i t, Gd.; Gallery, 3d......... The 14 Do , tor" recelvad hy crowded audiences with thunders 0 applause, tears, and enthusiastic cheering; and the great ~ Go-a-Iflca teatime" pronounced, by nanimous opinion and the public Pan c press, the best production of then sea om. THIS EVENING Win be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin ce nt, Mrs. 0. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks Bowurd, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., win perform. , After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE. BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin s' Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry La Gazza Ladra is in course of revival at the Italiens for Mmes. Grisi and Brambilla, Lablache, Co letti, and Gardoni. The last-named young singer ad- Tune( s in favour every night he is heard at this theatre. We regret that we are to lose him in the course of next month, being under engagement in her Majesty's Theatre.- -Paris Paper, " Who'll kill the dragon? Or me he shall gorge ; I, says St. George, I I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the " Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S DAUNT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sctbra to his " country quarters;" how St. George fol'ows on horseback (the railroad not - being quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). llow the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " Live shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CIUVAL&Y.—HOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Ile nppearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends ;n New Characters. Harlequin.... 1. Ir Howell, I Clown... _ BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS." C2E SAR "BORGIA --NEW EDITION. IN A FEW DAYS. Orders reeoived by an Booksellers. Henry Co'buru, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. reOTICE! MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS are now Completed in Seven Volumes, and Subscribers are recommended to complete their sets without delay. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. 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I Evening minutes after —. r*-• v c . - A ' r 7 ^ l titr c t snik- A q 4;? f et.V, Marta= .altitt LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1847. Yesterday, a translation of the speech addressed by his Majesty King Louis PHILIPPE to the Peers and Deputies on (naming the Legislative Chambers of France was duly published in our columns. If any expectations were entertained that in this remarkable oration would be discovered the motives of the French Government in certain occurrences which have recently transpired, or the intentions of the French Government in regard to certain proceedings which are likely to he undertaken, those expectations are very far from having been realised. Rumours were prevalent that his Gallic MAJESTY would, in some measure, unbosom himself with reference to the complicated transactions whereby the tranquillity of the European continent has been latterly endangered. Mysterious inuendoes were whispered about the salons in the more fashionablefaubourgs, intimating the pro bability of some royal explanations upon the mar riage in the Peninsula, upon the annexation of neutral territories in the northern empires, and upon tha sudden interruption of the friendship hitherto subsisting between France and Great Britain. All those rumours and inuendoes have however " melted into thin air." From the parturient mountain of anticipation has crept forth the veriest mouse of a speech-from-the-throne ever delivered. ' Hitherto the addresses of Loris PHILIPPE to Messieurs les Pairs et Messieurs les Deputes have been characterised by something beyond the mere conventional small talk of royalty. His MAJESTY has heretofore illustrated the commencement of the different sessions with the delivery of sentences not only gracefully turned, but singularly suggestive. In the present instance there no departure whatever from the ordinary nothings of royal eloquence. Some considerable time since a delightful sarcasm upon the Parliamentary addresses of the SOVEREIGN appeared in the Charivari— namely, a blank column, headed " The Speech from the Throne." That sarcasm at this moment would have " told " with admirable effect. The flattering promise and actual emptiness of the Address to the French Chambers irresistibly recal to our recollection the simile employed by SPENSER in his " Colin Clout's come home again ;" the sentences being literally— " Like bladders bloc 4n up with wind, Which being prick'd du vanish into noughts." Even in the opening paragraph there is an affecta on of explicitness which is quite ludicrous, seeing ,hat it is composed of the most vague and unsatisfac ,ory generalities. As is befitting him in the charac ter of the guardian or patriarch of a great people, the KING expresses his anxiety to witness the earnest co operation of the legislators in forwarding those mea 'ures which his MAJESTY'S Government deem neces sary for the alleviation of the present sufferings of the community. What are those measures ? Listen " I hope," says the Monarch, "that by the firm main• tenance of order, by the liberty and security of com mercial transactions, by an ample and judicious ap plication of the public fortune, efficiently aiding the zeal of private charity, we shall mitigate these trials with which PROVIDENCE sometimes visits the most prosperous states." Assuredly this is a marvellous way of meeting an extraordinary emergency. As it' the maintenance of order, and the freedom and security of commei cial transactions, and the ample and j udi cious application of the public fortune, and the sympathising assistance of individual alms, were not advisable, nay, as if they were not absolutely requisite at all times and under all circumstances ! As if these were not actually the very motors of the ma chinery of civilised society ! 'Why, the simplest tyro in legi'sLtion could have strung together phrases of equal ingenuity and prettiness. After this benevolent induction, King Louis Psi- LIPPE proceeds by the utterance of a gigantic fallacy, " Jly relations with ALL the Foreign Powers," says he, " aflord the firm confidence that the peace of the world continues secured !" Wonderful assurance ! What, the peace of the world secured—with the alli ance between Northern and Western Europe utterly destroyed by the violation of the Vienna treaty ! with the cordial understanding between England and Prance interrupted by the perfidious violation of the Utrecht treaty!—with the Spanish population embroiled with their rulers through the odious interference of the Gallic Cabinet! —with the provinces of Portugal ravaged by intestine warfare, through the instru mentality of the pedagogue DIETZ !—with the Swiss Confederation still encompassed with the dangers of a religious antagonism, fomented by the policy of the crowned diplomatist of the Tuileries ! Marvellous security ! Bewildering confidence I Most pernicious peace ! It is matter of astonishment how the French Monarch could utter that sentence with an unperturbed countenance, when scarcely five se conch afterwards he had to speak as follows : "An unexpected event has impaired the state of things founded in Europe by the late treaty of Vienna. The Republic of Cracow, an independent and neutral state, has been incorporated with the empire of Austria. I have protested against that in fraction of the treaties." Why, here is a flat c.m tradiction of the preceding assertion. Here is a sufficient testimony of itself that European tran quillity is based upon a very rotten foundation. How, in the name of all that is rational and comprehensible, can the peace of Europe be regarded as secured when a treaty like that of Vienna—a treaty solemnly made between the assembled monarchs and plenipotentiaries of the most - - powerful nations in the most civilised quarter of the globe—is violated by the Sovereigns of Russia, of Prussia, and of Austria ? How can European peace be established simultaneously with the transmission of emphatic protests upon such a crime from the foreign offices of London and Paris to the Ambassadors of Vienna, of Berlin, and of St Petersburgh ? Is anything calculated to excite so much and such rancorous feelings of hostility amongst the '3-overnments of the earth as these execrable deeds o spoliation, as these despotical acts of robbery, as ,h.•se larcenies of imperial marauders ? Are not ;hose occurrences more detrimental to the cause of international quiescence than the squabbles of n few merchants over ca3ual cargoes of opium or inter mittent cases of tea and ivory ? Is there not more reason to tremble for the continuance of Peace th duringduring t h t e h the manifestation transmission 9 Yet " the peace of th e world is secured, " according to King animositie s among contiguous races . o o f f th s e uc m h os d t o i c r u a m sc e ib n i t e s Lotus PutraerE! This is unquestionably an unpa ralleled instance of a monarch paltering with words for the purposes of a venal duplicity. But there is, if that be ss po ible, a yet specimen o f inconsistency in this u nequa lledgeater oration. In one paragraph his MAJESTY con gratulates himself and his subjects upon the union of " his beloved son ; the Due nu MONT PEINSIER with his beloved neiee the Infanta LouisA The truth of the foregoing observations is un happily afforded and precisely exemplified by the grievous want of general education that has long been felt throughout the community. Year after year, for a long period past, have an influential portion of our countrymen been striving to impress upon their fellow-beings and the Government, the duty of dis tributing., upon a large and systematic scale, the blessings of a sound and moral education to the humbler classes, and the certain and per nicious results that would attend a disregard of this natural obligation. Till the accession of the present Ministry to power every appeal of this na ture was made in vain. True it is, that in the next session we are expecting a healthy move will be made in the right direction, the Government having pledged themselves to undertake the question of national education in a manner commensurate with the wants of the country. But, even if these per petual appeals had not been made, and we were with out any Government assurance, enough is transpiring on the judicial bench to convince the Executive that immediate legislation on this head is imperatively demanded. Judges, as well as juries, the more im mediate judicial representatives of the people, are be coming restless under the state of the law as appli cable to juvenile offenders, on the one hand, and are appalled at the fearful increase in the number of this miserably neglected class of delinquents on the other. Crime is committed, and the criminals are, from the seat of justice, declared to be objects of pity rather than of punishment. The law is enforced, and, at the same time, denounced. Human nature is represented by the recognised organs of justice as being daily outraged in our tribunals. The juries convict, but pour in their strong recommendation for mercy. The judge applauds their sentiments, but bitterly laments that his hands are tied, and that the law has left him no merciful discretion. A scene of this painful description occurred yesterday at the Middlesex Sessions. It were a superfluous task to capitulate the facts ; the instance is not a solitary one. These shocking examples of our ministerial defects in judicature, by which justice is convulsed, and mercy, " which becomes the throned monarch better than his crown," is stifled, are of perpetual re- currence. We have them ad nauseam. Expert thiev e s of mature years trepan children of tender age into their vicious courses, and make their little hands the instruments of robbery, whilst they themselves watch their demoralised pupils committing the depredations they have schemed, securing their escape in the event of instant detection. Happily the tables were turned in a case that came on yesterday for trial at the ses sions. The boy escaped, but the prisoner, aged 20, who instigated him to steal two print dresses, whilst he loitered about the prosecutor's door, was secured by the police, and has received a sentence of seven years' transportation. But this was a fortunate incident, purely hazardous. These youthful victims are easily led away, on account of the idle and neglected condi tion in which they are at present, almost by compul sion and without remedy, suffered to squander the most precious moments of their existence. Place the means of educati on f or his offspring within the reach of the parent, and we may then hope for a speedy diminution of this frightful epi demic of juvenile depravity, which is now raging unchecked, and threatening to undermine and burst the bonds of social order. An efficacious remedy can alone emanate from the Legislature. The disease is too wide-spread to be destroyed by purely individual action, however humanely and ener . _ _ _ getically it might be deployed. May the session of 1847 not close without evincing a becoming solicitude for the rapid extinction ofjuvenile crime! Among the various causes which have conduced to .he downfal of the legitimate drama in this country, here is one, and that one the principal, which has been, if not altogether overlooked, at least touched on very slightly—we mean the rapacity (for that is the proper word) of dramatic artistes themselves, a rapacity produced by the abominable star system. This the main cause of the decline of the drama, is curi ously illustrated by the correspondenee between Mr. 13uNN and Mrs. BUTLER, which we publish in another column. Our readers, perhaps, are not aware who Mrs. BUTLER is. She is the last and least of the KEMBLES —the ci-devant young lady, who, as Miss FANNY KEMBLE, some seventeen years since, appeared with success for two seasons at Covent-garden, at which time she was certainly a promising actress ; and who, had she continued on the stage, might perhaps have contested the palm of superiority even with Miss HELEN FAUCIT. This lady, after an absence from the stage of many years, proposes to return, and asks (will the reader believe it ?) 1001. a night for her services—just double the sum ever demanded by JOHN KEMBLE, Mrs. SIDDONS, or EDMUND KEAN. This lady, therefore, has the modesty to imagine that she herself alone is equal to JOHN KEMBLE and Mrs. SIDDONS together, and to double of ED MUND KEAN. In rating her powers of at traction thus highly, it would be well that she should recollect that her exertions, supported by those of her FATHER, Of SHERIDAN KNOWLES, Of WARDS, Of BENNETT, Of ABBOTT, Of Miss TAYLOR, and of a host of others, were insufficient, during the last season of her appearance at Covent-garden, to save the theatre from ruin. It will not do for artistes henceforth to complain of the 'want of public patronage, of the avarice of managers of the decline of the legitimate drama, &c., unless they at the same time inform us of the amount FERNANDA, " and in another paragraph, as we have already observed, he alludes to the infraction of the Vienna treaty, by saying that he has forcibly pro tested against that infraction. One paragraph ex presses indignation at the violation of the treaty of Vienna, another paragraph expresses exultation at the violation of the treaty of Utrecht ; so that, to reconcile this anomaly, we must presume that his MAJESTY regards treaties as unlike the juice of grapes, inasmuch as the former becomes worthless with increased age. More preposterous logic was never heard. The compacts of 1815 are to be accounted sacred ; the compacts of 1713 are to be considered as the mere tunnels of diplomacy—to be passed through with indifference. Not a syllable is uttered by Louis PHILIPPE in refer ence to the coolness which has recently arisen between his own Government and that of Great Britain. The question was too delicate and fragile to bear the weight of the most attenuated monosyllable. The ice was merely skinned over the gulf, the former would have broken in under the pressure of a mere allusion. Still there was ample opportunity afforded for self-gratula tion upon " the devotedness and valour" of the French soldiers in Algeria and upon the navigation treaty concluded with the Emperor NICHOLAS. A sop for the prowess and cupidity of his warlike and enter• prising people ! With these triumphant reminiscences the oration of King Louis PHILIPPE is completed : it may prova a firebrand, or the reverse, among the Governments of Europe. The English people are not easily roused into action. In their private as well as in their public affairs, in the due management whereof they are perfectly sen sible of being deeply interested, many causes may be at work to their disadvantage, and with which they become fully acquainted—first, by soft rumours ; and next, by loud complaints—still they preserve an apathy which .no other people would evince under similar circumstances. This indifference is, for the most part, to be accounted for by the feeling of self reliance they possess, that when matters reach a crisis, and the energy requisite to reduce them into a shape conformable with the maintenance of their personal or public welfare, can no longer be staved off without imminent risk, their talents, intelligence, and indo mitable perseverance will overcome the difficulty, how aggravated soever may be the height to which it had been suffered to reach. From the innate love of justice, too, peculiarly characteristic of the English, they are always cheerfully inclined to bear any sacrifices, rendered indispensable by any negli gence for which they are deserving of blame. This singular trait in our national character is neverthe less productive of great mischief. " Prevention is better than cure," is an apophthegm to which an Englishman is constantly giving utterance, but which he seldom enforces by practice. He is indif ferent to prevention ; he takes a pride in effecting a cure. The consequence of this inert policy is, that evils of a most serious nature are allowed to become chronic, and so to engraft themselves upon the social system, that nothing short of the most vigorous and comprehensive remedies will effectually eradicate them. A letter from Bale of the Bth says— " The insurrection is spreading, and has reached Mur ten, and the districts of Bulle, Gru\ Ires, and Stofes. On the evening of the 6th the Castle of Murten was carried by assault, by the insurgents. who made the Governor prisoner, and soon afterwards marched on towards Fribourg. The Regency of that canton has taken up arms, but the Government of Lausinne has refused a passage to the troops, composed of a battalion of infantry and a company of carabineers. A report is current that 200 volunteers from Murten and Stores have entered Fribourg, but other accounts state that they have arrived before the city, where they await reinforcements from Bulb, and Rornons. It is, however, stated, that at the first news of the insurrection, the Executive Council marched two companies of infantry on Newneck ; that the first battalion and the company of carabineers were to occupy Schwarzenburg, Lanper, and Newneck, whilst thc second battalion would be held in readiness to act as circumstances required." Athens papers to the 30th ult. have been received It is officially announced in the Moniteur Grec ;hat COLETTI is sufficiently recovered to resume his 'unctions. The Budget of 1847 has been presented to the Chambers by the Finance Minister. The receipts are estimated at 18,711,699 drachmas, and the ex penditure at 18,077,507 drachmas, showing a surplus of 634,192. In the budget of 1846 the receipts were estimated at 18,350,973 drachmas, and the ex penditure at 17,910,107 drachmas, showing a surplus of 410,866. Madrid papers of the sth have arrived. The Government have at length determined to send Senor OLOZAGA back to France without bring him to trial. Orders to this effect were dispatched to Pampeluna on the 4th. As the French Con.ytitu tionnel observes, in alluding to a rumour current in Paris that such would be the case—" This measure, although perhaps less severe than the first, is not less, illegal. His banishment can no more be allowed than his imprisonment. Nothing could deprive him, according to the terms of the Spanish law, of the character and inviolability of a deputy ; but no pro secution, either regular or irregular, exists against him. Nothing therefore can prevent M. OLOZAGA from taking his seat in the Cortes, and the Ministry that would oppose it by force would not less violate the law in substituting banishment for imprison- ment." And be it remembered that to prevent a de puty from taking his seat is a crime punishable by the law of April, 1846, with death. Senor PIDAL, the 'Minister of the Interior, who signed the warrant for the arrest of 0r,n7..t0w, stands therefore in a some what awkward predicament. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. s.—The Three per Cents. were donu at 311 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 208 ; the Debt without interest at 61; the Coupons at 181; and the Vales at Bi. We have received the Paris papers of Monday, con taining the KING'S Speech on the opening of the Chambers, which we published in The Sun of yes terday; consequently the greater portion of the in telligence contained in these papers has been antici • pated. All the members of the diplomatic corps were present in grand uniform. The Marquis of NORMANDY, who was seated next to the Turkish Am bassador, attracted general attention. The QUEEN was accompanied by the Princesses. The young Duchesse DE MONTPENSIER, who looked exceedingly well, was the grand object of attraction. The KING, who was accompanied by the Due DE NEMOURS, the n7ni is Messenger : Prince JoINVILLE, and . the Dues D'AUMALE and MONTPENSIER, was which alludes to the disasters received with repeated shouts of " Vive le Roi." a general mur e inur, , as if tha ‘T‘ t Th h eh a e v f e ofil f lr a os l t i v e i n pnag o r n aigs t r i f i ar e pohi p n'o pu.lation of the kingdom was t r h ec e e y iv a e r d ie b v should exist for mention being made of this matter in the King's Speech. The termination of the same paragraph, speaking of aid. was, however, greeted with, cheers. In the reference to the Duke de Mon: y e grieved the th that Chambers b n e e r :es w s . l i t ty h pepsier s marriage, the King's voice seemed at first to slightly falter, but it became firm and assured as be .terminated th e sentence. Some cries of 6 , bravo !" were first he,rd, which were follo we .d afterwards by acc lamations. The ph rase wh i ch speaks of Cracow was also cheered, .th ..oug„ n o t so l ou dl y as the preceding ones. `The rest of th e spe , ch, not calling for any particular dem onstr ation, Was li,tened t o i n silence, and at the close of the whole loud acclamati ons again rose." A salvo of r ial and t lery gave notice th a t t h e ceremony had terminated, the royal corte ge returned to the a Tuileries. Laud cheers burst forth along the line of troops and National Guards as the KING passed by, and on every point the utmost order reigned. The weather was fine the whole day, being frosty, but dry and seasonable. The effect of the Speech was to bring down the funds. A fall of 25 centimes took place immediately that the contents of the Speech became known. Great dissatisfaction was manifested at the tameness of the paragraph concerning Cracow. M. GUIZ OT h a d pro posed to characterise the affair as regrettable, but even that term was too strong for the KING, wh o struck it out, and substPuted for it the word " un expected." He also slurred over the passa ge i n reading it, giving it in a very indistinct tone a s though he considered it a regrettable necessity that compelled him to allude to the subject. The announce ment of the Montpensier marriage was made, on the contrary, in a loud and sonorous voice. The most serious apprehensions o f famine are en. tertaned, in consequence of the continued deficiency of the supply of corn in the market and the conse quent rise of price. The Reforme states, that on Friday and Saturday last a further rise in the ri '-e of gram had taken place in all th e markets ii.: -- h e neighbourhood o f Paris. At Montivilliers, Etampes, toise, Chart res , Nogent-le-Roy, Soissons, Pont- Saint- Clermont, Pon- Maxenee, P rov i ns, and Orleans, t h e r i se var i e d f rom 30 centimes t o one f ranc the hecto lit r e. Th e supp l y in th ose mar k ets was not equal to the d eman d . On the s u bj ec t of the supply to be expected from abroad, the Nati ona l says— s i " It result; from the information we gather from the Bulletin des Hulks et Marches, that we are in a truly cri tical state, and that importations from abroad are urgently necessary t o supply our defic i ency. Th e ques tion, therefore, is—whatliave we to expect from abroad? Our letters fr im t h e Black SF,a, we are make us great promises. They announce the existence of more than 2.000 ,000 hectolitres of corn at Odessa, and qu an tities at Constantinople that there are nearly ecpill bound to say, and Alexandria ; b ut though this may ensure a provision for the south, the rest o ' France has not the less reason to be uneasy. For example—what do they write from America? Out of 3 34,000 barrels of flour that syere in New York on December 25, 100,000 had been sold for exportation, and were only waning for ships ; 50,000 were in the hands of the bakers, and therefore there re mained no mere than 200,000 for the daily wants at home, and the demands from foreign countries during the winter months. Let it be observed, besides, that the rise in price is already felt, and that there is Already of the salaries which they have demanded and of the salaries they have reused. This peep behind the curtain is instructive as .well as amusing. We hope that other managers will follow Mr. BUNN'S excellent example, and resist all such exorbitant demands, and that they will in every case take care that the amount of those demands so rejected shall be made known to the public, in order that the patrons of the drama (lyrical and histrionic) may be enabled to compare the real value of artistes with the fancy price which those same artistes place upon themselves. A letter from Berne of the 7th states that up to that time only the Russian and Austrian Legations had decided on removing to Zurich ; all the others still remained at Berne. We read in another letter from Berne, of the 7th : " Yesterday a body of from 600 to 700 men arrived at Morat, from Estavayer and its eavirons, and at night, after concerting measures with the inhabitants of that place, they commenced their march towards Fribourg. Another column was to arrive at th e same t i me f rom Bulle and Gruyeres in order to attack Fribourg on both sides ; the Government, however, had on the previous evening ordered a battalion to that point, and on the arrival of the insurgents the tocsin was sounded, and kept ringing during the whole night ; an d i n t h e morn i ng, i n order to call to the aid of Fribourg all the able-bodied men of the German part of th e canton b etween that place and Berne , and which part of the country is devoted to the Government and to the existing order of things, the Government has called an extraordinary meeting of the Grand Council for the 9th. The Government of Berne, now the Vorort, has ordered to the frontier two companies of infantry and two of cavalry, and has or dered other troops to hold themselves in readiness. No news has been received this morning, but it appears tha t the Government of Fribourg maintains itself, or other wise accounts would have been received of its abdica tion. It is besides stated that the Government of Berne has decided on not tolerating the residence in that canton of M. Heinzen, a German, and the author of a very vio lent publication against the Suv reigns of Germany. He had previously been expeded from the canton of Zurich. The Bernese Government held its first sitting of Direc tory on the sth, and announced to the dipl oma ti c b o dy that it had taken on itself the di rect i on o f affa i rs. T he letter conveying this information was es:iched in very conciliatory terms." cntoplaint of the small quantity of corn in the store s houses. we rely at trust, and above all, upon Ame rica to supply sufficient for tha consumption of Europe? Alas ! no,and we have already fou n d a re doubtable competitor ira th , . English. The rise of price in Great Britain has assumed an alarming proportion. At Marseilles it has had an initience upon our market, for even at the preselit time, the English overbid us for American flour. Till lately, on the contrary, France ruled the price of her neighbours. But this state of things is changed. Thus the barrel of 83 kilogrammes sold at Havre for 42f. and 43f., finds purchasers in London at 46f. and 49f. The same rise has extended to all the markets of the Baltic, and the demands from London have caused a rise in price exceeding our own. Consequently, wherever we find ourselves outbid, we must either yield, and suffer the corn of which we are in need to be carried off by the English, or, beaten by necessity, we must submit to the exorbitant increase which their own distress imposes upon our neighbours. We neither wish to exaggerate nor extenuate circum stances. We state them without comment, leaving the public to draw its own correluiions. We will, however, add but one word. Yesterday the intention of the Back of France, to lessen the term of the bills to be discotinted by it, was talked of. This measure, which we have this morning character ised, will appear, if possible, still more inopportune when the peculiar state of our markets is considered. It is evident, in fact, that France will be constrained, in order to procure sufficient for her own food, to make large purchases from abroad. We cannot estimate at less than 200,000,000 f. the sum we must pay for corn from America, the Black Sea, and the Levant. Thus two millions of money must be again sent out of the country. Transactions in business, already cramped, will become more and more difficult. Is this, then, the moment, we again ask, that the Bank ought to choose to render the terms it imposes upon trade moreand more severe? And the Government, what has it done? What will it decide upon in order to avert the evil with which we ar, threatened ? How does it manifest its foresight? By what acts does it reveal this ? M. Cunin Gridaine has published two circulars to demonstrate that the public inquietudes are without foundation, and that we have more corn than we can consume. Nevertheless the price of bread continues to rise, and it is impossible to foretell to what height it will go. Never mind, take courage ! we shall have a third, and even a fourth cir cular, if need be. It is to this, in every great crisis; that is limited the part of a constitutional Minister, saving the interposition of the Procureurs du Roi and the gendarmes, if by chance some ill-intentioned people, having but little taste for the prosing of the Minister, venture to complain too loudly of dying from hunger." The speech of Senor MENDIZABAL in the Cortes, which we gave in The Sun of yesterday, appears to have given as much satisfaction in France as it has in Spain. The Constitutionwl says— " The noble and moderate language on the part of the chiefs of the Progressist Faty produced a great sensa tion in the Cortes. It was expected that the Opposition would indulge in declamations and in virulent recrimina tions, and great surprise was felt to find its language calm and measured, like that of a party certain of its own strength, and feeling that it had a people at its back. The entire Chansber we'comed with visible approbation the speeches of MM. Lujan and Mendiaabal, and M. Fidel, the Minister of the Interior could nat refrain from rendering homage to the generous sentiments which they expressed." It is stated, says the Courrier Francais, that an aide-de-camp of the Minister of the Marine is about to be sent on a special mission to the Marquesas, the object of which is not known. --- It is reported that one of the commercial delegates, who accompanied M. DE LAGRENEE in his mission to China, has just been appointed General Agent for French Commerce at Canton. He will have under him a deputy, who will reside at Macao. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 79f. 45c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. Sc.;the Orleans Railroad Sh ares , 1,240 f. ; Rouen, 897 f. 50c. ; Havre, 690 f.; Great Northern, 631 f. 25c ; Avignon, 855 f. ; Vierzon, 592 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 557 f. 50c.; P ar i s and Strasburg, 481 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes. 485 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 507 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. MARSEILLES, JAN. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 867 f. 50c.; Northern, 640 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 15%—Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Evelee), A l —Jamaica South Midland Junction, 134 —Luxembourg, 2.4 3 —Namur and Liege, 3'4—Northern of France, 104—Paris and Lyons, B—Peris and Rouen, 35% —Rouen and Havre, 27—Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 414. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, January 11. Parliament was further prorogued to• day until Tues day, the lath instant. The Lord Chancellor and the other Lords Commis sioners took their seats in front of the throne, at two ~' clock. In a few minutes afterwards the officers of the House of Commons appeared at the bar, when the Commission having been read and the usual forms gone through, The LORD CHANCELLOR declared that the pre sent Parliament .tool prorogued until Tuesday, the 19th of January instant, then to meet for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs. The ceremony only occupied a few minutes. THE LEGITIMATE DRAMA A paragraph having appeared in The Sun of Tuesday, announcing the probable engagement of Mrs. Butler (Miss Fanny Kemble) at Drury-lane Theatre, we have been authorised to publish the following correspondence between that distinguished artist and Mr Bunn:— " London, 9th Jan., 1847. "Madam.—ln entertaining the question you were polite enough to submit to me—that of your return to the stage—l was actuated by a sincere desire to resusci tate, as far as the limited talent of the country would admit, the precarious position of the drama—an effort only to be made, with a chance of success, through the moderate expectations of its professors. The establish ment of Drury-lane, being exclusively devoted to opera and wallet, would require considerable reinforcement to admit of your performances being sustained in a manner due to the public, to yourself, and to the character of the theatre. My present expenses are nearly 2001. per night, and I could not calculate on a less nightly addition than 501. in the engagement of extraneous talent, and in pre paration. If, then, this 250/. per night be added to the 1001. demanded by you, there would be a certain liabi lity or 3501. on each of your performances. I question if an average receipt could be realised to that amount, to say nothing of the detriment caused to three nights in the week by a predominant attraction on the others. If it would suit you to lend your powerful co-operation to the re-establishment of the drama on the highest terms awarded to your illustrious relative, Mrs. Siddons—viz., 501. per night, I would devote all my means to the fur-' therance of so laudable an undertaking, and immediately negotiate with those artistes essential to the upholding of it.—l have the honour to be, Madam, your obedient servant, " A. BUNN. " Mrs. Butler." " P.S. If, however, your performances were confined to readings, and to dramatic scenes, I think the nightly sum you ask might be realised," REPLY. " Bannisters, Southampton, Sunday, Jan. 10, 1847. " Sir,—You desired that I would state my lowest terms for acting at Drury-lane, and I did so. I regret that they do not suit you —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "FRANCES ANNE BUTLER. " To Alfred Bunn, Esq." MALT-TAX ASSOCIATION. A meeting of this association, which was numerously and very respectably attended, was held yesterday at 12 o'clock, at liadley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, M.P., in the chair. The deputa tions from the different counties made their reports, and Mr. Eldon stated the result of an interview with the committee of he Central Agricultural Protection Society, which he with other gentlemen belonging to the association had had yesterday. They had been in formed that that society had come to a resolution to vote for the repeal of the malt-tax whenever a fitting opportu nity should occur, a determination which the deputation very much regretted. Mr. LATIMER, of Herts, moved the first resolution, which called upon all classes to unite, irrespective of class interests, for the repeal:of the malt -tax. The whole produce to the revenue from the tax on malt was about 4,100,000/., but then the expense of collection amounted to 702,3881., while the drawback on the ale exported further reduced the suns till its nett amount was only 3,386,3101., a sum which he contended would be amply made up by the increased means of the farmers after the tax was repealed. He repudiated all connec tion with the Central Agricultural Protection Society. Mr. CEIEETRAM seconded the resolution. A resolution was then adopted pledging the society not to relax its efforts until the Legislature conceded the boon which they sought. Mr. HOLDEN moved that a subscription be opened to carry out the objects of the society. Mr. SILVER, in seconding the motion, said that, as one of the great( st employers of labourers in the county cf Sussex, he had full opportunity of observing what a boon the repeal of this tax would be to the po or man. The inferior kinds of malt also were excellently adapted for the feeding of cattle, and in consequence of the use of it, he had himself taken the first prize at the Maidstone Cattle Show. The tax almost entirely prevented the use of this fodder. Resolutions were passed for advertising the proe-ed ings, and for thanks to the Chairman, and the meeting was dissolved. PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 540 ; and the exchange at Parts on London at short being 25 55, it follows that gold is 0.39 per cent dearor in London than in Paris. By advice& from Ilamburgh the price of gold is 431 k per mark, Which, at he English Mint price of 31.175. Mid. per ounce for standard g91(1, gives an exchange of 13 84; and the exchange at Hatuburgh on London at short being 13 6, it follows that gold is 1.05 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The Foreign Bonds are duller even than yesterday. Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted only 35k, and the Five per Cents. 251 Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quiet at 38. In Mexican there have been no bargains officially. The Share Market has been rather heavy again, and prices rather favourable to buyers, both for the English and French lines. CLOS IN G PRICE. 205 3 4 93% 8 931 / 2 9514 NE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS . O'i 'OLOCK. Bank Stock 20 6 14 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93%% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 % 1 /2 New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuities....., 95% !„I i , ongAnnuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 2-16 5 Z 3 India Bonds, 1,0001 ...... .. Ditto under 1,0001.. .. ....... 17 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... 93 93 Consols for Opening 9 38% 93% Exchequer Bills, 10001.1%d.... 13 10 13 p 13 p O.IWE CLOS FNci PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B6 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds ............ ...- ...... 111 3 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ... . Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent Dutch 2 1 4 par Cent. - 59 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 3 % 92 3 / 4 PRICES or PAID. BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING R &IL WAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 5 / 8 % 2: - Belfast & County Down 4%...... Birmin. and Gloucester-100 - Ditto New 17% — ... ... ... • Birmingham and O x - ... ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver haMpton, and Dudley 425......425......5%% P Birming., Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley... .. 425. ...... 3 3 / 4 p Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 23% ...... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. %34 P. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 32 Buckinghamshire ..:aledonian .. 29 3 Ditto Halt Shares 2 l /2 Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 Chester and Holyhead.- 27 1 / 2 25 1 % Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... Clarence lOO 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 ... 14 — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 / 2 — Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% 3 Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 EastemCoanties 14/ 10 ..... 2214 Ditto New l2/. 16s 714 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%A Eastern Union 40 Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. .Exten.(Harwich) 1% — -, "Vl_ 01' Do., Camb. 'and 2 1 h....... East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire •• 3% 3 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 78 79 Ditto Half Shares 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 Edinburgh &Northr 9,1 A _ Tern.. 12 1 / 2 Ditto, New Ditto, Newport 5 Ditto, ditto, New v u' 3 !‘ Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 A—.... 13% Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, arid Carlisle 5 — Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent: guar.) .. : ... Great Northern (London and York Reid.) 2".. ... Do. (Direct Northern 5 % P 3%p 22% 7% p Reid.) . 3 3 /4 414%.... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Northof England..loo ...... Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . l5 Ditto, New Great Western. - 130 Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto 1 4 Shares 121 %2 2 O l / 2. Ditto Fifths Ditto, New „.. 4 1 % lO% 10 .. ...... Huddersfield & Manch es . 13 Ditto, Extension 3 -. Hull and Selby 5O - Do. Half Shares Ditto 14 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Ed m. 14 ~..- -- Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New - •••• Leeds and Bradf or d 3O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsb ury , &c.... 27 1 4 37% 37 ......... 37 Do., Branch % Shares 2 1 / x — Do., Bran c h (Bl ue ) ... 214 — Do. Extension( Green) 2%. • ... - Leeds and Thirsk 17% 16%..... . . ........ Ditto, New 5 — Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 4% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... .......... 2 ..... LiTerp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 2% .... 2 1 /a ) London and Blaekwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 874 Do. New Ditto Extension London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 58 Ditto, Fifths 40 Do. Consol. Eighths lO Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 ...... ... .. .. London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... 9% Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — London:and N. Westeraloo l9B 197 Do. Quarters D0., do., New Ditto Fifths .........2 Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 10 Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 - 12% Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 — Do. 101. K. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and 9% 14 3 / 4 1214 64 3 / 4 2 .. ..... Cheltenham 5 66 40 10 d 6 4 1 A 3% 22%.. .. 26 Do. New Log:tre es ° LOT 8 4 t i b i Do. New Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ..... 4 ...... Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto 4 London and York Scrip . Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ,• 2 1 4 ......... ..... LindonderryS“Jolerain t . 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen l5 •••• ...... Lynn and Ely ..... 20 Lynn and Dereham :5 Manchester and L ee d s 82 Ditto IA Shares . ... 38 ...... . Do. Quarter 5............ 12 .... 17%.. ............ Do. Fifths 5 . . 14<! ............... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 ..... , ..... "••• ••• Do. Extension 42s. ...... 1 1 A p...... ..••• p Do. Liverp and Bury 24 ...... ....... . ..... Do. do. Fifths ... 1 ...... • ........ Mawhester•Buxton,and Niatlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...,, 100 ...... ........... Do. Quarte rs (N o. I) 8 ...... •.. .......... Ditto ditto (No. 2) 25 ..... .. ............ DDitto ditto (No. 3) 2 ............. Diitto and Grimsby l5 ...... ........... tto ditto ........ 3 . ... ............. Ditto ditto 13( 3 . • ...... ...... ........ -- Ditto Sheffield and L i ncolnshire 2% ...... ........ 261, 2 22 1 1 1 16% 171,4; 11% EY . and C(./.IIIIIEII.CIAL NE (Fern The Sun lasi Nigt!t. The saes of Cetten ye- terday Lit , --ryoel were 2,500 incheline iti.Tl, market wa, very dull, and prices were heariy ter lb. lower than en Frid a y hist. li.aiway shares were I. agein. There are no late are iva:s t, day. Aenong the var i ous suggesth , ns for meeting the era sent crisis in Ireland. Mr. Jasper Rogers has put forth some which he conceives would not only improve the con dition of the peasantry, but be of paramount advantage to the ironmasters, manufacturers, and agriculturists of •E eland, and referring chiefly to the adoption of peat and peat charcoal as a fuel and fertiliser. In a commer cial point of view even the subject eertainl3 appears to merit attention. If capital were applied to the preparation of peat, it could be used, not only for household, but like wise for manufacturing putp ,, ses, steam boilers, &c., and, converted into charcoal, would be mr re dense than the fuel made from, wood, fully equal in purity, and about one-fourth of the cost—a most im portant consideration to the iron trade, us when even the best made iron is prepared with coal, it is im possible to know whether the metal may not have be come unsound by an over-action of sulphur in its pre paration. As a fertilizer the value of rat -charcoal is ROW established on the highest authority, for it is lasting in its effect and general in its action, supplying abundaney to the root that carbon cf which most vegetables contain from 40 to 50 per cent. • It is proposed to establish a society upon the principle laid down in the report to the late Relief Commis,ioners of Ireland, and it is ealcula:ed that there would be a consumption of six million tons of peat annually, which could be supplied at 4s. 9,1. per ton, while the average costof coal throughout Ireland is about 255. per ton. The nett, surplus revenue from this source is calculated at 236,000/. per annum, of which 150,000/. could be disbursed in ameliorating the condition of the people, while the rest on a capital of 1,000,000/ would yield 10 per cent. to the proprietors. The English Stock Market has been flat this morning, Consols being 93i for Money and Time. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents are 951 s. Bank Stock is firm at 2061 ; and Exchequer-bills have rallied to 10s. and 13s. pi etniutn. The dealings have been to a limited extent only. _ 11i Sj. ;r; ~c,,, t .. & Sontliampt. 2 128 - ,:i:ifl - r , il c, ..., 20 — . Ditt , ~ Nvrr :slid: nd ' f . t ill W - , ,•:t era 35 1 ,i 34 3 4 New , ast!• - and Carlisl.e...loo Ditto ew .... .20 ...... .••• •••• Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 4 • Newrnrket &Chestertiel a Do. ExtenFiiin Newport& A bergavenny 2 1 A..... N-wiv and Enniskillen 7 . — «..... Newry. Wa rren point, ... and Rostrevcr ...;„,, N'ortiilk lOO .., Ditto Half Shar es .. 9 y g ... 6 D. Extension Do. Scrip, 1547, North ...• of Norfolk — Do do. Wavene ••••y Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 24...... 134 5 / 8 334 NortrNorth 1 - 1, ..--ii ........... 25 ...... 35% ... Do. Half Sha ri s ...... 151 Do Quarters ...... .. 114 ...... - , Do. Extension 1 34 Ditto Thirds 1 ... „ 3%% 63 Northern and Eastern... 50 ...- • Do. Quarter Shars... 12% — ... Do. New North Staffordshire...,.. 5 ..-.. 8% 9 afi ...• North Wales - • Northern and Southern Connecting - N % orth Western 2% Oxford, Worcem;:.r, and Wolverhampt on Oxford, Witney, and ...• • Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Di rect . .... ....... ...•.•• ...., 3% — • P ...•reston and Wyre .... Do. 1/, Shares Reading, Guildford, and l l i 9 Reigate 3/ . 12 8. • ~ Roystcn and 'Mellen ... 1% 2% 2 2 2% Suott!sh Central ...... 22% ... • Scottish Midland l 2 l /2 -- • •4.etlield, Rotherham, and Goole 0 Shre wsbury and Birm.:. 3 Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 Shropshire Unio n South Devon... ...• • South StatfordshireJunc. 1/.138.4d , outh East e rn & Dover. 33 1 / 2 9 34 40 391... 39 ..4 #. Do., No. 1 2G Do., Ne 2. 1 6 ' Do., No 3 Do~ No. 4 South Wales 5 . ..... 3 t outh Yorkshire, Don- _, ..... • • • •• caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- rerun's Stin. C0a1.... 2 Taw Vale Extension . 3 Trent Valley, Midl an d, & .. ...... "' Grand Junction 42s. Vale of Meath ... .. ...... 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 3 2 1 /2 ...... ... ......... .. ...,, Waterford and Kilk enny 11 . .... .... Waterford and Lime r i c k 271/2 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, •••• and Dublin Wexford, v aterford, and Valentia West Riding Union 422....... 2 1 / 2 p s: West Cornwall Windsor, Staines, and fi South Weste rn ..... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Newcastl e . . .. 25 "' ..... '• ••• 384 Ditto New 5 ...... 12 1 A ...... ... ... Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto % 5hare5........ 25 Do. Selby 5O Do, Extension . Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do. Ea=t and %Vest Rid- ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ..... : Barbadoas 1 ..... „; Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21,4 Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... 15 1 / 2 4 1 5 ! 4 : 4, Bordeaux,Toulouss, and ....• , Cote (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..... Do. (Espelete's) i Calcutta and Diamond ~. Harbour Central of Frcnce (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 10 Ceylon _ ..,,. ss. Demerara ... .. ........... 2% .. ...-'....„ Dendre Valley ' -4 . ..... - ............. Direct Bombay and -' Madras ............ . .... ss. .. Dutch Rhenish ......... ... 7 •••"• .. • • 54 East. Indian ... ..... •••• ss. ..... % Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 ...... Great Indian P en i nsu l ar ss. ... ... Great West ern B engal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3- 1 4 .. Italian and A us t r i an.. .... .. 4 ... - Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ..... Louvain it la Sambre .., 6 ... . 3 4 . ..-..••..••• • ........ Luxembourg.... ....• .. Lyons and Avignon 2 111 ad ras ...... 1 ...... Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % - Madrid and V a l en ti a.... 2 ... _ Mauritius 1 1 Namur and Liege 10 Northern of France....... 5 ..... 97i . North Jamaica 1 ...... ... . ... - ...... . ---' ' Orleans and Bordeaux.- 6 ...... • ..,.., ..... . ."." ~t Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d ...—. ............... • . 71 8 ............ 8 4 Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 ' Paris and Orleans 2O ..... ....... . ...... . -.. Paris and Rouen Paris and St ras b ourg 5 ..... Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... •• .-- Strasbourg and B a l e ... 1 4 Tours and Nantes ...... 5 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... ... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ••••• British North A mrr i can 50 ••• National of Irela n d 2 2% — ..- ........ ... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 . ..... London & Westminster. 20 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. ••••• I NO. ~ ~ 17 - ... ..... COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual earl walk esterday in Claremont Park. Her Majesty her Royal Consort again promenaded in the afternoon. Lord John Russell left Claremont yesterday mot's% The Royal Family took their accustomed walks rides yesterd a y. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the roi suite, will, it i s expecte d , leave Claremont this day i° Windsor Castle. A Cabinet C ounc il was h eld at half-past two o'c loc k yesterday afternoon a t t h e Foreign-office. The Mini ters present were Lord John R ussell, the Marquis ° • Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey' Viscount Pal merston, E arl Grey, the Chancellor of Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John H O l 3 l l OOO , Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount lif° r ; • ' peth, the Ri g h t H on. T B. Macaulay, the Marquis '2) Clanri,arde, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Lori Chancellor arrived soon after three o'clock , and joined his colleagues. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town yeaterds/ afternoon, to attend the Council, fri m his seat, Bown Park, Wilt s . Th e Right Hon. H. Labouchere arrive"' in town on Tuesday night from Ireland. Lord job!) Russel! arrived in town yesterday from Claremont. The Council sat three hours. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall" place The Earl of Chichester had an interti.w with Sir George Grey, yesterday at the Home Offol. Mr. G. Cornwall Lewis had also an interview eithj the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. JUVENILE NIGHT AT DRURY - LANE THEATIIIIL---' On Saturday evening the pantomine will be played at an early hour, for the grcification of the juvenile visitors. STORNOWAY, DEC. 31.—Within the last fourteen days three cargoes of oatmeal, and two of Indian cora meal, have arrived at this port. The former is retailing at the quay at 245. 4d. per boll of 140 lbs., and out Of the stor,s at 255. ; the latter at 18s. per boll. The above, with the large importations still expected, Will dissipate all fears of a scarcity of food in this island during the winter and spring, though, no doubt, marl of the poorer classes will find considerable difficulty 12 procuring a sufficnent supply for the support of their fafnilies. —Ross-shire Advertiser. RAJA OF SATTARA.—A numerously attended and , r v e a st k e e L ta i t b e l r , . anirye''att'indgSl4c.iaelh ti e fi l e d' l o n ti st ' i r tu ue ti s t d m a , y ior at th th e e p S u o rp u o ti :; of prornotin 4 . the cause of the deposed Raja of Sattars• by procuring permission from Parliament that he might be heard in his own defence. Mr. Alderman Humpheryr M P., pr, sidv , d, and the meting was addressed at con siderable length by Mr. George Thompson, in w hose lucid exposition of the history of this affair the greatest interest was taken. R-solutions in conformity with the objects of the meeting, and similar to those passed on former occasions, were submitted, and unanimously agreed to. Rungo Bapojee was present, and occasionally corrolairated ‘.llO stair mews of Mr. Th , tops. , n, THE RAJA OF SATTAR A. —DEPUTA T :ON TO LORD JOHN r:ffertioon a very numerous nig ,- IgFi,ticm n app , :inted at the various public met tt!tga witch have i , een held throughout the metropolis and cl. ,,, whertn, as a General Committee to prosecute the nmional %pot al on behalf of the deposed Raja of Slt BM' took Place in the Court house of St Marylebone. John Esq , was called to the Chair ; and Mr. Geo. Ziompson, who, on behalf of Rungo B.rpojee, the Raja's Ain bussaeor, entered into a lucid statement of the present position of the Raja'.:; cause, and detailed the concessions which ha ,1 recently been made to the dethroned prince. Mr. Ray, t 13,g , haw moved the first resolution, to the effect, " That Mr..:or,, , ph flume, M.P., be respectfully requested to brine iorveo+rd the qurtstion at an early period or the eoswi.g ,esstol!." Depritati ,, ns were then arpoi::le,i to Wait urn Lord J,,h„ AETILLERY, IVOOLAVICII 7 JAN. 12.—There. are upwards of 1.000 recru i ts in the various stages or drill at. Woolwich et the present period, at d 39 are ex peered to join at head quarters here this everting front Enniskiller. Eighty o the recruits sent to Woolwich last week by Lion. Clarke, from Us" urn, in Ireland, are to be attached to the 4th battalion, and the other 70 are to be attached to th e other batt alions to make up des - in them. 17 p 23% 3614 111% 25 1 / 2 5% 35 1 / 2 39 12% P % P 29:4 25 1 % 23 3 3 79 . 3 % 4% 28 20V2 30 k( 2 9:34 16% 4'K3 57 1N .10 ..1 15%, 1%; 66 54. .0. ... 1 I .0 0 1 8~ 4ins. " Lady .; gentleman (The AA THE SUN, LONDON, P riIITRSDAY IMORNIN - 11, JANUARY 14, 1847. ~...,.~;