The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the REASON 1847 is re,spectftilly submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Public. 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, and of its distinguished Patrons, will insure the continuation of their support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Mdlle. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlle. Sanchioli, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, 31dile. Vietti and Mdlle. Darla Nascio (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame Castellan. Signor Fraschini, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his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, arraggements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That groat composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, 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 Sliesie, by Milne. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Barthohly will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of Shabspere ; written by 31. Scribe. Miranda. •.. • • ................ Mille. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand Herr Staudigl. Pros Sig. Lablache. It Is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered from his severe Illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of Which the plot is founded on the ROB BERS of SCIIILI.ER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca. demle Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar dont, Superchi, and Fraschinl, will appear before Easter. Mdile. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs , d'oeuvre of Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel. lin!, &c. The strictest 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 distlng,ulshed talent and power, has been selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe, combined with former meritorious Artistes of the Establishment ; amongst whom may be mentioned :—M. Tolbecque, Leader ; M. Nadaud, Leader of the Ballet ; M. Deloffre ; Mr. Collins ; M. Plays, of the Conservatoire, Brussels ; Mr. W. Watts ; Mr. Pigott ; M. Koessel, Ist Basson, Isom Linz ; M. Bahr, Horn, from Linz ; M. Marin, Trombone, Royal Theatre, Brussels ; M. Lavigne, Oboe, from Vienna ; The Chevalier Anglois, First Contre-Basso of the Royal Theatre in Turin ; Signor Piatti, Ist Violoncello, from Parma ; Signor Templini, Ist Basson, from Palermo ; M. Burgoin, Violoncello, Asademio Royale, Paris ; M. Pickart, Contre-Basso, Academie Royale, Paris ; M. Elie, Flute and Piccolo, of Paris ; M. Dell'uomo, Clarionet, Conservatoire, Milan ; M. Ista, Timbalier, Opera Comique, Paris; M. Zeiss, Trum pet, Professor of the Conservatoire, Brussels; and other distin guished Artistes. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Citrlotta Grist, 31dIle. Lucile Grains, and Mdlle. Cerito; in addition to which an engagement has In made wills 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 in this country; Mallame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Bertin ; and Mdlle. 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 artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie Royale, Paris (his MIA appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Mattia, Sig. Venafra, M. Geuriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Maitres de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin ; Regisseur de la Dense. M. Petit. Amongst the novelities of the Ballet Department will be produced, at the opening of the theatre, a new Ballet by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Mdlle. Caroline Rosati will make her first appearance. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject serected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the kininess of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGEWA. Various other Novel Ballets and Divertissements are in more or less immediate preparation, In which 3ldlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and 3ldlle. Taglioni, will appear. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de D6esses 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 Quatre. will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. The Snbscription will consist of the came number of nights as lasi season. The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will be produced, for the first time at her Majesty's Theatre, Donizetti's admired Opera of LA FAVORITA, in which Signor Gardoni and Signor Superchi will make their first appearance in this country. To conclude with an entirely NSW BALLET, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Mademoiselle Caroline Rosati will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Splendid Pantomime of " Harlequin and St. George and the Dragon," is acknowledged to be one of the most successful ever produced. THIS EVENIVG Will he performed the new O . r . al ' i . d — Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morllere, Mr. Horncastle; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Reimer; Orisette, Miss R. Isaacs Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which, the (hand Comic Christmas Pantomime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TIIE DRAGON. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVBNING Will be performed the popular Comedy, called MONEY. Lord Glossmore, Mr. Hoff ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. BrIndall; Mr, Benjamin Stout, Mr, Buckstone; Evelyn, Mr. Stuart; Graves, Mr. Webster; Captain Dudley Smooth, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Franklin, Mrs. Glover; Georgina Vesey, Miss 'Lor ton ; Clara Doastas, Miss Fortescue. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "Le Fidel° Berger," " Antoinette" Cellarias, " Dublin " Waltz, and the " American Polka." To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. LAST NIGHT OF " THE BUTTE IZFLI"S BALL." THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission, of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. l4fatthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. To conclude with the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIL UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBO, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, Ste. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILA.TIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and hie three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S 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 ; Rockford, Mr. Wal ton ; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower ; Harvey, Mr. Wynn ; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss G. Smithson; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassano. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN 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 Christmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, Th• One-eyed Genf. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flelenore. FRENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Oa MONDAY EVENING Rill be performed the favourite Vaudeville of LOUISETTE ow, La Chanteuse des Rues. After which the popular Flay, entitled LE BARBIER DU ROI D'ARAGON. Perez, Mons. F. Lemaitre. Boxes, Gs. , Pit, Is. Gd. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN gERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will, in consequence of the tri umphant success and unparalleled attraction of these Performances, bare the honour of contiuuing their Inimitable ENTERTAIN MENTS, at tho above Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Caturday Evenings. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment commences at Half-past Eight ; and will, in consequence of the continued demand fn• places, re peat their DAY PERFORMANCE every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance com mences at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; a Pit , Amphiteatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, nd Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond -street ; and at the Box-ofllce. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Triumphant suc cess of the Christmas Novelties. Upwards of 30,000 persons have witnessed the new Grand Comic Pantomime, pronounced to be unequalled for magnificence and mechanical effects. The Boxes are nightly filled by brilliant assemblages of rank, and honoured by the presence of Prince George of Cambridge, Earl of Strathmore, Lady Crewe, and a host of fashionables. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new - Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled TIIE DEMON ZORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and 'the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Arr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six aryl c ,rnmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Zroadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING wilt Le performed an original Drama, entitled TIIE HAND OF C ARt'S—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will "'" Lillorted by the whole of the talented Company. . T/ ITe u zi r tuch , a new Drama, founded o❑ Dickens' Work, called joi LL:. OF LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Neville, Webb, Will m ?an' Lewis, Fredericks ; Mdmes. Saville, Vining, Daly, T„0„otul: mard,.and Miss Terrey. OF THE cA N Nt i I!, , a grand fairy Pantomime, called TIIE KING leqin, Herr Deulin' 9r, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har- Theodore ; Cl own. r Pantaloon, Herr It. Devlin ; Columbine, Mdlle. •, Punch, Herr E. Dentin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. zexes, Is., Half-price, ed.; Pit, 64.; Gallery, :3d.—" The Black Docto with the grand ° Go-a-llead Pantomime," form the two most Powerful attractlona ever produced on any stage on the same night. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE BLAK DOCTOR. In which MISS Vin cent, Mrs. G. Le Miss L. Pearce, nd Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Bird, Searle, Forman, & c., Will perform. noward, After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en filed THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin •, Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. tarry. _____ _.._______—_ _______________ PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES. The Liverpool, Ontario, Ariel, Concordia, Sidd ons, and from New York ; Clinton, B. D. Shepherd, llannibaulgulad ia ' lOctavius, from New Orleans; Champlain, from Philadelphi a; .and Euphrasia, from Baltimore, which were reported at Liverpool on the 16th and 18th instant, bring 34,919 barrels Sour, 18,910 bushels and 574 sacks wheat, 41,440 bushels and 12,421 sacks Indian corn, 4,508 barrels Indian corn meals, 129 packages biscuit, 1,423 packages cheese, and 7,140 packages of lard. DEATH OF COLONEL FULLERTON.—We regret to place on record, this week, the death of Colonel Fullerton, who expired, after a short illness, at his seat, Thryberg Park, rear Rotherham, on Tuesday last, the 19th inst.—Doncaster Papr of yooterday. 1 NEW AND INTERESTING BOOKS OF TRAVELS; Just Published by Mr. COLBURN. I. HOCIIELAGA ; or, England in the New World. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Second Edition, 2 vols., 21s. bound. TILE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBUR TON, Esq. Sixth Edition, 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, TRAVELS IN ALGERIA. By Viscount FIELDING and Captain KEIiNEDY. 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. CANADA AND THE CANADIANS, In 1846. By Lientenanl Colonel Sir RICHARD BONNYCASTLE. 2 vols., 21s. bound. TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. 2 vols., 20s. bound. PETERSBURGH AND mosCciiv; a Visit to the Court of the Czar. By R. S. BOURKE, Esq,_2 vols, 21s. bound. VII. THE SEVEN YEARS' TRAVELS LET THE EAST of LADY HESTER STANHOPE, forming the completion of her Memoirs. 3 vols., with Illustrations, 31s. 6d. bound. VIII. REVELATIONS of SPAIN in 1846. By T. 31. HUGHES, Esq. Secdnd Edition. 2 vols., 21s. bound. Ix. ECHOES from the BACK WOODS ; or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life. By Captain LAVINGE. 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., bound. Y. REVELATIONS of RUSSIA in 1846. By Au English Resident. Third Edition, with Additional Notes. 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., bound. THREE YEARS in CONSTANTINOPLE ; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks. By CHARLES WHITE, Esq. Second, and Cheaper Edition. In 3 vols., with 34 Illustrations, 245., bound. RUSSIA, under the AUTOCRAT NICHOLAS I. By IVAN GOLOVINE, a Russian Subject. 2 vols., with Portrait of the Emperor, 215., bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. PRESENT STATE OF PORTUGAL. Just ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, AN OVERLAND JOURNEY TO LISBON, AT TIIE CLOSE OF 1846. With a Picture of the Actual state of SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. By T. M. HUGHES, Esq. Author of " Revelations of Spain." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. the Indus, which its possession affords, we had a re markable instance twelve months since, on the break ing out of the Seikh war. Had not Sir CHARLES NAPIER been in. Sinde, at the head of a British force, a much greater number of Seikh troops would have been at Moodkee, Ferozeahab, Alliwal, and Sobraon; but as the British had posses sion of Sinde, the Seikhs were unable to concentrate all their forces on the Sutlej. We, however, utterly deny the assertion that the revenue of Sinde is insuf ficient to defray the expenses of its maintenance as a British possession ; and when the items of expenditure shall be made known, and the account dissected, it will be found that not only has there been no actual deficiency in the re venue of Sinde, but that in reality it has yielded a sur plus every year since it has been a British possession. Of its importance as opening up to British enterprise the commerce of Central Asia by means of the Indus and its numerous tributary streams, there can be no doubt whatever; and whether we consider the sub ject in a military, a financial, or a commercial point of view, we are equally satisfied of the immense value of the splendid possession which has been con ferred on his country by the hero of Meanee and Hyderabad. Ireland are being accepted by the popular representa tives. This commendation must in simple justice be passed upon the leaders of the Protectionist Oppo sition, that they are evincing every readiness to forego anything relating to the exclusive interests of their own party which might impede the movements of the present Administration in coping with the difficulties arising from the apparent scarcity of provisions. In acting thus, they are virtually acknow ledging that the calamities existing in various portions of the United Kingdoms are so alarming in their character as to render any protracted display of hostility a heinous offence on the part of the dissen tients, and at the same moment they are showing that a suspicion has at length crept upon their minds that their capacity for opposition is too much embar rassed to be effectual. Their present quiescence is a bitter pill, which they are endeavouring to swallow with the best grace possible. Our opinion, however, as to the honesty of these agrarian gentlemen is ex pressed elsewhere : we shall restrict ourselves in this place to a consideration of the progress of the Minis terial measures introduced by Lord J. RUSSELL and his colleagues for the purpose of assuaging the sorrows of the starving population. Immediately the motion for a temporary suspension of the corn and navigation laws was laid before the Committee by the Prime Minister, it was unani mously accepted by the Legislators, although pecu liarly unpalatable in many instances. This accept ance by the Monopolists, however, was scarcely so much a graceful concession as it was a stubborn necessity. What had been granted five separate times by the Legislature since 1755 could hardly be refused upon the sixth application. Honourable Members could scarcely be afflicted with such pre posterous foolhardiness, as to render their names execrable to a multitude stricken by famine, by obstructing a temporary enactment merely because it clashed with their theories of political economy. The consequence was obvious. The Bills for the suspension of the laws relating to corn and navi gation were forwarded one stage on the very evening of their introduction. Another step has been taken towards the diwunition of the sufferings arising from the dearth in Ireland and Scotland. In fulfil ment of the intimation contained in the Speech from the Throne, the Government has proposed the removal of all difficulties as to the employment of sugar and molasses in brewing and distillation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has explained his ideas upon this question to the House of Commons, and the latter in Committee has expressed no definite opposition to the Ministerial scheme. It is true that Lord GEORGE BENTINCR. has intimated his intention to propose an amendment to the effect that the measure shall not be permanent; but that interposition, we take it, is merely pro forme( ; the Noble Lord cannot assuredly be solicitous to render himself the opprobrium of the million by a hopeless interruption of the business of the Legislature. The reduction proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is of a singular and unusual character; it is a reduction which, while it will tend to the alleviation of very considerable distress, must inevitably, as far as human calculations can foresee, conduce to the enhancement, instead of the reduction, of the revenue. It is a re duction, moreover, based upon experience. From the recent diminution of the duty upon rum, sugar, and molasses, it was anticipated that there would be a deficiency of between 300,0001. and 400,000/. ; whereas the balance-sheet has shown an in crease beyond even the most sanguine anti. cipations of Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is not ex pected, however, that the reduction of duties upon these articles will materially affect the use of malt and barley in distillation : it will only afford brewers and distillers a resource in the shape of sugar and molasses, when grain has risen to an exorbitant price. For example—the duty on a quarter of malt being 21s. Bd., and the duty on a correspond ing amount of sugar being 225. 6d., the preference would naturally be given in times of plenty to the former as a vast deal more economical. When, how ever, as occurred only the other day, barley has risen to such an extortionate price that the brewers are compelled either to discontine their malt operations or to charge an additional penny per pot, the admis sion of sugar into those establishments would be a most appreciable advantage. The benefit therefore accruing from the measures proposed by Sir CHARLES WooD, cannot so much be the reservation of grain for house hold purposes as the ensuring of a sufficient supply of cheap beer to the population at a reasonable price. In like manner, upon the equalisation of the duties upon rum in England, Ire land, and Scotland, there must be a certain balance of supply and consumption —a balance of a most salutary nature—one poised in such a manner as to ensure the advantage of the consumers and dis tillers, as well as the sensible advancement of the revenue. With this proposition the good labour of the Administration for the diminution of the suffer ings experienced in Ireland and elsewhere progresses. We are glad to perceive an energy in the Legislature commensurate with the difficulties of the emergency. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TITESDAT and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, cont"int"g instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevlous to their being offered; and advices of relate will be i3rwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. We noticed yesterday that the Duke of Iticn- MOND took advantage of his trip to Brighton to un kennel the Protectionist fox. The same feat was per formed last night in the House of Commons by Lord GEORGE BENTIECK, who declared he had merely "consented that there should be a truce to all poli tical hostilities until the Noble Premier bad settled the affairs of Ireland." So soon, then, as legislation shall have done its best, for the time, with respect to that afflicted portion of the United Empire, Lord GEORGE will be equally ready, with his ducal colleague, "to pull off his gloves," and get up, in right earnest, a political boxing match. Hence we are perfectly borne out in the views we expressed, that the calmness which the Protectionists evinced on the first night of the session was purely specious ; that the unanimity professed and observed was completely hollow, and that their tactics " sprang not from choice, but necessity." Had the actual features of national distress been less severe than what we unhappily know them to be, the Protectionists would have been equally coerced into adopting the same course. Like every other political sect, they cannot altogether afford to fly in the face of public opinion, without some por tion of which, however, erroneous the direction it may take, they must soon cease to exist. Any serious at tempt, therefore, on their part to thwart the progress of the Ministerial measures for alleviating the famine stricken population of Ireland and Scotland, whilst their miseries are so appalling, would have drawn down upon them the execration of every philanthro pist in the empire. And yet every one of these measures is an useful engine for demolishing the dila pilated barriers that remained of their favourite stronghold of monopoly. No doubt the hope had been entertained, from the termination of the last session, that during the long vacation circumstances would have intervened to justify their offering a fierce opposition to any proposition that might emanate from the Government, calculated still further to weaken the foundations on which the Protectionists delusively conceived the real interests of agriculture had been wisely raised. This hope signally failed them. The revenue has prospered, and corn has realised high prices, added to which, the stern dictates of nature have completely baffled all their cabalistic arts. The people are no longer spell-bound by their self-vaunted wisdom. In Buckinghamshire, once the se lect haunt of agricultural prejudice, the farmers regard with content the important change last year wrought in the laws affecting cereal pro duce. They care little for the wild apprehensions for the future engendered in the bewildered brains of the great feudal proprietary. What is true of Buck inghamshire is equally true, for the most part, of the rest of the country. The power of the Protectionists is gone, and, considering how mischievously it was wielded whilst they held it, a greater blessing could not have been conferred upon the country. The only power left them last year was that of upsetting a government. With the completion of this act their political strength became exhausted. Theirlast signifi cant manoeuvre was one of destruction. The pro vince of erecting a government will never rest with the protectionists. So desperate is their condition and unsettled their principle of action, that they re-' semble nothing more closely than rats in a sinking ship. They are in cxtremis, and most amusing it is to observe how they strut and fret their hour on the stage. They tell us how valiantly they will fight before long. In the meanwhile, none are better aware than themselves that all they consider worth fighting for is fast slipping from under them. They mourn over their losses. Under protest, they part with the several props to their tottering edifice, gravely assuring us that they mean to have them all speedily back again. The truth is, they make a virtue of necessity—they assume a virtue if they have it not. At the close of the Parliamentary labours of the past, as well at the commencement of those of the present year, Sir R. PEEL distinctly in timated that he meant to adhe re to the same liberal c ommercial policy by which h e h a d achieved the de feat of the corn - laws. The ide n ti ca l com bi nat i on same spirit to de velop s, the and principles is animatedof unrestricted of parties which effected this grand o bj ect i n 1846, exist Protectionists, therefore, stand al one , and are utterly helpless. They are living monument s o f t h e i r own with the e folly. For a series of years they have clandestinely carried on, by means of class legislation, a thriving trade as the receivers of stolen goods. The trick is now fully understood. They have been tried and convicted of larceny against the State. Their present isolated position • is the legitimate penalty of their nefarious practices. THIRD EDITION OF “THE SUN." THE VERY LATEST NEWS WILL BE FOUND, AS USUAL, IN THE THIRD EDITION OF ,‘ THE SUN," WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UP TO THE HOUR OF POST, THEREBY ANTICIPATING OTHER PAPERS BY TWELVE HOURS. STATE OF IRELAND. A FULL REPORT of LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH, on his bringing under the consideration of the House the STATE of IRELAND, will be given on MONDAY, JANUARY 25, in a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN." Without at all entering into the questions in dis pute on the subject of Sinde between General NAPLER and his adversaries, it must be manifest that it is impos sible to come to the conclusion that Sinde is an useles s and expensive acquisition until we are informed accu rately, not only of the amount expended by the:Govern ment in Sinde since it has been a British possession, but likewise of the manner in which that amount has been expended. If, for instance, any portion of that amount has been expended in opening up new routes of communication between different parts of the country, so as to give an impetus to the commercial prosperity of the province, if any portion of that amount has been expended in the construction or repair of roads, or in the construction or repair of canals or bridges, or in the rendering navigable parts of the Indus, or of any of its branches, such portion of that amount so expended can no more be put down to the account of loss, than can the expense of construction of a railway be put down to the account of loss. In each case it is capital invested with a view to a return, and it matters nothing to the argument whether this investment be a national investment of national capital —as is the case with many of the Belgian railroads, and with any public works which may have been constructed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER in Sinde—or a private investment of private capital, as is the case with the railways of England. The question then arises—has any portion of the amount expended in Sinde been expended on public works of this nature ? the answer to which is, undoubtedly a very considerable part of such amount has been so expended. For instance, Sir CHARLES NAPIER has built at Kurrachee a pier two miles long, e.ttending into deep water; and we happen to know that on the 20th of November last a commercial 5 4 :earner was actually loading at this pier with goods ; that she was to take these goods to Sukkur, and to reach the Indus by a natural inland salt c: mai, rendered available for navigation by el igineers employed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER. Kur ra pollee, therefore, is now a port, and the first start is giwen to commerce by the Indus for Central Asia. S arely it is absurd to put down the cost of the forma ti on of this pier, of the rendering navigable this canal, to•the account of loss by Sinde. It should be put down to• the capital account, and there is every reason to be li eve that it will turn out to be one of the most judi ci ons national investments of national capital ever mad e. But even supposing that such should not be the c:sse —admitting for the sake of argument that which is lit )t the fact—that the revenue of Sinde is insuffi- I to maintain Sinde, is that a valid reason for givit ig it up ? Is it to be henceforth laid down as a rule that every British possession, the revenue deriv ed from which is not sufficient to pay the cost of it 3 maintenance, as such, is to be at once aban done' 1? Does Gibraltar support itself ? Does Malt a ? Does Heligoland ? Does Aden ? Will the revenues of Oregon ever pay the ex • pense sof its colonization ? And yet no one dreams of pr aposing to relinquish these possessions. Not twelv e months since we were prepared to go to war for Oi •egon. It is impossible to apply to possessions retain ed as great military and naval stations the same rule 1 hat we apply to colonies, retained for purely comet ercial purposes ; and that Sinde is a most im portal: t military station—that its possession, form ing as it does one of the natural frontiers of India— is abm )lutely essential to the well-being of our Indian empire is a fact which cannot be denied, Of the iin • portal ce, in a military point of view, of the possession of Si% le, and of the command of the navigation of Madrid papers to the 15th have arrived. Th ey con tain no news. The discussion on the Address in the Senate bad not co ncluded. M ADRID BOLSA, JArr. 15.—The Th ree per Cents. closed at 312 b u yers; Five per Cents. 207 ; Passives, 6:2; and Coupons, 181. We have received the Paris p a p ers of Thursday. The Speech of th e Q ueen of ENGLAN D on opening Parliament on Tuesd a y , and the s p eech o f M. GUIZOT in the Chamber of Peers, on the Spani s h marriage s which was delivered on Wednesda y , are subjects of comment in all of the m. I!nLiskpeeathkeing King o of of the QUEEN'S Speech, the Deb a t s says = the French, the Queen of Great Britain m ex a p in re t s a s i e e s ed a . on i e s l l e r ' firm o e confidenc ethe eubjsubject t that ef the eer Dukepe e l a f c w e i o td f he E a3l u i r e o r ne p ts e epr % evn . marriage, the Queen exp resses the which we have only to congratulate two Governments and the two countries. She confines herself to saying th at this marriage has given rise to a correspondence. It is stated that at first the intention was to make official mention of the difference which bad arisen between the two Govern.. ments. W e are happy to see that this first idea was not carried out, and that the language from the royal lips i s of a nature rather to lessen than to aggravate so regretable a difference." All the journals speak in terms of the highest com mendation of the manner in which the annexation of Cracow is alluded to in the QUEEN'S S peech. The Opposition journals contrast it with the language used on the same subject in the speech of the KING of the FRENCH, and draw comparasons between M. GUIZOT and Lord PALMERSTON by no means favourable to the former. This contrast is rendered still more favourable to Lord PAL. MERSTON by the speech of M. GUIZOT on the subject of the Spanish marriages in the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday. Looked upon as an oratorical display, the speech is worthy the high reputation of M. GuizoT : looked upon as an argument in defence of the conduct of the French Government, it is a confession of conscious weakness. Throughout the whole speech M. GUIZOT rests his case on the garbled dispatches which were first presented to the Chamber. He never once alludes to the unmutilated dispatches which he was subsequently forced to produce, and from the beginning to the end of his speech he neither mentions nor alludes to that which is the pivot upon which everything in this controversy turns — LordAnEan EEN ' s l e tt er to the Duke of SOTOBIAXORI All the papers comment on this fact except the Epoque , the Debate, and t h e Presse. Anot h er remar k a b' e part in the speech of M. GUIZOT is that in which he asserts that neither the French Government nor Count BRESSON were at all anxious that the Montpen s i er marriage should take place contemporaneously with that of the QUEEN, and that it was only on the sth of September that C ount BRESSON, reluctantly yielding; to the importunities o f t h e Spanish Government, sanctio ned 6 ° this arrangement. W hat must M. GUIZOT think fh e intellectual qualifi cat i ons of those to whom he co t Id a statement venture to make such statement? With regard u to England, he admits that she • • is dissatisfied, but he thinks that if, on the one band , the French Government min- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1847. tains its general policy, and, on the other, shows itself determined to maintain the propriety of what it has done, and to abstain from all concessions and all ad vances, that the dissatisfaction of England will die away. This is a sounding sentence, meaning nothing. What is the nature of the general policy which the French Government is to maintain ? On the whole, it is manifest that XL GUIZOT has signally failed to make out his case, that he has shirked the charge of garbling Lord PALMERSTON'S dispatches, and has consequently damaged his cause considerably. A report prevailed on the Paris Bourse that Prince METTERNICH died on the 15th at Vienna. It was not, however, generally credited. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 77f.65c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 875 f. ; Havre, 670 f. ; Great North ern, 610 f. ; Avignon, 822 f. 50c. ; Irierzon, 580 f. ; Bordeaux, 543 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 430 E; Dieppe, 350 f. ; Paris and Stras burg, 475 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 475 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 497 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 3% —East Indian, % —Great Indian Peninsular, .' 7 . 4 —0 relit Southern of Madras, % Luxembourg, 2 —Namur and Liege, 3 1 ,i—Northern of France, 11 t i f, —Orleans and Bordeaux, 6% —Paris and Lyons, 7—Rouen and Havre, 25. MONTY-MARKET. The distrust prevailing in connexion with the opium spe culations has continued to limit the discount and other transactions of the native community, and whilst money is at present by no means scarce there can be little doubt that were this removed, most of what is available would be fully employed in the regular trade of our market. Subscriptions to the Five per Cent. Loan are understood to have been liberal, the latest quotations giving about 80 Lacs as the amount already subscribed. The paper of the Four per Cent. Loan has somewhat improved in value, and, as will be seen by our quotations, it is considerably higher in proportion than that of the Five per Cent. In other securities there is little change, with the exception of a slight decline in Bank shares. 5 per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 ... 1031 r. 4 Ditto ditto 1832-33 ... 4r. 4 Ditto ditto 1835-36 87r. 5 Ditto ditto 1841-42 ... 994 r. 4 Ditto ditto 1842-43 ... 88 to 90c. Exchange continues at 2s. Oid. to 2s. Oid. We have heard of a transaction during the week at 2s. Old., but no bills are to be procured at this rate now. A Government sale of five lacs on Calcutta took place yesterday,_ averaging rs. 97-13 for bills at 30 days' sight, and further sales being anticipated, the rate on that place has declined. The quotations of the day are as follow :—England six months' sight, 2s. Oid. to 2s. Oid. Calcutta, 60 days' sight, re. 97. Chino, s.r. 210, nominal. Banks.—The following are the present rates of Bank Shares Bank of Bombay Oriental Bank, Old Shares 24, Ditto. ditto, New ditto 2l, Agra Bank Commercial - PRICE OF BULLION. _ ... . Sovereigns, each Bank of England Notes, per £ ... ll 0 0 HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY,QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were only 3,000 bales; the market closing very dull. At the sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. La mond and Co., a fair business was done, and prices were rather lower again. Buyers were anxious to purchase, but at a considerable reduction. The following are a few of the paincipal sales : East Indian ... Great Western of Bengal 0 7 0 Great Northern .... Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 10 0 Madrid and Valencia Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 16 6 Direct Northern (scrip) 2 8 0 Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 15 0 Shropshire Union and Canal (scrip) Paris and Lyons 4 1 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3 9 0 Buckinghamshire Noithern Counties Union 1 6 6 There are not any late Colonial arrivals to-clay. The Exchanges were again lower yesterday afternoon. The exports of the precious metals this week have been to a very considerable amount indeed. An importation of new potatoes has just been entered, ex the Madrid steamer from Lisbon, and all in a sound state. The return from the Bank of England for the past week exhibits a decrease in the notes issued of 326,7651., or to 27,225,335/. In the Rest there is an increase of 31,435/., or to 3,551,483/. The public deposits have been diminished by 826,442/. : or to 5,034,1891. In the other deposits there is an increase of 554,9891.; or to 10,339,726/. In the seven day, and other bills, there is a slight increase. In the stock of bullion there is a decrease of 359,341/. ; or to 13,948,681/. A further decline has taken place to-day in the Funds. Consols for the account have been done as low as 904, but thew are now 903; 1 . Bank Stock has gone back from 205 to 203 M. Exchequer-bills are at 4s. premium, and all the other national securities are lower. And the tendency is still to decline, notwithstanding there is a very current be lief that the present high prices to be realised will bring for ward most abundant supplies of corn of all descriptions. As to Foreign Stocks little need be said. Mexican Bonds have been offered at 21M ; the Five per Cent. Spanish. at 22 7 1 3 to 23 ; the Three per Cents, at 33M ; the Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 56 1 h 3 j 4 ; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 90 1 / $ M. It is very difficult to find buyers for Rail Way Shares. Prices are lower to-day. All apprehension of difficulties in the Money-market may be considered as over, as connected with the deposits for new railways. They have been made, and without question, the state of Ireland alone excepted, is the only point upon which there can be a peg to hang an argu ment upon to create distrust. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. .. • • • 204% 203% 204% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 9034 %.74 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • . 903 %I 4 % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92% % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9 5-16 India Stock .. 249 Consols for Account .• 91 90 1 % .x Exchequer Bills. d. 1% d. 1,000/. .. 5001. • • Ditto, Small .. • • -- PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 1837, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • Ditto, for the Account .. 22 7 /, 23 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 4% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. • • 33N Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 56% 34 Ditto, for the Account .. 56% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 90% % BUSINESS DONE 1N RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jo. 2%•... 2 % .. to 2 Birmingham and Gloucester • . • .100 .. 127 .. • . to Ditto New (issued at 7% ens.) • • 17% .• • . 31%.. ••to I3irminghain and Oxford Junction • • 5 .... 13-%3 4 • to Birmingham, Wolver., and Dudley • . 428... • • Q 1.4 p.. • to Birmingham, Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .. • • 7 •• .. to Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham . • 225. •• • • %.•• to Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • • 84s. .. • . par .. • • to Caledonian .. . • • • •• 30 .... 25% 25 to 25N Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • • . 2%.... 134..,. to Cornwall .. .. • • • • .. 5 .... I .. • • to Direct Northern Scrip .• .• .... 234 .. • • to Eastern Counties •• .. • • • • 20 .... 21 14 %.. to 20% Ditto, New .. • • . • .. .. 14 .... 18%.... to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No.l, 6/. 13s. 4d..... 34 p.. to Ditto, ditto .. No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d..... % p.. to Ditto, York Extension . • .. 2 .... 474 34 %to East Lancashire .. .• .. 14 .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 5 7% .. • • to Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. .. 1 34.... 2N .... to East Lincolnshire .. 4 .. 514 N..to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • •• 50 .... 72 .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • .. 12% .... 17% .... to Great Northern (London & York Regd) 234 .. 23 1 f %x. int. to Ditto (Direct Northern Regd.) •• 3% —.3 1 4 x. int. to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 27%.... 27 .. .. to Great Western .. .. • • • • .. 85 ....121 124.. to 121 Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds •• 14 .... 11% 12 to 111 N Leeds and Bradford .. .. •. 35 .... 813414.. to Leicester and Bedford .. • • • • 16s. .... % dis. to Leeds and Thirsk • • • • • • 17.% .. • • 143 i .. •.to Do., do., Preference, 6 per Cent • • 3,. • 4 N .... to Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 2%.... 2 .... to London and Blackwell • • 161. 13s. 4d. 7 34 to London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 50 .. • • 54% to London and Greenwich .. 12!. 15s. 4d. 934 .... to London and North-Western . •..100 .. • .191 .•.. to 190 1 % Ditto, Quarters .. • • .. • • 2 .... 22 .. • • to 21 London and South-Western 411. Ga. 10d. •• • • 60% .... to London and York Scrip 2% .... 334.... to Ditto, Extension. ditto . • .. 2% .... 214.... to Lynn and Ely • .. • . .. •. 20 .. •• 20 .• .. to al Manchester and Leeds • - • •• 82 ••• . ••.. to Ditto, Extension • . • . 425..... 1p••• . to lianehester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425.... • % p.. to p Manchester and Southampton .. .. 2 .. • • 1% .. • • to Midland •• •• •• •• •• ..100 ..••12034 119 to 121 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 30 .• .. 35 .. . • to 34% Ditto, New • • .. • . • . • • 2 ... • 5 1 / 2 .... to Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 20 .. • • 3234 .... to North British .. • • .. •• 25 .. 33% .... to Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. • • 11 .... 14/ .. • . to Ditto, Quarters . • .. 1 1 A .... 3% •. • • to 3 Ditto, Extension • • • • • • . 34 • . 11.4 .. ••to Ditto, Thirds .. • • .. • • 1 .. ••to North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 .. ••7% % % IA to Royston and Hitchin • . .• • • • • 1% .• .. 1% •. • . to Scottish Central .. • • • • • • • • 15 .. • . 21% .. • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3 .. • • 3%34 .. to Ditto, ditto (B) •• • • .. 1 1 A .... 1%%34 to Shropshire Union . .• •• • • • • 425..... 1 dis... to South Eastern and Dover • . • - • • 33/.25. 4d. 36% .... to Ditto. New (do. 331. Gs. Bd.) No. 2• • 12 .. • 13% to South Yorkshire. Doncaster, & Goole 2 .... .. to Taw Vale Extension . • • • • . • • 4 •• • • 3% .. •.to West Riding Union .. • • • • 425.. ••1% % 34 pto York and Newcastle • . • • .. 25 .• • • 35% -••• to Ditto, Preference • • • • • • • . 2 .. • • 034% •-to York and North Midland .. • • 50 •• .. •• .. to Ditto, Preference .. .. • . 2 .... 111 to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 5 .... 16% . to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 18 • • 13% •••• to Dutch Rhenish .• • . • • 7 •• • • 3% .. • • to Louvain ala Sambre 6 .... 1% to Namur end Liege .. • . • . 8 • • 3 .... to 2% Northern of France .• •• .. •• 8 ••11 N to lON Orleans and BordeaUX .. 6 •• • • 6 to Paris and Lyons 8 •• •• %.% to Sambre and Meuse .. .. • . .. 10 .... 4IA .... 0 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster • • • • 20 .. • • 25 to National Provincial of England •• 35 • • 35% .... to - RI COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam 12 4 Gibraltar.. ........ Ditto, at sight .• .... 12 1 Leghorn .. Rotterdam .... • 2U. 12 4% Genoa .. • ..... •••••• .. 25 90 Antwerp•............. 25 85 Milan ......... ..... Ilamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 1034 Venice Altona • • — Naples • • • • • • 401 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 55 Palermo, per os .... 12034 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon.... • • Marseilles • . ..... 25 90 Oporto ..... ••.. • • 54 80urdeaux......... • . 25 90 Rio Janeiro .. • • 5 4-- pm • 5--- pm, • 5 1 - - pm. 204 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Berlin . . Vienna, effee.flo• • • • • • 10 5 Trieste, ditto • • .... 10 5 Madrid • • ... ..... .... 355 Cadiz . • ... : • • • • • • 36'A Bilbao.. • • .• • • • • .. .. • • Barcelona •• Seville.. • • • • • • • • . • • •• Bahia ... Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21days' sight Philadelphia ..... -- PRICES OF BULLION, PEE Or. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••. • • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars .... •• • • 0 5 014 LLOYD IbireleSze,DAY. l L O NDON, JAN. hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2 2 . —Wind S.S.W.—Acrd. Barreto, Jun., II uggin, Rio Janeiro. Ski. Ame r i can E ag l e, New York. OFF THE LIZARD, JAN. 20.—S. and James Bailey, Phila delphia. OFF PENZANCE, JAN. 19.—Wind S.S.E.—Sophia (of Bremen), River Gambia. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.—Wind S. to S. S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Ann Baldwin, Farley, Lima; Cosmopolitan, Ambriz, sailed 22d Oct.; Matthew Pearce, White, Laguna; Dalmatia, Smith, New York. Sld. Argentina, Trotter, Rio Janeiro; Margaret Skelly, Topping, Bahia ; Philomela, Bell, Trinidad ; Berlin, Baker, New Orleans; Harry Lorrequer, Jeffares, New Orleans; Glasgow, Manson Mobile; Ashburton, H ow l an d , New York. Off port, Isabella, Stewart, Crowe; New Or leans, General Parkhill, M‘Kown, Charleston ; Lochinvar, Westcott, Charleston ; John Ilavenall, Wimbersie, Baltimore ; Republic, Philadelphia ; Rappahannock, New York; Alexina, Prince Edward's Island, DEAL, - JAN. 2, A.m.— Wind N.W. to E.S.E., r.r.t., calm. —Arrd. Palmyra, Croal, Demerara; Winzer, New Bedford. Arrived from the River, Lady Katharine Barham, Freeman, Jamaica; Canellus, Spragrel, Demerara; Marianne, Robin son, New Orleans. Ann and Elizabeth, Mott, Philadelphia; Rajah, Cobb, Ne w Y or k. LimERICK, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Maria, New York. OFF BEACITY HEAD, JAN. 17.—Haward, Benison, New York for Hamburgh. 19th, Belvidere, Ccrk, Charleston for An twel p ; Shakespeare, Porter, New Yorl,. ,ox ditto, F AL gym., 22.-I;rind S. to S.S.W port 20th, Sarah Maria, New Orleans, for London. Arrived Fyn, Kreuse, Matanzas. OFF PENZANCE, JAN. 21.—Wind 'S.W.—Fame, Dixo, EXPRESS EDITIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, BRINGING DOWN THE DEBATES TO THE LATEST MOMENT. Orders received by all Newspaper Agents, and at THE THIRD EDITION Sun-otjTce, 113, Strand. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 37 ; Noon, 38, BAROMETER, 29 66.—WIND S.E., hazy. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 23 minutes after C. j Evening .. 47 minutes after 6 ..-,, ." , 4- 1 . 4... - ^T.,, , . ' y..n' 0 , 4 . 2 e, ''N- 11 $ - . '„„ . .7r,;,„ .., t ,' ....„). ..,9 ' i k ili o - , ...,44.11 11 - ,•,, , 4 ., - --1,.... <l.) , laf N' = z-. • lit . SECOND EDITION. itening LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23,: 1847 CABINgT COUNCIL. Summonses were issued yesterday, from the Foreign Office, to the Ministers, to attend a Cabinet Council this day, at the Foreign Office, Downing street. All the members of the Cabinet were expected to attend. The time for the Council was half•past two o'clock. More hubbub has been excited as to the scarcity of provisions in this country than the reality justifies. From one extremity of the kingdom to the other the clamour has been raised that the deficiency of food in Great Britain is perilous, if it be not altogether unprecedented. First there was a cry about the scantiness of the harvest, then about the deteriorated quality of the grain, then about both failures in the wheat crop together. To the excitement caused by these assertions there was added the really lamentable murrain of the potato plant ; beyond that, the alarmists were terror-stricken at the exportation of En glish corn from the eastern coasts to the markets of France, and the agitation in the public mind reached its acme in consequence of the steady rise in the price of wheat from 475. a quarter to the extraordinary amount of 70s. 3d. a quarter. The actuality of this advance in the cost of grain soon explains itself to the comprehension of every housekeeper in the empire, as the quartern loaf was enhanced in cost price from 60. to 'lid. and so on at intervals until it reached to no less than I lid. the four-pound loaf. There was a logic in this that defied a merely superficial denial as to the ex • istence of the scarcity. The arithmetic of the advance in the cost price of the necessaries of life placed the reality of the dearth apparently beyond dispute. And so the clamour has gone on increasing and increasing until the poorer classes are almost beside themselves from apprehension. There is a perpetual storm of sup plication to the Legislature to prevent famine, to aid those who are already stricken with starvation, and so forth. As far as farinacious food is concerned the British islands are regarded as little better than insolvent. Now, is this disturbance about the utter deficiency of provisions in England, Ireland, and Scotland, cor rect ? Are our granaries thus emptied ? 'Was our harvest so unconscionably meagre both in quantity and in quality ? Must we consider ourselves, as we are told to consider ourselves, dependent upon the produce of foreign sickles, and the enterprise of distant agriculturists ? To all this we answer, delibe rately, distinctly, and emphatically that we believe the deficiency to have been grievously exaggerated, and the position of the country to be alto gether much better (as far as our reserve of food is concerned) than is supposed. We impugn the judgment of those who can only trace • the origin of the present panic to the dearth of pro visions in our markets. It is preposterous, absolutely preposterous, to imagine that, within so few months from the gathering in of the harvest for 1846, we have actually reached the minimum of our home sup ply of grain. And this, moreover, simultaneously with an unprecedented importation of corn and meal from the United States. The Chancellor of the Ex- only theother grain that we had not yet obtained a single chequer distinctly affirmed, of the American crop of the last harvest, English crop f or th e correspon di ng and yet the are to be assured that the alto gether, or very nearly, consumed I se n a e so n n i s3erstillB its falsity visible upon the very face of it. Notwith standing, therefore, the marvellous clamour about the deficiency of provisions, we are satisfied that there is an ample supply of grain already locked up in England, and that a very short period will verify our belief, by the large quantity that will be brought to market in consequence of the recent Ministerial measures. As rapidly as tne customs of Parliam entary routine w ill a ll ow the Ministerial proposns for th e a ll evia- Con (both direct and indirect) of the sufferings in 1 OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. (From the Times.) We have received by extraordinary express our usual Indian papers and letters in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The following is a summary of the Indian news since the last arrival. The Punjaub remains tranquil, and the British army, it is said, will march in the course of the present week from Lahore. It is rumoured that it will make a halt some march or two from . the capital to watch the imme diate results of its retirement, before falling back on Ferozepore. It is probable that for some time to come a strong force will be maintained at our principal frontier stations. Just ttA it was supposed, the most satisfactory conclu sion had been attained, it is stated that unquestionable evidence has transpired of there having been an under standing betwixt the Raja Lall Singh, Vuzeer at La hore, and_Sheikh Emaum-ood-deep, the Cashmerian insurgent leader, with the purpose of keeping Ghoolab Singh from taking possession of his new dominion. Should this prove well grounded it will materially affect the concluding portion of our arrangements. The proposed fair in the Jul!under Doab appears to have turned out a failure. Lord Hardinge is still within our lately acquired dominions, in progress to the westward. Lord Gough has by this time left Simla for Umballa, he not intending at present to visit the Jullundar Doab. TheiLieutenant- Governor of the north-west provinces was last heard of at Nusserabad, in progress to Ajmere. Sir George Pollock has returned from the Cape to Calcutta, and the Legislative Council of India, dormant during his absence, is once more in a state of activity. Some most extraordinary instances of gambling in opium have occurred in the course of the month. The Bombay bar gains are usually made contingently on Calcutta quota tions of the Government sales. To raise these, rival speculators bid, till 13,0001. was offered for chests usually disposed of for 1501., the bidding being so arranged that no sale could be effected that day. Government have made it a subject of special notification, and large for tunes depend on the results. A hurricane of unusual violence, by which much loss has been occasioned to the shipping interests, occurred at Madras on the 25th of November. Similar visitations at this season of the year are frequent on the eastern side of India, from Calcutta to the line ; they are almost unknown in the Arabian sea on the western shore of the Peninsula. Our intelligence from Sinde is scanty. None of the military movements formerly announced have as yet occurred, though the withdrawal of seven regiments is known to have been determined on : a breach of con. fidence in the subordinate military department having enabled the relief recommended to be published before it had obtained the sanction of Government. The celebrated slave girl Mungla, of Lahore, and Raja Heerah Singh, brother of the Ranee, are now in our territories, on a pilgrimage to Benares, to bathe themselves in the waters of the Holy Ganges, as is also, we believe, the Maharaja of Nepaul. No authentic intelligence has as yet been received as to who is likely to be Governor of Bombay—Lord Dal housie and Lord Elgin are both spoken of; the former with considerable confidence. The Hon. Mr. Reid, acting Governor, has returned with his family from Kandallah, and been at Parell since the 29th ult. Con siderable sickness prevails in different parts of the country, though not of a very fatal kind. The weather was becoming cool-and pleasant. The late arrival of the two past mails from England has created considerable confusion in Indian arrange ments: The dispatch of the steamer of the Ist of De cember was deferred to the 2d, in hopes that the dis patches from England of October 24, which ought to have been received in 35 days at the longest, would be in time for a reply. They did not reach till the 7th, a succession of accidents having kept them ten days behind their time. The mail of the 7th of November had not been signalled on the 15th of December. Casualties by death in the armies of India reported since the departure of, the mail of 2d December. Madras.—Lieutenant A. Clerk, Bth Regiment at Ka lapore, on the 2d December. Lieutenant R. Taylor, 49th Regiment, at Madras, on the 22d November. Lieu tenant W. R. Studdy, 15th Regiment, accidentally killed, at Cannanore, on the 18th November. Ensign Clint, 9th Regiment, accidentally drowned at Kamptee. Bengal —Captain R. Walker, Invalids, at Agra, on the 17th of November. Captain C. H. R. Christie, 6th Cavalry, at Mozufferpore, on the 29th of October. Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Earle, 39th Regiment, at Bertram pore, on the 18th of November. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, DEC. 15, 1846. The dulness which prevailed in our import market at the close of our last issue has continued unabated throughout the fortnight. The uncertainty as to the result of the Calcutta opium sale, which then interrupted all legitimate business, can scarcely yet be said to be removed. The annexed extract from the Calcutta Star of Dec. 1 will show the nature of the measures adopted by the " sellers for account" in the opium time-bargains, to defeat the operations of their opponents and arrest the progress of the Government sale. How far, however, the success of their plan may ac complish the object contemplated, and be legally sufficient to quash the time-bargains in which they were involved, seems to be a matter of doubt, involving legal questions of no small difficulty, and which may give rise to litigation between the parties interested. Whilst,;however, there is still sufficient uncertainty existing in, respect to these matters to keep up in some measure the prevailing distrust and divert merchants from their usual and legitimate dealings, a respite, at all events, has by the events in Calcutta, been obtained, and the impending serious consequences, which we before wrote of, as exciting much anxiety throughout our native mercantile community, have been for a time averted. The account of these events having, however, only reached us a few days ago, there has as yet not been sufficient time for the excite ment connected with them to subside, and chiefly-, therefore, in consequence of them, there, during this, as in last fort night, been but little business doing in imported goods. Metals—There has been but little animation in the market for these. The only change in our quotations is in copper tiles, which exhibit a decline of lr. to 1 4r. per cwt. Sales are reported to us as follows :—British hoop iron, 525 cwt. at 71. 12s. per cwt. ; copper tiles 260 cwt., at 60r. per cwt. Cotton Manufactures—There appears to be somewhat more anxiety on the part of dealers to sell goods than at the end of November, and especially for 36, 50, and 60 yards domestics of all widths, there has been a steady demand. Gray made pollams of low quality have been inquired for, but at unre munerating prices, whilst for coloured goods generally, and Lappets of all descriptions, there has been no inquiry. The prices offering for bleached shirtings and madapollams are exceedingly low. White and gray jacconets have also been asked for, but at rates under their value. The anticipation or advices of a rise in the Manchester market by the mail Row due naiurally makes holders reluctant to sell at present quotations. Cotton Yarns—The amount of business done in yarns during the past fortnight has been small, and prices gene rally have given way. Sales are reported to us as follows : Mule Twist—No. 40, 4,0001 b., at 8 a. per lb.; No. 20, 6,0001 b., 63- a. per lb. Water Twist—No. 20, 9,0001 b., at 7i a. per lb. Woollens—A sale is reported to us of 3,466 yards low list cloth, assorted colours, at 1% r. per yard. Our market for these continues in a very distressed state, and little or nothing is doing. _ Beer--We hear of no sales, and quote no alteration in prices. has Spirits—Some Engli s h B ran dy o f goo d quality, wood, been disposed of at 3 rs. per gallon. Prices ai w n un changed. Marine Stores—The following sales are reported to us : CO cwt. white paint, 20 cwt. black paint, 20 cwt. green paint, at 11 r. per cwt. ; 50 barrels Swedish tar, at WA r. per barrel ; 50 barrels coal tar, at Oh r. per barrel. No change in prices. Saffron—The stock on hand of this article is of bad q ualit y , and we hear of sales having taken place at as low a 2s is. per lb. Cochineal still continues in demand. No sales are reported. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—During the past fortnight purchases to the extent of about 8,000 bales have been made, and an increased ac tivity has been exhibited in our market for this staple. Prices have slightly advanced, and the following may now be taken as the current rates : Broach and Jumbooseer Rs.Bl 83 per candy. Dollera Surat . - to 85 do. Compta (old) Coffee—We hear of sale s having had effect in Mocha at 7 rs. 2 annas per maund. Our former quotations remain un changed. Opium—Arrivals of the RCW crop still continue, but no sales have taken place , holders asking rupees 1,150 to 1,175 per chest, whilst offers do not. exceed rupees 1,100. u,,i—We 11 , ,ar-of a few purclia,-, having bocci made a former rates. FREicinTg. Freights to Great Britain may still be quotocl at 41.,• and .0 China from rupees 10 to 12 per candy. --- Honduras, for London; Voucher, Martin, Bahia, for ditto; Gilbert, Milcher, Baltimore, for Havre; Alexander, Laine, Gonaives ; Washington, Riley, New Orleans, for London; Rubicon, Thomas, ditto, for Havre; Eliza of Bremen; Gambier, for Bremen. WATERFORD, JAN. 21.—Wind S. to S. W.—..krrd. Speeds Santander. Sld. Laurence Farrestal, Toole New York. CLYDE, JAN. 20.—Wind E. N. E.—Arrd.,Actaeon Derby, New Orleans; Chesherc, Hutchinson, New York. York. Chevalier, Trinidad ;Callao ; New York, Vermont , N ow OFF MARGATE, JAN. 22.—Margaret, Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind S. to S. W.—Arrd. -Daary (late) Wardrapper, Batavia; Harvey Galbraith, Wad", I,a Guayra. SALCOMBE, JAN. 22.—The Myrtle, Norman, for S t. chael's, has put back with loss of fore and main masts, and hull damaged by heavy seas, PENZANCE, JAN. 21.—The Triton, Wakenn * , sailed hence, 16th ult., for St. John's, New Brunswick, has just put back with damage. DUBLIN, JAN. 20.—Wind S.—Sld. Medium, St. John % New Brunswick. KINGSTON, JAN. 21.—Wind S. to S. W.—Arrd. A Brown, Shaw, St. John's. STIIOMNESS, JAN. 14.—Wind S.—Arrd. Manaret, Quebe; HULL, JAN. 22.—Wind S.E., light.—Sld. Brown, Baltimore. GALWAY.—SId. Alice, l'il‘Key, New York. LivEnroor., JAN. 22.—The Prince steamer, hence Kingstown, and the Helen APGregor, hence totHavannfl4 were in contact y esterday. The former lo s t cutwater, and bu latter had her bows stove, &c., and bore up for Kingstowoi. DUNDALK, JAN. 19.—The Prince George, Coils, has bew got off the West Sand, much damaged. YARMOUTH, JAN. 22.—The Balfour, Pincombe, Whiter of f mouth, has been assisted in leaky. The Anne, White, from Arundel, has beed assisted in with loss of bowsprit, &c. , fr° contact with the brig Northumberland. ,„ HARWICH, JAN. 22.—The Itinerant, Fleming, from -11 1.•5 derland to London, went on shore on Sizewell Banks .1 morning, but was got off leaky. A schooner (name unkno wn) is ashore on the Gunfleet Sands. beel FLATHOLM, JAN. 19. The William, of Newport, has abandoned at sea. Part of her cargo has been picked A" landed here. MARKET NkiWS.-(THIS DAB'') COVENT—GARDEN. r lb; Pine Apples, 6s to 7s 6d; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 6s di• tto, Dessert Apples, 6s to 9s per half-sieve ; Kitchen 4s to Gs per bushel; Oranges, 8s to 14s; and Lemons , to 15s per 100; English Filberts, 95s to 105 s per 1001135; CabbageS 8d to is 3d; Red ditto, 2s to 4s; per d l il e % Potatoes, 9s to 12s per cwt ; Horse-radish, 2s to 45 perbun Turnips, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; and Carrots, 4s 6d to 7s per d l t , bunches; Celery, is 4d to 2s per bundle; Onions, 53 to per bushel; Mushrooms is 3d to 2s per pottle. _ _ ATIIWG.A.TE ii. 111113 LEADENII.&I4. i f e at We had a very slow inquiry for each kind a o' fici; on the following terms :—Beef, from 2 s 6d to 35 ,, sd Mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; V ea l, 4 s t o 4 s 10d ; an d Pork. I v; to 4s 10d per 81bs by th e carcase . T ur k eys , 5 5 to hts , Geese, 4s 6d to Gs ; Ducks, i s 6d to 2s 3d ; T a me gab is Gd to 2s; Wild ditto, 10d to is 9d ; Pigeons, 6d t° id; each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 5 3 , 85 and Barn-door Fowls, 58 3d to 68 per couple. Eggs, 163 t° so per 100; Fresh Sutter, is Id to is 3d per lb; Pheasso t ,, 6 o j, to 4s • Partridges, Is 3d to 2s 6d; Hares, 2s to 33; Is to is 3d; and Wild Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d each. Although the supp H Ii UNGE most RFORD. were by no flie s!). es of articles large, the trade ruled heavy, and prices had a downy( tendency. W. Beef, from 2s 10d t o E 8d;OT Mu 3ston, 3s 6d to 45 6cl; _ _ Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 811)3. BILLINGSGATE. 3 9 t 0 Turbots, 6s to IFs ; :Brills 2s to 7s; Cod-fish , ,7;ao, 9s; Haddccks, 9d to is 8d; Whitings, 6d to 9d; and LOP.po Is to 3s 3d each; Soles, 8d to 3s per pair; Smelts, Is to 3s ; and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 3s per dozen ; Eel* "k. to ls; and Crimped ScAte, 8d to 10d per lb; Mackarel , 33s per 100. WHITECEAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; vid. 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s tc 4s 10d per Blbs. . The prices of Wheaten ßßEAD Bread in the metropolis are fret 10d to 100; of Household ditto, Sid to 91d per 41bol°a HIDE MARKET. t° Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 23/td to 3d per lb ; do. bto 721 b, 3d to 31d ; do. 721 b 801 b, 31,2 d to 334 d ; do. B,ylb to 881 b, 3.Nd to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4%d to 5d ; do. 9°looo 1041 b, 51/2d to 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; aid' Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Kent 'mid .• breds, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; and Downs, 3s 4d to 4s 6d. H ir 2VINISTa. OOP SMITHFIELD.— Meadow Hay, A 2/ JIL 5s to 3110 s; Clov er R A 3/ 5s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 83 to 11 13s pet Supply mo LAN derately good, and tr . ade dull. r ditto , MBERD.-Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ Bs ; Clove fiir 31 5s to 41 14s; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1114 s per load. A avarege supply, and a steady demand. Cl'A rg WitrrEctrATEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 16s; Os ditto, 31 5s to 51 • and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per los cl ' Hay and Straw sold heavily, at barely late rates. ve PETITIONS ON PRIVATE -M PI HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH and 1,1" sistant , Examiner FRERE.) UNOPPOSED LIST. The following petitions being unopposed, the 0110t °133 4 formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders de c ' to have been duly complied with : London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway. London-bridge Station and Enlargement. ea to London-bridge Railway Termini and G ene ral Enlarg e /ea to London, Brighton, and South-Coats Railway Extolls London-br ßai idge. St ati°ll Norfolk lway (Yarmouth Extension, from the ~wer in the parish of Kanham to Great Yarmouth, with Pf :on tO lay down tramway from the terminus of such Ext eno ' the Quays of Great Yarmouth). w o 0 0 Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to Apo l - - a Branch to North- Walsham). TAWS° Norfolk Railway (Branch from Thetford to the Railway, near Reedham, with a Branch Halesivo n' 'field to , s Manchester, Sheffield, andLin co l ns hi re Railway ( Canal purchase). Manchester Market Acts Amendment. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Rainy'R ainy' Burnley and Colliery Branches. t p Sheffield Canal Amendment (repeal of provisions a s . repair of Sheffield and Trinsley road). eo t Warrington Gas-light and Coke Company (ameh pa and enlargement of 3 Geo. IV., c . 35, w ith p ow er to sell lease to the Commissioners of Police). This closed Mr. Examiner Smith's list for to-day. ~t. (Room 23, before Mr. E xam i ner M AY an d M r . Ass"..-- Examiner GUNNELL.) CIOS' BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY EXTEN.- - to This was the petition of the above company for leaf% s bring in a Bill to make a line from Crediton to Launces to 2; distance of 35 1 / 2 miles. The estimated cost was 905,tr n ot Mr. ELLICOMBE appeared to support five memorials sci fi t, the petition, signed by . 113 individuals. The rneraori ,4 complained of defects in the levels, plans, and sectionsffcii, impugned the accuracy of the books of reference and O P Some of the allegations were sustained. The case occupied the whole of the day. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY• 2 , 6. The Court was occupied du r ing the whole morn s e° v,t. disposing of motions possessing no f e at ure o f public inter EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY') 115 ON V. MILES. This cause, which was BOUT in part heard yesterday, - WO v. -L. ale action in which the plaintiff sought to recover tue ° -- „ t ael 1001., alleged to be due to him for one yea r ' s wa ges as Or of a yacht of which the defendant was the owner. Mr. M. Chambers and another Learned Gentleman t he peared for the plaintiff; Mr. Crowder and Mr. Udall for defend The plaintiff was, it appeared, employed by the deferastit at the rate of 1001. a year, as the captain of e , t rip the property of the d e fend an t. It was reso l ve d that.! t he should be taken to Gibraltar and the Mediterranean .w to ra, yacht, the plaintiff being the c a pt a i n . S oon a ft e r the 1 10 of the yachting party to England, the plaintiff req u Aet ed payment of his year's salary. The sum o f 91. was ten. tcf to him on behalf of the defendant, that being the tail o r the balance due upon his wages for si x mon ths. This , . oto ever, the plaintiff refused, and bro ug ht th e p re sent aet o7 llo j, recover the whole amount of a year's wages, on the g r° „ t hs of the engagement having b een ma d e f or t we lve rett, t r and that in consequence o f th e f a ti gu i ng na t ure o f his hf pations, caused by the co n ti nue d di stur b ances on boar ° ‘li f t the various member s o f th e yac h t i ng party an d their 0, companions, his health had become so impaired, that tir o his return home he was totally unable to enter into any of engagement. heThe defendant re s i s t e d th e c l a i m on the groun d that defendant had di sc h arge d hi mself from his employme nt ;1 3 : could not be held liable for the payment of the wages of plaintiff for the term of twelve months. tbi Several witnesses were ca ll e d on b ot h s i des, en d ti h 0 Baron having summed up, the jury retired, BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Two young men, named Jones and Donova n , the 001 , having the appearance of a working man, the latter rall. ° oo better dressed, were charged before Mr. Henry, on suspiel o f of stealing a bundle of clothes, bedding, &c., the properti,4 Mr. Duggin, jun., of the firm of Duggin and Son, dyers , v King-street, Holorn. . Sergeant Fryer, F 15, said that abo u t h a lf. past o'clock this morning, he was on duty in Holborn, anu, t o attention was called to the prisone r s, w h o were ge tting f o d a cab opposite New Turnstile. He stopped the cab , found in it a bundle. Seeing that Jones had his hand in pocket, he caught him by the arm, and took from him of skeleton keys, which he now produced. They both ,f l u e. fused to give any account of themselves or of the buali Donovan had been convicted and sentenced to six month imprisonment for felony. The bundle contained . articles of linen, &c. the From the statements of the prosecutor, his father, an d articles porter at the establishment, it appeared that these were brought by the prosecutor, from his own residence, is the cleaned at his father's, and were left by him on the floorrnio tho shop, where they were seen safe about ten minutes be fo re the apprehension of the prisoners. The door of the shop ^ tho left open by accident,no one being there at the time, and , fi t prisoners must have entered and taken the property at to moment. that The prisoners made no defence; but Jones observed that be found the skeleton keys in the straw at the bottoln Cf the cab. a variety The prisoners were committed for trial. Mr. Cameron, chemist, of Liverpool, the inventor of the Drummond Light, and also of a patent for the speedy rD Unction of fires, applied to the sitting m ag i s t ra t e , M r . SeeP for pecuniary relief, as he was in absolute want. not Mr. flEsay said that the fund s a t hi s disposal were available under the present circumstances, but he would ccr,.: municate with the relieving officer of the St ra nd Union (1 3 ', Boswood), who would give the applicant some temporarY,, r o lief, and would take him before the board of guar dians es 6 " as possible. The relieving officer, on receiving the magistrate's 01 °1.: nication, gave the applicant a loaf; and said he would to hint before the board on Tuesday next. ------- Jenny Lind will positively appear at her Majesty's Theatre the first night after Easter, notwithstanding t he many unfounded and contradictory reports. ‘vEsTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—Since the opening of this bridge the precautions adopted to secure the foundations have fully answered that purpos e , arid to make assurance d oubly sure, during the past week the mo s t d angerou s of the aren es have received the additional support of massive cross-bea rs bolted with galvanised i r o n , rest i ng on p il es d r iven into " bed of the river. f 6 01 FROST IN BUILDING . :--The se - - trot, aln ut ten day. ago, did geat Li jury to many buildi9gs in London. Too great care cannot be taken in protecting walls from the weather at this season, for although ordinary precautions be employed, serious injury may be done 4 1 single night. —The Builder. Just ready, in post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. CL E V E J AND A TALE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. -- Eze Wi Pro_ - 1 _ Tb and Vieth T of h ta Irto 83. 31 1 t, 4 &t 1 .50 (ti Ye X I; i RO , CI 111 id V 256. PYI tarn Cba t Bct, 330 0 S the