The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MRS. GORE'S NEW WORK. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 1847 is respeetfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of t he Opera, TE MPTATION AND ATONEMENT. 4,1.1 to the Public. It is presented with the confident hop e, that the By Mrs. GORE. miccessful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of ix caller Authoress of f. ' l dicultY , a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in " Mothers and Daughters," " The Banker's Wife," &c. I:urope, fuid of its distinguished Patrons, will insure the continuation Henry Colburn, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough•strect. 1 their support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Mdlle. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame lel Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlle. Sanchioli, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and Madam Mdlle. Darla Nascio (their first appearan ce in this country) ; and e flastellan. 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ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his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, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great 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 Silesie, by Mdlie. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of filiakspere ; written by M. Scribe. Miranda • • ...... • . .• • • •• •• • • Mane. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand ... Herr Staudigi. 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 SCHILLER, Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca demie Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar don', Superchi, and Fraschini, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. N,w ready, in 3 vols , post Bvo., THE ROMANCE OF WAR; Or, THE HIGHLANDERS IN SPAIN. By JAMES GRANT, Esq., late 62d Regiment. " Since the days of ' The Subaltern,' inßlackwood's Magazine, there has appeared no such admirable book on the same subject as ' The Romance of War,' by the present writer."—Observer. " A splendid memo Vial of military talent, valour, and enterprise.," —Edinburgh Courant. " To Scoichmen these spirited volumes must be specially accept able."7-7erthshire Constitutional. Henry Colburn, Publishe;, - 13, Great Marlborough-street, Just ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., price 2ts. E XPERIENCES OF A GAOL CHAPLAIN. COMPRISING RECOLLECTIONS OF MINISTERIAL INTERCOURSE WITH CRIMINALS OF VARIOUS CLASSES, WITH THEIR CON FESSIONS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY MARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support arid patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TIIERDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully •equested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. TlllllO EDITION OF "THE SUN," 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'ceuvre of Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel. lini, &c. The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect in all its parts. THE VERY LATEST NEWS WILL BE FOUND, AS USUAL, IN THE THIRD EDITION OF "THE SUN,' A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from Some of the best Orchestras •f Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Lucile Grain', and Mdlle. Cerito; in addttion to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala, her first appearance in this country ; Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascale % and Bertin ; and Mlle. Caroline Baucourt, of the Academic 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 Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie Royale, Paris (his first 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. Mallrei de Ballet—M. Paul Taglion!, M. Casati, dr La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselln ; Regisseur de la Dance, M. Petit. _ _ . An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment Is in debted to the kindness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGERIA. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Diesses 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 Subscription wall consist of the same number of nights as last eason. 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, a•td an entirely NEW BALLET, by M. Paul Taejon', in which 3Pidemoiselle Caroline Rosati will appear. ter for so many and so many sufferers, and to remain inflexible to whatever contingent misery may be pro duced by an unforeseen emergency like that of the potato murrain ? As if poverty could be curbed with bricks and mortar; as if inanition were preventable by the restrictions of parochial parsimony; as if poor-law guardians could stand before the bil lows of famine, like CANUTE, and obstruct their advance by an idle mandate ! Some thing must be done to compel the various boards of guardians throughout Ireland to apportion this distribution of assistance to the extent of the local destitution. These wholesale and retail rejections of the starving peasantry from the thresholds of work houses must, in some manner or other, be prevented. ' Either supernumerary lodgements must be provided for the latest applicants, when the workhouses them selves are thronged, or the granting of outdoor relief must be rendered more frequent than heretofore. Otherwise the mortality of Ireland will still continue on its present frightful ratio of increase, and the 'duties of coroners will become more onerous than ever. That some arrangement of the kind just men tioned is necessitated by the present calamity—a calamity, says the Prime Minister, " such as has not been known in modern times "—is plainly shown by the statements and propositions of Lord JouN RUSSELL. Impressed with a conviction of the perils resulting from the shortsighted distribution of the public moneys, hitherto sanctioned by the poor-law guardians, the Noble Lord has urged upon the Legislature the advisability of empowering those officials to relieve all the able-bodied applicants out of the workhouse whenever, by the influx of paupers, their admission within the workhouse has been rendered impossible. fittAflie, ROYAL, Intlatk-LAE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MR. TRAVERS. Tilts EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, called THE FAVOURITE. Alphonso XI , Mr. Stretton ; Balthazar, Mr. Borriul ; Ferdinand, Mr. 'I ravers ; Don Gaspar, Mr. Homcastle ; Leonora, Miss Romer ; hits, Miss Collett. .Etter which, the Grand Com!c Christmas Panto.nime, being a mixture of the bistorical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. THIe:ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. nder the Manr.gement of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. GRAND JUVENILE NIGHT. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. ilardcastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Tilbury; Young Marlow, Mr. Holl ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buck.stone ; Mrs. Hardeastle, Mrs. Glover ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett ; Dolly, Miss Woulds. To be followed by the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "Le Fidele Berger," " Antoinette" Cells:ins, " Dublin " Waltz, and the " American Polka." To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST, In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Hamby, &c., w:11 appear. TIIPATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama. called . - £.500 REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss 'Mars, and Miss Forster. _ Atte; which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permissloi. of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called TIIE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• ratters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL 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. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanions, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gyinnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wilis Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Hardin;, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, entitled the KING OF THE BRIGAN US. Letellier, Mr. Compton ;: Marronard, Mr. Granby ; Bernard, Mr. Ryder ; De Bregy, Mr. Fisher ; Pierre, Mr. Honner ; Helena, Mrs. Hughes ; Dorethea, Mrs. Fosbroke. To be followed by the new Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNICH ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher • Capt. d'Armincourt, M r. B arker ; Capt. Relleiambe , Mr. Delavanti; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Carnet Grosdos, Mr. Campton ; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Horner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Ilonner, Hincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mn, Fosbrolgs. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING rand 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, entl- BA The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Fleimore. FRENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled PIIILIPPE. Characters by MM. Cartigny, Pascal, Berou, Madame Grassau, and Mdlle. Fouquet. After which, the popular Play of L'AUBERGE DES ADRETS. Robert MAcaire, M. Lemaitre ; Clementine, 3ldlle. Fonqttet. During the piece, M. Lemaitre will dance " La Valse de Faust." Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 39.; 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 have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING (Thursday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequence of the continued demand fir places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 3, maid every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance commences at Half-past Two. Ths Programme will be varied on each occasloit. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphiteatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond -street; and at the Box-office. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. pect Mr. BATTY resfully begs to acknowledge the unprecedented success bestowed on his productions at the above Establishment, and, in returning thanks, purposes devoting a night for the benefit and relief of ths destitute Irish and Scotch. on THURSDAY, Feb 11. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive re sources of the Theatre will be brought into action. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family, Grand Juvenile reteS, and last week of " The Demon Horse." THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON NORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the t ;harmed Bit. - - Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, llarlequtn and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon. Mr. Latlarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box -office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six ant c wrimence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled BABY RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole stgength of the Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lapin, Herr Devlin; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulitt ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore; Clown. Herr N. Detain ; Punch, Herr E. Devlin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Another new Drama, and continued career of the great " Go•a• Head " Pantomime, THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS ; or, The I)ead Woman's Secr e t. I n w hi c h M essrs. Hi cks, F orman, Searle, Pearce Bird, Rowell, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and .Bias appe ar , Atter which, the Extravaganza of WILFUL MURDER. To conclud e titled THE with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en Go-a-He...„ amendOF TILE STEAM E NGINE ; or, Harlequin " - Joe Miller and his Men Clown, Mr. T. Barry. I'HE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JANUARY 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 29 46.—WIND W.S.W., fine. HIGH WATFK AT LONDON-Itgli)(1F. THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minutes after 0. I Evening .. 2 minutes alter 12. What we have here observed is of course applied simply to the extremest cases of destitution, to cases, for example, where the peasantry are denied all help from public or agricultural works by the peculiar position of their locality, or where physical infirmities, whether produced by the dearth or other wise, preelude them from redeeming their fortunes by manual labour. Excepting in these instances, the multitude of sufferers in Ireland will be relievable by employment upon the completion of the unremune rative works already undertaken by Government, or upon those agricultural enterprizes and organised reclamations of waste land, which it is the intention of the Government to promote. Under all circum stances the workhouse is a dernier ressort, but, in Goes name, let there be that dernier ressort, Don't deny to the poor man the sorry consolation of having the workhouse, or a substitute for the workhouse, to fly to in the hour of his direst affliction. Don't de prive him of the last straw which he has to grasp at in his ocean of misery. Don't debar him from that scanty succour which is provided by every civilized state for the outcast and the pauper. Let the policy of such a denial be duly weighed, and let its respon sibilities be never forgotten. The good work goes bravely on. The English people have nobly responded to the cry of distress uttered by their suffering brethren of Ireland and of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. They have acted in a manner worthy of the British name, have spared no exertions to relieve the wants of the desti tute and helpless in the famine-stricken districts. Many associations have been formed for the same god like purpose. The end and object in every case is the same—to provide food for the hungry and clothing for those who have no means of protecting themselves from the inclemency of the weather. Within three short weeks about 100,0001. sterling has been col lected by voluntary subscriptions in this city alone, and that exclusive of the large sums that have been transmitted directly to the Central Relief Committee in Dublin, or to the Highland Fund in Edinburgh, or to local committees in Ireland or Scotland. The British Association has already collected upwards of 60,000 L, of which our Gracious QUEEN and the members of the Royal Family have contributed no less than 5,500 L, while the Corporation of the City of London generously voted a sum of 2,0001. from their funds, a cheque for which was immediately signed and transmitted by the Lord Mayor, with the ex pression of a fervent hope that every corporation throughout the kingdom would follow the example thus afforded. The Society of Friends have collected amongst themselves no less than 20,0001., and in telligent and benevolent members of their body have travelled through the most impoverished districts, in order that they might judge more correctly of the most advantageous manner of distributing their bounty, and the relative wants and exigencies of the several localities. Alas ! that one of their number, who was ever foremost in acts of philanthropy and charity, should have been cut off in the prime of life, in the vigour of manly strength and intellect, from the result of an accident that occurred to him while engaged in the work of mercy, in carrying con solation to the abodes of the afflicted. Upwards of 9,0001. has been collected through the Famine Relief Fund, and the Ladies' Relief Fund, under the patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN- DOWAGER and the Duchess of KENT, has obtained most beneficial aid, chiefly from the fairer portion of the community. But, magnificent as have been the fruits of these several exertions, handsomely as the contributors have come forward and afforded their spontaneous as sistance in the cause of humanity, we look for some thing more—we desire that the fund may be a national one, that its collection may be general throughout the entire country; that every one possessed of means should be stimulated to give to the best of his ability. It is not merely the amount of the gift, but the spirit in which it is tendered, that should be regarded. Many well-disposed and generous persons are deterred from giving the pittance they can spare from their own necessities, where it may appear contrasted with the larger gifts of others. An opportunity of making their offering a part of a general parochial collection, will be ardently desired by such persons, where they will have the satisfaction of thinking that they have taken a part in the good work, Without coming prominently forward. Few would withhold their shillings or half-crowns if a collector came to their doors, who would scarcely think it worth while to transmit such small sums to a distance, and yet in the aggregate these shillings and half-crowns from the million would amount to a larger sum than the hundreds or five hundreds of the wealthy and affluent few, these means will now be generally afforded The QUEEN'S letter has been issued, of which pub lication will be made in every parish church through out the kingdom on some Sunday in this or the ensuing month, and the officiating minister in each will be required by his diocesan effectually to excite the parishioners to a liberal contribution, to be col lected the week following at their respective dwellings by the churchwardens and overseers. Such a missive has ever been eminently successful in procuring large sums in aid of any object for which it has been issued, and never has there been one that possessed greater claims on the sympathies of every class. We cannot doubt that it will be responded to in the manner it deserves, and that those who have been clothed and fed by English liberality in the season of their bitter affliction and sore extremity, may, on the return of more prosperous and happier times, feel deeply grateful to their generous benefactors. It is scarcely necessary to add a single word in favour of a subscription which comes thus strongly recommended, and the imperative necessity for which is so frightfully apparent in one district alone, that of Bawtry, coroners inquests were held on no less than HER MAJESTY'S Tu -- think it necessary to takEe4oTßu —The only notice we morning contemporary, i n whi t : i !le barefaced assertions of a ,)or authorit is called into reference founded question, is, that what we statede eatre ,i,nasto up o t n h e d c p 4 r ti o _- gramme of her Majesty's and ments of the most clear and undoub the falsehoods published, they nreted nature. As regards system unblushingly adopted last ver rt of the wretched timately exposed, so as to deprive 'the year, and which was ul parties of all character and credit. That it should of these in creased tenfold in virulence at the present juncture have mirprise us; but what does astonish us is. thatrea does not should be entertained, after the innumerable expos n Z hope it should this season meet with the gullibility necessary give it currency. The anutsiag part of this affair is, that y the natural tendency of these malevolent inventions and intrigues to excite an interest in, and to do good to the very parties -,tacked. —Morning Post. A VETERAN R ECRUITING -OFFICEII,—Lieut. Clarke, t f the Royal Artillery, who has been stationed at (Lisburn, :n Ireland, for nine years, is, perhaps, the most successful re cruiting officer the British army has ever possessed. In the course of last year he forwarded to head-quarters nearly a thousand recruits, and in the course of his service of about thirty-five years, he is said to have enlisted between thirty and forty thousand recruits for the Royal Artillery. The British resident s a t F ran kf or t have collected the sum of 551. for the relief of their distressed countrymen in Ireland and Scotland. ' ten persons (six men and four women) on the 18th instant, and the verdict in every instance was the now frequent and accustomed one—" Death from starvation." Alas ! that so horrible an end should be of constant recurrence in a Christian land, forming a portion of the wealthiest kingdom in the world. We cannot, however, refraim from quoting shortly from the charge of Mr. Sergeant HowLEY when opening the Quarter-Sessions at Nenagh, on Friday, a gentle man whose authority will be universally admitted by 1 all parties, and who draws the following graphic picture of the existing distress. He says— " Writers of fiction have drawn the terrors, the deso lation, the sufferings attendant on the plague of former times, but those pictures of the imagination, highly coloured as they may be, do not equal those pictures of real suffering and misery which the chronicles of the time daily present before us. Robust men, worn and gaunt with famine ; weak women and helpless children sinking down from want of food; famished human beings ! uttering the cry of hunger until that cry is stopped by death —eve n th e d ecen t forms of burial obliged to be dispensed with, and the unshrouded victims consigned uneoffined to the gravel" This statement requires no comment or ad dition. 1 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _MORNING-, JANUARY 28, 1847. There is no race of people upon whom the lessons of experience tell with greater effect than the Eng lish. Their wisdom is essentially practical. In the earlier time of our history, when the lights of know ledge were not only exceedingly faint, but were almost exclusively absorbed by the monastic classes, freedom of action was necessarily limited, inas much as the national mind was enslaved by ignorance and its degrailing concomitants. This is the real clue to the narrow basis upon which the different institutions of the country were severally erected. Again, the love of power and of ease, in herent in man, rendered those, in whose hands were lodged the keys of civilisation, averse to the diffusion amongst their benighted compatriots of those elementary political truths, on the general and prac tical recognition of which hinges the progress of society ; and thus it happened that their own selfish remissness always constituted a specious plea to the ruling powers for not widening the foundations of our political structure. However theoretically correct might have been any scheme propounded for enlarg ing the rights and privileges of the people, the ready answer of the monopolising dignitaries of learning, who were of necessity the chief functionaries of the ever, he added that other than Government measures are required :—" I feel, with respect to these and other measures that there are things which the Crown cannot grant, which Parliament cannot grant, such as a spirit of self reliance and a spirit of co-operation. I must say plainly that I should indeed despair of this task, were it not that I think I see symptoms amongst the people of Ireland, both of a greater reliance upon their own energies and their own exertions, and a greater will ingness to co-operate with us." We would earnestly adjure all those who, alarmed at the proposal for the relief committees, imagine that the Irish are to be come a nation of paupers, and that the English are to toil for the maintenance of the idle—we would earnestly adjure all such dispassionately to peruse the foregoing observations of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The whole speech of the Noble Lord, indeed, breathes the same inspiriting sentiments. We are not asked to work for the Irish, we are asked to enable them to work. Let us not regard that suffering people as some idle beggar who must be fed by our bounty, but rather as some unfortunate individual incapacitated by want and sickness. We will give him food to recruit his strength—we:will give him medicines to restore his health—we will set him in employment—we will make him independent—and then we have done with him. By the sweat of his own brow he will support himself —aye, and perhaps pay us back some day, with interest. kingdom, was, that the people were not sufficiently prepared and enlightened to receive the boon, and that, therefore, its concession would rather impair than minister to the stability of the State. When, however, despite of this perverse obstruction to the general development of the mental faculties of our remote ancestors, the rays of civilisation, from a variety of causes—the crusades at one time, the invention of printing at another, and so forth — became stronger, and began to penetrate the national mind, our institutions were squared in accordance with the fruits of knowledge and experience. Our monarchs of old were, for the most part, the first to perceive that they best consolidated their own power, and most effectually checked a turbulent nobility, when they conferred important franchises upon the humbler classes of their subjects. By this judicious policy an overbearing aristocracy was made to feel the recoil of inordinate ambition and selfish tyranny. Under these circumstances, popular affection, the only legitimate source of all permanent rule, but which was haughtily contemned by the nobility, centred in the Crown. These natural reverses of power at length taught the great feudal lords of England that their influence could only be usefully and honourably maintained by showing themselves to be provident of the interests and comforts of the industrious classes of the community ; and that when men have matured th e ir minds duly to ap preciate, and fitly to enjoy, augmented social privi leges, and political rights, it is neither becoming nor safe to impede their acquisition. Whenever, in later times, the aristocracy have turned a deaf ear to this cumulative lesson of experience, the people have invariably convinced them of the futility of their restrictive endeavours. They did this in 1829, in 1831, and again in 1846. By the moral force of public opinion alone were the Relief Bill, the Reform Bill, and the Cornßill wrung from a morose and reluc • tant aristocracy. Bearing these reflections in mind, we rejoice to observe that Alderman Humpimay on:1 ues day induced the Court of Aldermen to pass a resolu tion, that a Bill be prepared by the Remembrancer, to be presented to Parliament, to extend the elective franchise for the election of Aldermen and Common Councilmen. It is satisfactory to find public bodies voluntarily taking the initiative for their self-reforma tion. They thus secure the confidence of the public and evince a wisdom competent to the efficient dis charge of the important functions with which they have been invested from an ancient period. Moreover, by acting in this spirit, they prevent the occurrence of sudden and violent changes, which, in long-established institutions, are ever to be depre cated, except in cases of extreme necessity. It is quite preposterous that the custom which the leading merchants of the city of London have long estab lished of residing in the suburbs, should have the effect of debarring them of the franchise which would give them a voice in the management of the business, and in the election of the authorities of the corporation. A nouvelles ajjaires, i nouveaux conseils. On a dispassionate survey of all the Government measures they will be found to have this one object in view, the affording of temporary assistance until permanent improvements are in progress. Many of the propositions can only be justified by the pressing exigencies which demand them ; we must not confound them with the more salutary and durable reforms. The temporary and permanent im provements may almost be regarded as the edifice and the scaffolding. What should we think of their common sense who should cry out against the latter, because it was not of elegant appear ance and of durable materials, because, in sooth, it wits not adapted for the purposes of habita tion, forgetting all the while that the habitation was behind it Q In a little while the edifice itself would be raised, just in proportion, elegant in design, lasting in material, the theme of general admiration; while the unsightly scaffolding—having served the purposes of its erection, having sustained the separate fragments till they formed the perfect whole —now, "its occupation gone," would be removed and seen no more. So will it be with Ireland. Pass but a few years, and our loans, and donations, and relief com mittees will disappear—they will only be ap parent in the benefits they have tended to procure. We are inclined to believe with Mr. FRENCH, that " the fearful calamity with which it has pleased PROVIDENCE to afflict Ireland will do for that country, what neither king nor statesman could effect, by leading to the adoption of measures which will give her a fair field, and go far to promote her regeneration." For years Ireland has been the scene of distress, and the source of difficulty—let us trust, nay, let us believe, she will be so no longer. PANDORA'S box of evils has been poured out on that unhappy land, but now we have reached the bottom, now at last we have obtained Hope. In addressing the House on Monday evening, Lord Joux Missals. observed that it was needless for him to solicit their indulgence, he felt assured it would be voluntarily bestowed on him. The result fully justi fied his anticipations ; his discourse was listened to with indulgence, nay more, with approbation. That discourse is now before the country, where it will assuredly meet with as cordial a reception. On Monday eveting party differences were forgotton ; the Parliamant met to deliberate on the necessities of the people. In the contemplation of their terrible sufferings, all minor considerations vanished, all fac tious quarrels were laid at rest—the Opposition could no longer oppose. And; in like manner, we doul t not, will all prejudices of creed and country be r e s to e n t the hour the recollection of English people. In former animosities annihilated—nay, the very distinctions will not be thought of when the gloomy reality of Irish suffering becomesthe eacalamities i f t u i e l fully of t y manifesthe present will be effaced, the memory of former grievances will be appeased. Is Disputes shall cease, and ancient feuds shall fail, Returning Justice lift aloft her scale." The very distinctions of English and Irish, of Pro testants and Catholics, will be obliterated in the com mon brotherhood of fellow- subjects and fellow-men. It is at a time like the present that such sympathetic senti ments are more especially required ; and it is precisely at a time like the present that, happily, they are most likely to prevail. It has been said that a common suffering will make friends even of foes ; how much more, then, should community of sorrows strengthen the bonds of those who should be as brothers ! That such will be the case we cannot doubt ; and we cannot doubt that the speech of the Prime Alinister will meet with a hearty response throughout all Eng land. It can hardly fail to do so, indeed, for it has in a twofold degree claims Oft our approbation. In the first place, it excites sympathy for suffering, and o p ints out and dema nds the means of alleviatin g i t ; - and, secondly, it elicits our approval for the ex ceeding justice and advisability of the great prin ciple which it enforces —namely, not that we should regenerate the Irish, not that we should do everything to help them, but that we should endea vour to enable them to effect their own regeneration —that we should help them to help themselves. This is the great object to which all these new improve ments tend ; this is the great object to which both the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and Lord Jour; RUSSELL so eloquently and so strenuously alluded ; this is the great object which every lover of Ireland, which every well-wisher of the Unit • ed Kingdom, must most ardently desire to see effected ; for by its achievement, and by its achievement only, can the well-being of millions be assured. " In native strength, in native ranks, The only hope of freemen d wells.' We might as well attempt to make a dead body speak or move as expect to benefit a people by ex ternal influences. The Marquis o f LINSDOWNB's illustration was singularly appropriate. Speaking of the temporary assistance which England might ren der to Ireland, he observed—" The arm might be extended to support the tree which was bending its head to a temporary blast, but it was only to the vigour in the roots of the tree and to the vitality which it had in itself, that they must look for its permanent restoration." Let us trust this metaphor may be happily realised. England will be ready to do her possible—notwithstanding the privations to which the people of this country must be subjected, they will be ready to afford help in the hour of need. They will cheerfully contribute their aid to support the branches of the tree during the passing of the storm ; let us trust that in the meantime its roots be imbibing a new life. That such a trust will not be vain we have every reason to believe. The speeches both of the Noble Marquis and the I _. ....... ....__ _ Prime Mi n i ster tend to__ enco urage the most sanguine h opes ; indeed, muc h as we ad m i re the vari ous d eta i ls of the G ov ernment pl ans, there is n o part of the discourses of the noble The St. Petersburgh Journal of the 15th publishes an account of the repulse of an attack upon the Russian fortress of the Golowin, in the Caucasus. The enemy is stated to have retired after sustaining a loss of 50 men. The Russians state their loss at four killed and 12 wounded. The EMPEROR, as a proof of his satisfac tion at the brilliant defence of the garrison, has pro moted some of the officers, and granted decorations to some of the privates. The St. Petersburgh journals publish a royal re script, conferring on M. LEVERRIEI2, the astronomer, the order of St. Stanislaus of the second class. Committees have been formed in Russia for inquiring into the condition of the peasants on the seigniorial ter ritories, in order that a statute may be prepared for their amelioration. In 29 governments there are 21,148 landowners who have not more than 25 peasants, while others have only a single portion of land without pea sants. The Government has decided upon transplant ing these reduced nobles to the lands belonging to the Crown in the governments of Simbirsk and Tobolsk. One of the sons of each family will be brought up in the battalions of the military cantons. The Swiss Federal Gazette of the• 21st January says— speakers which elicits our hearty concurrence and cordial sympathy more fully than does the earnest and confident tone in which they declare their as surance that the exertions of the Irish will not be found wanting, and that the prosp3rity of Ireland is not to be despaired of. (i I do not despair," said - . Lord JOHN RUSSELL, " I See no reason why Ireland " We learn that the French Ambassador, M. de Bois-le- Comte, who had resided at Zurich since his arrival, but who left a few days ago to take his seat in the Chamber of Peers, will, on his return, fix his residence at Berne. On the other hand, the Ambassadors of Prussia and Bavaria will follow the example of those of Russia and Austria and leave Berne for Zurich. The French Ambassador was not a party to the note addressed by the Ambassadors of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to the Vorort of Berne; but it is supposed that the French Government approves of the views of the three Northern Courts relative to the federal duties of the Vorort Madrid papers of the 19th have arrived. The reports of an approaching change in the Ministry still con tinued rife in Madrid, and it was even said that the Ministry would be dissolved before the debate on the Address could come on in the Chamber of Deputies. The KING, it was said, had shown to Senor ORTEGA, a Deputy in his confidence, a letter written by the QUEEN, in which her MAJESTY expresses her wish for the forma tion of a more constitutional Cabinet. The debate in the Senate still continued, and on the 18th there was a " scene" between General SERRANO and Senor ISTURITZ, in which the personal recrimi nations which were exchanged were of so violent a cha racter that it was supposed a hostile encounter would have been the consequence. On the 19th several Sena. tors attacked the Ministry for their connivance at the fittng out of the Flores' expedition, when Senor IsTuarrz in the most emphatic manner denied, in the name of himself and his colleagues, all participation in or connexion with that enterprize. A telegraphic dis patch announces the election of Senor CASTRo Y ORozco as President of the Chamber of Deputies. The Clamor Public° of the 18th states that very alarming accounts had been received from Navarre, where the Carlists had been successful in exciting a strong feeling against the law of recruitment and rousing the people in favour of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN by pretending that he would respect their fueros. Scenes similar to that which had been witnessed at Pampeluna had taken place at Tafalla, Sanguesa, and Estella. MADRID Boma, JAN. 19.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31% for cash; the Five per Cents., at 20% ; the Coupons, at 18 3 4 ; the Vales, at 8 5 (; and the Debt without Interest, at 6i. may not become a state enjoying the greatest pros perity." In order to effect this desideratum, how- We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Presse has the following announcement : " We must do Lord Palmerston the justice of acknowledg ing that he has perseverance in his designs, his cupidities, and his hatreds. He has not abandoned his projects of 1840 upon Egypt ; he has only modified them. He has no longer the idea of taking forcible possession of Egypt, but of buy ing it! Offers have been secretly made at Alexandria and Constantinople for the inheritance by England, on the death of the Viceroy, of all his royal spoils, on terms discussed and settled. If thesd offers should be accepted, what will be done by France —isolated France?" The meaning of this we take to be, that Lord PAL MERSTON has discovered and circumvented the intrigues in which the French Government has for some years past been engaged, in order to get possession either by fraud or by force of Egypt. TOe French Government has " never abandoned its projects upon Egypt—it has not abandoned them to this hour, although there is more caution in the conducting them at the present moment than was necessary, during the hybernation of Lord ABERDEEN at the Foreign-office. The Journal du Havre announces the arrival in that port of 35,000 barrels of flour by eight vessels from the United States. This, it says, forms part of. 100,000 harrels that have been shipped in the United States for France. The Commerce has the following on the subject of the prices of bread and bread-stuffs : "We said yesterday that the price of bread in Paris would probably be raised to fifty centimes the kilogramme from the Ist of next February. The medium price at the Halle yesterday has still further raised the price of flour, which regulates the price of bread, and brought it to 58f. lc. If t h e pr i ce r i se s i xty -fi ve cent i mes more, the price of t bread w ill b e 51c. F ortunate l y , t hi s d oe s not appear o be probabl e . I n t h e pr i nc i pa l markets in the neighbourhood of Paris there has been, it is true, a new augmentation of price, but to-day we rece i ve more satisfactory accounts from Havre, where the arriv a l s o f corn and flour from America are daily increasing. At Havre prices have falle n ver y considerably because arrivals are expected, w hi c h are estimated at 100,000 b arre l s o f flour. On the other hand, the vessels loaded with grain for Marseilles, winds, begin t o which were detained in the Bosphorus or Mediterranean by contraryylher is aid to be t a h l e s o markets better. arrive at their destination, and their from 400 to 500. The news fro v in i h the There are no new outbreaks. will be supplied quill tranquillity is with grain, l and the prices will become moderate." According to Emancipation of Toulouse, the authori ties have received information that on the night of the t 18th inst. CABRERA slept at a chateau near Faryeaux. For several days the gendarmerie have been scour ing the country in s earch of the red outed Carlist chief, who, however, ha s hitherto managed to escape capture. The Minister of Marine has ordered all money due by his department to be forthwith paid both in Paris &Ed the seaports. It is supposed that the nioney thus thrown into eirculaion for contracts, arrears of pay, &e., will serve to alleviate the present pre sure on trade and manufactures. Gellcral FLORES has arrived in Paris. The C rn Importation Bill was introduced into the Chamber of Peers on Monday. " The calculated expenses in the Budget of 1848, for the department of war, amount to 331,510,506 francs. The effective of the army amounts to 342,767 men, and 83,851 horses; 282,767 men, and 68,361 horses, being for home ser vice; and 60,000 men, and 15,490 horses for Algeria. In the budget of the marine, the sum demanded is 140,984,819 francs." It will be seen that the fall of prices in London occasioned a similar, though not so extensive, a movement in Paris on Monday, on which day the Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse at 77f. 50c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 20c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2121. 50c. ; Rouen, 872 f. soc. ; Havre, 670 f. ; Great Northern, 607 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 8271. 50e. ; Vierzon, 5701. ; Bordeaux, 537 f. 50e. ;Basle 2101. Paris and Strasburg, 4681. 75c. ; Nantes, 470 f.; Paris and Lyons, 487 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon,4Bof. MAnsrlskr.Es, JAN. 20.—Marseilles and Avignon, 833 f. 75c.; Northern, 6151. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 26. Boulogne and Amiens, 14y 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 314—Great Southern of Madras, IA —Luxembourg, 2—Northern of France, 121,y—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7!i—Paris and Lyons, 7%—Sambre and Meuse, 63,,i AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. By the John Cumming, which arrived in the Mersey yesterday, we have accounts from Savannah to the Ist inst. inclusive. There is no news of any moment. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. SAVANNAH, JAN. 1 Cotton—Arrived since the 25th ult., 8,541 bales upland. 5,383 per railroad, 2,516 from Augusta, and landing on the river 592 from Boston, 50 per waggons, and 219 Sea Islands. The exports for same period have been 4,613 upland, and 42 ditto Sea Island, to Liverpool, 949 bales upland to Trieste, 1,026 ditto to Boston, 926 to New York, and 344 ditto and 3 Sea Islands to Charleston ; together, 8,749 bales upland, and 45 Sea Island, leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared. of 48,798 bales upland and 962 Sea Island, against 11,660 upland and 725 Sea Islands at the same time last year. There has been less animation in the market during the week, but we cannot quote any decline. Prices have been somewhat dull, though holders generally are firm in their asking rates. We quote ordinary 9 1 A to 9 5 / R • middling, 9 3 / 4 , to 10; middling fair, 10% to 10 1 4 ; fair and fully fair, 10% to 101/. Kice—The market has been inactive during the week, and prices on all qualities below prime have receded about l Ac. per lb. The sales amount to 447 casks—viz., 72 at 2 3 4 ; 250 at 2'A ; 50 at 3; and 75 casks at 3 1 / 2 dollars per 1001 b. Flour—There is much doing in this article. A lot of 25 barrels Baltimore sold at 6 dolls. per barrel. Salt—A cargo of 232 tons Liverpool, in sacks, arrived during the week, has been disposed of at 1 dol. 50c. per sack. Corn—No sales this week. 65 to 70 cents per bushel has been paid for the article in small lots. Exchanges—Sterling is a shade lower, the rate being now 4 1 4 to 4 1 / 2 per cent. premium. , reights—We have no change ito notice in foreign since our last report. The rate for Liverpool still continues at % per lb. for square, and 11-16 d. per lb. for round bales. Cotton.—For Havre there are two vessels loading at I'%c. per lb. for square bales. For Baltimore and Philadelphia the last engagements were at 5 / s c. and 3 %c. for square and round bales, and 1 doll. 15c. for rice. 104, VT.t. ~,scAl t a. Ow' • - .‘ , 111.1111.- - "41 0. • ' 4" v r • moS ,„ .. .4? 01T , WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UP TO THE HOUR OF POST, THEREBY ANTICIPATING OTHER PAPERS BY TWELVE HOURS. EXPRESS EDITIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS BRINGING DOWN TRE DEBATES TO THE LATEST MOMENT. Orders received by all Newspaper Agents, and at THE THIRD EDITION Sun-office, 113, Strand. int/mint( 2111114 LONDON, TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1847, Ireland must have an extension of the poor-law. Without a better administration of that law, the , beneficence of Government, the munificence of Par liament, and the sagacity of our leading statesmen will be exerted to no purpose whatever. Without a juster distribution of the national alms, and a more rational arrangement on the part of the poor-law guardians in Ireland, it is folly to anticipate any effective diminution of the unparralleled miseries with which that country is afflicted. Lord JOHN RUSSELL acknowledged as much on Monday evening, when he announced the intention of the Ministry to bring in a Bill conferring additional powers on the poor-law guardians, " to afford relief either in or out of the workhouse to ALL parties disabled by bodily ailment." The circumstances under which the Prime Minister made this announcement are most significant as to the necessity for some proceed. ing of the kind. Although Lord Join; RUSSELL had just broached his scheme of district relief committees although be had just recommended to Parliam ent the granting of 50,0001. to the land proprietors of Ireland, for the purpose of enabling them to purchase seed for potatoes; although he had just proposed a sys tem of loans advanced upon the terms of the Drainage Act, namely, at an interest of three and a half per cent.; with the intention of affording assistance towards the improvement of estates, and the reclamation of waste lands; although he had just submitted to the consi deration of the Legislature one of the most comprehensive propositions ever made by Prime Minister for the alleviation of the distress consequent upon the famine and destitution, he yet felt it to he his bounden duty, as one of her MA:ESTY'S ad- visers, and as a patriotic statesman, to demand of the Imperial Parliament extended powers for poor law guardians. It is this especially which as sures us that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has the Genius and the Courage which are most essential in the Premier at these epochs of peril and disaster. It is this which imparts such homogeniety to the speech delivered by the Noble Lord on Monday evening, which ren ders that speech admirable, not merely for its dissec tion, one by one, of the several exigencies of Ireland, but for its sagacious and systematic indication of the remedies which are alone calculated to re-organize the society of that kingdom, and which, above all, , enumerates those remedies in a sequence so natural and judicious as to render them compact and effec tual, instead of casual and disjointed. The Noble Lord was conscious that millions might be lavished upon the completion of unremunerative public works, that thousands might be expended in the purchase of seed for potatoes, that bog-lands might be drained into cultivation, and tracks of dry soil irrigated . into fertility, and that still the demon of starvation might continue triumphant, and men and women perish with hunger in the ditches. Lord JOHN RUSSELL saw that this would be inevitable unless some sub stantial provision were made for the famishing pea santry. He saw the calamitous consequences which would be inevitable unless Parliament were prepared, as he himself emphatically expressed it, "to enact that relief should be given by law to the destitute." Under the existing state of things the assistance afforded by the poor-law guardians is restricted within very narrow limits, while the destitution which requires assistance is altogether unrestricted— it is boundless. So many paupers can be accommo dated in a given workhouse, say 250, and there may be some 550 souls starving in the parish. What be comes of the 300 for whom there is no accommoda tion whatever ? The board says at once to the 300, "Be off! There's no room for you here. We are crowded as it is, and have no particular wish to breed a fever by close packing in the sleeping quarters." The natural and ostensible result of which is that the 300, finding themselves denied all aid by the paro chial authorities, and excluded from all opportunity of shelter in their sorest troubles, become reckless-- try to get by foul means what they find it impossible to obtain by fair—turn rapparees and vagabonds, and are not unwilling to earn a guinea from the agents of " Molly Maguire " by driving a bullet through a " marked man," or bludgeoning a prosperous tenant upon his own threshold. Those are the evils arising from this systematic niggardliness. The workhouses being constructed only to contain a limited number of the poverty-stricken, there is always, from the per petual pauperism of Ireland, a surplus of the local poor denied admittance within their walls.] In extraor dinary periods of privation l d ike to the a pfrriegshentfta,ltheaxttseunrt lus is ,naturally increase. ofre e lie c f Q :h aain the peasantry the law santry , : are d F r r i o v m en t t o hi t s he in c s o u m ffi m cin i e ssi c on of offn they are transformed from the victims of famine into the perpetrators of crime : they are forced into a lawless struzgle for the preservation of their lives : they are incited to acts of insubordination and goaded to deeds of bloodshed. It is useless to mince the matter, and would be sinful to conceal the truth. When uneducated multitudes are refused all aid by the guardians placed over them by the Legislature, tilt necessary consequence is, that they feel themselves help of brute the force.poor. impelled t o appease the cravings of their own hunger by the iat All g t u h a is ra m izo i t g s h , t be readily obviated were like those mentioned the other evening in the House of Com mons by Sir H. W. BARRON, to hire some additional premises whenever the dearth may make the applicants more numerous than the workhouses will contain. What can be more idiotic, in fact, than to build shel- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early morning walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took walking and pony exercise to-day, on the eastern terrace of the Castle and the Slopes. Her Royal High ness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdorf, Earl Fortescue, Lord Camoys, and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner are expected to arrive at the Castle to day, on a visit to the Queen. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorf, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, Earl Fortescue, Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Mr. G. E. Anson. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend during dinner ; her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. A deputation consisting of the Earl of Lune, Lord Doneraile, Lord Bernard, Mr. French, Mr. George A. Hamilton, Mr. W. S. O'Brien, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Tuite, Colonel Conolly, and Mr. Lefruy, had an interview with Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. Lord Acheson had an interview with Sir George - Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Ross had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, yesterday. A deputation from the Mauritius Association, consist ing of Mr. D. Barclay, M.P., Chairman; Mr. A. L. Gower, Mr. Milligar., Mr. A. Stale, Mr. Rowland son, Mr. S. Baker, and Mr. Guthrey, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Mr. Hawkins had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Viscount Morpeth gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers, yesterday evening, at his residence in Grosve nor-place. Mr. Kingscote had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday. Mr. Lloyd had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home office. The Lord Advocate had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The readers of your valutble journal of Monday last read with great delight a paragraph congratulating the public on the fall of the price of bread in almost all the metro politan districts. _ _ But, Sir, I am not at a loss to know what conclusion your intelligent readers Mill arrive at when I inform you the daring, unjust, and monopolizing bakers of Pimlico and Chet sea, instead of following the laudable example of honest bakers of other metropolitan districts, of reducing the price of bread to a fair remunerating profit, actually combined and advanced the price of bread one halfpenny the 41b. loaf. You, Sir, cannot but think this advance in the price of bread in this district a gross act of cruelty and injustice, and altogether uncalled for, more particularly as the day has ar rived that triumph and justice are treading upon the neck of the most unjust and fallen corn-laws. It is reported that a meeting will shortly be convened by the mechanics and others of this district to adopt measures with a determination to deal only with those bakers who sell bread at a fair remunerating price. I remain, Sir, &c., Pimlico, January 27. GULIELMUS. [The sooner the people meet the better. Promptitude is half the battle.—ED. Sun.] SOME REMARKS ON THE PRO POSED ADMISSION OF SUGAR INTO THE BREWERIES AND DISTILLERIES. (FROISI A CORRESPONDENT.) We take for granted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has arranged his accounts in such a manner that he can afford to sacrifice two-thirds of the revenue he at present derives from the tax on malt, before he consented to the measure he has expounded for the admission of sugar into the breweries, if he has not so made up his mind, we are free to tell him that will be the effect of his plan : thus, barley when malted yields a given quantity of saccharine matter, equal, perhaps, to about seven pounds of sugar. The process is carried on for this object, and for rendering the grains of cern friable. Now, these advantages a brewer can derive from a bushel of malt can be obtained by adding seven pounds of sugar to a bushel of kiln-dried barley. The revenue, consequently, will lose the difference of money betwixt the duty on a bushel of malt, 2s. Bd., and the duty on seven pounds of sugar, 100., occasioning a loss to the Crown on the small quantity here taken of one shilling and tenpence ; for this sacrifice we suppose the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has the national income to manage, is prepared. The admission of sugar into the breweries, however, dwindles into insignificance, when compared with the evils likely to arise from the other part of his,plan, namely, the terms of the admission of sugar into the distilleries. Here we have a system of bounty originated, and ingeniously mixed up with It—a scheme, against which even the Chancellor of the Ex- I chequer himself, ought to be the first to hold up his hands. No one can foretel the extent of mischief to which this measure may lead. The plan proposes that the distiller shall clear his sugar from the bonded warehouses, and pay duty on it at the same rate as Other folk, and when he is called upon to pay the spirit duty he is to be allowed at the rate of 12s. 10d.—in fact, keeping up the expensive machinery, now in existence to collect fourteen shillings, to collect fourteen pence ! and this extravagant scheme is based upon the supposition that all descriptions of sugar will yield the like quantity of spirits—namely, eleven gallons and a half. Now, it is thoroughly known that few articles vary so much in their yield as sugar; some sugar not giving more than five gallons of spirits, while others will yield twenty ; and yet, according to the scheme in tended to become a permanent law, before us, the distiller is to receive 12s. 6d., for each quantity of eleven and a half gallons of spirits, a fixed amount of drawback upon an uncommonly fluctuating extract. The Chancellor of the Exchequer may fancy he is perfectly safe, looking to the results of the experiments laid before him, but we will tell him if he is safe to-day, he may not be so to morrow. Is he or any one else prepared to say that the art of distillation has reached perfection? Is he or any one else prepared to say that the distiller will not and cannot dis cover some new mode of carrying on his process, or some new implements by which he will be enabled to obtain more than eleven gallons and a half from each cwt. of sugar? The Right Honourable Gentleman seems to have pinned his faith on what has been told him by the West Indians. so A tf, gs l Itrgt qualitiesle aarr e r we will I pi e irl le c ic t yos precisely yieldel yl w det i l l hem l ve eut scat l h,rgta h ml i tl moohnre, more; i a a stnt t hi , diel i e f ras u t h wph e eiarl ll a it;o v sr e et rlheaecgte supqualitieserior f operations. Had this measure been brought forward by the protec oualrdt,hoafvfleeetchinouggthhte community u in n g it e y ni f o o u r s th a e nd ad rz n e m tio o r d d e s ,ts w o n thireshould part, tags and profit of the colonists. PRESENT STATE OF rORTUGAL.-0 new work on Portugal, entitled "An Overland Journey to Lisbon, with a Picture of the Present State of Spain and Portugal," is an nounced for immediate publication by the author of "Re velations of Spain." At a time when the attention of Europe, and, indeed, the whole civilized world is turned to the insur rectionary movements now going on in Portugal, and to the transactions connected with the marriage of the Queen of Spain, these volumes, from the pen of a gentleman, now re sident amid the scenes he describes, and enjoying pec iliar facilities for correct observation, will doubtless be cordially welcomed by the public. SUN EXPRESS EDITIONS —The Leicester Chronicle, in its Second Edition, published on Saturday morning, ay s— "We learn, from the Third Edition of The Kvening Sun of yesterday, that the Corn Bill was forwarded through its remaining stages, and the Navigation Bill read a second time Ist evening. it °NEN.' and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) There was a dull market fur Cotton at Liverpool yesterdey. Sales only 1,500 baleq, of which speculators took 500 Ame rican. Surat realised 4 1 1 (1., and American 61/2d. to 7WI• per lb. Shane were firmer. In the present state of the money market there is, as we conceive, much more regard to be paid to the method by which we shall discharge our liabilities to foreign countries. than to the unfounded apprehension of an inability to procure adequate supplies of food. There are ample stores at our command, even if we had to look to no other country than the United States, but the difficulty is that our legislation does not encourage foreigners to receive payment in goods. goods. As a writer on banking matters very ills Y i remarks :—" We have condemned ourselves, by an Act o Parliament, to pay foreigners in a currency which is scarce and valuable, although we continue to buy of them in a clif" ferent one, which is abundant, and not intrinsically Yak!' able. In short, we have, by an Act of Failiament, made gold the cheapest article in Great Britain, under all circnin' stances, whether of abundanss or scarcity, thereby bringing ourselves an increase in payments of gold, and all its attendant consequences, by increase of purchases insteae; oulu of an increase of sales ; for what foreigners w be so foolish as to take dear goods, when they had the option of taking cheap gold? Nothing is so clear SO that it is (under the law of 1819) the interest of foreign countries not to buy from us, except they can get our mer chandise at rates of price so low as to make it more advo tageous for them to take it than the proffered gold at 31. 17s. 10%d. per ounce. Driven by the bitter experience of this fact, British manufacturers have striven with all the might of desperation to cheapen their produce belor. gold price ; they have reduced many ar ticles of stap le "manufacture 200 and 300 per cent. to induce purchase& And how have they done this? They have done it bf grinding the working man down to a condition of misery unparalleled in human experience; by suffering themselves so intensely as to make their own condition almost worse than the poor victims at the loom and the forge; by carrY in .l on, in short, a desperate struggle of years with an enrag ` population on the one hand, and the grasp of the money. power on the other ; a struggle in self-defenee. and for existence." Possibly this s•atement is somewhat coloured, but the groundwork is, we fear, too correctly described' Further, the same party elucidates the matter by obserringt that " Before the Bill of 1819 was passed and came into operation, gold rose and fell in price according as it was plentiful or scarce, wanted or not wanted, just like ant other commodity. If a foreign merchant, having a r emit" tance to receive from this country, found a difficulty in dis posing of British goods at a remunerating price, he ha d returns sent out to him in gold, provided that he Per ceived that it would be more advantageous t.° him. But, if in consequence of a bad har ves t' s or from any other cause, our imports were unn sual l large, without any corresponding increase in our ex P.: 1 ": many persons found themselves in the same position it the merchant just supposed—anxious to obtain gold in th country, in order to have it remitted abroad ; and then (I ), ` - t vious to the Act of 1819) the result was, that the P S ' demand for gold thus produced raised its price, and it becanie again matter of consideration with such parties, whether! • it would not be more profitable, since the price gold had risen, to export goods instead. And if the price Of , gold became high enough, as it was sure to do, if it Wag likely to be exported in suck quantities as to inconveniesc.! us, goods were exported instead of gold. But since 18lY1, because the price of gold is fixed by Act of Parliamen t 1 !.. Si. 17s. 10%d. per ounce, it has become impossible that Owe should ever happen ; for, however high rbt price of everything else may be, however g"'"" the demand may be for gold, and however scarce it ine be, its price can never rise, and therefore, let the consequ ences be what they may, gold must always go in payment for ell r imports, whenever these exceed our exports to any considf t able amount." The present year unfortunately may these opinions to the fullest extent; and although we Su.f t pate large orders for manufactures, we likewise expect a deal of bullion to be sent away. The Foreign Exchanges were heavy again yesterday a te!' • noon upon some of the continental cities, but it does not I . pear that the effect of the bullion remittances to Faris it, 11 ., present, to depress any further the quotations for bills that city. The market for the public securities has to-day, b . rather quiescent. The intelligence of a decline in puc e the Paris was expected as the effect of the heaviness i n English market on Saturday. Consols have been 91 to 91, for present transfer, and 91 1 / to % for time. Exc he q U er. bills have been quoted 4s. to Bs. premium. The New Tato and-a -Half per Cents. have been 927 to 93%4 Three per Cents. 91% to %. Bank Stock is lower ag being 203% to 204%. There is very little doing in the Foreign LIN-esti:oT; Spanish Three per Cents. have been 34 to 34K • an d o dt ~ e t Four per Cent. Portuguese Bonds are 33 to 34. rain,' te . has been marked 84. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per On are at 5771 3 . Shares are firmer to-day, but the business doing is rt. stricted. BRITI6II FUNDS. cl,OO l L . S s a ONE O'CLOCK. 2 111'9° 4 Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 204 20334 20 4 , 9I 7e Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 91%14 % 91S Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 91 1 4 91 9134 99* New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 9334 9 2 % 93 .% 6 . 9 11. 0 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ..9 11-16 9-16 11 -1 991 India Stock .. .. . .. .. .. .. 251 11 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. 11 6 ? Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 6 p 10 0 South Sea Stock .. .. . .. .. .. .....,, Ditto. Old Annuities . .. .. .. 100 910 Console for Account .. .. .. .. .. 91% 14 W. Exchequer Bills. IN d. I%d. B 1,0001... .. .... 4 8— PM' B 500/. ' . .... 4 8 rw l • 8 114 0 Ditto, Small .... 4 8— gra' 0.,05- • S B *: ONE va c / FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. , 133,4 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 84' • ' 33i Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 19% Equador Bonds •• •• •• •• .. 22 Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. . 3 4 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 8 per Cent .. 34 4 Portuguese Four per Cent , .. .. 3334 33 3 , ....• Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • .. .. 141 Ditto, for the Account .. ~ .. 5 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. —..-- Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 34 Ditto, for the Account .. . . 3434 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. - 0 11_, Dutch Two-and-a-Ball per Cent .. 57% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91%% 91%' PRICES OF BUSINESS CLO g1146' RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT P.. . I C,..6g• ..,, ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. .. .. .. 25 .... 23% .. ..... 23% Amber., Notting., Boston, and 2% Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2%.... 2 1 4 %•••• • • • • 1 21 Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 127 •• • ... OO Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 14% ••••• • • • • 4S 1 , Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 425..... 4% p•••• • • • • ..-• Bristol and Exeter • . •. .. 75 .... '.. •••• • • " 12 Ditto, New .. .. .. .. 10 .... 12 -..•• .• •• p 5 Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 845..... 1 , 4;4 par .. •• 2634 Caledonian •. .. .. .. 30 .... 25% 2634 •••• 9 1 4 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 234 .... 2 1 4 .. •••• • • • • 2, Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 .... 1% %.• IS Cornwall .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 .... 1% .... ••• • •• 270,, Direct Northern Scrip .. .. .. 2% .... 234 •••••• • • •• 2 9 *, Eastern Counties .. .. .. .. 20 .... 22 2131 .•• • " 12P Ditto, New .. •-• .. .. .. 14 .... 19% .. • ...... • 1. 1 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 133. 4d. 1 4 1 4 1 1 •"• Ditto, ditto, .. .. ..No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 1 ,4 P•••• •• •• 4 7 , Ditto, York Extension .. .. 2 .... 4% ••••• •• '• •-- Eastern Union .. .. .. .. 40 .... .. •••• •• '' g Do. Cambridge and Ely .. .. 23,i .. .. 2 .. •••• • • • • --: East Lancashire .. .. . • .. 14 .• • • ••••• • • • • • , L Ditto New .. .. .. .. .. 5 .... 7% 7.. ••• • • • 77. Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. .. 1% ••• •2%%••• • '• . • 6 ,4 East Lincolnshire .. .. .. .. 4 .... 6% %•••• • • '• ' Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% .. •• • • Great Northern (London & York. 2 Regd.) .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,4 .... 2% %U•• • • • • 3 * Do., do (Direst Northern Regd.) 3% .... 3% ••..•• • • '' OP Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% .... 27 26% 1 25 Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 .... 126 .. •••• • • • • 1 9 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 50 .... 73 72 .. •••• " 2 0 , Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 1236 .... 2034 20 ......914 Ditto, New .. .. .. .. 434 .. .. 9%...... •• " 89, Leeds and Bradford .. .. .. 35 .... 82 .. .. Leeds and Thirsk .. .. .. .. 22% .... 20% Ditto, New .. .. .. . 5 ... .. •••• • • • • 4 .ti Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 3% .... .. •••• • "• 7 7L London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. ••••• • •• •• 5 5, ', London, Brighton, and S. Coast.. 50 .. . 54% %•••• •• •• 5 41 Ditto, Consol. Fifths • • .. .. 50 .... 54 k.. .. •• • • 970 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... •••••• •• •• 19 4 London an North-Western . -100 .... 194 .• •••• •• •• --- Ditto, Quarters . .. .. 2 .... ..•• •• •• •• 14, Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 14 .... • •• • • 1$ Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. .. 2 .... 18% .... •••• ' • 14' Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 ...• ••.•• • •• " 62 London and South-Western •• 41/. 6e. 10d... 63 62% .• •• • • 5 ....... _ _ ) Ditto, Tenths .. 5 .... 5%.. ••• • • • 4# Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • • • 4 •• • • 4 •••• •• " 5 , Ditto, Scrip.. .. 5 .... 5% ....... •• • 4's Ditto, ditto .. .. 4 .... London and York Scrip .. 2% .... 4% .. •••• • • • • 2 Ditto, Extension ditto .. 2%.... 2% .... • 2lO Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21 .• •••• • • • • 108., Manchester and Leeds .. •• 82 .• •• • • ••• • 101 Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... 19% ••• • • Ditto Extension .. 425. 1 P•••• '• %S. Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... %.% P••• • '' i 3 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% %••• • • • " 123 Midland ... 124 123.. ••• • • • 36 . , Ditto, New • ~ .. 30 .... ••••• • • • • • 6* Ditto, New .. 2 .... 64 •• •• 33 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .... 324,4 Norfolk .. ..100 •• •• Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 6 .... •• • • 11,4 Northern Counties Union 2% • • 1 % ••••• • • • • • 3.11 i North British .. 25 .... 34 !4 33% .... Ditto, Half Shares .. .• 11 .... 14%% D.tto, Extension % .........• Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • • • 1 .. • • 3 % ••••• • • • • • 11% North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• • • 84 ••••• • • • " 2/ 1 . North Western .• .. • • 2% .. • • 2 7's •••••• •• • • •-••,, Preston and Wyre E•• .. 25 ••••• • • • ' • tifo, Ditto, Half Shares • . 6% 8% 371 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. • • 3% %•••• • • • ' 911 Scottish Central .. . .. 15 .... 21% ..... • • 19,4 • Scottish Midland ........173.. , . 19% ••.. Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 4% %••.• • • • • .44 die. Shropshire Union .. 425..... N%dis •• •• •• South Eastern and Hoyor .. • • 33% .. •• •••"• • • • • 11 Do., New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 13% •• •• •• 4 . , Do., New (do. 1514 .. No. 4. 3% .... 4% ••..•• • • •• IP South Wales . • • • .. .. 10 .... .• ••• •• '• South Yorkshire, Doncaster, a n d 04. Goole .. -. • . 2 2% ...... •• • • j% w West Riding Union .. • • . 425. 1%% p•••••• Windsor, Staines, &S. Western.. 425.... • %P• • • • ••• York and Newcastle .. .. 25 36% .... ••• • • Off Ditto, New.. .. .. 5 11% % •• • • 7 Ditto, Preference .. 2 .... 7 ...• • • --- York sad North Midland .. 50 .. •.—•••• • • • • • • 12 Ditto, Preference .. .. 2 .... 12 .... ...... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Yierzon) .• .. • . .• .. 10 .. •• 13 •• •• •• Luxembourg 1.. •• • • • • 6 • • . ** "" • • Madras, Nellore, and Arcot.. .. .. • • •• •••• • • •• Namur and Liege .. .. • • .. 8 .... 3 36 3.. •• •• •• Northern of France 8 12% % % • • • • • ' Paris and Lyons .. .. • • • • 8 •• • • 7 % •• •••• •• Paris and Strasbourg .. .. 5 .. 3% •.••• • • • •• Sambre and Meuse 6% .......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS.' Provincial of Ireland • . .. 25 .... 45 .......• • • MINES. Real del Monte, Unreziatered .... • • • • • • ;banks REPRESENTATION OF HTTRE.—Mr. Wont , - t the will retire from the representation of this borough .g next general election; and Mr. Edward Drake Broc l a t f; of the Paddock, Hythe, is already in the field solicidng, suffrages of the electors. Mr. Brockman is a Ministeriaust: On Thursday afternoon, the 21st instant, the children of the parish of Coniscliffe, near Darlingtom we'oi plentifully regaled with tea and spice cake, at the exP ense d R. H. Howard, Esq., M.P., of Corby Castle,' Curnberlan4: the benevolent and respectful Lord of Manor, ie tion of the joyful event of the christening of his first-h?._113„ daughter. Tea was provided in a large granary belonging to Mr. D. Hetherington, beautifully decorated with. e, / . 4 ., greens, byMrs. Hetherington and Rickaby, of High Coniee'l"_" who<e excellent arrangements and inspiring' presenc, ehnelr tributed in no small degree to the enjoymen t of their tributed juvenile guests. Several young ladies presided 14 th ` Y ere tables, and among the visit( rs on the joyful oc.:asion, observed the worthy vicar of the parish, the Rev. J. Cep dill,„ Miss Cundill, the Rev. Mr. Hogarth: of Darlington, the Miss prinmPal churchwardens, the schoolmaster, Mr. Tobling, and v s inhabitants of the parish, &c. The village bells rung m e merry peal during the evening. After partaking of the which cheers,. but inebriates not, the young cemPl in g e al c elebr rated, highly delighted with their entertainment, en and a young bosom breathed its sincerest wishes for healt h prosperity to the house of Howard. The fanners itlee P lea tifully regaled their labourers with ale on the occasion* sc: ne Cork. throui been into any o Tbi from Sage are ev are 0 1 of the 9f the It m a , Mess; no les eight nu m b :ovhiel ing t i as ho and 8 lift °tat( th e c th e c been bath 111 pest b Lt op, ela, tiller, it t h Presii Publi d ay, on e ( the ( and ul sc Ile wi TM dep, state Nell