The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-25 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Mr. BATTY respeettully begs to acknowledge the unprecedented success bestowed on his productions at the above Establishment, and, in returning thanks, purposes devoting a night for the benefit and relief of the destitute Irish arid Scotch, on THURSDAY, Feb. 11. The evening's receipts will be given, st.rd the extmsive re sources of the Theatre will be brought into action. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Juvenile rites, and last wee: of " The Denton Horse." • THIS EVENING Wut be:t , rformed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en• •• , ted TUE•DF MON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Chz.,..Texed " =lure To con, Change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. Tl i rbl e7 entitt ith the su cce ssful ' • Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, the Robbor.. FoltTYCave THIEVES; ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and vey ; r anwocm, e i‘tr elown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har anitiox•omee o ven Laffaritii ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. at hm eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six Broadfoot. alf•Dait six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. it"A L SiTitEY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENI NG The Will be Progres performed of a Scam ormed a new Drama, entitl e d LADY RATTLER; or, etgength of the Company. s p. Chara cters supported b y the whole T o conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime. called TILE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. liar tenni it Herr DLjlin ; Pantaloon, Herr It. Devlin ; Columbine, Mdlle. _Clown, Herr N. Dentin • Punch, Ilci r E. Detain , . Theodore --______ ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Another new Drama, and Head continued career of the gre a t .. co _ a. " l'untomime, THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEAN'S • Duel Woman's Secret. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forin'an or, The Searle, Bird, Howard, 211iss Vincent, Mrs. flicks, lam Lee, and hlias Pearce will appear. After which, the Burletta of TILE MISTAKEN STORY. Mr, Forman, Miss Pearce, &c. To concluder w ith the grand Christmas Pantomime, sa: titled THE B Ifni OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Hiller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry. --- EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—"Through the poli e attention of G. Graham, of out Post-office, we were favoured on Wednesday morning last, about eleven o'clock, with a copy of The Sun newspaper, crntaining the Queen's Speech, and nearly the whole of the debates in Parliament on the pre ceding night! The papers were sent by Mr. Smith, the aprited and active news agent 'of 192, Strand, and conveyed by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.—Car.isle Journal. I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASOIi 1+147 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Public. It is presented with the confident hope, that the successful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Europe, and of its distinguished Patrons, will insure the continuation of their Support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Mille. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame col Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlle. Sanchioli, Mdlle, Fagiaui, and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and :Thine. Darla Nascio (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame Castellan. Signor Fraschini, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera; Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country); Signor F. Lablache ; Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigl (his first appearance); and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arraggements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesie, by Mdlle. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohu Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on TILE TEMPEST of shakspere ; written by M. Scribe. Miranda .. .. • • ..•..... Ferdinand • • • • • • • • • . Caliban .. • • • • .- • • .. Prospero ........ ......... 3tdlle. Jenny Lind. Sig. Garden'. Kerr Staudigl. Lablache. . . It is likewise announced, with great satVaction, that Signor Verdi, haying recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB BERS of SCHILLER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca demie Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and Montenegro; Signors Gar dont, Superchi, and Fraschtni, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the en] of the season, will appear immediately after Zaster. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs• d'oeuvre of Mozart; Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel &c. The stectest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may he presented perfect in all its parts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected IYouri Some of the best Orchestras of Europe, combined with former Meritorious Artistes of the Establishment; amongst whom may be mentioned :—M. Tolbecque, Leader ; M. Nadand, Leader of the Ballet ; M. Deloffre ; Mr. Collins ; M. Pluys, of the Conservatoire, Brussels ; Mr. W. Watts ; Mr. Pigott ; M. Koessel, Ist Raison, from Linz; M. Bahr, Horn, from Linz ; M. Mario, Trombone, Royal Theatre, Brussels ; M. Lavigne, Oboe, from Vienna ; The Chevalier Anglois, First Contre-Basso of the Royal Theatre in Turin ; Signor Plattl, Ist Violoncello, from Parma ; Signer Templint, Ist 'lesson, from Palermo ; M. ilurgoln. Violoncello, Auadentio Royale, Paris ; M. Pickart, Contre-Basso, Academic Royale, Paris ; M. Elle, Flute and Piccolo, of Paris ; M. Dell'uomo, Clarionet, Conservatoire, Milan ; M. Ista Thnbilier, Opera Combine, Paris; M. Zeiss , Trum pet, Professor of the Conservatoire, Brussels; and other distin guished Artistes. TIIE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, awl England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. ARRANG7MENTS FOR THE BALLET Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Jloll,!.incie Grahtt, and Millie. Cerito ; in addttion to which an ei , gagement has been made with Millie. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night or the Season in a New Pallet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Millie. Watithier, of La Scala, her first appearance in this country; 3E3d:rine Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Millie. Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Bonin; and Millie.' Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Millie. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M St. Leor, d'Or, of the Academic Royale, PartS (his first appearance in this country), M. Closselin, M. di Mattia, Venafra, M. Gotwiet, M. Paul 'Taglioni, and M. Perrot. - Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pusmi. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Nlaltres de Ballet—M. Patti Taglioni, Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin ; Regisseur de la Dense, M. Petit. Amongst the novelities of the Ballet Department will be produced, at the opening of the theatre, a new Ballet by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Mdlle. Caroline Rosati will make her first appearance. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the suidect of which the establishment is in debted to the kindness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGERIA. Various other Novel Ballets and Divertissements are in more or less immediate preparation, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and 3ldlle. Tag!ion], will appear. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by M. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas • des Deesses am! Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. The Snbscription will consist of the same number of nights as las seasen. The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will be produced, for the first time at her Majesty's Theatre, Donlzetti's admired Opera of LA FAVORITA, in which Signor Gardoni and Signor Suparchi will make their first appearance in this country. To conclude with an entirely NEW BALLET', by M. Paul Taglioui, in which lisiemoiselle Caroline Rosati will appear. TIIEATRP. ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Splendid Pantomime of " Harlequin and St. George and the Dragon," is acknowledged to be one of the most successful ever produced. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss; Floreville, Mr. Rafter; Morliere. Mr. Horneastle; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Panto.nime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under 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 Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; Reuben Gwynn°, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buckstone ; Harwood, Mr. Howard; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. . _ . . - :Vier which, Planche's new Comic Drams, called WII0'.; YOUR FRIEND ? or, The Queensberry Fete. Viscount Leatherhead, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Felix Level, Mr. 11011; Giles Fairland, Mr. Webster ; The Countess of Rosemlale, Miss Bennett ; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs. Glover ; Mittens, Miss Caere. During the evening the Band wi❑ perform the Overtures, "Le Fidelo Berger," " Antoinette" Cellarius, " Dublin" Waltz, and the " American Polka." To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss HeynoldA, and Miss Jells Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley'. LAST NIGHT OF "THEBUTTERFLY'S BALL." THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, lounded on thi 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• ratters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Tamer, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Bliss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which a new Fame, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxherry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To be followed by the Drama, TO PATIENTS AND GUARDIANS. To conclude with the Farce of MRS. WHITE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO- I.OMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs, Yates; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTIT,ATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Ilanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA OISEI.LE, entitled TILE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cnilenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Ma,ldox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING IVill he paribrined lbs new Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNICH ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Barker ; Capt. Bellejambe, Mr.iDelavantl; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Homer, Ilincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN BOWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Granby ; Mrs. H. Hughes, and Miss E. Homier. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Fleimore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be peribrmed the favourite Vaudeville of LOUISETTB on, La Chanteuse des Rues. After which the popular Play, entitled LE BARBIER DU ROI D'ARAGON. Perez, Mons. F. Lemaitre. Boxes, 6s. Pit, Is. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will, in consequence of the tri umphant success and unparalleled attraction of these Performances, have the honour of continuing their Inimitable ENTERTAIN MENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment commences at Half-past Eight ; and will, in consequence of the continued demand for places, re peat their DAY PERFORMANCE every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance com mences at Halt-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphiteatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1847. THIRD EDITION OF “THE SUN," THE VERY LATEST NEWS WILL BE FOUND, AS USUAL, IN THE THIRD EDITION OF d' THE SUN," WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE THE WEATHER.—►SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 37 ; Noon, 38, BAROMETER, 29.66.—W1ND S.E., hazy. JANUARY 24. T. TERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 43 ; Noon, 44 BAROMETER, 29.34. —Wind S.W., rainy and squally. HIGH WATER AT I.ONDON-131:11)GE THIS DAY. Morning .. 13 minutes after 3 :Evening .. 50 millet, s after 8. towards the dimunition of the sufferings arising from the dearth in Ireland and Scotland. In fulfil ment of the intimation contained in the Speech from the Throne, the Government has proposed the removal of all difficulties as to the employment of sugar and molasses in brewing and distillation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has explained his ideas up= this question to the House of Commons, and the latter in Committee has expressed no definite opposition to the Ministerial scheme. It is true that Lord GEORGE BENTINCI has intimated his intention to propose an amendment to the effect that the measure shall not be permanent ; but that interposition, we take it, is merely pro forma; the Noble Lord cannot assuredly be solicitous to render himself the opprobrium of the million by a hopeless interruption of the business of the Legislature. The reduction proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is of a singular and unusual character ; it is a reduction which, •while it will tend to the alleviation of very considerable distress, must inevitably, as far as human calculations can foresee, conduce to the enhancement, instead of the reduction, of the revenue. It is a re duction, moreover, based upon experience. From the recent diminution of the duty upon rum, sugar, and molasses, it was anticipated that therg would be a deficiency of between 300,0001. and 400,0001. ; whereas the balance-sheet - has shown an in crease beyond even the most sanguine anti cipations of Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is not ex pected, however, that the reduction of duties upon these articles will materially affect the use of malt and barley in distillation : it will only afford brewers and distillers a resource in the shape of sugar and molasses, when grain has risen to an exorbitant price. For example—the duty on a quarter of malt being 21s. Bd., and the duty on a correspond ing amount of sugar being 225. 6d., the preference would naturally be given in times of plenty to the former as a vast deal more economical. When, how ever, as occurred only the other day,-barley has risen to such an extortionate price that the brewers are compelled either to discontine their malt operations or to charge an additional penny per pot, the admis sion of sugar into those establishments would be a most appreciable advantage. The benefit therefore accruing from the measures proposed by Sir CHARLES Woos, cannot so much be the reservation of grain for house hold purposes as the ensuring of a sufficient supply of cheap beer to the population at a reasonable price. In like manner, upon the equalisation of the duties upon rum in England, Ire land, and Scotland, there must be a certain balance of supply and consumption—a balance of a most salutary nature—one poised in such a manner as to ensure the advantage of the consumers and dis tillers, as well as the sensible advancement of the revenue. With this proposition the good labour of the Administration for the diminution of the suffer ings experienced in Ireland and elsewhere progresses. We are glad to perceive an energy in the Legislature commensurate with the difficulties of the emergency. Without at all entering into the questions in dis pute on the subject of Sinde between General NAPIER and his adversaries, it must be manifest that it is impos sible to come to the conclusion that Sinde is an useles s and expensive acquisition until we are informed accu rately, not only of the amount expended by the. Gover nment in Sinde since it has been a British possession,but likewise of the manner in which that amount has been expended. If, for instance, any portion of that amount has been expended in opening up new routes of communication between different parts of the country, so as to give an impetus to the commercial prosperity of the province, if any portion of that amount has been expended in the construction or repair of roads, or in the construction or repair of canals or bridges, or in the rendering navigable parts of the Indus, or of any of its branches, such, portion of that amount so expended can no more be put down to the account of loss, than can the expense of construction of a railway be put down to the account of loss. In each case it is capital invested with a view to a return, and it matters nothing to the argument whether this investment be a national investment of national capital—as is the case with many of the Belgian railroads, and with any public works which may have been constructed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER in Sinde—OT a private investment of private capital, as is the case with the railways of England. The question then arises—has any portion of the amount expended in Sinde been expended on public works of this nature ? the answer to which is, undoubtedly a very considerable part of such amount has been so expended. For instance, Sir CHARLES NAPIER has built at Kurrachee a pier two miles long, extending into deep water; and we happen to know that on the 20th of November last a commercial steamer was actually loading at this pier with goods ; that she was to take these goods to Sukkur, and to reach the Indus by a natural inland salt canal, rendered available for navigation by engineers employed by Sir CHARLES NAPIER. Kur rachee, therefore, is now a port, and the first start is given to commerce by the Indus for Central Asia. Surely it is absurd to put down the cost of the forma tion of this pier, of the rendering navigable this canal, to the account of loss by Sinde. It should be put down to the capital account, and there is every reason to be lieve that it will turn out to be one of the most judi cious national investments of national capital ever made. But even supposing that such should not be the case—admitting for the sake of argument that which is not the fact—that the revenue of Sinde is insuffi cient to maintain Sinde, is that a valid reason for giving it up ? Is it to be henceforth laid down as a rule that every British possession, the revenue derived from which is not sufficient to pay the cost of its maintenance, as such, is to be at once aban doned ? Does Gibraltar support itself ? Does Malta ? Does Heligoland ? Does Aden ? Will the revenues of Oregon ever pay the ex• penses of its colonization ? And yet no one dreams of proposing to relinquish these possessions. Not twelve months since we were prepared to go to war for Oregon. It is impossible to apply to possessions retained as great military and naval stations the same rule that we apply to colonies, retained for purely commercial purposes ; and that Sinde is a most im portant military station—that its possession, form. ing as it does one of the natural frontiers of India is absolutely essential to the well-being of our Indian empire, is a fact which cannot be denied. Of the im portance, in a military point of view, of the possession of Sinde, and of the command of the navigation of the Indus, which its possession affords, we had a re markable instance twelve months since, on the break ing out of the Seikh war. Had not Sir CHARLES NAPIER been in Sinde, at the head of a British force, a much greater number of Seikh troops would have been at Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Alliwal, and Sobraon; but as the British had posses sion of Sinde, the Seikhs were unable to concentrate all their forces on the Sutlej. We, however, utterly deny the assertion that the revenue of Sinde is insuf ficient to defray the expenses of its maintenance as a British possession ; and when the items of expenditure shall be made known, and the account dissected, it will be found that not only has there been no actual deficiency in the re venue of Sinde, but that in reality it has yielded a sur plus every year since it has been a British possession. Of its importance as opening up to British enterprise the commerce of Central Asia by means of the Indus and its numerous tributary streams, there can be no doubt whatever; and whether we consider the sub ject in a military, a financial, or a commercial point of view, we are equally satisfied of the immense value of the splendid possession which has been con- ferred on his country by the hero of Meanee and Hyderabad. We have already noticed that the Duke of Men :MOND took advantage of his trip to Brighton to un kennel the Protectionist fox. The same feat was per form( el on Friday in the House of Commons by Lard GEORGE BENTINCK, who declared he had merely " consented that there should be a truce to all poli tical hostilities until the Noble Premier bad settled the affairs of Ireland." So soon, then, as legislation shall have done its best, for the time, with respect to that afflicted portion of the United Empire, Lord GEORGE will be equally ready, with his ducal colleague, " to pull off his gloves," and get up, in right earnest, a political boxing match. Hence we are perfectly borne out in the views we expressed, that the calmness which the Protectionists evinced on the first night of the session was purely specious ; that the unanimity professed ;ad observed was completely hollow, and that their tactics " sprang not from choice, but necessity." Had the actual features of national distress been less severe than what we unhappily know them to be, the Protectionists would have been equally coerced into adopting the same course. Like every other political sect, they cannot altogether afford to fly in the face of public opinion, without some por tion of which, however, erroneous the direction it may they must soon cease to edit. Aity serious at tempt, therefore, on their part to thwart the progress of the Ministerial measures for alleviating the famine stricken population of Ireland and Scotland, whilst their miseries are so appalling, would have drawn down upon them the execration of every philanthro pist in the empire. And yet every one of these measures is an useful engine for demolishing the dila pilated barriers that remained of their favourite stronghold of monopoly. No doubt the hop 3 had been entertained, from the termination of the last session, that during the long vacation circumstances would have intervened to justify their offering a fierce opposition to any proposition that might emanate from the Government, calculated still further to weaken the foundations on which the Protectionists delusively conceived the real interests of agriculture had been wisely raised. This hope signally failed them. "The revenue has prospered, and corn has realised high prices, added to which, the stern dictates of nature have completely baffled all their cabalistic arts. The people are no longer spell-bound by their self-vaunted , once the se prejudice, the wisdom. In B o u f cki a n g g r h i a c m ul s t h u i ra re l farmel i k regard with content the important change last Mi. wrought in the laws affecting cereal pro duce. They care little for the wild apprehensions for the future engenkred in the bewildered brains of the greatefeudal pro etary. What is true of Buck inghamshire is equally true, for the most part, of the rest of the country. The power of the Protectionists is gone, and, considering how mischievously it was wielded whilst they held it, a greater blessing could not have been conferred upon the country. The only power left them last year was that of upsetting a government. With the completion of this act their political strength became exhausted. Theirlast signifi cant manoeuvre was one of destruction. The pro vince of erecting a government Fill never rest with the protectionists. So desperate is their condition, and unsettled their principle of action, that they re semble nothing more closely than rats in a sinking ship. They are in extremis, and most amusing it is to observe how they strut and fret their hour on the stage. They tell us how valiantly they will fight before long. In the meanwhile, none are better .aware than themselves that all they consider worth fighting for is fast slipping from under them. They mourn over their losses. Under protest, they part with the several props to their tottering edifice, gravely assuring us that they mean to have them all speedily back again. The truth is, they make a virtue of necessity—they assume a virtue if they have it not. At the close of the Parliamentary labours of the past, as well at the commencement of those of the present year, Sir R. PEEL distinctly in timated that he meant to adhere to the same liberal commercial policy by which he had achieved the de feat of the corn-laws. The identical combination of parties which effected this grand object in 1846, exists, and is animated with the same spirit to de velop the principles of unrestricted commerce. The Protectionists, therefore, stand alone, and are utterly helpless. They are living monuments of their own folly. For a series of years they have clandestinely carried on, by means of class legislation, a thriving trade as the receivers of stolen goods. The trick is now fully understood. They have been tried and convicted of larceny against the State. Their present isolated position is the legitimate penalty of their nefarious practices. Madrid papers to the 15th have arrived. They con tain no news. The discussion on the Address in the Senate had not concluded. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 15.—The Three per Cents. •dosed at 31i buyers; Five per Cents. 20i ; Passives, 61-; and Coupons, 184. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Speech of the Queen of ENGLAND on open'n Parliament on Tuesday, and the speech of M. GunoT, in the Chamber of Peers, on the Spanish marriages, which was delivered on Wednesday, are subjects of comment in all of them. In speaking of the QUEEN'S Speech, the Debuts says— " Like the King of the French, the Queen of Great Britain expresses a firm confidence that the peace of Europe will be maintained. On the subject of the Duke de ➢lont.penser's marriage, the Queen expresses herself with a reserve on which we have only to congratulate the two Governments and the two countries. She confines herself to saying that this marriage has given rise to a correspondence. It is stated that at first the intention was to make official mention of the difference which had arisen between the two Govern ments. We are happy to see that this first idea was not carried out, and that the language from the royal lips is of a nature rather to lessen than to aggravate so regretable a difference." All the journals speak in terms of the highest com mendation of the mariner in which the annexation of Cracow is alluded to in the QUEEN'S Speech. The Opposition journals contrast it with the language used on the same subject in the speeo of the RING of the FRENCH, and draw comparisons between M. GUIZOT and Lord PALMERSTON by no means favourable to the former. This contrast is rendered still more favourable to Lord PAL. MERSTON by the speech of M. Guizor on the subject of the Spanish marriages in the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday. Looked upon as an oratorical display, the speech is worthy the high reputation of M. GUIZOT : looked upon as an argument in defence of the conduct of the. French Government, it is a confession of conscious weakness. Throughout the whole speech M. GUIzOT rests his case on the garbled dispatches which were first presented to the Chamber. He —e never once all u d es t o th e unmutilatcd dispat ches which he was subsequently forced to produce , a nd from the beginning to the end of his speech he neith er mentions nor alludes to that which is the pivot upon which everything in this controversy turns—LordATIERDEEN'S letter to the D uke of SOTODIAYOR3 All the papers comment on this fact except the Epoque, the Debats, and the Presse. Another remarkable part in the speech of M. GUIZOT is that in which he asserts that neither the French Government nor Count BRESSON were at all anxious that the Montpensier marriage should take place contemporaneously with that of the QUEEN, and that it was only on the sth of September that Count BRESSON, reluctantly yielding to the importunities of the Spanish Government, sanctioned this arrangement. What must M. GUIZOT think of the intellectual qualifications of those to whom he could venture to make such a statement ? With regard to England, he admits that she is dissatisfied, b ut he thinks that if, on the one band , the French Government main tains its general policy, and, on the other, shows it se lf determined to maintain the propriety of what it has done, and to abstain from all concessions and all ad vances, that the dissatisfaction of Eagland will die away. This is a sounding sentence, meaning nothing. What is the nature of the general policy which the French Gov ernment is to maintai n ? On the whole, it is manifest tha t M. GtrizoT has sign a ll y failed to ma k e ou t his case, that he has shirk e d t h e and 7 5 1. 0 ; I. G . reatN Bordeaux,ort h ha s chargecon consequently u g e a n r t b l garbling ng damagedL or d P h .s i s w c f a E u n s S e T c o 2 0 :: S s i d e dispatches,rab lconsiderably. 6 A report prevailed on the Paris Bourse that Prince METTERNICH died on the 15th at Vienna. It was not, e r d ra c a m y , d 6 a S t 1 h 0 7 4 , 6 however, generally credited. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs. 543 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 430 f. ; a N —East Indian, % B lG l S o,sai lN e ES an S a D .Ajni ONE ens 7 l4 7 D ß u l t ] burg, 475 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 4751. ; Paris and Lyons, 497 f. Dieppe, 350 f. ; Paris and Stras • t nf h .o e ;n B i o v 2u e 2e nc p , e sB r o7 C cs.f e . :: tvi ;Havre, l zr : en " the 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 22. —Great Indian Peninsular %—Great Southern of Madras, Luxembourg, —Namur 'and Liege, 314 —Northern of Prance, 11 f —Orleans and Bordeaux, 6% —Paris and Lyons, 7—Rouen and Havre, 25. cIhGNRheRn.:Ihr:WAYS AT THE introducede ake r s durin g by HEALTH OF L ONDON A SSOC IATION.—SANATOR Y t w h a e g e h v el en d in a g t, s tb d e isc L u o u n i d o o n n a T gr a e v e e d r , n. I mvuovE 3 tExTs.—On F r id a y a n umerously - attended meeting of the medi ca l and other members o f th e above ass oc i a ti on Lord Lincoln w as extremely de f ec ti v e, and not sufficiently comprehensive t o . remedy the ex i s ting evils, and it wa s o f the utm os t i mportance that there shou ld b e a con f erence with th e G overnment, in order that the i r ( t h e assoc i at i on ' s) labours and su ggest i ons for an en l arge d a nd improv e d sys tem of sanatory measures, founded upon indisputable evi dence, might b e i ntroduced and a d op t e d. A resoluti on was that Aj tlhethßeills then unanimously carried—' That a deputation should wait on the Secretary for the Home Department with the sugges tions and evidence referred to." TILE CALEDONIAN CHURCH, HOLLOWAY. -- On Thursday last the Presbytery of the Church of Scotland in London opened for Divine service this neat place of worship. The Rev. A. Black, the moderator, began the service, and the Rev. Dr. Cumming preached. A truly interesting sight was the presence o f t h e children of the Caledonian Asylum, in their picturesque Highland dress, who filled the end gallery of the church on this occasion. The Duke of Buccieuch, Sir Charles Forbes, and others, have subscribed munificent sums towards the purchase of the property, which is freehold, on condition that none but a clergyman of the Established Church of Scotland shall be its minister, and that sufficient accommodation be reterv„: 1 for thf,, ot t n Asylum. The Rev. J. Tod Brown, formerly one ut tue in cumbents of the Abbey Church, Dumfemline, is likely to be appointed minister of the church. OVERLAND MAIL (From the Times.) We have received by extraordinary express our usual Indian papers and letters i❑ anticipation of the Overland Mail. The following is a summary of the Indian news since the last arrival. The Punjaub remains tranquil, and the British army it is said, will march in the course of the present week from Lahore. It is rumoured that it will make a halt some march or two from the capital to watch the imme diate results of its retirement, before falling back on Ferozepore. It is probable that for some time to come a strong force will be inaintalned at our principal frontier stations. Just as it was supposed, the most satisfactory conclu sion had been attained, it is stated that unquestionable evidence has transpired of there having been an under standing betwixt the Baja Lall Singh, Vuzeer at La hore, and Sheikh Ernaum-ood-deen, the Cashmerian insurgent leader, with the purpose of keeping Ghoolab Singh from taking possession of his new dominion. Should this prove well grounded it will materially affect the concluding portion of our arrangement!. The proposed fair in the Jullundar Doab appears to have turned out a failure. Lord Hardingo is still within our lately acquired dominions, in progress to the westward. Lord Gough has by this time left Simla for Umballa, he not intending at present to visit the Jullundar Doab. The. Lieutenant• Governor of the north-vest provinces was last heard of at Nusserabad, in progress to Ajmere. Sir George Pollock has returned from the Cape to Calcutta, and the Legislative Council of India, dormant during his absence, is once more in a state of 'activity. Some most extraordinary instances of gambling in opium have occurred in the course of the month. The Bombay bar gains are usually made contingently on Calcutta quota tions of the Government sales. To raise these, rival speculators bid, till 13,0001 was offered for chests usually disposed of for 1501., the bidding being so arranged that no sale could be effected that day. Government have made it a subject of special notification, and large for tunes depend on the results. A hurricane of unusual violence, by which much loss has been occasioned to the shipping interests, occurred at Madras on the 25th of November. Similar visitations at this season of the year are frequent on the eastern side of India, from Calcutta to the line ; they are almost unknown in the Arabian sea on the western shore of the 1 Peninsula. Our intelligence from Sinde is scanty. None of the military movements formerly announced have as yet occurred, though the withdrawal of seven regiments is known to have been determined on : a breach of con fidence in the subordinate military department having enabled the relief recommended to be published before it had obtained the sanction of Government. The celebrated slave girl Mungla, of Lahore, and Raja Heerah Singh, brother of the Ranee, are now in our territories, on a pilgrimage to Benares, to bathe themselves in the waters of the Holy Ganges, as is also, we believe, the Maharaja of Nepaul. No authentic intelligence has as yet been received as to who is likely to be Governor of Bombay—Lord Dal housie and Lord Elgin are both spoken of; the former with considerable confidence. The Hon. Mr. Reid, acting Governor, has returned with his family from Kandallah, and been at Parell since the 29th ult. Con siderable sickness prevails in different parts of the country, though not of a very fatal kind. The weather was becoming cool and pleasant. The late arrival cf the two past mails from England has created considerable confusion in Indian arrange ments. The dispatch of the steamer of the Ist of De• cember was deferred to the 2d, in hopes that the dis patches from England of October 24, which, ought to have been received in 35 days at the longest, would be in time for a reply. They did not reach till the 7th, a succession of accidents having kept them ten days behind their time. The mail of the 7th of November had not been signalled on the 15th of December. Casualties by death in the armies of India reported since the departure of the mail of 2d December. Madras.—Lieutenant A. Clerk, Bth Regiment at Ka lapore, on the 2d December. Lieutenant R. Taylor, 49th Regiment, at Madras, on the 221 November. Lieu tenant W. R. Studdy, 15th Regiment, accidentally killed, at Cannanore, on the 18th November. Ensign Clint, 9th Regiment, accidentally drowned at Kamptee. Bengal—Captain R. Walker, Invalids, at Agra, on the 17th of November. Captain C. H. It. Christie, 6th Cavalry, at Moaafferpore, on the 29th of October. Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Earle, 39th Regiment, at Berhatn pore, on the 18th of November. ~ 1,1.. x- -• . 3 . •• - Y ,- ) rv--;i '' '''' l l . -4. ' e ' • ...., 0 ---.. 4 r . ,. ... f i .., fir. - - Pr 41141 fp * gir• 4lC-71. 73- 14' r,.4.7, 1 7401i 'a11h'. ' 1 11 11. - ... I' l .' ':* ' '-- 1. -t5 ' 410 11 14 . ,, , ' 65, 44'‘ ; ',.. 110 :1, •7:',- , v . o .‘ , g . , a ;,......, v - 4 . 1 . • A1t0 . 2 .%,,, ~711. ,,, , IOT ' :: ,,, , i;A : , -.' 1.• - ' , --,... 7 . 7: ; ' ''': " 7 , - ~ DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UP TO THE HOUR OF POST, THEREBY ANTICIPATING OTHER PAPERS BY TWELVE HOURS. STATE OF IRELAND. A FULL REPORT of LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH, on his bringing under the consideration of the House the STATE of IRELAND, will be given THIS EVENING, in a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN." EXPRESS EDITIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS, BRINGING DOWN THE DEBATES TO THE LATEST ➢IOMENT. Orders received by all Newspaper Agents, and at THE THIRD EDITION Sun-office, 113, Strand. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. IVESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY 1 SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the [Tall 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 be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the. sale, and the proceeds inane eint,ly disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. maul LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1847. More hubbub has been excited as to the scarcity of provisions in this country than the reality justifies. From one extremity of the kingdom to the other the clamour has been raised that the deficiency of food in Great Britain is perilous, if it be not altogether unprecedented. First there was a cry about the scantiness of the harvest, then about the deteriorated quality of the grain, then about both failures in the wheat crop together. To the excitement caused by these assertions there w•as added the really lamentable murrain of the potato plant; beyond that, the alarmists were terror-stricken at the exportation of En glish corn from the eastern coasts to the markets of France, and the agitation in the public mind reached its acme in consequence of the steady rise in the price of wheat from 475. a quarter to the extraordinary amount of 70s. 3d. a quarter. The actuality of this advance in the cost of grain soon explains itself to the comprehension of every housekeeper in the empire, as the quartern loaf was enhanced in cost price from 61d. to 7-id. and so on at intervals until it reached to no less than 11 id. the four-pound loaf. There was a logic in this that defied a merely superficial denial as to the ex istence of the scarcity. The arithmetic of the advance in the cost price of the necessaries of life placed the reality of the dearth apparently beyond dispute. And so the clamour has gone on increasing and increasing until the poorer classes are almost beside themselves from apprehension. There is a perpetual storm of sup plication to the Legislature to prevent famine, to aid those who are already stricken with starvation, and so forth. As far as farinaceous food is concerned the British islands are regarded as little better than insolvent. Now, is this disturbance about the utter deficiency of provisions in England, Ireland, and Scotland, cor rect ? Are our granaries thus emptied ? Was our harvest so unconscionably meagre both in quantity and in quality ? Must we consider ourselves, as we are told to consider ourselves, dependent upon the produce of foreign sickles, and the enterprise of distant agriculturists ? To all this we answer, delibe rately, distinctly, and emphatically that we believe the deficiency to have been grievously exaggerated, and the position of the country to be alto gether much better (as far as our reserve of food is concerned) than is supposed. We impugn the judgment of those who can only trace the origin of the present panic to the dearth of pro visions in our markets. It is preposterous, absolutely preposterous, to imagine that, within so few months from the gathering in of the harvest for 1846, we have actually reached the minimum of our home sup ply of grain. And this, moreover, simultaneously w ith an unprecedented importation of corn and meal from the United States. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer distinctly affirmed, only the other night, that we bad not yet obtained a single grain of the American crop of the last harvest, and yet we are to be assured that the English crop for the corresponding season is alto gether, or very nearly, consumed ! The assertion has its falsity visible upon the very face of it. Notwith standing, therefore, the marvellous clamour about the deficiency of provisions, we are satisfied that there is an ample supply of grain already locked up in England, and that a very short period will verify our belief, by the large quantity that will be brought to market in consequence of the recent Ministerial measures. As rapidly as the customs of Parliamentary routine will allow the Ministerial propositions for the allevia tion (both direct and indirect) of the sufferings in Ireland are being accepted by the popular representa tives. This commendation must in simple justice be passed upon the leaders of the Protectionist Oppo sition, that they are evincing every readiness to forego anything relating to the exclusive interests of their own party which might impede the movements of the present Administration in coping with tha difficulties arising from the apparent scarcity of provisions. In acting thus, they are virtually acknow- ledging that the calamities existing in various [ portions of the United Kingdoms are so alarming in their character as to render any protracted display of hostility a heinous offence on the part of the dissen tients, and at the same moment they are showing that a suspicion has at length crept upon their minds that their capacity for opposition is too much embar rassed to be effectual. Their present quiescence is a bitter pill, which they are endeavouring to swallow with the best grace possible. Our opinion, however, as to the honesty of these agrarian gentlemen is ex pressed elsewhere : we shall restrict ourselves in this place to a consideration of the progress of the Minis terial measures introduced by Lord J. RUSSELL and his colleagues for the purpose ,of assuaging the sorrows of the starving population. Immediately the motion for a temporary suspension of the corn and navigation laws was laid before the Committee by the Prime Minister, it was unani mously accepted by the Legislators, although pecu liarly unpalatable in many instances. This accept ance by the Monopolists, however, was scarcely so much a graceful concession as it was a stubborn times by the e lN T lli eg at isia td re b een sinee gran t e d lsseou fi ld v necessity,re d p l a y r a b t e e e ha s refused upon the sixth application. Ilonourable Members could scarcely be afflicted with such pre posterous foolhardiness, execrable to a multitudes stritoc render their names obstructing a temporary enactment ken by f am i ne , b y it clashed with their theories of political becaus e political economy. The consequence- was obvious. The Bills for th suspension of the laws relati ng to corn and e navi gation were forwarded one stage o n th e very evening of their introduction. Another step has b een taken , Bank of Bombay Oriental Bank, Old Shares 24, Ditto ditto, New ditto — 21, Agra Bank Commercial PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Bank of England Notes, per £ . TAE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, DEC. 15, 1846. The dulness which prevailed in o u r i m p or t market at the close of our last issue has continued unabated throughout the fortnight. The uncertainty as to the result of the Calcutta opium sale, which then interrupted all legitimate busine , s, can scarcely yet be said to be removed. The annexed extract from the 'Calcutta Star of Dec. 1 will show the nature of the measures adopted by the "sellers for account" in the opium time-bargains, to defeat the operations of their opponents and arrest the progress of the Government sale. How far, however, the success of their plan may ac complish the object contemplated, and be legally sufficient to quash the time-bargains in which they were involved, seems to be a matter of doubt, involving legal questions of no small difficulty, and which may give rise to litigation between the parties interested. Whilst,,however, there is still sufficient uncertainty existing in respect to these matters to keep up in some measure the prevailing distrust and divert merchants from their usual and legitimate dealings, a respite, at all events, has by the events in Calcutta, been obtained, and the impending serious consequences, which we before wrote of, as exciting much anxiety throughout our native mercantile community, have been for a time averted. The account of these events having, however, only reached us a few days ago, there has as yet not been sufficient time for the excite ment connected with them to subside, and chiefly, ther:fore, in consequence of them, there, during this, as in last fort night, been but little business doing in imported goods. Metals—There has been but little animation in the market for these. The only change in our quotations is in copper tiles, which exhibit a decline of lr. to 1 1 4 r. per cwt. Sales are reported to us as follows :—British hoop iron, 525 cwt. at 71. 12s. per cwt. ; copper tiles 260 cwt., at 60r. per cwt. Cotton Manufactures—There appears to be somewhat more anxiety on the part of dealers to sell goods than at the end of November, and especially for 36, 50, and 60 yards domestics of all widths, there has been a steady demand. Gray made pollams of low quality have been inquired for, but at unre munerating prices, whilst for coloured goods generally, and Lappets of all descriptions, there has been no inquiry. The prices offering for bleached shirtings and madapollams are exceedingly low. White and gray jacconets have also been asked for, but at rates under their value. The anticipation of advices of a rise in the Manchester market by the mail sow due naiurally makes holders reluctant to sell at present quotations. Cotton Yarns—The amount of business done in yarns during the past fortnight has been small, and prices gene rally have given way. Sales are reported to us an follows : Mule Twist—No. 40, 4,0001 b., at 8 a. per lb.; No. 20, 6,0001 b., 6i a. per lb. Water Twist—No. 20, 9,0001 b., at 7i a. per lb. Woollens—A sale is reported to us of 3,466 yards low list cloth, assorted colours, at 1 1 / 4 r. per yard. Our market for these continues in a very distressed state, and little or nothing is doing. Beer—We hear of no sales, and quote no alteration in prices. Spirits—Some English Brandy of good quality, in wood, has been disposed of at 3 rs. per gallon. Prices remain un changed. Marine Stores—The follewing sales are reported to us :- 60 cwt. white paint, 20 cwt. black paint, 20 cwt. green paint, at 11 r. per cwt. ; 50 barrels Swedish tar, at 9 1 % r. per barrel ; 50 barrels coal tar, at 4% r. per barrel. No change in prices. Saffron—The stock on hand of this article is of bad quality, and we hear of sales having taken place at as low a 2s is. per lb. CITY, SATURDAY, JAN. 23.—A movement favouring the Bear party in the Stock Exchange has occurred since this day week, and of a character which could hardly have been anticipated a few months ago. Again we have to repeat that the public—that is the general body of stock-holders—have not come forward as sellers. The question then arises, why this depression in Consols, which, since the commencement of the year, has ex tended to very nearly four per cent ? Speculation cer tainly is not the cause ; but that money is wanted to supply the legitimate demands for the payment of labour, and engagements in commerce is certain. The fact that the directors of the Bank of England have, as was expected, again advanced the rate of discount, can have but a temporary effect, and in the opinion of many five per cent. will be demanded. With an amount of bullion in the coffers of the Corporation equal very nearly to fourteen millions, there is ample scope for giving aid to the Bank of France to the extent re• quired, and which, by inspiring confidence on the Bourse at Paris, will re-act favourably upon Stock here. The movements of Ministers, which no doubt will be fully carried out respecting the corn, the sugar, and spirit duties, must unquestionably tend to render the employ ment of money more general. This ought, however, to bs a matter rather for congratulation than otherwise The public fundholder here is at least safe from experi encing the new doctrine of repudiation, and hence the advice frequently given under this head to the holder of Stock is to hold on. Much money may be made by reckless speculation in a time of panic or alarm, but it almost alway s happens that your bold operators have but a short time of enjoyment for wealth obtained by means of Time bargains. It may be said, probably with truth, that the Three per Cents. now look low, and lower have they looked when employment was not less FREIGHTS. full than at present; and exciting causes being left out Freights to Great Britain may still be quoted at 41., and of the question, there is very little doubt that the National .o China from rupees 10 to 12 per candy. Securities will again attain that point which they MONEY-MARKET. held the greater part of lait year. In the cis The distrust prevailing in connexion with the opium spe- apprehensions with respect to the state of Ireland ' appear almost to have subsided. But the moving culations has continued to limit the discount and other few sales is alleged to be an . cause for a transactions of the native community, and whilst monerif; intention on the art of Government to raise a loan to at present by no means scarce there can be little doubt thatfully cart out more extensive aid to those landlords who were this removed, most of what is available would be . willinniv may • e employment T to h t e h re e ar c populationhu but fe w o f hereth at employed in the regular trade of our market. Subscriptions part of 'the Ilri g trh dominions. to the Five per Cent. Loan are understood toihacasveasbtehene liberal, the latest quotatio ns Cent who thinkthat . ' g iving about 80 and in a t s erest,igiit perhaps amount already su b sc ribed. The paper of the lour i per e seen . _ this will be the case, as an issue of Ex cahnsereerrt B h lls, purpose at an n a s advanced well, Ex- Loan has somewhat improved in value, .and, as w ly higher in pr i o b portion by our quotations, it is considerably higher securities there ispublic works are to than that of the Five per Cent. In other be extended in Ireland, this in Bank of a slight decline would be the wisest course little change, with the exception for them. The aunt uscement of a loan for the purpose shares. 1034 r. referred to, would not tend t o d eprec i ate prices to an Loan 5 per Cent. of 1825-33 •• 4r. extent which would render i t wort h w hil e for any but 4 Ditto ditto 1832-33 8 _ ,.• speculators 1 • 1 . 1 T t. 4 Ditto ditto 1835-36 ..• 7 4 0 se.. S t, (4, .....001,' Ir. t1.t. , !. t'' th- i. - 1841-42 -. 99 r. creased tro I , 5 Ditto dittoBB to 90c. carryingpioy teem for money, which must arise for the 4 Ditto ditto 1842-43 ... Iv out of the measures of Government, money - at 2s. Old. to 2s. Odd. ehave heard may remain tight r time, but - Exchange continues . weekat 2s. 0' d , but no hilts are the or a should the prospects of of a transaction during the sale five harvest be good, there can be little question that on at this rate now. A Government of the payment of the July dividends the Funds will again to be procured took place yesterday, averaging rs. 97-13 I • , Lacs on Calcutta . and further sales v being anticipated, i attain Litt high position which they held in the corre for bills at 30 days' sight, ' sponding pi rind of last year. It is probable, should' the the rate on that place has declined. i dirce•ors o"' the - ' ' tins of the ri,iy are as follow;—England six • t E,oh . England further increase the The quota , • Isi, •. -- , • rite. e , ' ':--- •,- ei , •. • - . . ,i. ~. u :. ~., ~.. ),._„.,,,,,,..., „ ~, _ ~ , . e. sum: , ssc.si erneot will lied it DeCez;saTY to - rii , .,..L • '-'* -' ,', . , Inert: Le •'— ' - E- h- ' rs. 97. Chin,,, b.r. 2-0, lA/111111A . ta le 1 / 1 1,,a/.. t.i.iuo ac 'Nur Baia. If correctly Banks.—Tbe following are the present rates o f B an k informed, the subject is now under consideration.— Qbserver. Shares : Cochineal still continues in demand. No sales are reported. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—During the past fortnight purchases to the extent of about 8,000 bales have been made, and an increased ac tivity has been exhibited in our market for this staple. Prices have slightly advanced, and the following may now be taken as the current rates : Broach and Jumbooseer Rs.Bl to 83 per candy. Dollera Surat B4i to 85 do. Compta (old) 72i to 73 do. Coffee— We bear of sales having had effect in Mocha at 7m 2 annas per maund. Our former quotations remain un changed. Opium—Arrivals of the New crop still continue, but no sales have taken place, holders asking rupees 1,150 to 1,175 per chest, whilst offers do not exceed rupees 1,100. Wool—We hear of a few purchases having been made at former rates. premium. j 11 3 0 11 0 0 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were only 3,000 bales; the market closing very dull. There are not any late Colonial arrivals to-day. The Exchanges were again lower yesterday afternoor. The exports of the precious metals this week have been to a very considerable amount indeed. An importation of new potatoes has just been entered, ex the Madrid steamer from Lisbon, and all in a sound state. The return from the Bank of England for the past week exhibits a decrease in the notes issued of 326,7651., or to 27,225,3351. In the Rest there is an increase of 31,435/., or to 3,551,4831. . . The public deposits have been diminished by 826,4421. : or to 5,034,189/. In the other deposits there is an increase of 554,959/.; or to 10,339,726'. In the seven day, and other bills, there is a slight increase. In the stock of bullion there is a decrease of 359,3111.; or to 13,948,6811. A further decline has taken place to-day in the Funds. Consols for the account have been done as low as 90 1 A, but they are now 903 i. Bank Stock has gone back from 205 to 203 w. Exchever-bills are at 4s. premium, and all the other national securities are lower. And the tendency is still to decline, notwithstanding there is a very current be lief that the present high prices to be realised will bring for ward most abundant supplies of corn of all descriptions. As to Foreign Stocks little need be said. Mexican Bonds have been offered at 21 M ; the Five per Cent. Spanish. at 22 7 4 to 23 ; the Three per Cents. at 33 1 4 ; the Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 56% 3 / 4 ; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 90 1 ,' lA. It is very difficult to find buyers for Railway Shares. Prices are lower to-day. All apprehension of difficulties in the Money market may be considered as over, as connected with the deposits for new railways. They have been made, and without question, the state of Ireland alone excepted, is the only point upon which there can be a peg to hang an argu ment upon to create distrust. lIRITIBII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. Pltt. 'ES. Bank Stock .. .. . , .. .. .. .. 204% 203% 204% 204% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 9 , J 3 4 14% 90% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 90% % , ,4 % 90% New Threo-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92 %%% 92% tong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9 5-16 India Stock .. .. . .. ••. .. .. 249 Consols for Account .• .. .. .. ... 91 90% Exchequer Bills. IN d. I % d. 1,0001... .. -- •... 54 pm. 5001. . .. .... 5 pm. Fitto, Small .... 5 1— pm. ONE O'CLOCK. FOIIEION FUNDS. Mexican Bonds, Old, b per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 21 1 4 Port ur - uese Four per Cent CLOSING PRICES. Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account ••' Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 33% Dividends on the above payable in London. _ _ _ 227 . ;, 23 Dutch Two-and--a-Halt per Cent . .. 56 1 / 4 3a 5614 Ditto, for the Account .. 56 3 56 34 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90 1 / 4 90 3 ,E BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SILt.RES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . 2% 2........ Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 127 2 Ditto, New (issed at 7 1,4 dis.) 171,4 al% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% %..• • • • . Binning., Waiver., and Dudley . • 425..... 4, 4 p........ 13!rnMig., Waiver., & Stour Valley 5 . 7 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 225. .... 3 p........ Bristol and Fxcter • • .. .. 75 .... .......... Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 11% Buckinghamshire 84s. .... par ....—.. •. die. Caledonian . .. 30 .... 25% 25 25 1 4 .. 2534 Ditto. Half Shares .. .. 2 .... Cornwall 5 .... 1!e.... 1 Direct Northern Scrip .. ~ 2 .... 2 Eastern Counties .. .. 20 21 1., % 20% .. 214 Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 18 I ) 4 .......... 18 Do. Pei pet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % p........ % p Ditto, ditto, .. 2. 61. 13s. 4cl. ~ j) 13• • • • • • P Ditto, York Extension .. .. 2 .... % %.. • ..• 4% East Lancashire .. • • .. 14 .• .. . . ......... Ditto New .. .. 5 .. • • 7!.ii •• . ... Ditto, ditto New Scrip • • .. IIA 2 1 4 ........ • • 214 East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 5y 14 . 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 72 ...... •• .. 72 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. • . 17% Great Northern (London & York Regd.) .. 2% .. 2% %36 ex.int. ..2 x. in Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) . lici ex int... • • 3 i x.. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27%.... 27 .... • • 26 Great Western .. 85 ....121 124 121 121 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% • • 1914 Ditto, );ew 4y, .. • • Ipswich awl Bury StEdinunds .. 11 .... Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Leeds allot Bradford .. . 35 .... 81% 38 .. ••.. • • 81 Leicester and Bedford 165..... dl3 dis. Leeds and Thirsk 17% .... 14% 144 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent... 3% .... 4 1 A 4 1 A Liyerp., Manch., & Newc. Janet. 2%.... 2 .... • • 134 London and Blackwe.ll .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7% %% • • 7% London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 . 543 f • • • • .. • 54 Ditty, Cousol. Fifths.. • • .. 50 .... .. 53% Ditto, Consoi. Eighths .. .. 10 .... lO% London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. D 9.4 London an North-Western . • .100 ....191 1903¢ 19034 Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 22 21 Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... .... • London and South•Westem • • 41/. 6s. 10d... 60% 6034 ••••••• 11w.. 11% 12 Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • • • 5 •• • • .• •••• • • • • 5 London and York Scrip 2% .• 3 1 4 .. • •• • • 3% Ditto, Extension ditto • . .. 2% .... 2IA . ..... 2! 4 Lynn and Ely .. 20' .... 25 21 2l Manchester and Leeds .. •. •• 82 •• .... • • 105% Ditto, Fifths .. .. 5 .... Ditto Extension 425. .... 1 p.... . P Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • %14 P• ••• • • - p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... •• • • 1 NlMand ..100 • 120% 119 121, 118 Ditto, New .. .. 30 .• .. 35 31! 34% Ditto, New 2 5 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • 108 .... 95! , 2 •• • • .....-. 95!, Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 20 32% 32% Newmarket and Chesterford • • 5 •• • • • • • Norfolk .. • • .. •• • • 100 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 10 . .... • _Worn' British .. .. • . 25 .. • • 33S .. •••• • • • • Ditto, Halt Shares .. 11 • . 14% Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 114 .... 3 Ditto, Extension .. 11 .. ••• • • • Ditto, Thirds .. • • • • 1 - .... ••••• • • • • • 3•; North Staffordshire .. • • .. 5 .... %IA• • • • 7% North Western .. • • 2%.. • • •• • • 2% Royston and Ditch .. • • .. .. I%•••• ' • • • • • Scottish Central .. . 15 .... 21% ••. • • • 21% Scottish Midland .. 17% . 18% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 3%% •• • • 3% Ditto, Class B . • 1 .• 1% %% • • • • Shropshire Union .. . 425..... 1 dls .. •• • ... dis. South Devon .. 40 .• • • •••• • • • • 31 % South Staffordshire Junction 11.125.4 d.. .......... % p South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • • 36% •.•• • • • 36% Do.. New (do. 33/. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .. 13% .. 13 IA Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 3% • • .... •• .. Ea r South Wales .. .. 10 .... •.• • • • • 7 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. . .. 2 .... 1% ........ Taw Vale Extension .. .. 4 .... ...... West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. •... lye % 1 A p.... Windsor, Staines, &S. Western.. 425. ••••• • • • • York and Newcastle .. 2.5 .... 35% . . Ditto, Preference .. .. 2 .... 6 % York awl North Midland 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 Ditto, Preference • • .. .. 2 .... 11 • ..... Do. E and W. Riding Eaten.— 5 •• • 16% %• • • ..... FOREIGN RAILWAYS'. Boulogne and Amiens 18 13% Dutch Rhenish • • .. 7 .... East In Ilan Great Southern of Madras ss. •• • • .......... Luxembourg .. 6 .. . .......... Madrid and Valentia .. 2 .. • • ........ Namur and Liege .. • . • • .. 8 •• .. 32% • • ...... Northern of France • • .. • . 8 .... 11 10% .... Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .... 6%. • Paris and Lyons •• .. 8 .. 6% % A Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... .......... Sainbre and Meuse .. 10 .... .......... Tours and Nantes .. • • .. 5 .... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... 25xd.......... National Provincial of England 35 .... 35% ••• . • MINES. _ _ _ Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3% ••• • • • ••• THE FUNDS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE At length we have before us the programme of her Majesty's Theatre for the season of 1847—a programme which proves that the exertions made by Mr. Lumley. " under circumstances of peculiar difficulty _to form in Es company still m ore wor thy o f th e first theatre Europe," have been crowned with success. First among the operatic engagements we have that of the favourite al pupil of Meyerbeer, Jenny Lind, the first sing er the present moment in the world, if report speaks true, She will appear in the season of 1847, to m uch greate r advantage than she co u ld have appeared during the senses! of 1846, inasmuch as she will be supported 19 h y a prime tenore, an adva n tage which she could not ale enjoyed last season. Signor Fraschini, the great tenor or Italy, and Signor Gardoni, the prime. tenore of th, rdo ce nt Italian Opera in Paris, ere both engaged. Ga originally appeared at the Opera Cornique, from Whe 2 eo he was speedily transferred to the Acad6mie Royale % Musicpie, as the substitute for and the successor tepee prez. Since the retirement of Ilubini from the stag,i „ opsras of both Paris and London have, for rena° n into which it is now needless to inquire, been with out prhno Lucre. Morieni was, when he passed the Airs ' merely a magnificent wreck, and Salvi just missed O. t ; cess. ' Mario, the first of second tenors, was the refoi thrust into the position of prime tenore, and every ef~rort was made to prevent the English and French me na g e ; ments from engaging any other. At the co netneeeo n e e t n i . of the present season an opera was produced at the ' - b . qui Theatre of Paris, the principal tenor part of vr": e ,„ was offered to Signor Mario. From physical inahil to sing the music, he very judiciously and very proper I f declined it, and took the second tenor part, the music which he gave exquisitely: Th e mus i c of the first tenet part was cut down, and the part itself given to an un „; known man. The consequence of bri ng ing out an °,P e e ' D in this mutilated state was, as m i g ht have b ee expected, a complete fiasco. The a b s olute alecesaft of engaging. a prime tenore, then, became manifest to the manager, and accordingly a large su'm paid to M. Leon Pellet, the manager of !'"'" Academie, to break Gardoni's en g ag e ment with ha e ; and Gardoni was engaged for the Italian Opera, vvh er a he made a most successful debut, where he has apPe every almost every night since that delit, and where appearance has been a perfect triumph. .Mr. Lumley teas succeeded in securing the services of Signor Gs!: Boni, who will appear the first night of the season to Donizette's opera La Favorite, in which he will be sup' ported by Signor Superchi, a distinguished Rar itan° singer, who will a ls o ma k e hi s first appearance before an English audience o n th a t even i ng . We congratulat! Mr. Lumley on having secured the services of Sign or Fraschini, and Gardoni. Should Rubi n i b e indnecd, g appear again upon the stage, Mr. Lu m l e y m ay boot O a t die three greatest tenors in the w o rld a re engage r "' her Majesty's Th ea tre. Th e d e li g htf u l M a dein Ce s ; tellan, and the energetic Mademois e lle Sanchioli , a r re engaged, and Madams Del C armen Monteneg r i l o i i, whose tame on the continent stand s v ery high , make her debiit in the course of the season. Lablaem e ; the great, the inimitable, the uni q u e , th e only sing e for whom it is and roust ever be i m po s sible to fi nu v. substitute, remains with Mr. Lumley, as does Signo r Lablache, (the worthy son. of a worthy sire); and that et; iul actor and singer Signor Corelli ; in addition to t 11; Staudigl is engaged, and an engagement is pending b it e Coletti, a first rate singer and actor, who appeared some seasons since, and to whom the English Pe ° Pd o owe some reparation for having suffer e d him to be raa, e the victim of a disgraceful conspiracy. W e co ngretti la o ' Mr. Lumley not only on the engagements which; he hof made, but in the engagements, from the neeess i d l contracting which, he has been relieved. The l e a c i i - ; that for some time past, fin infusion of new lak er u°'' ;as been wanted at her Majesty's Theatre..,: - J 1 t - t b; " toujours Perdrix." We are perfectly aware -'° f difficulties which Mr. Lumley wo u ld h av e had t° e - s ly counter in any attempt he might have made to t 7 e lll- 00 this. Fortunately for Min those difficulties of longer exist, and those parties ~whose jeale.U s Y lo • young talent has hitherto prevented him `frer e t he trodecing to the public the rising. singers' eau f ily rising composers of the continent, have, by vule s nta " ts seceding from his establishment, relieVed hertz lfas tyranny which must have been as irksome' to Min s ' c e, it was injurious to the cause of sou n d tnus ioalini e l be We shall not, we are glad to perceive, be confined ter o old repe'toire of Grisi characters, es we have bt s i ce,',.4 few seasons past. M e y er b ee r i s t o come oveiP mi o el out his chef d'auvre, The Camp of Silesia, the Pr.l e ' r el characters in which will be sustained by Jenny Isi„ e : ele, Fraschini, and he will also b r i ng ou t hi s R o bert k Vi ler for Gardoni. V e rdi i s engage d on a new opera fo r o f Majesty's Theatre, founded on " The Robber' T A, Schiller." Rossini' s R o b er t Br uce i s a l so s ecured ; te to crown all, Mendellsohn Bartholdy has engaged ,e compose an oper a , f oun d e d on Sh a k s p eare 's „ tba in which Lablache will be the Prospero, Stauwk o rta Caliban (those who remember hi s P o lyphemus MaY` re ), some idea of the ri c h t rea t w hi c h i s i n s tore for' e - die Gardoni the Ferdinand, and Jenny Lind the M i r e li tota Balfe, we are glad to find, resumes the baton of cene ° ' o f lea der: i 6 and Tolbecque and Nadaud continue as the metrong the opera and the ballet respectively. The ache increased in numerical force, and now number s :. and its members the elite of the orchestras of Berfr e - te ' e s of the chorus, which has been selected from the tu e- et- Italy, Germany, and England, c on si s t s of eig ht " Of formers. There we understand , a reh earse t it rit some choristers on Tue s day l as t, w h en the suPerio y of the new chorus ove r th a t o f l as t season was Mae;epee, -, The ballet department h as a l ways b een perfemeu eti , No theatre has ever b een a bl e to approac h it I °' completeness, and the ensuing season will, we imagil l , e : prove superior to its pr e d ecessors . Taglioai, Carlet'e- Grisi, Cerite, and Lucile Grain are re• engaged, an Mademoiselle Caroline Rosati, from La Scala, at Mil an ' who (if report speaks true) is worthy to b e the e °r° " panion of the deeses de la dense, will make her debut the first night of the season in a n ew ballet, comPesedsb'e Paul Trigiioni Perrot. The glori es o f the pas de ittaji and of the pas de d e e sses are to b e renewe d, an d rer r , has promised to eclip se th ose g l or i es b y t h e pro duc ion , e f° ff , new pas w hich shall combine the talent of all—` Constellation." Henri Heine, the celebrated German r o has undertaken to compose a gran d b a ll et founded J the Legends of Germany, and a no bl e an d distingui sl l o poetess has honoured Mr. Lumley by giving him ee as e r subject fur a novel and pictorial b a llet—Egeria. l' e a ; e r has so great an amount of t a l e nt b een eng aged tog e bv ed during any one season at her M a j es ty' s Theatre , a;' l , the season of 1847 will prove mor e d ec idedly then l b ; that Mr. Lumley may with truth bo a st that his is ei d first lyrical and choerographic e s t a bli s h me nt in the e'°" 31% 13% p 7% P 12 33% 14% 1/ 3% 1M p P 351.1 25% 4% 3% DRURY-LANE THEATRE Al"' JENNY LIND. visg In consequence of the nam e of J enn y Lind 1 1 / appeared in the programme of her Majesty's Theatre, Bann has addressed her a letter of w hi c h the followl"0 is a copy : " London, Jan. 23, 18- , ttr a "Madame,—The manager of her M a j es ty's T h e e• has this day issued a progr a m me o f his seaso n's arra l c il' o f ments—a copy whereof I enclose you—at the bet in ' which you will find your own name. Although' la; common with others, I h a v e littl e f a ith in any P l a ; pcctus issued from th a t th ea t re , i t i s necessar y I sb 1 01 i bring the circumstance to your knowledge. F° r t • own part, I do not believe yon have signed any b u tts , conditional engagement with the manager of her o f jest) 's Theatre, deeming it imp o ssible th a t an artist e , f , stieh celebrity:and character e J uld vi s it this cous tr od liable to the consequences of' two attested contracts , t p o ., prepared to forfeit the one for th e lar g er oiler, su bs quently held out, in the other. "As it is alleged that the propo se d v i o l a tion of P . l L i f engagement with me, i s b ase d upon your inability master the English language, I repeat the offer tamed in my letter of the 20th of last March, that yo., sing in either G e r man or Italian, and thus remove sill objections on your p ar t t o your appearance at Dear lane Theatre. "I have resolved to repudiate any offer of a conaPV.; mice, not based on the important condition of your (let in England taking pl ace i n t hi s t h eatre ; as well to enable me to keep faith with the public, as to silence the groundless representatio ns resor t e d t o by the friends tier Majesty's Theatre. "I therefore trust that, having got rid of all imped . ment, you will apprise me, by the first post, of the precio° time I may expect you, to enable me to make every necessary preparation. "I am, Madame, your very obedient servant, "A. BUNN. "Madame Jenny Lind, Vienna." DRURY-LANE THEATRE.-Considerable exciteraellti prevails respecting thedebut of Mr. Tr avers a t thi s theatre e; Thursday next. Not merely from th e hi g h repu t a tion tu f t artiste has obtained oa all the principal stages of bti from the great want of a ten or s i nger, capatile o f s us taining iv r ti the lyrical drama of our co un t ry. W e look f orwar d " much interest to the event, an d w i s h hi m every poss ible OW . cess. Jenny Lind will positively appear at her Majesty': Theatre the first night after Easter, notwithstanding th many unfounded and contradictory reports. IHE LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE AND EATING' ROUSE KEEPER'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.-The "q 1 1; tieth half-yearly general meeting of the above associa,tge was held on Friday at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street. - d chair was taken by the President, Mr. Connybeer, who state_ Ay. that the funded property at present amounted 1,7821. 1 ls. 9d., and the balance in hand to 49/. lls• 12 w 1 The income for the year ending July, 1846, amounte d 2751. 7s. Bd., and the disbursements to 2621. ss. 6d. An, cursion to Herne Bay had realised a profit, includingio donation of five guineas, of 25/. 55.; the ball at the Cro r. and Anchor Tavern produced 11/. 14s. 6d.; and the din i r,a at the Freemasons' Tavern, under the presidency of Gn'n e d De Lacy Evans, M.P., 601. The sum of 100 e had been gu‘,' .er to the funds during the past year, which had been furt' i d .. increased by the accumulated interest of 601. Os. Among the subscriptions and donations announced .o'c 1.0 the following :-Lord John Russell, 101. 10s. ; the late quis of Westminster, 21/. ;W. H. Warburton, Esq., art, 10/. los.; Sir John Easthope, M.P., 211.; 3l Mr. W• V.P., 10/. 10s. ; General Sir 1)e Lacy Evans, M s ,. 101. 10s.; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., 5/, s s . • Mr. A" 6 more, 10/. 10s. The recretary alluded to the patrol , which the public press had bestowed upon the institutfu., and announced the following donations:-The the Globe 681., the Standard 101. 10s. the Morning 101. 10s., the Morning Herald 101. 10s., the Morningrfm'es 10/. the ./.2orning Advertiser thirty guineas, the a 101. 105 , &c. &c. The report. h ,wing been receive..„ vete of thanks was passed to the chair, and the ineel' adjourned. „ 5 klow TO MAKE A HOME.-In your worksisor I_ o itl your clubs, in your institutes, obtain signatures tirades' petitions: get every labourer, every artisan, every i n ge man whom you can influence, to sign petitions. Other Li? must also be done before your condition can be rep Wit; prosperous ; but this must precede every real improvenien7lt the sources of the poison that infects the atmesphere 11_01 breathe mutt be dried up I:efnre you can be healthy, lie VSCaisnro;Lcstle y . awuiiitigs been e you can nuts or make a Horne.--Dr. in wood Smith's Address to the IVorking Glasses on their lfigl the present state of the Sanatory Question. 9 5-16 250 Mc Im Mc Un DAL Mori EXCe Th, Sack 1 °ix P CORI