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

THEATRE ROYAL, DRYRY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morilere, Mr. Horncastle ; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. King ; Mal-a-Propoe, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. R. Sloman ' • the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls , and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin endence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYSA. THE ENCHANTRISS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other." Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Horncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each; the March of Intellect (travelling " incog." asl" Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, sat of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.—Sehoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half•holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE.— The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and hieToWn Into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savoll, Dix, Weld], Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and Ready his " last " appearance he public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children " by taking the " whole brood under by wing." NOTICE.—" Nothinge material to our historie " occurring during a period of fifteen yerirs, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut It, and come again to Scene 4. KaLyßA's Hotsz OF CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance In public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short Commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Beene 5. DOVER ROADS.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various "Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANES OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham raLtar), lli. priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzer came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound In Morocco ;" and how St. George, not having even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, limo OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fcr himself), Mr. Wiehnd. How this " marriage in high life" is sud4enly interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns"; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," Sze. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION, " Who'll kill the d r Lgon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I I, says St. George , l'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds al the "Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 9. GRAND HALL or CHIVALRY.—How St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends In New Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matth ews . Pantaloon..... Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER'S SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. "Holding the mirror up to nature." " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Ales to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCIIANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff " in both. Harlequin gives Clown" the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for " patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TI'SMAE AND TAILOR'S SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOT WAREHOUSE. — Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. "See the Conquering Hero comes." _ _ Scene 15. file gTATUIII9 IT Is ; or, Wellington at ilyde-park. sorner. Scene lb. TUE STATUE AS IT WAS; or, Wellington at Waterloo. . Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAARK ET. Under the ( Management of Mr. B Web .ster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be perfarmed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Cha meters by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, Holl, Webster, Brindal, Buck stone, lludson, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " La Xayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po- Isuaise. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, sailed 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. Triumphant success of Boz's new Christmas Piece. TIN new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• ratters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTii AND GUARDIANS. In whieh Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER TUE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMI3A, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Tates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters 'Unions, will ex hibit their wonderful Jena Gymnastiques. After which a grand 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. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Ilarding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss eleorgiana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, Ilonner. &c. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Fiexinore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. M. PERLET'S FAREWELL BENEFIT, and positively his last Appearance but One. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the favourite Vaudeville of LA FAMILLE IMPROVISER. Characters by MM. Dumery, Dorgebret, David; Madame Grassan, Mdlles. Leyder and Celina Fouquet. After which Moliere's celebrated Comedy of L'AVARE. liar pagon (l'Avare), M. Perlin ; the other characters by MM. Berou, Dorgebret, Langeval, Cartigny, Pagenler, Tourillon, Lucien, Felix, David ; Mdlles. Vallee, Angelo, and Amelie Khin. To conclude with the Comic Operetta of LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. M. Dugravier, M. Cartigny ; Cesar, M. Dumery ; Charles, M. Berou ; Jasmin, M. Pagenier ; Bertrand, M. Tourillon ; Mdlle. Fouquet ; Louise, Mdlle. Vallee ; Julie, Mdlle. Khtn. Boxes, 6e. ; Pit, 31. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 25. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETIIIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS (Pell, liarrington, White. Stanwood, and German) will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday daring the Christmas Holidays ; doors open at Eight, and the Enter tainment commenees at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a GRA ND JUVENILE PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW Morning. Doors open at Two, to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. rfitronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled success •f the Grand Christmas Pantomime, acknowledged by :the press mid the publie to surpass all others for magnificence and novelty. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON NORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Batty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; with humorous performances by Mr. Henderson, as Clown. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled TIIE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Her rey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and ennmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadroot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING RDA Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF C— CAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. characters will The be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with KlNG} g ra nd fairy Panto m i me, calle d TIIE Olf THE CASTLE ; or, Har lequin in the L and of Dream,. Har lequin, Kerr D eu li n ; Pa ntaloon, Herr It. Deulln ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown, Herr N. D entin ; Mr. Punch, H err E. Deulin. ROYAL •TICTORIA TIIEATRE. lipleiCetiOn of Prices.—Boxes, is„ Ilalf-price, 6.a ; Pit, Gil.; Gall ery, 3d. ' Private Boxes, 2i. The Victoria again victorious. Decided success of the new grand " Go-a-Head Pantomime:. " The hest Pantomime ever produced at a minor Theatre:'—., The oldest in habitant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Pat Public Press. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cant, Mrs. O. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will he produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled TIIE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Co-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Signor Osmonde ; Harlequin, M. Lupine; Columbine, Adele Lauri. THE MEMORY OF THOMAS CLARKSON. - The coloured citizens of Cincinnatti held a public meeting on the 2d ult., and passed resolutions eulogistic of the late Thomas Clarkson, and regretting his death. They also resolved to wear mourning for thirty days, and re commended pastors of their churches to deliver dis tourses appropriate to the occasion. Scene 8. TILE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN TUE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished) ; how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to MIRTH AND MARVELS, Now ready, In One Vol., with Illustrations by Leech and George Cruickshank, and two Portraits of the Author, price 10s. 6d. _ THE NEW AND CONCLUDING SERIES OF T HE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS Or, MIRTH AND MARVELS : and other POEMS. With a Memoir of the Rey. R. li. BARIUM. Edited by his SON. New editions of the First and Second Series of this Work may be obtained of all booksellers. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Ste. take place every Tursnav and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, ftfours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must bo deposited, the day ore violas to their being offered ; and advises of results will be brwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. TIIE WEATHER.--BuN OFFICE, JANUARY 5. rEERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 44. BARonrrzn, 29.93.—W1ND E., rainy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-RRIDGF, TIIIB DAY. Morning .. 8 minutes after 4. Evening .. 26 minutes after 4. .; , :ztt, • , ": 4 d i/ 4.0.‘ .• • 4.111016, --••• 4!•:;-` -- - 41111 N. 6 • - ' 41 -AUL LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 184 There are certain individuals who are the victims of impatience, and who are not only victims them selves, but would willingly render the Governments of the earth victims likewise, and thereby produce national bankruptcies. The fabulist has told us of the old gentleman cutting the eoose open to set all the golden eggs at voce; the persons to whom we allude would have strangled the goose because it didn't lay fast enough. If they were haymakers, they would burn the grass out of sheer vexation that it required something longer than two minutes to ripen. If they were planters, they would inevitably demolish the sprouts, from the cir cumstance of their not giving forth branches and blossoms and fruitage in a twinkling. If they were weavers, they would damage the threads for not weaving themselves into an elaborate woof on the in stant. In writing thus we are not exaggerating in the smallest particular. We are only forming some illustrative hypotheses upon those disciples of im patience, who are unhappily so prevalent, and in accordance with whose advice the whole framework of society would be joltered into inextricable confu sion. After indulging in their own lugubrious fancies, they are resolute in the promulgation of their Rernieious advice. They would say to Ireland, " Your potatoes are liable to a periodical murrain— therefore destroy the healthy seed which is still remaining." They would say to the Legis lature, " The details of your Constitution re quire continual modification—therefore utterly abandon the principles of that Constitution." They would say to Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. COBDEN, " Bread is by no means cheaper nor more plentiful since the abrogation of the corn-laws—therefore let us be at once restored to the Protective system." THEY SAT to the Government of Great Britain, " Sinde has be longed to us since 1844, it has required an outlay of 1,000,0001. sterling per annum during that period, or, according to a yet more unfavourable calculation, an expenditure of not less than 1,500,000/.; 3,000,0001. sterling have, therefore, been consumed already by this unprofitable conquest. Look at the batta, look at the advances for the hypothecation of food, look—for Heaven's sake, look ! 0 you who are solicitous for a rational economy in the disbursements of the national treasury—look at the extraordinary expenses entailed upon the exchequer by the cam paigns undertaken against the Seikhs. There's a pretty bargain ! Those are the advantages resulting from territorial aggrandisement ! Those are the blessings consequent upon the prowess and the wisdom of Sir C. NAPIER. Sinde, we were assured, would open to our enterprise the markets of Beloochistan ; the possession of Sinde, we were told, would give our merchandize freer access to the cities of Caubul, it would enable us to advance from the Delta of the Indus to the shores of the Persian Gulf, it would en able us to find purchasers even in the citizens of Ispahan. Three years have elapsed since the occupa tion of Sinde—actually three whole years, and, instead of increased pecuniary advantages, we are 3,000,000/. out of pocket. Our increased territory has afforded us a decreased exchequer. In Sinde we only grasped a handfull of fairy gold ; our hand is empty, the gold has vanished. From Kurachee to Bahawulpore, from Jullundur to Duree, and thence to Tatta, the population hare been during that calami tous interval the spectators of our delusion. The apple was blooming, but it has turned to ashes on our lip. Let us cast from us this ruinous appendage, for what is the utility of a further reduction of Sinde ?" Those are the arguments employed by the individuals whom we have already designated as the victims of im patience. And never in the records of monomania were arguments advanced more impregnated with foolish ness, more closely approximating to the utterances of insanity, more indicative of a contemptible short sightedness. They have not even the redeeming qua lity of speciousness. What ! are men ignorant enough to imagine that the riches of a country like Sinde are to be diverted into a new channel with a celerity like this ? Why, the smallest shopkeeper in the meanest street in the poorest district of the metropolis might give these dissentients a wholesome lesson as to the time required between the first out lay and the first profit in any novel undertaking. It is not in a single day, says the proverb, that Rome was built. The wealthiest mine ever excavated re quires capital to penetrate into its veins of metal, labour to bring its ore to the smelting-furnace, time to put its whole machinery into operation. As well might a person plant an orange pip in the ground, and sit down until it has sprung into existence, and borne fruit, as anticipate the immediate realisation of commercial and social benefits from the occupation of Sinde. Men cannot be reclaimed from barba rism in a lunar month, much less can the evils of a spurious civilisation be eradicated from a community like that dwelling upon the banks of the Indus in three preliminary years. Besides this, is the Government to be scoffed into the abandonment of a territory so situated, so fertile, and so gained, merely because there are persons sufficiently feeble in intelligence, and sufficiently cursed with impatience, as to murmur over the tardiness of the remuneration from that quarter ? Shall the fruitfulness of Sinde be poured into the lap of another nation at the very moment when it is about tumbling into ours ? Is the blood which was shed so copiously upon the invasion of Sinde to have been poured forth in vain ? Is the prowess of our soldiers only to be the precursor of our disgraceful retirement ? Is the skilful generalship of Sir CHARLES NAPIER to be followed merely by the withdrawal of our forces from the land, for the possession of which that skill was alone displayed ? Is a land situated as Sinde is, to be forsaken merely at the quer rulous suggestion of a few malcontents ? Placed in the very centre of southern Asia, with the territories of Hindostan to the south-east, with the sandy desert, Cauhul, and the Punjaub to the north, with Beloochistan to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south, Sinde affords us at once an almost countries, from th e irirpercetgionnabolfe bPersiaarrieranda while it o p ens t o us a new c h anne l for the further gai the n s t s u r i r n o c u u n r d s in n ; extension of our Oriental commerce. Beyond this, it is an instrument for the diffusion of the blessings 1 of civilisation among the uncultivated intellects of the East. Shall the good of millions be abandoned, with Sinde, for the gratification of a foolish timidity and the nourishment of a diseased morality ? A very respectable and numerous meeting took place last evening, in the National Hall, High Hol born, to consider the question of the abolition of capital punishment. Resolutions were passed favour- The accounts received from Ireland every post, we regret to say, still exhibit a fearful state of destitution and distress existing in that unhappy land. The ex traordinary exertions of the Government, the large amount of money distributed every week in payment of the wages of the men employed on the public works, the assistance afforded by the several relief committees and the poor-law unions, although all ex etrmemeregleyncvya,luanabdlet,o parroeviydeetsuienhsuaffimcioednetrattoe smuepeptlythoef food and raiment as will avert the constant repetition of deaths from famine and the inclemency of the weather, or from pestilence occasioned by their com bined operation. These painful results are not re stricted to the poorer districts. True it is that the west of the county of Cork and the county of Mayo have attained a sad celebrity for the unprecedented amount of human suffering that has unhappily fallen upon the inhabitants of these localities ; but other and hitherto more favoured counties have contributed their quota to the tales of misery and destitution. Even Armagh and Fermanagh have not been exempted from the occurrence of deaths from want. A few such short months, a n d a statement, if sufficiently authen ticated, of a singl e lif e h av i ng been fromlost possessed of cause would have excit e d th e pu b lic mind to the highest degree, and stim u l a t e d every one the commonest feelings of humanity to exert himself to the uttermost to prevent the possibility of a recurrence of an event so horrible in itself, and so disgraceful to the entire community; investigations of the most searching character would have taken place; every circumstance connected with the case would have been minutely inquired into, and every precaution would have been taken to guard against the repetition of a similar event. But, alas ! the frequency of such occurrences has considerably abated the intensity of the feelings that are thereby awakened. Not a day passes but accounts, not resting on mere statement, but given by sworn witnesses, and con firmed by the verdicts of sworn juries, of many deaths from starvation are recorded in the daily press ; and for every case that obtains such publicity man others are passed by in silence, and the wretches victims are consigned to their humble graves without the causes of their premature end being extensively known. It is, indeed, a frightful state to whit}_ our Trish brethren have been reduced, and fearful have been the straits which even the more fortunate have had to encounter in their struggle for a precarious existence. Who can picture the feelings of the strong man worn down by degrees from the effects of inanition, regarding the partner of his cares and sorrows, and his helpless children crying for the food with which he is unable to supply them, and finding his strength ebbing away and gradually sinking, enduring day by day the agonies of hope deferred, and protracted fa mine It would be impossible to do so. A vei should be drawn over that to which expression could not be given. It would also be vain to dwell 7'n in- dividual cases, when hundreds of a similar character are simultaneously occurring in many different parts of the country. What, then, is to be done to mitigate, to remove this fearful calamity? The Home Secretary has truly stated that it is impossible fur any Government by any means to meet all the oases of severe priva- able to the extinction of the present extreme penalty of the law. It was announced that a similar meet ing will be held to-night, to be presided over by Mr. Humm, M.P., at which, we doubt not, they will come to a like decision. Though we cannot coincide in the extent to which these gentlemen are prepared to mitigate the criminal code, nor in the soundness of their proposition, nor in the arguments by which they support it, that the punishment of death is "inde fensible on the grounds of policy, morality, and re ligion," still it must be conceded that their resolutions reflect the highest honour upon their feelings of humanity. The pure and benevolent motives which govern their proceedings must necessarily engage a large portion of public sympathy, and naturally and in the most agreeable manner predispose every one seriously to weigh every species of information which may be elicited in support of the cause which they philanthropically espouse. These meetings can do no harm, and may be productive of much good. In the discussion of the interesting topic of capital punishment, a review of our criminal code in general is necessarily introduced : in this way many crude deformities and unnecessary severities, by which it is at present characterised, come to be analysed, and, by a seasonable exposition of them, the path is cleared for reformation. Any spontaneous effort to diminish the ten sive powers of punishment conferred by law, slith a due regard to existing circumstances, and a well established recognition of improved morals throughout the community, cannot be too highly lauded. It must not, however, be overlooked, that the task is one of extreme difficulty, demanding the nicest powers of discrimination. The difficulty consists in determining the point to which relaxation can be suffered, in pre cise consonance with the level to which civilisation has raised the humblest classes of any particular society. We are not without the hope that we may hereafter attain to a pitch of civilisation when, con sistently with the protection of life in general, the infliction of capital punishment may be safely dis pensed with ; and that inferior penalties may, by reason of the universal prevalence of more refined feelings of morality, and their social reaction upon the minds of those who outrage the law, produce in time the same preventive results which _ secures by the u.s.d.o of the gal lows. But we cannot " lay the flattering unction to our souls" that the existing phases of society would warrant the State in depriving itself of the;power of subjecting the authors of heinous crimes to condign punishment. It must be remembered, that those who take the opposite view enter the discussion with great advartages. Most specious and popular argument lie IN ithin their reach, and of which they never omit to avail themselves. The disputant can so inge niously arrange his premises that, if you once un warily admit them, there is no conclusion to which he cannot drive you by force of abstract reasoning. A well-turned sentence will often cause a whirlwind of applause; but when we come to test it by dispassionate reflec tion, we as often discover that approbation has been injudiciously bestowed. Precisely such a sen tence was uttered last evening by Mr. C. GILPIN : " Before man assumed the power of Omnipotence he should possess the wisdom of Omniscience." This is language that would captivate any popular audience. Its value, however, is derived from the assumption which is directly involved, and lies concealed at the bottom, that capital punishment does not, for in stance, deter a man from committing murder. But this is begging the whole question ; because, as suming, on the other hand, that man is deterred from committing murder by the dread of capital punishment, then, although we are certainly neither all-powerful nor all-wise, yet it is conceived we best exercise our limited power and limited faculties, and work out the merciful ends of PROVIDENCE, when we have thus, by virtue of our laws, indirectly saved the life of an innocent man from the murderous assault of either his avowed or hidden enemy. Other examples of a like spurious tendency are contained in the speech of Mr. FREDERICK ROWTON. " When, however," observed this gentleman, " life was publicly taken it was im possible that life could be held sacred." Though life is not held sacred, yet the words quoted do not prove that life is not better protected by the existing law than it would , be without it. But this is precisely the onus probandi that rests with Mr. Row- TON. Again, " when the law was guilty of public murder, where was the greater enormity of the offence committed by individuals ?" This pseudo. argument is vicious and dangerous in the extreme Moreover, it is nonsensical. The law can• not - be guilty of murder. Rightly or wrongly, as to the effect, the law proceeds upon a good motive—the better security of life by the force of stern example. Can the same motive be assigned to the murderer ? These are speci mens of the fallacies into which the best intentioned men are apt to fall. But, whilst we feel it to be our duty to guard the public against being misled by such objec tionable methods of reasoning upon a most momen tous subject, we would hail with delight the day when " swords shall be converted into ploughshares, spears into pruning-hooks, and when man shall not destroy in the whole of GOD'S universe." tion and distress that are to be found in Imd. The ' Ministry will do much, but they must be ed and as sisted in their work of benevolence and shay; public relief must be tied down and restricted win certain limits, within which it will be impossib for every case to be included. A general, indiscrinate relief afforded to every one, whether earned (not, would lead to an entire disorganization of the inework of society, would damp and check thexercise of private charity and private exertionind would speedily lead to evils even greater U those for which it was intended to provide a reme. All that can be done by the Executive is to and employ ment on an extensive scale, and to grarfunds in aid of those that may be procured by prite subscrip tions. And well have those now in off discharged the duty they owed to the country. Ivould be ri diculous to expect that they could pr provisions into Ireland sufficient to supply thevants of all, and if they entered the field competitors they must do so, for that competim would at once discourage the private trader, ar prevent him from dealing in a commodity in web he would have to encounter so powerful an op)nent—a rival who would be contented not merely treap no profit from the speculation, but to sustain toss that would be ruinous to any possessed of les gigantic re sources. 'We doubt not that the enti policy of the Government with respect to Irelandwill hereafter, when everything can be more matuay considered and calmly inquired into, receive uniersally the ap probation that has been accorded to i'by those com petent to arrive at sound conclusions. The suggestion of Sir GEORGE GREY, " that means could be taken for raising as well in England as in Ireland contributions for the relief of extreme cases of want and destitution, nt capable of being relieved by the existinE poor-law, or by the works in progress or hereater to be sanc tioned," appears to present the most 'easible means of supplying the desideratum, and provding in the least objectionable manner the require( and necessary assistance to the Government measules ; and this, we are happy to say, will take place or the most exten sive scale, and under the highest ani most propitious auspices. Already it appears that a committee is . . - all A. 1[1111•La a.m. us, • - some of them named by and on the part of the Go vernment, who will not only contribute themselves largely, but from their character, influence, and the prestige attached to their names, but above all the sacred cause in which they are about to act, will afford an ample guarantee for the judicious applies tion of the sums that may be collected, and secure an amount adequate to the purpose and honourable to the donors. The funds so collected are to pass through a committee in Dublin of men of rank and station of all classes, creeds, and parties, who will distribute it through the relief committees, according to the exigencies of their respective districts. There will, therefore, be no possible excuse for any with holding of contributions from a fear that they may not be duly applied to the purposes contemplated. We will not so far wrong our countrymen as to doubt that they will come forward speedily and efficiently, that they will from their abundance spare a portion to the unhappy and wretched. They may do so with out the necessity of an abstinence from any:of the com forts or necessaries of life : from their superflui ties they may provide necessaries for thousands and tens of thousands of their fellow-creatures who are now in the lowest state of misery and destitution. By so doing, by acting in a manner worthy of Chris tian men, they will add a fairer page to their national history than ever celebrated the triumphs of conquest, or the acquisition of territory, by war or diplomacy. That benevolence that has been extended to the most remote parts of the earth, that has soothed the afffic- tions of the unhappy in every clime, that has pro vided instruction for the heathen, and struck the fetters from the slave, that has been extended to the brute creation, and has endeavoured to prevent unne cessary suffering from being inflicted on any of GOD'S creatures, will be extended to our Irish brethren in this season of trial and sore affliction. We trust, ere many days have elapsed, that it will be our pleas ing duty to record a general and liberal subscription from all, according to their means. Promptitude and dispatch is all important ; when once a collEction is in progress through all parts of the kinglom, a QUEEN'S Letter may fairly be looked for in As aid, and from what the Government has already done, aad what fell from Sir GEORGE GREY, in his letter, we may predict, with the utmost certainty, that such will then be granted. Let every person act as if the matter depended on his individual exertions, and the result will more than fulfil our warmest anticipa tions, and bring consolation to the abodes of misery and destitution. Accounts have been received from Portugal by her MAJESTY'S steamer Rattler, which left Lisbon on the 27th, Oporto on the 29th, and Vigo on the 30th. The intelligence she brings is important. On the 22d an action was fought at Torres Vedras between the forces of Bomnm and SALDANIIA, in which the former was totally defeated, owing principally to the desertion of a portion of his troops (700 men), and his forces completely dispersed. BOMFIM and his staff were taken prisoners, together with 2,000 4 8 his followers. The action wag well fought on both sides, and Boairm and his officers were allowed to retain their swords. The official dispatches of SAI, DANIIA, announcing his victory, will be found in ano ther column. Of the QUEEN'S army there are 57 killed, 316 wounded, and 1 3 missi ng . Of BoMruu's 280 were killed or escaped, and the r es t e i t h er surren dered or joined SALDANIIA. Bo h N o tn is m oo an w d a his staff the p r i soners were oi w no e r bt e ho ae c r o d n c d ut h u s to e o t D e d d yi a to ofoa f Lis rs gA b oL o tp t A , and , off Belem C ast l e. 'Whi le NnA. treated in the kindest manner, b ut s i nce they have been on board the Dia na t h ey have been used with great harshness. Bownw con trived to send off a dispatch t o DAS ikrrAs, who immediately commenced a retreat, at the head of 300 regulars, on Coimbra, to effect a junction with LOULE. He sent dispatches to VASCONCEL LAS , at Santarem, who evacuated that place at the head of 2,500 men and 100 cavalry, having previously spiked all the guns, and also fell back on Coimbra, SALDANIIA having embodied in his ar m y th e 700 deserters from Bomrim s troops, marc h ed from Torres Vedras on the 28th in pursuit of D AS A NTAS. I t i s said that DAS ANTAS will, when he has effected a junction with LouLE and VAS.. coNcELLAs retire on Oporto. CASAL has expelled the Miguelite forces under M`DoNNELL from Braga. The Miguelites and Insurgents are negotiating a junction. Things are in statu quo at Oporto. BOMFIM has written to Sir W. PARKER, soliciting his good offices to procure for his companions and himself some mitigation of the sufferings they are en during. lie states that they are crowded almost he food Duke o r beds of T to lie T upon. to s uffocation, the ship being already nearly full o f politi ca l detenus, and that they are fed upon brown bread and th e coarsest f are, an d a re no t a ll owed to procure for themselves even with their own mo ney either ERCEIRA is still a pris oner at Oporto. Madrid papers to the 28th have arrived. A preparatory sittin g of the Senate was held on that day, at which the Duke DE CASTRO TORRENO D" esided. A deputation of twelve was ap pointed to meet their Majesties the QUEEN and the KING CONSORT on the 31st. A meeting of about one hundred Moderado deputies was held on th e same day, a t which S enor P ACHECO an nounced his i n t ention of opposing the present Minis try. A C a bi net Council was to be held in the even ing to settl e th e wording of the QUEEN'S speech, and to decide as to who should be the Ministerial candi dates for the Presidencies of the Chambers. MADRID BoLsA, DEC. 28.—The Three per Cents. were done on the 28th at 33i- ; the Five per Cents., 20 13-1 G ; Passives, 6i ; Coupons, 19. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The New Year's -day addresses to the KING and the Message of the President of the UNITED STATES are the subjects of comment in them. In commenting on the latter, the Journal des Dibats, in strong lan guage, condemns Mr. Poia's attempted vindication of the Mexican war. The Constitutionnel says that the Message is intended as a refuta tam of the charges brou g h t aga i nst Mr. Poi,;s• administration by the Whi gs " , and sneeri ng l y adds — It may be thou g ht this refutation is more MU.NEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS long than conclusive." With regarded to the ad dresses, the Debats says— "We must call the attention of our readers," "to the address of the Nuncio, marked as it is by a noble and frank cordiality, and expressing faith fully, we arc convii;ced, the real opion of all the nations in Europe. The answers of the King produced an ex traordinary impression, particularly that addressed to the worthy president of the Chamber of Peers. May these wishes and these lessons, so appropriate in the mouth of an old and great King, be heard by nations and their princes ! May Europe escape, by the conciliation of monarchy and liberty, from the double plague of anarchy and despotism. France has given the world cruel examples. The happiness which she enjoys under a liberal monarch, under a prince who justifies every day, by his profound wisdom, the choice of the nation, will be, we hope, the most effectual of propagandisms. We have never been amongst the number of those who can only behold a vain ceremony in these solemn com munications between the Prince and all the bodies of the State ; but if we had entertained that opinion, we should not have held it any longer, after the speeches of Friday, and the King's answers." The Constitutionnel, in commenting on the addresses, says that the address of the Nuncio was submitted to the Marquis of NORMANDY, and was by him altered in such a manner as not to compromise the English Go vernment on the subject of the Montpensier marriage. The following is the article of the Constitutionnel : " The publication of the harangues presented to the King on the occasion of the new year by the Pope's Nuncio, and the Presidents of the two Chambers, was expected with some curiosity. It was the first manifes tation of official sentiments in the midst of the grave cir cumstances in which France is placed. It was known, besides, that the words which the representative of the diplomatic corps was to pronounce had been the subject of a sort of negotiation between the Nuncio and Lord Normanby. According to established custom, the com pliments which one of t he members of the diplomatic corps addresses to the King on the jour de ran and similar occa sions are not the object of any previous communication between the various ambassadors. All deliberation on this subject would seem to impart to such harangues the character of a collective note, and might give rise to de licate questiens amongst the Governments. It is, there fore, usually agreed that the speaker is to take counsel only from himself, and from his ideas of propriety, and not to share with any one the responsibility of his words But on this occasion the congratulations addressed to the King by the Apostolic Nuncio relative to the Duke de Montpensier's marriage, in presence of the representa tive of the Britannic Cabinet, who protested against this marriage, might place Lord Normanby in a difficult situation. It appears, at least, that he thought so, for he demanded and obtained a previous communication of sequence of this kind of negotiation, a phrase of the address relative to the Prince's mar riage was suppressed ; and another was so modi fied, that it can ba interpreted in all the ways that may be applied to it. Whilst Lord Normanby was thus msking, in the name of England, corrections in the di • plomatic address, M. Guiaot ought in the name of France, were it only by way of compensation, also to have demanded from the Nuncio some changes and erasures. The French nation, which has seen with so mournful an indignation the suppression of the Polish nationality, the fall of Cracow, the murders in Galicia —all that slow agony of a generous people under the blows of oppressive Governments, will not read without astonishment this phrase addressed to the King of the French : It is with a profound satisfac tion that it congratulates you, Sire, on the maintenance of the general peace, the admirable result of the wis dom of your Majesty, and of the other Sovereigns and their Cabinets. It is the finest title to the grati tude of nations whose glory and happiness are promoted by this happy harmony.' To demand at the present moment, for the Cabinets of Europe, the gratitude of their people, to congratulate on their glory and their happiness the oppressed who perish, to boast of the har mony existing in the world, and to say all this in France, whose Government, on bad terms with all the Cabinets, re ceives or sends forth protests and complains of violated treaties and of the contempt of sworn faith, is in sooth to carry irony to excess. The Ministerial journal (the Please) desires to consider the Nuncio's address as a well-considered manifestation of the whole diplomatic body. In that case it must be divided into two parts: the silence on the subject of the Duke de Montpensier's marriage as a renewal of the protest of England ; whilst the amplification on the wisdom of the Cabinets, and on the happiness of nations who owe so much grati tude to their Sovereigns, is a reply to the protests of France against the destruction of Cracow. We have but little to say on the other harangues. Those of the Presidents of the Chambers are distinguished, as usual, by ridiculous bombast, vicious style, and incorrection. One would imagine that one was reading some panegyric of the middle ages. It is the same turgid, empty, cold, but sounding language. Everywhere the remembrance of Cracow is absent; there are only in the King's reply counsels to the European Cabinets in favour of liberty— counsels which the destroyers of Poland are scarcely disposed to follow." The Ilfoniteur contains various other addresses pre sented to the KING on New Year's-day. In his answers_ 4 , to many of these a dd re ss es hi s M AJESTY made allusions 1 to the Montpensier marriage. To the Court of Ac counts, Louis PHILIPPE said, among other things : —" I am equally touched with the congratula tions with which all the corps' of the State so eagerly surround me on the occasion of my youngest son's marriage. It is a great consolation to me, and a happy addition to my family. This marriage can but contribute to drawing closer the ties which unite France and Spain, without ever in the slightest degree impairing their independence and freedom." His MAJESTY likewise told the Prefect of the Seine, who had assured him of the great satisfaction the marriage had given to the Parisians, that "it would draw closer the union between two countries both enjoying constitutional liberties, and which must more and more appreciate their alliance." The Commerce states that a plan is in agitation for a large increase in the steam navy, and that the visits of the Prince DE JOINVILLE to the French sea ports is connected with the carrying out this plan. The receptions at the Tuileries, announced for the 3d January, have been postponed to the sth, in con sequence of a slight indisposition of the QUEEN of the FRENCH. The French Government has just named two new agents in China a King's Commissioner, M. FORTH-ROUEN, formerly Secretary of Legation at Lisbon ; and a Consul at Changhai, M. DE AIONTIGNY, formerly atttached to the Embassy of M. DE LAGRENE. In addition, M. LEFEVRE DE DECOURT is appointed to the post of Consul at Canton, the functions of which he has been performing for some time. The same decison has been come to relative to M. FABRE, lately carrying on the business of the Consulate at Manilla. The salaries for the French agents in China are said to be con %; - Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Goole, Doncaster,___ &c. .. 2 Great Eastern &Western 2 1 ,1...... ••• •• Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2,..... 3 1 / 8 Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) . ........ .. ... 3 3 / 4 4 Great South. and West. siderable, the King's commissioner receiving 60,000 f. a year, the consul at Canton 30,000 f., and the consul at Changhai 20,000 E; in all, more than 100,000 f. for three agents. (Ireland) -- 27% — Great North of England..100 Ditto New 5 — Ditto, New . to Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto % Shares. SO Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths 2O Ditto % , 8 3 % 8 .. ...... New .... 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ...... Ditto, Extension ...... 3 Hull and Selby 5O 10 7 3 /4 Do. Half Shares 25 — ••• •• ......... Ditto 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do., do., and Norwich 5 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford 3O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 ,i.. ... .. Leeds and Thi r sk 17% Ditto, New 5 - ........ •••••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... .......... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 2 I,E. ..... Lyndon and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d 9 Do. New Ditto Extension . 7 %....,. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths 40 Do. Consol. Eighths lO Do. Guarant. 3 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — I ondon and N. Westernloo 202 Do. Quarters Do. ' ao~ New Ditto Fifths Do. - 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) 8 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 ... ___ _ __ A considerable falling off h stated to have taken place in the cotton factories in the neighbourhood of Rouen. A letter from the valley of the Andelle states that several manafacturers have resolved either to reduce the number of their men or to work short time. The Three per Cents. were done on Sunday at 80f. 50c. for the end of January. HAMBURG'S, DEC. 20.—Hamburgh-Bergsdorf, 97; Ham burgh-Berlin, 99; Altona•siel, 110; Copenhagen-Roths child, 73 ; Mecklenberg, 72i ; Madgeburg-Wittenberg, 89k. FRANKFORT, DEC. 31.--Lour Bezbach, 95; Frederick William, 76%; Taunus, 372. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 4. Dutch Rhenish, 4 5 i—Luxembourg, 3 4—Northern of France Constituted, 13 3 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 5 ,i—Rouen and Havre, 26 1 ,E-Vest Flanders, 3. His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of Canada, and suite, left Farrance's H o t e l, U pper Bel grave-street, yesterday, for Liverpool, en route, for America. THE TEA TRADE, JAN. 4.—The deliveries of tea last week were smaller, being about 350,0001 b. The market is quiet, though steady. Sir Henry Roper, the late Chief Justice at Bom bay, has arrived in town from Marseilles. A NOBLE LECTURER.—At Leicester, Lord Cour tenay delivered a lecture, in the Literary Institute, on the state of Ireland. The Rev. Mr. Courtenay presided. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. l.—The sales were—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7s. 6d. n. p.— Eastern Counties, York Extension, 134 p.—East Lancashi re (Blackburn and Preston), 3 3 4 p.—Ditto, New, 3 11.16 p.— Ditto, New, Scrip, 365. p.—East Lincolnshire, 2% p.—Great Northern (late London and York), 13s. 6d. n. p.—Ditto, Extensions, ss. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4% c. p. —Leeds and Thirsk, 20s. dis.—Ditto, New, par—Ditto, Pre ference, 335. 6d. p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, Is. dis.—London and South-Western, Scrip, 20s. p. —Melton and Driffield Junction, 1% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 13 1 / p.—Ditto, Fifth. 6' —Dr' 2' e 8.~ 58 3 4 14% lqi 2i% W A ___...,, _J s, , 3 4 p.— Ditto Do. 10/. 01. & B.) B. 5 Half Shares (late Wak. P. and G.), 8 p.—Manchester, Bux- D o. 10/. Al & B.) C. 1 8 3 A ton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.—Midland, Preference, 5 L ondon, Oxford, and p.—North British, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), Cheltenham 2% p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d. p.—North Staf- %..... Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 65 66 •• MlL:hire, 4% p.—Northern Counties Union, 11s. dis.—Nortli- Do. New Cons o L Bth s 40 — Western, 3 A p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15 s . p. Do. New 2214.. .. —Shropshire Union, ss. dis.—York and N ewc astl e , P re f er - Do. New .18 ... ence, 5, 7 4, p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. dis.—W es t Ditto Tenths 5 . 51i% Riding Union, 41. lls. 6d. D itto Tenths ... ..... 4 HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.—The sales were Ditto Scrip —Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., lls. 9d. dis.—East Lancashire, Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 ••• New. No. 1, 4 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 2 p.—Great Northern London and York Scrip 2 1 ,4 ..... 3IA % reg (London and York), 3—Manchester and Southampton, par Do. Extension —Northern Counties Union, 2—North-Western, 16s. p.— London, Salisbury, and York and Selby Preference, 12 p. Yeovil ..... .... ........ 2%...... —. SHEFFIELD STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.—The sales Londonderry& Coleraine 15 were—East Lincolnshire, 2 1 / t p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1/. dis.— !Londonderry and Ennis killt blanebest,r, Grimsby, and Sty:ffi c eld, 3%. dis. um int.—L m ... 15 itto, L ,. nn aiii Ki... .... ........ Quarters, 7, Is. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. I Is. Lynn and Ll L liair :5 0 16s- p.—Leech, ganchestee and Leeds 82 dis.—Sheili.id, Itotberham, and Goole, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis.—South Yorkshire, Don- — Ditto IA Shares . ... 38 ...... ..... .... . miter, and Goole, 1 0 4. 1). Do. Quarters l2 ..., ..• • .... 8 1 4 5% 4 6 1 4 2% 16 CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quie. though firm, and prices of American and Surat were well maintained, and without change in any other kind. The sales amounted to about 8,000 or 10 . 000 bales, of which 6,000 were American on speculation. The sales consisted of 200 Surat, at 41d. to 5d.; 70 Sea Island, at 19d., and the rest American at 64d. to 74d. per lb. Railway shares at Liverpool were rather higher yesterday. The difficulties anticipated by some of our con temporaries to result from the aid given by the Bank of England to the Bank of France have passed away, and the basis of the business i: however, sufficiently understood. In our money marke apprehensions (if any existed, and if so, only in a sligh. degree) upon th e su bj ect h ave ent i re l y ceased, and the Three per Cents. Consols keep steady. But it has been urged that out of doors (this means ex bankers and dis count firms) Bills of Exchange cannot be " done" at so low a rata as was the case a few months since. This is not generally the fact, good paper is now most readily discounted at a fraction above the rate demanded by the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. At a meeting of the proprietors of the Colonial Bank (whose operations extend over the whole of the West India Islands, fee.), held this morning, a dividend at the rate of l 4 per cent. for the past half-year, was declared. The bank's affairs were most promising, and should matters go on as favour ably for the future, in two years a dividend equal to 7 per cent. might be calculated upon almost with certainty. The public securities are scarcely so firm to day, but the tone of the market will be better tested upen the re opening of the transfer books, as the dividends are pay able to the public on Friday next. Consols are 931 for account • Exchequer Bills have been marked 12s. premium ; and the New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. 954 Bank Stock has been worth 205 to 206. The foreign securities have been rather more ani mated, and there is a slight improvement in the quota tions of some of the bonds. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 39i; Spanish Five per Cents., 26i ; and the Three per Cents. 364. The accounts from Lisbon cer tainly read favourably for the Government, if much re liance can be placed in them. Mexican stock has been firm at 25 to 25k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 5934. - The prices of Shares in most of the principal lines of railway come rather higher from Liverpool, and one or two other of the provincial markets, and at Edinburgh and Glasgow also there appears to have been a great deal doing at advanced rates. It is yet much doubted whether any amicable arrangement will be effected between the Great Western and North-Western Railway companies, though all parties approve of the experiment being made. As to the railway " calls" falling due this month we believe there will be no other month of the over, and if further branches be sanctioned in this session of Parliament, it is not at all likely that any money will be called for until the year 1848. The market here is steady this morning. The London and York are in favour ; the North Western have touched 202, and the Manchester and Southampton are par to discount. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .206 205 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 93% 93% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities...... 95%%% 95% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 9 13-16 9 13-16 Consols for Opening 9 3%%% 93% Exchequer Bills, 1000/. I%d. ... 12 —— p 12 p Ditto, Small CLOSING PRICES 42 314 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent. 42 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account 25% 25 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 39% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ..... 39 1 4 Russian Bonds . ..... 1111 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 2 61 Ditto 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / per Cent. . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 93% 93% PRICES 01! PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2 %...... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .... . 1%... .. Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New 17% — ... ... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 425. ... .. 7% 6% p Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour va11ey..... 425. ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. l l% p.... Bristol and Exeter 75 - Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... Buckinghamshire . tadedonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2% Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% — Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... . ... Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Direct Northern Scrip.. 3 3 / 4 2% Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — 1 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 23% Ditto New l2/ 16s 7% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... X% p Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% 3 / 4 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten. (Harwich ) 1 % — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... 1% East Lincolnshire ...... 1% 3% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 7814% Ditto Half Shares ... 10 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... ... ........ Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 % — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... . 11{ — Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 24' 11% 6 % p 23% P 3Y B 79 Do. Fifths 5 .. .1: % ••• 1 1 % Do. Sixteenths ..... .... 614 - - - Do. Extension 42s. ••••• Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths 1 Man:;hester.Buxton,and Matlock .. 425. .. ••• p i7 NI ti Manchest. & Southampt. 2 Midland lOO 132 131% ... "' l' Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Binn., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 8 NewcastleandCarlisle...100 , t INTewmrket&Chesterfra 5 Newport&Abergavenny 2 1 /, Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ......... ..........100 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 ...... Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 17 6 3 /4 2 North British ...•....... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern 5O Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshir.3 6 ...... 9 1 4 9 North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2% -- ... ... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Wieney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3% ..° Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares - Reading, Guildford, and ill Reigate 3/. 12s. l% dis. Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 4 — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 423. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 13 Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ..... 32% South Staffordshire Junc. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 4 Do., No. 1 2O Do., Nc, 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction Staflbrdsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / — South Wales Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 - •.. ...... •• Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole .... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ... Waterford and Limerick 27% A'aterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Y alentia Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midlavd % West Riding Union 42s. 24% p..... 2% t West Cornwall .. 2 ... . .... Wexford and Carlow ... 3% Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 2 ...... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey -91 mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New 5 .•• ••• •• . ..... 1)0. Preference f ors. An il ~.N oat' Midland 50 461 Ditto % 5hare5........ 25 9 3 Do. Selby Do. Ext msioß Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid -16 ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — ..-- Barbadoes 1 ....., Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... 15% Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and .... Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... -- Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk,andWest Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast. 1 •• ••• ••• • Central of Spain ........ 2 Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. --. Great reat wweeestteerrnn Canada Beng .. 3 Bengal... 57 4 . .. . ... .. . ... G— .... Italian and Austrian, 4 - --• ,• ••• ••• .. - --- Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey ...... .• • ••••".. 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... -- Luxembourg..... ..... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 — Madrit , s Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... — Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 8 .. ... 10% North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans 2O — Paris and Rouen - Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ... ... JO ...., 4% .. Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence Sc Atlantic Totrs and Nantes Con stituted ... ..... -..... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad DA West Flanders ...... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 National of Ireland 2 2 1,E 2l MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. ERRATA.—In yesterday's List read London and York Serg i 3% instead of 3% —Y ,, . k and North Midland Prefereaq 133 5 /g instead of 12% %—and Northern of France 51. pal' instead of 8/. paid. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY 7) LONDON, JAN. s.—Wind E.S.E., light airs and thicfr weather. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind S. by E. to S.S.W., fresh.—Arrct Protector, Honduras ; Douglas, Douglas, Quebec; St. An' drew, Read, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Sarah Charlotte, Dunnett, Cape of Good Hope; Fairy, Garron, St. John al Newfoundland. PORTSMoUTIL—Arrd. Hash. Justice, Mogadore. Cowas, JAN. 4.—Wind S. by E.—Arrd. Phcenix. 1 . 4 " 6/ New York. PORTLAND, JAN. 2. Arrd. Jarrow, Qusb.c, Stockton. Orr PLYMOUTH.—Bathurst, Plank, nonduras. NawroaT, JAN. 2.—Wind Phcenix, Hurls Jamaica; Elizabeth Moore. Hughes, Havannah. MILFORD, JAN. S.E., strong.—Arrd. Duke of Cornwall, Phillippe, -New York for Swansea. ABERDE EN PEC. 31.—Arrd. L or d S eaton , Q ue b ec. DUNDEF, Arr. 2.—Arrd. ZD, Bassell, New Orleanin , Amelia, Donald, Montreal; Hebe, Thomson, Montreal. LEITH, JAN. I.—Arrd. General Graham, White, St. Julia% New Brunswick. LEITH ROADS, JAN. 2.—Arrd. William Dawson, Quebec. STOCKTON, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Mabel, Andrew, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ann and. Mary Cunningham, St. John% New Brunswick. Stockton, 1 1 4 h rg a r 0 3 b . y — s T a h n e d Elizabeth,aft erth r owin g of o overboard. been go the JAN.SC DUNDALK, JAN. 2.—The Prince Gcorge struck on the bar to-day, and is making a deal of water. TEE DRY DOCK, MALTA.—This stupendous work at the head of the Dockyard creek, on the S.E. and by E. side of the Great Harbour, was commenced by driv ing the first pile May 10th, 1842. The first stone was laid May Ist, 1844, under the plans of Mr. Scamp, and carried out by Mr. Walter Elliott. It is fast approach ing towards completion. The extreme length, from the gates to the centre of the bow, is 274 feet, and to the square 222 feet; the width 82 feet; and the depth from the level of the water 25 feet. It is constructed of lime stone, principally from Goza, being less porous than any other stone found in these islands. At either end will be two capstans of great power. Except, of course, the en trance, the dock is surrounded by arched vaults, of im mense strength, which will be available for stores. Surrounding the dock, and forty feet from its margin, factories, smithies, carpenters' workshops, &c., will be erected. There are two-engines of twenty horse power each, which have been employed from the commencement of the work in pumping out the water, in order to set the masonry dry, and the same engines will be permanently fixed for pumping out the water from the dock, which it is calculated they will do in ten hours, when a vessel is docked; and also for driving the machinery of the new factories. The en gines are under the superintendence of Mr. Hamahaw. The dock will be able to receive a 120 gun ship, or the largest steam-frigate (with her paddles on) in the navy. Until recently, there were about 2,000 persons at work in the quarries or elsewhere connected with the dock, having in their families about 5,000 souls. Now, how.. ever, there are only 300 employed. The first class masons receive Is. 4d. a day; second class Is. 2d.; thirdl class ls. id.; labourers first class Is., second class 10di. The cost of the dock, it is estimated, will be about 90.0001., independently of factories, &c., which are not yet es,ireated. The amount has been paid out of funds granted for the purpose by the British Government. This will be the most valuable and complete dry dock ire the Mediterranean, vit) may almost Fay in the know", world.—Malta Mari • • ' 25 391% 111 1 4 26% 361% 'An par 30 IA 2 1 / 8 25% 3 / 4 2% 51, I A P 3% 31% 84 107 3 4 231/2 16% 5 1 4 5 COgni; first tvl person trade ; that he t ell; a e set tasting could k had be but he did not tody, irearini and wh The pri Re t he The 11 prisoner Whether The jt The R Dety thereby Punishm i the Com wulre ri ye A witn era an 4 keyin g la The CI The jt toretnon The CI Year's im SURR The s ( this more t a e Mr. The G In an brie moan. The r, sereral co Feared tl gaols, 13 One prise after sdn cation of cold. ~i so 161 el 131 6 ir6 l 'o3i 24 1,,4 I'4 ";yi 10 1% T HE RAIL, THE MART, THE MINE. NOTICE. In consequence of the arrangements for the above Paper not being fullly completed, the FIRST NU3IBER cannpt be published tit SATURDAY NEXT, January 9. Office, 4, Horse Shoe-court, Ludgate-hill. :? HE UN, LONDON, TUESDAY E;V:NING, JANUARY 5, 1 47 4 ba an of wi assi i T 10101 altio CR o] : resp i the c ing East posti. knoll Vas 4 Obto.l was i Doat