The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-08 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 :fir. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastle; Ardenford, Mr. U. .V. Ring; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic christmas Panto be4ng a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. R. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin endence 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 Enchaatress, not by Halle, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. Horncastle ; 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 H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; the March of Intellect (travelling " incog." as " Young England," a true 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 pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.—SChOOIIIIageT, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half•holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. — The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the ce'ebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss llaines ; 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.—Holg,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 a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICE.—" Nothings material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALTBA'S Housz OF CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney!) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) arc 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 Roans.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose y with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies. _ . - - " ' Scene 6. BArrits 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. Afatthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahlin Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not 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, lEnto or ET . — The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar lied 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 snEenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns'; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " 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. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT 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 CIIIVALRY.—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.... 14r. Howell, I Clown.• • . Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon..... Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LEE'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 dies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCHANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than ene 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 for "patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of "putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans pinm. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S Snovs.—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 TOY 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." Scene 15. TILE STATUE AS IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene 16. THE STATUE AS IT WAs ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside Story. Sir Arthur Foijambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buckstone ; Harwood. Mr. Howard ; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woalds. To be followed by the Farce of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Moll, Brindal ; Mrs. Glover, and Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " La Bayadere," " Italiana 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. Morten, Mrs. 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 Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. . _ After which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, Kinloch, and Oxberry ; Miss Villars, 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, ADELPHI. 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 Flanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA OISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Brtde. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenfbrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma llarding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lsssee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MIJNI:JH ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejambe, Mr. Leffler; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet skosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristlehach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, lllr. Honner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Honner, nitwits, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte; trriel, Miss Marshall; Madame .Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. . After which a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN ROWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Granby ; Mrs. 11. Hughes, and Miss E. Howler. In the course bf the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled Tha ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATItE. Mr. John Mitchell. The Last Appearance of the eminent Comedien, M. PERLET. TEI IS EVENING Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M. Cartigny ; Valere, M. Langeval ; Ergaste, M. Lucien; Ariste, M. Dargebret ; Un Commissaire, M. Masquillier ; Un Notaire, M. Pa genler ; Isabelle, Mdlie. Angele ; Eleonor, .Mdile. Fonquet ; Lisette, Khtn. After which the Vaudeville of LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; wadeteino, Mdlle. Amelie Khin. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Assiette, Monsieur Perlet. Boxes, 68., Pit, 3s. 61. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2 s . 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, Stanwtod, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, TO MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. Doors open at Eight, and the En tertainment commences at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a GRAND DAY PERFORMANCE, on WEDNESDAY MORN ING next, Jan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the Performance to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Oval Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries awl Music -sellers ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ratrenised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. the cf the Grand Christmas Pantomime, acknowledged Unriv hy alled mid the public to surpass all others for mag,nineenee and novelty. success press THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en litled THE DEMON S or, The Twelve Wishes and the Clrirmeel Bit. To be followed bainorous performance sby r Bat M tys ' PSCIES of the CIRCLE ; with . .en lN derson , as Clown. TO conclude with the successf elComic EquestrianP Aliim entitled THE FORTY THIE:VES ; or, Harlequin an Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Roche. ; "Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vay ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE ieseee, Mrs. Frances Dayidge. THIS EVENING Will 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 OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har- Herr Deuliu; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine ^Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown, Herr N. Denlin ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Deu:ln. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, Redaction of Prices.—Boxes, is,. Half-price, d ; Pit, Gd.; Gallery, 3d.; Private Boxes, 2s. The Victoria again victorious. Decided success of the new grand " Go•a-Head Pantomime." " The best Pantomime ever produced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in habitant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Panto mime."—Vide Public Press. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss' L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed. wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; pantaloon, Signor Osmond° ; Harlequin, M. Lupin; Columbine, aidljo. Adele Lauri. X .~`~~ . ~.~ ~, 'rTII SUN, LONfION FRTriIi Y EVE,NING, JANUARY 8, 1847. To be had of all Booksellers. OPULAR NEW WORKS, JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. I. V.I. VI. of TRIERS' HISTORY of the CONSULATE and Eli FIRE. The only authorised English edition. Trans;ated by I). FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq. Bvo. ss. Vol. VII. of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS. Completing the Work. ___ A SECOND EDITION of 11()HELAGA. Edited by ELIOT WAEBURION, Esq. 2 vols., 21s. bound. A SIXTH EDITION of the CRESCENT and the CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. 2 vols., 21s. bound. V. Vol. IX. of AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND ; comprising MARY of MODENA, Consort •f JAMES 11. VI. CANADA and the CANADIANS in ISM By Lieutenant- Colonel Sir RICHARD BON.NYCASTLE. 2 vols., 21s. bound. THE ENGLISH MATRON. By the Authoress of " The Eng lish Gentlewoman." Small Svo., 7s. Gd. bound. , VIII. MARY ANNE WET LINGTON ; the Soldier's Daughter, Wife, and Widow. By the Rev. R. COBBOLD, M.A. 3 ♦ols. with Il lustrations. Ilenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAM()ND and Co., RAILWAY MIARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., Like place every TuftsDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must bo 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 Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATaER.—SMT OFFICE, JANUARY 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 30.17.—W1ND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. llorning .. 52 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 10 minutes after 6. single moment maintain that the Marquis of Non- MANBY could attend levees and eat dinners at Paris with the members of that 'Administration against the proceedings of which he had, in obedience to the directions of his Government, just tendered such a stern and decisive protest, or that Mr. BULWER could have participated in the festivities of the nup tial ceremonies after the course he had felt himself bound to pursue in opposition to their celebration ? The thing was impossible : the Ambassadors would have been in a decidedly false position ; they would have been, at one and the same moment, sanctioning and protesting against the alliance. As to the circumstance of this union between the Due DE MONTPENSIER and the Infanta Luisa being opposed to the principles of the solemn stipulations of the Treaty of Utrecht, it would be in sanity to quibble to the contrary interpretation of that treaty. By the alliance of an Orleans Prince with a Princess of the Spanish Bourbon dy nasty, the sacred engagements of PHILIP have been violated. It is ridiculous to dilate upon the improba bility of the French and Spanish Crowns ever becom ing united in the person of the Due DE MONTPENSIER, or one of his descendants. It is absurd to enumerate the divers barriers between the present uncertainty and the possible evil—namely, the lives of his brothers and their offspring. It is frivolous to argue in this manner, because the question is not as to the barriers, but as to what is beyond the barriers; not as to the probability, but as to the possibility ; not as to whether the gulf yawns at our feet, but as to whether we have made a single step in the direction of that gulf. That the com bination of the Gallic and Iberian crowns upon one head might result from the marriage which has just occurred, is proved by the very coincidences advanced with a contrary intention. The death of the Dauphin, and of the Dauphin's SOD, and of the Dauphin's son's son, and the ultimate accession of Louis XV. to the throne of France and Navarre, is a significant illustration of the precariousness of human life. Nevertheless, the question is not abso lutely whether the young Duc DE MONTPENSIER or one of his descendants may not be sole monarch of France and Spain, but whether his espousal of Donna LUISA may not render the Government of the Peninsula a mere instrument of the Supreme Go vernment at Paris—whether, in fine, the Spaniards may not ultimately become the virtual denizens of a Gallic province. Upon this problem the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries are at variance. Those are the horns of the dilemma. An article, copied from The Times into The Sun of Tuesday, referring to the late case of HOLDSWORTH v. GansoN and others, proprietors of the Plymouth Journal, affords a strong illustration of the risks incurred by public journalists when, in the discharge of their duty, they expose the fraud and mal-practices of those obtaining money by means other than those of fair industry. There is nothing more important to the public generally than that they should be warned of the artifices, and cautioned against the devices, of such persons, that they should not be suffered unwit tingly to fall into the snares artfully designed for their plunder, but that they should obtain the fullest and most authentic information in every instance where such publication may be beneficial. Public journalists are seldom influenced by any private motives in making such statements : they may not be actuated by any feelings of malice or ill will to the parties alluded to ; they may be quite ignorant of their existence until the occurrences which they report or comment upon have actually taken place, and yet that malice will be implied, and every party in any degree connected with the publication will be held legally responsible, and subjected to proceedings in several different forms, by any of which great ex pense and inconvenience will inevitably be entailed upon him. The liberty of the press is now justly regarded as one of the greatest safeguards to the liberty of the subject, and yet it is subjected to many serious draw backs and impediments. We are by no means ad vocates for any privileges that might possibly be unduly acted upon ; we do not desire that the full and fair freedom of discussion for which we contend should be suffered to degenerate into licentiousness. We gratefully admit the great benefit conferred upon the press, and on the public generally, by the admirable provisions of the Act- introduced within the last few years by Lord CAMPBELL, but still we think that something more may still be done to prevent the wanton and vexatious proceedings by which all those connected with that press may still be harassed and annoyed. A distinction still subsists between libel and oral defamation, for which we think there is no sufficient reason. Words that would not be actionable, if spoken of or concerning any person, will immediately become so if published in a written form. Anything will be regarded as libellous which in any degree tends to hurt the feelings, or injure the reputation of the complaining party. Three different modes are afforded by which the defendants can be attacked—by indictment, by in formation, or by a civil action for damages. If the complainant should select the first of these methods, the truth of the statement will not be a sufficient jus tification, and it was not until the passing of Lord CAMPBELL'S Act, to which we have alluded, that the defendant would have been permitted to prove that truth, either as an excuse for the publication, or even in extenuation or mitigation of punishment, and still it will not be a sufficient defence unless it be also specially pleaded and proved that it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published. The same may be said of a proceeding by information ; an additional safeguard is, indeed, afforded to the press, as no prosecution in that form can be instituted '(save by the Attorney-General) until the permission of the Court of Queen's Bench for that purpose has been had and obtained, which permission will not Le conceded unless the prosecutor by affidavit shall dis tinctly deny the truth of the charges imputed to him, and it shall appear that he comes into court with clean hands, and that his conduct with respect to the entire transaction will bear the strictest investigation. This is a just and equitable course; wherever the motive of the injured party is to vindicate his reputation, to clear his character from the aspersions cast upon it, to justify himself in the face of the world, the fullest opportunity is afforded to him of doing so, if in his power. And, consequently, this is the mode adopted by the great majority of honourable and high-minded men, who are compelled to come before the public as complainants, and no parties charged can utter any complaints against the measure of justice which may be inflicted upon them. But, unfortunately, a similar protection does not exist with regard to either of th e other proceedings. Any vindictive person may bring an action for damages, or prefer an indictment ex mer o motu. If he is willing to incur the risk of the costs in case of failure, there is no check or restriction on his power. Ile may be well aware that in case of a verdict for the defendant it will be entirely out of his power to reimburse the costs and expenses that must necessarily be incurred in preparing for the defener, in bringing a number of different witnesses from con siderable distances in order to establish the truth of the justification pleaded, and he may speculate on being able to extort an apology and the payment, perhaps, of a sum of money by the certainty that the defendant, even if successful, must incur a far greater expense in defending than in compromising the action, Surely such a state of things should not be suffered to continue ; some protection should be afforded to those whose duty it is to provide the public with authentic information, and to pi;:)tect them from the machina tions of knaves and swindlers. This protection may be afforded in either of two ways—viz., either by providing that in any action or indictment brought against the printer, publisher, or proprietor of any public journal, the leave of the court should first be obtained, as in cases of criminal information, or, secondly, that in case the defendant should plead a justification, and rely on the truth of his statements, and that they were inserted for the public benefit, and without express malice, he should be entitled to have the proceedings stayed until the plaintiff should give security for costs, as is now the case where the plain tiff resides out of the jurisdiction of the court, is bankrupt or insolvent, &c. &c. Such a course could not be injurious to any person really aggrieved, and it would afford a great protec tion to innocent persons, and also be to the public advantage, in preventing the guardians of their interests from being obliged, from the fear of a ruinous loss, to withdraw or apologise for true state ments. The proprietors of the Plymouth Journal " 4 -d an apology, and paid a sma ll sum i would have exempt e d th em fr o m n i t g o h might o have urt, w o ff h e i . c h the heavy expenses 'which they were well aware they should in any event :sustain ; but, in the high-minded and conscientious discharge of their duty, they scorned so cowardly a course, they established fully and entirely the justice of their conduct, and the truth of their assertions, to the satisfaction of the court and jury, and they have to bear a loss of 2,000/. sterling for so doing. We are rejoiced to find that a meeting has been held at Plymouth, for the purpose of procuring a public subscription in aid of the expenses incurred by the proprietors. It is the cause of the people in general, and we are convinced that they will not suf fer those who have passed the ordeal unscathed to he out of pocket for their upright and honourable con duct. At this moment a handsome tablet, with a ' suitable inscription, erected in the place of greatest resort in this city, and scholarships named after one of our Contemporaries, a tribute alike honourable to the donors and the recipients, attest the generosity, the justice of that public; and we trust that the proprietors of the Plymouth Journal, fully reimbursed in their expenses and rewarded with the public appro bation for their straightforward and manly conduct, may have no reason to regret their defence of the action of Dr. HOLDSWORTH. Madrid papers of the 31st ult. have arrived. The Govia contains a notice from the General Direction of the Administration of the Sinking Fund, informing the public that " various titles, payable to the bearer, of the Three per Cent. Stock, series E, and of 48,000 reals capital, have been ascertained to be forgeries," stating at the same time that the office for the verification of these securities was open every day, where the holders could always ascertain the authenticity by presenting them. In noticing this occurence El Tiempo says— " Yesterday an unforeseen and scandalous occurrence created a great sensation and produced a fall at the Bolsa ; twenty-three forged Three per Cent. titles, each of 48,000 reals, made their appearance. The conse quences of this fact, which may greatly injure public credit and private interests, mi.ght hare been, and may be still averted, if the titles were transferable, and not payable to the holders, as they now are." Senor MENDrZABAL was present at the opening of the Cortes. The arrest of O,LOZAGA had excited the indignation of all parties, and had been denounced even by Count MUSSON as an act of tyranny. The matter will be brought under the notice of the Cortes at an early sitting. It was ru - moured in Madrid, and a considerable degree of credit was attached to the rumour, that OLOZAGA had escaped from his guards at Briviesca. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 31.—The Three per Cents. were done at 334 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 207,- ; the Coupons at 184 ; the Debt without Interest at 64 ; Lind the Vales at 8/1. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Journal des Debats says.— "It is confidently asserted that the same schism which has made its appearance in the Opposition jour nals is on the point of bursting forth in the Chamber. It is said that M. Billault and M. Dufaure separate them selves openly from M. Thiers, and that they cannot digest a plan of acting which would force them to show themselves more friendly to the English alliance than M. Guizot himself." The speech of the Queen of SPAIN is commented on in some of, the papers, but they all of them admit that it is a most insignificant affair. If, however, the speech of the QUEEN is insignificant, there is much significancy about the acts of her Ministers. Witness the appointment of the Marquis DE ViLuma to the Presidency of the Senate, and the arrest of Senor OLozAGA. In speaking of the appointment of the Marquis DE VILUMA, the Constitutiounel says— "We have no need to refer to the previous history of the Marquis de Viluma, an old Carlist, who joined the Queen's paaty at a late period. M. de Viluma was appointed Ambassador to London, but he was called to Spain before he took possession of his office, and was ap pointed President of the Council at the period that an unconstitutional measure was attempted at Barcelona, which MM. Mon and Pidal, then Liberals, caused to be defeated. The Marquis de Viluma, who only accepted office in order to adv.,nce Absolutist doctrines, resigned his functions, and became the leader of the Absolutist Opposition in the Cortes, which he has since directed. This is the man whom the Madrid Cabinet has appointed President of the Senate. It may be easily imagined what uneasiness has been created amongst the public by the choice of the Marquis de Viluma. The Tiempo deprecated such an appointment as inopportune, unsuit able, and of a bad signification. The Heraldo expressed itself in the same terms, and added, that it had produced an unfavourable imyression on all fractions of the ma jority. It perseveres in condemning and deploring it. The nomination of the Marquis de Viluma coincides with the creation of twenty new senators, at the head of whom figures General Pczuela, the brother of the Mar quis, and several other persons, whose opinions in favour of Absolutism are well known." The arrest of OLoZAGA is denounced in all the journals as a most daring violation of the electoral law, proposed and carried during the last session of the Cortes by the very Ministers who are themselves the first to set its provisions at defiance. " We cannot tell," says the Constitutionnel, " what pretext M. Isturitz may have recourse to in justification of such a violation of the privilege of the Deputies. An attempt was made to prevent M. Olozaga from returning to grant Spain hi ,b m a p by making the the Ambassad o r at Paris refuse tobut M. Olozaga obtained one fro n the Consul4Bacytion,onne, by presenting to him the certificate e and citing the law of 25th ‘ whichtelection, inflicts th e pa i n o f d eat h u p on v preventing a dep u ty from repairing every April, i l, functionaryi. so 6, f his a to his post. M. Olozaga having thus been enabled to set his foot again u p on th e soil of Spain, nothing less w a s necessary to p re vent his taking his seat in the a n open violatio n o f t h e l aw. I t canno t t h h a a n t Ai. Olozaga w as un d er any prosecut i on; o ccasion of the c e l e b rate d a ff a i r o f 1845, cb C oer o r stoae on the t t h e he succeeded in making his escape before any resolu tion against him had been come to by the Cortes, which nearly returned. soon a fterwards became dissolved. At the ensuing elec tions M. Olozaga was one of the candidates for Madrid, and W-as very Never has he been ordered to be put on trial, never bas any prosecution against been commenced, the Spanish Ministry having willingly suffered to lie dormant an affair which it feared might bring forth revelations dangerous to itself. It is in vain, therefore, for M. Isturitz, after a lapse of three years, to attempt to revive against M. Olortga an obsolete prosecution, or rather one that never existed, and which, if it had been commenced, must now fall to the ground by the force of his new election. It has, therefore, wilfully and knowingly arrested a deputy legally elected, and thus violated a law proposed by itself. Such a commencement is a sad augur y f or th e session about to be opened. The nomination of M. Viluma and the arrest of M. Olozaga sufficiently indi cate the spirit in which will be conceived the new laws announced in the Queen's speech for the press and the clergy. The creditors of Spain have been already un duly despoiled by restoring to the clergy, in the very face of the law. the national property which was their principal and surest guarantee. From this to the estab lishment of the ancient privileges of the clergy, accord ing to the desire of M. Viluma, there is but one step, and this step will be taken without faltering. The Isturitz Ministry has suspende d the fr e ed om of the press, and by a simple ordonnance has subjected all the journals to a censorship previously to - publication, and to an arbitrary rule, which has already caused several to disappear. The Queen announces the presentation of a law for regulating the present law of the press. It is intended, probably, to pass into law that which already exists in practice, and to make an obedient Legislature sanction and consecrate an oppressive rule, to which a change of Ministry would be sufficient to put an end. Thus it will be seen that it is impossible for any party to throw itself more boldly into the path of reaction than M. Isturitz and his col leagues are doing. They are the less excusable, as they cannot be blind to the effects of the task they are ven turing upon, and that they must know they are not working for themselves. They are evidently only clear ing the way for the Absolutists, and immediately the path is open M. Viluma will use it to reach the Govern ment, leaving to his predecessors nothing but the shame af having gradually ruined the liberties of their country." The N a ti ona l i s ver y bitter on this 4 subject, which it consid ers as an exe mplification of M. G UIZO T'S theory of tion. It as k s —. monarchy and liberty acting in co-opera- " What do you say to this proceeding? It is brief and mild. A man elected in two places, protected by the most express law, arrested and thrown into prison, because it does not please the Government that he should take his seat in the Chamber. These are little experi ments by the representative Government which M. Guizot has set up in Spain, in order to give us before• hand a taste of it. 110 you not imagine that Spain is fortunate in bei ng governed by . what is called the French Party? and that a matrimonial alliance, the object of which is to maintain such a regime, is incontestably the best means of making the two nations friendly, and of guaranteeing the secular interests which cause the two sides of the Pyrenees to move in the same sphere? If we were not afraid of appearing to be too curious, we Mould like to know the opinion of the Debuts on this little expedition a la Turque, provided it should not in , any way derange the superb theory which represents monarchy and liberty as acting in co-operation. The condition of the Bank of France still continues to occasion great uneasiness. The statement of the accounts of the Bank for the last quarter of 1846 (made up to the 26th ult.) shows the following re sults :—Actif---The Bank had then in hand, cash, 72,734,792 f.; in euas discounts l, and loans, 244,453,397 f. Branch 78,021,564 f. Rentes, public a 1 Banks Accounts, securities, and reserve fund, 64,240,807 f. ; credits and various items, 1,131,751 f. Passif—The amount of the bank notes in circulation, 259,459,801 f.; ac counts current, 111,507,428 f. ; capital and reserve, 81,900,000 f.; different items, 7,715,083 f. The dis counts, advances, and loans made during the quarter, amounted to 519,767,400 f.; movement of accounts current, private, 3,094,732,600 f.; public, 266,511,300 f.; general movement of the caisse, 3,789,850,400 f. The Commerce remarks on this statement in the following manner : " The general opinion in Paris is that since the 26th of December the rest has again diminished, and that it is this continued falling off which determined the journey of M. Hottinguer to London. Last year, at the same date, the reserve in cash at the Bank of France amounted to 187,334,863 f., so that there is a reduction of not less than 116,000,000. In examining the situation of the ainle, it will be seen that this diminution do, s not proceed from any facilities afforded to business, for its discounts and advances of public securities and ingots only reach the sum of 244,000,000, whereas in 1845 these items amounted to 252,000,000. Neither can the reduction of its specie be attributed to its circulation, as this circulation is only 10,000,000 less than that of last year, and is nearly compensated for by the falling off in the money advanced to trade. It would appear from the statement furnished by the Bank of France, that three causes have especially contributed to the with drawal of its specie ; first, the diminution of the ac counts current, which from 118,470,005 f. (on Decem ber 26, 1845) have fallen to 61,565,281 f. (on December 26, 1846); secondly, the dimunition of the Treasury account, which is reduced to 48,226,647 f., from' being 95,149,739 f.; and, lastly, the constitution of capital for the new branch banks, and the advances which it was found necessary to make them. The purchase of corn in foreign countries, and even at home, explains the withdrawal of the funds appropriated to accounts current. But this withdrawal would not have caused any uneasi ness, had not the Treasury been obliged to take away a great part of the funds which it had deposited at the bank. It was no doubt most convenient for this estab lishment to be able to dispose of a sum of more than one hundred millions for which it paid no interest, whilst fifty millions of its capital of 67,900,000 f. were invested in rentes. But this situation could not always last, and the present crisis shows what a dangerous path was entered on. Let the Treasury take away the forty-eight millions which the Bank still owes it, and the latter will see its specie reduced to twenty-three millions—or not the tenth part of the notes in circula• tion. The Bank of France has manifested the preten sion to replace, by its branch establishments, all the de partmental banks. Without entering here into an exa mination of this question, we may ask, is not the immense danger of such a monopoly evident ? The Bank has a disposable capital of only 17,900,000 f., since 50 are in vested in rentes; it is with this sum that it has to suffice: • Ist. For the discounts of commerce of Paris ; secondly, for the constituted capital of its branch banks (28 millions); and, thirdly, for the advances which it has be sides to make to these establishments, and which at present amount• to upwards of 50 millions. Is it not monstrous to see an establishment, not having a dis posable capital, constitute, from time to time capitals for the branch banks which it establishes in tha depart ments, and that without any limit being imposed, and without its being obliged to augment its capital? This grave inconvenience we pointed out when the discussion relative to the renewal of the Bank charter was going on, but the present interest of the shareholders pre vailed, and nothing was done." Shortly after - the opening of the Bourse on Wednesday Bank shares fell 45f. ; they closed at a fall of 20f. The Budget to be presented to the Chambers will, it is said, avow a deficiency of 35,000,000 f. The Presse states that the provision crisis was not yet at an end, and that, until the gathering in of the next crop, France would be obliged to import at least 5,000,000 hectolitres of foreign wheat. " Some persons," it says, " estimate the quantity ne cessary at from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 hectolitres. Calculating it only at 5,000,000, it will entail on us an outlay of upwards of 100,000,000 francs, which we shall have to pay in bullion at periods of six or seven months. The present circumstances ac cordingly impose upon us great prudence." The QUEEN of the FRENCH has recovered from the slight indisposition under which she was labouring a few days since. Algiers papers to the 30th ult. have been received. The intelligence contained in them is unimportant. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris * Bourse on Wednesday at 80f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2451. ; Rouen, 9151.; Havre, 687 f. 500. ; Great Northern, 640 f. ; Avignon, 867 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 6021. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras burg, 4851. ; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 487 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, ;0%, BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 16%—Great Western Bengal, % Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1 1 1 , 1 2 —Louvain I la Sambre, 17 s —Luxembourg, %—Northern of France, 10%/—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 1 / 2 —Paris and Lyons S l 4—Rouen and Havre, 27 1 ,1—Sambre and Meuse, 434. PANAMA. (FROIII 1. CORRESPONDENT.) NOVEMBER 22,—The Pacific Steam Navigation Com pany's steam ship Ecuador, from Callao, W. Shannon, Commander, has arrived here, bringing, in addition to her usual passengers and cargo, the mails in continuation w i t h the Company's steamer Chile, which left Valparaiso on the 28th of October, from the under-mentioned ports in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and New Granada, of the respective dates as undernoted:— CHILE Valparaiso 2Bth of October Coquimbo Huasco Copiapo 3oth ~ BOLIVIA ........ Cobija PERU Arica 3d n Islay Pico Callao 7th „ Pay ta l4th „ ECUADOR Guayaquil l6th „ NEW GRANADA Buenaventura l9th ~ THE LATE V. ILLIAM EGERTON JEFFREYS, ESQ.— We regret to record the death of this highly esteemed gentleman, which took place on Saturday last, the 2d instant, in the 73d year of his age. Mr. Jeffreys was a magistrate of the county, and formerly a solicitor of first-rate practice in Shrewsbury; was one of the ancient freemen of the borough, who had served the office of mayor in the old corporation, and was an alderman of that body, being likewise a borough magistrate in the new municipality, Ex. This might serve to show his high standing as a townsman, but would convey no fur ther sense of the estimation in which he was held be yond the duties of his office and profession. Ile was, happily for the times and his colleagues, an uncompro mising Tory, during 50 years of his active and useful life—distinguished equally for the firmness and consis tency of his principles, the evidence of his talents, and the amenity of his manners. These were the cause of his being looked up to in all emergencies, both by the leading gentlemen of the county and the town, whether for his aid or for his advice; and never looked up to in vain—his time was ever at the service of the people, in fair weather or in foul, and his purse at the command of their cause. his death is, therefore, as extensively felt as it is deeply regretted; and in the absence of such a man, in an age of lax Protestantism, and of defections alike from post and from principle, we have lost one of the great constitutional landmarks of other and better times. —Shrewsbury Journal. - - THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday in contemplation of the Westminster improvements, several houses were disposed of by auction, by the Messrs. Eversfield, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in order to be cleared away for the new line of street. They are situated in Little Dean street, Westminster, and are the first that have been sold for the purpose in question. THE ADDRESS.—We understand that the Address in reply to her Majesty's Speech will be moved i❑ the House of Commons by Mr. Charles Howard, and se conded by Mr. Ricardo. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Yesterday the excavations for the conducting pipes of the electric telegraph were commenced on Waterloo-bridge, so that by Monday next it will have reached the central station in the Strand, formerly the office of the Courier. DUEL.—A duel has just taken place at Caen be tween two law students ; one of them received the thrust of a sword in the side, but, the point having broken against one of the ribs, the wound is not con sidered dangerous. This affair led to a meeting between the seconds, who fought with pistols. One of com batants received a ball in the thigh. An inquiry has been ordered by the authorities into this affair. SIGNS OF DISTRESS.—The number of recruits from different parts of the country brought up to West minster during the few days of the present year, has been much greater than for many years past ; whilst experienced recruiting sergeants state that the men are in a far greater state of destitution than usual, even at this season. o ß n t s i o n tveNn' contrivance intended frol PATENT or,beeffai being , E t c l, e t N r u a esavatl o br o p ym E t sh prevents bo"esi being f T got r h hta i ew s k hle v eno e t m r t o y e urt letters n enoy - ff gen " i afford d the envelopes pe rsons correspondentsarenot a w n .h d os a n fte n r n w r a io r s d i s ty r , e n p r la a c d ed di t c h ti e o r n ein t , o so pr a y s in t g o into other people's business, overcomes their sense of honour, from gratifying their predilections. Whatever letter is once placed into one of these patent coverings, and the seal properly compressed, can only be taken out of it by tearing the envelope, so that the detection of meanness is certain. The seal is formed of metal, the under part projects about the eighth or tenth part of an inch, or hardly so much, and when the lid, as it may be termed, of the envelope is let down, it is received into a metallic cap on the lid, a slight blow is then to be given to the seal or cap, and it is so firmly incorporated with the protuberance, that they are rivetted together, and cannot be torn asunder. Some of the Government offices have been supplied with then), and those in authority have expressed their perfect approbation of them. Where able invention. secresy and rapidity are required , t he y a r e a most vale - ERRATUM.—In the paragraph on the Crawford peerage, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, the s tyle of Sir Alexander Lindsay was i ncorrectly given. It should have been Sir Alexander Lindsay of " Dunrod," not Dumod. We regret to learn that our respected representa tive, Mr. Fuller, is detained in Wales by serious indis position.—Brighton Gazette. ". .e„ yea 1.1114, ;1 ' N. ..so • , • ..r• • - , 45* . -, y0r , 44,k, • 6 ). . ..'• -.• 41.161. .I N 7 ; 41 ' - A ' 0 070 11 ; .02 - .11 - 0• , .' 3 A211116 .. - SECOND EDITION. 1 / 4 1 1111.r)ttl,,!I tlnta LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1847. CABINET COUNCIL A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock this day, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord PALMERSTON, Earl GREY, and most of the Ministers were present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is out of town, in consequence of the death of his father. Before many days have elapsed the " vexed ques tion" of the Spanish marriages will have been sub mitted to the deliberation of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies in France, and: the Houses of Lords and Commons in England. After the voluminous and elaborate commentaries of the newspaper press in both countries, we are loath to revive a subject which has already been examined perhaps too cu riously, and discussed perhaps too precipitately. Par ticularly when we bear in recollection the circum stance already mentioned, namely, that this com plicated and discreditable transaction will be soon considered by the collected wisdom of the several deliberative assemblies, we are disinclined to recur to a matter, the mysteries of which we ourselves have long since divulged to the very core. The be.' haviour of Great Britain in reference to the nuptials of the Due DE MONTPENSIER has, how ever, been so egregiously and wilfully misrepresented in an article in the Westminster and Foreign Quar terly Review, just published, that some refutation of the fallacies contained therein appears to us to be ab solutely requisite. In the first place, the writer stands aghast with astonishment because the peace of conti nental Europe appears to be actually endangered by the matrimonial alliance ofa very youthful Royal High ness and an Infanta not yet out of her girlhood. " Surely the world must have made little progress in civilisation during the last century, if the destinies of great nations are to depend on the marriages of the members of royal families," says the Westminster Review. Surely it must. That is precisely the consideration which has operated as such a powerful incentive to Lord PALMERSTON in the transmission of protests from the Foreign-office to the British Ambassadors accredited to Paris and to Madrid. That is precisely the consideration which has influ enced Mr, HENRY Bunwaa and the Marquis of NORMANDY in their expressions of displeasure to the Ministers of the Iberian peninsula, and the Cabinet of the Tuileries. The national mind of England revolts at the mere supposition that the destinies of great nations are to be in any man ner dependent upon the intrigues of a palace, or the machinations of an ambitious prince ling. It is sufficient, assuredly, to excite the indignation of every dispassionate spectator to observe the liberties of a people once so great as the Spaniards staked upon the hazard of a wedding garland, and rendered the toys of an aspiring dynasty. The disgust excited by that spectacle has given em phasis to the remonstrances of her MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign Affairs, and pungency, and tartness, and enthusiasm to the popular wrath, which has found a willing voice in the Press. But the construction of the reviewer's sentence implies a very different mean ing from that which we have here expressed. He in sinuates that the English Government has shown itself ready to draw the sword, and even to fling away the scabbard, merely "because a Royal Duke and a Royal Princess have married." That is a casus belli most conceivable under a system of feudality , but is it possible at this period, is it possible in 1847, that the populace should be prepared to engage in a brutalising contest, to trample the golden wand of peace into the dust, and pour forth again bloody libations to Mars, as men did in the old days, because forsooth a marriage has been solemnized between a Royal Duke and a Royal Princess? Not so. The scales have been removed from the eyes of the multitude. When the British Ministry and the several organs of public opinion evince their indignation at the nuptuals of Donna LUISA, that indignation is aroused, not because of the alliance of the Infanta So-and-so and the Duke of This-and that (qui n'iinporte rien), but, because by that union of the Duke of This-and-that with the Infanta of So-and-so, the independence of an illustrious race is jeopardized, and the balance of European power endangered. Any different explanation of the senti ments entertained upon the matter in Downing street, and throughout the length and breadth of Great Britain, would be an absurdity and a deli berate distortion of the truth. In regard to the celebrated interview between Queen VICTORIA and King Louis PHILIPPE at the Chateau d'Eu, the Westminstsr Review is again filled with the most surprising astonishment. Instead of recognising in the compact between the two Sovereigns (to the effect that the Due DE MONTPENSIER would be at liberty to seek the hand of the Infanta whenever a Coburg Prince was advanced by Great Britain as a candidate for the hand of Queen ISABELLA, and vice versa), instead of recognising in that compact a guarantee of the unanimity of the Cabinets of St. James's and of the Tuileries, upon the problematic question of the Spanish marriages, the re viewer considers it merely as an index to the selfishness of the two Governments. If the stipulation at the Chateau d'Eu had been tantamount to the perpetual incarceration of the children of FER.• DINAND, or to their compulsory marriage with some Most Noble Sawney Bean or some Serene Blue beard, then might the arrangements of her Most Gracious MAJESTY and the KING of the FRENCH be stigmatised thus emphatically. Not otherwise. The reviewer is indignant with Mr. BULWER for " a most remarkable breach of diplomatic etiquette," namely, the transmission of his first letter to a member of the Spanish Cortes ; but no mention whatever is made cf that most remarkable breach of political honour and royal honesty, which alone elicited that letter, which palliates everything unprecedented in the publication of that letter, which, indeed, renders that letter a memorable testimony of the shameless duplicity and ungraceful guile by P which Lours HILIPPE.aIon realised his m os t ar d en t aspirations. Th e withdrawal ofthe British Minister from the Court of Madrid, and the a bsefice of the British Ambas sa d or from the Court of Paris, are designated by the Westminster Review as " undignified and petty exhibitions of temper." There never was an imputation more utterly pre posterous than this. Can any sensible man for one ' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUA RTER TO. THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet. Sales 3,000 bales, all to the trade. There aas no al teration in prices. Shares were much the same. The capose of the Bank of France has excited much interest here, because of the recent rapid reduction in the amount of bullion held by the establishment, and it is inferred from the statement that the principal cause, as alleged, is undoubtedly the with drawal of the large amount of deposits usually left by the Treasury in the Bank coffers, as well as the in creased liabilities which the parent establishment has incurred by the fi)rmation of branches in the provinces. This has been done without the least addition to its capital, and, in fact, as the result proves, with a positive diminution of its resources, owing to the scarcity of money, both with the Government and the mercantile community, having prevented their leaving the usual balances to their credit at the bank. The calculation made that the actual sum with which the Bank of France conducts its business is under 18,000,000 francs, cannot but excite surprise, if not some uneasiness, because of the mani fest impolicy of l uc ki ng up so large an amount of its means in rentes, while at the same time these have afforded too handsome a profit to the corporation, while trading upon the Government deposits, that the direc tors will be extremely loth to sell out largely. For its own stability, however, not only must this course be resorted to, but there must likewise be a restriction of discounts, either by limitation of dates cr advance of terms. With every desire to accommodate the mercantile community of Paris, we do not see how it is possible for the Bank of France any longer to delay the necessary measures for easing its own position. In the accounts from the West Indies we find nothing of particular novelty. The weather was favourable in most places for the growing crops, although in some districts too wet for sugar making. In Barbadoes, for instance, certain parts were under water, a great contrast to their blighted appearance for so long a period during the distressing drought which prevailed until very recently. The planters of Jamaica, and the other Colonies, manifested still very great dissatisfaction at the reduction of the sugar duties here. As to the state of affairs in Mexico, there is much written of Santa Anna's proceedings, but very little that can enable us rightly to appreciate his chances of success against a persevering and well fur nished enemy. The advices by the Crane packet, from Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Ayres do not seem to communicate anything of particular import. The funds have been rather firmer to-day, and the business done is to a moderate extent. The dividends are now in course of payment, and there is a fair attendance of annuitants at the Bank. It is as yet too soon, however, to determine whether much of the interest received will be reinvested either in stock or shares. We are inclined to believe, however, that after payment of the railway calls falling due, the surplus will be pretty well absorbed, and it is a blessing for the working classes that such will be the case, because railway payments become actively circu lated, 'whereas stock investments merely go to enhance the market value of the funds. Consols are 93i I,- for present transfer, and 934 for time. The New Three. and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 951 and the Three per Cents. 93i to 94i. Bank Stock is worth 2051 to 206. Exchequer-bills are very firm to lls. to 14s. premium. There is very little business doing in the Foreign Stock Market. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 371, Mexican have receded to 231 owing to a letter written by Santa Anna disapproving, although not revoking, the conver sion, which, in fact, it wou ld b e i mposs ibl e f or h i m to do ; Chilian are 95, and Dutch Four per Cents., 92'4- to 93k. Railway Shares have been very well maintained again to-day, though not so brisk at present as they were yesterday. Bltlla6l-1 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock OO6 205 3 per Cent. Reduced An nu iti es ... 93% 94/4 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 93% % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expi r e 1860 9% Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 9 11-16 3 / 4 Consols for Opening ., % Exchequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 d. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small 1-RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent....,... .. 95 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 28% Ditto for the Account 23:yi 1/2 Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account... 3 7 1 /2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PIE SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — to Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush 1% - to Belfast and County Down .. Birmingham and Gloucester..loo Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / 2 dis.).. 17% Birmingham 8: Oxford June... 2 Birmingham, Vol., & Dudley 425. ... . 6% p... to Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 4`2s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% — ..... to Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do., New - Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool June—. DA to Buckinghamshire B4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 Chester and Holyhead 2 7 1 /2 .... 25 1 ,4 to Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence. lOO Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 . •.. to Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Cork and Killarney 2 l / 2.— to __ _ .• Cork and Waterford 1 1 22 Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Direct Northern Scrip 2 1 %...... 2 3 4-- to Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 / 5 l /2 to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 4, — ...... to Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ... Eastern Counties 141. 16s 23 22% to 23 Do. New .. Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 13s. 4d — Do., do. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d. Do., York Extension Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares to Do. Extension to Harwich 1%...... Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 East Lancashire Ditto, New Do. (late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 ... to ... D 0.,. do., New Scrip East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 4 3% to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh and Northern ... 12 1 Ditto, N _Atte, New Ditto, Newport .. ... ........ Ditto, ditto, New ... 1 1 / 2 34...... to Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% l/ to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Ditto, New Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 - , - Great Eastern and Weste;n... 21 / 2 ...... to Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 4 to Do. (Direct North. Regd.) 3 3 / 4 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 1 / 2 2 B l / 2..... to Great North of England 100 .....238 Ditto, New 5 — to Ditto, New l5 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New 1%...... 19%..... to Great Western B5 133 Ditto, Half Shares . 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 2 1 14- .. to Ditto, Fifths Do. New Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .. -. Dittc, Extension [lull and] Selby 5O lO 7 l / 2- - to Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 2 3 1 /2 ...... to Ditto, Half Shares 25 Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 14 Do. do. and Norwich Lancaster and Carlisle SO Do. New Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford l6s. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 27 1 / 37% to 38 Do., Branch % Shares 2% — to Ditto, Branch (Blue) - — Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2 % — Leeds and Thirsk ......... ...... 17% 16% to Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3 l / 2. .... 4 - 1 8 to Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2 1 / .... . to London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d — to Do. New . Do. Extension _.. .. _7 l / 2 — Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... 9% to Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo ......199 1 , 2 to 199 Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ... G. J. 5 Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8 . Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . ..... . Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 1%...... London and S. Western.... 411.63 10d 65% ..... Do. New consolidated 8 ths.. 40 Ditto New ........... .. ....... 21,4......2 27 1 ,4 to Do. New .... . .. 18 Ditto Tenths 5 .... 5 11 ei s ' ... to •• Ditto Tenths Ditto Scrip ~ 5 Ditto ditto London and York...—. 2% 3 v 23 , 4... t o Ditto Extension London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 Lynn and Ely_ Lynn and Dereham Midland 100 l3 O l/..... to 129 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 30 Ditto, Now - M-,Lnelleter ml heed:; Ditto Half Shares D;tti, (carters o 51_ Ditto Fifths' Ditto S!xteenttis ........... 6 1 . A. — ...... to Do. Extension Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24 Do., do., Fifths Rianch, Etucton, & Matlock 425. - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - Ditto u Shares (No. 1) ... 8 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - Ditto, 1 / s Shares (No. 3)... 2%...... - Do. and Grimsby l5 — - Ditto, ditto. - Ditto, ditto ... l% — Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 2 1 / 2 ...... - Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. - Midld. Great Western (Irish) 20 Newcastle and Berwick: Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto New 2O ..... ... to Ditto Quarter Shares - Newmarket and Chesterford 5 - Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 / 2 — - Newry and Enniskillen - :Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor - Nrorfolk Do. Half Shares - Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - Northern Counties Union .... 2t/._, l% to th British - Ditto Ha , t Shares. Do. (2,11 i rte:s l l4 3 1h..... to Ditto, Extension - 1 14%... to ---' Ditto Thirds ... .......... ..... 1 - N‘ ,, rthern and Eastern 5O - Ditto Quarter shares - Ditto New North Stardshire 5 ...... 9.... t° to ffo 1 / 8 1 2 ----- North Wales 3 1,4 .~ North. & South. Connecting 2%. .... - North Western 2% •...•• to Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1% to --•• ;3/ Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares - Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 31. 125.... di s ... to --• Royston and Hitchen ... 1%...... - Scottish Central ... 15 Scottish Midland ... 124 — ...... to ••••' Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2% - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 — ...... to -- Shropshire Union V I dis... to --' South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 South Staffordshire Junction 11185.4 d... 1A p to ---• South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 4014 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 - Ditto New, No. 4. 2% 4 14 to ---,, L `'ouch Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca- meron's Stm. Coal Few Vale Extension Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction Vale of Neath - .. to Wakefield, Pontefract, and ... - Goole ....... to ..-- Warwick and Worcest er 425....... - . .... to " 22 1 / 2 . " Waterford and Kilkenny ll ...... - • to --" Waterford and Limerick 2 7 1%.... - Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .... l% - .... . to ••• Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia - ..,, N to " Waveney Valley Welsh Midland 2% - West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall 2 .-to " Wexford and Carlow - Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western - Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... 10% to York and Newcastle 25 ~.. .. 383 Ditto, New Ditto, Preference 2 ... 7 5 A.. ... to " York and North Midland Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby - to Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Ridi ng Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ....., - ... .. to " Barbadoes - to ' Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% ..... Boulogne and Amiens lB ... . ... - - Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - to " Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 - ...... to" Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Fla iders 2 - . . to Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. - ....to *".." Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) - .. ••• to Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 - ...... to " . Central of Spain - ..... ..., ....7 ..... to Ceylon Demerara. - Dendre Valley - to Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . - Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. . Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 - Great Indian Peninsular - to --- Great Western Bengal - ss. Great Western Canada - ...... to -' Italian and Austrian - Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - Jersey 1 - •••••• to " • Louvain Ala Sambre - ...... to " Luxembourg ...„, 34 ...... to Lyons and Avignon 2 - ••• •• to "" . Madras - •....- to Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % - ...... to ° „...--. Madrid and Valentia - ...... Mauritius - . ..... to _ Namur and Liege ... " .. . to ..... , Nn. of France North Jamaica 5 ...... 10%.. .. 1 ...... to "- ...., Orleans and Vierzon .. 10 - .. . to .. .... Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ...-- • - ...... to Over Yssel 4(3s 4d.... . - ...... to Paris and Lyons - Paris and Orleans 2O - ..-. Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 5 Rouen and Havre .. . 20 - . , to ..... Sambre and Meuse - .. to .... ..., Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 •••• St. Laurence and Atlantic.... - - tO Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 - Feurnay, Jurbise, Landen, ..•-• and Hasselt - ...... t° Trinidad.. ........ ... 2% - .... West Flanders 6 - ..... to JOINT STOCK. BANKS. Australasia ~, British North American - - ...... to ...... t° .... Colonial - .. - to • . ..., Commercial of London .... to London Joint Stock .... ...... 10 - ...... to ..„, London and Westminster. .. 20 - .. . to ... National Provincial of Engld. 35 - ..... _, National of Ireland 22% 22nd..... te Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia 25 - 2 5 Union of London ... 10 - ...... to MINES. ••••• Real del Monte, Unregistered - LLOYD'S SHIPPING— D A B (THIS .a.---. LoNDoN, JAN. 8.-Wind E.N.E., moderate breez e thick hazy weather. . DeAr DEAL, JAN. 7.-Wind S.E., li g ht.-A rr d. Jane, New Orleans. Arrived f rom th e Ri ver th e African'". monger, Portendic ; Naiad, Rose, Antigua. A rrd T hho i ii PoRTS3IOUTII, JAN. 7.-Wi n d E. to S.S.W.•-•.--- bef , -„,, city, Darell, Havannah ; Anna, Wessels, Singapore; p. rine, Rictmeyer, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Off P°' Hector, Manning, Truxillo for London. C l f tY SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7.-Wind S.S.E.--Arr. A • steamer, Symons, West Indies. 10 4 P ;., FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.-Wind S.E.-Arrd. Cran° Vatio - Rio Janeiro, sailed 18th November; Mania, Rosseter, ,froos tro. Sld. Penguin packet, Brazils. The Mars, M i r:: care Monte Video to Liverpool, put into Rio Grande vi/ shifted, and discharged in a damaged state. • .., L eallidalt LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.-Wind S.E., fresh.-.".-d' gang o . Huson, Denia. Sid. Jane, M`Leary, Halifia; 00: Paige, Pernambuco ; Oceans, Meikie, New Orleans ; ThlDe;r iP, o p f io D n, Li C nd oc e h e. ran T e h , e Mo G b o il l e d . Off en to-day, with loss of bowsprit. cutwater, &c., having ber i , g it Eagle,po port, frna Jupiter, Nassa and u, Hope arriveu contact sth inst., off Port Lynas, with the barque ChristV which proceeded for the Clyde, with appa ren tly I"' damage. BELFAST, JAN. 5.-Sid. William Pirie, New Orleans c e WATERFORD, JAN. 4.-The Mary Taylor, from La° ton, put in here yesterday, leaky. it DONEGAL, JAN. 4.-A sloop, from Liverpool to Slill ° lo on shore on the Island of Rathlen O'Birne, and will b a a wreck ; crew saved. Or GRIMSBY, JAN. 5.-The Stella has been raised and br° ir , into the harbour. nt i LYNN, JAN. 6.-The Baltic, Po mona , Fl ora , Beaton' 83 Norval, on shore in the Channel 4th inst., have got o ff ' arrived here. NEWPORT, JAN. 7.-Wi n d N . E .-S i d. Amelia, Ilav lo rt i o ji PORTHLEVEN, JAN. 5.-Th e H e l en , T r i ggs , f ro m Se was assisted in her e yes t er d ay, muc h stra i ne d , an d 1 1 of eater. HOLYIIEAD, JAN. 5.-The figure head of a vessel, S . I , A PP TIfi to be Scotch, was picked up, Ist inst., twenty-five inn" - of the Long Ship. r o Wi efi DArermourir, JAN. 7.-Wind S.S.E.-..Acrd. Jmnes St. John's, Newfoundland, for London. ; b'bn ctilt SCILLY, JAN. 4.-Arrd., Ist, Margaret Dixon, 1 1 .° - / for Hall ; 3d, Goss, St. Kitt's ; 4th, Antonia, Surinata' MARKET NEWS.-(THIS CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDA / ;0 0 : The arrivals of English Wheat for our market since g sd day having been on a very moderate scale, the shoic ef v Aio pies of that article here to-day was trifling, owing te n d 1:i and the increased attendance of buyers, the den l , a t l 0,6 again active, at a further improvement in the quoit: l, fully Is. per quarter, and at whi c h a good cleare l ets • effected. The inferior kinds of free foreign Whea t i fto excellent request, for shipment to Ir e la n d, a t a rise " „ ,etl Is. to 2s. per quarter. The best descriptions Ine' steadily, at extreme currencies. Bonded Grain ,'"? ye p higher. Scarcely any Barley was on offer. Those Ie e v lo t were compelled to give Is to 2s per quarter more n'e r i l ie d,.f d malting and distilling sorts, grinding parcels being fe ak; ) full prices. The whole of the supply of Malt was,: f cleared off, at an improvement of quite is per quarbl e 'coli Oats, a fair business was doing, and the rates must 0g sidered 6d higher. Beans, P eas , an d Fl ou r were 10 0 " ward, with a good demand. English ...... Irish ........ Foreign ...• .. Wheat. 4,380 qrs. ARRIVALS. IBarley, 2,570 qrS. Oats I, 9 so 20 180 411. 440 I 1 3,00 01% 1,360 4,070 1,200 I It, 2,250 gob Altbougl and of inff and. in sr) tendency, and thirt, scantily stock was currenci es In other .] Pork trad at from 16 Inf erior B e; ~_ gnai larze r une Scot: , arge coats ?rime small 144 ekliti ; c, Inferior She hfcl B eef, inferl4 ---- irilddli --- prin - to prime Vea1....... The sho for some 1 Was ia a v BUPPorted sex pOCke to 4I8s; SE( The ph defend a nt notion wa for some , The pi, in the dec brought I There wiz matter. Th e s i to prove 1 nominal ( A witn was boug sold for 9 The ju: The City, an , The act i ( money le t apPb With ai date, clef to depe s by way Was aseei befenclan the bill hi take it ui The jui for good: CRIM Cross• :hop ha( *ere ver Joked wi cidedly prisoner Mr. I had no • Mr. E proved I it , yam._ Mr. produce and can , Pococ the pris, could nc the not( indentif any int( This SUL Ca i atealii ward the 41 Watel Pets° • Ca the I sever I t __- - -- ;;;;-- Resets 567 ' i., 7 , , It the p i Of yo away , destit Sh 4 Mend inv n Be p h ii: in h, Prods Se th e , PC