The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME TESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 11, Will tia performed Colman's Comedy of Will Le revived Sheridan's Opera of THE DUENNA. Don Jerome, Mr. W.Farren;&; Ferdinand, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Carlos, Madame Vestris •' Isaac Mendeza, Mr. Keel e y ; Father Patyl, Mr. Bartley; Clara, Miss Rain forth ; Louisa, Miss Middleton (her second appearance on this Stage); Duenna, Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with the New Grand Comic Christmas Panto- • mime ' entailed HARLEQUIN AND THE NIERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON; OR, THE GREAT BEI) OF WARE. Wi en•irely New Scenery. Machinery, Dreinas, and De- ',orations. Har.equin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon. Mr. Morelli ; Merrio Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Co umbine, Misa Fairbrother. Dress Boxes, ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, as. ad. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, . ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-put Six--the performances to somraence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, wh re Season Tickets may ; . : e had upon application. Privaie Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews. bookseller, 167, New i.:9nd-street. LONDON: SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1140. The Anti-Corn-law meeting held at Liverpool, 9n Thursday, was eminently successful. An amend ment to encourage ships, colonies, and commerce, in preference to repealing the Corn-laws, found few ' supporters. Another amendment to petition for a fixed duty instead of a repeal of the IAW had only one hand held up for it. We regret that we are compelled much to abridge the account, given of this important meeting by the Liverpool Mercury, at which the Mayor presided, attended by a great ammber of the most eminent merchants of the town, both Whigs and Tories. We have preserved, however, almost entire, the excellent speech Of Mr. J 0117? MURRAY, de scribed as a work ing man and a Chartist, with a view of requesting all our readers of the working classes to give it an attentive perusal. It cuts up by the roots the delusive fallacies by which they have been led to stand neuter in this great and holy contest, or even to take the wrong side. We offer no comment=, we only beg the working men, who are still opposed to us, to read Mr. MunttAY's speech. The League should send it all over the empire in a separate form 'To the Edinburgh meeting, elsewhere recorded,we cannot refer with similar feelings of satisfaction. At that the Chartists were more numerous than the Anti- Corn-law men, and compelled them to retreat from the platform. The Scotsman shows that the op position was planned, and that the Chartists were brought from time neighbourhood of Edinburgh, " to put a damper on the rascals"—(such is the language used by an advocate of the Charter) — and force them to adopt it. Our Tory Contem poraries exult at the defeat, and speak of the Chartists hooting the Anti-Corn-law men from the p i lttform, and " passing resolutions in favour of Uni 7ersal Suffrage," as " the people relieving themsebves of one fallacy." The Standard takes credit to itself for having contributed to re lieve the Chartists from the delusion that the Corn-laws are injurious to them ; but we see no evidence of its success. There is no such opinion prevalent amongst the working men ; i they almost universally condemn the Corn-laws, sa y " it i s o f no use pet i t i on i ng t h e pre but they sent Legislature to repeal them," and they demand, first, a Parliament of their own, that they may make short, and certain, and permanent work with the Corn-laws after their own fashion. It the Standard 1 i khave by its arguments, as we believe it has, eontri- ' 4 1 halted to bring them to that conclusion—if it % have taught them that no reliance can be or 0 :Iglu to be placed on the Legislature, of the Exe cu L i, ~.t Got eminent, if it have by a continued advocacy of a bru.kal system of coercion, as the only pos sible means of governing the people, much contri buted to b r ing . about the total a li e nation of the i maSses fr om a ll customary authority, wha tever pleasure that may 1 ai i. 4 ord to Republicans, or to men who seek greatness through promoting pubic dis order, it ought to be no cause of satisfaction ID its 1 _ C o nservative p atrons .. Wh e : Sir ROBERT PEa was last in office, I re l an d was hi s g'neatest difficulty. tShould he now seize power, he-ill fi t ,:d the condi tion of England an insuperable obstacle to his sue- CCM His silly partizans in the press, however, exult at the wide spread disorganization. We remarked this day week that " when the citizens of a town cannot assemble together to peti ;—, • - _ ____ L.? 274 In' ON TRIAL OF FROST. THE NORTHERN STAR (of This Day), price Fourpencq Halfpenny, contains a full REPO , RT of the TRIALS at MON:1101:TH ; pith ADVICE t o the • PEOPLE, by FE lIGUS O'CONNOti. London : Osice, 1, Shoe-lane, Feet -street; and m ay be had of all Booksellers and Newsmen. Shortly will be published, in I vol.. post bye., THE ORATION OF I)EMOSTHEWES -a_ UPON THE CROWN; translated into Er.glish, Npith Notes, and the Greek Text. By HENRY LORD BROUGHAM, F.R.S., And Member of the National Institute of France. Lonth.nL Charles Knight and Co•, 22, Ludgate-street. :MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready nt allth;111;;ries, is 3 vols. post Bvo., A x I A Or, A YOUNG MAID'S FORTUNES. By Mrs. S. C. HALL, Author of " Lights and Shadows •f Irish Life," Unele Horace," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 'Marlborough-street. R. MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERI ESO 3disr many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPRC'TUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTPIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND. THREE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUMORED, ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN:i DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. Scc. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, and Shares clearing off mOst rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE will soqn occur. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Grand Comic Pantomime, universally allowed t• be the best in London. is attracting the most brilliant overflows aver witnessed, hundreds are nightly disappointed of obtain lug admission. The splendour of the Seenery and appoint ments surpass every other production. THIS EVENING, J. Will be repeated, an entirely new Legendary Drama, called THE LATIDAY OF LEYDEN, After whtch, a Comedietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JAI-Ig MENDED. Benhomme, Mr, Smith ; Chapinet, Mr, Saville ; Madame Bonhomme, Mu. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin, To conclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime. called THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. _ - The splema Scenery by Mr, lirunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. Messrs. Sams of St. James's-street ; Andrews, Ebers, and IWchell, Bond-street; and Seguin of Regent-street, Book seller', are appointed to let Private and Public Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. TO CORRESPONDENTS. If we have not noticed the communication of H. B. I. W. , it was frdm no want of courtesy, but a want of mom. As the approach of the Session of Parliament, with the Monmouth trials and other important subjects, will now prevent us .from using either of his communications, we have sent them to the addre3s he wished. We have placed Mr. Whytock's letter before a gentleman who will probably give him the information he desires. Tiic report to which Mr. Taylor refers, was taken from a register kept in Hyde Park, which we believe is per fecti correct. On the night in question the thermometer stood at J 7, even in a sheltered place in London, and must Lave been much lower in the suburbs. HIGH-WATE:I AT LONDON 131*INIE TO- q MIRO W. Mornin g 0 minuted atter 7 I Evening V Minute. a f ter 7 tis ~,,csay4.44‘4, Th e :;;Siuxt+ Lion the Legislature, the Constitution is practically at an encL Their deares and best of rights—whether by the v:oi(-nce of tiie mob, or the tyranny of the ATTORNEY. GENERAL, is of no cwisequence—are overthrown." L not this remark hilly confirmed ? The people of the Metropolis or the Metropolitan Boroughs cannot meet publicly to petition for the abolition of the Corn-laws, because they are certain to be overwhelmed by persons who insist on bring ing forward a subject totally foreign to that for which the meeting is convened. The Chartists denounce the Corn-laws, but when a meeting is called to consider them, they propose for consideration—and they are so numerous that they are sure to carry their proposition—Uni versal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, with the other points of the Charter. They might just as. well propose resolutions on the Te❑ Hours' Bill, or the Nor-law, or any other matter totally foreign to the object of the meeting. In Edinburgh, i❑ Glasgow, in Nottingham, in Sunderland, the case is the same ; meetings have been in a manner suppressed, and thus we are driven to the conclusion that the Constitution is, pro tanto, actually suspended. The electors are deprived of the power of assembling in public, and obtaining an expression of public opinion on one of the most important questions that ever agi tated a nation. With all deference to those who pretend to maintain the rights and privileges of the people by new-fangled police schemes, and by driving asunder the Chartists when they meet, as at Birmingham, in peaceful discussion, those rights and privileges are already destroyed by the con flicting tyrannies of the authorities and the mob. A revolution, it is said, is sure to end in despotism, but we have already got the despotism in ever having had the revolution, except it can be found in the silent and stealthy operation of the Legisla tute, and in the steady growth and extension of the Executive power. Such a condition of society, which is, we believe, entirely new, requires to he attentively considered and carefully dealt with. To meet these new cir cumstances the " file can afford no precedent;" and if hasty, shallow, so-called practical politicians, attempt to deal with them, in the eagerness of arro gant authority, in the ordinary or Birmingham fashion, the consequences will, most probably, be fatal. The example of Mr. MURRAY, the work ing man and Chartist, as well as the kindred examples of LOVETT and scores of others, demonstrate that talent, energy, and eloquence are enlisted on the side of the Chartists as well as on the side of their opponents. Numbers are probably with them. If the electors be powerful in Parliament,the Chartists are powerful at public meetings. To make laws against them will not suffice : the means of executing the laws must be found. Sympathy may go with the en forcemer.t of an old authority, but it will desert a mew constraint, and any attempt to prevent by force the non-electors from overbearing the electors at public meetings will be considered dangerous, and be opposed. Public opinion, therefore, or what appears to be public opinion, will be expressed by the non-electors ; the laws will be made by the electors, Or according to their wishes, and the very key-stone of all freedom, the coincidence of legis lation with public opinion, or the control of the latter, will be destroyed. The legislator may de pend on it that the Conditior-of-England Ques tion, with a manifold variety of new circumstances, to which neither theory nor experience can give any clue, will force itself on his attention, and compel him to treat it by no ordinary rules, but according to a philosophy he has, we are afraid, yet to learn. We have been drawn aside from the Corn-laws to consider one of the discrepancies which are every day made manifest by their instrumentality. It is one of their consequences, as we have said before, to expose alt our institutions to hazard, to place property in jeopardy, and to endanger the Consittu tion. In fact, however, they have gone nigh already to destroy it, and therefore, partly, do we rejoice at observing the solemn, the impressive language in which they are everywhere denounced. At Leith and at Stockport, as well as at Liverpool, they have been held up to moral execration. This is as it should be ; and now that statistical considerations are no longer considered all im portant, we have no fear of the result. The Ile pealers have planted themselves on the high ground of morality ; they are combating the avaricious prie&thood, who support the Devil's laws, and the pelf-loving landlords, with their own,weapons, at a' great advantage, and they must be victorious. When the people have so taken up the question, when they begin to regard it not only as a moral but as a, religious question, we do not unt ,',7rstand the wisdom of the Scotsman, which pre f ers a m oderate fixed duty, to demanding a total repeal. Such It preference extinguishes the noblest motives for exertion. For the public to demand a fixed duty, would be to sanction a now . -denounced robbery: far the Whigs to enact it would be to make themselves reiippnible for a Corn-law, and relieve the Tories from the odium now justly heaped on them, bet us have, say we, no paltering with this subject, but let us keep in the broad h;gh road of principle, and demand, 4,1 4 matter of right and justice, the repeal of the accurWil find impious taxes on the (t.)04 of the nation. The sympathies of the respeetable, moral, and I peaceable people of England were enlisted, we have no doubt, against the violence imputed to Mr, FROST, or supposed to be contemplated by him and his associates. The forcing unwilling men along with them—the invading a quiet town—and the suffering and anguish which might have been inflicted on the tranquil and reposing people of Newport, are the circumstances which IiAYP kindled indignation wheievrr it has been felt against Mr. FttosT. And how will they feel now when they finil that these are not the nifePei2s for which Mr. FRosT Las forfeited his life? All tbese be might have been guilty of, and had his object only been the recovery of a teneawW i he would not have been guilty of treason. Nay, more, be might have plundered and burned the town of Newport-,,he might have gbot the flying inhabitants, and if he could have proved that he and his compa nions were prosecuting a private feud against Mr. PRoTHeno and Mr. PHELPZ, il r wpjld have escaped as Lord GEORGE GORDON 441, 300 was guilty of similar offences, so far as the treason law is concerned, gut free. Such a law, emblematical as it is of the hetiyns, the falsehoods, din absurdities, which consti7 tute the great mass of oqr lawg, is also emblema tical of the character and missiog a ,the present rulers of societ,. It is not without n 740) rP.gop, learnt from obaeryation of many such facts, that Nr. CARLYLE says that tiu people want a true leader, not a 41.5 e and a sham leader. Quirk, iliit„torney-eunning, is 4. land of " Shiftiezz, bsays Mr. Carlyle, " and is thing that fataeigs it it is, luckily, mistaken in toftenlit.,, ~ M fancieden toof bd no,: as Fujiptikt tlt say to it--Thou wit wisclona, rule thou ; wheryel"li4e'e44 isFeoernough. gut Nature amo;s:kviiiqwas-7.510,, irithisi;ioroullwinags is not aar.43r,cling to Dost thou take me, too, Of c. ipa,ckery ? and atturneyi7rn ? s.7bi. Akiiiff #,,c4.. ,_ ou conventionalityse bosom, though it pass at the i;a1149!0,t;l, .ow t into my wig ty4 grow wheat out of it, for it is ~h4tV,,,f9,?!1-eorn, I Verily u.i,i treason law is a quackery nud an • • a. t : ts attorneyistn—it is ci,1a.14. wa,cii is thro • • ,An into the on or tutlpih.oinn e 4 r 44.22? TILIF STN. LONDON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 11. IMO. bosom of society, horn which no wheat—nothing but dwappointinent and bitterness—will ever grow. Tile French Chanibcir of Deputies has not for fotten to embody for the tenth time, in its annual address to the throne, its wishes for the restoration of the rationality of Poland. Such perseverance is credi:,lble to the patriotism and the humanity of the Clituni)er ; though the continued necessity for it exhibiis but a sorry proof of the influence which the, wishes of the most respectable branch of the French Legislature has in directing the Councils of the Cabinet. We have repeatedly stated that the time is past for offering up vows for the restoration of Polish nationality. That great event can only be achieved by a combined effort on the part of France and England, aided as it would be indirectly by the secret influence of Austria, and the neutra- lity of Prussia. It is not by words but deeds that Poland can be restored to her proper rank in the great family of rn - tions. Still words are useful to keep alive the memory of her wrongs—to cherish hope in the breasts , of her enslaved children— and to prepare the world, when the proper time comes, for her resuscitation. It is evident that the slight breach recently made between the Courts of Paris and St. Petersburgh, is widening, and that those courtesies in speech which Governments are accus tomed to employ when speaking of equivocal allies, arc sometimes forgotten. The Emperor NICHOLAS was the first to indulge in such a license of speech, and the French Government has not failed to resent the indignity by retaliation. But a more remark able circumstance than the allusion to the fate of Poland in the address of the Deputies, to which we shall revert presently, remains to be noticed. For the first time since the revolution of July, the Chamber of Peers has made the persecution of the Poles a subject of discussion on the address, with the full concurrence of the President of the Council and the other Members of the Cabinet. When M DE TAscHER, a Peer, complained that the Catho lics were persecuted in Russia, and demanded why Cracow bad not been evacuated by the troops of the three Powers agreeably to the provisions of the treaty of Vienna, Marshal SOULT, in the name of the Government, stated that France would not suffer a violation of treaties; that she was only await ing the proper time to act with effect; and that the silence of the Cabinet was to be taken as a dis approval of the conduct of Russia. This is going pretty far, and indicat's clearly enough the disposi tion of the French Government. But why a delay which, if protracted, must find Poland so broken spirited as to be unable to maintain the inde pendence to which Europe may restore her ? The corroding rust of slavery soon eats into the souls of men, especially when they are not so much as suf fered to cherish recollections. This is a fact rather referred to as surprising than stated as incontro vertible in the paragraph relative to Poland in the address of the Chamber of Deputies. It runs as follows : " In all the questions which divide the world, France only wishes for justice, she only demands respect for all rights. How could she cease to remind Europe of those of the ancient Polish nationality, and the neglected gua rantees which treaties gave to a generous people, and whose misfortune seems increased byjime." The misfortunes of the enslaved must increase by time. Every day robs the enslaved nation of some virtue, and implants in her bosom some vice unknown in a state of independence. Poland, if free to-morrow, would not recover from the effects of the many evils she has sustained during the last ten years of slavery, for a quarter of a century to come. The longer she is left to hear the yoke of Russia, the more difficult it will be to rid her of it. Let the blow, then, he struck at once, ere the sparks of independence be wholly extinguished in the breasts of her heroic sons. Here there can be no jealousy between the Cabinets of London and Paris. Their obligations and interests are the same, and their means of ful filling the former and advancing the latter are ample, and immediately within their reach. Why then hesitate to yield to the impulses of duty and patriotism, backed by the entreaties of the oppressed imploring deliverance ? We require no other gua rantee for the freedom of Western Europe, and the independence of Turkey, than the establishment of a Constitutional Government i❑ Poland. Letters and papers from Madr;cl of the 2nd inst. have reached us. They announce the - occurrence of some outrages in Valencia in which several lives were lost. All that we learn respecting them is that they were entirely unconnected with poli tics. No further news had been received from the army. On the Bourse business was exceedingly dull. The Five per Cents left off at 274 for cash. The French Journals of Thursday contain no news of the least political importance. On Wed nesday evening a deputation of the Chamber of Peers presented the address of that body, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, to the KING. The following is his MAJESTY'S answer : The sentiments expressed in this address have filled my heart with satisfaction. I thank you for my self and all my family. The intimate union of the power., of the State, of which you give me a new assu rance, constitutes the main force of our institutions, and discourages those who might still dream of their over throw. This salutary union fills with confidence all the honest men who desire nothing but the repose and pros perity of France, under the tutelar segis of constitu tional monarchy. Your noble language, in expressing this truth, proves to me that I may rely on the loyal assi,,tance which you ever granted my Government for the welfare of the country." In the Chamber of Deputies the debate on the Addiess commenced on Thursday. The principal spea i, ers wer e MINI. DE LA GRANGE, MONNIER. TESTE, DE GIVRE, DESNIEUSSEAUX, DIroITA TEL, and DurtN. The debate was languid, the attacks of the Opposition being. directed against trivial acts of the Ministry. On Thursday, the funeral of the late Archbishop of Paris was celebrated with great pomp at the cathedral church of Notre Dame. Cardinal DE LATOUR D'AUVERONE, Bishop of Arras, is spoken of as his successor. The journal des Debats of Thursday has the following tamperate remarks on the speech of the Duke DE NOAILLFS, in the Chamber of Peers, re lative to the disagreement between France and Enagl pp the Eastern Question : " The Palo of Noailles triumphed in the disagree ment between France and England ; but he must have seen, from what M Villemain said, that these passing differences have not diminished the just confidence which we have in the English alliance. We do not want Eng land as an imaginary ally—an ally in her own despite. Our ;;Iliance is on the contrary sure and. real, espe cially in the East, since it was founded on the inte rests of both eounteies, it is said that England is with us at the Bosphorus, but against us at Suez. This is true ; but Constantinople is the most impor steacnotnit 4ry. i:i.i consideration, es sen n a i l namightilodu obt prefer to have a whilst Egypt is but p n refer the f ernier , Me feeble Paella at Oairo . for E ce g d ypt to 4nd cho th os e e n b u e s: f si sa a •e4n a ..tc t o r n o s u t b a l n e t s i o n t o n p e l c p , o i t t e n n i t u a st l potentate liemel at 4.l4ai,4ria may be a source of embarrassment, but Nicholas at ~;onspitittgeple would be an irreparable blow ; e tborp in the foot is better than a broken leg. Therefore, let -negociaters and journalists see i. c tg di s _ gnise truth as they will, and hat the eleyerest diplomatist go to i i ppdon ; the Russians can than make no other offer tbap t4s,t. of ceding Alexandria and taking Con , 4rigli'ts4 Ministry, Tory or Whi g , cou ld such a proposition , ft 4eps not indeed appear that England is at all so anxious ano;it li.ed Sea and Sue.i. as about Affghanistan ; and Prance way my well have so,riw difference of opiniott with England bout Egypt, witiwut9.kal at all disturbed at Constantinople. following extracts include the lait.St intelll gencefrom Aigier;; The Toulbiznais; C)f the 6th instant, states that the Arabs brought into the field against the French, in the engagement of the 81st ult., three battalions of regular infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and one piece of artillery. The infantry of the Emir was sut rounded, cut to pieces, or driven by the French cavalry across the Chiffa. The piece of cannon, three banners of the Bey of Miliana, and 400 muskets were captured by the French, and 300 of the infantry and 100 of the cavalry remained on the field. The passengers who arrived in Toulon on board the Fulton steamer, reported that the French had had only six officers and thirty-two rank and file put hors de combat. A reinforcement of 3,000 men had been forwarded from Algiers to Mostaganem, and an other to Oran, against which place it was believed Abd- Kader contemplated a serious attack. It seems certain that the Bishop of Arras will at length accept the Archbishopric of Paris. This worthy and virtuous Prelate, whose repeated refusals we have ourselves mentioned, at the same time expressing our wishes that they might succeed, has not been able to resist the urgent solicitations of the King, and of the Municipal Council, and the Clergy of Paris, repre sented by the parish priests of the twelve parishes of the cap:t.l. The Ratneer steamer left Toulon on the 4th of Ja nuary, for Algiers. What has occurred at Cherchill is another consequence of the Treaty of the Tafna, which ceded to the Emir eighty leagues of sea-coast. Tne return of piracy is certainly not to be apprehended. This affair is only an isolated fact, but, however, the Arabs have recommenced their piratical excursions. We owe it to the treaty concluded by General Bugeaud.— Le Commerce. The last letters from Alexandria state that the Turkish fleet is ravaged by cruel diseases, and that the Paella is more than ever inclined to send it away.— Gazette de France. BOURSE.—PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French :, per Cents lll 70 „,, 111 70... IN 65 ... 11165 3 per Cents SO 71) ... t:,;) 70 ... 80 60 ...Sll 65 Bank of P•rance Laftitte Bank 1,,1007 Sh lO 4, 50 —lo4' , 50 ...1042 50 ...1c42 50 5,000 f. Sh 5103 ...5i05 ..- 5165 .. .'" t ,' s United Sta'cs B an k Loan 9-04 94 % ''' 91'4 ~ ••• --/', Belgian Bank 8 35 ... 835 ... 830 ... 8 , 32 o 0 5 per Cents 1024 ... 102% ... 102% ... 102% :3 per Cents 7O 95 ... 70 93 ... 70 90 ... 70 90 Spanish Active 25% „, 9„5% ... 25?. , ,, ... 2.5% Passive fi% ... tN, ... 6 % — 6% Old Deterred 7 7 ... 7 ... 7 ~.. Portuguese 3 per Cents 21% ... 243 , „ ... 24% ... 24 `,t Neapolitan Roman lO2 ... 102 ... 10s% ... 101% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, It. B 497 .50 ... 50C ... 407 50 ... 500 LB :1:35 ... 340 ... 335 ... 337 50 Orleans .. Strasburg to bale ... 322 50 •..325 ... 322 50 ... 325 ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Yarn (Maberly's) HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, JAN. 7. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares An.lo.lttissian Loan 11175,, lON Ilussisn 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates Dutch ~ . ctual Debt, 2% per Cent. 51.4 50% Ditto 5 per Cm` 9B Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo. i )anish Loan, 3 per Cent 71% 71% Norwecrian Leam, 1934, 4 per Cent... S, ankh, New .3 per Cents. 2O EXCHANGES ON LONDON. flomeuou, JAN. 7.-13. (SU—Two months, 13 4. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 31.-4eventy.five days, 11. 36. BERLIN, JAN. 4. —Three months, 6. 21%. ... 400 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TT EL O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL, COTTON MARKET, PRlDly,—This day's sales arc 8,500. The speculators have taken 1,300 bales of American and 200 Surats, and exporters 200 bales of American at yesterday's prices. HOLYIIEA D.—Wind, S.S.E.—Nothing to report; Arrivals this morning—The usual French mail. No ship letters. A Hamburg mail has just arrived, of the date of the 7th of January. The Exchange_ on Londo n hi g h er , 13 4 ; gold, 42,9 ; metal, 1064 ; Bank Shares, 1,680. According to accounts from Alexandria Mehemet Ali is in great fear of a debarkation near St. Jean d'Acre, owing to an European intervention, to prevent which he is augmenting the fortifications of that place, and to, defray the expenses he is selling a great quantity of corn. Accounts from Odessa of the 21st Dec., state that it is certain that the considerable armaments which have been making for some time past in Russia, are to resist Ibrahim Pasha in Asia Minor. Tee number of troops to be employed for that purpose consists of forty thou sand men, which will be landed on the coast of Ana tolia, to which is to be added a considerable reserve. We are again deprived of arrivals this morning, no doubt owing to the north-easterly winds, which still prevails at sea. The best informed in the city cannot account for the extraordinary delay in the arrivals of the five packets which are due from New York. The Chinese affairs are the chief topics of conversation at present amongst the commercial community. THE FUNDS. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were rather lower on Paris and Holland. Ihere were also a scarcity .of bills in the market. Consols opened rather lower this morning, left off at 92A. a for the Account, opened at 92i, sellers, Money, ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem. ; India Bonds, par, 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 178 179 ; India Stock, 249 k 250 L In the - Foreign Market SpaniSh Active also receded, left off 251, at present 244 ; Portuguese, 36i ; Three per Cents 2-14 2J4 ; Brazilian, 73i 744 ; Colombian, 24:4- 254 ; Mexican, SOi 31 ; Dutch Two-a.nd-a-Halt per Cents., 51i 52 / ; Five per Cents, 99i 100. • Owing to the great scarcity of arrivals this morning, both speculations and commercial affairs are at a stand :nil% which causes a very great dullness in.the city. - - PRICES OF STOCKS TEDS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock per Cent, lied. 91104 ' Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 4 per Cent . BSI4 ~.Old Amiutties , Ditto Red. 99% x, New Ditto New 3l per Cent Dills Yr 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. ' Exch. Bills, X1,0£1,000...10 II 9 pm. Ba j n a t 3 Loz i A si riticr toexpire_ = l DDl D )ii i ittt r t t ttoo o o csidnyteiretirts.era s d o i. o" .. .: . o 1 2 1 9 9 p p na m . . Oct. lit, 1839 — Jsti. 5, IS6O Jan. 3, 1850 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, IMSO: — India Stock for Account .. 254% Jan. 5.1570 — Cousos for Acc0unt........ 9•4,i% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUN OS THIS DAY AT ONE O i CLOt n Austrian Bonds IiS Peruvian Bonds 16% 1 4 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account 3razilia.q Bonds Ditto Account .... 35 3imios 'tyres Bends Ditto k;;;;3.tit :,'hllian 30.13 . — Prussian Usi Ids .. . — litt3 sc,c, Et — Russian Bends, 182'2 — Ce.lT:r.t t - .E•.: : ids — Ditto Account — Ditt3 tczz. lit „c 17r. : i 5: • ds,lS2-1 L.r.;•; k.:.:3.11t — Ditto Account 250% .: ilrll3l ki •Zi • .— Passive - 61.4 Ditto ..::.ii, nt GI rek Bonds french, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1525 — ---- 4 per cent. —f. —c. I)tt o Account - 3 per cent.....„ —l. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — : --- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — . Dutch, 2.y4 per cent.......... 51% 'I Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan ,..! Ditto Acc0unt........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company Unmtt•d Alexican (issued at ]l. pm.) Birmingham and Derby Railway Company Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Eastern ( ouriti,S Railway l4 tN• Oosport Junction 2O 20 Brighton Rai:way No - th Nlidland Railway Company O5 _ Ditto New lO 13 COURSE OF' EXCII A N OF., YE,`i ..ERI/All'. A nisterti-iln C.F. ~2 C , iilbrals. OOOOOO ..... 4S Jittn, at .ight R:lttl.rtLin . U l2 6Y l illienoa .. ,010 ••••••••••• . •••• .., ' 4:ts St A eltwerp... 111111b11 IT . ....••• 00000 M.E l3 12 Venice. ;. 00000 ...•-•...... A!tona .. Paris, 3 lays' sight 25 50 ;ralermo .........,........per oz. 3.. 0iA0....... ........ —.3 Ms 25 70 i Listion Marreil 14,6 r Frankfort on Maine, E.M. 161 010010 •• • ••••• •••• 110 3••••••,.. Rap Janeirr 27 gab id ....;•••• • 4•••••••••• • •••••••• I.,tersimigh, ruble... 3 Berlin Vienna, effective AL, 10 7.4 , blq; 3534 - Biboa . . 13 .rcelou '35 t3ueuri5i1y1e5............. New york. 14 Jar. 161 a Philade . . Ib P4lCli fur PEr1 . :4177^ , . per UZ. lE'Llitugai (k/d. e0tn......:0 Pareiira Gold, 1.3 bars... Jl7 1;) ' New Deubluovi (.1 n U o o Silver liars 0 5 b% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JANUARY 11. 3 per k:ent. Comols Ballast Offic ; e sie ' i 1 7 .2 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced per cent ......................... -- Hann man Bank at Brest brings un -. Ditto sew 1830 ........ 93'4 City of Dublin Steam Comp. Indies. This vessel 3 , :, i wt cent!Debentores... pi% l!lationallnsurance Company an d pu t int . () Porto Rico, misro w a l u )e n r e e s th th e Bank Stock - City Debentures 4 er id e n e o n t t. co — me Grand Canal Stock greatly affected that Debentures, 4 Royal Canal Stock ----- HA LP- PA. s r ONI. vioTlehielebe'righaEdtacta"Aslesdacineenwne Was obliged to ships were lost, and merchant great ravages. at f:ar. avo ' so r u tb i ti l ‘rl e fs csi ' ) f e,t h .yi i ,ii s t...: b ectii c eg: liipi n i tgr.:eleiai:e3ac.hsiel prevailed her ine r a t hs r p r epa i v :sNi e i%s nir c i l egset direct front Martinique, island. A violent current, which lasted for three days, with Martinique. to the fineness of , was entirely demo clt shed.ill''et iipier'r coal Thel?le * Savannah, yellow Beye r a e lF y e on : - i r t te l a : p l d ll p i Basse Terre. owing g hey have had very the weather, we shall have some arrivals from New York, with the President's Speech. at hopes thater e by entertained, Monday ennaewriti they were 92k, at pre- According to the accounts received at Brest by a vesse l arrived from Martinique, bad weather in the West Indies. Spanish Active reached Consols for the opening and Account are not so p or t a guese also receded from 36 s good ent t 9 ls 2. in ; the i 0 morning, ney ,o when Exchequer Bills are lower, 10 11 . 9 preen ; intik Bonds, 2 prem., par. Very little has been done in the Foreign Market in .2, th 3 e , course of t 2 he 4 morning ; to :154 ; Mexican, 30 : 1 ; Dutch Tw a _and_a_Half per Cents., :5I 52 ; Five per Cents., 99;41. will dine i n t h e P av ili on. DINNER OF THE OPE RA TIVES AT MAN- N() ticket s (I s. eac h) are already sold. The working classe s seem to be fully alive nn tha following to :be importance of the ques tion. This augurs well. Operatives LoNCEMY.—Therc are.. now living in the licgpital, fieytegbllry, twciva men And o ne woman , the average " c Wheg O 11, CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY,) This being the first day of Hilary Term, the Lord Chancellor did not take his seat in his Court at West mister till half past one o'clock, having to entertain the Judges, Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel, to breakfast at his Lordship's house, Bruton-street. His Lordship, on taking his seat, was accompanied by the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and Masters Wingfield and Senior. The Court then took motions ; but none of any interest were brought before the Court up to the period of our going to press. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls came into Court at twenty minutes before two o'clock, and proceeded to hear mo tions ; but nothing of any importance occurred up to the rising of the Court. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took motions to-day, it being the first day of Hilary Term. ATKINSON V. HEATON. Mr. K. BRUCE applied in this case, ex parte, for a special injunction to restrain the defendant from selling certain shares in the Bristol and Exeter Rail way Company. From the statements of the Learned Counsel, supported by those in the bill and the affidavits, it appeared that in the early part of last year the plain tiff was applied to, by a gentleman named Lancaster, to purchase fOr him fifty shares in the Exeter and Bristol Railway Company. In consequence of this he applied to the defendant, Heaton, but in consequence of not being able to effect the transfer of Mr. Heaton's shares in time, he transferred 50 shares of his own to Mr. Lancaster, intending to replace them by the shares he thought he had purchased from Mr. Heaton, but up to the present time he had not been able to g the proper transfer from him, although it had been made in the Company's books, and he had been called upon to pay the calls. The defendant had threatened to sell the shares, to restrain him from which the Bill was filed, and the present application made. His HoNoutt, considering the case called for the in terference of the Court, granted the injunction. AIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) This being the first day of Term, his Lordship did not take his sect upon the Bench until half-past one o'clock. FLOWER V. ADAMS. This was an action which had been tried before the Recorder of Wells, for work and labour done, and a verdict had been returned for the plain tiff for 91. 10s., the whole amount claimed. The plainriff was a common farrier, and the particu lars of the claim consisted of several items. Four or five of these items only, which did not amount nearly to half the bill were proved, and the Recorder told the Jury that they could not find a verdict for more than the amount of the items proved. After a short con sultation the Foreman of the Jury asked the Learned Recorder if they could not give a verdict for the items which were not proved, to which the Re corder replied, certainly not; whereupon the Jury turned round in their box, and almost immediately after re turned a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount claimed, saying that it was the only remedy tradesmen had for the recovery of their debts. Under these cir cumstances application was made to the Court this day for a rule calling on the plaintiff to show cause why a new trial should not be had, and why the amount of da mages should not be reduced.—Rule granted. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) PHILIPS V. HEATH. • This Action was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney, at the Sittings in London after last Term, when a verdict was found for the defendant. I Mr. CRESSWELL now moved for a rule nisi, to set that verdict aside, and for a new trial. The defendants were large merchants in the City, who bad advanced 14,4001. to Messrs. Warwick and Claggett, upon the deposit of some Virginia Bonds. Afterwards the •security was changed, the Bonds were taken back, and Warrants for some tobacco were pledged—that tobacco Was the property of the plaintiff, and had been con signed to Warwick and Claggett, and the Learned Gen tleman contended that•theyhad no right to deal with it as they had done.—Rule granted. THE GREAT ANTI -CORN LAW DINNER AT MANCHESTER. The expenses that must necessarily be incurred in erecting and decorating the Pavilion in which the fes tival is to he held, will absorb the entire amount re ceived for the tickets; in other words, will cast upward of 1,0001. So that the whole expense of the dinner will have to be defrayed out of the funds of the Asso ciation, c,ud which are well known not to be in the most flourishing state. The Committee, however, is composed of men not to 'be daunted with trifles. In the erection of the Pavilion it will consume more than 12,000 cubic feet of timber. In the decoration it will require at least 1,000 pieces of white and pink calico, or 23,000 yards. It is now lit up with 24 candelabra, each containing 12 lights, making 280 hat-wing gas lights. It is now so far completed as to justify the Committee in announcing that on Saturday next the public will be admitted to view it on payment of sixpence admission. A large sum is expected to be realised from this source. The Bill of Fare for the first day will be :-20 sal mon, 100 lobsters, rounds and ribs of beef 2,500 lbs., hams 1,520 ; 165 tongues, 800 lbs. ; legs of mutton, 240 lbs. ; veal pies, 2,200 lbs.; mince ditto, 500 lbs. ; bread, 4,000 lbs. ; 600 Scotch buns ; 40 turkeys and capons. Dessert-6 barrels American apples ; 6 ditto grapes ; 6 chests oranges ;34 boxes raisins ; 400 lbs. sponge cake ; 400 lb s . Ame r ican dried biscuits ; 400 lbs. wine biscuits ; 3 boxes almonds ; 2 ditto dates ; 12 do. French plums. LLOYD'SSIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 10 —Wind E., moderate breeze.—Sailed witty the rest of the outward bound, the England, Tizard : for Sydney ; Virginia, Hamilton, New Ze a l an d ; Lib era l . Trist, Valparaiso. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10.—Wind variable.— Arrived the Reindeer, Kempt, from Monte Video. Sailed the William Turner, Real, for Bombay ; Mary Heartley, Webb, Cal cutta ; Bee, Cornish, Simca ; Violet, Murry, St. Thomas; Paragon, Coleman, Jamaica ; Aurora, Warren, New Orleans ; Huddersfield, Clegg, Africa; Flying Fish, Ed wards, Syra, Ste. ; Criterion, Foy, La Guayra; C. K. C., --, Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind E.—Sailed her Ma esty's ship Columbine, for the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1 I.—Wind N. FALMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Inglis, Stead, for Bombay. COWES, JAN. 10.—Sailed the Recovery, Heriot, for the South Seas. LLANELLY, JAN. B.—Sailed the Mary Stewart, Wilson, and Circassian, Sproule, for Bombay. CLYDE, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, Jame son, from Demerara. Sailed the Jane, Ward, St. Lucia. CORK, JAN. 8.--Sailed the Earl Grey, Hart, for New foundland. LEITH, JAN. 9.—Sailed the Janson, Wilson, Tobago. HULL, JAN. 10 —..Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Only Son, Hyatt, from Taragona. Sailed the Brunswick, Por ter, for Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10.--The Sarah of Pwllhelle, is aground on the North Bank. LLANELLI', JAN. 9.--The Mary, Harman, has been towed into this harbour from . Burry Port, leaky, and must discharge to refit. BLIFTLI, JAN. 10.—The Jessie, Smith, from Anstruther, to Newcastle, grounded on the rooks off this morning, but was assisted off port, and brought here leaky. THE MARKBTS.-(THIS DAY ) COVEN'!' GARDEN MARKET. The supplies of Vegetables were short and prices higher. Plants 4s. to 4s. 6d. per dozen. Celery Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. per bundle. Onions 2s. per sieve. Carrots 4s 6d. to ss. per doz. I3rocoli Is. to 3s. per bundle. Turnips 3d. per bunch. Oranges 4s. lid. to 10s. per 100. Lemons Gs. to 9s. per 100. Apples 4s. 6d. to 12s. per bushel. Cabbages Is. to ls. 61. per dozen, Spinach Is. 6d. per sieve. Devon Potatoes 70s. to Scl,s, White 60s. York 60s. to 70s. Scotch 655. to 70s. HUNGERFORD MARKET S The supplies of vegetables were limited, but those of Meat and Fish were good. Prices of the latter rather high. Turbot, ss. to 21s. CA, 3s. to 15s. ; Soles, 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. ; lieef, 7d. to 81d. ; Mutton, Thd. to 814 ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to Bd. per lb. Vegetables were dear, but the demand was good. TALLOW MARKET. This market was very quiet, and very little done, th• mer chants being principally occupied with the returns for this month. The quotation of P. Y. C. was 495. TEA MARKET. There was no public sale, but the trade was doing a good business privately, at the sale prices of Friday, and the Market was very firm. The public sale resumes on Monday. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The Supplies of meat were very good and the trade brisk. Prices much as last quoted. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mitt. ton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d, ; '9l - IE, 3s. Bd. to 4s. ad; Irish, 3s. to 3s. Md. per stone. of 8 lbs. Game and Poultry in very large supply, 4, the demand - fair, but not particularly brisk. Prices urialtered. Geese 4s , to 7s. 6d. ; Rabbits, wild, gd, to Is. 2d.-tame, J. to 15 . Gd ; Guinea Fowls, Is, 6d, tct Gd.; Woodcocks, 26.6 d, to 15.6 d. Black Game, as. to 4s. Gd. ; Turkeys, 53, to 12s. Wild Ducks, Is. to ls. 9d. ; Ducks ame), 9s, to 2s. 9d. ; Wid geons, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Snipes, Gd. to Is. ; Pigeons, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Hares, 3s. to 4s. ; Pfieasitots, as. 6d, to 45, 6d. ; Fowls, 2s. Gd. to 4s. ; Teal, M. to od, Partridges, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Larks, Is. to 2s. per doa. ; Gold Plovers, Ad. to 6d. E gg , , 6s. Gd. to Bs. 6d. per 120, BILLINSGATE MARKET. There were fair supplies today, and a good demand, prices rather high. Turbot ss. to 21e., Cod 2s. tid. to 125., Solos 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair, Lobsters 10. to ss. each, Oysters 18, to 48s. per bushel, Whitings 4d. and 10d., and Haddocks 1 2s. Gd. each. •ti. to 'HAY MARKED , The supplies were to a rLuderatet Orient, and the 4 demand very good, prices !;;over ; er, Hay IsOs• to 90s•, Clover 90 to 1205., Stilw 0.4145. per load. I The li?lgian finister transacted busines s yeste r d ay at tte Foreign Office. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the Countess of Charlemont, arrived in town at twenty minutes past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, with outriders in scarlet liveries, and escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, from Windsor Castle. Her Majesty was loudly cheered on her arrival by the spectators, who thronged the approach to the Pa lace. The Royal Standard was immediately hoisted on the marble arch. The Royal suite followed in three of her Majesty's carriages arid four, and consisted of Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Paget, Vis countess Forbes, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Colonel Buckley, and the Hon. William Cowper. Her Majesty was received at Buckingham Palace on alighting from her carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the Comp trcller of the Household. _ _ _ Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty after her arrival. The Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening in cluded the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, and the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left Marlborough House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the Royal Military College, at Sandhurst. During the morning his Serene Highness paid visits to the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke and Duchess of Care.bridge. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Doivager yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a select party at dinner yesterday. The Committee of the Privy Council on Education had a meeting at two o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Coun cil Office. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Duncannon, Lord Monteagle, Mr. Labouchere, and Sir George Grey. A deputation consisting of Messrs. D. Barclay, Lar pent, Blythe, and Hunter, had an interview with Lord J, Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Bishop of Lichfield, Mr. Frederick Dundas, and Mr. Hart Davis, jun., had interviews with Viscount Mel bourne yesterday in Downing -street. Sir Hussey Vivian and Captain Jebb had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. FA SHI ONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Sir Richard and Lady Bulkely Phillips, Colonel Buck ley, Mr. Nugent Vaughan, and Viscountess Forbes, Lord and Lady Mayo, the Earl of Shelburne, Lady Mary Coote, Lord and Lady Dorchester, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Heneage Legge, Sir John and Lady Jane Walsh, Mr. and Lady Louisa Knox, the Hon. Mrs. Walker Ferrand ; Col. Mur, from Paris; the Count So benski, at the Carlton Hotel, Regent-street, from Edin burgh. DEPARTURES. Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, from the Carlton Hotel, for their house in Park-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Drummond, for Chevening; Lady Chesterfield, for Ran ton Abbey ; Lady Harriet and Miss Mitchell, for Leam ington Spa; the Hon. J. G fC. F. Strangways; the Rev. Lord and Lady Charles Paulet, for Wellesbournc; Col. Whichcote, for Leamington Spa ; Lieut.-Colonel Rat cliffe, for ditto ; Colonel Broadhead, for Brighton ; Mr. C. Ken ways Tynte, for Yeovil, Somerset. THE PENNY POSTAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Judge of my surprise last night, when I went to St. Martin's-le-Grand to post several letters, and pre-pay them, to find the place crowded at a quarter to six o'clock like the entrance to the pit of a theatre at a benefit, and (would you credit it ?) only one person at the window to take the money. The shouting and crushing was disgraceful to those officials inside, who could have easily accommodated the public by placing extra hands, and throwing back the sliding panne!, knowing, as they must have done, the great influx of letters'on the first night of the reduction ; an inattention that frustrates the designs of a wise'and truly liberal Administration. I am, Sir ; your's respectfully, A. T. S. Jan. 11. PENNY POST.--DESPATCH OF LETTERS LAST NIGHT.—We understand that the number of letters despatched by the mails of last night was about 112,000—nearly four times the average num ber at this time last year ; of these about seven eighths were pre-paid. Much to the credit of the Post-office this large number of letters was despatched. l'he Standard tells a long story, which the Post reprints, about an alleged " blunder" of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which is stated positively to have de layed the preparation of pre-payment stamps for the penny postage. There is not a word of t ru th i n t h e story from beginning to end.—Evening, Paper. GENEROSITY. --A correspondent informs us, that a fox-hunting farmer, and who is also a guardian of the poor, who resides not many miles from Fyfield, has had the liberality to pay the poor women who, daring the late trying weather, have been working ou his water meadows, the enormous sum of 4d. a day each.—lriltskire _lndependent. Fox HUN T.—Lord Kelburne's well-trained pack of hounds met at Cuff-hill, near Beith, on Wednes day last. They found at Brownmuir-hill. Reynard was forced to yield to his pursuers near Shutterflet. Lord Kelburne was first in at the death. The hunt was seen for upwards of fifteen miles around the coun try by the spectators on Cuff-hill ; and all confessed that it was the most magnificent hunt they had ever wit nessed.—Glasgow Chronicle. THE WEDDING GARNIENTS.--W C must inform our fair readers', who naturally connect ideas of new dresses with the Queen's marriage, that her Majesty, at the request of the Coventry manufacturers, has adopted lily, or English pure white, as the colour of the ribbons and siiks to be worn on the occasion. This, therefore, will be the prevailing colour of the season ; and as this happens to be leap year, when the ladies are at full liberty to overcome, not merely by smiles and hints, but by open persuasion and force of arms, any un matrimonial scruples of their masculine friends, these white wedding looking garments will be very convenient. ROYAL MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY.— At the ordirriry meeting held on Thursday evening, Earl Stan hope, president, in the chair, Dr. Sigmond exhibited several preparations from the Ce)lon marine moss, the principal material which enters into the composition of the edible birds' nests. This moss is very gelatinous, and possesses great dietetic properties, being much em ployed for medical purposes by the medical practitioners of Calcutta, and Dr. Sigmond expressed his opinion that its introduction into this country might be advan tageous, particularly from the concentrated form in which its properties were exhibited. Dr. Sigmond re sumed his remarks upon opium, by stating that there were some very curious statistical facts upon the sub ject which showed that there must be a peculiar fasei,- nation in opium smoking, as no less than 12,000,000 persons in China were in the habit of its constant indulgence. In 1820 the number of smokers in China as 365,469 ; in 1823 upwards of 461,000, whilst in 1835 they had increased in amount to 2,039,998. The quantity smoked daily by each individual was stated at about seventeen and a half grains. A large revenue was derived in India from opium, which, in Bengal, in 1837 was 961,2311., being 301 per cent. on the prime cost ; whilst the whole quantity sold in our Indian possessions was 16,916 chests, by which the profits of the East India Company were 2,155,201/. So enormous was the revenue de rived, that notwithstanding all the appeals of humanity, there was little doubt but that a strong effort wouifl "b e made for the continuance of the trade. In ai i :usion to other substances used in smoking, it was stated by Dr. Sigmond that the Chinese were now using hemp, a knowledge of which they had obtained from the Tartars. The remainder of the paper was devoted to a notice of the effects of various vegetable substances and gases inhaled into the 'milts, on which the nobl e presi dent suggested thu e r c kpriety of making this the medi cine for the ; - ,clu4istration of medicinal remedies, which thus evrt a very powerful effect upon the system. The weting adjourned to the 22d instant. The 1 Earl and Countess of Surrey, accompanied by Lord and Lady Fitaallan, returned to Arundel Castle, on Monday, from Maltravers Cottage. Lord t(t)l:eeringa Fitzallan has announced his intention of being present at the tradesmen's ball, at Arundel, on Tuesday next, and will act as one of the stewards. 7 .— non O se f ns a e l i l desinotffellithe palm for mad BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.- pe riodicals of the day, ,e t na h tn is dsh c rm a e r w, ri rr , : 0 j e r :, e l:no e w n i t e it c l l ed ge br o o f ad exc fu el n l fi ' istc -i le 4 al. l of men, manners, and thinn.s, substratum wagg ery Mr. Ainsworth 's new an nary number, " Guy Fawkes," 0.-sen, e zplendidl Y, and promi ses an in crease of dexip interest at every step. S am S Let ter Bag of the Great Ivlick's" estern" is playful, satiri paL. impudent, provoking, like Martial's friend— . there and ag7etable, so that without him." " The Wishing Well* is a story rich in "The Whi s k e _,, y ought with an excellent moral. to be printed separately, and circulated by tens cieties. "Stanley' 'Thorn," en excellent clever story, by the author of " Valentine Vox," " Mr. Macaw," by Alfred Crowquiil, " Lions of the Modern h.l ßabyloa,s• &c., together with the admirable George Cruikshank, furnish forth 'tease h t lu t tl a r t at , lon 4 of f Al last out the whole month, and w'il ilea; re- eru in a year afterwards .— v al i d ii id P s '. or many :era . FIRE. . -r• • A nis mornin g c , a fire broke out on the DTP .- —.uses of Mr. Proctor, a cheesemonger, near the tdgoware-road. The whole of the premises and fur niture was reduced to ruins ; the adjoining ones are also much damaged. Itj is not known in what manner the fire originated. The stock and premises are insured. SKATING.—ESCAPE.—This morning, about eleven o'clock, three persons fell into the Serpentine, but were got out again by the men of the Humane Society. EVENING 141D11110TQ. SPANISH STOCK-JOBBING. "MADRID, JAN. t2.—The question of M. Ai necounts is still the order of the flay. P Alinisters had declared that these accounts sl submitted to the Cortes before the Governor a discharge. This solemn promise has been b the Minister of Finance, and the accounts of douin have been passed and approved, on th tion that all the stock and bonds and value in tl of Messrs. Ardouin and Ricardo should be given up, " No doubt is entertained of an affair having been concluded which loads Spain with a debt not properly hers. Messrs. Ardouin have undertaken to pay into the hands of the Spanish army contractors, who have en gaged to supply the army for the first six months of 1840, all the sums or paper which were given to them in guarantee, besides those of the 200,000,000 of rea!s of Five per Cents, lately created, and 40,000,000 an ticipa! ed on the contributions' of 18-10. " Such is the arrangem nt, secretly concluded, into wlicfi the Cortes cannot fail to inquire. The origin of the bonds deposited in the hands of Messrs. Ardouiu and Ricardo, and at present in London, is not fully known ; and when it is known, is little calculated to please Spanish fundholders. On the 18th of July, 1823, when the French army invested Cadiz, the Constitutional Government contracted a loan with Messrs. Lubbock and Campbell of 22 millions of piastres, at 5 francs 40 centimes the piastre. The events of the war pre vented the negotiation of this loan, except a very small portion of it—only 729,000 piastres. There re mained the difference between these 729,000 piastres and the 22,000,000 authorised. This difference ought to have been cancelled ; but Count Toreno, the Finance Minister, authorised Messrs. Ardouin and Ricardo to prepare bonds for converting the whole of the 22,000,000 —being 14,666,666 piastres Active, 7,333,333 piastres Passive, and 12,650,000 piastres Deferred. " Moreover, in the conversion of 1834 all the holders did not come forward, for different reasons ; and from this cause there remained in M. Ardouin's bands 5,276,886 piast. Active, 2,638,193 piast. Passive, and 3,898,659 piast. Deferred. These two masses of value were` of course much diminished of late years ; but thcre still remained in M. Ardouin's hands 800,0001. Active, 3,600,0001. Deferred, and 2,000,0001. Pas.rzive, to be handed over to the contractors as the price of the dis charge affixed to M. Ardouin's accounts." SECOND EDITION. THE FUN OS.-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS: Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 91 , , Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Ccais 9,171, Ditto Old Annuities •,_ 3% per Cent. Red 9IN Ditto New Annuities .... y New 31* per Cent 9b% Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 21 a9 dis. New 5 tier Cent. — Ditto 50 0 /...... ' 9 Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5004 dis. Jan. 180 Bank Stock for 0 Oct. 1859 954 14 N FUNDS Jan 1860 ...... ........ ... FOREICI . Consols for Op g »... 2./.2 * Austrian, 5 per cent 108 !Portuguese Bonds, sper cent, Belgian, 5 per cent — !Ditto, N'est, Ditto Brazilian Bonds - Pru:lf,ian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 j per cent — !RUSsiam Bonds, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic — Colotniban, 6 per cent 22% Spanish, 5 per cent. 243i Ditto, 182 Danish, 3 per cent — t Erench, 5 per cent. Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — !Exchang e ..................... —f.. —c —c Mexican, 5 per cent — !French, 3 per cent. ......... ---l. —c. Ditto, I: I;er cent., 1825 — !Dutch, 2% per cent.....„ ...... m y Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent — !Ditto, 5 per cent. ............... PrA 4 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway Or j Cheltenham and Great Western Raiway ..... , N Eastern Counties Railway 4i rcat Western Railway .. .. . ... 64% Ditto New Shares .. Gosport Junction Railway 20 .. London and Brightom Itanway .... I" ii _ Loudon and Blackwall Railway ..... 13% London and Croydon Railway (T'luni;) — Ditto Scrip . 5% Manchester and Leeds Railw - a y lit Ditto New Shares 21 North Midland Railwa,, I)itto New Shares 13 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) Among the many signs of a rapidly extending interest in the question of National Education, we are at all timr, s disposed to welcome any evidence that the great eijal mercial towns of this country are applying their energies to promote the moral and social development 4 those great masses of operative population which hav e within the period of half a century grown up within 'their circuit. The religious and moral condition cif the working classes in these towns involves nromertous questions, in the discussion of which the state c i f the intelligence of tit.e lower orders in these towus must necessarily be in cluded. From the period this important quest;. on has forced itself on the puhiic attention, we have i:ovariably advocated an educ:ltion in which intellectural improve ment shall be subordinated to the elevatior, of the whole character by the transforming influence of religion ; and in which, while religious teaching is, by the bless ing of God, rendered the means of moulding the habits, such instruction is imparted as enablr.!s its recipient to cast off the yoke of vulgar passion and prejudice, and to escape from the webs of sophistry in which the ignorant are entangled, whether those webs assume the forms of traditional ev..ror, or of those monstrous mo dern delusions, by which so many in our manufacturing districts have been brought into conflict - with the civil power. We are therefore glad to find, from a re port of the annual festivities of the Manchester Me chanics' Institution, published in the Alanchestiir Guardian, many sound views, which are deserving rif a more extended circulation than they can obtain thr ough the medium of a provincial journal. The want edu cation among the worki ng c l asses h as been tr,,st• J d by th e extent to which th ey h ave b een found ab're and willing to aysil themselves of the advantages offered to them by Mechanics' Institutions. (From the Standard..) An Anti-Corn-law meeting was held at Liverpool on Thursday. Our Liverpool correspondent had pro pared us for a tame and feeble affair ; and we find his intimation fully borne• out by the printed report of the proceedings at the meeting, given in this day's Morning Chronicle. The Anti-Corn-law agitators had secured to themselves a majority, we presume by the some practice resorted to at Edinburgh, or some simi lar meP.es ; but a few men of sense and honesty ha j, never theless, found their way into the assembly, and t h e speeches of the predominant party were weak and less. Mr. Thornely, Member for Wolverhampto'a, took the lead among the Anti Corn-/atv orators. 7.11 e first part of Mr. Thornely's addres s was devot e d to the consideration of the present stake of the bank ing trade ; which, if it proved, anything, proved th e ru i nous e ff ect of a constant importation of foreign corn, by showing that, as such importation had; in the course of a year or two, drained the country of nearly all its gold — notwithstanding, a more extensive ex portation of manufactured goods than was ever before known—a demonst-.-ation that no amount of ex ports can permanently retain the gold in the country, if the ports shall be open to foreign grain —a matter of vital importance so lon g as the extent of discounts and credits mutt be measured by the stock of gold in the hands of tile Bank of FAg land and other bankers. Mr. Thw:nely then proc ceded to defend capital against the e l- Jarge of causing, injury, not a very nove l su bj ect , an d - Mr. Thornely not re commend it by any new arguments. Capital jA a powe-., and like all power it naP..y be used or abused. (Prom the Courier.) The Anti-Cora-law people have been more successful at the LiverP 00l meeting on the Corn-laws, which comes seasonably to console them previous to the great Man chester demonstration, now in the throes of expect ancy. We find nothing of any novelty in the report the proceedings, save a very able speech in de fence of Corn-laws, by an intelligent gentleman of a- A name of Lloyd, supported no less ably by Mr. J'An Formby, the facts of which it was attempted, b'at in vain, to shake by succeeding speakers. Amongst; those who took a prominent part in the . discussion, 'hf so that may be caned which lay almost, as thy wr,uld say in Liverpool, like Parkgate, all on one side, we find Mr. Thornely,the Member for Wolverhampton, whose speech was as remarkably feeble as might b e expected from a per son of so little practical krowled.ge of business, to which he was, however, bred ur n ,, as to write out to America to kno,v whether, in casf. : of the non-repeal of the Corn laws here, the peopl'i there would not raise their tariff of duties on BriG s h fabrics. It was impossible, of course, to suppose ignorance so gross in a mere!uant, as that he shoulf: t not be conversant with the undoubted fact that, in. no case short of famine price s here, and scarcity ebrn elsewhere in Europe, par . 's of Asia and Africa, could corn be imported from the. United States at sates affording anything but loss upon the im r,Artation. Mr. Thornely, moreover, acquaints us—" It was impossible for manufactures and commerce to flourish without labour advanci,ng, and it was quite impossible for the capitalist to eir4ploy his capital advan tageously, except for the benefit, of the labouring classes." There is some truth in these propositions, mixed up with no small share of misapprehension. The rule is by no means so positive as Mr. Thornely takes for granted, for manufactures and commerce are un doubtedly fkurishin g in Saxony for example, flourishing, to admiration if we may credit Mr. Porter and tl•,e Manchester neople, and yet the rates of labour do not advance. They remain as before, at from two shilli ngs and sixpence to four shillings per week, D- I _NgOLVENT EBTORS' COURT.—AR, applica tion was yesterday made on tb.e part of MC. Hampton, the aeronaut, of parachute Notoriety, for an allowance under the 118th section, of the Act, to enable him to appear before the Coral on his petition. It appeared that the Insolvent bad been some time in Whitecrosa street Prison, and made an affidavit of Vs circumstances, with the view of obtaining an allowance under the sec tion, arising from the interest of unclaimed money. The schedule was exhibited in Court. The debts were somewhat large, and Mr. Hampton ascribed his in solvency to thrz inadequacy of his ballooning receipts tr, meet the e;xpenses. Mr. Spencer, said to be a " brot' A er aeron,ut,' was the attorney bringing the Insolvent be :ore the Court. The Court granted an allow an ce of 151. to Mr. Hampton. J N .) u Ards). .'i k :... , - \-,. i 7 . ;. -- s ?roc cl;4 • ..::: : - ; : - k----- - ;hod.tie ::. /,;:',l= it: e f nen triie - • .., - \ .!..!....:,.? ( Ig.x.. )rokqnigt ,--a -; ':-.1- 7.A, M. \Ai , ;. \ ;.; — l --' ------,-; he con -,. the hanr 3 I VciSAl:4 NI