The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon :Mr. Weiss ; Yloreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastie; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. King ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs; Frirole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto 'mime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled RART,FQuIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and nnmerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blarnire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. R. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin _ tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALTBA, THE ENCHANTRESS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered "somehow or other," "some time or other," near " somewhere or other." Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Horncastie ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and li. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each; the March of Intellect (travelling "incog." as," Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect says a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. IsrEitioa of INFANT Seuoot.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTESIOR AND BAREACA?r OP COVENTRY CASTLE.— The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his " first," and nearly his " last " appearance is public on the occasion—how his "cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to slab him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICZ.—" Nothings material to our historie" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KAETRA's HoesE or CORRECTION I—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Dough's, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom Scene 5. DOVER ROADS.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." - Scene 6. Menu or THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Paths, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not having even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KING or Eorrr.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fcr himself ), Mr. Wiellnd. How this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns:; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," 84c. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? I "Orme he shall gorge ; I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the " Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. TH2 DRAGON'S HAHNE IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished) ; how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL or CHIVALRY.—How St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends In New Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon... • . Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT tra's SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature." " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint flies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCHANDLER'S SHOP AND CRINART.—More ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of " game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff "in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way fur " patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet in it The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. Titoism AND Tsu.oft's SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot -ng." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOT WAREHOUSE.— Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." _ SUMO 15. THE STATUE AS IT Is ; or, Wellington at Ilyde-park. corner. Beene 16. ME STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo, "Look here upon this picture, and on this." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA COVENT GARDEN The nobility, gentry, and public are respectflilly informed, that the New Theatre will Open the first week in April, for the per formance of the Lyrical Drama, on a scale of efficiency in every department never before attempted in this country. The Ballet will include the names of the most celebrated Artists. The Prospectus for the arrangements of the Season will be issued in due course. M. BEALE, Director. January 9, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.Y3fARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessen. THIS EVENINO Will be performed the popular Comedy, called MONEY. Lord Glossmore, Mr. Holl ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. Brindall ; Mr, Benjamin Stout, Mr, Buckstono; Evelyn, Mr. Stuart ; Graves, Mr. Webster ; Captain Dudley Smooth, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Franklin, Mrs. Glover; Georgina Vesey, Miss Hor ton ; Clara Douglas, Miss Fortescue. Daring the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Itallana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. 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, 3frs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha- Meters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss (rove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, Kinloch, and Oaberry ; Miss Yillars, Miss Turner, and Miss Arden. To conclude with 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. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his 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 Wilts 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. Ileury VIII., Mr. Leffler ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss G. Sralthso n ; Anne Boleyn, Miss Rossano. 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- Ticast Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Panio ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Comic Vaudeville of LA DOT D'AU 'VRRGNE. To conclude with the popular Play of DON CESAR DE BA ZAN. Mon Cesar de Bazars, Mons. F. Lemaitro ; La Maritana, Mdlle. Clarisse. Boxes, Gs. , Pit, 38. Gd. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING, and Saturday next (there being no performance mon Thursday next).! Doors open at Eight, and the Entertainment commences at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a 43RAND DAY PERFORMANCE, on WEDNESDAY MORNING meat, Jan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the Performanco to com mence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's XoYal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries land Music -sellers ; and at the Box-office. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPFIETHEATRE. _ Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. patronised by ear Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , Prince Albert, Prince of Waaes, and R oyal Family. The new Grand Christmas Pant om i me incr be most Magnificent:forTinaellyi eases in attraction, and is pronounced to scenic, and mechanical effects. Will be performed a grand new P 41411% titled THE DEMON vo Es , _ __ anical Equestrian Romance, en- Charmed Bit. , ur, The Twelve Wishes and the SCENES of the CIRCLE ; with To be followed atys Jh6 performances of Lau eatz Walff, the great Belgi an horseman. ' ,l r yzantonalme, ] To conclude with the successful Comic Equestritt , 2,lr ße i l i r, and entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbi ne, Miss Louisa Waite. "- Box-office open trom eleven till five o'clock. —Doors open at sin an er , d , c ommence at half-past six o'clock.—St age Manag M r . W. Broadfoilt. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. --- Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING win be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS —GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING or THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har u,qoun, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, Her R. Deulin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore ; Clewn, Herr N. Deulin ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. l'oXes, 10,, Malf-price, 6d ; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d..—" The Black Doctor" received by crowded audiences with thunders of applause, tears, and enthusiastic cheering; and the great " Go-a-Head Pan .tbagn2e" pronounced, by unanimous opinion and the public press, the best production of tt.e season. THIS EVENING win be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin lorit. Mrs. Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, ;toward, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After w hich will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTII OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin „tea-S eal," aud jOO ataller and his Alen. Clown, Dlr. T. Barry. 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 Phblic Sales of Railway Shares, &c. , take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the [Jail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, Loudon, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds blame giately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATHER.--►SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 34. BAROMETER, 30.06.—W1ND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 14 minutes after 9. I Evening .. 48 minutes after 9. N .44 • A rt = AK • V. O " . , A amk - - - 411 r;•-• " , • „, SECOND EDITION. IL LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1847. A Legislative Assembly has never opened more ominously than the Spanish Cortes for the session of 1847. With a reckless audacity altogether without any parallel in the records of constitutional monarchy, the Isturitz Administration has wantonly violate& one of the fundamental principles of the national code.. In causing Senor OLOZAGA to be arrested on his way to assume his place as leader of the Opposition in the House of the Legislature, the Government of Queen ISABELLA has offered a heinous insult to all the most sacred and eminent institutions of the Peninsula. By thus violently seizing the representative of the electors of Albacete, the Ministers have committed an ' unpardonable offence to the electors throughout the Spanish dominions ; they have bearded the Opposition beyond forgiveness by thus incarcerating its avowed chieftain ; they have contemned the supreme autho- • rity of the Cortes in regard to one of its most dis tinguished members ; they have exceeded the autho- . rity allowed them by the moderate regulations of the Constitution ; they have trampled upon the privileges, and the prerogatives, and the holiest rights of every citizen in the empire. It is now absolutely impossible that any other reparation can be made to the Penin sula for this enormous political offence saving the retirement of the present Administration from the offices which its members have so shamefully abused. Even supposing the most treasonous and fla gitious acts were " brought home" to the im prisoned Deputy, even supposing that Senor OLOZAGA were proved to be guilty of some pro- digious treachery, whereby the very existence of the Constitution was endangered, the Ministers of her Catholic MAJESTY have shoWn themselves too liable to exceed the administrative authority reposed in their hands, they have shown themselves too capable of in• vading the powers solely intrusted to the representa tives of the sovereign people, they have shown them selves too capable of obeying the most arbitrary plea sures of royalty, to be permitted to continue with impunity their course of shameless and contemptible obsequiousness. So many acts of oppression have recently been sustained by the population of the Peninsula, either from the Cabinet of the Tuileries or from the osten- sible agents of that Cabinet, that it is a comparative satisfaction to discover, in the arrest of Senor OLo- ZAGA no single evidence that that proceeding has occurred either with the connivance or approval of the French Government. Indeed, the Parisian press, Ministerial as well as Opposition, has been unani mous, almost without a solitary exception, in its indig nation at this daring violation of the popular preroga tives of the Spanish peninsula. Beyond this, it would appear that the Count DE BnEssox has expressed his displeasure at an act so calculated to destroy the cha racter of the Ministry under Senor ISTURITZ, and thereby to militate against the interests of France in those territories. It is manifest from this, if from nothing else, that the occurrence to which we are re ferring cannot possibly have originated in the council chambers of his Majesty King Louis PHILIPPE. We appreciate the sagacity of that extraordinary man too thoroughly to conceive for a single moment that he could have been so preposterously short-sighted as to instigate Senor ISTURITZ and his colleagues to the commission of a crime little less than the crime of Ministerialsuicide. We are consequently disposed to acquit those Gallic politicians who have hitherto striven to jeopardise the independence of Spain from any participation whatever in the seizure of Senor OLOZAGA—a seizure which is more likely than the most flagrant pandering to the ambitious avarice of the French Monarch to arouse the Iberian people to a consciousness of their own perilous and degraded condition, and simultaneously to rekindle in their hearts the smouldering fire of patriotism. Before the Cabinet of Madrid had taken, or had probably even conceived this most hazardous experi ment upon the patience and:forbearance of the Spanish community,' we looked with curiosity and interest for the commencement of the sessional labours of the Cortes. That interest is enhanced, that curiosity is redoubled. It now remains to be seen whether there is still sufficient dignity in the new assembly of re presentatives to prompt them to vindicate their cha racter thus perilled, their authority thus thwarted, their individual and corporate prerogatives thus con temned and usurped. It remains to be seen whether the electoral inhabitants of the Peninsula are still sufficiently impressed with the responsibilities accu mulated upon their shoulders, and the solemn immu nities ensured to them by the decrees of the Consti tution, to incite them to the publication of some spirited protest against the official robbers of those responsibilities and the official violators of those immunities. Either Senor OLOZAGA must be convicted of some extraordinary offence against the law, or against the sovereign Lady regarded as the representative of the law, or against the fabricators of the law—the Spanish people ; or the Government themselves will ipso facto stand convicted of an extraordinary and treasonous offence—namely, the causeless assumption of despotic power. Among the various living states men of Spain who have attained any degree of emi nence, the name of OLOZAGA has acquired a conspi cuous position. With a mind enlightened beyond the average enlightenment of his class—with a heart prone to cherish all the attributes most calculated to reflect creditably upon the social condition of his countrymen—with an ardent loyalty, and a patriotic enthusiasm, and an immaculate character, and an in dependent disposition, and an eloquent tongue, OLO ZAGA has ensured to himself the affection, and com manded the respect of a very considerable majority of the Spaniards. His influence in the Cortes may be at once recognised in the fact of his having been chosen leader of the Opposition. In attacking such a man, therefore, and in attacking him moreover in a manner so peculiarly contumelious and insolent, the Ministers have assailed the entire community upon a point the most certain to arouse all their sentiments of indignation and all their passions of revenge. The colouring of the whole transaction is so peculiarly villanous as to enhance rather than to mitigate the wrath of the population. After an interval of three entire years the enmity of the Court faction towards Senor OLOZAGA is gratified by this unconstitutional proceeding. On applying to the Ambassidor in Paris for passports to enable him to revisit his native country, he is, at the instigation of the Afrancesado Cabinet, positively re fused. Ultimately he obtains the requisite passports from the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, but then, only after first producing for his inspection the certificate of his election as Deputy for Albacete, and, secondly, after referring to the enactment 'of the 25th of April, 1846, whereby the impeding of any popular representative s by any functionary whatever is rendered punishable by death. Never theless, in spite of that stringent and explicit enact ment, Senor OLO2AGA is arrested on his way to Madrid, and immured in the citadel of Pampeluna. It actually becomes a question whether in violating the sacred dice of a Deputy selected by the people, and a member of the Spanish Cortes, the Ministers have not simultaneously violated the law of the 25th April, 1846, and thereby committed a crime expiable only by capital punishment ! Under similar cir cumstances a monarch would be sheltered under the shadow of that august dogma—" The King can do no wrong." Such protection an Administration is alto gether without; for we have yet to learn that " Mi nisters can do no wrong." There is no loophole, in deed, through which IsruluTz and his colleagues can escape ; there is no subterfuge by which they can be screened ; there is no excuse which can be accepted as a palliation. After ministering to the ruthless ambition of a foreign potentate ; after bar tering the liberties of their country for the favour of a French Sovereign and the presentation of a few gaudy ribbons; after rendering their post as Minis ters to Iberian royalty a mockery and a shame ; after bowing like vassals to the will of a Gallic Ambas sador, and winking at the rapacity of a regal concu bine, the Government of the Afrancesados has now rendered itself for ever odious and detestable by an unparalleled violation of the laws of the empire. We regret far less that our Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser, cannot concur in the views we have offered in opposition to the immediate abolition of capital punishment, than that we cannot coincide with those which they have embraced in its favour. The primary instincts of humanity rest undoubtedly with their side of the question—and it is impossible to divest oneself of great respect for those who enlist their feelings and energies in aid of philanthropy. But while we honour their sentiments we arraign their judgment. We hope and believe that the day will come when extreme punishment may safely be blotted out from the statute-book. They think the time is already come—and herein lies the chief point of difference between us. On the other hand, we are .• glad to perceive a union of opinion in other respects. , Our opponents agree with us that polemical contro versy had better be left to professed theologians, and therefore that civilians especially would do well, when addressing public meetings on this question, to avoid referring to the Scriptures ; and they further agree with us when they state, that " it is not by the :.gallows that men or governments are to reform and - improve society, but by a moral, religious, and Christian education." When the blessings of such •an education shall have been universally diffused among the people, then, in the natural order of things, - will the black apparatus of death become obsolete in : practice ; but when we are urged, by those desirous of prohibiting forfeiture of life by law, to infer and be lieve, that the people are already sufficiently educated in, and imbued with, the principles of morality and religion, we grieve to think they are in error in drawing such flattering conclusions. We concede to our Contemporary that the abstract merits of the question of the expediency of abolishing capital punishment are not, and indeed ought not to 'be, affected by the unskilful arguments and infelici tous illustrations in which the speakers at public xne etings have recently indulged. But these speakers look to win over public opinion by the conviction which, as they conceive, they ought to work in oppo sition to the existing law; and therefore they ought to have been more painstaking in the selection of their materials for accomplishing the end which (however mistakingly) they humanely hold in view. The unhappy juxta-position in which they placed murderers with lunatics, objects of real com - mis eration, and still worse, with-the honourable pro fession of the British soldier, is revolting to common s(mse. The hypercritical argument, that the word " sword," historically considered, is, in the text, " the magistrate beareth not the sword in vain," as em blematical in its signification as the word "sceptre " would have been, is altogether devoid of weight. The sceptre has always been an emblem of regal power—the sword, from time immemorial, an instru meu t of destruction. " The sword" may, or may not be used in an emblematical sense ; " the sceptre " can only be used emblematically. But, granting the word " sword," in the passage alluded to, to be purely , emblematical, then it is an emblem of magisterial power, absolute, or restrained by law. If the law warrant punishment by death, as is the case in this country, then does capital punishment certainly seem to be authorised by the text; for we are told that; the sword shall not be borne "in vain." If the mrigis trate's power be absolute, and merely dependent upon his will, the case becomes still worse for the view contended for by the abolitionists. With all due , de ference, then, we must adhere to our original sft,i•ic tures upon the speech of Mr. ALFRED STEVENS. Our Contemporary asserts, that if punishment does not prevent crime, it should not be sanctioned. :But the fact, that murder is still committed does not make good the truth of his assertion ; because no punishment, hitherto invented, secondary or justly proportioned as it may have been to the offence per petrated, has had the desirable effect of extinguishing that or any other particular species of cri nie ; whereas, if our opponents' proposition be soum L, it would, when pushed to its legitimate results, lea xl to the abrogation of all punishment whatsoever. Let us try our Contemporary a little further. He ictin tends life ought not to be taken away under .any circumstances. Suppose a man to enter his r nom, and threaten his life with a loaded puistol at his breast, and the alternative to be that he must either kill his assailant, or be killed him self. We apprehend the answer to be, that hen could be justified in taking the life of the assassin in self. defence. Precisely upon the same principle does; so cietyla ncdtiovni a dt c hn t ea , l i p. n a its fo c fi o tt l hlbeeec State rejoined t v eaj e toe c i n a t o p e d a t ac thatikt e y l , i a fi e s t hiwse when n o t u tah l d e do pr i n n h i s neces ary law win purp f e.n th i e y e r adequately to punish the criminals, but so to pu rash as to act as a warning to others, and thus,; to defend society at large, as far as it can, from the inhuman sacrifice of innocent blood. Again, decrease w e a o r f e s challengedkinds " otfo crimea cco u n t s ivec To r the e the substitution of secondary for capital puni sh ments." In the first place, we would observe I hat executions are comparatively rare to what tl were, and so far we have a reasonable presumpt: that the present law is working favourably. In ie next, we might deny that crimes, to which second ary punishments are attached, have decreased. And I: ,el ^e we would remark the complete absence of all statis ti ca in the numerous speeches that have of late been m f.de upon this momentous topic. Our adversaries are bo and to furnish their statistics. We could then analyse th, m, and discover what they are worth. However, cri i nes may have been lessened on account of second: punishments being more justly proportioned to :I ie respective gravity of offences, and that, as a con a e quence of this, parties have been more willing to p secute, whe . reby a prompt and certain punishmf n it now overtakes offenders, who formerly escaped w impunity from the severity of the law. Anof her reason may be, that by the enactment of better la via, incentives to different crimes have been retool red. Such was the case with respect to forgery, when the one-pound notes were done away with. S Poch has likewise been the case by better understood l trays of revenue leading to the extinction of smuggl oug, formerly the prolific source of so much shedding, ; human blood. These are suggestive reasons wh io,ll we advance to convince our opponents that th e:y ought to produce their statistics. We do not yie 1 d to them in sentiments of humanity, but we feel VI best appreciate this sentiment when we evince a di a. • inclination to the extinction of a law, framed for ti to protection of our lives, being carried by unsupporte d dicta, and reasonings, which, however specious, a re nevertheless feeble and inconclusive. The memorial from the noblemen, gentlemen, ar is I landed proprietors of the county of Kilkenny, whit :1 ► has recently been presented to the Lord-Lieutena n.t of Ireland, is deserving of the best, attention and nu ►ait serious consideration, not merely from the ran is, respectability, and intelligreice of the gentlemen 1 3,y/ whom it has been transmitted, but from the modera to and just character of the suggestions it offers and th e benefit that would 'be conferred on the country by' their adoption. Nothing can be more valuable than that the parties so deeply interested in any legislative measures that may be introduced for the regulation of the employment of Irish labour, and its due direction into the most beneficial channels in the manner least ; oppressive and burdensome to existing interests, should 1 i fully inquire into the nature of the existing laws, and,: THE SUN, LONDON, TUES DAY E VEN IN G, JANUARY 12, 1847. the manner in which they can be carried info execu tion, that those persons should point out the practicii: inconveniences that may be found to attend their working, and to render them less advantageous to al! parties than they might be male by the adoption 0 1 some slight modifications or alterations. Even if the conclusions arrived at should not be fully warranted by the premises, and that the Executive should not be disposed to approve thereof to the fullest extent, the discussion that must take place, the facts on which the opinions are founded, and the several details that will inevitably be elicited, must tend to the propagation of sound principles and their eventual triumph. The Treasury minute regulating advances under the Drainage Acts, to which we have already adverted, has obtained the almost unanimous approbation of the Irish landowners, but, excellent as it is admitted to be, there are some additional points in which it might be ameliorated. It enables persons desirous of improving their estates to do so in the most desirable manner. They are permitted to select the particular works, to carry on operations without being burdened with the cost of unnecessary and expensive superintendence ; a fair time is afforded to them for the repayment of the advances that may be given. The period within which the entire amount must be liquidated appears to have been most judiciously chosen, so as to pre serve the just rights both of the tenant for life and the remainder-man. The interest to be charged is very moderate, and little, if any burden, will he felt by the borrower, for the increased value of the lands con sequent upon the outlay will be amply sufficient to pay the full amount of the instalments both for principal and interest, so that there will be no dimi nution of the annual revenue of the proprietors, while the lands are permanently improved. But in Ireland it is essentially necessary that every en couragement should be given to those persons who are anxious honourably to fulfil the duties incidental to their position ; and, on the other hand, that no loophole should be given by which the negligent landlord should be permitted to evade or escape from his just responsibilities. It would, indeed, be too hard to cast the entire burden on the kind-hearted and benevolent of not merely finding occupation for the destitute poor belonging to their own estates, but also of bearing a portion of the expenses occasioned by the apathy and disregard of duty of their neighbours. The Kilkenny memorial points out that those per sons who avail themselves of the provisions of the million Drainage - Act would still be liable for their full proportion of the baronial assessments under the Labour-rate Act. Although they may provide work for their own people, and give employment to a larger number of persons than would fairly be required in proportion to tl* quantity and quality of their lands, they would have to pay as large a rate for unpro ductive and useless works as the parties for the support of whose tenantry and dependents these works were solely required, whereas, if they proceedel under Mr. LABOUCHERE'S letter, and obtained presentments fur useful works sufficient to give full occupation to the unemployed labourer in the elec toral division, they would be wholly (and most pro perly) exempted from any portion thereof. It would, therefore, be more desirable to proceed in the latter manner, but that the terms offered are much less favourable to the borrower, both as to the rate of in terest and the period for the repayment of the prin cipal, than those offered by the Drainage Acts; there would also be a heavy additional expenditure in the payment of the staff, &c., which would deter the proprietor from availing himself of these advantages. It is, therefore, suggested, " that in any enactment which may hereafter have reference to this subject, as long a period for repayment of the money, and as low a rate of interest as allowed under any other Act, should be granted to the bor rowers ; and also that such an Act should have a retrospective view in justice to those landlords who may have already availed themselves of the provisions of Mr. LABOUCHERE'S letter." These propositions are not only just in themselves, but are based on sound policy. Every encouragement should be given to those who have come forward in the first instance and set a good example to their neighbours ; other wise, all would hang back and bide their time, until they saw whether any better conditions could be obtained, and the most beneficial measures would be retarded and delayed. The next suggestion offered—" That in any future enactment any proprietor who may be willing to take the full amount of his proportion of the assess went for productive works should not be liable to any part of the remaining sum to be levied on the electoral division"—is of the highest importance. We have long been convinced that it is the only means by which all the landowners can be induced to act fairly and to improve their properties, and bring their lands into the highest degree of cultivation. It is now more than four months since we asserted the principle, and it has since obtained many influential advocates. When once the proprietor of the soil is convinced that the poor of his estate must be sup ported, either in idleness or in useful industry, and that he himself must pay for that support, that he cannot cast any portion of the expense on other and more innocent parties, there is little doubt that he will adopt that course which is at the same time most beneficial for himself and for the public in general. The other suggestion is to the effect " that some outlet should be afforded to the surplus population by offering every facili t y f or emigration." This is important yv We are not, however, , and one worthy of seriousdou b t doubtless s consideration.sa mo st dis posed to place so much faith in emigration as a remedy for the ills of Ireland as has been given to it by many intelligent persons. We do not concur in the opinion that the social ills of Ireland are produced by an excess of population ; on the contrary, w e think there is an ample field for the useful occupation of every able-bodied man in the country, in the full development of its resources, in the reclaiming and bringing into cultivation the 3,755,000 acres of waste land which, according to the report of Mr. R IC HARD GRIFFITHS, the eminent civil engineer, published in 1845, might be drained and cultivated with advantage, and in the bringing into better condition the 14,000,000 acres already in tillage, but not half cul tivated, and which ,the most competent per sons are of opinion might be made to quadruple their produce by judicious improvements. 'The same amount of money that would be required to expatriate an industrious family, and settle them with some de gree of comfort in another land, would reclaim a sufficient quantity of waste land to support them with equal comfort in their native country. Some allowance should be made for the feelings of the parties themselves, and none should be compelled to emigrate, to be driven into banishment, without their full and free consent. If adopted at all, it should be merely as an auxiliary remedy to the great and paramount ones—the reclamation and improvement of waste land—and not by any means as a main relief for the ills of Ireland. We shall, however, gladly hail the full discussion of which the subject is so worthy, and which must tend to elicit and eventu ally establish the truth. An insurrectionary movement took place in the canton of Frib ourg, on t h e 6 t h. The inhabita n t s o f the distri c t s o f B ulle, Morat, an d R omon t, assem bl e d for the p urpose o f marching on the capital in two columns. Finding, however, that the Government was prepared to resist the attack, they retreated. Intelligence has been received of the death of Lord BERNARD HOWARD, at Cairo, on the 21st ult., from congestion of the brain. His Lordship was the third son of the Duke of NoRFOI.K. A, dvices from Constantinople of the 24th of De cember announce a partial change in the Turkish Ministry : " The old Seraskier llosref Pacha has fallen, and has been replaced by Said Pacha as Generalissimo of the Empire. "Darbohor Reschid Pacha has been made a mucliir. "It is said Riza Pacha has been named aide-de-camp of the Sultan, still retaining his office of Minister of Commerce. .This is a most i mpor t an t move , an d ma y lead to acrists for the present Ministry." We mentioned yesterday that intelligence had been brought from Lisbon to the 6th by the steamer Achilles, and that CASAL had defeated the Miguelite General, MACDONNELL, at Braga. The following is CASAL'S official dispatch " Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir,—lt having come to my knowledge that the Miguelite guerrillas, with Macdonnell at their head, caused much inquietude in the province of Minho, carrying their hardihood to the exh nt of appointing- authorities in the name of the pro tttilel t),!: Li tL toy U:Vikit ii iS In accordance with them, I resolved to march on this city ~o r the purpose of attacking these, enemies of her : , /Itij.c.st:,''s throne and of the natonal liberties ; and I now proceed to give you a tuccinet account of the stt.ick , thie;t took place yesterday, to be submitted to their \lajestit!s, until I shall have time to describe it more in letai!. I entered Braga. yesterday by main force, and inceeeded in completely d.Seating Macdonnell. That :dventarer bed entrench,d himself within the city, and forced from 1,500 to 2,000 na:-n, wh,an he had with hi,n, in great part soldiers of Evora Monte, to fight despe rately. They had 240 killed, seine of them being colonels and lieutenant-colonels, and one major prisoner. We had 36 killed and wounded—four officers of the number. We bad also two horses wounded and one killed. The fire lasted for four hours. " God guard your Excellency " BARON CASAL. " ilead-quarters at Braga, Dec. 21, 1846." CASAL issued the following proclamation the day after the battle : "Inhabitants of the province of Minho,—An English man without character, a Spaniard utterly unknown, four ecclesiastics, the disgrace of their order, and half-a dozen men without name, virtue, or morality, seducing come and forcing others, hare waged war against him who offered you peace, and sealed with blood my en trance into this province, when I meant to have strewn my path with roses. The valiant division under my command has inflicted on them the merited chastisement —may the lesson prove beneficial ! Mercy is open to those who shall repent. but justice will fall with all its rigour on those who shall not desist from their criminal intentions. Inhabitants of the province of Minho, the legitimate authorities are installed, anarchy has ceased. and the necessary orders are issued for the re-establish ment 0f tranquillity. I reckon as much on the subordi nation of my soldiers as on the devotedness of my countrymen. Misled and deceived men, abandon for ever a banner—if such name it deserve—abhorred for its injustice and forgotten for its antiquity. Spare your selves inevitable chastisement. Run to me—the arms of a brother :are open to receive you, and I guarantee the clemency of the illustrious Queen who presides over our; destinies. Let Queen and Charter' be our de vice ; obey, and you will be happy. (Here follow the usual vivas.) " Braga, Dec. 21, 1846." " BARON CASAL. The insurrectionary Junta at St. Michael's sent on the 19th of December an officer to Terceira, re quiring it to join the movement. The Governor, however, refused, and sent the officer back to St. Michael's. The extreme severity of the weather has prevented SALDANIIA from undertaking anything of import ance. He was at Pombal on the 3d with the Ist and 2d brigade of the army of operations. His dispatches announce that very many of DAS ANTAS'S soldiers have deserted over to him. On the 31st no fewer than 43 cane over from the 7th Infantry and 7th Caca dores. On New Year's-day 21 came over, and on the following day four more. On the last day of the year the QUEEN gave a grand dinner at the Palace of the Necessidades to Admiral PARKER and the Commanders of the several vessels composing the British squadron in the Tagus, and to Colonel WYLDE and Mr. SOUTHERN, the British Charge d'Affaires. The Diario announces that—" Her MAJESTY desired by this dinner to give a testimony to our ancient ally of the value she sets on the relations of friendship which bind the two countries." The Ministers and other official persons were likewise present. The Diario thus describes the state of Portugal at the close of the year 1846 : Here, on the last day of 1846, we are without trade, without authorities, without law, without security, with out property, without peace, without order, without mewls, without credit, in the midst of bloodshed, loss of life, and every calamity and disaster." Accounts from Angola announce the destruction of two slavers by the Portuguese war schooner Nympha. The Portuguese troops in that colony had achieved a victory over the natives. Madrid journals to the sth have arrived. The father of Senor OLOZAGA died at Madrid on the 3d. His death, which, it is said, was hastened by the treatment his son has received, has excited a great sensation. Senor OLOZAGA is himself confined in the citadel of Pampeluna, where he is retained au secret. The follo Ning are copies, in the original Spanish, followed by translations, of the passport of Senor OLOZAOA, delivered to him by the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, and of the warrant of PIDAL, the Minister of the Home Department, for his arrest : "COPIA DEL PASAPORTIL "No. 1 7 3.--En nombre de S. M. Dona Isabel 11. de BorbOn por D_ 'G. Reyna de Todas las Espanas. " El Consul ile Espana en comision en este puerto de Bayona y sus kdependencias, Don Jose Lopez de Busta mante, del Cons ejo de S. M., &c., &c. " Conned° e y seguro pasaporte al Excellentissimo Senor Don Salt•stiano Olozaga, diputado a Cortes electo, naraque por Int In pase a Madrid, a egercer su cargo de diputado. Yo ruego a las autoridades, civiles y mili tares, asi Fmnicesas como Espanolas, no le pongan im• pepimento en nu nage, y le ausilien en lo que pueda nece6sitar. " Dado en Ba yona, a 24 de Diciembre de 1846. " Firmti,do, JOSE LOPEZ DE BUSTAMANTE. "Derechos gratis.—Va sin enmi en d a . " Visado por las autoridades de Bayona, Beobie, Irun; la prin to e 124, y la segunda el 25 de Diciembre." (Translation.) " COPY OF THE PASSPORT. "No 173—1 n the name of her Majesty Donna Isabel IL de Bourbk to, Queen by the grace of God of all the Spains. "Don Josii Lopez de Bustamente, Consul for Spain in this port ,of Bayonne, and one of the Council of her Majesty, &c.,, "Grants fl ee and secure passport to his Excellency Senor Don ;al ustiano Olozaga, elected deputy to the Cortes, to pa ss by the way of Irun to Madrid, there to exercise his duty as deputy. And I request of the au thorities, both. civil and military, whether French or Spanish, that ti icy present no impediment to his journey, and that they a hi is in whatever may be necessary. " Given in 33 ayonne, Dec. 24, 1846. " :JOSE LOPEZ DE BUSTAMANTE. " Duties fr aE..—Proceed without any question of cor rection on th'is document. " Vised b j the authorities of Bayonne, Beobia, and Iran ; by the former on the 24th, and by the latter on the 25th of Dv cember." " C Ch PIA DE LA ORDEN DE ARRESTO. " Minis to rio de la Gobernacion de la, Peninsula, ie ccion de G. , bierno.—(Reservado.) " Habiendo- tenido noticia S. M. la Reyna que Don Salustiano 0' toz aga se ha introducido en Espana, se ha servido manf iar , de acuerdo con su Consejo de Ministros, que donde q ui( .ra que seu ballad° se le arreste y se 1: condurce Ciudadela de Pamplona, donde perma nerca para su jurgado con arreglo alas !eyes por el tri bunal compe `,e nte. Y siendo el Capitan de la Guardia Civil, D—, p li-tad° de esta, uno de los engardos de esta comicion, os 13 voluntad de S. M. que los GefesPoliticos y autoridades . ante quienes se presente le faciliten cuantos ausili it , &c. " PIDAL. " Madrid, 2;S de Diciembre, de 1846." (Tran slation.) " c( OF THE ORDER OF ARREST. " Mini st ry of the Government of the Peninsula, Sec ti on of the Home Department.—(Private.) "It having b een intimated to her Majesty the Queen that Don Sala: itiano Olozaga has made his way into Spain, her M esty has ordered, in concurrence with ber Council of Mi isters, that he be arrested wheresoever he may be found, and conducted to her citadel of Pampe luna, where Ile shall be detained until he is tried ac cording to law- by a competent tribunal. Captain D—, of the Civic G -u ard, the bearer of this, is one of the per sons entrusted with the commission. It is her Majesty's wish that the . Political Chiefs, and other authorities to whom he may" apply, shall render him what assistance he may think ni 2cessary. " PIDAL. " Madrid, !De c. 28, 1846." Not withst ar (ding the wording of the warrant, that "he is to be t letained until he is tried according to law by a col ni )etent tribunal," it is generally supposed that he will ru be tried at all, but that he will be sent back to • Bayonne. Many of the firmest sup porters of t be ) Ministry have expressed their disap proval of the 'arrest of OLOZAGA, and their conviction of its illegal it: To all remonstrances ISTURITZ re plies, that 0 IA )ZAGA is the enemy of the QUEEN. The Chan ei ier of Deputies is still occupied in inves tigating the alidity of the election returns. On the 4th, in reply to a speech from the Minister of the In terior, PIDA r., defending himself from the accusations brought age ,i 1 ist him of having unduly interfered at the late elec ti ons, Senor MENDIZADAD made the fol lowing spee cl which may be considered as the pro gramme of thi Progressista Parliamentary policy : " I have j) est heard M. Pidal declare that one of the two conseqt ten ces of his administrative course is the creation of a g overnment. He ought to have said ' a national gov vu ament. After an absence of four years, I fancied, as 11 4 3ntered this hall, that I had been dreaming for three yerm ; and a half. Of this dream but ono re collection an d thought remained—it was that my happi ness would b e complete, if, on the day of the inaugura tion of the C;o) 3gress I might be permitted to address the nation. WI 3a t I wanted to say, and shall now say, is, that it is ref 4.1 •ved to this Congress to raise its voice with vigour, firm n ess, and unanimity, in order to express the wish th a veil be drawn over the political errors we 11 of us have more or less hitherto committed. Such is the only means of creating a national gov, ernment. Exclusions prove but one thing—the w eakness of our institutions (and re member that many of you have contributed to their establisht nent)—great feebleness in the men now in power, or t he great importance of those who are ex cluded. Do z tot forget a people who have made such mighty sacrai ea 4welve yearn past--A people ilho }1 , 11 , ?; rrl l l rsrpnorn f oi tilt ~ vi, a i:ita.luaai WIC til Otte gentlemen, let us drop a veil over the past, and not re member this day what occurred yesterday. Let us think but of the proT , Jets of our country. I s!T , ould not hesi tate to make a formai proposal to this effect, but I and my - political friends are not ambitious of such laurels. 'this glory is allotted to the gentlemen sitting on the other side. It behoves us to accept this initiative, and the Government to agree to it, by cooperating in pro. curing the felicity of our country. It is. then, that wt shttli be really : , .trot, t -, until that it %%ill be said o[ua,ar the words of a vim. oaf; ipanish citizen, beware of the abyss opened beneath your feet ; it will receive all parties; some will fall first, but the rest will follow. This awful truth terrifies us. The Deputies of the minority of the Congress will support so patriotic a proposal. Such ar© my sentiments now as in 1835, when I returned to my conntry after a grievous emigration of twelve years." This speech made a deep impression on the Cham ber, and has, it is said, been received with satisfaction by the Court. The Chamber will not be perma nently constituted until the 15th. The province of Gallicia has been relieved from martial law. Letters from Cadiz announce that the Spanish steamer Villa de Madrid was burnt in the harbour of that port on the 28th. No lives were lost, and part of the cargo and the machinery were saved. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. s.—The Three per Cents, were done at 311 fur cash; the Five per Cents, at 20i ; the Coupons at 18t . ; the Passives at 64—one operation of 200,000 reals was done in the latter. The Union Bank of Madrid had issued its notes. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They all speculate upon the probable tenour of the KING'S Speech on the opening of the Chambers on Monday last, but as the Speech will be found in another column, of course these speculations are now out of date. It will be observed that the Montpen sier marriage is alluded to as a fresh pledge of those good and intimate relations which have so long ex isted between France and Spain, and the maintenance of which is as desirable for the prosperity as for the reciprocal security of the two States, and that the Cracow affair is touched on very gingerly :—" An unexpected event has impaired the state of things founded in Europe by the last treaty of Vienna. The Republic of Cracow, an independent and neutral State, has been incorporated with the empire of Aus tria. I have protested against that infraction of the treaties." It is rumoured that in the original draft of the Speech the sentenee relative to Cracow exhibited considerable energy, but th a t it was a lt ere d t o its present inoffensive form by the desire of the KING. The state of the Bank of France still continues to excite alarm. The Siècle says_ " The shares of the Bank of France underwent on Thursday a fall of 60E, which occasioned a depression of all the securities. It appears that the shareholders took alarm at the report that the Bank was about to raise the rate of discount. We cannot tell how far that rumour was well founded ; it is, however, said that the Mi n i s t er of Finance insists on the Bank reducing its amount o. discounts ; and it is probable that several members of the Council of Administration concurring in the view s of the Government, are thinking of raising the rate of interest, in order to limit the operations. The im portation of foreign corn, by necessitating a con siderable export of specie, has temporarily lessened our metallic reserve. The Bank, in order to reined) that inconvenience, has purchased in London ingots and dollars to the amount of 20,000,000 of francs. It thatprecaution does not sufficiently re-assure timid minds it would be preferable, instead of 20,000,000, to lay out 60,000,000 in purchasing bullion, than to raise the rat. of discount, and check circulation. If the Bank limits its discounts, it is not the wealthy bankers who will sui• fer by it ; it will be the petty merchants of Paris. The moment, besides, would be badly chosen to visit them with such a measure, when they have so punctually ful. filled their obligations. At the close of December com mercial bills, to the amount of 51,000,000, were paid b) them into the Bank, without the least difficulty or delay. Notwithstanding sinister predictions, and in the midiu of a financial crisis, the merchants of Paris honourably met all their engagements. Moreover, money is abun dant, the last liquidation on the Bourse was attend( ci with no casualties, and the calls of the railroad com panies are easily effected. There exists no real per turbation ; but the contrary would be the case if the Bank of France followed the advice of the Govern ment. The elevation of the rate of discount would cause a crisis in Paris ; and a crisis might produce con sequences which the Ministry is far from anticipating." _ _ ... The price of flour in the Paris market on Saturday had risen one franc per sack. Rumours were circulated in Paris on Sunday that there was a split in the Conservative camp, as many of the usual supporters of the Ministry were of opinion that a more energetic line of conduct should have been pursued with regard to the Cracow affair. These rumours were generally credited. The Three per Cents. were done on Sunday in the Passage de I'Opera, Paris, at 79f, 80c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 11. Boulogne and Amiens, 1514—Luxembourg, 2%—Northern of France, 10 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Sambre and Meuse, W s —West Flanders, 3. DESTITUTION IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.—The congregation of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, contri buted on Sunday last the munificent sum of 1,2401. and upwards, after sermons preached by the Lion. and Rev. B. W. Noel and the Rev. J. G. Garrard, in aid of our destitute fellow-subjects in Ireland and Scotland. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR 20Z.—Yeste day a well contested foot race came off at Tottenham, between Rawlins, of Tottenham, and Mallet, of London, for 101. a side.. The distance was half a mile. At the start Mallet took the lead, which he maintained for 400 yards; Rawlins then came up, and a good race took place, which terminated by Rawlins coming in the winner by 30 yards. He accomplished the half mile of road in two minutes and twelve seconds. PEDESTRIANISM.—T. HALL AND J. WOOD.— These representatives of " the power of stride " in the denizens of the eastern and western quarters of the metropolis, walked their match of seven miles yester day, at Gannick Corner, near Barnet, for the stake of 25 sovs. a side. The men started from the 13th mile stone to the 14th, about three o'clock. Hall went off for the first mile with the lead, but we doubted whether his condition was such as his friends could have wished, and this was proved by the turn of the second mile, where Wood took a decided lead, from which Hall could never afterwards displace him. The hilly road, with its hard, frost-bound irregularities, also told on his speed, al though we are of opinion that he could not, even under favourable circumstances, do more than stand au inferior chance with Wood. Hall, nevertheless, walked and spurted gamely, often decreasing the 50 or 60 yards to 40 as they toed-and. heeled it along. His chance was, however, clearly out, and at the close Wood led in pret tily by 50 yards. Ball was evidently in difficulties from the fourth mile, although he pulled through with spirit till his final defeat. The time of the winner was Ih. 4m. Bsecs. There was a little betting at 5 to 4 upon Wood ; rather, as it appeared to force the market in the absence of legitimate speculation, than from any great opinion of the safety of the investment. Indeed, the current of the circulating medium, like the circulating fluids, seemed " friz," as Mrs. Gamp expresses it. ROBBERY AT TIIE SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.— Yesterday morning, information was received at the Southwark police station, that the counting-house of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, railway carriers, near the luggage warehouses at the Bricklayer's Arms station, was broken into on Sunday night, and robbed of seventy pounds in gold and silver, and three cheques of a small amount. The countinghouse is inside the premises be longing to the company, who have their own police. THE DEATH OF A MAN CAUSED RY A BOAR.— Yesterday an investigation was gone into before William Carter, Esq., at the Crown, Spa-road, Berm 9. ondm, r 7 e s t t te o death p th h e eleys, of 22,0 f w Ja r m lg e h s t,s l: h h a e i l l ez e s g , s, aged I p 4 Berm o ndsey, eO de a po th se a d t that on Wednesday last the death too k day eight t w h e e e s k e s av h e e h w ge e r n , t a t t o D w e o e r k k he i a n d. the s e h e y e ar w d as of th M er r c . he at e t e h e e t l i d m e h , a t n e d m a p h t y o y h c e a r m e h a s a k n e ad a t o l e d f t d h a e dad dust e h c e e :wa s u ed t hsiel e deceasedha the h boar e t athe thebettst rushed at him and went and pig threw the a b y r a o r o d m s a t t i t c a k ei a t t ed the th them The d e thighs. Assistance was g w o a r s e d p e i k m i n w g i t i h t h e rs e t u g s a l i i n s i called for and he m was released and frera ndtake t n he to w S e t. u T hd h s o . ma li s' e s Hospital, bleeding very re mained there for some time, but at last said h e wou ld go home, a l t hough she advised him to the contrary. He went to work the next day, but could no nothing, nor on the following, when he appeared so ill that a surgeon was called in. Mr. Marten, a surgeon, said that he found a severe wound at the back of the right thigh ; one on the other leg had beeen cured. There was erysipalous inflammation, and inflammation of the lungs. The de ceased told him he had lost a great deal of blood from the wounds, and the exhaustion consequent on it, together with the inflammation of the lungs, perhaps caused by exposure to cold in the yard, produced his death, the injury, in the first instance, leading to the results. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, after censuring the carelessness of the owner of the boar, in allowing it to roam about the yard, especially as it was stated to have previously at tacked and injured another person. THE ASSYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND Dumn.—The half-yearly general meeting of the donors and sub scribers to this benevolent institution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Monday, Robert Pugh, Esq., in the chair, the Committee mentioned the fact that in consequence of the increased facilities of conveyance, they had children in the assylum from the most distant parts of the kingdom. There were pupils from 36 out of the 40 English counties, from five out of the 12 Welsh counties, from the Channel Islands, and from Ireland, besides one from the East Indies, and one from South Australia. At the present (the January) election, there were 30 vacancies to be filled up, and f u r these 66 candidates had presented themselves, 26 girls and 40 boys. The poll was opened, and chs, dat three, shortly after which the names of the successful candi dates were declared, 0 iii _E N i NI G OP TILE FRENCH CHAMBERS. THE KING'S SPEECH. Tie following is a translation of a copy of the Speech by which his Majesty King Louis Philippe yesterday opened the Chambers : " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies— " In summoning you to resume the labours of the session, my first wish is that you should afford my Government all your co-operation, in order to' relieve the sufferings which this year distress a part of our population. I have hastened to order the measures best calculated to attain that object. I trust, that by the firm maintenance of order, by the liberty an d security of commercial transactions, by an ample and judicious application of the public resources efficiently aiding the zeal of private charity, we shall m itigate these trials with which Providence sometimes visits the most prosperous states. " My relations with all the foreign Powers afford me the firmest confidence that the peace of the world continues secure. " The marriage of my beloved son, the Duke de Montpensier, with my beloved niece the Infanta °I Spain, Louisa Fernanda, has completed the satisfac' tion and consolation which Providence has vouch' safed me in my family. This union will be .a fresh pledge of those good and intimate relations which have so long subsisted , between France and Spain , and the maintenance of which is as desirable for the prosperity as for the reciprocal security of the tW° States. " I have reason to hope that the affairs of IA Plata will, before long, be adjusted conformably t° the views adopted by my Government, in concert with that of the Queen of Great Britain, for the re' establishment of the security of our commercial re' lations in those countries. "I have concluded with the Emperor of Russia s treaty of navigation, which guarantees to us, by a just reciprocity in our maritime relations with tha t empire, advantages which it was important to'us t ° preserve. "An unexpected event has impaired the state °f I, affairs founded in Europe by the last treaty on Vienna. The republic of Cracow, an independen t and neutral state, has been incorporated with th e empire of Austria. I have protested against this in' fraction of the treaties. At home the constant progress of the public revenue, &spite of causes which might bale checked it, demonstrate that the activity and re• sources of the country continue to increase. Th e finance laws, and carious other laws, relative to' imp portant improvements in the legislation and adrar nistration of the kingdom, will be submitted to y our deliberation. " The great public works which we have u nder' taken shall be completed with the perseverance whic h the interests of the country command, and with the prudence indispensable to the maintenance of publ ic credit. " You will also have to direct your attention 0 measures calculated to second in our African posses" sion the progress of colonization and its intervid prosperity. Tranquillity, so happily restored 51i Algeria by the valour and devotedness of our array' permits us to examine maturely that important clue s ; don, respecti ng w hi c h a spec i a l Bill s h a ll b e prese nte' to you. " Gentlemen,—A common feeling animates 116. You are all, like me and my family, devoted to th e happiness and grandeur of our country ; and alretill long experience has enlightened us as to the polig best suited to her interests, both moral and m aterw; and which m us t secure it s present prosper i ty an d the future pacific and regular development of its des tinies. I expect with confidence, from your patriotisnl and wisdom, the co-operation necessary to the JO' bc complishment of this great task. Let us assist es other in supporting the burden, and France will OP the fruit of our efforts." THE WAR IN KAFIRLAND. „ Papers hav e reac h e d us f rom t h e C ape, containing '"h: telligence a week lat er th an th at w hi ch we last I A" fishe. The following are extracts:— " The intelligence from the frontier by the last pet though of a somewhat vag ue na t ure , is calculated create some doubt respecti ng th e p o li cy to b e a d o rn towards the Ka fi rs, the majority of wh ose c hi e fs, it I t said, are about to submit th emse l ves . S ome asser t tha t this submission will be unconditional, whilst others nuli e ,,, ; k" Lain that they entirely object t o th e evacua ti on of country and their removal beyond the Kei. " We have ever urged the necessity of insisting fts ° ll , the very letter of the t erms di c t a t e d t o t h e hostile chi ° o f and of emphatically enforcing them, even by force : arms, If required. The colonists have an undotihY,; ) right to expect this; and we, therefore, regret that w„, nature of the accounts rec e i ve d aga i n appears to c on e the suspicion that the n ego ti a ti ons carr i e d on with the ; are stripped of that serio usness w hi c h oug h t to b e the' main feature. "Whilst we find the Chi e f St oc k snug l y quar t e re d O the Beka, Macomo and Botman are said to have ePo witted Colonel Johnstone, the Governor's deputes_ se i extorted a promise from him, that if they would 1 1) 4 down their arms they should be located in the vicio l 4 of Block Drift.' To prove his s i ncer i ty, t h e Ch 1 ;0 Stock sent in 48 head of cattle, 6 horses, and 8 guns , 'd addition to those sent in on his surrender; Macomo s e j Botman, to prove theirs, brought in about 80 horses; to some 20 stand of arms, statin g th a t S an dill a wa s 9 0 desirous to follow their good example. Mapassas Tambookie Chief; after being wounded, sent a mess ll s to the Governor, th a t h av i ng no more catt l e , h e e...„ 0 " , , hold out no longer, and was ready to submit; and terara, the great Tambookie Chief, had sent in, or tl e about to send in, 500 head of cattle, as a present W Governor.' " Now, all this looks ver y fi ne, an d t h e ' d ear chil d ren i of nature' wo u ld a pp ear very s i ncere in their prelueit sions; but we sh ou ld ever b e m i n df ul, i n such cases, t'lle it is not all gold that glitt ers; ' an d h ence we are, lo duced to examine on wh a t foundation their p ro fessie rest, and to have a gl a n ce a t th e ot h er side of he picture. What do we find? First of all, that Stoett e j the sincere, the humble, the in n o cen t S toc k— w h o den y at first all participation in the plunder of the colo ny ' and consequently imposed on th e cre d u li t y o f the tl ie vernor, now turns out to have b een a d es p o il er of so ft note, and to be en ti t l e d to a ll t h e g l ory o f t h e dere:, our forces sustained at Trompetters, some of the 0 . 5 sent in by him h av i ng b een recogn i se d as those 101.01 had been taken on that occasion. Whilst he is 10 0 ' 0 at the Beka, several spans of oxen are taken ic. ° Newton Dale, a n d th e t hi eves recogn i sed as people '- longing to Stock ! " Sandilla and Ma c o mo , on th e ot h er h an d , w h il st „ ei.- „ e professing contrition f or p ast offences, and pretea w l humility, circulate r e p or t s i n K a fi r l an d t h at the Briti sh troops have been beaten and g i ven up t h e contest ; tha t, in fact, they had fallen hack to their ships, and all we.. now peace ; inviti n g th e i r eeop l e , moreover , to retn o il; to the cultivation of th e i r l an d s . A n d t his would seem to deserve credence f rom t h e fact that th e Kafirs are now actually engage d i n tilli ng the ground. i s " As to Umterara, he still d en i es h av in g been engagT will in the war, but is nevertheless considered to have she' tired cattle stolen from the colony, and asserti on have to he . dealt with accordingly. " Such, then, are the men with whom the Governor 0 about to arrange matters ; and unless he is able to out the savages in political stratagem, the consequences 0 11 ,7 of necessity be injurious, nay, disastrous to the Wef t : being of the colony. We, however, anticipate a bet"' result from the good sense of his Excellency ."- "Monday morning, Nov. 9 . d i "The Frontier p os t, w hi ch arrived yesterday ahea half-past twelve o'clock, brought the following addition"" though unimportant, intelligence:— (From the Cape Frontier Times of Nov. 3.) h "His Excell ency, it is said, we believe with trut h ; scarcely knows what steps to take for the best. li ei11 ; tends, we und erstand, to apportion the territory from t d, sea to Fort Wiltshire to the Kafir Chief Kama, acc° t . ing to certa i n missionary advice, and the same adv.:elo has been g i ven against locating any whites in the eau g territory. There is an impression in some quarters dist, the war is about to terminate, and the fighting en t . However thi s may b e, t h e K a fi rs are st il l continuing tue e,rif depredati ons . Y ester d ay some catt l e were carr ied.;.. by them f rom t h e ne i g hb our h oo d o f B athurst, and 's, Goldswain's waggon, which was proceeding to Grahal e c ,a Town with an i nva lid belongi ng t o t h e C ape M o unt Rifles, was attacked by a party of 14 Kafirs in Lushilibi ton-valley; and yesterday Mr. Palmer, sen., was oblig e to return to town, having been di scovere d an d chas ed by Kafirs near Blue Krantz The families of t h :, provisional levies are now to be rationed by the Gover e ment, whether they are destitute or not There ar we understand, 5,000 iiingoes at Butterworth, who f ir v , ready to co-operate in.any moveme n t aga i ns t t h e e neo Letters from Peddie state that Sandill a ' s men are des ert , ing him and going over to Maeo mo , b ecause h e is es dined to be peaceable. Pato declares that he yet de", t the English, and that if they wa n t th e ca ttl e t h e y w e b° come and ttike them. The cond uc t o f J an T zatso o, has returned to King William's town, it is said requl' os explanation, having lately held severa l commun icati° , with Sandilla. His Ex ce ll ency , w h o, i t aPPetrshe arrived at Block Drift, was to meet Macomo on 29th ult." --------- LIVERPOOL, MONDAY APTERINOON.—The ..nb ;St steamer may be looked for about Thursday ; she f r jd then have been el even d fiys out from Halifax. The "1-jf is stron, 4 • fro m th e eastwar d , and therefore it is searcei; likely that the picket ship Liverpool, o f the 21st, fro New Yolk, will get in before the steamer. 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