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ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON 1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Pritale, It is presented with the confident hope, that the successful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Europe, and of its distinguished Patrons will Insure the continuation of their support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Mdlle. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; 3141/e. Sanchioli, Mdlle, raglan], and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti nd and Madame Mdlle. hula Nascio (their first appearance in this country) a Ceatellan. Signor Fraschird, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this coantry); and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor F. Lablache; Signor Borella (hii first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Standigi (his first appearance) ; and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier 3leyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'eenvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesie, by Millie. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. - The celebrated Dr. Felix Aferidelssolut llartheldy will likewise, visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded. kn THE TEMPEST of snakspere ; written by M. Scribe- Miranda.• ...• Mdlle. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand •• • • •• • ... •••• • • • • Sig. Gardeni. Caliber' . . Prospero It is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB BERS ef SCHILLER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca demie Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioll, and Montenegro; Signors Gar doni, Supereht, and Fraschint, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will he produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs d'amyre of Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizettt, Mercad:tinte, Bel lini, &c. The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect to a .11)3parts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, ,of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from some of the best OrcheStras •f Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers.. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. Carlotta Grist; Mdlle. — Lnelle Grahn, and Mdlle. Cerito ; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline Resat! (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatret of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. PaaLTaglioni ; 3fdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala (her first appearance in this country); Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Mulles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Bertin ; and Millie. Caroline Baucourt, of the Acsuiernie.Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manlier in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie - Royale, Paris (his first appearance in this countrY),lf. Gosselln, M. di Mattia, Rig. Venafra, M. Geuriet, H. Paul Taglioni, and 3f. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pun'. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. at:titres de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and Perrot. Sons-Maitre de Ballot, M. Gosselin Regisseur de la Danae. St. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for herljajesty 'a Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a r tullOci ',elected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and - " Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in . debted to the kindness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGER lA. - - The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new. Divertissement, introducing amsther Grand Pas by 3f. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des blesses and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing,, originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. The Snbscription will consist of the same number of nights as last season. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE THIS EVENING Will be perrormed the new Grand Opera of TILE BONDMAN. Ilarquis •de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; • Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. llorncsstie ; Ardentord, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Marley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Trivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which a new Ballet,. called THE PRETTY SICILIAN. In which M.. Croce, M. IRasis, and Millie. Baderna will appear. TO conclude with the Third Act of DER FREISCIIUTZ. Adolph, Mr. King; Ca•par, Mr. Stretton ; Zarniel,• Mr. Payne; Linda, Miss Messent ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ruder the Management of Mr. IL Webster, sole Lessee. By express desire of the Conde de Mouton°lin, who will honour the Theatre with his presence. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Webster, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brlndal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Iluixiby, Mrs. Yarnoid, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Lac des Fees," ".Plantagenet," " Rose," and " Nelen" Polkas, &c. •To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. LAST NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF LIFE." THIS Will be performed a new Comic EVENIN Drama, G called £lOO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butier, Miss . Villars, and Miss F orster. Atter which a new Farce, called TUE WIGWAM. Characters by • "Metsrs. Matthews, Oxberry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Drama, founded on the Ngw 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 racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining., Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss • Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIT. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be ,performed the Drama, entitled the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Boyce, Worrell, Cul lenferd, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Harding, Mrs. Matthews, Bliss Chaplin, &c. After which, the Farce of A NAROTI FOR AN HOUR. Mr. .Frampton, Mr. Worrell; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Mitnyard ; Miss Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy s cans, A i rs; Matthews. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Motions, will ea-, ' hibit their rrothlerful Jetta Gymnastiques. To conclude with the Fairy Spefrele,_ founded on the Ballet - of LA WSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; er, the 4 Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, - Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen:Ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,. Miss Emma Harding, hiss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn ; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Ronrk ; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassano. 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 ecnichide with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled The ENCN ANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Gen'. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Burbldge ; -Sprite, Mr: H. Marshall; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FREDICH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, salted LE DOCTEUR NOIR. Principal characters by MM. Lemaitre, Cartigny, Pascal, Lucien, David, Dumery, Bereu, Mdme. Grassau, Mdlles. Clarisse, Rhin, and Vallee. Boxes, 68. , Pit, 3s. Gd. Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engagid at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-ofilce. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and (lermon, will have the honour of repeat- - ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING (Saturday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequence of the continued demand for places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 10, and every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance commences at Half-past Two. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 4s. ; -Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. L'ader-the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.-11r. BATTY respe c tfUll y b egs to acqua i nt the pu b l i c that he purposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish'and Scotch, on THURSDAY, Feb 11. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be brought into.action. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successfhl Comic Equestrlanlairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har ♦ey ; Pantaloon; Ur. Laffarini; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and clmmence at half-past six O'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. 3roadfoot. _ 'ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. • Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING will be performed, a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole stgength orthe Company. •To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr.Detilin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine. Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown, Herr N. Deulln ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed TnE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS; or, The Dead Woman's Secret. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle, Bird, Howard, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Pearce ►ill appear, After which, fIfE DUKE OF SUOREDITCH, supported by the entire, Comic strength of the Company. To • .conclude • with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin 00.4,..Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown. Mr. T. Barry. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d.; Pit, Gd. ; Gallery, 3d, ' FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE STAMFORD BRANCH OF . THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—An inquiry, which was adjourned from the previous Thursday, was resumed at Stamford, concerning the death of John Rowley, aged 42, a fireman, who lost his life at the station under the following circumstances :—lt appears that on the morning of Friday week the deceased went to light the lire of an engine for an early train. He was accompanied by a youth named , Mitchell, whose duty was to clean the engines. There were • two of them in the shed, one of which had come in about . Ikr t e9o'clock in the morning. The fire had been raked out, u it had sufficient steam to set it in motion. The boy got 11 P it, and p rocee d e d t o p l ay w i t h t h e gear; the d ecease d had occasion to meddle with the coupling chain, when at the ear " moment the youth to uc h e d th e red that set the engine in motion, and between the b t uft l.n . unfortunate man was sev e re l y crus h e d dental death." el The• jury returned a verdi c t o f " Aeci • itgLIEV FOR. THE n • 4.—Her Majesty's steamer Porcupine received orders IGHLANDB. PORTSMOUTH, this morning to take on isi a o rd as much biscuit meal, and other descriptions of prov as she can store, and proceed with all expedition to the northof Scotland. Lieu tenant Turrour has loaded the coastieupine with 1.50 bags of and will put to sievsaitlllitisheerveenfirn'nago She goes direct to meal, Commander Bnton, Oban, near Kerrera, and distribution Her who will take charge of the provisions for Majesty's troop-ship Birkenhead being required also to load with biscuit-meal for the distressed districts in Scotland, the orders for the embarkat i on of the 3 6th regiment, for once to Gibraltar , have been countermanded, and she is her passage to th is p ort with onl y the women, children, and and baggage of the corps, to be put on board her Majesty's ship Belleisle ; she will then be filled with provisions from the Clarence victualling-yard, and put to sea without delay. ORANGE PEEL ON THE FOOT PAVEMENT.—Yester _ flay. afternoon, about' three o'clock, as Dr. Sanderson, of No. 10, `Larrcictil-trFrace, Somees-town, was walking through Munater-street„'Regent's-park, he trod on a piece of orange • . peel on the foot - pavement, and falling heavily to the ground, fractured hie right leg above the knee. • • atening LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 184 Since the first introduction of British authority into Ilindostan, since the warlike achievements of the great CrAve, the gigantic peculations of WARREN HASTINGS, and the insidious intrigues of Sir ELIJAH _ImPET, there has been a perpetual clamour as to the morality of our advance in that quarter of the Asiatic continent. Rising and sinking by turns; according as it was influenced by the progress of arms or diplomacy in our Oriental possessions, that clamour has now gained and now lost proselytes among the credulous and the undiscerning. First our ears were stunned with lamentations upon the questionable principles by which the Government of Bombay was actuated, then upon the "drilling rain" of bullets at Laswarrie, then upon the carnage of Seringapatam, then upon the insecurity of our alliances, with wail ings, in fact, upon all the diversities of ill which "could possibly arise from the occupation of such remote and enormous territories. One after another have these bugbears of the imagination been raised by 'a designing clique, for the purpose of frightening the - mother-country, either into a diminution of her I enterprise or into an absolute abandonment of her Eastern dominions. It was hoped, doubtless, that these dismal pictures of British - Inrlia.would be effectual in paralyzing wholesome - speculations,iri rousing the wrath of the godly, and in thwarting- ton considerable extent the zeal of the promoters of a more extended civilisation. In some measure that evil wish has un doubtedly been realised ; in some measure the indig- I nation of the more enlighted, but happily most help ( less, religionists has been excited; in some measure the good-will of a minority has been diverted from our Oriental engagements. It is a merciful dispensation, however, that in political administration, as well as in mercantile undertakings, the good-will sold the stock in trade are two very different things. And thus in spite of all the howlings of bigotry, of ignorance, of timidity, and of a shameless and odious antagonism to the great and beneficent spirit of Progress, the germ of civili sation, first planted on the Asiatic soil by a boatful of English merchants has sprung up, has extended its branches, has multiplied itself, in short, like that beautiful tree of the Hindoos which sends down its pendant twigs to take fresh root in the earth, and gives forth in time a fresh trunk and fresh boughs• The whole history of British India, in fact, from the mere contemplation of the original settlement down to the deposition of LALL SINGH, the Vuzeer of Lahore, is a repetition, turn by turn, of miserable prophecies and their brilliant non fulfilment. Obloquy without stint has been cast upon the Executive, and contempt upon the i l Administrative in Bombay, and the subordinate officers i in every department, and under almost every circum stance, have been partakers of these gratuitous ban -1 quets of vituperation. . Ever since the first occupation of Sinde Sir i CHARLES NAPIER has, more or less, come in for his share of abhorrence and misrepresentation. Latterly the reproaches upon his original seizure of that terri • I ritory, and upon his subsequent administration of its affairs, have been uttered more lavishly than hereto fore. There has been an increasing outcry against the unremunerative character of the newly-acquired province, against the expulsion of its venerable and virtuous Princes, against its insufficiency as a barrier between ourselves and the predatory inhabitants of Beloochistan, or even between ourselves and the miniature district of Cutch Gundava. Nor did these comprise the whole of the aspersions uttered in relation to Sinde. Discredit was thrown upon the military skill and administra tive capacity of his Excellency Sir CHARLES NAPIER. It must be perfectly familiar to our readers that, from the original investment and occupation of Sinde, we have resolutely controverted these arguments and scouted these-aspersions; that The Sun has continued to maintain the integrity of the Governor of Sinde, and the advantages accruing to us from the possession of the province of Sinde ; that we have done this, moreover, while the rest of the press was unanimous in aspersing the one and contemning the other. It is, consequently, with peculiar satisfaction that we find our able and distinguished Contemporary, the Times, avowing, at last, the insufficiency of these de- preciatory attacks upon the conqueror and Governor of Sinde. It is an example of magnanimity deserving all honour and imitation .; and how immeasurably the reverse of a merely shameful recalcitration ! We are, nevertheless, in no degree surprised at this acknowledgment ; we were too fully convinced that magna est veritas preualebit to credit the continuance of these idle and baseless charges. A territory such as Sinde cannot be spurned by a few arithmetical fallacies ; nor can a man like Sir CHARLES NAPIEa be deprived of public respect and national admiration by a visionary ru- mour, an insidious libel. Another of the execrable scarecrows which have been raised by the enemies of the British sway in Asia is to the effect that, by instructing and im- proving the indigenous population of thne; parts, a•o !should be raising up for ourselves enemies, against whom opposition must ultimately be useless. In other words, the truths of Christianity and the data of human knowledge are dragon's teeth starting up into armed men ! Can anything be more monstrous than this? As if the development of the mental faculties necessitated the corruption of the moral, as if education vitiated into unnatural enmity instead of fostering t o fraternal friendship, as if the advancement of civilisation did not ensure the retrogression of war, as if religion and science originated hatred and blood- shed. This fear of producing to ourselves foes in the Asiatic tribes by imparting to them the blessings of civilisation is nothing less than the ghost of the feudal system. That ghost may, like its brethren, " revisit the glimpses cf the moon," but it, is too unsubstan- tial to emerge unscathed into the daylight. But a short while since the number was not small of those who were ready to carp at the Government for not having introduced a paragraph into the Royal Speech in reference to national education. The con clusion was immediately and invidiously drawn, that upon a question of such general interest the Cabinet were altogether indifferent. We entertained a dif ferent opinion, which has received confirmation by what transpired last evening in the House of Lords. The Marquis of LANsnowNE, whilst laying upon the table minutes relative to education, recently sanc tioned by her MAJESTY'S Committee of the Privy Council, embraced the opportunity of making their Lordships and the country acquainted with the views olacg th e a e Government u p on a ma tt er t o w hi c h o f l ate so portion of public attention has been attracted. The statement of the President of the Council is a clear proof of the unremitted assiduity with which the Executive have devoted their minds to the in teresting topic of national education. The Govern. N, SATURDAY EVENING, FIERUARY THE SUN, LON Now SECOND EDITIO read, N in 3 OF vols., p CostiESA tiro.,R BORGIA. f ment are not disposed to r ecommen d an y genera l p l an BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS. tfor educating th e p eo pl e a t l arge , f or w hi c h th e reason Revised, with a new Preface. advanced is, that the wide differences and keen Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. jealousies which unhappily prevail among the influ ential sections of religionists in this country present ) difficulties which would render any educational scheme, intended to be universal in its application, completely abortive. It is to be lamented that the bitterness with which the public mind still continues to be, more or less, impregnated with the odium theologicum re mains an incontrovertible fact. Lord Baoucuass, whose whole life has manifested a continuous patrio tic ardour for conferring upon the masses of the people the inappreciable blessings of education, yes terday conceded the leading obstruction to their de velopment to be that, much as the two great classes —Churchmen and Dissenters—regarded the benefits of education, they nevertheless preferred their love of controversy, the obdurate maintenance of which paralyzes every effort to cultivate, by any comprehen sive system, the mental faculties of the vast numbers which constitute the humbler ranks of the community. Under such circumstances, the Government have con centrated their energies in favour of the next best step that could be taken—viz., to extend the existing system in a variety of excellent ways. Additional inspectors are to be appointed—the best scholars are to be instructed to render them eligible schoolmasters, and, if they should not attain to the requisite degree of proficiency, employment to be open to `them in the great revenue departments— schoolmasters and mistresses to be rewarded with retiring pensions and gratuities—the pupils, in towns, to have the means of gaining a practical knowledge in agricultural and mechanical pursuits, that parents may be induced to send their children to school ; and, finally, to the reformation of schools in workhouses will the Legislature be invited to afford every facility. Such is the outline of the Marquis of Laeisnowein's statement. It was generally ap proved of, and with good reason. 'lt is a most laudable endeavour to do much in a direction where all that is desirable to be accomplished cannot, for the reasons to which we have adverted, be accomplished. We must get on by degrees. All sound legislation is, for the most part, a judicious compromise of opinion. .Are sutor ultra crepidum. The Government are entitled to great praise fur the practical wisdom they have evinced in the important suggestions which we have enumerated. We hope their anticipations will be amply realised. Just ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., ADVENTURES OF T HE CONNAUGHT RANGERS. By WILLIAM GRATTAN, ESQ. Late 88th Regiment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. Orders received by all Booksellers.. BAILIVAT SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and tile Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall 'of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectftilly requested to be addressed. 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I Eveving .. 36 mannte.s after 5 For the first time within the memory of man two measures of a great and comprehensive character relating to Ireland, involving principles of great importance and magnitude, declaring how and by what means an entire people are to be fed during a crisis of extraordinary difficulty, and on whom the expenses thereby incurred are to be chargeable, have been discussed in a calm, temperate, and statesman like manner, without any opposition being offered on any side, and with agener.4Lapproval of all parties; indeed etery:one s seemed.toTt once to have resisted the temptation of attacking theSe in authority ; and, although some thought the Ministry went too-far in their propositions, while others argued that they did not go far enough—while one declared that the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland should be invested with full regal powers—and another demanded the total abo lition of the office, while some declared against Go vernment interfering directly with the reclamation of the waste lands, and asserted that the sum demanded for the purpose, 1,000,0001. sterling, would be quite inadequate to do any good, and others expressed their most favourable anticipations of the good effects thereof, esteeming it the most valuable of the projects already announced, and one calculated to effect the greatest and most beneficial change in the social con dition of the country—both Bills received their second readings, and were forwarded a stage, without a division, nay without a single voice being raised in opposition to their progress. " Measures, and not men," are now looked to on every side ; and if the proposition is good in itself it is supported without reference to the quarter from whence it originates. These things, however, are too good to last. We fear that it is but a temporary truce, and not a per manent and lasting peace, that has been effected, and that when the enactments necessary for the present emergency have received the legislative sanction, the Senate-house will again become the theatre of fierce contests and party dissensions, of angry recrimina tions and hostile divisions. The common enemy is too formidable, the exigency is of too grave a character to be encountered by a divided and dis united Legislature; but when that diMculty is removed things will resume: their ordinary course and flow in their accustomed channels. • • It would be very desirable ifitch. measure was considered on its own peculiar points and on those of others immediately connected with it, and Honourable Members should not be impatient, because everything that may be necessary during the progress of the session has not already been brought forward, or even alluded to in the Ministerial scheme. The first grand necessity is to carry into execution the means necessary for obtaining a present provision for the people ; the hungry must be fed, the naked must be clothed, the sick must have their wants attended to, before any of the more permanent measures are even discussed. The grand jury laws may and most assuredly do want revision and an extensive reform, but full time still remains for the most searching in vestigation (if such should be considered necessary) into their mode of working, and the vile system of road jobbery that has been effected by their means, that too frequently has transformed many of the Irish farmers and gentry into what, in one point of view, may be termed "highway robbers," and for passing the necessary changes into law. We have as yet only reached the period when Parliament has usually been assembled, and when the preliminary skirmishing is about to com mence, and yet much has already been done. The public woiks on roads are to be abandoned, save so far as it may be necessary to complete the under takings already cornrieucvl. The destitute ,doo2r arr to be fed by rations aistriLuied to tlcein, and thus their labour will be left free for, and applicable to, that most important description of work—the fit and proper cultivation of the soil—the adequate prepara tion for the ensuing harvest ; and a sum of money is ready to be advanced by the Government (which will doubtless be increased, sif lb sh?uld appear that there is an urgent necessity for a larger expenditure in that manner), in order to enable the more impoverished of the small farmers to obtain the necessary seed to sow into the land, which they are now unable to procure from their own diminished resetieep. Thp Irish Poor-law is to be extended with the general approbation of the Irish as well as the English Members. As in other matters there are differences as to the details, and some of those having property in that country have expressed great fears of the effects of a concession of the right of out-door relief to the able-bodied poor, we think, however, that such a fear is unfounded; there are ample op portunities for the profitable employment of all the labour of the country in the cultivation and impro;e: ment of its soil, and the certainty that the labour must be paid for, under any circumstances, will stimulate the landlords to direct it into profitable channels. They will thus be compelled to accept the benefits and assistance offered to them by the nation, and to bring their lands into the highest state of fer tility and productiveness. Like children, they contend against the salutary medicine, which may at first be unpleasant, but will assuredly produce the roost beneficial effects. , We most sincerely hope that all the other measures relating to Ireland may be dis cussed in the same spirit and temper that has hitherto characterised all the debates relating to that country. A letter from Homburg of the 29th ult. says— " When the late Landgrave, Philip Augustus, granted to Messrs. Blanc, brotbe►s, of Nantes, in France, the exclusive privilege of keeping the gaming-tables at the baths of -Hom burg, the only condition imposed upon them was tbat they should pay to the State an annual sum of 26,000 francs; but reserved to his successor the right of increasing this contri bution, or of withdrawing the privilege from Messrs. Blanc and granting it to other persons. The new Landgrave, Gus tavus Adolphus, who has just taken the reins of government, has exercised this right, and, taking advantage of the sup pression of public gaming-houses in nearly all the baths of Germany, has signified to Messrs. Blanc that ho should with draw their privilege unless they entered into an engagement to pay an annual contribution to the State of 62,000 francs; to pay annually into the treasury of the municipality of Homburg 10-1,000 francs to be employed in the embellish ment of that capital; to build at their own expense a theatre at Homburg, and lastly, at their own expense, in the city, an hospital for 150 sick paupers, and to have them constantly taken care of without any charge to the Government or city, However exorbitant these terms may appear to be, they have been accepted by Messrs. Blanc, upon the only condi tion that they may be allowed to form a joint-stock com pany, with a capital of 3,900,000 francs, to be divided into 3,000 shares of 1,300 francs each, which condition the Go vernment has acceded to.'' Madrid papers of the 29th ult. have arrived. - - A Ministry is at length formed, under the Presidency of the Duke DE SOTOMATOR. The following is its com position:— The Duke DE SOTOMAYOR President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. BRAVO MURILLO.... Grace and Justice. M. SRLTAS LOZANO lnterior. M. ROCA DE TAGORES Public Instruction. M. SANTTLLAN General PAVIA. M. BALDASANO Marine. The new Ministers were sworn into office on the 29th. MADRID BoLsA, Jax. 29.—The Three per Cents., 32 buyers, * sellers; Five per Cents., 2.04 buyers, sellers; Passive Debt, 61 buyers, t sellers; Coupons, 184 buyers. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. There is to be a debate on the subject of the Mont pensier marriage after all. M. GUIZOT'S refusal to dis cuss the matter on Tuesday, his appeal to the patriotism of the Opposition, was merely a trick, quite worthy cf the other tricks which M. GrizoT has practised in re lation to these marriages. Tho object of this trick was discovered on Wednesday, when the Jo urna l d es Deb a t s and the Frew raised a song of triumph over the Opposition pretending that they felt themselves beaten, that they did not dare to attack M. GUIZOT on the sub ject of the marriages, and that the silence of M. THIERS was a tacit admission of the injustice of the charges brought by the Constitutionnel. On the meeting of the Chamber M. Tunas stated that he should have spoken en the subject of the marriages but for the appeal made to his patriotism by M. GulzoT, and the declaration by the Minister of the inconvenience which would attend the discussion. M. GUIZOT then rose, and with mar vellous effrontery denied that he had made any appeal on the subject, denied that be had attempted to stop the discussion, denied that he had ever said the discussion would be inconvenient, de clared that be had never seen any inconvenience in a moderate debate, but added, that as he had not been attacked, he did not see any reason to provoke discus sion. This brought up M. CREMIEUX, who reminded the Minister that his speech, upon the conclusion of which, on Tuesday, M. GUIZOT had made his remark able declaration, had been one continued attack on the Government. It was finally arranged that the discus sion should take place on Thursday, and that M. TRIERS should begin. A discussion followed on the Cracow question, and the ambiguous words of M. GurzoT's pro test are made use of in the Address:—"La France desire sineirement le respect de l'independence des Cats, et le maintien des engagemens, dont aucune puissance ne peut s'affranchir, sans en affranchir en memo temps les autres." These words are purposely ambiguous. They contain an arriere pensee, and are intended to be a covert re pudiation on the part of France of the Treaty of Vienna, to be referred to as such whenever the day shall arrive in which she shall find herself strong enough to carry out her ambitious views of aggrandisement at the ex pense of her neighbours; indeed, M. VITET, the re porter of the Address, characterised it as a pretest for the past and a reserve for the future—a description, the truth of which was confirmed by M. GulzoT. The sitting was enlivened by a Radical speech from M. DE GENOUDE, the Legitimatist, which so horrified the other members of the party, that they have excommunicated the culprit. On Thursday the discussion on the Montpensier mar riage was commenced by M. TRIERS, who was speaking when the post left, at which time he had been addressing the Chamber for three hours. He went fully into the question of the negotiations which had preceded the marriage, and declared that he had read with attention all the documents, and he gave it as his solemn convie• Lion that the Whigs had not in the least deviated from the engagements entered into by their predecessors. In every respect had they been faithful to the principles laid down by England as agreed to with Lord ABER DEEN. Here the Honourable Idember dwelt for some time upon Lord ABERDEEN'S letter to the Due DE SOTOMAYOR, Lord COWLEY'S dispatch of the 13th or July, and Lord PALMERSTON'S letter to Mr. BULWER of the 19th of July, arguing that Lord PALMERSTON had done nothirg more than had Lord ABERDEEN. It was, however, in consequence of that dispatch of the 19th July, that M. GulzoT con sidered himself relieved from his engagements. What was more, the: correspondence between Lord PALMERS TON and M. Gutzerr continued after this date, and his Lordship reiterates and confirms anew his declaration, that Don HENRI appeared to him,-the fittest candid a t e for ,the-land, ortheQuar7.l/ow did M. GUIZOT • reply ? Let us, said he, unite our efforts in favour of Don HENRI; and in conformity therewith, Mr. BULITER receives orders to use his efforts in favour of Don HENRI. On the 22d of August, both Cabinets are in accordance, or, at least, appear to be. How ever, Count BRESSON, at Madrid, is acting in a very different sense. In London, it was said, Count BRESSON was acting horrors—at Paris ho was said to have been doing wonders. He was, however, not capable of doing either one or the other— Count BRESSON had just executed the orders he had received. On the 28th August the marriages were decided at Madrid. He approved of the QUEEN'S mar riage, but certainly that of the Due DE MONTPENSIER was not, in a political point of view, worth the sacrifice of the English alliance. " You have," said M. TRIERS, "given England a check ; but, mark my words, you will have to pay for it." He proc ee d e d to observe upon the assertion that the Court of Spain had insisted upon both marriages taking place together ; but such asser tion, he said, was not supported by the official docu ments. Id. TRIERS then condemned the policy pur suedser ; in his optine question iontliem to thearriage twoporfoctehdeesobve sistersobserved, he declared with both brothers would have been b es t. P assing froluthepolicyof h that they were abominable. The French ! Cabinet, in the &A place, was wa n ti ng i n frankness' Having decided upon escaping from its engagements, it continued negotiations commenced under the emprise of those engagements. Want of frankness was particu larly manifested in M. GUIZOT'S interview with Lord NORMANBY. The Opposition journals make some strong remarks on the explanation given by M. GUIZOT on Wednesday of his conduct on Tuesday, which explanation they con sider an insult to those Members who had addressed the Chamber before M. GUIZOT made his remarkable de i3tohnast, ohfe the only statesman.defende t e t The Constitutionnel says-- . Guizet, in presence of the ' tto speak, and demanded the suppres sion'found it inconvenie n t as a desire of the ciiicussion as a concess ion, Yesterda M. Gil' whic h t every one felt to see peace confirmed. y difficulties of the situation, and not to add to its gravity, w self-loveitrb.thought g o u f h i zt:hotend Tue sday author e n ot .sd a a y t P . t e t h r h c a e e t i v e i l ° as replying to adversaries who C 6who pointed by MM. Berryer an d r was strongly s was the explanation given by pointed out how unbecoming f B himself cis dared that he wwanerteednottowaovrtohlyd of the h ' i t al ro . ubl T e iz :o ie f had another duty—to de claration of M. Guizot that he had not appealed to any one: in the disanesion taking place, but that he saw no inconvenient e had l taking a pre- M. Guizot of his declara ta ti k o e n f o o f r t i n h a o d n a o y te be o f o before. the reiterated ut Bi. Th ier he was unwilling to commence it ; that he of that assertion, the motives which had determine_ h. Opposition to guard silence existed no longer, and M. T iers caution for himself, and not for the country. In consequence of announced that he intended fulfilling the new duty thus The representative Government is one imposed on him by the declaration just made by important with the dignity of the assembly questions that have been examined since 18 30 should be Is what M. Timers expressed ofbdilyscu that discussion, l e ' andiT u it o is gravest completely discussed. This amidst the applause of the whole Chamber." We read in the Quotidienne:—" Our number of yes- Lerday was seized at the post-office, and in our bureaux. The warrant d oes no t name t h e ar ticle which called forth this act of authority. We have searched in vain for a phrase or word which could hive been a motive for any act of severity." COURS AUTIIENTIQUE.—PARIS, FEB. 4.—French Five per Cents., 118 f. 60c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 109 f. 75e. ; Three per Cents., 35E 40c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,280 E; Obl. of the City, 1,325 f. ; Neapolitan (Rothschild's) Defini tives, 101 f. 30c ; Romans, 100Uf. ; Belgian Five per Cents. c 1840), 101 f .; Ditto (1842), 102 XE ; Ditto Bank, 910 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 341,4 f.; E x change on London-- one month money, 25f. 22;ic.; three months, money, 25f. 71Ac. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FESZTJAAT 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 14% —Luxembourg, 2 Si—Namur and Liege, 2 %—Northern of France, 12S—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 —Over rase', 3 dis.—Paris and Lyons, 7% —Rouen and Havre, 26% —Sambre and Meuse, 6%. LADY JOHN RUSSELL.—Her LadyshiP, we are happy to state, was improving this morning. The answer given in Chesham-place to all who called to inquire this forenoon was, "her Ladyship is better." A deputation from the Health of Towns Associa- tion, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Lusignan, Dr. Gavin, Messrs. Abraham, Riadore, Clarke, &c., waited upon Lord Morpeth this afternoon with a series of suggestions for sanatory im provements, to which his Lordship promised his most atten tive consideration. JERSEY WREAT.—The Greyhound smack, from Jersey, arrived here on Saturday last, with wheat. A rising took place by som e inhabitants 'of the islands to prevent tho export of the corn, and an attempt was made to unship her rudder. The Zebra smack also arrived here the following day with wheat, after having had some difficulty to clear out from the island.—Plymouth Journal. 4. &? ' 01 4 , • 6 ; ' ) •ir • ." '; - Amok"; • flffllL,‘ :46 grriggiL, f 4,11.1114 r". ••••• • V ' 4:slltireS, " r 1g47.4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool has receded about lid. per lb. for American sorts, during the present week. Brazils, Egyptians, and Surat have been steady. The quantity sold has been 27,040 bales, of which 7,800 American were taken on speculation. The stock is 449,410 bales against 867,410 bales at this time last year. The average consumption per week this year has been 17,226 bales, while last year to the same date it was 32,582 bales, a striking result of the effect of high prices. The speculative purchases this year have increased, on the other hand, by 26,800 bales. These are fact s wor th know ing, and will be appreciated accordingly by reflecting in dividuals. The Share Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather firmer. A great many Railway Shares were disposed of at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s public sale yesterday, and prices were considered firm, although no great advance was noticeable. The following are a few of the principal sales : East Indian ... Waterford, Wexford, and Valentin 0 5 0 North Staffordshire London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 7 6 Great Luxembourg Buckinghamshire, ex int. 4 7 0 Newport and Abergavenny Shropshire Union and Canal 1 8 0 Leicester & Bedf.rd, Exchange Certificate 0 12 0 Cornwall 1 0 0 Caledonian . Shrewsbury and Hereford Louvain ala Sambre 1 8 0 Northern Counties Union 1 7 6 Ceylon ...... Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 4 2 6 Eastern Counties, York Extension.....„ 4 15 0 Madrid and Valencia Great Western of Bengal 0 6 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 The Bank of England returns to January 30 are of some importance, as the following note of the principal changes during the week will serve to prove : Notes issued, 26,172,870/. ; decrease, 593,3901. Bullion, 12,901,658/. ; d ecrease , 541,2221. Public deposits, decrease, 205,6171. Other deposits, decrease, 695,895/. Seven day and other bills, decrease, 11,303/. Other securities, decrea se , 383,585. Notes, decrease, 463,615/. Although the exchanges were rather firmer yesterday afternoon, the exports of bullion are known to be large this week, at least half a million sterling, and the arrivals of grain continue large, as well indeed as of other provisions. There is nothing of p ar ti cu l ar nove l ty i n the advices from New York. The banks are stated to be in a healthy condi tion, and trade wos active as might be expected with such large exports. The Public Securities have been exceedingly quiet this morning. Consols realise 91 to 91% for transfer and the account day. The premium on Exchequer -bills has been firm, at 4s. to 7s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 92% to 93 1 / 8 . Bank Stock is firm, at 203 to 204. Mexican Stock is still rather in favour, under the im pression that the mediation of our Government will be of fered. The Active Bonds are 22 3 / 4 to 23 1 / s . Spanish Three per Cents. are supported at 34%. Dutch Four per Cents. have been quoted 92% to 92%. The Share Market is rather more buoyant. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .• • • .. • • 303 204 204 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91% 91 91% 91 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 91 % 91 91 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amis. 93% 92% 92% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16 9 9-16 Consols for Account • • • • .• • • .. 91% 91 91 Exchequer Bills. 1 lid. 1,0001. 7 p m . 5001.. •• 4 7 pm. Ditto, Small •• .• 47 pm. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account --• 86 Chili= Bonds, 6 per Cent .. • .. 91% 94% Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 53% 52% 52% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .• . 19 19 Mexican Bonds, 1846, b per Cent .. 235 23% Ditto, for the Account 22% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. 39 39 Russian Bonds .. .. •• • . 112% 112% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account • • • • . 24% Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4l 23 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .• 5% Ditto, Deferred .. • . .. 16% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 34% Ditto, for the Account .. . • .. 34% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent .. Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 92%% 92% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 24% 23 16% 34% 34% Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% 2 3 4 ...... • • • 2% Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .... ••••• • • • .. 126 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... .. ••.. • • . 14 Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 425. —•• • . • ..... 5% Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 225..... % • p...... Buckinghamshire .. 84s. .. • • %p• • • • % Caledonian .. .. • • .. .. 30 .... .•..• • • . 26% Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 .... 1% I P t , Cornwall .. 5 ...... 7i Direct Northern Scrip .. 2% ...• • • • • • • . 2% Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 21% 22 • • 21% Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 4% East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 •• ••••• • • • • 16 1 4 Ditto New .. .• • • 5 • • ..........7 Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. 1U ••• • •••. • • • 236 East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... 614 % ..... 6% Great Northern (London & York Regd.)" .. • • • • • . 2 36 .... 23 ... 2% Do., do (Direct Northern Regd.) 3% .... 3% 34 • • 3% Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% .... 26% . • .. 26% Great Western 85 .... .•••. • • • .. 125 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 74 • • .... . 74 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 19;4 • • .••• • • . 19% Ditto, New . • • • 4)4 .... 9 .. ... 9 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 64 34 ..• • • 6434 Ditto New .. • • .• • • • • 5 •• • • 85( 9 •••• • • • • 9 Leeds and Bradford 35 .... 81% • 815 E Leeds and Think 22% ...... .... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. 3,14 . .... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 2 .......... 4% London and 141ackwaU 16t. 13e. 46. • • • 8% London, Brighton. and S Coast.. 50 • • • ...... • • •• . 55% London ant North-Western. . • •100 ....193 ' .... • • • Ditto, Fifths 2 .... ,•••," 19 London and South-Western .• 411. 68.10 d... 6434 Ditto, Tenths .. •• •• •• 5 .. •• •• • • 5 1 4 Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • • • 4 •• • • 414 • .. • • 4 1 4 Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 , 2226 )4 • ..... 2234 Lynn and Dereham . .• 15 .... 17 ......... l7 Manchester and Leeds .. 132 —.••• • • • • 108% Ditto, Sixteenths .. .. .... Manchester, Buxton, & Matlo c k 425. ...• p........ Midland .. •• •. ..100 .. • 125)4 Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 30 .... 35% .......... 35y, Ditto, New .. 2 .... .. •• • • ...• 6 Newcastle and Berwick .. .• 20 •••• _32% •.• 32% Norfolk • • • • • • .. .• .. 100 .... .....• 128 North British .• .• • • 25 .... 34% . . 34% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 12% ... ••.• • . • 16% Northern and Eastern . • •. 50 .... ........ Ditto, New . .. • • .. 14 23 •• • 23 North Stafordshire . • •• 5 .... 8;4 1 4 • • 8 Preston and Wyre .. • • .. 25 Ditto, Half Shares .• .•.. 6% 9U •• . • 10 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. • • 3% % ........ Scottish Central • . .. 15 .... 22 .. •• . •42 Scottish Midland .. 17% .• ••• • • . 21 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 4 ••..• • • • 4 Ditto, Class B .. • • • . 1 •1%• • . ••. . • • South Devon .. .. 40 .... 34 .. ••••• • • • 34 24 South Eastern and Dovor .. .. 3354.... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 3%.... —••••— • • .. 4% South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Waterford and Kilkenny .. 11 .... 5% West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. 1% p ..... • York and Newcastle .. 25 ••..•• • • •. Ditto, Preference .. .. 2 .... 76% ........ York and North Midland .. 50 .... Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... • • Ditto. Preference .. 2 .... Do. E, and W. Riding Eaten.— .. 17 ..... • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 .... •• • • East Indian .. . • • • . ss. .• Great Southern of Madras • • .. .•. . • • • • Louvain la Sambre .• • • 6 .. ........ Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. • • .. 8 2 3 4 • .... . . . . % Northern of France .. .• • • 8 .. • . 12% % % Rouen and Havre . • . .. 20 .... 26% .......... West Flanders .. • • . 6 .... 2 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland .. . • .. 25 .... 4436 .. MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 326 5%" I . P 2g 2% 12% 27 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY) LONDON, FEB. 6.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH, FEB, s.—Wind N.—Off port, 4th, Devonshire, Prowse, Mauritius. PORT PENRHYN, FEB. L —Sid. Vernon, Boston, United States; 2d, Strathmore, Edwards, New York. LIVERPOOL, FEE. s.—Wind N., moderate.—Arrd. bells llarnett, Newby, Calcutta ; Cape Horn, Longuanir, Valparaiso; Warman, Cornelius, Rio Grande; Eliza Kellick, St. Domingo; Sarah Colburt, New Orleans; Thomas Ben nett, Sharman, Charleston ; Neptune, Reickenberg, ditto. Sld. Sea, New York. Off, Thomas Lee, Mauritius; York shire, New York. CLTDE, FEB. 3.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Ravenswood, Prim rose, Barbadoes ; Paragon, Berbice ; Francis, St. Kitts. DUBLIN, 4.—Wind N.N.W. to E.N.E.—SId. Royalist, New York. WATERFORD, FEB. 4 . —Wind N.E. to N.N.E.— Arrd. Citizen, Stafford, Havannah. Sld. regulator, Virginia; Countess of Durham, New Orleans. BELFAST, FEB. 4 . —Wind N.—Sld. Great B r it a i n, N ew Yor. RAMSGATE, FEB. s . —The London Packet, Newcastle to New York, was assisted in to-cloy, making two feet water per hour ; will discharge. SUNDERLAND, FEB. s ,—Wind W.—Arrd. Spright, Rout ledge, New York; Sir 11. Parry, ditto. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) cOVENT-GARDEN. Pine Apples, 65 to is ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to 6s per lb ; Dessert Apples, 6s to 8s per half-sieve ; Kitchen ditto, 45 Gd to Gs per bushel ; Oranges, 85 to 15s ; and Lem ons , 9 5 to 153 per 100; English Filberts, 100 s to 105 s per 1001bs ; Cabbages 8d to is 2d ; Red ditto, 2s to 4s. p er d ozen ; Potatoes,9B6d to 12 s per cwt ; Horse-radish, 2s to 48 per bundle ; Turnips, 2s to 28 6d; and Carrots, 4s Gd to 7s per dozen bunches; Celery, is to 2s 3(1 per bundle; Onions, 5s to 8s 6d per bushel; Mushrooms is 9d to 2s per pottle ; Sea Kail, 2s to 3s per punnet. FLIINGERFORD. The supplios of most articles on sal© to-day were mode rately extensive. On the whole the demand ruled heavy at late rates. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d • Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6(1; Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; and Pork, 45 to 55 per Blbs. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Each kind of prime meat, the supply of which was good, moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the demand was somewhat inactive:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 38 Gd to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s Gd to 5s 4(1; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10(1 per Sibs by the carcase. Turkeys, 5s to 9s; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Tame Rabbits, is Gd to 2s; Wild ditto, 10d to ls 8d ; end Pigeont, 6d to 10d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s ; and Barn-door Fowls, :is 3d to 6s per couple. Eggs, 12s to 13s per 100; Fresh Butter, is 1(1 to Is 3d per lb; Pheasants, 3s to 4s; Partridges, is 3d to 2s 6d; Hares, 2s to 3a; and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 9(1 each. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, Gs to 17s ; Brills, 2s to 5s 6(1; Cod-fish, 3s to 9s ; Haddocks, 9(1 to is 6d ; Whitings, 6d to 8d ; and Lobsters, Is 3(1 to 38 each ; Soles, 8(1 to 3s per pair; Smelts, is 8(1 to 3s ; and Thames Flounders, is Gd to 2s per dozen ; Eels, 9d to 1s; and Crimped Scate, 8d to ICd per lb; Mackarel, 22s to 31s per 100. WHITECECAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8(1 to 3s 8(1; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 4d; Veal, 4s Gd to Os 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10(1 per Sibs. HIDE IV/A.21.1MT. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2 3 /d to 3d per lb; do. 611 b to 721 b, 34d to 3 V ; do. 721 b to 80Ib, 31, 2 d to 3 3 4 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 , ,id to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 / 2 d to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5 1 Ad to 6d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Kent and Half breds, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Brtad in the metropolis are from 9 .l Ad to 10 1 / 2 d; of Household ditto, 8d to 9d per 4lbs loaf. HAY MARE TB. S 3II T,IIPIELD.--Meadow Hay, 2: 83 to 3/ ; I Clo v v e e r r ditto, load. 3s 31 5s to 41 15 s ; an d S traw, 11 9 s to , Trade dull, at but little alteration in value. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 85 to 31 155; Clover ditto, 315 s to 41 14s ;- and Straw, 118 s to 1114 s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WIIITECHAFEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 143; Clover ditto, 3/ 53 to 4/ 18d ; an d St raw , 1/ 8 s t o 1/ 13 s per l oa d. Supply good, and trade dull. QUEEN'S BENCH._(THIS DAY.) PERJURY—TILE QUEEN V. MARY DIXON. This was an indictment for perjury alleged to have been committed by the defendant in an affidavit in the Court of Chancery with respect to certain proceedings stated to have taken place at a public house called the City Arms, Millbank, Poplar, on the 28th of January, last year. The house was kept by a person named Newman, who, it appeared, lived with the defendant, and ox the day in question, as he was about to part with the house to Messrs. Reid and Co., the brewers, Mrs. Newman, who had separated from him the preceding month, went there with her solicitor, Mr. Masterman, for the purpose of defending her inte rests and those of her child. She found her husband inebriated in the bar parlour, in the company of Mrs. Dickson and her brother, whose name was Banks. Mr. Noble, who was related to her by marriage, shortly after wards came in. A deal of recrimination ensued. Shortly after Dixon and Banks left. Mrs. Newman afterwards received a cheque of 560/. from the brewer's clerk, on the understanding that it was to be paid on the following day. They came at one o'clock, and left about eight in the evening. It was not, however, paid, as Messrs. Reid declined to cash it without her husband's sanction. A bill was subsequently filed in Chancery by Mr. Noble, as Mrs. Newman's next friend, seeking that Court to interfere its authority to prevent the payment of the money to Mr. New man, on the ground that he was not in a fit condition to ma nage his affairs—but the bill was dismissed with costs, principally on account, it was contended, of the affidavit filed by the defendant. It stated that on the day in question, Mrs. Newman poured neat spirits down her husband'i throat with the view of making him insensible, and that she (Mrs. Dixon) knocked a glass of spirits, which she had drawn for that purpose out of her hand, and that Mrs. Newman whispered to Mr. Noble to let her husband have whatever drink he wanted. Mrs. Newman positively denied the truth of these state ments, and added that Mrs. Dixon poured neat spirits down her husband's throat, and that she knocked a glass of spirits out of her hand which she had drawn for that purpose. Mr. Noble, a linen-draper, in Shoreditch, stated that New man was in an insensible state, and that Mrs. Dixon poured some gin down Newman's throat ; she held his head back, and some went down his throat and the remainder on his clothes. Mrs. Newman did • not whisper to him in the way mentioned. Mr. Masterman, and Mr. Pilmore, the brewer's clerk, cor roborated this evidence. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant C. JONES then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the defendant. He said he hoped his Lordship would excuse his imperfect knowledge of the proceedings of the Court of Chancery. Lord DENMAN—I don't know that you ought to state that. You ought to know, and I am sure you do know, the pro ceedings of that Court. Mr. Sergeant Jones consulted the attorney. Lord DENMAN—That is not the proper way to conduct a case; it is very improper for a counsel to receive instruc tions from an attorney in Court. It is a very growing practice, and a very improper one, and it is one that the gentlemen of the bar ought to put down. I have frequently seen them spoil the case and ruin the cases of their clients by so doing. They don't understand that it is a great liberty. When a gentleman of the bar is addressing the Court, somebody tells that gentleman something which prevents him from going on with his address. Such conduct is quite inconsistent with decent manners and pro per conduct ; it is easy to give suggestions without doing this. Mr. Sergeant Joxas, after apologising, addressed the jury and contended that even the statements in the affidavit, sup posing them to be true, could have bad little influence on the sidt„and that it was possible the defendant might have been mistaken. They had failed to prove that NeW man was unable to manage his affairs. It was equally possible that Newman asked for the spirits, and that Mrs. Dixon bad simply supplied him with them ; but he should prove that the defendant did all she could to induce Newman not to drink, as the parties had come there pur posely to intoxicate him, and to get the money from him. Aperson named Harris, who was formerly in the service of Newman as a barman, swore thatle did not see Mr. Dixon pour spirits down his throat, and that both Mrs. Newman and Mr. Noble did all they could to induce Newman to drink. The defendant knocked a glass of spirits out of Mrs. New man's hand, which he had drawn for her husband who was quite sober, and who was not in the ,habit of taking more drink than other gentlemen. Newman himself deposed that he was quite sober at the time, that Dixon did all he could to induce him not to drink, and that both his wife and Mr. Noble did all they could to induce him to take brandy and water, in order to get his money from him. Mrs. Dixon knocked a glass of spirits out of Mrs. Newman's hand, and Mrs. Newman one out of hers, with which she was serving a customer. She took 8001. from him, and had him left at the Three Nuns, in Ald gate, with 11 1 ,id. in his pocket. lie admitted he was in toxicated at that time. A Mrs. Gillham, who had been in his service, corroborated this evidence. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said Mr. Noble was to blame for filing the bill in Chancery, as it appeared that Newman, instead of being insane from drink, was an acute and sensible man. It seemed very remarkable that Newman so easily parted with the cheques. The jury found the defendant Guilty. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS The Court was eng age a t o - aa y with a special jury case, arising out of a dispute with the Sun Insurance Company as to the amount which ought to be paid to an insurer for damage done by fire. The case presented no point whatever of any interest to the public. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY. IN RE GILLIAM - . This bankrupt had carried on business as a jewel case maker, in Frith-street, Soho, and having filed his own petition, came up to pass his last examination. Ills Horiours observed, that in this case the balance-sheet, if such it could be called, commenced on the Ist of January 1844, with a capital of 436/ ; his debts 5041., liabilities, 1611., the assets not being enough to pay the expenses of the fiat, his property consisting of pawnbrokers duplicates, the official assignee stating that he had not bees able to collect any of the debts, nor likely to do so. This was, as of nine out of ten of the cases which now came before the court—a case in which the bankrupt filed his own petition, and had not a single farthing for his creditors. In such a case he would not grant the certificate. On this subject, and in cases of insolvency where the insolvent had no assets, he had to make some observations on the application hitherto of the statute in regard to them. His Honour then proceeded to say that a petition had been filed by a person named Baum, and lie had not any estate to be administered by this court. and it was such a case as he had alluded to. His Honour said the frequency of petitions of this kind, and the mischief which arose induced him to look carefully over the Acts, and he had been assisted by the suggestions of his friend and brother Commissioner, Mr. Ellison, of Newcastle• on-Tyne, who had adopted in his Court the course he (his Honour) would now point out. His Honour then read the petition, which was in the form prescribed in the schedule of the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, in which is a clause in which the in solvent says that he is desirous that his estate should be administered under the direction of this Court, and that the same amounted to not less than Now in this, as in a great many other cases, the blank was tilled up 0 0 0, this was a gross perversion of the Act, and a mere mockery. How could the Court distribute "nothing." It was not within the meaning of the Legislature that persons who had not a farthing for their creditors should conic before this Court, which had not the power of inflicting a direct and intelligible punishment, for by these acts the rights of the creditors were taken away without an equivalent. In such cases he should refuse, unless good reason was shown that he was wrong, granting in solvents the relief they sought, but leave them to apply to the Court of Insolvency, which had the power to punish the guilty and acquit the innocent. His Honour then referred to the cases in which the petitions were filed by the bankrupts who had no assets, and said that in those cases the object of the Act was departed from, the principal of the bankrupt law being the fair and equal distri bution of the bankrupt's estate and effects; and the bank rupts appeared to think that in going through the necessary forms he acted in " conformity with the law, but he had only half done so, not having placed any assets for the benefit of his creditors, but had either squandered it away or given it to some favoured creditor. Under those circumstances, also, he should hold that the statute had not been complied with, and should leave the parties to seek the relief and meet the punishment which the Court of Insolvency could, ac cording to its opinion, inflict. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY). PULLING NOSES IN COURT.--A young man of highly re spectable appearance, named Harris, was charged before Mr. Greenwood with assaulting Mr. Robert liobbs and pulling his nose in the passages of this court. From the evidence of the prosecutor, who stated himself to be a private gentleman residing upon his own income in Calthorpe-street, it appeared that on Monday last a charge was preferred by him against the defendant for having knocked at his door, and, as is often the case in such charges, the usual threats of indictments for perj ur y were bandied between the parties before they left the presence of the Magistrate. The moment they got into the passage, close by the door, and almost before it was closed, the de fendant stopped short suddenly, and after calling him a number of opprobrious names, caught him by the nose and gave it three or four sharp twinges, which nearly brought tears into his eyes. The defendant denied having pulled the complainant's nose, but acknowledged that after lie (the complainant) had called him a liar and scoundrel, and paid him many similar compliments, he shook his hand in his face, but never touched him. After evidence was called for the defence, Mr. GIMENWOOD said it had been proved that a very serious contempt of the Court had been committed. It li'2B a great presumption on the part of the defendant to commit such an act almost in the presence of the magistrate, and he should fine the defendant 405., and in default of payment, commit him for a month to the House of Correction. The fine, as a matter of course, was immediately paid, and the defendant left the Court. RE -APPEARANCE OF THE POTATO DISEASE.—At the ordinary meeting of the Botanical Society of London, held last evening at the Society's rooms, 20, Bedford -street, Covent-garden, J. Reynolds, Esq , Treasurer, in the chair, Mr. Barnes, of Sidmouth, exhibited numerous specimens of diseased potatoes, which were of this year's early crop. Mr. Barnes could find no potato free from the disease, and he was afraid it would be more serious than last year. THE DEER IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK.—PRESEN.. TATIONS TO TUB POOR OF WINDSOR.-It has just been deter minrd by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as the Ranger of Windsor Great Park, to cause a considerable decrease in the number of deer in the royal domains at Windsor; the quantity which is intended to be killed and given to the Poor of the five parishes surrounding the Park being 76. LEICESTER TRADE.—The general trade is flat. In Spring gloves and cotton hose there are orders in the market at old prices; but we believe that thenew rates of thread and cotton could not be realized. W oo l s an d yarns remain firm, but without alteration.—Leicestershire Ofercury. A CAN krEVI AMER.. . 1 - R TANT F. 1 0/hr 4 :45 1 LATER AND IMP&, TITER ( " 4 2;e0 AND THE Ul\ ' 11POODI :sr • Asit, -;// ot, Jew York psi The splendid and really fast-sa._ 'teas• .asst arr i v ed ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailey, i c. orf r f ity days. from that city, aft e r a passage 0, lh) : brings papers to th e 17th u ltimo , fou. b days Ister the au cftunts already received via Havre The chief iteiz of important intelligent thatrell; to the war with Mexico. We take the following mary of news from ono of the New Yt )r k P arrs received : ably Eaut The great topic of interest here, and pot as conneZled with the war between the tin Mexico, has i,,;,?n for some time to swede f oes for ma the Mexican Congoss: as to the pacific ,ovet of the niestilli made by this country. We have information to the 1 ' of the Mexican Congress on th e 4th ult., but 1 , 1 3 ' civic !, ti to which dates from the capital hale been 'tubject•!l direct reference seems to have been mule to th. 4 'ruts that a previous rumour which - obtained g eneral C. pos it us, that the Congress had relined to entertain any 14 ir o n 0 --444- th S e t v at it ei V „ t i from our side while the American soldiers irPna , not ), is sr soil, and American cruisers off the ports of ite; ',l fc i i st? founded. But the Congress is said to have d eclart. that' Anna as President, and this would iiesni to give au ;0 to the language of that personage in hit last ,'..etter to ( at o Taylor, in which he expresses the decided 00 0 1 a tae' Mexico will never treat for peace while the eneMls occupy her soil. A few days more will probtailY giv e P intelligence on this point. fated "The solicitnde telt here for some days past fer the General Worth's corps in the advanced post Sate aid paced by a much larger force of Mexicat from Sao doli epee 1, I'otosi, was relieved this morning by instead of striking at Saltillo, this Me,xican force i ear vanced towards Parras, in the expectation: proba b ki P P prising General Wool who had occupied . that Mit who, it now seems, in obedience probably to anteri.r b had united his detachment with that of (3,4ineral Saltillo. General Twiggs and also Genei their respective commands, had reached r3aittilrh . r tii g e combined force would be able to hold that ; Plaon - 1 • Mons and water fail not—nainat any ati ;auk' " General Patterson had reached Victoria, a rid thus 5-- " Major-General the pass from the oa-board to San Luis. Quitroans • Gri rgib for Camargo, and would probab l y p h r a o d b ably embarkednuu assume a o on ti t e h e e o it tn i ni n s e a ls; chief on reaching there, acting therein in 'perfect with General Taylor, wh.o, we are quite s life in 2155 7 - will General ch eerfully sco czpineraaltle places' wltl. 1 instead of desiring to lie relieved and re turn ho n i r ied, his senior offi' ter ..and of nd movements for b , : t 0.0 the onservice.the Gulf alt Gulf coast another blow has bee',4 st resources of Mexico by the cap titre of Lagv.na tit ° 00 30 4 nos, in the provinces of Tobasco,' And of snnin c a `r munitions of war there. _isled "In the Congress of the United' states, 10= ; 1 - cruse deal of animated discussion about at 'e origin 4 In't,Li of the war, but one opinion prevails as to" th e I I .roP"',10 1 necessity, now we are in, of fighting i actl a in ' g ten money will be freely voted. Already a °ill foe • ) 5,- a bo new regiments of regulars has passed th. * 1 - 1610 4 *,„„r i atbo," been promptly taken up in the Senate. Ai Inther - - ,o "y",refr rising a bounty of 12 dolls. to each enliste. "„1 - -mutt 1 2, 8 :, i gatirt ouslybeen passed, and is now the law, and. rocruitop it has commenced. ; • " There is more difficulty about money thin 'Amy; sitteg The state of the Stock Market, in which t he Unitea _or Six per Cent. Stock last issued, is selling at 97 Of ?limit*. cent. under par, combined with the infl , tence t 11,601 treasury law, which requires that all payi ?ten t s to t e por vernment shall be in coin, operate strongly • zgaing" th .% pet sibility of effecting any new loan at or near p ar for 0 , cent. stuck. In order to obviate Otese diffi cat Jae. , a!" pot ported from the Committee of Waya and , Meall o 15 a . before the House of Representatives, autthoris ,g the ir f r og twenty-one millions of Treasury note..T,• in t ,sirso, pSr 50 dolls , to'loo dolls., bearing six per cent.: interesne, at able at the end of two years; or with the . : Prti ile it P er the option of the holder, of ,being exchai aged fora "" to" cent. stock having twenty years to run- .that ,e note(eue, transferable by endorsentent, and receivil . tde •tfOr al l - of the the United States • and the proceedt frogs tta o. B3 ' sfi two itas public lands, whic h average some 0 , 4 'Mans - fo r r a half million of .dollars, to be sPechdly l e wd os e the interest on these notes,:whiCh,moreave: t,ansly,he rr t at pleasure, so that the whole amount in t o,3llllstion„ s t ron ° one time does not exceed the original si ill of Ore' millions. • • 'Cone " This issue, it is thought, if {a n d by r in veat' will find favour with the public, as .ntreri ni ; a " gue op d r ment for surplus funds, of which a I.lrje n onnt)it $ rise posit in the various banks, with all Ott' WeCr lora dell in the United Six per .Cent. Stock, wittch , res briaP of peace in the intermediate time coult..V - not feat ta~u>a Being transferable, moreover, by endstrset tents , an nye aist'' small sums, they will constitute a venal 46' rid e— t currency. ba ess ` e t " The effect upon the general currency *TA tends tot such an absorption of the capita' tsmsaglL,,,P - iiiis in commerce, may indeed be prejudicial. rot; Tzpoie would be much mitigated, if a large portio o ld in notes of small denomination, which in th el se o live from hand like bank notes. fe " At any rate this seems the most, if hot ; thn,winpront to plan for raising money, and what is hardly 1 00 Irtioest of the Administration, of avoiding the impost tif4 l . ° • the augmentation of duties!' folowinik - Respecting the commercial news, we find lltho . „ T0 .16:1 a paper of much repute is New York. It is kteu ;n o. " Since the departure of the .steamer of 4 " ° busin ess in th ° there has been a good deal of aninsation and ` bu to zi n ger ter*lll cotton and produce market. The adcaGee in pol e , c ent- P er since that date may be stated at from lb.. and the demand is still good, most. y ; • bola: Live rpool for to g - ex, f o r borne consumption and for speculation. Fre t -6. 1 1 t h , w Hair" from 1 113 F l o ih r b c es en t t. fiour square bales is from ss. fid. to 3s. Bd. per' / I "' without any very animated den..." - • in-I.changes on raucous Mere is cons Wet able with'an ii ward tendency. Bing On,Lon4on .I.l4ige from to'6* - , on France at 5 421 to 5 43i. the pried' yemains about dcgs. _so WO' " Below 6i on London bills, coin cart I*3 Imported t pay commission, and considerable sums .rte looki,d for by t u " steamer of the 4th instant." A correspondent, on the 16th of January, OhSen - es The markets still sleep in the torpidity 01* winta r. 'POO% cotton is rather brisk, and with an upward t endenioYi Yet./die quotations to be relied on as permanent, can aid)* boll A until after the arrival of the Hibernia, now ex . pfsote ui- yo few days. The sales for the last week in N. ew. blot, varied at from 1,200 to 2,000 bales per day. Fr l / 4 'ii h e t i s for lower, and ships becoming tolerably numerous •-4s. • flour, and 17d. for grain, are the average rates to LirerPtvii, Exchange on London is rather scarcer than usnid -11 42ic; market, and up to bi and 6 per cent. ; on Pa ris ' I' Stocks are dull. Money 6to 8 per cent. Flour i s *s e -r°2 for 5 dolls. 50e. for Genessee but not brisk ; 4 done . e Pennsylvania ; and 4 do ' lle. 75c. in Baltimore ;to ditto mond city, 9 dolls. 50c. to 76c. ; Indian coin , 7 7•1i80." meal, dolls. 87ic. ; Ohio wheat, 111 c. ; Genesee'' RAILWAY RETURNS' Bag' A ., p „, RAILWAY TaaFtic.—The following are the . Total Re- tEI w iic .t o ways for the past week—that is to say, up to •the dato• W m • t o u Ow' respective returns are made, together with t. 141 I'oo4 o week in the previous year:— Week ending t• Lb. week • 1, 3° 653 NAME OF RAILWAY. lan. 30 29 28 Arbroath and Forfar .... • •••• •• . Chester and Birkenhead •• • •. • • • Dublin and ..........Drogheda• Dublin and Kingstown . • • . • • •••••• • • Dundee and Arbroath.....•••••••••• Durham and Sunderland .• • • • •• • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • •• •• •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancasihre . ............ Eastern Union .• • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • . Glasgow and Greenock •. • • ..... .... Gravesend and Rochester .... ........ Great Southern and Western • • Great Western, &c . Ipswich and Bury •• London and Nerth Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11.............. London and Brighton ....• • • • • • . • • •• London and Croydon . • • • • •• •• London and South Western. • • • • • • • • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Mary port and Carlisle • • Midland, liristol, and Birmingham.... Newcastle and Carlisle•.... Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ Newcastle and Berwick • • • • • Norfolk • • • ... • • • . • . North British • • • • • • ........ Paris and Rouen ... • • • . Preston and Wyre.....• •• • Shrewsbury and Chester • . • • • • South Eastern and Branches •• • • • • .. South Devon.... • • .. . •• .. Taff Vale • • • • • . • • • • . York and Newcastle . •• .......... York and North Midland ........... 3,062 D,145 443 1,951 953 939 16,209 ___ '383 34,874 713 5,279 5,174 7,416 1,734 16,816 3,837 460 r,292 1,205 5,703 n 76 VO5 6,238 775 1,262 5, 055 ; 90 64 1 . 6,2 2 1 4,35' 7 - ,470 5„d)02 CORN and FLOUR IMPORTATIONS LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY' AFTERNOON.—The wi tad i 8 no g westerly, several vessels with corn and flour have, arrived to; day, and numerous others will d ou btl ess soon an r i ve . The n e has been a strong effort to-day to sus t a i n p r i ces , ' bu t a ll ash , that the fall must continue, though, of course, temporss rallies will occur. Messrs. Littled a l e , i n th e i r rdonau Circular, issued to-day, say— " The all-absorbing importance given to the food que at u i° ;di ll induces us to give the imports of corn, fl our , & c ., into t" port daring the month, which, tho ug h th e w i n d h a s bee n adverse, are large—equal to about 250,000 quarters of grs u i.l and 1,500 tons of provisions, a n d a ff or d an earnest of pi s we may hope to receive during the next six months. stock of all kinds of grain in the United Kingdom on '"t sth January, in bond, was 361,400 quarters, and the prese' stock of flour in Liverpool is 500,000 b arre l s . O ur opio l .,. °t, on the question of foreign supply remains the same as ' pressed in our circular of October l as t ; an d, a lth oug h It of impossitle to arrive at a correct estimete o f th e s tocks "'„ grain in the hands of farmers, we believe th em t o b e fully a par with those of last year. The scarc ity th us f ar bas he el c i t in a great measure, a speculators scarcity—not a reality, an how long they may continue to hold up th e market~, whether prices will be driven up still higher, it i s impossi': to say; but we think they have m ar ked th e i r h; g h es t range . —Morning Paper. —.or! BIRTHS. On the 31st tilt., in Alhc rt-strc et, Mornington-crescent, MIS. Ge °3B Baker, of a daughter. On the 2sl inst., at Londondery, Mrs. John Allen, of a daughter' & On the 2d inst., at Weimer, the Is ife of B. T. 81Kken, rAt'' daughter. ClsPhaul w On the 3d inst., at Bleak Hall-1111a, New Park-road, park, Mrs. James Maitland Pods, of a daughter. of a On the 3d inst., in Great Trinity-lane, M rs. J . If. Kincaid, daughter. MARRIED. third daughter of the late Don Ramos Di Castilla to LialtEllanti en ea. Ow the 27th of Novemter, lrs derburne, of the Hll on. East India Ce m p any ' s 69, Eegllnea of Ben' gal Native Infantry. , at Landeur, E ist Indies, DIED. On the 25th ult., the Rev. Charles Claude Clifton, ISL -Rector of A' , - Llanvigan and Llanvrynach, North Brecon, aged 44. raall. r r, i tll n i l lis p t la ., c a e t , ' l k i ( a l d e hi Addington - ° r o n ; On the 31st tilt., Sarah M ar i a , t h e wife of M r. Thomas Co c k Rev. W. Fidler, aged 31. re t child Of On the 2d inst., at Clif ton, H enrietta Lou i sa , Cie youn- 5 of O C n u i t n h b e e Captain Henry B. Savill e, Royal Artillery. -----''---"-"'.-- ---- -2 7ricairtyo,-rCoaamd,herv, ell, aged 3. Agues, the wifo of the Londfin•. Printed and Published by ASII RDO YOUNa, of No. 112 ct , Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Stran d, 1u the Poe; of the Savoy. in the Cvuuty of I%liddlescx, iitturdaY, x hruAry 6, 1847. _ -~~~ •.{ T - . •