The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

TNEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Baif H e's Opera, ent:tled TE quis do Vernon, r. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafte t r °NDMA M ;-Morlicr_er: t i Horncastle ; Ardenford, Mr. D. se. King; Mal - a -P cop.% I cy ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisctte, Miss R. Isaacs. niter which will be produced the Grand Comic Chrlistinasentiitiiteo-: m?me, be.ng a mixture of the Listorical and legen n s k a o ry,_ . H SRLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TIIE D ht . hie V and l e , x. Overture and Music composed by Mr. It. Hughes ands te , ,sive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Teibin, a numerous as eistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. B amire ; the Ma tindery by Mr. Moman ; the Dresses by Mrs. .under , the Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superm endence of Mr. W. West. l Scene 1. ABODE OF KAL YBA, THE E. NCHANTRE SS.—Date and o &Silty not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquaritui time or other," Society to have been discovered " so mehow or ether!' " some near " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Euchant . ress, not by Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithna tends an et ,"hdavFingu quite m iscalculated her power), Mr. H. Horticastle T i cs (illustrating a common expression of speech, as ith anything but common expression of countenance) , Messrs. J. W, Mor g an, Burt, a Connell, and 11. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele insists, 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.—llow 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 9. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.—SCIIOOIIIIIISIer, Mr. Big w who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on Hiss occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARRACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. 'he 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 cerebrated " 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 ts rs Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desberg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and audy his " last " appearance IN 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 tinder her wing." NOTICE.—" Notbinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen yesrs, the author trusts that the audience will al baw him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA'S HOUSE or CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a runfutt 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. Deuglas, 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 ti.e Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom! Scene 5. DOVER IiOADS.—IIow the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management haying, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANKS OF TIIE NlT.E.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord Iligh 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 Paella, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—ths 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 Eorpr.—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 (cc nirnself), Mr. Wieland. How this " marriage in high life" is sun :only 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 ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I, says St. George, I I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the " Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best loan win." Scene S. TIM DRAGON'S HAUNT IN TUE 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 oat. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on If essrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elerafes St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " fiie shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF 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 Nrew Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Rowell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LEa's SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. "Holding the mirror hp to nature." "Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint tiles to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCUANDLER'S SIIOP AND 0111,1ARY.—MOTe ways than cne 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 hi it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S SIIOPS.—The original little Tin Nettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE. — Toys for the Million. 3fagic Cards. How to " cut and shuttle." Jack In the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene 15. Tna STATUS AS IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene IG. TIIE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. IL Webster, sole Lessee. VENING Will be perfarmed the Com THlS edy E of LONDON ASSURANCE. Cha racters by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, 11011, Webster, Brindal, Buck- Atone, Hudson, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " La itayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, Bailed the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Trannuil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, lira. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Matia,Tement 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 state (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeiey will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Co'lier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Latdlaw ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATItE ROYAL, ADELPH t. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING 1. Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO- A, THE CORSlCANCharacters 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 Hellions, will ex bibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet Si LA OItIELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, 11r. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford.Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, 111!ss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in thrae parts, entiVet THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of tliselle." The principal characters personified by Miss (leorgiana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara FlGwer, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Betide, Walton, Runner, 84c. In the course of the evening Professor HEM NIING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " Tl►e Ame rican 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. ?aulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexrnore. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. I.essee, Mr. John Mitchell. M. PERLET'S FAREWELL BENEFIT, and positively his last Appearance but One. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the favourite Vaudeville of LA FAMILLI IM PRO VISEE. Characters by MM. Dumery, Dorgebret David ; Madame Grassau, Mdlles. Leyder and Celina Fouquet. After which Moliere's ee!chrated Comedy of L'AVARE liar paon (l'Avare), M. I'erlet ; the other c h aracters by MINI . . heron norgebret, Langeval, Cartigny, Poynter, Tourillo n , Lucien, Felix , David ; Mdlles. Va'lee, Angele, and Amel:e Rhin. To conclude with the Comic Operetta of LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. M. Dugravier, M. Cartigny ; Cesar, M. Dumery ; Charles, M. Berou ; Jasmin, M. Pagenier ; Bertrand, M. Tourillon ; Mdlle. Fouquet ; Louise, Mdlle. Vallee ; Julie, Mdlle. Rhin. Boxes, lls.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at ho 'f-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. EVIHOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADF:RS (Pell, Harrington, ?7 ,- tite, Stanwood, and Gertnon) will have the honour of repeating Inimitable ENtERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, ;firs EYE:NINO, and every iu,sday, Thursday, and Saturday dring the Christmas Holidays ; doors open at Eight, and the Enter ,ainment commences at Half-oast Eight. And will (by desire) give a GRAND JUVENILE PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW Morning. Doors open at Two, to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Ntronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, acknowledged by :the press and the public to surra , , s all othersfor magnificence and novelty. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelvo Wishes and the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Batty's SCENES of the CIRCLE; with humorous performances by Mr. Henderson, as Clown. tro conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, endued TIIE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ;- Harlequin, Mr. W. Her vey,c nn ; . Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarinl ; Columbine Miss Louisa Waite an I ) I -offi mce open irom e l even till five o'clock.—Dr ors open at six Br,,adfoot. en " halt-past six o'clock . —Stage Manager, Mr. W. ROYAL SURREY THE ATRE. Lessee, Mr s . Frances Davidge. TH IS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF cA Ds_ GA3I r„ LIFE, sT AK ES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand ftiry Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CAS'I'LE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreamt. Har lequin, Hen Deulill : Pantaloon, Herr It. Deulin ; Columbine, Mdlle. 'awler° ; Clown, Herr ". Denlin ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Deulln. --- • ROYAL VICTORIA. TIIEATRI Redaction Of Prices.—Boxes, Is,. lIMt-price, cd ; I'it, 6d.; Gallery, ;A.; Private Boxes, 2 , . The Victoria agai n v i ctor i ous. Decided I , lccess et' tho new grand " Pantotnime." " The best Pantomime ever pro.litzed at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in habitant of Lambeth caniwt remember so excellent a Panto lahne."—Vide Public Pftss. THIS EVENING be performed TIIE 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. .At ter which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en tit cd THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin o-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; pa laloon, Signor °monde ; Harlequin, M. Lupin ; Columbine, 241,1.1 e. Adele Lauri. THE MEMORY OF THOMAS CLARKSON. - The coloured citizens of Cincinnatti held a public meeting on the 2d ult., and passed resolutions eulogistic of the e Thomas Clarkson, and regretting his death. They also resolved to wear mourning for thirty days, and re commended pastors of their churches to deliver dis courses appropriate to the occasion. THE RAIL, THE MART, THE MINE. NOTICE. In consequence of the arrangements for the above Paper not being til copltted, the FIRST NUMB ER cannot be pL;blithed fullly m SATURDAY NEXT, January 9. °nice, 4, Horse Shoe-court, Ludgate-hill. MIRTH AND MARVELS. 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All ,lerip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevions to their being offered; and advices of results will be lorwarded by the first post after the sale, awl the proceeds Jaime tlia!ely disposed of according to instructions. ()Metes, flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. IHE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 5. rUERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND E., rainy. WAl'Elt AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Nforning .. 8 minutes atter 4. I Evening .. 26 minutes after 4. SECOND EDITION. ..., ',.• ' ,„ , ' 7 ~- ) v s . ,4 4-74 t '. l / 4 , 1. -'.,,. NI ... -if, ...... .../ a vie '",-,9° ;ia . ~- 4 , .,\ F . , Aft. ‘, ~, e- - •‘'.. . ,••:-. , ..„ ' , • 3- 6.1 , " ' ' , i , •' ' ''' eit, ..__..,7.-,,.., .4r ~,... ~. . uo , s, ~,,......,„,,,,, ;.,,,,,- 7 ~ , ..-2, F. r 7, - 4;.. 1 , P. ,,,, ~. ' ' ' Otteniv ;Atlt LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1817. There are certain individuals who are the victims of impatience, and who are not only victims them selves, but would willingly render the Governments of the earth victims likewise, and thereby produce national bankruptcies. The fabulist has told us of the old gentleman cutting the goose open to get all the golden eggs at once; the persons to whom we allude would have strangled the goose because it didn't lay fast enough. If they were haymakers, they would burn the grass out of sheer vexation that it required something longer than two minutes to ripen. If they were planters, they would inevitably demolish the sprouts, from the cir cumstance of their not giving forth branches and blossoms and fruitage in a twinkling. If they were weavers, they would damage the threads for not weaving themselves into an elaborate woof on the in stant. In writing thus we are not exaggerating in the smallest particular. We are only forming some illustrative hypotheses upon those disciples of im patience, who are unhappily so prevalent, and in accordance with whose advice the whole framework of society would be joltered into inextricable confu sion. After indulging in their own lugubrious fancies, they are resolute in the promulgation of their pernicious advice. They would say to Ireland, " Your potatoes are liable to a periodical murrain— therefore destroy the healthy seed which is still remaining." They would say to the Legis lature, " The details of your Constitution re quire continual modification—therefore utterly abandon the principles of that Constitution." They would say to Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. COBDEN, " Bread is by no means cheaper nor more plentiful since the abrogation of the corn-laws—therefore let us be at once restored to the Protective system." THEY SAT to the Government of Great Britain, "Sinde has be longed to us since 1844, it has required an outlay of 1,000,0001. sterling per annum during that period, or, according to a yet more unfavourable calculation. an expenditure .of not less than 1,500,0001.; 3,000,0001. sterling 'hive, therefore, been consumed already by this unprofitable conquest. Look at the batta, look at the advances for the hypothecation of food, look—for Heaven's sake, look ! 0 you who are solicitous for a rational economy in the disbursements of the national treasury—look at the extraordinary expenses entailed upon the exchequer by the cam paigns undertaken against the Seikhs. There's a pretty bargain ! Those are the advantages resulting from territorial aggrandisement! Those are the blessings consequent upon the prowess and the wisdom of Sir C. NAPIER. Sinde, we were assured, would open to our enterprise the markets of Beloochistan ; the possession of Sinde, we were told, would give our merchandize freer access to the cities of Caubul, it would enable us to advance from the Delta of the Indus to the shores of the Persian Gulf, it would en able us to find purchasers even in the citizens of Ispahan. Three years have elapsed since the occupa tion of Sinde—actually three whole years, and, instead of increased pecuniary advantages, we are 3,000,0001. out of pocket. Our increased territory has afforded us a decreased exchequer. In Sinde we only grasped a handfull of fairy gold ; our hand is empty, the gold has vanished. From Kurachee to Bahawulpore, from Jullundur to Duree, and thence to Tatta, the population have been during that calami tous interval the spectators of our delusion. The apple was blooming, but it has turned to ashes on our lip. Let us cast from us this ruinous appendage, for what is the utility of a further reduction of Sinde ?" Those are the arguments employed by the individuals whom we have already designated as the victims of im patience. And never in the records of monomania were. arguments advanced more impregnated with foolish. ness, more closely approximating to the utterances of insanity, more indicative of a contemptible short sightedness. They have not even the redeeming qua lity of speciousness. What ! are rnen ignorant enough to imagine that the riches of a country like Sinde are to be diverted into a new channel with a celerity like this ? Why, the smallest shopkeeper in the meanest street in the poorest district of the metropolis might give these dissentients a wholesome lesson as to the time required between the first out lay and the first profit in any novel undertaking. It is not in a single day, says the proverb, that Rome was built. The wealthiest mine ever excavated re quires capital to penetrate into its veins of metal, labour to bring its ore to the smelting-furnace, time to put its whole machinery into operation. As well might a person plant an orange pip in the ground, and sit down until it has sprung into existence, and borne fruit, as anticipate the immediate realisation of commercial and social benefits from the occupation of Sinde. Men cannot be reclaimed from barba rism in a lunar month, much less can the evils of a spurious civilisation be eradicated from a community like that dwelling upon the banks of. the Indus in three preliminary years. Besides this, is the Government to be scoffed into the abandonment of a territory so situated, so fertile, and so gained, merely because there are persons sufficiently feeble in intelligence, and sufficiently cursed with impatience, as to murmur ever the tardiness of the remuneration from that quarter ? Shall the fruitfulness of Sinde be poured into the lap of another nation at the very moment when it is about tumbling into ours ? Is the blood which was shed so copiously upon the invasion of Sinde to have been poured forth in vain ? Is the prowess of our soldiers only to be the precursor of our disgraceful retirement ? Is the skilful generalship of Sir CHARLEs NAPIER to be followed merely by the withdrawal of our forces from the land, for the possession of which that skill was alone displayed ? Is a land situated as Sinde is, to be forsaken merely at the quer rulous suggestion of a few malcontents ? Placed in the very centre of southern Asia, with the territories of llindostan to the south-east, with the sandy desert, Caubul, and the Punjaub to the north, with Beloochittan to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south, Sinde affords us at once an almost impregnable harrier against incursions from the direction of Persia and the surrounding countries, while it opens to us a new channel for the further extension of our Oriental commerce. Beyond th's, it is an instrument fogrtohotehdeoudfn., millions intellects a n abandoned, o blessings nedof, v a i l s i t s . a ti on Shall am the ong otlfieeuncultivated with Sinde, for the gratification of a foolish ti • midity and the nourishment of a diseased morality ? A very respectable and numerous meeting took place last evening, in the National Hall, High Hol born, to consider the question of the abolition of capital punishment. Resolutions were passed favour able to the extinction of the present extreme penalty of the law. It was announced that a similar meet ing will bit held to-night, to be presided over by Mr. HumE, M.P., at which, we doubt not, they will come o a like decision. Though we cannot coincib I j in the extent to which these gentlemen are prepared to mitigate the criminal code, nor in the soundness of their proposition, nor in the arguments by which they support it, that the punishment of death is " inde fensible on the grounds of policy, morality, and re ligion," still it must be conceded that their resolutions reflect the highest honour upon their feelings of humanity. The pure and benevolent motives which govern their proceedings must necessarily engage a large portion of public sympathy, and naturally and in the most agreeable manner predispose every one seriously to weigh every species of information which may be elicited in support of the cause which they philanthropically espouse. These meetings can do no harm, and may be productive of much good. In the discussion of the interesting topic of capital punishment, a review of our criminal code in general is necessarily introduced : in this way many crude deformities and unnecessary severities, by which it is at present characterised, come to be analysed, and, by a seasonable exposition of them, the path is cleared for reformation. Any spontaneous effort to diminish the ten sive powers of punishment conferred by law, with a due regard to existing circumstances, and a well established recognition of improved morals throughout the community, cannot be too highly lauded. It must not, however, be overlooked, that the task is one of extreme difficulty, demandiug the nicest powers of discrimination. The difficulty consists in determining the point to which relaxation can be suffered, in pre cise consonance with the level to which civilisation has raised the humblest classes of any particular society. We are not without the hope that we may hereafter attain to a pitch of civilisation when, con sistently with the protection of life in general, the infliction of capital punishment may be safely dis pensed with; and that inferior penalties may, by reason of the universal prevalence of more refined feelings of morality, and their social reaction upon the minds of those who outrage the law, produce in time the same preventive results which are at present more or less solely secured by the dread of the gal lows. But we cannot " lay the flattering unction to our souls" that the existing phases of society would warrant the State in depriving itself of the power of subjecting the authors of heinous crimes to condign punishment. It must be remembered, that those who take the opposite view enter the discussion with great advartages. Most specious and popular argument lie w ithin their reach, and of which they never omit to avail themselves. The disputant can so inge niously arrange his premises that, if you once un warily admit them, there is no conclusion to which he cannot drive you by force of abstract reasoning. A well-turned sentence will often cause a whirlwind of applause; but when we come to test it by dispassionate reflec• Lion, we as often discover that approbation has been injudiciously bestowed. Precisely such a sen tence was uttered last evening by Mr. C. Girxtri Before man assumed the power of Omnipotence he should possess the wisdom of Omniscience." This is language that would captivate any popular audience. Its value, however, is derived from the assumption which is directly involved, and lies concealed at the bottom, that capital punishment does not, for in stance, deter a man from committing murder. But this is begging the whole question ; because, as suming, on the other hand, that man is deterred from committing murder by the dread of capital punishment, then, although we are certainly neither all .powerful nor all-wise, yet it is conceived we best exercise our limited power and limited faculties, and work out the merciful ends of PROVIDENCE, when we have thus, by virtue of our laws, indirectly saved the life of an innocent man from the murderous assault of either his avowed or hidden enemy. Other examples of a like spurious tendency are contained in the speech of Mr. FREDERICK RowToN. " When, however," observed this gentleman, " life was publicly taken it was im possible that life could be held sacred." Though life is not held sacred, yet the words quoted do not prove that life is not better protected by the existing law than it would be without it. But this is precisely the onus probandi that rests with Mr. Row- TON. Again, " when the law was guilty of public murder, where was the greater enormity of the offence committed by individuals ?" This pseudo argument is vicious and dangerous in the extreme. Moreover, it is nonsensical. The law can not be guilty of murder. Rightly or wrongly, as to the effect, the law proceeds upon a good motive—the better security of life by the force of stern example. Can the same motive be assigned to the murderer ? These are speci mens of the fallacies into which the best intentioned men are apt to fall. But, whilst we feel it to be our duty to guard the public against being misled by such objec tionable methods of reasoning upon a most momen tous subject, we would hail with delight the day when " swords shall be converted into ploughshares, spears into pruning-hooks, and when man shall not destroy in the whole of GOD'S universe." The accounts received from Ireland every post, we regret to say, still exhibit a fearful state of destitution and distress existing in that unhappy land. The ex traordinary exertions of the Government, the large amount of money distributed every week in payment of the wages of the men employed on the public works, the assistance afforded by the several relief committees and the poor-law unions, although all ex tremely valuable, are yet insufficient to meet the emergency, and to provide such a moderate supply of food and raiment as will avert the constant repetition of deaths from famine and the inclemency of the weather, or from pestilence occasioned by their com bined operation. These painful results are not re stricted to the poorer districts. True it is that the west of the county of Cork and the county of Mayo have attained a sad celebrity for the unprecedented amount of human suffering that has unhappily fallen , upon the inhabitants of these localities ; but other and hitherto more favoured counties have contributed their quota to the tales of misery and destitution. Even Armagh and Fermanagh have not been exempted from the occurrence of deaths from want. A few short months, and a statement, if sufficiently authen ticated, of a single life having been lost from such a cause would have excited the public mind to the highest degree, and stimulated every one possessed of the commonest feelings of humanity to exert himself to the uttermost to prevent the possibility of a recurrence of an event so horrible in itself, and so disgraceful to the entire community; investigations of the most searching character would have taken place; every circumstance connected with the case would have been minutely inquired into, and every precaution would have been taken to guard against the repetition of a similar event. But, alas ! the frequency of such occurrences has considerably abated the intensity of the feelings that are thereby awakened. Not a day passes but accounts, not resting on mere statement, but given by sworn witnesses, and con firmed by the verdicts of sworn juries, of many deaths from starvation are recorded in the daily press ; a n d for every case that obtains such publicity man others are passed by in silence, and . the wretehee victims are consigned to their humble graves without the causes of their premature end being extensively known. It is, indeed, a frightful state to whicl our Irish brethren have been reduced, and fearful have been the straits which even the more fortunate have had to encounter in their struggle for a precarious existence. Who can picture the feelings of the strong man worn down by degrees from the effects of inanition, regarding foodand w sorrows ith ‘ ~ h a i n o ( i l i his helplesschildren thecryingh his cares th e he is unable to supply them, and finding his strength ebbing away and gradually sinking, enduring day by day the agonies of hope deferred, and protracted fa mine ? It would be impossible to do so. A veil should be drawn over that to which expression could not be given. It would also be vain to dwell on in dividual cases, when hundreds of a similar character are simultaneously occurring in many different parts of the country. What, then, is to be done to mitigate, to remove this fearful calamity ? The Home Secretary has truly stated that it is impossible for any Government 1 by any means to meet all the cases of severe priva- 1 1 tion and distress that are to be, :found in Ireland. The Ministry will do much, but they must be aided and as sisted in their work of hem:l-oleo( .e and charity; public relief must be tied down and rest rioted within certain limits, within which it will be impossible for every case to be included. A general, indiscriminate relief afforded to every one, whether earned or not, would lead to an entire disorganization of the framework of society, would damp and check the exercise of private charity and private exertion, and would speedily lead to evils even greater than those for which it was intended to provide a remedy. All that can be done by the Executive is to afford employ ment on an extensive scale, and to grant funds in aid of those that may be procured by private subscrip tions. And well have those now in office discharged the duty they owed to the country. It would be ri diculous to expect that they could pour provisions into Ireland sufficient to supply the wants of all, and if they entered the field as competitors they must do so, for that competition would at once discourage the private trader, and prevent him from dealing in a commodity in which he would have to encounter so powerful an opponent—a rival who would be contented not merely to reap no profit from the speculation, but to sustain a loss that would be ruinous to any possessed of less gigantic re sources. We doubt not that the entire policy of the Government with respect to Ireland will hereafter, when everything can be more maturely considered and calmly inquired into, receive universally the ap probation that has been accorded to it by those com petent to arrive at sound conclusions. The suggestion of Sir GEORGE GREY, " that means should be taken for raising as well in England as in Ireland contributions for the relief of extreme cases of want and destitution, not capable of being relieved by the existing poor-law, or by the works in progress or hereafter to be sanc tioned," appears to present the most feasible means of supplying the desideratum, and providing in the least objectionable manner the required and necessary assistance to the Government measures; and this, we are happy to say, will take place on the most exten sive scale, and under the highest and most propitious auspices. Already it appears that a committee is being formed here of men of rank and benevolence, some of them named by and on the part of the Go vernment, who will not only contribute themselves largely, but from their character, influence, and the prestige attached to their names, but above all the sacred cause in which they are about to act, will afford an ample guarantee for the judicious applica tion of the sums that may be collected, and secure an amount adequate to the purpose and honourable to the donors. The funds so collected are to pass through a committee in Dublin of men of rank and station of all classes, creeds, and parties, who will distribute it through the relief committees, according to the exigencies of their respective districts. There will, therefore, be no possible excuse for any with holding of contributions from a fear that they may not be duly applied to the purposes contemplated. 'We will not so far wrong our countrymen as to doubt that they will come forward speedily and efficiently, that they will from their, abundance spare a portion to the unhappy and wretched. They may do so with out the necessity of an abstinence from any:of the com forts or necessaries of life : from their superflui ties they may provide necessaries for thousands and tens of thousands of their fellow-creatures who are now in the lowest state of misery and destitution. By so doing, by acting in a manner worthy of Chris tian men, they will add a fairer page to their national history than ever celebrated the triumphs of conquest, or the acquisition of territory, by war or diplomacy- That benevolence that hag been extended to the most remote parts of the earth, that has soothed the affiie, tions of the unhappy in every clime, that has pro vided instruction for the heathen, and struck the fetters from the slave, that has been extended to the brute creation, and has endeavoured to prevent unne cessary suffering from being inflicted .on any of GOD'S creatures, will be extended to our Irish brethren in this season of trial and sore affliction. We trust, ere many days have elapsed, that it will be our pleas ing duty to record a general and liberal subscription from all, according to their means. Promptitude and dispatch is all important ; when once a collection is in progress through all parts of the kingdom, a QUEEN'S Letter may fairly be looked for in its aid, and from what the Government has already done, and what fell from Sir GEORGE GREY, in his letter, we may predict, with the utmost certainty, that such will then be granted. Let every person act as if the matter depended on his individual exertions, and the result will more than fulfil our warmest anticipa tions, and bring consolatien to the abodes of misery and destitution. Accounts have been received from Portugal by her MAJESTY'S steamer Rattler, which left Lisbon on the 27th, Oporto on the 29th, and Vigo on the 30th. The intelligence she brings is imp or t an t. On the 22d an action was fought at Torres Vedras between the forces of BOMFIM and SALDAN HA, in which the troops (700 men), his s wing principally to t former hed es e w r t a i o s n t o o f t a l a l y p defeated,ortion of and his forces completely dispersed. Bosarrm and his staff were taken prisoners, together with 2,000 48 his followers. The action was well fought on both sides, and BOMFIM and his officers were allowed to retain their swords. Th e official dispatches of SAL DANIIA, announcing his vict or y , will be found in ano ther column. Of the QUEEN'S army there are 57 and 13 missin g . killed, 316 wounded, Of Bomrim's 280 were killed or escaped, and the rest either surren dered or joined SALDAN lIA. Bomrim and his staff were conducted to Lisbon, and he is now a prisoner on board the Diana frigate, off Belem Castle. While in the custody of SALDANH the prisoners were treated in the kindest manner, but since they have been on board the Diana they have been used with great harshness. BOMFIM con trived to send off a dispatch to Das ANTAS, who immediately commenced a retreat, at the head of 300 regulars, on Coimbra, to effect a junction with LOULE. He sent dispatches to . VASCONCELLAS, at Santarem, who evacuated that place at the head of 2,500 men and 100 cavalry, haying previously spiked all the guns, and also fell back on Coimbra, SALDANIIA having e mbodied in his army the 700 deserters from BOMFIM'S troops, marched from Torres Vedras on the 28th in pursuit of Des ANTAS. It is said that DAS ANTAS will, when he has effected a junction with LOULE and VAS CONCELLAS retire on Oporto. CASAL has expelled the Miguelite forces under M'DONNELL from Braga. The Miguelites and Insurgents are negotiating a junction. Things are in statu quo at Oporto. BOMFIM has written to Sir W. PARKER, soliciting his good offices to procure for his companions and himself some mitigation of the sufferings they are en during. He states that they are crowded almost to suffocation, the ship being already nearly full of political detenus, a n d that they are fed upon brown bread and the coarsest fare, and are not allowed to procure for themselves, even with their own money either food or beds to lie upon. The Duke of 'TERCEIRA. is still a prisoner at Oporto. Madrid papers to the 28th have arrived. A preparatory sitting of the Senate was held on that day, at which the Duke DE CASTRO TORRENO r"eSided. A deputation of twelve was ap tiointed to meet their Majesties the QUEEN and the KING CONSORT on the 31st. A meeting of about one hundred Moderado deputies was hell on the same day, at which Senor PACHECO an nounced his intention of opposing the present Minis try. A Cabinet Council was to be held in the even ing to settle the wording of the QußEN's speech, and to decide as to who should be the Ministerial candi dates for the Presidencies of the Chambers. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 28.—The Three per Cents. were done on t h e 28th at 331 ; the Five per Cents., 20 13-16 ; P ass i ves, 6i ;Coupons, 19. We have receivel the Paris papers of Sunday. The New Year's-day addresses to the KING and the Message of the President of the UNITED STATES are the subjects of comment in them. In commenting on the latter, the Journal des Dads, in strong lan guage, condemns Mr. Pola's attempted vindication of the. Mexican war. The Constitutionnel says that the Message is intended as a refuta bon of the charges brought against Mr. Poras' administration by the Whigs, and sneeringly adds—" It may be thought this refutation is more 6, 1847 Ling than conclusive." With regarded to the ad dresses, the Dads says— "We must call the attention of our readers," "to the address of the 'Nuncio, marked as it is by a noble and frank cor di a li ty, and expressing faith fully, we are convinced, the real opicn of all the nations in Europe. The answers of the King produced an ex traordinary impression, particularly that addressed to the worthy president of the Chamber of Peers. May these vrishes and these lessons, so appropriate in the mouth of an old and great King, be heard by nations and their princes ! May Europe escape, by the conciliation of monarchy and liberty, from the double plague of anarchy and despotism. France has given the world cruel examples. The happiness which she enjoys under a liberal monarch, under a prince who justifies every day, by his profeund wisdom, the choice of the nation, will be, we hope, the most effectual of proparrandisms. We have nr,ver been amongst the number of those who can only behold a vain ceremony in these solemn com munications between the Prince and all the bodies of the State ; but if we had entertained that opinion, we should not have held it any longer, after the speeches of Friday, and the King's answers." The Constitutionnel, in commenting on the addresses, says that the address of the Nuncio was submitted to the Marquis of NORMANDY, and was by him altered in such a manner as not to compromise the English Go vernment on the subject of the Montpensier marriage. The following is the article of the Constilutionnel : "The publication of the harangues presented to the King on the occasion of the new year by the Pope's Nuncio, and the Presidents of the two Chambers, was expected with some curiosity. It was the first manifes tation of official sentiments in the midst of the grave cir cumstances in which France is placed. It was known, besides, that the words which the representative of the diplomatic corps was to pronounce had been the subject of a sort of negotiation between the Nuncio and Lord Normanby. According to established custom, the com pliments which one of the members of the diplomatic corps addresses to the King on the jour de ran and similar occa sions are not the object of any previous communication between the various ambassadors. All deliberation on this subject would seem to impart to such harangues the character of a collective note, and might give rise to de licate questiens amongst the Governments. It is, there fore, usually agreed that the speaker is to take counsel only from himself, and from his ideas of propriety, and nct to share with any one the responsibility of his words But on this occasion the congratulations addressed to the King by the Apostolic Nuncio relative to the Duke de Montpensier's marriage, in presence of the representa tive of the Britannic Cabinet, who protested against this marriage, might place Lord Normanby in a difficult situation. It arrpears, at least, that he thought so, fur he demanded and obtained a previous communication of the Nuncio's address. It is certain that, in con sequence of this kind of negotiation, a phrase of the address relative to the Prince's mar riage was suppressed ; and another was so modi. fled, that it can be interpreted in all the ways that may be applied to it. Whilst Lord Normanby was thus making, in the name of England, corrections in the di. plomatic address, M. Guizot ought in the name of France, were it only by way of compensation, also to have demanded from the Nuncio some changes and erasures. The French nation, which has seen with so mournful an indignation the suppression of the Polish nationality, the fall of Cracow, the murders in Galicia —all that slow agony of a generous people under the blows of oppressive Governments, will not read without astonishment this phrase addressed to the King of the French : ' It is with a profound satisfac tion that it congratulates you, Sire, on the maintenance of the general peace, the admirable result of the wis dom of your Majesty, and of the other Sovereigns and their Cabinets. It is the finest title to the grati tude of nations whose glory and happiness are promoted by this happy harmony.' To demand at the present moment, for the Cabinets of Europe, the g►atitude of their people, to congratulate on their glory and their happiness the oppressed who perish, to boast of the har mony existing in the world, and to say all this in France, whose Government, on bad terms with all the Cabinets, re ceives or sends forth protests and complains of violated treaties and of the contempt of sworn faith, is in sooth to carry irony to excess. The Ministerial journal (the esse) desires to consider the Nuncio's address as a well-considered manifestation of the whole diplomatic body. In that case it must be divided into two parts: the silence on the subject of the Duke de Montpensier's marriage as a renewal of the protest of England ; whilst the amplification on the wisdom of the Cabinets, and on the happiness of nations who owe so much grati tude to their Sovereigns, is a reply to the protests of Franca against the destruction of Cracow. We have but little to say on the other harangues. Those of the Presidents of the Chambers are distinguished, as usual, by ridiculous bombast, vicious style, and incorrection. One would imagine that one was reading some panegyric of the middle ages. It is the same turgid, empty, cold, but sounding language. Everywhere the remembrance of Cracow ►s absent ; there are only in the King!s reply counsels to the European Cabinets in favour of liberty — counsels which the destroyers of Poland are scarcely disposed to follow." The Moniteur contains various other addresses pre ,41 ON EY and COMMERCIAL NEW S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet though firm, and prices of American and Surat were well maintained, and without change in any other kind. The sales amounted to about 8,000 or 10 000 be:es, of which 6,000 were American on speculation. The sales consisted of 200 Surat, at 41d. to 5d.; 70 Sea Island, at 19d., and the rest American at 61d. to 74d. per lb. Railway shares at Liverpool were rather higher yesterday. The difficulties anticipated by some of our con temporaries to result from the aid given by the Bank of England to the Bank of France have passed away, and the basis of the business is however, sufficiently understood. In our money market apprehensions (if any existed, and if so, only in a slight degree) upon the subject have entirely ceased, and the Three per Cents. Consols keep steady. But it has been urged that out of doors (this means ex bankers and dis• count firms) Bills of Exchange cannot be " done" at so low a rata as was the case a few months since. This is not generally the fact, good paper is now most readily discounted at a fraction above the rate demanded by the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. At a meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Bank (whose operations extend over the whole of the West India Islands, &c.), held this morning, a dividend, at the rate of 1 3 1- per cent. for the past half-year, was declared. The bank's affairs were most promising, and should matters go on as favour• ably for the future, in two years a dividend equal to 7 per cent. might be calculated upon almost with certainty. The public securities are scarcely so firm to day, but the tone of the market will be better tested upon the re opening-of the transfer books, as the dividends are pay able to the public on Friday next. Consols are 93 for account ; Exchequer Bills have been marked 12s. premium ; and the New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. 954 I-. Bank Stock has been worth 205 to 206. The foreign securities have been rather more ani mated, and there is a slight improvement in the quota tions of some of the bonds. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 39k; Spanish Five per Cents., 261 ; and the Three per Cents. 361. The accounts from Lisbon cer tainly read favourably for the Government, if much re liance can be placed in them. Mexican stock has been firm at 25 to 25k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are. The prices of Shares in most of the principal lines of railway come rather higher from Liverpool, and one or two other of the provincial markets, and at Edinburgh and Glasgow also there appears to have been a great deal doing at advanced rates. It is yet much doubted whether any amicable arrangement will be effected between the Great Western and North-Western Railway companies, though all parties approve of the experiment being made. As to the railway " calls" falling due this month we believe there will be no other month of the year so heavy, therefore the worst pinch will soon be over, and if further branches be sanctioned in this session of Parliament, it is not at all likely that any money will be called for until the year 1848. The market here is steady this morning. The London and York are in favour ; the North Western have touched 202, and the Manchester and Southampton are par to -1 4 - discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 206 205 pper Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 93% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 13-16 Consols for Opening 9 3% 5 / 8 % Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1,0001. Ditto Small 1 - RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 42 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account 251 /s 25 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 39 V i Portuguese 4 per Cents 4. - Ditto for the Account .. . B 9 lh Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent llll Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account Ditto 3 per Cent... 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 4 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates USIN'ESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. rEs. SHARE. Aberdeen - - Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%. .;... - ....- to - Armagh, Coleraine, & P ortrus h 1 - to - Belfast and Ccunty Dolan .. . 4% .. .. - - Bii mingham and Gloucester.. 100 . •••• - - Do. New (iss. a t 7 1 A dis.).. 17% • - to - Birmingham & Oxford June-. - 2 • ll%. .... to - Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 425. ... . '' - 1/ ' 9 p... to 7 6 '8 p Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 425. - ...... to - Birkenhead, Lancashire, a n d • Cheshire Junction 2% - ..... to - Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. - Bristol and Exeter - - Do., New - Bristol and Gloucester 3O - to - Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% _ to - Buckinghamshire.. ......... ... 84s. - Caledonian - Ditto, Half Shares .. - 212..... 2%..... to - Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 - Chester and Holyhead.. 2 7 1 /2 ... - - -eleltenham and Oxford - Clarence. lOO Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent- 10 to - Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... - 10 - to - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - Cork and Killa rne y - 2%. ... - Cork and Waterford l l /2 - Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ...... .. 91 / Direct Northern Scrip.- ...... 2 1 / 2 9% 2 ..... to - to - Direct Norwich 1 - to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 , - to - Dublin, Belfast, & C o l era i ne 2 % - to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... - - Eastern Counties l4/. 16s 23 4 5..... to - Do. New l2/. 16 s 7% p. .. to - Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - - Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... 1 / 2 pto - Do., York Extension 2 - Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares .lO - - Do. Extension to Harwich Iy 3 ...... - - Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% - to - East Lancashire - l4 - Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 5 - to - Do. ( late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 ... .. - to - Do., do.; New Scrip ._ 11,4 - East Lincolnshire .. 1 1 / 4 3% to - Edinburgh and Glasgow SO - Ditto, Half Shares - - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - - Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% - - Ditto, New..... ... ......... ... 2% - ..... . to - Ditto, Newport .. ... ........ Ditto, ditto, New We - ...... to - Edinburgh and Perth 3 - to - Ely and Huntingdon - ...... to __, Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - to - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - to - Ditto, New - - D 0 . 14" Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... - .. - Goole,Doncaster, Sheffid., lac. 2 ...... 2% % to - Great Eastern and Western... 2% Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2 l /2 3% to - Do. (Direct North. Regd.) 3% 4 - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 1 / 2 - . .... to - Great North of England 100 ...... - - Ditto, New 5 - to - Ditto, New Ditto, New 1 1,4...... - ..... to - Great Western B5 - to - Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares - Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do.:New Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .. ... - - Ditto, Extension 3 - to - Hull and Selby 5O 107%..... to - Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% 23% ...... to - Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to - Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 14 - to - Do. do. and Norwich - to - Lancaster and Carlisle 5O - Do. New 5 ..... - Leeds and Bradford 3O - Leizester and Bedford - - Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 2214 - to - Ditto, Branch (Blue) ..... 2% - to - Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2 1 / 2 - - Leeds and Thirsk ...........•.. 17% - to - Ditto, New a .- ...... . 5 .__ - - Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 / 2 . .... - - Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 l /2 - .... . to - London tip, Blackwall...l6/. 131. 43 9 - .i.,, Do. New . 4 - to - ' Do. Extension - to - Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 59 1 A to 58% His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, Governor-General Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40 - - of Canada, and suite, left Farrance's Rotel, Upper Bel- Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... 14% to - grave-street, yesterday, for Liverpool, en route, for Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... - - London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - - America. Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... - to - THE TEA TRADE, JAN. 4 . - The deliveries of tea L on d on an d N ort h W estern..l o o ......202 •••••• to - last week were smaller, being about 350,0001 b. The Do. Quarter Shares a. 2 - to - market is quiet, though steady. Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 - Sir Henry Roper, the late Chief Justice at Boni- Do. do. Fifths - bay, has arrived in town from Marseilles. Do. Quarters A NOBLE LECTURED.-At Leicester, Lord Cour- Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 - - tenay delivered a lecture, in the Literary Instit u t e , on Do. 401. Shares...M. andß. 40 Do 10/.... 111 dB ( ) --- - •••••• to - the state of Ireland. The Rev. Mr. Courtenay pr es id e d. Do.. 10/. .. M. a a n nd B. ( A B . . )- 5 5 • ••• • -- - LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 1.-The sales Do: 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 wcre-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7s. 6d. n. p.- London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 1%. . .... - - Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lancashire London and S. Western.... 414 6s lOd 65 ..... (Blackburn and Preston), 3 3 / 4 p.-Ditto, New, 3 11.16 p.- Do. New consolidatedBths.. 40 - to - Ditto, New, Scrip, 365. p.-East Lincolnshire, 2% p.-Great Ditto New 2 2 1 /2 .. .. - to - Northern (late London and York), 13s. 6d. n. p.-Ditto, Do. New lB - to - Extensions, 53. p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 4% c. p. Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5%%.,. to - -Leeds and Thirsk, 20s. dis.-Ditto, New, par-Ditto, Pre- Ditto Tenths 4 - ference, 335. 6d. p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Ditto Scrip 5 ...••• • 6 Laa .. k... to - Junction, I. dis.-London and South-Western, Scrip, 20s. p. Ditto ditto 4 • to - -Malton and Driffield Junction, 1% p.-Manchester and London - and Y0rk........ ...... 2 1 / 2 W I % reg. to - Leeds, Half Shares, 13 1 4 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 6% p.-Ditto Ditto Extension - Half Shares (late Wak. P. and G.), 8 p.-Manchester, Bux- London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% - to - ton, Matlock, and Midland, l% p.-Midland, Preference, 5 Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 - to - p.-North British, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), Londonderry and Enniskillen 13 ...... - to - 2 1 / 2 p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d. p. - North Stat- Lynn and Ely - fordshire, 4% p.-Northern Counties Union, 1 ls. dis.-North- Lynn and Dereham - Western, 3 A p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15,. p, Manchester and Leeds - -Shropshire Union, ss. dis.-York and Newcastle, Prefer_ D D . H.to Half Shares - ...... to - itto • Quarters - ence, 57/ 8 p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. dis.-West - Ditto Fifths - Riding Union, 4/. lls. 6d. Ditto Sixteenths ...........6 1 4 - . to - HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.-The sales were Do. Extension - - ••••• to - Do. Liverpool and Bury 24 - . ... to -Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11s. 92. dis.-East Lancashire, :::•:ew. No. 1, 4 p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 2 p.-Great Northern Do., do., Fifths blanch: Buxton, & Matlock 425. - ...... to - (London and York), 3-Manchester and Southampton, par 1 - p... . to - - --Northern Counties Union, 2-North-Western, 16s. p.- 1 Manchester and Southampton 2 York and Selby Preference, 12 p. 1 Midland 100 132 ... .. to 131 1 / 2 SHEFFIELD STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.-The sales : Ditto Fifths - to - were-East Lincolnshire, 2 1 / t p.-Leeds and Thirsa, U. dis.- ' Ditto, New Manchester, Grimsby, and Sheffield, 3/. dis. cum int.-Ditto, Ditto, New 2 - Quarters, 11s. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Li n c o l n , 14s. Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... - ... to - dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 16s. p.-Leeds, Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 - - Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis.-South Yorkshire, Don- . Newcastle and Berwick caster, and Goole, DN. p. i Newcastle azlCarli*le lOO ...... - seated to the KING on New Year's-day. In his answers to many of these addresses his MAJESTY made allusions to the Montpensier marriage. To the Court of Ac counts, Louis PHILIPPE said, among other things : —" 1 am equally touched with the congratula tions with which all the ' corps' of the State so eagerly surround me on the occasion of my youngest son's marriage. it is a great consolation to me, and a happy addition to my family. This marriage can but contribute to drawing closer the ties which unite France and Spain, without ever in the slightest degree impairing their independence and freedom." His MAJESTY likewise told the Prefect of the Seine, who had assured him of the great satisfaction the marriage had given to the Parisians, that "it would draw closer the union between two countries both enjoying constitutional liberties, and which must more and more appreciate their alliance." The Commerce states that a plan is in agitation for a large increase in the steam navy, and that the visits of the Prince DE JOINVILLE to the French sea ports is connected with the carrying out this plan. The receptions at the Tuileries, announced for the 3d January, have been postponed to the sth, in con sequence of a slight indisposition of the QUEEN of the FRENCH. The French Government has just named two new agents in China a King's Commissioner, M. FORTII-ROUEN, formerly Secretary of Legation at Lisbon ; and a Consul at Changhai, M. DE MONTIGNY, formerly atttached to the Embassy of M. DE LAGRENE. In addition, M. LEFEVRE DE DECOURT is appointed to the post of Consul at Canton, the functions of which he has been performing for some time. The same decison has been come to relative to M. FannE, lately carrying on the business of the Consulate at Manilla. The salaries for the French agents in China are said to be con. siderable, the King's commissioner receiving 60,000 f. a year, the consul at Canton 30,000 f., and the consul at Changhai 20,000 f.; in all, more than 100,000 f. for three agents. A considerable falling off is stated to have taken place in the cotton factories in the neighbourhood of Rouen. A letter from the valley of the Andelle states that several manafacturers have resolved either to reduce the number of their men or to work short time. The Three per Cants. were done on Sunday a 80f. 50c. for the end of January. HA MB ÜBG DEC. 20.—llamburgh-Bergsdorf, 97 ; llam burgli.-Berlin, 99; Altona-Kiel, 110; Copenhagen-Roths child, 73; Mecklenberg, 721-, ; Madgeburg-Wittenberg, 89;1. FRANuForrr, DEC. 31.—Lous Bexbach, 95; Frederick William, 76%; Taunus, 372. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 4. Dutch Rhenish, 4%—Luxembourg, 3 4—Northern of France Constituted, 136i—Orleans and Bordeaux, B%—Rouen and Havre, 26 1 / 2 —West Flanders, 3. Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ...... - Newport and Abergavenny. . 91 / . — Newry and Enniskillen - ••—• to --t• Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rcistrevor Norfolk - Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk Do. do. \Vaveney Valley... 2 - Northern Counties Union .... 2 1 / 2 1 % 3 / 4... to 2 N . Ol Ili British Ditt.:, 'Half Shares. II - ... D,i. Quarters 1 %3% to '"' Ditto, Extension % l l / 2...... to Ditto Thirds ... ........... .... 1 Northern and Eastern SO I )itto Quarter Shares Ditto New - to . ' North`Staffordshire North Wales 1; orth. & South. Connecting 2%..... North Western . 2% — to Oxford, Worcester, end Wol verhampton Oxfd., Wilney, & Cheltnham 1%...... Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildtil., & Reigate 31. 12s l l /2 dis. to Ilk:Milord Royston and Ilitchen Scottish Central ... 15 S2ottish Midland ... ......... ... 12% — ...... to Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto 1:i Shares 8 Do. and LincolnshireJunct. 1 1 4...... Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 Do. do. do. Extension... 425. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... - Dit to, ditto, Class B. 1 1 % — to Shropshire Union. .. 425. South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Soutli Staffordshire Junction 2 1 / 2 to Soul;h Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 / 2 ...... to -- D itto, New, No. 1 - to D itto, New, No. 2 l2 Ditto, New, No. 3 ls D itto New, No. 4. 2% 3 l /2 to 3t. Alban's,. Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% — to Sough Wales Swe us. and Loughor and Ca m eron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 raw . Vale Extension Vale! of Neath Wal celield, Pontefract, and Goole Warwick and Worcester 42s. ...... ...... to -- Wet ;erford and Kilkenny ll ...... Wat;erford and Limerick ... .. 27%... .. -- - W at ;erford, Wexford, W icklw, a: id Dublin We:clord, Waterford, and V alentia Wa - reney Valley We'. sh Midland 2 % - West Riding Union 42s. 241% pto We:it Cornwall We:c.ford and Carlow - ....•• to amp Wis beach and St. Ives Windsor, Staines, and South Western - ••••••• to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... ..... to York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 38 3 4 to Ditto, New Ditto, Preference 2 ..... 7% %... to 8 Cork and North Midland Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby - Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 •••••• ... .. to Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junction.... 21 /2 ...... - Boulogne and Amiens lB ...... 15%...... to Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 — to Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette , ( Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Ha iders 2 Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. - ..... to --- Callao, Lima, & Pacific Csast 1 ...... - Central of Spain ... 2 - Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 6 - East Indian . ss. — - Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 - Great Indian Peninsular 5B. ..... • ...... to Great Western Bengal ss. - ... .. to -- , Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian ..... ..... 4 Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey - •••••• to .... Louvain ala Sambre ..... .... 6 - Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 - Madras - 1 -.. to --- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % - Madrid and Valentia - Mauritius - Namur and Liege... ..... ...... 8 - Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 North Jainaicq 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d..... Paris and Lyons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans Pans and Rouen. Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 ...... Rouen and Ilavre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 - St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 - Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassclt Trinidad.. ........ West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial - - Commercial of London - London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 - London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engid. 35 - National of Ireland 22% ... .. to Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Union of Loudon .. 10 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered ERRATA.—In yesterday's List read London an d York Sail) 3% instead of 3% —York and North Midland Preference. 137 , 4% instead of 12%%—and North ern o f F rance Si. paid instead of 8/. paid. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS I)AY.) LONDON, JAN. s.—Wind E.S.E., light airs and thick weather. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind S. by E. to S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Protector, Honduras ; Douglas, Douglas, Quebec; St. An drew, Read, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Sarah Charlottes Dunnett, Cape of Good Hope; Fairy, Garron, St. John', Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH.—Arrd. Hash, Justice, Mogadore. COWES, JAN. 4.—Wind S. by E.—Arrd. Phoenix, Lament New York. • PORTLAND, JAN. 2. Arrd. Jarrow, Quebec, Stockton. OFF PLYMoUTH.—Bathurst, Plank, Honduras. Newroirr, JAN. 2.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Phoenix, Iturfo Jamaica; Elizabeth Moore, Hughes, Havannah. Muronn, JAN. 3.—Wind S.E., strong.—Arrd. Duke of Cornwall, Pbillipps, New York for Swansea. ABERDEEN, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Lord Seaton, Quebec. 1 DUNDEE, JAN. 2.—Arrd. ZD, Bassell, New Orleatdi • Amelia, Donald, Montreal ; Hebe, Thomson, Montreal. LEITH, JAN. l,—Arrd. General Graham, White, St. John% New Brunswick. LEITH ROADS, JAN. 2.—Arrd. William Dawson, Quebec. STOCKTON, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Mabel, Andrew, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ann and: Mary Cunningham, St. John% New Brunswick. WATERFORD, JAN. 1.--Arrd. England, Everard, Quebec; 2d, Vivid, Wilson, Boston. Sid. Ist. Lovely Maria, Stanton, St. John's, Newfoundland. BELFAST, DEC. 31.—Calm,—Arrd. Sarah, Graham, De merara. Sid. Corea, Finlay, New Orleans. YAnmounr, JAN. 3.—The Elizabeth, of Stockton, has been got off the Scroby Sand, after throwing part of cargo orerboard. DUNDALK, JAN. 2.—The Prince George struck on the bar - to day, and is making a deal of water. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY). &Y MATI.HETS. SMITHFIELD.—Mcadow Hay, 215 s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto. 315 s to 4/ 168; and Straw, 11 Sa to 11128 per load. SuPP I7 moderately good, and trade very dull. CumßE ItLA.ND.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 3118 s; Clover ditto 31 5s to 4114 s ; and Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 13s per load. A ful average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECILAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ 15s ; Cloves ditto, 31 53 to 51 ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 123 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. LIE DRY DOCK, MALTA.—This stupendous work at the head of the Dockyard creek, on the S.E. and by E. side of the Great harbour, was commenced by driv ing the first pile May 10th, 1842. The first stone was laid May Ist, 1844, under the plans of Mr. Scamp, and carried out by Mr. Walter Elliott. It is fast approach ing towards completion. The extreme length, from the gates to the centre of the bow, is 274 feet, and to the square 222 feet; the width 82 feet; and the depth from the level of the water 25 feet. It is constructed of lime stone, principally from Goza, being less porous than any other stone found in these islands. At either end will be two capstans of great power. Except, of course, the en trance, the dock is surrounded by arched vaults, of im mense strength, which will be available for stores. Surrounding the dock, and forty feet from its margin, factories, smithies, carpenters' workshops, &c., will be erected. There are two-engines of twenty horse-power each, which have been employed from the commencement of the work in pumping out the water, in order to set the masonry dry, and the same engines will be permanently fixed for pumping out the water from the dock, which it is calculated they will do in ten hours, when a vessel is docked; and also for driving the machinery of the new factories. The en gines are under the superintendence of Mr. ilamshaw. The dock will be able to receive a 120 gun ship, or the largest steam-frigate (with her paddles on) in the navy. Until recently, there were about 2,000 persons at work in the quarries or elsewhere connected with the dock, having in their families about 5,000 souls. Now, how ever, there are only 300 employed. The first class masons receive is. 4d. a day; second class is. 2d.; third class is. Id.; labourers first class is., second class 10d. The cost of the dock, it is estimated, will be about 90,000 L, independently of factories, &c., which aro not yet estimated. The amount has been paid out of funds granted for the purpose by the British Go►ernment. This will be the most valuable and complete dry dock in the Mediterranean, we way almost say iu the kuorli worldo.-Plaits d.r....•......,„ EA.I MAR To-daj the cue Gra,,:echu afterward f l oe. onf a e t n iojeid i fi 4 n n ( i n dnre i k e e z 4 s.syk r r : ja u aie pr rnre t p f : r ar ud h tp otj t trja., The Le meta ant pro of was Anothe ° Pened ab by the bai be retai n , applied foi The Le.' either b e assignees 1 The ass, The est. allowance. sltion. , CRimi SURRE 4 ,:rhe Ses s ‘"18 rnornin u3r e Mr r M agistrate : '•Ube Gra man briefly root,. The rep P e e: e r r e al d t e nt gaols,. 131 One prison after admis cation of tt cold. , -___