The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUTIY-1-kNE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed lia:te's Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon,:Mr. Weiss ; Floreville , M r. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastle; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. King Mal-a -PrR. opo Iss,aacs ; Mr. Barley; Madame Corinne,l Miss Romer ; Grisette, Miss !rivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas panto - 1 Hahne, being a mixture of the historical a nd legendary, en The tRI HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEOR GN THE DRAGON. AND Overture and Music composed by Mr, B. H u ghes ; 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. Sluman ; th e Dresses by Mr s. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produceNd under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. AsODE know ALTBA. TIIE ENCHANTREs:4.7I)ate and lo- Malty not exactly , but considered by the Antb?Uarian Society to have been discovered "somehow or other," "some tune or oltt alie, her," Dear " somew here or other " Kalyba (the E nchantress, net by m i s tress of all the elements , exce p t those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr H. Horneastle ; Fiends a:al Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything' but a common expression of countena nce), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Bart, Connell, and 11. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. (the flair Ele ments, with a strung love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; tile March of Intellect (travelling "incog." as" Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of, Industry, dam by Science, °tit of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect nays 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 - . Ifsrraws. or INFANT ScHOOL. Sh— c oo aster Mr M.,- wig, who, at the request of his " Illur,trions 'Visitor," gives the boys a Lalf-holiday on th,:. occasion. Scene 3. - ExTEnlon AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. — The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own 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 ten Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day--how he makes his" first , " an d nearly lus " last " appea rance i n public on the occasion — how his cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, Tames, and Anthony come tow ish him many hippy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, anti come again to Scene 4. KALTBA's Hots,: OF CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. 11. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland tit. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney 1) Mr. Heath, Mr. Deuelas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept lu 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 w e won ' t a nticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom Scene 5. Doyen. Roans.—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 Corn panics." Scene 6. BANKS 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, Kim; of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahmi Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. I'riorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &e. How Almanzor came to . Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tiento tneir being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Laving 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, Musa or 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 oitinself ), Mr. Wielvid. How this " marriage in high life" is sui , ienly 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," &c. (vide Morning tapers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? " 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 a the "Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN THE 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 fell 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 Seen 9. GRAND HALL OF CRIVALRY.—TIOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the I'rincess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends In Nevi' Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon..... Mr. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT- Lra'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 flies to the Clown's head. Scene I I . CORNCHANDLER'S SIIOI. 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. TINMAN ♦ND 'TAILOR'S SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot tr." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. _ _ Scene 14. Ism - aloft OF Flamm 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. THE STATrE ♦S IT Is ; or, 'Wellington at llrle-park. corner. Keene 16. Tim STATUE ♦S IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. "Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, ILkYMNRIZET. tinder the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside Story. Sir Arthur Foljambe, r. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwyttne, Mr. Wabster ; Ducks, Mr. Buckstone ; Harwood, Mr. Howard; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Forttscue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " La Ilavadere," " Itallana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. After which the new Farae, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord C-urtington, Mr. 801 l ; Sir Arthur Love!, Mr. Howe ; Seoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, 3lrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynoldg, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of lioz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. TILLS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Anunal.of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albeit Smith, Esq.. called TILE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal the sacte'rs by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows. Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. ._• : After which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, Kinloch, and Oaberry ; Miss Villars, Miss Turner, and Miss Arden. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled TAE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. _ rfIEATIIE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING WM be performed an originalrornantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. 4 haracters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, kc. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wins Bride. Piincipal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cellenrord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Inas Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNDAI ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armineourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Beliejambe, Mr. Leffler; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Campton; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton; Bumps, Mr. Honner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Honner, Ilincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which a new Farce, entitled SCHOOLBOY FROLICS. Sir Gabriel Gabbleton, Mr. Granby ; Captain Masterton, Mr. Yining; Albert, Miss Marshall; John Wildgoose, Mr. Cowell; Clara Montresor, Mrs. Hughes ; Matilda, Miss E. Horner; Mary Wildgoose, Miss Somers. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderthl performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame liean Polka," Introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chratmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCNANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING will be performed the Comic Vaudeville of LA DOT D'AU VIRGNE. To conclude with the popular Play of' DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cesar de Bezan, Mons. F. Lemaitre ; La Maritana, Clarisse. Boxes, 65., Pit, Is. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at ball-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS Pa, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, on SATURDAY EVENING next; doors open at Eight (there being no performance on Thursday , next). And will (by desire; give &GRAND DAY Pk:RFIMIMANCE 'IRIS MORNING, Jan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the Performance 10 commence at half. past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Itoynl Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries and Musie-sellers ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious M a j e sty the Queen, Prince Albert. Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. The new Grand Christmas Pa ntomime increases in attraction, and is pronounced to be most magnincentfor novelty, scenic, and mechanical effects. Wlll be perform e d a TRIS EV ENING Utlea THE DEMON grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en- Cb L'ined Bit. gran d ; or, Th e Twelve Wishes and the To be followed by Batty's aCENEA of the CIRCLE ; with She performances of Laurentz Walff, the great Belgian horseman. To conclude with the successful comic tquestrlan Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIRY EA ; or. liariluiqauttligiqaunind,Amlirl.l\aZ7).t.tliaanrd. the Itobber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Itochez ; y Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa. Waite. Ve g t - ; ,x.ottlee open from eleven . tdi five o'clock..__D (.„ ,t, si. and c nnmence at half-past six o'clock. —Stage Manager, Mr. W. IS ronilfoot. ROYAL SURREY TREATiti Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge, THIS EVENING Spill be performed an original Drama,' entitled THE HAND OF CARDS_o•IME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will De si pported• by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING 01 THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Denlin ; Pantaloon, Her R. Deuliii ; Columbine, Iddlle. Theodore; Clown, Herr N. Deullii ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, 1 9,, Half-price, 6d ; Pit, 6dd Gallery, 3d..—" The Black Doctor" received by crowded audiences with thunders of applause, tears, and enthusiastic cheering; and the great " Go-a-Head Pan-. !mime" pronounced, by unanimous opinion and the public press, the best production of the season. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G , Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Howard, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTM OF THE STEAM ENGINE • o Hariequiu G o _ a .neftcl," and Joe Millet and hie Men. Clown:Mr. r, T. Barry, BY THE AUTHOR OF " wurrrynuns." C SAR BORGIA--NEW EDITION. IN A FEW DAYS. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-Street. - ----- DEDICATED BY ENPRESS PERMISSION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Now ready. in 3 vols., with Illustrations, 31s. ad., bound, M ARY ANNE WELLINGTON , THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER, , AND WIDOW. By the Rev. RH ICARD COBBOLD, 31.4. Author of " The Illstury of Margaret Catelipole." " This interesting work, we have no doubt, will attain greater popularity oven than Margaret Catehpole.' "—Sunday Times. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MIRTH AND MARVELS. Now ready, in One Vol., with two Portraits of the Author, and Illustrations by Leech and George Cruickshank, price 10e.Gd. THE NEW AND CONCLUDING SERIES OF THE INGOLDSBY LE GENDS; Or, MIRTH AND MARVELS : and other P..EMS. With d 31enluir of the Rev. R. 11. BARHAM. Ed:rd by his SON. New editions of the Fli'St AIR; s e cond Series of this W ork may be had of all b o oksellers. -oldsby m ay well be called _ "Of the school to which he belonged Tm s . ~en presented with so Poet Laureate. It is long since tho town has ~----I.e.,A thenaama. racy a body of anecdotes as are to be found in hit. • t , t. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-MST` ---._...._.. ~ RALLY/AY SHARES BY PUBLIC SAL:2•• MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAIL •-eta EIHARE, ./?:CTIONEEES, beg to thank their Fri, and the Public for their continue d su pp ort and patronage, an, to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., Like place every TUESDAY and FILIDAIG at One o'clock. at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to bo addressed. All scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day ore vious to their being offered advices of results will be rwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, l tall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. JIE WEATHER—SUN Otncz, JANUARY 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 34 BAROMETER, 30.06.—W1ND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 27 minutes after 10. I Eyening .. 3 minutes after 11. 4„ - l'Ai 4 rie l %if •.,,,,•aut .1.4,-. . _ ..-----) ' ... _____Zl‘.. ,14‘• .e4-='-.1..1V1r'401P-ti, - ' ' ..4.' •ikt-tio Z`'...triets2o;, ' "7. ' .. 0.211,ELP.' ,,, AN 1 . : .., THE Sir l4, _ T►~VE DN RS))A MQRNING, JANUARY l3, 1847 fib rutt ift _int.4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1847. A Legislative Assembly has never opened more ominously than the Spanish Cortes for the session of 1847. With a reckless audacity altogether without any parallel in the records of constitutional monarchy, the Isturitz Administration has wantonly violated one of the fundamental principles of the national code. In causing Senor OLOZAGA to be arrested on his way to assume his place as leader of the Opposition in the House of the Legislature, the Government of Queen ISABELLA has offered a heinous insult to all the most sacred and eminent institutions of the Peninsula. By thus violently seizing the representative of the electors of Albacete, the Ministers have committed an unpardonable offence to the electors throughout the Spanish dominions ; they have bearded the Opposition beyond forgiveness by thus incarcerating its avowed chieftain ; they have contemned the supreme autho rity of the Cortes in regard to one of its most dis tinguished members; they have exceeded the autho rity allowed them by the moderate regulations of the Constitution ; they hare trampled upon the privileges, and the prerogatives, and the holiest rights of every citizen in the empire. It is now absolutely impossible that any other reparation can be made to the Penin sula for this enormous political offence saving the retirement of the present Administration from the offices which its members have so shamefully abused. Even supposing the most treasonous and fla gitious acts were " brought home" to the im prisoned Deputy, even supposing that Senor OLOZAGA were proved to be guilty of some pro digious treachery, whereby the very existence of the Constitution was endangered, the Ministers of her Catholic MAJESTY have shown themselves too liable to exceed the administrative authority reposed in their hands, they have shown themselves too capable of in vading the powers solely intrusted to the representa tives of the sovereign people, they have shown them selves too capable of obeying the most arbitrary plea sures of royalty, to be permitted to continue with impunity their course of shameless and contemptible obsequiousness. So many acts of oppression have recently been sustained by the population of the Peninsula, either from the Cabinet of the Tuileries or from the osten sible agents of that Cabinet, that it is a comparative satisfaction to discover, in the arrest of Senor OL o- ZAGA no single evidence that that proceeding has occurred either with the connivance or approval of the French Government. Indeed, the Parisian press, Ministerial as well as Opposition, has been unani mous, almost without a solitary exception, in its indig nation at this daring violation of the popular preroga tives of the Spanish peninsula. Beyond this, it would appear that the Count DE BRESSON has expressed his displeasure at an act so calculated to destroy the cha racter of the Ministry under Senor ISTURITZ, and thereby to militate against the interests of France in those territories. It is manifest from this, if from nothing else, that the occurrence to which we are re ferring cannot possibly have originated in the council chambers of his Majesty King Lours PHILIPPE. We appreciate the sagacity of that extraordinary man too thoroughly to conceive for a single moment that he could have been so preposterously short-sighted as to instigate Senor Isruarrz and his colleagues to the commission of a crime little less than the crime of Ministerial suicide. We are consequently disposed to acquit those Gallic politicians who have hitherto striven to jeopardise the independence of Spain from any participation whatever in the seizure of Senor OLOZAGA-a seizure which is more likely than the most flagrant pandering to the ambitious avarice of the French Monarch to arouse the Iberian people to a consciousness of their own perilous and degraded condition, and simultaneously to rekindle in their hearts the smouldering fire of patriotism. Before the Cabinet of Madrid had taken, or had probably even conceived this most hazardous experi ment upon the patience and`forbearance of the Spanish community, vs e looked with curiosity and interest for the commencement of the sessional labours of the Cortes. That interest is enhanced, that curiosity is redoubled. Jt now remains to be seen whether there is still sufficient dignity in the new assembly of re presentatives to prompt them to vindicate their cha racter thus perilled, their authority thus thwarted, their individual and corporate prerogatives thus con temned and usurped. It remains to be seen whether the electoral inhabitants of the Peninsula are still sufficiently impressed with the responsibilities accu mulated upon their shoulders, and the solemn immu nities ensured to them by the decrees of the Consti tution, to incite them to the publication of some spirited protest against the official robbers of those responsibilities and the official violators of those immunities. Either Senor OLOZAGA must be convicted of some extraordinary offence against the law, or against the sovereign Lady regarded as the representative of the law, or against the fabricators of the law—the Spanish people; or the Government themselves will ipso facto stand convicted of an extraordinary and treasonous offence—namely, the causeless assumption of despotic power. Among the various living states men of Spain who have attained any degree of emi nence, the name of OLOZAGA has acquired a conspi cuous position. With a mind enlightened beyond the average enlightenment of his class—with a heart prone to cherish all the attributes most calculated to reflect creditably upon the social condition of his countrymen—with an ardent loyalty, and a patriotic enthusiasm, and an immaculate character, and an in dependent disposition, and an eloquent tongue, OLO ZAGA has ensured to himself the affection, and com manded the respect . of a very considerable majority of the Spaniards. His influence in the Cortes may be at once recog n i se d i n th e f ac t o f hi s h av i ng b een chos en leader o f th e O ppos i t i on. I n attac ki ng suarnoaorie; therefore, peculiarly and contumeliousi n attaching him an dmi insolent, he Ministers have assailed the entire community upon a point the. most certain to arouse all their sentiments of indignation and all their p ass i ons o f revenge. Th e colouring of thewhole t ransact i on i s to enhance so peculiarly v ill anous as rather th an t o mitigate population. of o the of three entire years llt er a t n he intery wrath al the enmity I, proceeding. OLOZAG A A o is On of the Court f a cti on towards Senor gratified by this unco ns tit ut i onal applying to the Ambassador in Paris f or passports to enable him to revisit his native country, he is, at the instigation oC . , the Afrancesado Cabinet, positively re fused. Ult imately he obtains the requisite passports from the Syanish Consul at Bayonne, but then, only after first producing for his inspection the certificate of his eleotion as Deputy for Albacete, and, secondly, after referring to the enactment 'of the 25th of April, .1846, whereby the impeding of any popular representatives by any functionary whatever is rendered punishable by death. Never theless, in spite of that stringent and explicit enact ment, Senor OLLNZAGA is arrested on his way to Madrid, and immured in the citadel of Pampeluna. It actually becomes a question whether in violating the sacred office of a Deputy selected by the people, and a member of the Spanish Cortes, the Ministers have not simultaneously violated the law of the 25th April, 1846, and thereby committed a crime expiable only by capital punishment! Under similar cir cumstances a monarch would be sheltered under the shadow of that august dogma—" The King can do no wrong." Such protection an Administration is alto gether without; for we have yet to learn that " Mi nisters can do no wrong." There is no loophole, in tied, through which ISTURITZ and his colleagues can e „:*.tse; iiiiere is no subterfuge by which they can be scrt:;ql==fl ; there is no excuse which can be Qn. Aker ministering to the accepted as a palliak. ruthless ambition of a foreig2 potentate ; after bar tering the liberties of their country for the favour of a French Sovereign and the presentati - 0 of a few gaudy ribbons; after rendering their post as Di.(:!lis ters to Iberian royalty a mockery and a shame ; after bowing like vassals to the will of a Gallic Ambas sador, and winking at the rapacity of a regal concu bine, the Government of the Afrar.cesados has now rendered itself for ever odious and detestable by an unparalleled violation of the laws of the empire. We regret far less that our Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser, cannot concur in the views we have offered in opposition to the immediate abolition of capital punishment, than that we cannot coincide with those which they have embraced in its favour. The primary instincts of humanity rest undoubtedly with their side of the question—and it is impossible to divest oneself of great respect for those who enlist their feelings and energies in aid of philanthropy. But while we honour their sentiments we arraign their judgment. We hope and believe that the day will come when extreme punishment may safely be blotted out from the statute-book. They think the time is already come—and herein lies the chief point of difference between us. On the other hand, we are glad to perceive a union of opinion in other respects. Our opponents agree with us that polemical contro versy had better be left to professed theologians, and therefore that civilians especially would do well, when addressing public meetings on this question, to avoid referring to the Scriptures; and they further agree with us when they state, that "it is not by the gallows that men or governments are to reform and improve society, but by a moral, religious, and Christian education." When the blessings of such an education shall have been universally diffused among the people, then, in the natural order of things, will the black apparatus of death become obsolete in practice ; but when we are urged, by those desirous of prohibiting forfeiture of life by law, to infer and be lieve, that the people are already tufficiently educated in, and imbued with, the principles of morality and religion, we grieve to think they are in error in drawing such flattering conclusions. We concede to our Contemporary that the abstract merits of the question of the expediency of abolishing capital punishment are not, and indeed ought not to be, affected by the unskilful arguments and infelici tous illustrations in which the speakers at public meetings have recently indulged. But these speakers look to win over public opinion by the conviction which, as they conceive, they ought to work in oppo sition to the existing law; and therefore they ought to have been more painstaking in the selection of their materials for accomplishing the end which (however mistakingly) they humanely hold in view. The unhappy juxta-position in which they placed murderers with lunatics, objects of real com miseration, and still worse, with the honourable pro fession of the British soldier, is revolting to common sense. The hypercritical argument, that the word " sword," historically considered, is, in the text, " the magistrate beareth not the sword in vain," as em blematical in its signification as the word "sceptre " would have been, is altogether devoid of weight. The sceptre has always been an , emblem of regal power—the sword, from time immemorial, an instru ment of destruction. " The sword " may, or may not be used in an emblematical sense ; " the sceptre " can only be used emblematically. But, granting the word " sword," in the passage alluded to, to be purely emblematical, then it is an emblem of magisterial power, absolute, or restrained by law. If the law warrant punishment by death, as is the case in this country, then does capital punishment certainly seem to be authorised by the text ; for we are told that the sword shall not be borne "in vain." If the magis trate's power be absolute, and merely dependent upon his 'will, the case becomes still worse for the view contended for by the abolitionists. With all due de ference, then, we must adhere to our original stric ures upon the speech of Mr. ALFRED STEVENS. t Our Contemporary asserts, that if punishment does not prevent crime, it should not be sanctioned. But the fact, that murder is still committed does not make good the truth of his assertion ; because no punishment, hitherto invented, secondary or justly , proportioned as it may have been to the offence per petrated, has had the desirable effect of extinguishing that or any other particular species of crime ; whereas, if our opponents' proposition be sound, it would, when pushed to its legitimate results, lead to the abrogation of all punishment whatsoever. Let us try our Contemporary a little further. He con tends life ought not to be taken away under any circumstances. Suppose a man to enter his room, and threaten his life with a loaded pistol at his breast, and the alternative to be that he must either kill his assailant, or be killed him self. We apprehend the answer to be, that he would be justified in taking the life of the assassin in self defence. Precisely upon the same principle does so ciety act, in its collective capacity, as he would do in his individual. If' it be rejoined that it is not a necessary act on the part of the State to take life, when the prisoner in safe custody, we answer that the purpose of the law (which is never one of vengeance) is not only adequately to punish the criminals, but so to punish as to act as a warning to others, and thus to defend society at large, as far as it can, from the inhuman sacrifice of innocent blood. Again, we are challenged " to account for the decrease of some kinds of crime since the substitution of secondary for capital punish ments." In the first place, we would observe that executions are comparatively rare to what the — y were, and so far we have a reasonable presumption that the present law is working favourably. In the next, we might deny that crimes, to which secondary punishments are attached, have decreased. And here we would remark the complete absence of all statistics in the numerous speeches that have of late been made upon this momentous topic. Our adversaries are bound to furnish their statistics. We could then analyse them, and discover what they are worth. However, crimes may have been lessened on account of secondary punishments being more justly proportioned to the respective gravity of offences, and that, as a conse quence of this, parties have been more willing to pro secute, whereby a prompt and certain punishment now overtakes offenders, who formerly escaped with impunity from the severity of the law. Another reason may be, that by the enactment of better law 3, incentives to different crimes have been removed. Such was the case with respect to forgery, when the ore-pound notes were done away with. Such has likewise been the case by better understood laws of revenue leading to the extinction of smuggling, formerly the prolific source of so much shedding of human blood. These are suggestive reasons which we advance to convince our opponents that they ought to produce their statistics. We do not yield to them in sentiments of humanity, but we feel we best appreciate this sentiment when we evince a dis inclination to the extinction of a law, framed for the protection of our lives, being carried by unsupported dicta, and reasonings, which, however specious, are nevertheless feeble and inconclusive. The memorial from the noblemen, gentlemen, and landed proprietors of the county of Kilkenny, which has recently been presented to the Lord-Lieutenant n of ot the m b e e r s e t ly att f e r n o t m ion th an e d r m an o k st , s o e f r l i o r Ireland, consideration, nd,ia deservi ab w ne h nd o e j m fiuts i t t t he h ha a s ta r w b a e e o e tue n lrd t o r f a b n et shme conferredi s t o t e g d g , e b s t u i t oon f n r s o imt theot f fhceeor country moderate respectability, and intelligence of the gen tl emen b y s so N d o e t e h p in ly g i c n a t n ere b s e te m d o in re a N; i a y lu le a g bl is e la t t h i a v n e that their the adoption.partie measures that may be introduced for the regulation of the employment of Irish labour, and its due direction into the most beneficial channels in the manner least oppressive and burdensome to existing interests, should fully inquire into the nature of the existing laws, and the manner in which they can be carried into execu tion, that those persons should point out the practical inconveniences that may be found to attend their working, and to render them less advantageous to all parties than they might be made by the adoption of some slight modifications or alterations. Even if the conclusions arrived at should not be fully warranted by the premises, and that the Executive should not be disposed to approve thereof to the fullest extent, the discussion that must take place, the facts on which the opinions are founded, and the several details that will inevitably be elicited, must tend to the propagation of sound principles and their eventual triumph. The Treasury minute regulating advances under the Drainage Acts, to which we have already adverted, has obtained the almost unanimous approbation of the Irish landowners, but, excellent as it is admitted to be, there are some additional points in which it might be ameliorated. It enables persons desirous of improving their estates to do so in the most desirable manner. They are permitted to select the particular works, to carry on operations without being burdened with the cost of unnecessary and expensive superintendence ; a fair time is afforded to them for the repayment of the advances that may be given. The period within which the entire amount must be liquidated appears to have been most judiciously chosen, so as to pre serve the just rights both of the tenant for life and the remainder-man. The interest to be charged is very moderate, and little, if any burden, will be felt by the borrower, for the increased value of the lands con sequent upon the outlay will be amply sufficient to pay the full amount of the instalments both for principal and interest, so that there will be no dimi nution of the annual revenue of the proprietors, while the lands are permanently improved. But in `lreland it is essentially necessary that every en couragement should be given to those persons who are anxious honourably to fulfil the duties incidental to their position ; and, on the other hand, that no loophole should be given by which the negligent landlord should be permitted to evade or escape from his just responsibilities. It would, indeed, be too hard to cast the entire burden on the kind-hearted and benevolent of not merely finding occupation for the destitute poor belonging to their own estates, but also of bearing a portion of the expenses occasioned by the apathy and disregard of duty of their neighbours. The Kilkenny memorial points out that those per -sons who avail themselves of the provisions of the million Drainage Act would still be liable for their full proportion of the baronial assessments under the Labour-rate Act. Although they may provide work for their own people, and give employment to a larger number of persons than would fairly be required in proportion to the quantity and quality of their lands, they would have to pay as large a rate for unpro ductive and useless works as the parties for the support of whose tenantry and dependents these works were solely required, whereas, if they proceeded under Mr. LADOUCIIERE'S letter, and obtained presentments for useful works sufficient to give full occupation to the unemployed labourer in the elec toral division, they would be wholly (and most pro perly) exempted from any portion thereof. It would, therefore, be more desirable to proceed in the latter manner, but that the terms offered are much less favourable to the borrower, both as to the rate of in terest and the period for the repayment of the prin cipal, than those offered by the Drainage Acts; there would also be a heavy additional expenditure in the payment of the staff, &c., which would deter the proprietor from availing himself of these advantages. It is, therefore, suggested, " that in any enactment which may hereafter have reference to this subject, as long a period for repayment of the money, and as low a rate of interest as allowed under any other Act, should be granted to the bor rowers ; and also that such an Act should have a retrospective view in justice to those landlords who may have already availed themselves of the provisions of Mr. LABOUCHERE'S letter." These propositions are not only just in themselves, but are based on sound policy. Every encouragement should be given to those who have come forward in the first instance and set a good example to their neighbours ; other wise, all would hang back and bide their time, until they saw whether any better conditions could be obtained, and the most beneficial measures would be retarded and delayed. The next suggestion offered—" That in any future enactment any proprietor who may be willing to take the full amount of his proportion of the assess ment for productive works should not be liable to any part of the remaining sum to be levied on the electoral division" —is of the highest importance. We have long been convinced that it is the only means by which all the la ndowners c an be induced to act fairly and to improve their properties, and bring their lands into the than highest degree of cu l t i vat i on. It i s now more four months since we asser t e d th e since obtai ne d many i n fl uent i a l principle,advocates. and a hasenonce the prop r i e t or o f t h e so il i s convincedht the poor of his estate must be th Nvt i sup ported, either in id leness or in useful industry, and that he himself mu st p a y fo r that support, that he cannot more cast innocent an yp po rtion of the e x p ense on other and a rties, there is little doubt that he will adopt that course which is at the same time most beneficial for himself and for the public in general. T suggestion is to the effect " that some outlet should be a fforded to the surpl us p o p u l a ti on by h The other offering every facility for emigration." This is doubtless a most important topic, and one worthy of serious consideration. We are not, however, dis posed to place so much faith in emigration as a remedy for the ill s of Ireland as has been given to it by many intelligent persons. We do not concur in the opinion that the social ills of Ireland are produced by an excess of population ; on the contrary, we think there is an ample field for the useful occupation of every able-bodied man in the country, in the full development of its resources, in the reclaiming and bringing into cultivation the 3,755,000 acres of waste land which, according to the report of Mr. RICHARD GRIFFITHS, the eminent civil engineer, published in 1845, might be drained and cultivated with advantage, and in the bringing into better condition the 14,000,000 acres already in tillage, but not half cul tivated, and which the most competent per sons are of opinion might be made to quadruple their produce by judicious improvements. 'The same amount ofmoney that would be required to expatriate 'an industrious family, and settle them with some de gree of comfort in another land, would reclaim a sufficient quantity of waste land to support them with equal comfort in their native country. Some allowance should he made for the feelings of the parties themselves, and none should be compelled to emigrate, to be driven into banishment, without their full and free consent. If adopted at all, it should be merely as an 'l' auxi tary remedy to the great and paramount ones—the reclamation and improvement of waste land—and not by any means as a main relief for the ills of Ireland. We shall, however, gladly hail the full iscussion of which the subject is so worthy, and which must tend to elicit and eventu ally establish the truth. An insurrectionary movement took place in the canton of Fribourg, on the 6th. The inhabitants of the districts of Bulle, Morat, and Romont, assembled for the purpose of marching on the capital in two columns. Finding, however, that the Government was prepared to resist the attack, they retreated. Intelligence has been received of the death of Lord BERNARD HOWARD, at Cairo, on the 21st ult., from congestion of the brain. His Lordship was the third son of the D uke of NORFOLK. Advices from Constantinople of the 24th of De cember announce a partial change in the Turkish Ministry : " The old Seraskier Hosref ro,eha has fallen, and has been replaced by Said Pacha as Generalissimo of the Hos “Darbohor Resehid Pacha has been made a muchir. "It is said Riza Pacha has been named aide-de-camp of the Sultan, still retaining his office of Minister of Commerce. This is a most important move, and may lead to a crisis for the p resen t Ministry." We mentioned yesterday that intelligence had been brought from Lisbon to the 6th by the steamer Achilles, and that CASAL had defeated the Miguelite General, MACDONNELL, at Braga. The following is CASAL'S official dispatch : " Most Illustrious and Excellent Sir,—lt having come to my knowledge that the Miguelite guerrillas, with Macdonnell at their head, caused much inquietude in the province of Minho, carrying their hardihood to the extent of appointing authorities in the name of the pro scribed usurper, and giving it out that my division is in accordance with them, I resolved to march on this city for the purpose of attacking these enemies of her Majesty's throne and of the national libertiz - s ; and I now proceed to give you a succinct account of the attack which took place yesterday, to be submitted to their Majesties, until I shall have time to describe it more in detail. I entered Braga yesterday by main force, and succeeded in completely defeating Macdonnell. That adventurer had entrenched himself within the city, and forced from 1,500 to 2,000 men, whom he had with him, in great part soldiers of Evora Monte, to fight despe rarely. They had 240 killed, some of them being colonels and lieutenant-colonels, and one major prisoner. We had 36 killed and wounded—four officers of the number. We had also two horses wounded and one killed. The fire lasted for four hours. " God guard your Excellency I __ _ " BARON CASAL. " Head•quarters at Braga, Dec. 21, 1846." Casa', issued the following proclamation the day after the battle : " Inhabitants of the province of Minho,—An English man without character, a Spaniard utterly unknown, four ecclesiastics, the disgrace of_their order, and half-a dozen men without name, virtue, or morality, seducing some and forcing others, have waged war against him who offered you peace, and sealed with blood my en trance into this province, when I meant to have strewn my path with roses. The valiant division under my command has inflicted on them the merited chastisement —may the lesson prove beneficial ! Mercy is open to those who shall repent, but justice will fall with all its rigour on those who shall not desist from their criminal intentions. Inhabitants of the province of Minho, the legitimate authorities are installed, anarchy has ceased, and the necessary orders are issued for the re-establish ment of tranquillity. I reckon as much on the subordi nation of my soldiers as on the devotedness of my countrymen. Misled and deceived men, abandon for ever a banner—if such name it deserve—abhorred for its injustice and forgotten for its antiquity. Spare your selves inevitable chastisement. Run to me—the arms of a brother are open to receive you, and I guarantee the clemency of the illustrious Queen who presides over our, destinies. Let ' Queen and Charter' be our de vice ; obey, and you will be happy. (Here follow the usual vivas.) " Braga, Dec. 21, 1846." " BARON CASAL. The insurrectionary Junta at St. Michael's sent on the 19th of December an officer to Terceira, re quiring it to join the movement. The Governor, however, refused, and sent the officer back to St, Michael's. The extreme severity of the weather has prevented SALDANHA from undertaking anything of import ance. He was at Pombal on the 31 with the Ist and 2d brigade of the army of operations. His dispatches announce that very many of Das ANTAS'S soldiers have deserted over to him. On the 31st no fewer than 43 came over from the 7th Infantry and 7th Caga... dores. On New Year's-day 21 came over, and on the following day four more. On the last day of the year the QUEEN gave a grand dinner at the Palace of the Necessidades to Admiral PARKER and the Commanders of the several vessels composing the British squadron in the Tagus, and to Colonel WYLDE and Mr. SOUTHERN, the British Charge d'Affaires. The Diario announces that—" Her MAJESTY desired by this dinner to give a testimony to our ancient ally of the value she sets on the relations of friendship which bind the two countries." The Ministers and other official persons were likewise present. The Diario thus describes the state of Portugal at the close of the year 1846 : " Here, on the last day of 1846, we are without trade, without authorities, without law, without security, with out property, without peace, without order, without means, without credit, in the midst of bloodshed, loss of life, and every calamity and disaster." Accounts from Angola announce the destruction of two slavers by the Portuguese war schooner Nympha. The Portuguese troops in that colony had achieved a victory orer the natives. Madrid journals to - the sth have arrived. The father of Senor OLozAciA. died at Madrid on the 3d. His death, which, it is said, was hastened by the treatment his son has received, has excited a great sensation. Senor OLOZAGA is himself confined in the citadel of Pampeluna, where he is retained au secret. The following are copies, in the original Spanish, followed by translations, of the passport of Senor OLOZAGA, delivered to him by the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, and of the warrant of PIDAL, the Minister of the Home Department, for his arrest : " COPIA DEL PASAPORTII. "No. 173.—En nombre de S. M. Duna Isabel IL de Borbin por D. G. Reyna de Tudas las Espanas. " El Ceissui de Espana en comision en este puerto de Bayona y sus dependencias, Do n J o -e L o p ez d e B usta mante, del Consejo de S. M., &c., &c. " Concedo libre y seguro pasaporte al Excellentissimo Senor Don Salustiano Olozaga, diputado ii Cortes electo, paiaque por Irun 'use a Madrid, a egercer su cargo de diputado. Yo ruego I las autoridades, civiles y mili tares, asi Francesas coma Espanolas, no le pongan im• pepimento en au riage, y le ausilien en lo que pueda necessitar. " Dado en Bayona, 1 24 de Diciembre de 1846. " Firmado, JOSE LOPEZ DE BUSTAMANTE. " Derechos gratis.—Va sin enmienda. " Vir:ado por las autoridades de Bayona, Beobie, 6 Irun; la prima e 124, y la segunda el 25 de Diciembre." Trtinsiation.) " COPY OF THE PASSPORT. " Nn 173—1 n the Janine of her Majesty Donna Isabel IL de Bourbon, Queen by the grace of God of all the Spains. " Don Jo:6 Lopez de Bustarnente, Consul for Spain in this pert :of Bayonne, and one of the Council of her Majesty, &c., "Grants free and secure passport to his Excellency Senor Don Salustiano Oluzaga, elected deputy to the Cortes, to pass by the way of Irun to Madrid, there to exercise his duty us deputy. And I request of the au thorities, both civil and military, whether French or Spanish, that they present no impediment to his journey, and that they aid it in whatever may be necessary. " Given inß s i o y s on u ne Lo D p ec E . z24,DIBB4BUSTAMANTE.6. " Duties free.—Proceed without any question of cor rection on this document. " Vised by the authorities of Bayonne, Beobia, and Iron ; by the former on the 24th, and by the latter on the 25th of December." " COPIA DE LA ORDEN DE ARRESTO. "18finisterio de la Gobernacion de la Peninsula, Section de Gobierno.—(Reservado.) " Habiendo tenido noticia S. M. la Reyna que Don Salustiano Olozaga se ha introducido en Espana, se ba servido mandar, de acuerdo con su Consejo de Ministros, que donde quiera que seu ballado se le arreste y . se le condurca w la Ciudadela de Pamplona, donde perma nerca pars sur jurgado con arrexlo a las !eyes por el tri bunal competente. Y siendo el Capitan de la Guardia Civil, D-, portado de esta, uno de los engardos de esta comicion, os la voluntad& S. M. que los (ides Politicos y autoridades ante quienes se presente le faciliten cuantos ausiios, &c. " PIDAL. " Madrid, 28 de Diciembre, de 1846." (Tran elation.) " COPY OF THE ORDER OF ARREST. " Ministry of the Government of the Peninsula, Section of the Home Department.—(Private.) "It having been intimated to her Majesty the Queen that Don Salustiano Olozaga has made his way into Spain, her Majesty has ordered, in concurrence with her Council of Ministers, that he be arrested wheresoever he may be found, and conducted to her citadel o f Pampe luna, where he shall be detained until he is tried ac cording to law by a competent tribunal. Captain D—, of the Civic Guard, the bearer of this, is one of the per sons entrusted with the commission. It is her Majesty's wish that the Political Chiefs, and other authorities to whom he may apply, shall render him what assistance he may think necessary. " PIDAL. " Madrid, Dec. 28, 1846." Notwithstanding the wording of the warrant, that "he is to be detained until he is tried according to law by a competent tribunal," it is generally supposed that he will not be tried at all, but that he will be sent back to Bayonne. Many of the firmest sup porters of the Ministry have expressed their disap proval of the arrest of OLOZAGA, and their conviction of its illegality. To all remonstrances ISTURITZ re plies, that OLOZAGA is the enemy of the QUEEN. The Chamber of Deputies is still occupied in inves tigating the validity of the election returns. On the 4th, in reply to a speech from the Minister of the In terior, PIDAL, defending himself from the accusations brought against him of having unduly interfered at the late elections, Senor MENDIZABAL made the fol lowing speech, which may be considered as the pro gramme of the Progressista Parliamentary policy : " I have just heard M. Pidal declare that one of the two consfluences of his administrative course is the c reation of a g ovemment. He ought to have said a national government.' After an absence of four years , I fancied, as I entered t h i s ball, that j had been dreaming for three years and a half. Of this dream but one re collection and thought remained—it was that my happi ness would be complete, if, on the day of the inaugura tion of the Congress I might be permitted to address the nation. What I wanted to say, and shall now say, is, that it is reserved to this Congress to raise its voice with vigour, firmness, and unanimity, in order to exrress the wish that a veil be drawn over the p,iitical errors we all of us have more or less hitherto committed. Such is the only means of creating a national government. Exclusions prove but ot2e thin;—the w ea k ness of our i estitutions (and re member that many of you have contrftuted to their establishment)—great feebli.ness in the men now in power, or the great importance of those who are ex-. eluded. Do not forget a people who have made such mighty sacrifices for twelve `ears past—a people %l ho have seen so much generous blood shed for the consoli dation of the constitutional throne of our Queen. Yes, gentlemen, let us drop a veil over the Past, and not re member this day what occurred yesterday.. Let us think but of the prospects of our country. I should not hesi tate to make a formal proposal to this effect, but I and my political friends are not ambitious of such laurels. This glory is allotted to the gentlemen sittir on the Other side. It behoves us to accept this initiative, and the Government to agree to it, by co-operating in pro caring the felicity of our country. It is, then, that we shall be really strong, and that it will be said of us, in the words of a virtuous Spanish citizen, beware of the abyss opened beneath your feet ; it will receive all parties; some will fall first, but the rest will follow. This awful truth terrifies us. The Deputies of the minority of the Congress support so patriotic a proposal. Such are my sentiments now as in 1835, when I returned to my conntry after a grievous emigration of twelve years." This speech made a deep impression on the Cham ber, and has, it is said, been received with satisfaction by the Court. The Chamber will not be perma nently constituted until the 15th. The province of Gallicia has been relieved from. martial law. Letters from Cadiz announce that the Spanish steamer Villa de Madrid was burnt in the harbour of that port on the 28th. No lives were lost, and part of the cargo and the machinery were saved. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. s.—The Three per Cents. were done at 314 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 20,1 ; the Coupons at 184 ; the Passives at 61—one operation of 200,000 reals was done in the latter. The Union Bank of Madrid had issued its notes. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They all speculate upon the probable tenour, of the KING'S Speech on the opening of the Umbers on Monday last, but as the Speech will be found in another column, of course these speculations are now out of date. It will be observed that tie Montpen sier marriage is alluded to as a fresh pledge of those good and intimate relations which htive so long ex isted between France and Spain, and the maintenance of which is as desirable for the prosperity as for the reciprocal security of the two States, and that the Cracow affair is touched on very gingerly :—" An unexpected event has impaired the state of things founded in Europe by the last treaty of Vienna. The Republic of Cracow, an independent and neutral State, has been incorporated with the empire of Aus tria. I have protested against that infraction of the treaties." It is rumoured that in the original draft of the Speech the sentence relative to Cracow exhibited considerable energy, but that it was altered to its present inoffensive form by the desire of the KING. The state of the Bank of France still continues to excite alarm. The Siecle says_ " The shares of the Bank of France underwent on Thursday a full of 60f., which occasioned a depression of all the securities. It appears that the shareholders t ,ok alarm at the report that the Bald( was about to raise the rate of discount. We cannot tell how far that rumour was well founded ; it is, however, said that the Minister of Finance insists on the Bank reducing its amount of discounts ; and it is probable that several members of the Council of Administration, concurring in the views of the Government, are thinking of raising the rate of interest, in order to limit the operations. The im portation of foreign corn, by necessitating a con siderable export of specie, has temporarily lessened our metallic reserve. The Bank, in order to remedy that inconvenience, has purchased in London ingots anti dollars to the amount of 20,000,000 of francs. If that precaution does not sufficiently re-assure timid minds it would be preferable, instead of 20,000,000,- to lay out 60,000,000 in purchasing bullion, than to raise the rate of discount, and check circulation. If the Bank limits its discounts, it is not the wealthy bankers who will suf fer by it ; it will be the petty merchants of Paris. The moment, besides, would be badly chosen to visit them with such a measure, when they have so punctually ful filled their obligations. At the close of December com mercial bills, to the amount of 51,000,000, were paid by them into the Bank, without the least difficulty or delay. Notwithstanding sinister predictions and in the midst of a financial crisis, the m e r c h an t s o f Paris honourably met all their engagements. Moreover, money is'aburi dant, the last liquidation on the Bourse was atteeded with no casualties, and the calls of the railroad com panies are easily effected. There exists no real per turbation ; but the contrary would be the case if the Bank of France followed the advice of the Govern ment. The elevation of the rate of discount would cause a crisis in Paris ; and a crisis might produce con sequences which the Ministry is far from anticipating." The price of sour in the Paris, market on Saturday had risen one franc per sack. Rumours were circulated in Paris . on Sunday that there was a split in the Conservative camp, as many of the usual supporters of the Ministry were of opinion that a more energetic line of conduct should have been pursued with regard to the Cracow affair. These rumours were generally credited. The Three per Cents. were done on Sunday in the Passage de I'Opera, Paris, at 791, 80c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 11. Boulogne and Amiens, 154—Luxembourg, Y s —Northern of Fiance, 10 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Sambre and Meuse, 5 is—Nast Flanders, 3. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk yesterday in Claremont Park. Her - Majesty and his Royal Highness agginprumenaded in the afternoon. His lioyalHighnesS' Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning, attended by some of the gentlemen or the royal suite. Lord John Russell arrived at Claremont yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty, and had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked and rode yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Claremont. The Royal Family took airings in the af ternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac companied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck. has arrived at Belvoir Castle, Leices tershire, to honour the Duke of Rutland with a visit from Belton House, Lincolnshire, the seat of Earl Brownlow. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downit:g-street. Lieut.-Colonel Michell had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir Henry Dunkintield had an interview with Sir George Grey on Monday at the Home office. Mr. Samuel Fox had an interview with the Right lion. E. Strutt yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had 'an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exche quer. Mr. Kay Shuttlewarth had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of South Australia. HAYMARKET TUEATRE.—Fhe Conde de Monte molin has commanded the performance of Goldsmith's Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer," the interlude of "The Woman Hater," and the popular new extra vaganza of " The Invisible Prince," at this theatre to-morrow (Thursday), on which occasion his Royal Highness and suite will honour the theatre with their presence. THE DEATH OF A MAN CAUSED BY A BOAR.-- Monday E a sq n in a e tt s h t e i g c a r ti o o w n n e Sp s a g . r o o n a e d into r b m e o fo n r ci e s William asto Carter, the death of James Phcleys, aged 49. Charlotte Pheleys, of 22, Wright's-buildings, Bermondsey, deposed that on Wednesday last the death took place. On that day eight weeks he went to work in the yard of Mr. Newman, the scavenger, at Dockkead. She was there at the time, and a boy came and told the deceased that he could not empty her baskets of dust because the boar pig in the yard attacked them. The deceased went and threw a broomstick at the boar, and while he was picking it up again the beast rushed at. him and gored him with his tusks in the thighs. Assistance was called for and he was released and taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, bleeding very much from the wounds. He remained there for some time, but at last said he would go home, although she advised him to the contrary. He went to work the next day, but could no nothing, nor on the following, when he appeared so ill that a surgeon was called in. Mr. Marten, a surgeon, said that he found a severe wound at the back of the right thigh ; one on the other leg had bceen cured. There was er)s•palous inflammation, and inflammation of the lungs. The de ceased told him he had lost a great deal of blood from the wounds, arid the exhaustion consequent on it, together with the inflammation of the lungs, perhaps caused by exposure to cold in the yard, prAtlce:i his death, the injury, in the first instance, le mine: to th, , results. The jury returned a verdict in accerdince with the medical evidence, after censuring the t.arelessness of the owner of the boar, in allowing it to roam about the yard, especially as t was stated to have previously at tacked and njured another person. OPENING OF THE FRENCH C HAMBERS. THE KING'S SPEECH. The following is a translation of a copy of the Speech by which his Majesty King Louis Philippe yesterday opened the Chambers: " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies— " In summoning you to resume the labours of the session, my first wish is that you should afford my Government all your co-operation, in order to relieve the sutforings which this year distress a part of our population. I have hastened to order the measures best calculated to attain that object. I trust, that bf the firm maintenance of order, by the liberty liP a i security of commercial transactions, by an ample sou judicious application of the public resources efficientii aiding the zeal of private charity, we shall mitie these trials with which Providence sometimes visi ts the most prosperous states. " My relations with all the foreign Powers a fford me the firmest confidence that the peace of the world continues secure. " The marriage of my beloved son, the Duke ti e , Montpensier, with my beloved niece the Infanta 0 .. Spain, Louisa Fernanda, has completed the satisfec' tion and consolation which Providence has vouch' safed me in my family. This union will be a fre sli s, pledge of those goo d an d i n ti mate relations which have so long subsisted between France and Spaith and the maintenance of which is as desirable for tb ° , prosperity as for the reciprocal security of the 00. States. " I have reason to hope that the affairs of De Plata will, before long, be adjusted conformably to the views adopted by my Government, in concert' with that of the Queen of Great Britain, for the re establishment of the security of our commercial re' lations in those countries. "I have concluded with the Empt:ror of Russia 15 treaty of navigation, which guarantees to us, by just reciprocity i n our mar i t i me re l at i ons with that empire, advantages which it was important to us to preserve. "An unexpected event has impaired the state o f affairs founded in Europe by the l as t treaty of Vienna. The republic of Cracow, an independeP t and neutral state, has been incorporated with the empire of Austria. I have protested against this fraction of the treaties. "At home the constant progress of the plib li° revenue, despite of causes which might W e checked it, demonstrate that the activity and re' sources of the country continue to increase. T he finance laws, and various other laws, relative to 1 111 : portant improvements in the legislation and adol l ' nistration of the kingdom, will be submitted to you r deliberation. " The great public works which we have under' taken shall be completed with the perseverance whic h ' the interests of the country command, and with t 1 prudence indispensable to the maintenance of publi c credit. " You will also have to direct your attention t ° measures calculated to second in our African posses: sion the progress of colonisation and its internal prosperity. Tranquillity, so happily restored Algeria by the valour and devotedness of our army" permits us to examine maturely that important quas i tion, respecting which a special Bill shall b e presents* to you. " Gentlemen,—A common feeling animates li g ' You are all, like me and my family, devoted to the happiness and grandeur of our country ; and alreefif long experience has enlightened us as to the poli e l best suited to her i n t eres t s , b ot h moral and mater '' and which must secure its present prosperity and the future pacific and regular development of its de s ' tinies. I expect with confidence, from your patrioti‘ol and wisdom, the co-operation necessary to the a c : complishment of this great task. Let us assist eac° other in supporting the burden, and France will res? the fruit of our efforts." THE WAR IN KAFIRLAND. Papers have reached us from the Cape, containingli l : telligence a week later th an th a t w hi c h we l as t I°b • lished. Toe following are extracts:— " The intelligence from the frontier by the last P ° s ' though of a som ew h a t vague nature, is calc ulate d _"" create some doubt resp ec ti ng t h e po li cy to ,be ado r' i towards the Kafirs, the majority o f w h ose c hi e f s, it 10 . said, are about to submit th emse l ves. S ome assert t bel this submission will be unconditional, whilst others maw , taro that. they entirely object to the evacua ti on of toe country and their removal beyond the Kei. " We have ever urged the necessity of insisting ?v8 the very letter of the terms dictated to the hostile chiefs; and of emphatically enf orc i ng t h em, even b y f or ce 1 arms, if required. The colonists have an undouht right to expect this; and we , th ere f ore, regret t h a t to' nature of the accounts received again appears to eonfitr, the suspicion that the negotiations carried on with the y are stripped of that seri ousness w hi c h ought to b e the main feature. " Whilst we find the Chief Stock snugly quartered the Beka, Macomo and Botman are said to have outs witted Colonel Johnstone, the Governor's depute, afl extorted a promise from him, that if they would 1 1? down their arms they should be located in the vicinq of Block Drift.' To prov e hi s s i ncer i ty, the Chle Stock sent in 48 head of cattle, 6 horses, and 8 gunS.l addition to those sent in on his surrender; Maeomo Botinan, to prove theirs, brought in about 80 horses some 20 stand of arms, stating that Sandilla was S t desirous to follow their good examp l e. M apassa , Tam bookie Chief, after being wounded, sent a messsr a to the Governor, that having no more catt l e, h e e a hold out no long,r, and was ready to submit; and 11° . : terara, 'the great Tambookie Chi e f, h a d sent in, or wr, about to send in, 500 h ea d o f catt l e , as a present to th e Governor.' "Now, all this looks very fine, and the ' dear children of ntture' would appear very sincere in their profeS: sions; but we should ever be mindful, in such cases, thsl' it is not all gold that glitters;' and hence we are duced to examine on what foundation their professio n( rest, and t o h ave a glance at the other s id e of th e picture. What do we find? First of all, that Stock"; the sincere, the humbl e , th e i nnocent S toc k —who d ea lt' at first all participation in the plunder of the colon(: and consequently imposed on the credulity of the Ge: vernor, nue; turns out to have been a despoiler of ode: note, and to be entitled to all the glory of the defeat our forces sustained at Trompetters, some of the oxil sent in by him having b en recognise d as t h ose whic h had been taken on that o cca s i on . Whil st h e i s locale' at the Beka, several spans of oxen are taken from Newton Dale, and the thieves recognised as people be . longing to Stock ! " t3andilla and Macomo, on the other hand, Wbi lst prwe , sing contrition fo r p ast o ff ences, an d preten ding humility, circulate reports in Kafirland that the British troops have been beaten and given up the contest ; that , in fact, they had fallen heck to their ships, and all was now peace ; inviting their people, moreover, to retard to the cultivation of their lands. And this assertiod would seem to deserve credence from the fact that the Katirs are now actually engaged in tilling the ground. "As to Utnterara, he still denies having been engaged in the war, but is nevertheless considered to have shel tered cattle stolen from the colony, and will have to be dealt with accordingly. " Such, then, are the men with whom the Governor le about to arrange matters ; and unless he is able to outdo the savages in political stratagem, the consequences must of necessity be injurious, nay, disastrous to the well. being of the colony. We, however, anticipate a better result from the good senseoq,fihoinsdEayxcelleney.' , morning, " The. Frontier po s t, w hi c h arrived yesterdNayov.a9bo.o! half-past twelve o'clock, brought the following additions" though unimportant, intelligence: — (From the Cape Frontier Times of Nov. 3.) " His Excellency, it is said, we believe with truth , scarcely knows what steps to take for the best. He tend, we understand, to apportion the territory from the sea to Fort Wiltshire to the Kafir Chief Kama, accord' ing to certain missionary advice, and the same advice has been given against locating any whit es i n th e ce ded territory. There is an impression in some quarters the& the war is about to terminate, and the fighting over. However this may be, the Kafirs are still continuing their depred a ti ons. Yesterday some cattle were c a r r i e d or by them from the neighbourhood of Bathurst, and Mr. Goldswain's waggon, which was proceeding to Graham': • Town with an invalid belonging to the Cape Mounted Rifles, was attacked by a party of 14 Kafirs in Lushing' ton valley; and yesterday Mr. Palmer, sen., was obliged to return to town, having been discovered and chased by Katirs n ea r Bl ue Krantz Th e fam i lies of tbe provisional levies are now to be rationed by the Govern' meat, whether they are destitute or not 'There are, we understand, 5,000 Fingoes at Butterworth, who are ready to co-operate in any movement against the enemV• Letters from Pechlie state that Sandilla's men are desert ing him and going over to Macomo, because he is ify clined to be peaceable. Pato declares that he yet defies the English, and that if they want the cattle they must come and tdie them. The coedect of Jan Tzatsoe, who has returned to hug William's town, it is said r e quires exp',natieit, having lately held several communications with Sandi.lq. Bus Excellency, who, it appears' rived at Black Delft, was to meet Mecum") on the 29fh ule" - - - - LIVERPOOL, MONDAY rrERN 00N.—The C a mbria 5t ,,,„„, may be 10,1(11 ior about Thursday ; she will then inve been ekven d ays out H a lif ax . Th e wind is strong from the , 'astward. and therefore it is searceli likely that tto p .e;ce , slip Liverp - iol, of the 21st, &eta New Yuck, nth get iu before the steamer. The Caw bria's adviees will be to the Ist, from New Yerk. . MONI Your opi thretne,-, e mer ' 13 • x ea , is justit Pur pose ani tr ' It aPPE ac t of the l o ncluded 1 and, and r .eigu cou " us arra n t qualified r ,Z, a uthoris e d z eit or IVeot sr °f the orhei °l' °Piolou policy of th tract, or in w eak th e 1 t b: * e'uld Ix et Walk; PACES OF Bank Stock , Per Cent. i' v Per Cent. C Now 3U per t Ong Annuit 11clia Stock South Sea St Consols for C In dia Stock 4,Xchequer I Ditto, 5( Ditto. Sl :1-::164114121cle Ditto,tg 1 0 '1'1:11 il jeXa OF Gra nada E 'Vanish 5 bitto, A Ditto Venezuela Ditto Lh _ l7 LI: t re etr a uelgian, 2 Dutch 214 Ditto. 4 „rineEs fiber., Nc 01 . 1 d East e I riLst & c, , I ' lll4 and uitto Nev "irtoinghan b .ford r un , ' "Olt inghau whittnpton, 'grating., NI and Stour Birkenhead, Ciilib Glasgow, Ditto, : Do., 14