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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON 1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Fablfs. It is presented with the confident hope, that th( suce,essfal exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar. difficulty, a of company still more worthy of the first Teatre in EuroPe, and its distinguished Patrons will insure the continuation Of their suppert. ENGAGEMENTS FOR TIIE OPERA. Mills. Jenny Lind (her first appe aran ce in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at thi s Theatre) ; Mdile. Sanchloll, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and Mdlle. harts Nascio (their first appearance in this country (his first Madame Castellan. Signor Fraschini , the great Tenor of Italy ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor. at a great Gardoni, noW of the Italian Opera , Pa ris, having lately withdrawn Pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchl, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country - ) ; Signor F. Lablache ; Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigl (his first appearance); and signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Sliesie, by MdUe. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartboldy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on TLIE TEMPEST of S.hakspere; written by M. Scribe. Miranda..., .......... Mdlle. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand •• • • .• Caliban •• • Herr Staudigl. Prospero It is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered ftom his severe illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB BERS of SCHILLER. Bossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca dilute Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellon, Sanchioli, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar donl, Superchi, and Fraschini, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. 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, Chnarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel llni, &c. The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect In a J:isparts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty l'er formers. _ ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, 31dIle. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Cerito; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle.Wanthier, of La Scala (her first appearance in this country); Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoretta, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Bertin; and Millie. Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this eOuntry). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Ac.elemie Royale, Paris (his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di 3lattia, Venafra, 31. Gouriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and 31. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor I'uglii. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Maitrea de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, 34. Casati, of La Scala ; and H. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, 31. Gosselin Regisseur tie la Dense, 31. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the kindness of a popular and distinguished I'oetess, entitled EGERIA. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, ' and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by AL Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des Deems and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The performances will be given in aid of the Funds for the RELIEF of the IRISH and SCOTCH DISTRESSED DISTRICTS. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis do Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. llorncastlo; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOIL SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Webster, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fertescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Lac des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and " Helen" Polkas, &c. To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called £5OO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss Viliars, and Miss Forster. After which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry, Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To be followed by the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Captain Popham, Mr. Wigan; Dabster, Mr. Keeley; Miss Fanny Curry, Miss Dickinson. To conclude with the Farce of MRS. WHITE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. TINDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama, entitled the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Boyce, Worrell, Cul lenferd, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Harding, Mrs. Matthews, lilse Taylor, &c. After which the Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Lord Philander, Mr. Culienterd; Algernon, 31r. Boyce ; Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the :Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or. the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullentord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS Olf MUNICH ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Arznincourt, Mr. Barker ; Capt. Bellejambe, Mr. Delavanti; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristleach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Bonner, llincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs Fosbroke. In the course of the evening Professor HEMNEING "and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wondertbl performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, called LE DOCTEL'R NOIR. Principal characters by MM. Lemaitre, Cartigny, Pascal, Lucien, David, Dumery, Berou, Mdme. Grassau, Mdlles. Clarisse, Khin, and Vallee. Boxes, 6s. Pit, 3s. Gel. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. D oors opene d at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN gF,RENADERS, ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Hermon, will have the honour of repeat ing! their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequence of the continued demand fir places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 10, and every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance commences at Half-past Two. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxe.q, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 29. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A MPH ITIIEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Famlly.—Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the public that he purposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on THURSDAY next. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be brought into action. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successfulCornic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime entitled Tliiv FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Latr.rini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box•otttce open from eleven tai five o'clock.—Doors open at six and c , mmence at half-past six o'clock. -Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER ; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Company. After which, the favourite Ballet of L'AMOUR ET LA FOLIE. To conclude with TEMPTATION; or, The Fatal Brand. Box.office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA TIIE.A.TRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin eent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Flicks, Howard, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which, the new and grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and hie Men. Clown. Mr. T. Barry. To conclude with THE DUKE OF SHOREDITCH, Supported by the entire Comic strength of the Company. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, Gd.; Gallery, 3J- ALARMING Fl l LES.—Yesterday morning,between five and six o'clock, a fi re b ro k e out i n the upper part of the premises in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Goodman, oodman, a baker, 47, Great Bell-alley, D I loorgate-street. ignited, which i crom the soot in a blocked-up flue becomi ng fire to the flooring in one of the rooms. The eng attended, and the firemen, by cutting away the timber, quickly attended, i hc ar ue i c:17; suc ceeded in getting the flames subdued, but no t unt il consi derable damage was done by tire and water. Mr. G oo d man was insured in the West of England office. A second fire broke out at No. 1, Bethel-place, Vine-yard, Tooley-street, belonging to Mr. E. Clowrow. A spark from a lighted candle falling upon the bed set the same in a blaze. The in mates having been aroused from their slumbers, they kept the fire at bay until the firemen arrived, when, owing to the combined exertions of all parties, the flames were put out. Unfortun a t e l y the occupier was not insured. I'aoTTING, EXTRAORDINARY.—On Saturday after noon the match made by Mr. Cox—who undertook, for a bet of 501. a • miles within side to drive two horses in a t a nd e m fourteen at Sunbury, ',7lt , hour—w a s d ec id e d en seven m il es o f roa d eterms stipulated in the articl es we re , th a t in the event ofeither horses galloping, they sho u id b e p u ll e d up again and turned, feat was in twent commeneat and again go o ver th e groun d. Th e covered quick sp ee d, an d seven m il es were y.eiglit;rnoutes, without a break. During the next seven miles themy horses broke, and were pulled up three times, but ultimamteille hoefyrwon the match by accom plishing the fourteen inclusive of breaks, in fifty-eight minutes. In betting, o ti a rti was the favourite. the Messrs. WHOLESBousteadALE SLAU , of gate, 13nTuesda y last GBotcher HTERING brought up f or COR isheep, which were vet ting into mutton no less th an 118 s l aug htered and sent off' ski the Laned,ter and Carlisl e Rail way for sale in the London market. After the anit i killed the slaughterhouse was completely besiegedwith as were ap plicants for sheeps' heads, &c., which w ere sold to them at something less than the usual market price. We trust this system of furnishing the great city with meat will not only prove advantageous to the speculators, but also to the poorer classes in this city, who are thus enabled to purchase those parts which are not transferred to the metropolis at a cheaper rate than they otherwise could under ordinary circumstances. The arrivals of carcases at Leadenhall during the week have been very great, and we perceive that about COO of them have been from this county.— Carlisle Patriot. 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Barclay, Bevan, and Co.'s, and of the Union sank of London). London: Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. d RAND MASONIC BALL. The ANNUAL BALL, in aid of the Funds of the ASYLUM for WORTHY AGED and DECAYED FREEMASONS, la appointed to take place in the Freemasons' Hall, on FRIDAY NEXT, the 12th instant. Cards of admission may be obtained of the lion. Secretary, Mr. J. Whitmore, 125, Oxford-street, or any other member of the Board of Stewards ; at Spencer's Masonic Library, 314, high ilolborn ; and at the bar of the Freemasons' Tavern. RAILWAY SHARF.S BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSAS. LAM()ND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and toe Public for their continued support ant patronage, 100 to anno.ince that their Public Mies of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TrISADAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containtug instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certiflcates most be deposited, tie day orevious to their being offered ; *ad advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lsline riattely disposed of according to iestrLctlerus. Otnees, Stall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. WEATHEIL—Sum OrricE, FEBRUARY 7. T 'ERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest. 49 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 29.55.—Wind N.W. Snow during the day; evening sharp frost. 1110}1 W kTEtt AT LONDON-I;iti!)4lE THIS DAY. Morning .. 30 minutes after 6. Evening .. 51 irdnutes alter 6 J evince th, e f ee li ngs o f nat i onal gratitude by some signal m arks of favour, general and special. But inasmuch as the end and object of all civilised Go vernmen to is to presarve peace, as fer as they can, consistently with the maintenance of their national honour, .it happily results that, with the spread of civilisation, the occasions for testing the prow, ss of our military and maritime forces become less fre quent. It is, however, a political axiom that peace is best preserved by nations being best prepared for war; and, it must be reluctantly conceded that years will roll en before the social aspect of the different enlightened kingdoms, both in the old and the new world, will be sufficiently improved to warrant a safe reliance upon the continuance of peace, independent of warlike preparation, Seeing, then, how much we are indebted for the blessings of peace to the efficient discharge of many arduous duties which necessarily devolve upon the sons of Mars and Neptune, in periods of tranquillity, we ought to be provident of their being liberally and generously recompensed for the valuable, though it may be unostentatious services, which they render to their country. We have for years perpetually depre cated the unjust manner in which aristocratical in fluences and prejudices have been suffered to close up the avenues of distinction against those filling the humbler ranks in the navy and army, who happened not to be possessed of the adventitious advantages de• rivable from wealth or powerful connexions. The force of public opinion has recently sufficed to miti gate, in some degree, the injustice of such a system. The comforts both of the soldier and sailor are now better consulted, and their moral as well as their physical wants are not, now-a-days, so grossly neg lected as they were. In the army, in particular, both English and Indian, the non-commissioned officer who has proved himself worthy of the distinc tion, tam Marti quam Minerva, no longer hope lessly aspires after the envied epaulette. Much, however, remains to be done, for gross par tiality, combined with a spirit of heartless indiffer ence to meritorious services, continues to characterise the administration of our naval and military affairs. Just complaints are being constantly wafted by our naval officers from the shores of Africa against the conduct of the Admiralty. Engaged in a service of the utmost philanthropy, the suppression of the slave-trade; subjected for a protracted period of three or four years to the influence of a pestilential climate, such that they are frequently decimated, and, as it were with a scythe, mowed down by death ; kept for months ata time in a blockading position, without the privilege of going on shore, the survivors find, upon their return home, not only that the trying ordeal through which they have fortunately passed is but slightly esteemed by the autho rities, but that other services, which ought not to be considered superior to their own, are, if not adequately, certainly very differently, rewarded. We do not blame the Admiralty for giving double pay, and ensuring promotion to those officers who embark in expeditions to the Polar seas. This remunera tion may be, and, perhaps, is, quite right. But these voyages, it should be recollected, are purely scientific, and may, or may not be, productive of beneficial results. The African service, on the other hand, is fraught with the greatest endangerment to human life, and is, moreover, prosecuted in pursuance of a treaty between two of the most civilised nations of the earth, and for a cosmopolitan object of the sublimest nature. We think, therefore, that the officers engaging in the latter should, at the least, be equally rewarded with those who devote themselves to the former service. Again, some in creased facility should be given to officers serving off the African coast for receiving their letters from England, where all their feelings and dearest associations are naturally most intimately centred. Their correspondence is frequently interrupted for months together. This is a grievance ' that might be easily obviated, and ought to be promptly remedied. Oar national defenders should be induced to lore their country. Impartial justice and liberal benevolence should be so interwoven with our institutions as to second and fortify, in every way, the inappreciable instincts of patriotism. By acting in this spirit we should best secure an unquenchable zeal in the breasts of our naval and military patriots for the defence and maintenance of the interests and honour of the British empire. We have received intelligence from Lisbon to the Ist February. The fate of the Conde DB BOMPIN, the Conde DE VILLAREAL, and General CELESTINO is decided. These officers, together with 39 of the chief officers taken at Torres Vedras, are to be transported to the penal set tlement of Bissau, in the Bight of Biafra, the most sickly part of the coast of Africa. They have been brought to no trial, they have never been heard in their defence, and although it is said in excuse that an attempt had been made to bribe the officer, in command of the brig on board which they were imprisoned, to connive at their escape, no proof whatever has been given of such an attempt, and by an act of despotic tyranny, which far transe.ends the worst doings of even Don MIGUEL, the QUEEN has condemned to this slow and lingering death the men to whose bravery she is herself indebted for her throne. The British Minister, Mr. SOUTHERN, and the Belgian Minister, M. DEVRIER, have in vain interceded for a commutation of their sen tence, and they are to sail the first fair wind. These accounts were brought by the Iberia, which was off Oporto on the 2d, on which day intelligence reached the city that the Miguelites in Tras-os-Montes had been completely dispersed by VINHAEs and LAPA at Sabo rose, above Villa Poua d'Agmar, and that General MACDONNELL had been killed. SALDANHA'S head quarters were at Agueda, thirty miles from Coimbra. Every possible preparation had been made at Oporto to give him a warm reception. Po vois, the ci-devant Miguelite general, who has re cently taken service under ,the Junta of Oporto, has crossed the Tagus into Alemtejo, at the head of 1,500 men, and was advancing against Scuw.u.nicK, who de clares, that unless he has a reinforcement of 600 men, he must fall back upon Lisbon. GUEDES, AZENHA, and SANTA MARTHA, all Miguelite chiefs, have joined the Oporto Junta, and MACDONNELL, whose defeat and death we have recorded above, was the only Miguelite of importance ;who had not joined the Septembristas. Viana, abandoned by the insurgents, has been taken possession of by CABAL. An insurgent steamer has captured a Government schooner conveying stores to Figueras for the use of SALDANHA'S army. Evora still holds out ; the garrison is 3,000 strong, and has eleven pieces of cannon, with plenty of provisions and ammunition. It is said that the QUEEN will issue a decree in a day or two, taking off the double decima from the interest on the foreign debt. Madrid papers of the 30th and 31. t ult. have arrived. The Gaceta of the 30th contains the official announce ment of the appointment of the new Ministry. Several high functionaries, including the political chief of Madrid, have resigned their appointments. The Cortes did not sit on tho 30th, as there was a grand Court reception on that day, in honour of the birthday of the Duchess of MONTPENSIEIt. The Espanol says that Senor MoN will be appointed Arubasbador to the Court of St. James's. Don ENRIQUE is to have the command of a Bquadron now organizing at Cadiz. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 30.—Three per Cents., 321 cash; Five per Cents., 20i cash; Exchange on Eng land, 37. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The comments of these papers on the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Montpensier roar risige, more especially on the speeches of MM. GuizoT and TRIERS, would, if collected together, form a pon derous volume. As we have given the speeches elsewhere in extenso, we shall be sparing in our extracts from the comments of the papers. The Journal des Debuts, o f course, finds that M. GUIZOT'S speech is a masterpiece of eloquence and argument, and that his conduct has been a model of good faith and honour. The Debuts moreover, exceedingly angry with the English press, because "it has not feared to throw its insults and its calumnies even at the KING of the FnEncu," and appeals to the good sense of the people of England to let " this speech of M. GUIZOT close this deplorable discussion," which it might well do had M. GUIZOT ab stained from personalities, seeing that he has rather I damaged than supported his cause by his most incon sequential speech, which is accurately described by the Constieutionnel as " a faithless mirage, a subtle piece of special pleading, where gratuitous assertions mask the total absence of proofs, and where the apparent con tinuity of reasoning is maintained only by altering or suppressing a part of the facts." In the same paper we fled the following account of the effect produced on the supporters of the Ministry by this speech : " The Minister of Foreign Affairs has declared that the situation is grave, so grave ghat be believed it his duty to 1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1847 . warn the Chamber and the country to be on their guard. If ever there was a case in which explanations should be given it was this, but they were withheld. The danger even appeared to vanish under the word of M. Guizot. He has, in fact, a great remedy, a universal panacea, and that is time. Time will bring back France to the arms of the Sp.t nisli nation ; time will calm down the irritation of England; and as to the three Powers, by perseveiing in the policy of order and conservatism, it is certain that good relations are to be re-established. A lbw remedy truly, and a firm foundation for proclaiming that the p eace f the world is assured I And, in consequence, according as M. Guizot went on speaking, agitation gained the Chamber, until then calm and almost indiffetent. In proclaiming the existence of a danger, he flung the majority into a kind of stupor. The partisans of the Cabinet appeared suddenly snatched from a long sleep; they regarded with apprehension the Minister on whose adroitness they depended with so much security and so blind a carelessness. The Minister of peace at any cost, the Minister on whose word they swore without think ing it necessary to hear an argument, to become thus all at once a messenger of evil—was it not a dream, and the most sad one possible?" The Sacle says— " When M. Guizot quitted the tribune every person in the Chamber asked himself what was the true meaning of his speech. Was it a solemn adieu to office? Was it a clever adulation for certain anger which, it is said, is by no means unrestrained ! Or was it an act of resignation to the supe rior will of Marshal Soult, who, for the future, not being able to do better, would place the grande politique under the protection of the Northern Courts? One of the colleagues of M. Guizot being interrogated, it is said, on this subject, replied- 4 We have been desirous of putting an extinguisher on Lord Palmerston.' This is very good if the speech of M. Guizot and the anger of the President of the Council can kill Lord Palmerston ; but if he should survive ? . . . . And besides in striking Lord Palmerston you strike England. This is an irreparable fault fur persons who can have recourse only to the equivocal and dangerous patronage of the spolia tor; of Poland." The Presse and the National both approve of the conduct of M. G UIZOT in breaking the English nlliance ; but while the Presse is for an al liance with the despotic Powers of Europe, the National is for a republic and a war of propagand ism. All the papers, except the Courier Francais, treat the views of M. BILLIULT (who suggested an alliance with Prussia) as visionary. The speech of M. TIIIERS is considered by the Republican and the Legitimatist papers as a bid for office, which, however, he would not accept save on constitutional conditions. A letter from Toulon, of the 30th ult., says— " The Hercule and the Jemappes 100-gun ships, destined to form part of a squadron which the Prince de Joinville is to take the command of, are now about to receive their crews on board. The Government appears decided to make a cer tain display of force, and the Panama steam-frigate has also received orders to fit out." The Journal du Haire has the following:— " We learn from Paris that the Government has definitively refused to the Havre Railway Company the authority which it had solicited to accomplish the further tests of the security of the line by means of running goods trains over it. The trials are to be carried on as at first decided on, before any working of the line can take place. This measure, which shows the conscientious solicitude felt by the Government for the first tune in the accomplishment of the duties of sur veillance imposed on it, is not of a nature to cause much delay in the opening of the line, the period for which, as well for goods as for passengers, remains fixed fur about April." The corn riots still continue in the departments of tha west and centre. On the sixth, the debate on the Address was con tinued. Al. BERRYER addressed to the Chamber a most eloquent speech, in which he traced all the present difficulties to the abrogation of the Salic law in Spain by the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance, and declared that in the event of the death of the QUEEN of Spain without issue, France should be prepared to re-est.blish the male branch of the reigning family of Spain. lie concluded by proposing the following amendment:— " France desires peace, under the safeguard of her dignity and her legitimate interests." This, however, was subsequently withdrawn, and the original paragraph adopted by a large majority. The effect produced in Paris by the speech of M. Guizor may be conceived from the fall of tho Three per Cents., in tha passage de l'Opera on Friday night to 78f. 15c., and the further decline of that stock on Saturday to 78f., being a fall of 55c. as compared with Friday's prices : _ . MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE, The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet. Sales, 3,C00 to 4,000 bales. There was no alteration in prices or in the general tone of the market. Shares were firm. The renewal of " wintry weather" has had already an in fluence upon the corn market, and The Sun report, in ano ther column, will show an advance of about 2e. in wheat, while barley, also, is 2s. to 3s. higher. We understand that there has been rather a large parcel of grain taken to be for warded to Stockton-on-Tees. Some new regulations have been adopted by the Russian Government with respect to the forwarding of goods to or from Persia. European merchandise going to Persia or coming to Europe through the Trans-Caucasian provinces must be sent to Redut Kale, or Suchum Kale, and thence by Tiflis to Norchitschewan. Goods for Persia must be brought to Bahu, and thence to Tiflis and Redut Kale or Suchum Kale. The loss that is likely to be sustained by the Prussian commercial interest in consequence of the annexation of Cracuw is very great, viz., 9,000,000 dollars per annum, of which Breslau suffers to the extent of four millions, Berlin three, and Stettin two millions of dollars. Inforniation has been received of the arrival at South ampton of the West India steamer, but the letters have not yet come to hand, and are anxiously expected, as they may bring interesting intelligence from Mexico. The accounts from Lisbon excite, as may be supposed, very great attention, and, in some quarters, necessarily sa tisfaction too. The Government of Donna Maria must learn, however, to temper its successes with mercy, or even its most zealous partisans in the City will become ashamed to defend its policy. The tyranny of the Lisbon Court seems undeniable, but revolutions have proved hitherto so little advantageous to English interests, that we cannot feel surprised at the gratification which many experience at the defeat of the Miguelites, and the anticipated subjugation of the Oporto insurgents. The bondholders, at least will have good reason to rejoice, if one piece of news communicated by the present arrival should prove correct, viz., that the double decima on the Foreign Dividends is to be abolished. The Public Securities have to-day been decidedly flatter, and there is the usual feature, viz., a fall in Consols with a rise in wheat. The Bank of England, also, it is rather anti cipated, will continue to be a seller of Government Securities, in order to strengthen its position. For Transfer to-morrow Consols have been 90% %, and are the same for the A ccoun t Day. The New Three and-a-Quarter p , !,r Cents. have been 91% % and the Reduced Three per Cents. 90% to 91. Exchequer Bills have realised ss. to Bs. premium. The Foreign Securities have been quite neglected, and there has not been a bargain officially reported in Spanish, Mexican, or the other leading Stocks. Portuguese, however, have been rather more buoy-ant at 34 1 ,4 to 35%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been steady at 58; and the Four per Cents. at 92 IX to 92X t . The market for Railway Shares has not varied, although dull. Eastern Counties are 21% % ; Caledonian, 26%; Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, 1374 to 14; Great Western, 124% to 125%; Brighton, 55% :%; North- Western, 191 to 192; South-Western, 64%; Midland, 123 to 124; Manches ter and Leeds, 107%; South-Eastern, 37 to 1 , ; North Stat . - ford, 8 to % ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 4 to % Northern of France, 12 1 4 to 12}; and Sambre and Meuse, 6i BRITISH FUNDS. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 78f. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 20c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,227 f. 50c.; Rouen, 877 f. 50c.; Havre, 685 f. ; Great Northern. 607 f. 50c ; Avignon, 820 f.; Vierzen, 575 f. ; Bourdeaux, 537 f. 50c.; Dieppe, 340 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 468 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 467 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 490 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. Maasatturs, FED. I.—Marseilles and Avignon, 815 f. ; Northern, 605 f. CLOSING PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Threo per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91 90% 91 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 90% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92% % South Sea Stock Ditto, Old Annuities Consols for Account .. • • .. 90% % Exchequer Bills. %d, , 11(d. lid. 1,0001... ~ • 5 8— pm. 5001. . • 5 8— pm. 8 Ditto, Small 5` 8— pm. 8 ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FTBICABY 6. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1629 and 1639 .. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. — 31exican Bonds, 1846, S per Cent .. Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. 35% 34 35% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto, Deferred 11 Dividend. on the above payable in London, French Rentes, 4% per Cant —f. --c. Exchange . .. • • • • • . —f. —C. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent •• Ditto, for the Account 58 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% BUSINESS CLOSINO PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. R east!. 2,855 Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—East Indian, 34—Great Southern of Madras, U—Louvain a la Sambre, I 1 (--Luxembourg, 231 3 —Namar and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, l2%—iteuen and Havre, 26 West Flanders, 234. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The Dee arrived at Southampton this morning at a quarter after eight, from the West Indies and Mexico. She brings on freight 243,464 dollars, the whole of which are on merchants' account; there is not one for dividends. The Dee does not bring news of any importance from Central America. Troops were collecting from all quarters to repel General Flores, whose movements in Europe hare been greatly exaggerated. A coalition of the different republics on the Pacific was forming to prevent his landing from Mexico. We learn that Santa Anna was with his at my at San Luis Potosi, but re ports had reached Mexico that he had marched out to meet the American army. It was thought the Ameri cans would soon be at the gates of Mexico, and dictate their own terms to the Mexicans. The Dee brings 61 passengers. Mexican Ministry.—Santa Anna, President; Romiers, for Foreign Affairs; Lubrysa, for Finance; Canalise, for War. _Morning Paper. CONSTITUTION FOR PRUSSIA 1081. 50c, 251. 40c, PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. • . 24 .... 2% %...... • • 2N Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 14 13% . 13% Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 228. % p........ s p Bristol and Exeter .. •• .. 75 .... 77 ~........ 77 Caledonian .. .. .. 30 2614 261 A Cornwall . .. 5 .... 1% .......... Ditto, Half Shares .. Dublin and Belfast Junction 12% .......... Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 21% % % Ditto, New .. . 20 .... 21 1 A .......... Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4% 11 4 . Eastern Union .. 40 .... 52 .......... East Lancashire .. Ditto New .. 5 .... ....• Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. 23. . ..... • . East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 6% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... .......... Ditto, Halt Shares . .. 10 .... 20% 20 . ..... Great Northern (London & York Regd.) 2%.... 2% . • 2N Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 334,•.. 3 X % • ..... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% .... 26% 26% Great Western 85 ..,,124 1 % 125%•.•• 125% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% ..... 19 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .~. Ditto, New 4%.... 8% 9 9 Huddersfield and Manchester .. 18 Ditto, ditto, Extension .. .. 5 .......... 6% Ipswich and Bury SLEdinunds .. 14 113 f 12 ... 12 Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 .... Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 . Ditto New .. 5 .... 9 .. 9 Leeds and Bradford .. • . 35 .......... 81% Leicester and Bedford 16s. 3•C . Leeds and Think 221 54 .... 19% 19% Ditto, New • . 5 .... 434 434 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 354.... Liverpool, Crosby. and Southport 2 .... 5 4X Liverp., Manch., & New, Junct. 234 •• London and klackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. Ditto, New, No. 1 .. 4 .... 5 5 London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 • • . 553 X 55% Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .... .... • ....• 12 Loudon and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 9% London an North-Western ...100 .... 192 191.......• 190 Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... .. • • • Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 14% ..... • 14% London and South-Western • • 41/. 6s. 105... Ditto, New Consol. Eighths ~ 40 .... ........ 45 Ditto, Tenths .. . • • • 5 .. • . • • 5% Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • .. 4 .... 41 % Ditto, Scilp.. .• • • .. 5 .... 5% X sx London and York Extension S cr ip 2%.... 2%34 • . 2% Lynn and Ely .. .• .. 20 .... 22% .......... 22% Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 ....10734 10738 Ditto, half Shares .. 38 50 ..... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 16% .... 16% Ditto, Fifths .• 5 .....101 ..... Ditto Extension .. 425. •• 1 3 p . • 1% p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ...• 3444 p.....•5a p Midland •• ..100 ... 123 124........ 123% Ditto, New 30 •• 3534 35% Ditto, New . 2 5% 6 534 ...: 534 Newcastle and Berwick .. • . 20 .... 3234 .... 32% Northern Counties Union .... 11,4 • • • • • • • • 1 34 North British .. 25 .... 3433 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 2% .... 4% • • • • • • • • • 4 % Ditto, Thirds .. 1 .... 3% % • • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 59 .......... 59 North Staffordshire .. .• .. 5 ..., 83( 1 8.... 8 Preston and Wyre 25 .... 34 • • • • • 34 Ditto, Half Shares .... 11% 1034 • • • • 10% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 . • • • 3% • • • Royston and . IX .. • • • • • • .. 2% Scottish Central - . 15 2114 . ~114 Scottish Midland .. 17%.... 21 • • .... • • .. 21 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• 3 • • .. 4% • • • • .. • . • • 4 Ditto, Class B .. • . 1 1 4 •• • • 1134 • • Shropshire Union .. . 425. die. • . 3i dis. South I ievon •.. 40 .... • • • • • • • • 33 South Staffordshire Junction .. IL I:is.4d. .. % South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • Do., New (do. 151.) .. N o . 4 . 3%.. • ••• . - ..... • • • • • South Wales • 10 .. • . 7 1 4 % • • .. • • 7 3 4 Taw Vale Extension .. . • .. 4 .. • . 3 3 4 .. • • • • • 3 is West Riding Union .. .• 425. • • 13,4 p..••,.•, 1% p York and Newcastle 25 .... 373 i • • . • • • • •• 3 7 3i Ditto, New.. .. .• 5 ... 11 1 4 12 Ditto, Preference .. 2 .... 7 ....... • .. 7 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 37% Ditto, Preference .. 2 .... 11% 12 ...... 12 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish •. .. • • .. 7 .... 438 East . • • • . 53. % „ •• Great Southern of Madras .. ss. •• Great Western Canada .. • • 3% 3 % 31,4 Louvain a la Sambre .. 6 1 .......... 1% Luxembourg ........6 . 2 ...... . 2% Madras, Nellore, and Arcot.. .. % % ......... Namur and Liege • . • • • • • • • • • • f o r Prussia was signed an d sea l e d b y h i s (From the H era ld). BRE , LA ,u, JAN. 31 . — 0 n the 23d o f J anuary a con - Frirdrich Wilhelm the Fourth, an d b y t h e Princes of the blood royal of Pruss ia. In the absen ce of his father, Pr ince Carl, the deed, after much cons ideration s: i i a t j u o t s i t n y n . (in consequence of his age, 19), was signed by his son. The Houses of Parliament are to represent the nation. The first, or upper House, is to consist of princes of the blood royal, an d of other Princes of non- reigning houses, whose seats ar e to be heritable; to g ethe r with such per- The second , or lower house, is to c onsist of elected members of th e nobility, ritterstancle (inferior no bility), and of membe rs elected by cities, &c. (F r om the Morning Po s t). n so o n b s a o therwise. le o s r his3ia istY may plea se t o nom i nate, whether We have this inoment received by express from Berlin the important news that the new Prussian Constitution was granted on the 3d inst., and published in the Berlin papers of the 4th. LLOYD'S S HIPPIN G.- ( TH IS DAY) oN FEB. B.—Wind N.W., light bre eze and h -r,---_--- azy, withL ti n ar o, d s —Wind N W to FAUSWETH, FEB. 7. ,• • N. N.W., strong a n d squally.—Arrd., 6th, Java, Pickering, Matanzas; Scotsman, Field, Matanzas, with part of cargo thrown overboard. Sid. Swift packet, rrazils. KINGROAD, F 17 . 5 * 7 ." -- krrd. a barque, Valparaiso for Glou frost. easter., MILFORD, FEB. s.—Wind 1%., strong.—Sld. North Pole, Port Philip. DEAL, - E L 6.--Wind, W.N.W. ; 7 th , P.m., N.x.E., thick.—Arrd. Ranger, Wood, Fernando Po ; Romillies, M'Lean, China; Britannia, Fisher, Bahia; Bethel, ---, St. John's, N.B. ; Abercrombie, Honduras; Chieftain, Mira michi. Sld. Louisiana, Emery, Chesapeak ; Woodbridge, Sydney ; Volunteer, New York ; Talmyra, Demerara. Arrd. from the River for Christian a, Sierra Leone ; Gloucester, Ber muda; Meline, Charleston; RO9CaDlia, America. N-E, to PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Wind W .N.W. ; 7th, S.S. E., thick, with snow.—Arrd. St. Pauli, Boljohn, Ba tavia, and sailed for Hamburgh. BELFAST, FEB. 6.—Wind N.W., strong. —Sid. Emma ' Sydney ; Sobraon, Demerara ; lluds on, Charleston; Mischief, Norfolk; Ulster, ditto; Phillippe, ditto. Coat, FEB. 4.—Wind N. , fresh. —Arrd. Fanny, Qui n , New Orleans. Off port, Old England, short of provisions. 5. An Austrian barque, in grain, i s aground in the harbour, but is expected off with the flood. OFF OLD HEAD OF KINSALE.--Fame, St. John's, for the Clyde, with part of crew washed overboard. SCILLY, FEB. s.—The Kirkman Finlay, Maeton, Calcutta to Loudon, put in here on the 3d inst. with decks swept, loss of boats, bulwarks, tic., and part of cargo thrown overboard. Liverpool to Newcastle, The Atalanta, Craggs, Demerara to the Clyde, put in here yesterday, with part of cargo thrown overboard, and crew, except one man, laid up with scurvy. The John Watson, ISLE ORSAY (SKYE), FEB. 3.—A schooner in ballust, re, ported to belong to Liverpool from Ireland, was towed into Kyle Akin on the Ist inst. dismasted. YARMOUTH, FEB. 6.--The Margaret, Newcastle for South put in here yesterday-, leaky. Smpton, was assisted in to-day with damage to stern frame, bulwarks, &c., having been in contact with the 'Vivid (steamer), of London. ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. The arrival of the Dee steamer from the West Indies, off Calshott Castle this morning, at fifteen minutes past eight, was reported by the electric telegraph, and received at Lloyds' at twenty minutes to ten o'clock. Northern of France • • • • • • 8 ••• • 12 •I ' t If ••• . • • 12 Orleans and Bourdeaux .. • . 6 •• • • 7 •• •• • • 7% Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 6%.........„ MINES. Real del Monte, Unrezistered .. •• •• 3 ',, •• •• •• .. • MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN -EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Coastwise, up to our market last week, the arrivals of English Wheat, Barley, Malt, Oats, Beans, and Flour, were seasonably extensive, but those of other articles of home produce were small. Th e rece i pts f rom S cot l an d were on the increase, but those from Ireland were miserably small. For the time of year, the imports of Foreign Grain were mo derate, while those of Flour, viz, upwards of 14,000 barrels, chiefly from the United States, were good. Fresh up, the arrivals of English Wheat from Essex, Kent, Cambridge shire, and, ind ee d , a ll other quarters, were very small, though of fair average quality. Although the stands exhibited a fair number of fast week's unsold samples ofboth red and white, the demaad, owing i n some measure to several orders having been received from Stockton and others of cur northern ports, and the large al teadance of country buyers, was somewhat brisk, at an improvement in the quotations of Monday last of fully 2 5., i n some instances 3s. per quarter, and at which . a go o d c l earance was effected prior to the conelu mon of business. The show of lard-carriage samples was smaller than for some weeks past. The quantity of foreign Wheat on show was beneath an average, arising from many of the large importers having withdrawn their sam ples for the present, in anticipation of higher rates. All ' kinds moved off steadily, at a rise in value of fully one shilling per quarter, at which advance the holders were by no means anxious sellers. Not withstanding the great increase in the supply of Eng lish Barley, that article—as most of the maltaters and dis tillers are unusually short of stock—was in brisk request, at an enhancement in the quotations of from 2s to 3s per quarter. The quantity of Malt offering was moderately good. Fine parcels were held at Is to 2s per quarter more money. In some cases, this advance was paid; but, as it was by no means general, we do not alter our last week's prices. We had a full average quantity of Beans on show. All kinds were consequently In slow request at late currencies. The sale for P eas , th e supp l y o f w h ic h wa s small, may be considered steady at full prices. There was only a moderate business doing in Flour, the currencies of which remained as on Monday last, although higher rates were again demanded. Indian Corn was held at very high rates. Most of the . par cels brought forward were disposed of; 70s were paid for a floating cargo of United States white. Wm. BusrEILD, ESQ. , M.P.—The Hon. Member for Br a df or d h as b een seriously indisposed in London; butlit gives us sincere pleasure to add, that the last accounts state him to have experiexced a decided improvement for two days, and it is hoped he will soon be convalesce n t. — Leeds Mercury. LAIHIATII PALACE.—During the last few days a large number of workmen have been busily employed in making extensive improvements in the frontage of the an cient palace of Lambeth. The whole of the long foot-path called Bishop's-walk, from Stangate to the upper side of the palace, is undergoing considerable improvement, and, when completed, will afford great convenience to the p ublic. , LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. —The arrirat of the shipiFairfi e ld, C ap t. L one l an d, yesterday!afternoon , from Charleston, put us i n p ossess i on of papers from that city to the 20th. We do not find that they contain any news of interest to the English reader later than that brought Lt New Y ork ii packet-ship Yorkshire. In the cas e o f Bi rc h v. Bi rc h, in the Consistory by Court, the Dr. -- h Dkiton signed, on Friday, a sentence of divorce. CURRENCY PER 13IPER1AL MEASURE Wheat —Esser & Kent, M alt—Chevaller • . • • • . 845 to 88s Red, New.... 74s to 78s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,Whlte, New 79s 84s Lincohish., Feed. 33s 366 Norfolk and Lin- rotatoe • • •. 355 391 coin, 1ied..... 091 743 Youghal and Cork. Ditto, White...... 743 805 Black . • • • • • • 385 408 Irish, Red .... .... —g —s Cork, White . • • 39s 411 Ditto, White. .. ... —3 —s Scotch, Feed. • • • • 38e 36s Rye—Old .. ...... —5 - s Beans—Tick . • • • • •• . • 445 485 New............. 42s 446 Pigeons .. 485 528 Marley—Grinding. • • • • 45s 50s Pease —Grey . • • • • • • • • 48s 505 Malting . ........ 56s 598 Maple • • • • • • • • • • • 49s 51s Chevalier • • . • • • • 56s 61s white ..• • • • • • • 52s 56s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers f01k............ 771 tlOs Flour—Town-made —s 8r0wn....... ••.• 713 74s Suilolk . KlngstgniudWars SOP Ste StOckta &Voribilg 481 Ho SMITHFIZLD. The following imports of live stock have taken place into London in the past week From whence. Oxen. Nordwycke.... Boulogne... Harlingen Nieudiep Rotterdam Flushing . Cows. Sheep. 18 Calves 5 - 10 - - - 70 - Total ...... 15 151 491 11 For the time of year the above is a large importation. At the outports, about 300 head of Beasts and Sheep have been landed from France and Holland. The number of foreign Beasts on sale was about 130, and of Sheep, 200 head, in, comparatively speaking, moderate condition. The demand for them was in a very inactive state, and previous curren cies were with difficulty supported. With horns-fed Beasts we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. The quality of the Norfolk and Devon droves was good ; but there was nothing particular to observe in that of those from most other quarters. The weather being favourable to slaughter ing, and the attendance of buyers good, the Beef trade was steady, at, in some instances, an advance in the currencies obtained on Monday last, of 2d per iilbs; the highest figure for the best Scots being 4s rd per 81b, and at which a fair clearance was effected. Notwithstanding the numbers of sheep were very small, and a great falling off was observed in the quality of most kinds, the Mutton trade was in a very inactive state, and last week's currencies were with difficulty supported. The pritnest old Downs were selling at from 4s 10d to 5s per 81b. Prime small Calves sold steadily, at full prices. In all other kinds of Veal next to nothing was doing. The supply on offer was small. There was rather more doing in Pigs, but we can notice no imp ro ve men t i n value. The Bullock droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, were comprised of about 1,100 Scots, homebreds, and shorthorns. From the northern districts we received 900 shorthorns; from the western and midland counties, 500 Herefords, Devous, runts, itc.; and from other parts of England, 350 of various breeds. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. a. d. to v. d Inferior Ileastv.. 3 4 3 G Second quality . • • 3 8 3 10 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots ...• .. 4 4 4 6 s. d. to s. d. Seeondqualltyditto 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 SouthdownWetlier 410 5 A Ditteoutorthewool Large coarse Calves 4 2 410 Prime small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0 Inferior Sheep .. 3 6 310 Large Hogs •• .• •. 3 11 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 410 Quarter old Pigs .•I6 0 20 0 Lambs .. 0 0 0 C SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. 18,490 Calves. 63 I Pigs. 260 NEWGATE AND MEADENTIA.7.7... The arrivals of Meat from Scotland and different parts of England, since Monday last, have been somewhat extensive, they having amounted to nearly 8.000 carcasses. The sup plies of Meat killed in the metropolis have been seasonably good, yet a full average business has been transacted, at fully previous quotations. About 20 carcases of foreign Beef, and 150 ditto of Mutton, have appeared on sale. • , 4 _3P - 6 • 1,". • "1112110V:eifZrAljrill' HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY. The House of Lords sat to-day at ten o'clock, to hear ap peals and writs of error. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Templemore, and the Bishop of Ely. M'KENNA V. PAPE. 90U 92% 21% 21% 411 52 This case came before the Court upon a writ of error from the judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, affirming a decision pronounced in the Court of Exchequer there against the defendant. An action was brought by the plaintiff in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas in Ireland against the defendant under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff in error is a publican, carrying on business in Dublin, and is duly licensed under the 3d and 4th of William IV., and the 6th and 7th of the same King, to sell spirituous liquors by retaiL to be drunk on the premises. Being desirous of taking out a license as a tea-dealer, he applied to the defendant, who is the officer of Excise for the Dublin district, to grant him a license, having first duly complied with all the requisites of the statute. The defendant refused to grant the license, stating that the recent Act, 6th and 7th of William IV., in capacitated a publican from taking out such a license. The plaintiff being advised that he was not incapacitated, brought an action on the case against the defendant. The declaration in that action contained two counts. The first alleged that the plaintiff was a person duly licensed to carry on the trade and business of a retailer of spirits, to be consumed on the premises, and was desirous to trade in and sell coffee, tea; cocoa -nuts, chocolate, and pepper, and for that purpose duly made entry of a certain room in a certain house in the Dublin Excise district. That the defendant was the collec tor of Excise for the Dublin district, and a person employed to grant Excise licenses within that district required to be taken out by persons carrying on any trade or business sub ject to the Excise laws. That the plaintiff being so licensed to retail spirits, and being entitled to receive such a license, applied to the defendant for a license to trade in coffee, &c. That he paid to the defendant the amount of duty legally im posed upon such license, and demanded from the defendant that he should grant him such license ; but that the defendant disregarding his duty in that behalf, refused to grant the plaintiff the license be required. The second count was similar to the first, with the exception that it alleged a tender of the amount of duty instead of payment, and also stated that the plaintiff was a person duly liceuced to carry on the trade of a retailer of spirits to be consum e d on the premises, but not to sell spirits to any other retailer. To these declarations the defendant demurred generally, and the plaintiffjoined in that demurrer. The case came on be fore the Barons of Exchequer in Ireland, when the question raised between the plaintiff and defendant was, whether or not it was the duty of the defendant to grant to the plaintiff the licence he roquired, the de fendant contending, that by the true instructions of the statutes the same person could not hold a licence to deal in tea, coffee, &c., and a publican's license; and that, whichever was first obtained incapacitated the party from obtaining the other. On the part of the plaintiff, on the other hand, it was argued, that a person licensed to deal in tea, coffee, was not by the statute incapacitated from holding the licence of a publican, and that a publican was not incapacitated from obtaining a license to deal in tea, coffee, &c. ; and that, even if the defendant's view of the 3d section of the Gth and If th of William IV. was correct, that the business of a publican and tea-dealer could not be carried on at the same time by the same person, such a fact could not authorise the refusal of the defendant to grant the license. Judgment was given for the defendant without any more formal argument, in order that the opinion of a Court of Error might be taken, and the matter brought to the House of Lords for its consideration and final judgment. A writ of error was brought in the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, and the decision was affirmed, and from that judgment the pre sent writ of error was brought. Mr. Napier, of the Irish bar, and Mr. Peacock were counsel for the plaintiff in error, and the Attorney-General and Mr. J. P.Wilde appeared for the defendant. Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arguments, stated that they would give judgment on Thursday. LORD CHANCELLOR'S SITTINGS. It is generally understood to be the intention of the Lord Chancellor to sit in the House of Lords to hear appeals on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and in the Court of Chancery on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturday& ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY). His LORDSHIP was occupied all the morning in hearing motions, which were of no general interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England sat in his Court in Lincoln's Inn to-day and heard motions. ALLEN V. WILLIAMS NE EXICAT REGNO. Mr. C. HALL applied to-day in this case for a writ of ne Exeat Rep o against the defendant under the following cir cumstances. The bill was filed by the plaintiff; a lady, named Allen, against the defendant, for the recovery of a legac3 of 901. The plaintiff was also entitled to two other legacies of a similar amount bequeathed to her two sisters, who had since died. The defendant was the executor under the will, and the affidavit upon which the applica tion was made stated that, after giving credit to the defendant for the expenses he had been at, and the money received, he was indebted to the plaintiff in the amount of 184/., and 30/. for interest. The affidavit further stated that the defendant Williams had offered the plaintiff 881. to com promise the suits, and that upon the plaintiff's refusing to accept that sum, in order to terrify her to do so, the defen dant had, with an oath, stated that he knew he would be detested in the suit; that he had no ties in the country, and that he would resign his living, put on his hat, and take the first railway and go to Belgium ; that he would not go to America, where, by the international laws of the two countries, he should be made amenable to the defendant, but that he would go to a country where the law could not reach him, and that he would never pay to any of the plaintiff's in this cause a single shilling of their demand, and that he repeatedly affirmed this with an oath. Under these circumstances the Learned Cour - Awl trusted his Honour would grant him the Ne exeat Regno marked in the sum of 2141. His Honour immediately granted the writ marked with :he required sum. SMITH v. LADBROOKI. The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied his Honour the remainder of the morning, ( Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. Butter.) This was a motion for a new trial, on the ground that the Lord Chief Justice, before whom the cause was tried, had rejected evidence on the part of the plaintiff which was essential, and which would have materially affected the ver dict of the jury. The facts were simply these :—The plaintiff Was next of kin of a person named Elizabeth Allen, who died in 1840, and who it was contended was the daughter of John Hollins, who was described as a substantial yeoman resident in Staffordshire or Worcestershire. By this relationship sic would have been entitled to the property of a relative de ceased. Mrs. Allen was stated to have married a jeweller, which match being below her rank in life led to a separa tion between her and her relatives, with whom all inter course from that period terminated. It was further stated that Mrs. Allen lost her husband 25 years before her death, during which time she was living in great indigence. The evidence in support of the plaintiff's case was the statement of the grandson of Mrs. Allen, who deposed that he had seen his grandmother write, and that a document corrobora tive of the foregoing statement was in her handwriting, and the depositions of a person named Loyd as to certain obser vations confirmatory of the same. The evidence rejected were two declarations, one written by the deceased Mrs. Allen, and another by her brother-in-law, as well as certain interrogatories to elucidate the pedigree of Mrs. Allen. The defendant denied the alleged relationship, and the jury found in his favour. The case came before the Court last term, when the argu ments were concluded. His Homourt delivered judgment to-day, and having gone through the short-hand writer's notes, the notes of the judge, the evidence pro and con., affidavits made subsequent to the trial, cum multis aliis, decided that there should be a new trial on the second issue, on condition that the plaintiff should sue in right of Mrs. Shields, as sole administratrix of Mrs. Allen; that Richard Hollins left Mrs. Allen clearly his sole next of kin, or one of his next of kin, and that she W 143 entitled to a residue of his property. The costs were reserved. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) ZARSER v.• BRADLZY. RAILWAY ADYERTISJEMHISTFL—This action was brought by plaintiff, an advertising agent, to recover 571., being a balance of a larger sum for advertisements inserted in the various London papers on behalf of a company, called " The Dutch Hanoverian Railway Company," of which the de fendant was a director and one of its most zealous supporters. Mr. William Dickinson, the secretary, was called to prove the orders for the insertion of the advertisements, and also to establish the defendant's liability. Upon examination this witness stated that all the directors, the defendant amongst the number, had subscribed a sum of 101. each for "contingent disbursements," which sum was afterwards returned on the deposits being paid by the shareholders. Witness also stated, and which appeared on the resolutions, that one of the di rectors, named Collins, had undertaken to get the adver tiaemoiatil inserted through all mut t the board undertaking to indemnify that gentleman. It was also shown, that all the directors, except the defendant, subscribed large sums to the company to defray the expenses of the work now in operation. This being the plaintiff's case, the Learned CouxsEr., on the part of the defendant, submitted to the Court that the plaintiff must be nonsuited upon the following grounds First, that Collins having undertaken to procure the insertion of the advertisements upon being indemnified by the board, that he. Collins, and not the defendant, was liable. The LORD CHIEF BARON, on this point, recalled the se cretary, who, in answer to his Lordship's question, stated that Collins failed to get the advertisements inserted. and therefore he, the secretary, gave the necessary instruction, to the plaintiff. Upon this the Learned Counsel for the defendant ll urged the nonsuit upon another ground, namely, thatis Dickinson had no authority to pledge the defendan credit; further, that Bradley had intended the sum of 104 to cover contingent disbursements, and declined to 10 ° 13 _1 liable for anything beyond that sum. The Learned Counse, further submitted that this was not the plaintiff's Isar' but that of the company suing their co-director, th e e° fendant ; that there was no evidence to go to the jury- The LORD CHIEF BARON said he would reserve the p?lri— raised by the defendant's counsel, but that lie was of opini on there was abundance of evidence to establish the defend ant ! liability, and he would put it to him, the defendant's counseit whether he had not better address the jury. on t Upon this some discussion took place b e tween counsel u p both sides, and it was ultimately arranged that a v erci : t c h should be taken by the plaintiff f o r th e amou nt claimed, With liberty for defendant to move to enter a nonsuit if the Coe"' eau should be of opinion that the plaintiff ought to have b nonsuited. an Mr. Watson and Mr. W. Ogle appeared for plaintiff, Mr. Hoggina for defendant. CRIMINAL COURT.-THIS DAY') OLD COURI. (Before the RECORDER.) James Manning, James Shanley, and George Smith, A lia. gr Houghton, were indicted for a burglary in the Woo °- f • George Haynes, in the parish of St. Pancras. Mr. Haynes said that he was the master of the prisonert Manning, and that the latter must have been cogaizallt tho there was a considerable quantity of copper coin in the eh on the night when the robbery was committed. W. Hayden, a butcher boy, deposed that about one o'clock in the morning he saw the prisoners Smith and Sh in u le i c coming out of Mr. Hayne's shop-door with two bilge tm t appeared to be very heavy in their hands, and that alte ( Ai immediately after they had shut the door Smith's f e ll off and a quantity of halfpence rolled out of it. He 41411" lied the prisoners. Police-constable 195 G stated that he took the Prio nell a.. into custody at a coffee-shop in Wortley-street, and that found the sum of 2L 183. 4 3 / 4 d., of which he took possessil: Former convictions were proved against Shanley and Sinit a n , The jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and Shanley_, 2 _,,, Smith were sentenced to ten years' transportation, and D l3 ' th lor d ning was sentenced to twelvemonths' imprisonment, wf labour. George Simmons, a pork butcher, was indictsfor cutt iffg and maiming Sarah Woods, with intent to do er grieve° bodily harm. It appeared by evidence of the presecutrix that she We n ! into the prisoner's shop to buy a saveloy ;that some differ arose between them, and that while she had hold of t 2; saveloy the prisoner struck at it with a cleaver and cut off t"' end of her finger. • WO It was contended, on the part of Simmons, that this quite an unintentional act, and the effect of accident. itiry believed him, and he was Acquitted. This concluded the business of the Old Court • the il Court; ~. I were dismissed, and the sessions were adjourned till the of March. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DA . " hs TUE RICHMOND RAILWAY—RIGHT ON PAUL...A rr --i- i t an appeal made by the Richmond Railway Company se{ a conviction of two justices of the peace for the coutiti b, o Surrey, for obstructing a pathway called " Wright's Pa .. .,,, t • leading to Church path, Richmond, Surrey. The P 4 ; c , authorities prosecuted and obtained the conviction, but process was served until after the decision of this appeal' th Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Taylor appeared for the responder' and Mr. Locke and Mr. Corner for the appellants. botll The CHAIRMAN, having heard the arguments 0 0 A t o sides, taid that the parish bad acted strictly legal, Beach should, therefore, confirm the conviction of the Et 4 b trates, with costs. COURT CIRCULAR. sal - WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen s od Prince Albert took walking exercise in the slopes grounds around the Castle. Princ e Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, - Alfred, the Princess R o y a l, an d th e P r i ncess Ali ce took v i iug and pony exercise yesterday. aS Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taker' airing yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert hunted Yee — ar ld morning, accompanied by C oun t Al exan d er Mensdorfl; attended by Lord Camoys, Mr. Anson, the lion- CeP Boyle, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. 00 Viscount Morpeth arrived at the Castle yesterday' visit to the Queen. ; leld ed The royal dinner party a t th e C ast l e, yes t er day, -il e ,der her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess o f K ent, C oun t Alel," t he Mensdorff, the Lady in W a iti ng o f th e D uc h ess of Baroness de Speth, Viscount Morpeth, the Viscountess,'" and and Mr. Vaughan, Captain Lo r d James Murray, l'l'D o cif Mrs. Ralph Neville, M r . G. E. A nson, Si r G eo rge an w ai f Couper, General and L a dy I sa b e ll a W emyss , an d Lady Hay. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during d_ i rib ers e Her Majesty's private ba n d performed the remainder of evening. C on sort took This morning her Majesty and her Royal `a""" their usual early walk. e~cereise this The Royal family took walking and P° l3 -' forenoon in the ounds around the Castle. The Queen and gr Prin ce Albert, the ladies and gen! l d eni d e i v a in d e the Court, and the domesti c h ouse h o ld, attend e d u O O. service to-day in the privat e c h a p e l o f th e C as tle. .The and ltev. C. Leslia Courtenay officiated. A deputation from the merchants and planters of CeyloOr consisting of Mr. Samuel Gregson, Mr. P. W. Austrutherl Mr. J. G. Frith, Mr. W. 11. Thomas, Mr. R. Christian, and Mr. J. S. Stopford, had an interview with Earl Grey 00 Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The deputation l' o headed by Mr. Pattison, M.P. Dr. Ferguson and Sir Benjamin Brodie had an interrier with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. A deputation from the Health of London Associatio l4 consisting of the Rev. M. W. Lusignan, M.A., Dr. W. Vee r lius Pettigrew, Dr. Hector Gaoni, Dr. Evans Riadore, Dr. A• Barnett, blessrs, P. Brandon, Thomas Abraham, J. F.Cla rke ' Joseph Rogers, M. Davies, and Thomas Brett, had an int.!: view with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday, at the office of p_ l ! Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. The deputatea_ presented to his Lordship suggestions fur the heads of s natory Bill for the Metropols. The Earl of Powis and a i deputation from the Shrop_s t hill Union Railway Company had an interview with the UV . Hon. E. Strutt, on Saturday, at the office of the Com m sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Davie. The Duke of Wallington attended the _eA,T•i nev . LPG yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. Ja mes ' s . Th e the daily Wesley officiated, and pre ac h e d th e sermo n. ; 4 ,-„ and service the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. lYt.‘" i 'i m i was the lessons by the Rev. Mr. H e l ru o re . The se""" - preached by the Rev. Mr. Bouverie. The anthem wa s ' at worship the Lord" (Hayes). Si r G eorge Smart pros' ts. the organ. The Bishop of London ad m inistered the 610. ment. Lords Salisbury, Listowel, Ebrington, and ham were among the nobility present. bf The Bishop of London has appointed Mr. R. Ba rn Of Gentleman of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, in the room the late Mr. E. Hawkins. The Marquis of Lansduwne left town on Saturday. Y. -0T MEETING OF THE IRISH the There was a very numerously attended meeting 0 .,f • Irish party" on Saturday, at their apartments in Old r 4 "7 o f yard, Westminster, specially convened for the pueposcons considering the Bill i n t ro d uce d i n t o t h e H ouse of Consa to by Lord J. Russell, Sir George G r ey, an d Mr. Labotic?!..te " to make further provisions for th e re li e f of the de-4w' poor in Ireland." Lord Monteagle was called upon to preside. 0 0 Among the Members of , the Houses of Peers and Cornra.,,e., present were—the Earl of Mountcashell, Viscount p°7lo raile, the Earl of Fingall, the Marquis of Sligo, the ga rc imr, of Conyngham, Lord Clements, Mr. D. O'Connell, if, G. A Hamilton, Mr. W. S. O'B r i en , M r . D. O'Conn e " jun., Mr. W. R. Collett, M r . R o b ert Dill on B ro wne ' Coll . Acton, Mr. Robert Archbold, Sir H. W. Barron. 11 1 1 "„ i ee Butler, Mr. Daniel Callaghan, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Power, Mr. Edward G rogan , Mr. William Henry GregTi r , Sir Thomas Estuonde, Mr. F. French, Mr. H. Grattan, James Kelly, Mr. Anthony Lefrov, Mr. John O'Brien, Ralph Osborne, Captain Taylor, and Mr .H. M. Tuite. The Noble CIIAIILMAN read the clauses of the Bill serial"- f th e It was generally agree d th a t th e presen t powers 0 r guardians were not sufficient for th e due relief of the P° e ; and ; there appe a r e d t o ex i s t an unan i mous o pinion as t 0 t o b f necessity of empowering and requiring union boaru e le d guardians to relieve d es tit u t e persons permanen tly disah by old age, infirmity, or bodily or mental defect, either in out of the workhouse, as might be considered expedient. ~s Upon the second clause of the Bill, which enacted t the guardians might be authorised by the Poor-law C° t fy missioners to give outdoor relief to persons not perinan er : disabled, there was considerable discussion. Thep rinaof of extending this mode of relief in food, save in cas e , e ,,,l, is sudden and urgent necessity, found a number of supPo r r t ie but there were some who expressed themselves antagon_.„, to the Ministerial proposition in terms almost similar to th s which they declared immediately after Lord John lin% se o f exposition of his projected Irish policy in the 1 10 u" I Commons. The fourth and fifth—save as to the number of relieLinr.g, officers that might be deemed requisite—sixth, se'r — e d, and eighth clauses of the Act were briefly considert o f The ninth clause, which provided that all relief given o a t be the workhouse under the provisions of the Act 8 110 r - that charged upon the poor-rates of the whole union, and " be no relief given under the authority of the Act shoul a d ministered out of the union to which it was charged, cA ,, icy an animated and protracted discussion. The great niss -r so d of Members present declared themselves favourable to, determined to support, a continuance of the a l tern of taxation by proportionate assessment on the ele c districts. of ar It was generally admitted, however, that the mode °d sessing the poor's-rate should only last until there W 0,,"" to moro leisure to effect cautious and salutary change. , m " distribution The of taxation. clause rendering the administration of relief the Act subject to the direction and control of the Fo r- A r. Commissioners having been duly canvassed, and it being ranged that Ministers should be questioned in Cornta ittee ded to the full extent of the powers with which it was int e Lrd to invest them, the thanks of the meeting were voted tt , l; o ic Monteagle, and an adjournment shortly afterwal.di place. The Right Honourable the Speaker of the 1 1011ge of Commons gave his second full-dress Piano:2oaq banquet on Saturday last, at his mansion in Elit'l l l ia th r 0 The following noblemen and gen tl emen constant tile circle:—The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peal. Earl of Lincoln, the Right Honourable Henry the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir e Jamesrod Graham, the Right lion. Lord Granville Sono ur rs th ea - r y Ernest Bruce, the Earl Jerm L Charles " `'"- le " ' Yn, ord!a boo, the Right Hon. W. Bingham Baring, Viscount m-. 1 the the Right Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel DAWBOLI Da rner, L. Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, the Right Hon. 11 „e n „ r 4"., Oorry, Hon. H. Manners Sutton, Hon. Henry '""" l e i Hon. R. Gordon, Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Sir It Crear- Douglas, Bart., Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Nel,. Card- Admiral Bowles, Mr. T. Greene, Mr. H. Bar'l (who lie ton well, Mr. Young, Mr. Cripps, the Rev. Andrews, c haplain to the Speaker, who was absent fro m indisposition), and Mr. officiated in the room of the Rev G. . Lefroy, secretary to the Speaker. 13Gsatouibi at.lit. SIR W. GOSSETT.—The respected Serges. • Pore Arms of the House of Commons is Saftag NIS 111 tio) At hie ant at Quito/ KIM. indißposition), FEBRUARY 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 20; Highest, 31 ; Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 29.69.—W1ND W., snow. etTening '"11111; LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1847. On Thursday, M. THIERS pronounced from the tribune of the Chamber of Deputies his opinions upon the character of the French Administration, and upon the consequences of its criminal duplicity. In length and bitterness, if neither in sublimity or enthusiasm, this remarkable oration has only found a parallel among the masterpieces of MIRABEAU. Nor can we feel astonished that a bold and original orator like M. THIERS should deliver sentences very far re moved from mediocrity upon an occasion so pecu- Early calculated to elicit all his intellectual energies. What, let us ask, is the position, what are the dangers, what are the difficulties into which his native country has been drawn, by the unprincipled audacity of his political antagonists? Why, those men are found to have abused the authority reposed in their hands by a 'generous and confiding people— by their odious dereliction of their most sacred duties they have surrounded France with enemies—by their execrable abandonment of truth they have placed that great empire in a perilous and ominous isolation. "La France," exclaimed M. TRIERS at the very commencement of his her rangue, "La France, par l'i'venment deplorable de Cracovie, est siparee des puissances du continent ; par les mariages Espugnols elle est separe de r Angle terre." Those are the external miseries entailed upon that country through the proceedings of the existing Cabinet. Internally the involvements of the exchequer and the impoverishment visible in several of the provinces can only be attributed to a similar mal-administration. Such were the materials which furnished M. TRIxR3 with those crushing missiles of sarcasm, vituperation, scorn, and impassioned apos trophe which he hurled in such overwhelming abun dance upon the heads of his adversaries. On Friday M. GUIZOT replied to the ac cusations of his opponent, but his lan guage was no longer that of an unimpeachable politician, of a dignified statesman, of a candid and credible debater. No epithet is superlative enough to express the depth of his present debase ment. Only the elegiac tautology of DRYDEN will suffice : he has "Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate." The very efforts made by M. GUIZOT to conciliate his fellow-countrymen only lead to his further crimi nation. Instead ofexcusing is hypocrisy on the plea of an extraordinary emergency, or for the pur pose of ensuring to France an enormous and rightful extension of territory, M. GUIZOT exults in that hy pocrisy for its own sake—for the tact it ex hibits—for the wiliness it evinces. He has done a clever thing, and he loudly rejoices in its cleverness. He cares not the splitting of a straw for inasmuch that it is dishonourable. What is honesty, what is probity,what is the value of the most immaculate reputation when compared with the performance of a diplomatic trick like that of the Montpensier mar riage ? The Balearic Islands would be splendid in sular pickings for the colonial Minister, no doubt of it: the actual incorporation of the Spanish Peninsula with France would have been a magnificent revival of the Imperial system of annexation, it cannot be de nied : the acquisition of a snug harbour or so on the Mediterranean would have been not altogether unac ceptable to the nation, we admit ;—but what are these achievements, what is the most stupendous deed of political spoliation or of territorial aggrandisement in comparison with the exhibition of the talent of Monsieur le Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres ? What are the holiest rights of a friendly nation, what are the most solemn engagements, the most implicit assurances, the most distinct and reiterated avowals, when weighed in the balance with that ? Nothing— nothing. Clothe his remarks as he may, in all the masquerade of Ministerial generalities, and in all the glitter of conventional terms, that is literally the basis of M. GUIZOT'S harangue. Anything more vile cannot be adduced from the most shameful chapters of the most odious histories of the most abandoned Governments. M. GUIZOT has diced awry one of the fairest names and one of the most enviable reputations that can be found in tile records of modern statesmanship. Ile has hazarded the respect accumulated by years of honourable toil in the most eminent of all professions upon one casting of the die. He has plainly cheated in so doing, and his dishonesty has been disclosed to the world. With the true recklessness of a ruined gambler, he throws to the winds all show of repug nance at the contemptible vice of which he has been proved guilty, and has the impudence—the impudence TO BOAST of his diplomatic knavery ! Quosque tandem abutere patientia nostra r The aspersions of • Ai. _ GeizoT upon th e c ha rac t ers o f L or d P ALMERSTON and the Marquis of NORMANDY form their highest encomiums. 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