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Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.— • Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER'S SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature." " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint tiles to the Clown's head. . Scene 11. COTO:CHANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of " game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff" in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for "patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet In it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TismAN AND TAILOR'S SHOPS.--The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going oat a shoot ng." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISII AND FOREIGN TOT WaßEffousE. 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 STATUE AS IT IS ; or, Wellington at llyde-park• corner. Seem; 16. THE STATUE As iT W.ts ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. "Look here upon this picture, and on this." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. The nobility, gentry , and public are respectfully informed, that the New Theatre will Open the first week in April, for the per formance of the Lyrical Drama, on a scale of efficiency in every department never befora attempted in this country. The Ballet will include the names of the most celebrated Artists. The Prospectus for the arrangements of the Season will be issued in due course. M. BEALE, Director. January 9, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS E VENI G _ _ Will be performed the Comedy of LatiliON ASSURANCE. Cha meters by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, Holl, Webster, Brindal, Buck stone, Hudson, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Habana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. 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, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynoldi, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha acters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. IVoollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, :Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Farce of MRS.• WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, 'Unlock', and Oxberry ; Miss Villars, Miss 1 tuner, and Miss Arden. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss 0. lllcks ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION' OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOIBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATTONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Haulms, will ex hibit their wonderful Jena Gymnastiques. After which a gram! Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wins Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. O.:Del - vent, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand. Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejambe, Mr. I effler ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Honner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Homer, liincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte; Urlel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN BOWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Granby; Mrs. H. Hughes, and Miss E. Honner. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TIIEATER. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. On MONDAY EVENING Will be performed the Drama, entitled DON CESAR DE BA ZAN. The character of Don Cesar de Buzau by Mons. F. Le maitre; supported by MM. Lan geva l, Dumery, Car tigny, Pascal, Boron, Felix, Dorgebret, Tonrillon, Grenet, Lucien, 84;1a. Pagenier ; Mdlle. Clarisse, Madame Grassau, and Mdlle. Vallee. Boxes, Gs., Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. Doors open at Eight, and the En tertainment• commences at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a GRAND DAY PERFORMANCE, on WEDNESDAY MORN ING next, Jan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the PerfOrmance to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries and Music-sellers ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S IL Mr. A Iv I . I . P B H a I t T ty I!EATRE. Proprietor, YI Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prin c e Albert, by of Wales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled succ es s oat the the Christmas Pantomime, acknowledged by the press and the public to surpass all others for magnificence and novelty. THIS EVENING Will be Performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed RR. To be followed by liatty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; with humorous performances by Mr. -Henderson, as Clown. To conclude with the suceessfulComic EquestrianFaiAltomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin sold Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, air. Eochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, 3fr. Laffarini; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. -THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled TIIE HAND OF CARDS— GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters win be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime. called TIIE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Ha, equiii, Herr Deulin: Pantaloon, Herr It. Denlin ; Columbine •Mdtie. Theodore ; CloSvn, Herr N. Deulin ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Reduction of Prices.—Boxes, is„ Half-price, (d ; 111, 6d.; Gallery, 3d.; Private Boxea, 2 , .. The Victoria again victorious. Decided success of the new grand " Go-a-Head Pantomime." " The best Pantomime ever produced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in habitant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Panto mime."—Vide Public Press. l ' THIS EVENING Vs ill be p ' ; TintedTHlS THE BLACK DOCTOR. I n w hi c h Mi ss Vin tirr, rirrs. G. e, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hi c k s, Ed- Pr' w rds; Bird; Sqiet i r e, Forman, &c., will perform. After whicii - Will , produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE MAT OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin .. Go..*4l4,lllarvi oe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, "S smonde ; Harlequin, M. L u pi n° ; C o l um bi ne , Mcille. Adele .1! ) hires THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY THIS EVENING WM be performed Balfo's Opera. entitled TUE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vertton,:Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mi. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. ilorneastie; Ardeuford, Mr. O. •'. Ring ; Mal-a-ProPos, Mr. Barley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, miss R. Lsaaes ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced th 3 Grand Comic Christmas ran mime, be ng a mixture of the I - i s torical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Ilu i thes • the new and ex.' tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve , Mr. Tel b , and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. R. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a nost of auxiliaries.. The whole produced under the su - teadence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALTBA, THE ENCHANTRESS.—Date and lo itY not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other" Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Babb, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Honucastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each; the March of Intellect (travelling "Incog." as " Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of l'erseverarce, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect says a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sadden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.-3ChOOIIIISSter, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half•holiilay on thu occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR 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 Cate"), 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, lint at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their "cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance Is public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICE.—" 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, and come again to Scene 4. KALTBA'S HOUSE OF CORRECTION I—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—ln short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom! Scene 5. DOVER itosios.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. 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, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Aimanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not having even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, Kiss OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organ: of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak for himself), Mr. Wieland. How this " marriage In high life" is suddenly 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 Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? I "Orme he shall gorge ; I, says St. Geor ge , I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," I,COO to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S FIAIMT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— now the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CmvAtuv.—flow St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. ~J~ THE ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION. Now ready, in Bvo., price only ss. Vol,. VI. of THIEKS' HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AID EMPIRE. A Sequel to his " History of the French Bevo!ution." Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq. With the sanction and approval of the Anther. CONTENTS :—Ulm and Trafalgar—Austerlitz- The Confederation of the Rhine. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols. STRAWBERRY HILL By the Author of " Shakspeare and his Friends," " Maids of Honour"' &c. - " Here are no assassins, no poisoners, no zeros, Borgias, Cata limes, Richards of York. Here are the foibles of an age—no Tory bad one."—Horace Walpole. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Creat Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols post Bvo., price 1/. Ils. 6d. MEMOIRS OF GENERAL PEPE. Comprising THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS OF MODERN ITALY. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. " Rarely have we seen a more interesting piece of autobiography than these Memoirs of the veteran patriot. They unite the excite ment of romance with the dignity of history. The adventures of the writer have all that variety of peril, toil, and suffering which, in Othello's narrative, won the heart of Desdemona."—Athenmum. " Patriotism, valour, and honesty are impressed on every page of thes, volumes. The author could not have failed to produce an in teresting work."—Dally News. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. Will be published on Thursday nest. CONTENTS 1. DAVID HUME. 2. THE STREETS OF PARIS. 3. LOCAL TAXES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 4. BANCROFT'S HISTORY OF TIIE UNITED STATES. 5. THE CHEY. BUNSEN ON THE BASILICAS OF ROME, 6. THORNTON ON OVER-POPULATION. 7. GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF PASCAL. 8. ON CENTRALIZATION. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh :A. and C. Black. LONDON COFFEE and EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. The subscribers and friends to the above are respectfully in formed that a BALL, in aid of the funds, will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, on TUESDAY next, the 12th instant. Tickets to be had of the Committee and Stewards ; also at the Tavern. The Half-yearly Meeting will be held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet street, on MONDAY, the 18th of January, at Seven o'clock precisely, to receive the report of the Committee and Auditors for the past half year, with a statement of the accounts, &c. SAMUEL ABBOT, Secretary. 8, Bath -street, sTewgate-street: opulence possible in an empire as remarkable fo4Q4 as for its industry, it is quite certain that the y: must be a necessity for some extraordinary alters Lion in the relations existing between the proprietors of the soil and the workers of the soil. In the shires of 5.. 1 2 1 " - land, Ross, Inverness, and Argyle, throughout .the entire Hebrides, and in the insular group of Zetlanc:" there is a frightful want of provisions, a general cessation of employment, and a complete deprivation of the most ordinary means of obtaining sustenance. Both the cottars and the crofters are in volved in the most serious difficulties. Many have been compelled to dispose of their scanty live stock, of their superfluous apparel, of their more moveable articles of furniture, to buy meal for themselves and their children. Some have reduced themselves to po sitive beggary by selling their one cow or their one sheep, to satisfy the cravings of hunger. An eye witness writes from the Island of Mull that several of its inhabitants might have been observed " wandering over the blackened patches of land, and pulling up here and there a shrivelled root." Another writes from North 'and South Uist in these affecting terms :—The cot tars "are suffering already, and some of them, I fear, seriously, though their cry is not heard!" A third correspondent describes the privations endured by the people at Benbecula, at Uist, and at Barra, in more emphatic words. " Were Ito detail all the scenes of wretchedness and actual famine in the fa milies we saw," he exclaims, "it would melt the hearts and open the hands of every man and woman in the country." Such is the lamentable position of affairs in a considerable portion of the mainland of Scotland, and in the Scottish islands containing a population of 125,326 individuals. We are rejoiced to think that strenuous efforts are at length being made to alleviate the miseries of our afflicted countrymen. Labour still continues to be almost inaccessible, but the lack of employment by the local landowners is being in some measure compen sated through the earnest endeavours of benevolent men in the Scotch capital and elsewhere. In accordance with the recommendations of these honest and unpretending philanthropists, provisions of various descriptions have been purchased and dis tributed among some of the more necessitous districts. Meal has already, through their instrumentality, been forwarded to Barra, to Uist, to Harris, to the coasts of Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, and Argyleshire, to Skye, to Mull, to Tyree, to Coll, and to " the lumi nary of the Caledonian regions," lona. Through these active and spontaneous measures on the part of the more generous-hearted there has been an appreciable, though scarcely perceptible, diminution of the sufferings of those hitherto neglected multitudes. The example of munificence afforded by our Gracious SOVEREIGN and by the PRINCE CONSORT, must likewise act beneficially as an incitement to the philanthropic disposition of the nation. Private beneficence, however, will only be the lopping off of the branches ; it rests with the Legis lature, and the Legislature alone, to tear up these monster evils by the roots. SECOND EDITION. Since we adverted to the subject of capital punish ment, objecting to the views, and particularly to the arguments, of those who advocate its immediate abo lition, another meeting has been held to discuss the question in the Lecture Hall of the Literary Institu tion, Greenwich. When we call to mind the mode in which this grave subject has been treated, and the shallowness of the reasons advanced for re moving the extreme penalty of the law from the statute-book, we feel inclined to regret that any one of the recent public assemblies should ever have been congregated. In the hands of Messrs. ROW TON, VINCENT, STEVENS, &c., who have chiefly figured at the meetings alluded to, the question has certainly not prospered—on the contrary, it has retrograded. This failure arises not only from the unseasonableness of pressing for a momentous change in the law before the public mind and the state of society are duly prepared for it, but also from the most infelicitous blunders, as respects both facts and reasons, which have of late been committed throughout by the enemies of expia tion by the 'gallows. Moreover, we observe that every one of the speakers at Greenwich repeated the same fault which we have previously deprecated— that of giving a purely theological turn to the entire controversy, of introducing passages of Scripture wholesale, for the double purpose of undermining the interpretation of such as are relied upon by their opponents, and of producing others which seem to warrant their own conclusions. It may be urged that they are driven to scriptural argument in con. sequence of the confidence with which their adver. saries appeal to the Bible in support of capital punishment. In the first place, if the Abolitionists think they cannot succeed in their cause without en tering the arena of theology, they should be at some ordinary pains to come out of the conflict with ad vantage; but we must say that all their polemical efforts have been utterly ineffective. Vv'e gave instances of this during the present week, and, in reference to what transpired at Greenwich, we could go on multiplying them ad infinitum. Let one suffice. Mr. ALFRED STEVENS, struggling with the text, " the magistrate beareth not the sword in vain," argues that the sword was only an emblem of autho rity under the Roman Emperors, and that therefore the above passage affords no argument for the power of punishment by death. Few people, we think, will be convinced by such flimsy reasoning. The word " sceptre" is purely emblematical in its signification, which " sword" is not. Had the former been found in the text instead of the latter, there might have been much in Mr. STEVENS'S observation ; but, as the text stands, its sense may be taken (rather than the reverse) to be in favour of capital punishment ; and, therefore, we consider, Mr. A. STEVENS had better not have meddled with it at all. In the next place, we must insist upon what we have written on previous occasions, that references to Holy Writ are best avoided, the question being one of human ex pediency. Does the fear of the gallows prevent people from committing murder and equally heinous offences ? The whole matter lies in the compass o: this question. It is very easy to assert that fear does not deter people from perpetrating the heaviest offences ; but fear, we know, is one of the predomi nant feelings of the human mind. Mr. FREDERICK ROWTON observed at the meeting in Hol born, that " the fear of death never re strained from the commission of murder, because in every case of murder the spirit of the ruffian had risen superior to fear." This is singular logic to wish people to infer that, inasmuch as Lorne have overcome the feeling of fear when the gallows stared them in the distance, others have not yielded to the terrible apprehension, and been deterred from depriving of life their unoffending fellow-beings. It has never been surmised that, imperfectly consti tuted as society now is, compared with what we believe it may be brought to by the advances of civilisation, a violent and disgraceful death would infallibly repress the crime of murder. But if the present law has had the effect, by working upon the fears of mankind, of saving innocent men from the assassin's blow, then is it humane and beneficial. How far it has had this effect, it has been, and so long as the law lasts, will ever be problematical, for it is obvious, that men who have meditated murder, and from which they have alone been deterred by the apprehebsion of forfeiting their lives upon the gallows, would not run about bruiting to their neighbours the devilish purpose they had fostered and that cowardice alone had thwarted its gratification. Too much stress appears to be laid upon the fact that many who have been hanged had previously been present at executions. This only shows how fearfully debased, in all probability, their minds were when they first looked upon the apparatus of death, and by no means militates against what is also very probable, viz., that many have quitted the scene of an execution im pressed with the awfulness of the spec tacle, and with the resolution never to subject themselves to so ignominious an end. Again, the effect of example is not limited to the immediate pre cincts of the gallows. By reading and hearsay, it is extended throughout the land, and the knowledge is universal that if one man raises his arm to cut short ,he days of another, his life shall pay the penalty of his fearful transgression. The best way of getting rid of capital punishment is to ameliorate the social condition of the people, and, above all, to educate them. By these means, incentives to crime would be removed, and the public mind become gradually elevated to embrace the conviction, and to it, that individual and national prosperity consulted when the law is best observed. J. .* e„t SA EV E -INO3 JANUARY g st 1847 _ THE U L - r-t) , • ( in g of the session, is published in the Journal des i Debuts " The Chamber of Deputies will hold its preparatory sitting on Sunday next, in the Salle des Conferences. The Bureau was constituted in August last, M. Sauzet being eh President ; Messrs. Bignon, Lepelleti er d'A u l nay , H e b ert, and Delessert, Vice-p . residents ; a n d M essrs . S agl i o, de r, °c o si : n d 2O L b y lua Membersg oint . ais , t 00 nT m Secretaries. eeut estdhe K a y itnh The eg will l3sns thenrdeputatione3: Ob day after the royal sitting, the Chamber will hold a public sitting to appoint its Bureaux, and will afterwards proceed to the examination of the elections not yet verified. On Wednesday the Committee on the Address will be appointed. All the l3ills and propositions of the last Legislature being nul lified, the Chamber will devote its first sitting to the verification of the returns of ten Deputies not yet ad mitted. Six o f t h em have been named since the proro gation of the session, viz.-Geeeral de Lamoriciere, eilarquis de Retire!, and Messrs. Henriscart, Bethmont, Guerrin, and Portalis, jun. The two last have replaced Messrs. Genoux and Portalis, son., deceased since the last elections. The election of M. Portal's, jun., will be necessarily annulled, as, when elected, he had not at tained the required age, though he has :ince reached it. Three Deputies, Messrs. Couvers, Drault, and Hallez Claparede, whose election the Chamber had annulled, have been since re-elected. The tenth, M. Teste, was sub ject to re-election, on being promoted to public functions. The Chamber will also have to pronounce on the election of M. Drouillard, whose admission has been adjourned. Three electoral colleges will be shortly convoked in con sequence of the double returns of MM. Salvandy, Berger, anti Count Thiard, who will have to make their option known in one of their first sittings. It is said that M. Salvandy decides for Evreux. Count de la Ferronays, a Conservative, conies forward at Lectoure to replace him. M. Berger decides for Paris, and Count de Thiard for Chalons ; Viscount de Cormenin presents himself at Lannion to replace him. The Ministry intends present ing to the Chamber at an early sitting the Budget for 1848, and the Bills for regulating the credits of 1844 and 1845. The Committee on the Address can scarcely pre sent its reply to the Speech from the Throne before Jan. 23, and the public discussion would in that case come mence on the 25th, supposing that the Chamber of Peers had already, at that period, voted its Address. The Committee en the Address in the Chamber of Peers will be appointed on the day after the roe al sitting." The Constitutionnel replies to an article in the Debats of the day before, and denies the truth of the rumour alluded to in the Ministerial journal, to the effect that thi re was a schism in the Opposition ranks, and that MM. DUFAURE and BILLAULT would ex press their approval of M. GUIZOT'S conduct in the affair of the Spanish marriages. It is not of much consequence what line of conduct MM. DUFAURE and BILLAULT may deem it expedient to pursue. They are both crotchetty, second-rate men, absolutely without followers. They may join in a gig, but they could not manage a dilly. M. BIL LAULT is only celebrated for his unreasonable and unreasoning hatred of England and the English. There is a long article in the Revue des deux aTfondes which may be considered as M. GuizoT's official statement of his own case, as regards the Spanish marriages. In this article, it is admitted that an engagement was entered into at Eu, and the English Minister is charged with at tempting to violate it. With the exception of this admission of the existence of the engagement of Eu, which it will be remembered was denied by the Presse and some of the other organs of the dynasty, there is nothing new on the subject in this long article. In reply to the accusation of a violation of the engagement on the part of Lord PALMERSTON by the alleged presentation of a Coburg candidate, the National observes :- "If M. Guizot had merely opposed a Coburg candidate for the hand of Queen Isabella, we should have applauded him without reserve. To marry the Queen to Bourbon was well. To prevent a new scion of the Coburg from spoiling a younger branch was to be permitted. But this conquest could have been accomplished by the union of Isabella with Don Francisco. The blood of PhilipV., would have been satisfied. The crown of Spain would have re mained on the head of his descendants. The Coburg would have been set aside, and England would have met with a check. What necessity, therefore, was there for concluding the second marriage so precipitately?" After going through the history of the various pre tenders to the hand of the QUEEN, TRAPPANI, MON TEMOLIN, Don ENRIQUE, and Don FRANCISCO, to all of whom it was offered on one condition, viz., that the Duke DE MONTPENSIER should marry the Infanta, the National thus concludes :- " Why then this condition, if your only object was to preserve the blood of Philip V.? Come, be candid ; you possessed easy and honourable means to exclude the Coburg, and to give satisfaction to the Spanish nation, to maintain at the same time the policy announced by you in full Parliament; and we shall be candid likewise-yo u would have done so had the Infanta been poor-you would have done so if you were not impelled by your ava rice. It was for the interest of the country, for a national question, for the honour of our flag, or for the grandeur of France, that you risked the displeasure of England. It was not through love of adventure that you deranged your general policy, and induced the northern Powers to offer you an insolent challenge. Cease, therefore, to speak to us eternally of your blood of Philip V.,' and of the secular interests of the country.' Yeu might have maintained your right; you were a thousandfold right not to suffer England to impose a Coburg on Spain; you had the power of resolving the question of the marriages without injury to your royal pretensions, or without incurring the displeasure of the immense msjority of Spaniards ; but you preferred to incur risks and to provoke the most serious consequences. You have gained a handsome marriage portion ; but look round you, and tell us what portion of it France his received." The Reforme announces that the general rise in the price of grain in the different markets round Paris had been felt in that capital on 'Wednesday. Wheat And barley had augmented by if. the hectolitre on that day, and flour in a similar proportion. Wheat sold at. from 49f. 50e. per hectolitre and a half. The price of 50f. was the highest reached in Paris since harvest. Flour of the first quality was offered by the millers at 89f. the 157 kilogrammes. The receipts of the Northern Railroad for the week ending the 31st ult. were 213,500 f. Four steamers, laden with corn, had foundered in the Rhone, on their way to Lyons. One of them contained 2,000 sacks of wheat, and sunk under the enormous weight of that cargo. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 79f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 20c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 906 f. 25c. ; Havre, GBOl. ; Great Northern, 6351. ; Avignon, 855 . f. ; Vierzon, 600 f. ; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 442 f. 50c. ; Basle, 2181. 75c.; Dieppe, 355 f.; l'aris and Strasburg, 4831. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 507 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 452 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 31; Ditto Domestic Debt, gotA, BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 8. Boulogne anti Amiens, 15 3 /-Dutch Rhenish, 41 h-Great Western Bengal, %-Jamaica South elidland Junction, 11,e -Luxembourg, j a -Namur and Li ege , 3%-Northern of France, 10%-Orleans and Bordeaux, See-Paris and Lyons, 8 1 / 5 -Paris and Strasburg, 4%-Sambr e an d M euse , 4%. BIRTH.—At 49, King-street, on Friday the Bth inst., the Lady of James Clayton, Esq , of her Majesty's Customs of a son. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—So much has been said respecting a new Italian opera that any informa tion relating to the arrangements for the season at her Majesty's Theatre cannot fail to be interesting. From authentic sources we have learnt that Mr. Lumley, in providing for the ensuing campa i gn, h as succeeded be yond his usual success. Three of the greatest lyrical composers of the age will contribute new works for the season. Lablache, a host in himself, will be supported by Gardini Fraschini Superchi (Verdi's favourite hero), Colletti, and Staudigl, The orchestra is composed of artistes of tried abilities, at the head of whom are Tol becque and Nadaud, and a chorus of extraordinary power has been selected with great care. The ballet will be under the direction of Paul Taglioni and Perrot. The pus de quatre, and the pas de deesses, will b e rev i ved, with the aid of Taglioni, Lucille Gratin, Cerito, Car lotta Grisi, and Rosati, a young Italian dancer of distin guished ability. W . e believe we m i g h t add, that the vocal department will be enriched by other talent of no ordinary power. ILLNESS OF MISS PAUCIT.—We regret to say that the sudden illness of Miss Faucit disappointed a large audience last evening. The house was full, including the boxes, when it was announced that Miss Faucit, who was to play Mrs. Haller, was too ill to appear. Of course, the audience im me di ate l y rose, and departed. We understand that Miss Faucit would have played at any risk, but her physician told her that if she did she would certainly rupture a blood-vessel, and that the con sequences might be fatal ; and, with the judicious im perativeness of the faculty, he would not allow her to quit her ehamber.---Cork Examiner. -The Adelphi Theatre is about to be rebuilt on a larger scale; adjoining properties have been purchased for that purpose.—The Builder. . . The will of the late Right Hon. Lord George 1111- m Russell, G.C.8., was executed iu March, 1844, whereby he has directed that a sum of 10,0001., vested in him and his Lordship's brother, Lord John Russell, should be given one moiety to his son Arthur John Ed ward, and the other moiety to his son William Oslo Leopold, and that his house in Grosvenor-place, and the furniture, plate, boDks, &c., to be enjoyed by his relict, and then to his three sons, to whom he leaves the residue. The personalty was estimated for duty at 7,0001. A NEW ENTRANCE TO ST. JAMES'S PARK.—For the accommodation of the public a very handsome portico and flight of stone steps are now being con structed at the north end of the private gardens of Buckingham Palace, as an entrance for foot passengers from Grosvenor-place on to Constitution-hill. ADVANCE INLTHE PRICE OE SPlRlTS.—Yesterday morning nearly all the licensed victuallers, according to previous agreement, advanced the price of " corn spirits" 20 per cent. for all over-proof, and 10 per cent. for under proof, spirits. SUAItES BY PUBLIC SALE. LAAIOND and Co., RAILWAY SIIIARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the rubile for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sates of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing Instructions (with a reference), are respectfully - equested to be addressed. All :.crap and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be :orwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds irmne elately disposed of according to instmctions. &Ices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 35, BAROMETER, 30.38 —WIND E., fine. Wu.. WATER AT LC,,, DON-MUDGE Tills LAY. Sforning .. 29 minutes after G. I Evening .. 49 minutes after r, . . ~: ~,t ; ;;. ~ ,,,:4 , ~ , ,, i ,..t, 5 . 5 0. ',.,?..:, Fir ' ...alga.- • '''' . , 'denim vim LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 184 CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued this day from the Foreign. office to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council on Wednesday next, at the Foreign-office, Downing. street. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to return to town on Wednesday next. Earnestly is it to be hoped that the extraordinary destitution, at present existing in Ireland, may not so completely engross the attention of the Legislature and the benevolent sympathies of the people, as to create an impression that the destitution of the Scottish population is a grievance of secondary im portance. There has been less clamour from the sufferers in the Northern provinces of the United Kingdoms, but there has not been less wretchedness than in the Western provinces. So little parade has been made of the desolation of the Highlands, and of the utter want of provisions in the Hebrides, and in the majority of the islands of Zetland, that unless an association of philanthropic individuals had, on their own responsibility, accumulated facts illustra tive of the extent to which that desolation had been experienced, and published the particulars of that dismal intelligence, we should have been disinclined to credit the rumours which were previously very pre valent. No doubt now exists as to the necessitous condition of many thousands in Caledonia ; a moral conviction of the exigencies of that portion of our fellow -countrymen is inevitable from a considera tion of these statements. The accuracy of , the data proving the existence of these exigencies cannot be for a moment questioned : the character of the association which has been mainly instrumental in the collection of those data is a convincing gua rantee of their authenticity. As in the starvation among the Irish peasantry, the proximate cause of the present want is discernable only in the murrain of the potatoes. However lamentable may have been the devastation caused by that mysterious blight in other quarters of Great Britain and in the different countries of continental Europe, the devastation in Scotland has been scarcely less general, and certainly not one jot less calamitous. It is estimated that not less than 400,000 souls are the victims of inanition in consequence of that ter rible visitation, or in more comprehensible language, that very nearly one-sixth of the entire population of Scotland is threatened with actual starvation. Can anything more be wanting to stimulate Parliament in effecting same suitable measures of alleviation, or to enkindle the generosity of the more fortunate mem bers of this populous and (on the average) most flourishing community ? There is assuredly in the foregoing assertion an irresistible incitement to corn ' passion, but, above all, there are in the terrible truths of that calculation additional testimonies of the ne cessity of a legislative examination of the deficiencies of the system of landlord and tenant. While the agricultural labourers in various directions throughout the British islands are liable to such fre quent impoverishment, it is folly, it is madness, it is cruelty, to maintain the perfection of a system by the operation of which their lives are so continually endangered, and their comforts rendered so per petually insignificant. Presuming that no permanent amelioration could be afforded to this class of society by the modification of the Agrarian Code, savage life would be infinitely preferable to, because infinitely safer than, existence under the shadow of such an afflictive civilisation. It would be preferable, espe cially because of the resources afforded by primitive society in every moment of hazard or emergency 4 because with the barbarian the barrenness of the soil, and the unproductiveness of the chase, and the scarcity of fruits and berries, are always remediable by the simplest of all imaginable resources—migra tion. With the field-labourers, under the existing state of society, there is no available means of restoration to abundance. When the crops of potatoes in Ireland and Scotland, and the crops of chesnuts in France, and the crops of melons in the Peninsula are partially, and even sometimes entirely destroyed, the peasantry are at once involved in difficulties, from which extrication by themselves is absolutely impos sible. The very ground is poisoned with decayed tubers, or the trees are shorn of their ordinary pro duce by a fluctuation in the atmosphere, from which there is no protection. The peasantry are out of em• ployment, because for the time being there is corn paratively no labour whatever to do ; they are with out money fur the purchase of provisions cultivated in some less afflicted country ; they are unable to remove en masse to a more pros perous province, they are unable even to remove singly by reason of their necessitous con dition. The result is, they are entirely dependent upon their respective landlords and employers, upon the nation at large, upon the Legislature, upon the law. They are incapable of emerging of themselves from the quagmire of destitution, they want stronger hands to lift them out, they want a more capacious intelligence to prevent the repetition of similar mi series, they want a stauncher sympathy than has been hitherto evinced towards them in the regulations and enactments relating to agriculture and its labourers. On glancing through the Statement recently pub lished by the acting committee of the Free Church we are irresistibly persuaded of the soundness of the foregoing opinions. When such fearful woes are act upon are best creatures were cut off from the combined effects of pestilence and famine, while in the corresponding months of 1845 only seven fell victims•—an increase more than thirty-fold—sufficiently attests the fearful nature of the visitation on our Irish brethren. Thousands upon thousands are exposed to equal wants. The hardy Highlander is in similar difficulty. 400,000 of the children and brethren of those who never deserted their country in the hour of danger, who aided to fight our battles, to roll back the tide of war from our shores, have been deprived of their principal, if not their sole means of subsistence, by the destruction of the potato, their chief article of food. The fund to be collected will be must properly applied to their exigencies as well as to those of the Irish poor, it will be expended in the distribution of food, cloth ing, and of fuel ; by an excellent regulation, no money aid is to be given in any case. The objects of the charity, the recipients of the bounty, will be chiefly selected from the sick and the infi r m, th e w id ows a orphans, for su c h, a l as ! are to be found m sufferers who h ave no eart hl y protectors, whond 0 h are s e the p ff u nable to avail th emse l ves o f t h e means a t t the o r afforded by the Government measures, but none will be exempt from relief--the extent of their necessities will constitute their title to assistance wherever it is practicable. Some equivalent, in the shape of labour will be required from those able to give it, to be ap plied to some useful purpose ; so that none but the incapable will be suffered to eat the bread of idleness, and every possible precaution will be taken against the abuse of the public beneficence. Any persons feeling peculiar interest in any of the suffering dis tricts may indicate the localities to which their con tributions should especially be applied, which will be strictly observed by the committee. A large and powerful steamer will be immediately dispatched to Ireland, with supplies of food, clothing, &c., and any kind of contributions, clothing, flannel, blankets, &c., will be thankfully accepted and faithfully applied. Under the direction and superintendence of the com- mittee many a life will be spared, many an aching heart will be made glad, and throb with gratitude to its benefactors, for the aid so readily afforded and received. Ireland will be conquered by a weapon more potent and efficacious than the bayonet, and bound to us by stronger ties than have ever hitherto existed —the bonds of affectionate regard and grateful love. A letter from Vienna of the 31st ult., published in the Rhenish Observer of the sth inst., contains the following;_. " Much excitement has been created in the diplomatic salons by a protest against the incorporation of Cracow, which Baron de Hochschild, the Swedish Ambassador, has presented to the Austrian Government on the part of King Oscar, in hi 3 quality of a guaranteeing party to the treaty of Vienna. It is said that the style of this note is most dignified, and that the King of Sweden, a!theugh cenvinced of the necessity of the measure against which he protests, expresses a hope that it will be the last measure of a similar nature to which the three Powers will have recourse." Madrid papers of the Ist have arrived. The report of the escape of OLOZAGA. is not con firmed, and it is said he will be tried on a capital charge. Senor CORTINA has set out from France for Madrid, to take his seat as Member for Seville. Don FABRICIO DE POTESDAD has been appointed Spanish Consul at Bayonne, in the room of Senor BTJSTAMENTE, dis missed for countersigning OLOZAGA'S passports. A reinforcement of 5,000 troops has been sent to the Basque Provinces. The Bolsa was closed on the ht. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The following programme of the business to be transacted by the Chamber of Deputies atthe open- Already have the anticipations we recently put forward been realised, already have large sums of morn' been subscribed with a liberality worthy of the sacred cause that has called forth these voluntary donations. 21e British Association for the Relief of Extreme Cases of Distress in the Remote Parishes of Ireland and Scotland has been formed, a committee ins been appointed, and the names of the gentlemen who have kindly consented to aid by their exertions expenditure of th e sums t h at may be so in proc:iring contributions, and seein g t o th e corset n d which app eare d i n our advertising caconolldluemeptrneodsp,eroa'f 'Thursday, will afford the strongest guarantee of the honour and integrity with which the fund will be managed, and of its judicious application to the desired purposes. On the very day of the formation of this humane association more than 12,000/. sterling was subscribed to feed the hungry and to clothe the naked. The list was appropriately headed with the name of her Most Gracious MAJESTY, who in a spirit worthy of her exalted station, of the 'deep and affectionate interest she takes in everything affecting even the humblest of her subjects, of open handed charity and true benevolence, set the example to her subjects, by the munificent donation of 2,000/. Her august Consort followed in a similar spirit, with a sum of 5001. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, an English nobleman, of the highest rank, the proprietor of wide-spread and extensive domains in Ireland, con tributed the splendid gift of 1,0001., while six of our leading mercantile firms sustained the character of the merchant princes of our land by similar subscrip tions. The Premier, the Home Secretary, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer evinced the ar xiety of the Government to relieve to the utmost the fearful destitution, not only by their public acts, but by their private liberality—a precedent which will doubtless be followed by their colleagues in office and their political supporters; while Sir R. PEEL exhibited the same promptitude to relieve the wants of his fellow creatures that he did in responding so speedily to the appeal of the highly-gifted, but unfortunate HAYLON, at a moment when pressed to the uttermost with official cares and the necessity of rebutting a most virulent . but plausible attack on his personal conduct and character. Many other well-known and di , - tinguished gentlemen have likewise come forward most nobly, and day by day the list will be increased, the sum total will be magnified by the addition of many names, and large sums of money. We are proud of our countrymen, we knew that an appeal, if well founded, was never fruitlessly made to their better feelings. It was sufficient to satisfy them that there was distress and suffering, that it could be mitigated by the application of money or exertion, and the response was invariably the same—worthy of Englishmen, worthy of Christians. They stretched forth the hand of charity to the sufferer. They relieved his wants and soothed his afflictions. They paused not to inquire how the wretchedness had originated, by whose default it was occasioned, whether the sufferer himself ,had acted prudently and dis creetly, or whether he had evinced gratitude for former benefits or past favours. The urgency of the wants—the pressing necessity of the applicant—was all that was inquired into; past errors were forgotten, or only considered after the emergency had been suc cessfully encountered, in deciding on the means of preventing the recurrence of similar evils : in any case his present necessities were supplied, whether out of their superfluities, or, if necessary, by re stricting themselves, and abating some of their usual and accustomed luxuries or comforts. Their benevo lence knew no limitation, in its objects it was bounded by no cold or selfish considerations; whatever the country, the creed, or the colour of the unfortu nate, it was the same; assistance was sure to be afforded, and they have had, and will have, their reward. The respect entertained throughout the globe for the English character; the national prosperity that has blessed our existence, and which is chiefly owing to the excellence of that character, and which has placed a comparatively small island among the leading powers of the :earth ; the inappreciable de lights of a conscience at peace with itself; the intense gratification, the luxury of doing good, but, above all, the blessings that are extended to nations, as well as individuals, who have well and truly discharged the great duty of Christianity—all reward such praise. worthy conduct. It is needless to dwell on the extreme necessity that now unfortunately exists for extensive aid! What day has elapsed without a considerable portion of our columns being filled with the heartrending details of misery such as has rarely been equalled, never surpassed ? The statement of the Rev. Mr. CAULFIELD of the deaths that have taken place in his own immediate district, where, in the months o November and December last, 218 of our fellow. AMERICAN NEWS. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The packet-ship Mar mion, Captain Edwards, has arrived here from New York, with papers from that city to the 19th ult., from which we take the following in reference to the war in Mexico : (From the New Orleans Picayune, Dec. 9.) The United States revenue schooner Forvvard, 11. B. Nones, Esq., commander, arrived yesterday trom Ta basco, via Alvarado and Tampico. The Forward left the latter port on Friday, the 4th instant, and anchored at the S.W. pass on the evening of the 7th, making the run in 72 hours from Tampico. Lieut. W. B. M`Lean, of the Forward, arrived in the city this morning in a tow-boat, with dispatches from Com. Conner to our Government. The Forward left at Tampico four gunboats captured at Tabasco, the stealer schooner Spitfire, the Nonate, and schooner Mahone, Commander Conners flag being hoisted on the latter. For toterestin,g naval intelligence by this arrival, we refer to the annexed report, for v. inch we are indeb:ed to Captain Nunes. The country will hail with pleasure the signs of activity now exhibited by the squadron : The Forward left Tabasco river on the 21st November —all quiet. Left at that place U. S. revenue steamer, M•Lane, Captain Howard, for the purpose of blockading said port ; officers and crew well. Left Anton Lizardo on the 27th November. On the 25th ult. experienced a violent norther, which has do,e eonsiderable damage ; the wind blew violently for 20 hours, and drove from their moorings the following ves sels :—Prizes taken at Tabasco—steamer Tabascarw, schooner Tabasquena and brig Descrada.' The schooner was seen on shore about 15 miles to the westward of Alvarado; supposed three men who were on board of her were saved. The brig and steamer had not been seen; on board the brig there were six men—no cfficers. Brig Somers and schooner Morris, late Laura Vin-inia, frigate Cumberland and prize steamer Petrita, rofe out the gale with the Forward, and all are safe; officers and crews well. Left at Anton Lizard() barque Morgan Dix, Csptain Hamilton, nearly discharged; brig Oneco, Captain Lovett, and brig Chinchilla, Captain Patterson, arrived two days before the Forward sailed, they also having rode out the gale in safety. On the night of the 26th of November, about midnight, the Unitud Status brig Somers, then laying at Green Island, four or five miles distant from Vera Cruz, sent a boat with Lieutenant Parker, Passed Midshipmen Robert Clay Rodgers . and J. R. Hynson, with five men, and burned the Mexican brig Creole, moored to the Castle of San Juan. The following is a list of officers at the U. S. brig Somers:— Raphael Semmes, Lieutenant Commanding; M. G. L. Claiburn, Ist Lieutenant; Tames L. Parker, 2d do.; John H. Wright, Passed Assistant- Surgeon; John F. Steele, Purser; Henry A. Clemson, Acting Master; Robert Clay Rodgers, John R. Hynson, Passed Mid shipmen; Francis G. Clarke, Midshipmen. The officers who distinguished themselves on the night of the 26th November, by burning the Creole, also suc ceeded in capturing seven Mexican prisoners. No one injured except Passed Midshipman Hynson, who was burned by firing his pistol into some powder to set the brig on fire—he is doing well. On the morning of the 2d December, Com. Perry sailed from Tampico on an expedition not known, with the following vessels of war :—Steamer Mississippi, steamer Vixen, sloop John Adams, and schooners Bonita and Petrel. Com. Conner, with the remainder of his force, will, in all probability, remain in Tampico until a sufficient number of troops arrive to warrant his leaving. The health of the Commodore, officers, and crew, good. Off the bar of Tampico, arrived on the 3d inst., the steam-ship Massachusetts—discharging. Arrived at Tampico, schooner Home, from Brazos ; schooner Velasco, from New Orleans. The U. S. frigate Poto mac, Captain Aulick, and steam-frigate Princeton. Cap tain .Eagle, are also off the bar—all well. Left the following vessels at Tampico ; U. S. steamer Spitfire, Captain Tatnal ; schooners Reefer, Lieu tenant-Commanding Sterret ; Nonata, Lieut. Roan ; Elizabeth, Lieut. Roots ; Unicorn, Lieut. Winslow ; Virginia, M. C. Perry, Junr. Commander Connor has hoisted his pennant on board the schooner Mahone. The steamers Undine and Mary Summers have arrived with troops, and expect to leave soon for more. The troops as well as the marines are in a perfect state of disci pline, and are preparing to hold out against a sur prise. All seems quiet. The officers of the army are enjoying good health, as are also the troops; and the citizens begin to feel themselves secure since their ar rival. VESSELS SPOKEN.—U. S. frigate Raritan, Captain Gregory, near Vera Cruz, on the 27th November, from Tampico, to relieve the frigate Cumberland, which re• turns to the United States. December 4th, boarded schooner Henry M. Johnson, fourteen days from New Orleans, bound to Tampico ; she was within thirty miles of said port. On the sth, boarded brig Em presario' latitude 24 deg. 20 mi n . l ong i tu d e 95 d eg. 50 min.W., three days from New Orleans, for Tampico. The Forward has been absent four months in the Gulf. The following is a list of officers :—H. B. Nones, Captain ; John M'Gowan, Ist Lieut. ; Wm. B. M'Lean, 2d Lieut. ; Wm. F. R o d gers , 3d Li eut. ; Joseph Davis, Acting Master ; Charles Wilson, Boatswain ; David Ross, Gunner ; Wm. IL Harley, Carpenter. NEW YORK MARKETS, DEC. 17. Owing to the extreme severity of the snow storm, the wcrst of the season, all business, both within and without doors, was nearly suspended. Th) attendance on 'Change was thin and transactions limited. Cotton —We note sales 600 bales without change in prices. iibur—The market was quiet at about yesterday's rates ; 500 his. Oswego was reported sold at 5,434 dolls.; 300 Michigan, in store, at 531} dolls., and 700 Genesee, in store, 5371. Wheat—The market was steady, and • we note sales of 2,000 bushels Genesee white at 115 dolls. No change in red or m i xe d. C orn —W e note sales of 4,300 a 4,400 bushels Southern yellow, old, including 1,200 good sound, the remainder being cut, at 66c. Barley —We heard of no sale to-day. Rye was steady at 78 a 80c. Whisky was quoted at 22c. .a 23c. Provisions—We note sales of 300 barrels prime Pork at 8 dollars ; mess was quoted at $9,75 a $lO. Nothing doing in beet, lard, or cheese. Whalebone was quiet, at 35c. for N.W., and 38 a 39c. for .South Sea. Ashes—Pots were firm at $5,564, and Pearls dull at $5,75. Beeswax was steady at 27c. Nothing new in fish. Naval Stores—No change to note. Freights—No change in yesterday's report. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN. Pine Apples, 5s 6d to 7s ; Hot-house Grapes, 4s to Os per;lb ; Dessert Apples, 6s to 8s per half-sieve ; Kitchen ditto, 4a to 63 per bushel ; Oranges, Ss to 14s ; and Lemons, lOs to 16s per 100; English Filberts, 95s to 100s.per 1001bs ; Cabbages 8d to is 6d ; Red ditto, 2s to 4s ; per dozen ; Potatoes, 5s to 9s per cwt; Horse-radish, 2s to 4s per bundle Turnips, 2s 3d to 4s; and Carrots, 4s 6tl to 7s per dozen bunches; Celery, 2s to 2s 9d per bundle; Onions, 5s to 8s per bushel; Mushrooms, is 3d to 2s per pottle. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIAILL. The supplies of Meat being on the increase, the trade was in a very sluggish state, and prices were not supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton 3s 6d to 4s Gd; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 83; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, 5s to 12s; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Ducks, is 6,1 to 2s 3d ; Tame Rdbbits, is Gd to 2s; Wild ditto,lo3 to is 3d; Pigeons, 03 to 10d each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s ; ditto Chickens, 4s to 5s ; and Barn-door Fowls, 3s to Os per couple. Eggs, Eng. lish, 15s to 17s; Fresh Butter, is Id to is 3d per lb; Pheasants, 35 to 3s 8d ; Partridges, is 3d to 2s 83; Hares, 2s to 3a; Teal, Is to is 31; and Wild Duck?, Is 8d to 2s 6d each. HUNGEnFORD. Our market to-day waa well supplied with most articles in season, while the general demand was heavy at barely late rates. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Ve a l, 38 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 32 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs. BILLINGSGZITM. Turbots, 6s to 20s ; Brills, 2s to 8s ; Cod-fish, `,',s Gd to 10s; Haddocks, Is to 2s; Whitings, Gd to 8d; and Lobsters, Is to 3s each; Soles, Gd to 3s per pair; Smelts, is 6d to 3s ; and Thames Flounders, is Gd to 2s per dozen ; Eels, 9d to ls; and Crimped Scate. 8d to 10d per lb. WHITE6HAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 33 8d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d tc 4s 8d per 81bs. BREAD. The prices of 'Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 10d; of Household ditto, 8d to 9d per 4lbs loaf. RIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3 1 / 2 d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3 1 - 2 d to 3: 3 4d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3 3 /d to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 /0 to sd; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d 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 3d to 531 and Downs, 3s 2d to 4s 2d II &IC IVIAITARET A . SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 14s ; Clover ditto, 318 s to 4l 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 78 to 1/ lis per load. Trade very dull, at further depressed rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/16s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1112 s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 51 ; and Straw, I/ 7s to 1/ lOs per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. ESCAPE IN A SEWER.—On Wednesday afternoon, a narrow escape of being buried alive, occurred in Bride lane, Fleet-street. A new sewer has for some time past been in the course of formation there, but on turning the northern corner, it would appear that the excavators experienced much difficulty in their progress by the well belonging to the pump. They were, in consequence obliged to swerve round the well, to the westward, un dermining thereby some portion of the burial ground of the church. In this work one of the borers, named Valiant, had gained considerable pre'g,ress when suddenly a rushing noise of water was perceptible, and in an in stant the poor fellow was lost sight of and buried in the gravel, earth, and water, in which he had become en veloped. Fortunately, however, a broth( r 'workman, with his nails and fingers only, succeeded in removing a sufficiency of mud, &c., to give his comrade breathing room, and other assistance having arrived, the buried man was speedily exhumed. Ile was in a state of inen sibility, and was conveyed into the Twelve Bells public house, and in a short time he was enabled to walk home, without having sustained any other injury than that of temporary unconsciousness. EXTRAORDINAR Y TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TIME. —Yesterday, the match with Mr. Rayner's mare Jenny —well known in the sporting world, and which was backed to perform two miles, in harness, under seven minutes, for 50 sovereigns aside--came off at Wimbledon Common. In betting' the odds were on time. Tie first mile was concluded in three minutes and twenty-seven seconds, and the mare won the match in an easy st) le. The two miles were accomplished in six minutes fifty-five seconds. - • LONDON SESSIONS.--(THIS These sessions were. held this morning. t, The REconne,a having charged the g rand jury' retired, and s h ort l y afterwards returned four bil' 3 ' were discharged. L VIO LENT ASSAULT.— Th omas an d Eliza b et h 5- were indicted for assaulting Catharine S:.ot.t 03 tile ' of Novems•r last. Tile prosecutrix and the defendants lived in the house, and it appeared that there hai been a g e ;,. fight, in which all the inhabitants of the houie, part except th e h us b and of the prosecutrix male defendant. The jury found Elizabeth Scott Guilty, and AO the male prisoner. - The RECORDER said it Appeared that one par t / as bad as the other; there was great violence on side, and the husbands were the only persolls,:s house who did not ta k e.part in the feud. Thei 1 , law was, th at if a man kept anything unruly or af: ens, he was b oun d to control it. lie should the re o . require the husband of each party to become a ns p. able for th e ir w i ves k eep i ng the peace, in the sam e each. No judgment was given. • Mr. CLARKZON applied to the Court under the 0 , ing circumsta nces : —l n January two p e rsons, n ( 9 , , Ann Robinson and J osep h Smith, we re eonvietL,., their own confession, of having kept a disorderly ' 4 '; butjugdment was r es pi te d, t h e defendants being' ').„,! over to appear and re ce i ve j u d gment when ca ll e d be e; but it was the unde rs t an di ng that they woul d lot v called on if they abated the nuisance ; they ha d 'i,V ev, r, opened another house, which had been comp ~ 1 of as a nuisance; and the vestry clerk had se rvo with noti ce t o appear and receive judgment this (IN' on being served they laughed at the vestry cleric. 00 ; The RECORDER said the notice was, that the . 1, 61 ,. would be mo ve d to g i ve j udgment, and if the ch i c' did not appear the Court would be called upon to the recognizances. That was no notice to aPP e least only an argumentative one. Mr. CLARKSON—It is a common sense, aat i . eel l Lord. RECORDER—Yes, but it is not a common saw notice; they must be served again. „ fi gb Mr. CLARKSON—If they wer o lawyers en.-. 01,1 know the differen ce , I am not surpr i sed at their isPe BOW - STREET—(THIg DA 1( ) . Thomas Russel Wal&tr, a very gentlemanly -14 f, young man, was ch arge d b e f ore M r. Henry w i t h sault on Mr. Richa r d G a l e , o f 26, C arey street, Line' Inn. The complai nan t state d that at about half-past te, o'clock thi s morn i ng h e was going home with . and was very nearly opposite his own door, when t .e prisoner an d another man on the opposite. oi l There was no other person near them. The Plot called out t o hi s ( compla i nant ' s) wife, in an i ns °' He r an towar d s the prisoner, and ask AP what he m ean t b y such an insinuation ? He an friend ran away, and turned down Grange•court• plainant and his wife then turned to go home, e; prisoner again re t urne d , followed by his friend running at him, ga ve hi m a blow which cut his s He then gave hi m anot h er which cut his bP'or knocked him down. A policeman came u p and b e ° the prisoner in charge. 5 1 ) 0' Mrs. Gale corrob ora t e d t hi s statement. Her be was not quite sober, but she was. The prisoner said that he did not strike the cf r plainant. If any one had struck him, it must base his (prisoner's) f r i en d. T he latter was in attendant: Mr. Charles Price, of 16, Clement's Inn-passage b , that he was passing through Carey -street, wi t r o .i friend, and being "in humour for what is /eV termed a 'lark," and seeing the complainant se co i wife on the other s id e , ca ll ed out t'. her. The Pr i l,fo certainly also called out . T he complainant theisto across the road, a n d h e, w i tness, put out his J$ receive him. Th e comp l a i nant running toware,so knocked his head aga i nst w i tness ' s hand, and 1011'1, force of the concu ss i on . C omplainant was very tIP',IBO Mr. HENRY said, t h at the evidence of the prisioo witness was not s nffi c i ent l y satisfactory to justify ht rejecting that of the complainant's. He was 0 " 1 04 . 1 that the blow wa s struc k b y the prisoner. Ide,if take into account th e t act t h at the complainantr - ,0 perfectly sober a t th e t i me, and he would only 01151, Si., or in default, s entence hi m to one months' /10 , ment. If the compl a i nant h a d been sober, be " have inflicted the full penalty of 51. The tine was immediately paid, MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DA Y Francis William Schultz, remanded from tins t ifdi last baturd a y on a c h arge of stealirg 7701, P sr s oll G. Bank of Engl an d notes, from the University A '„" t iok ante Company, was b rought up again for re.exantl'" before Mr. L ong . Mr. Willick, secretary and manager to the ne7,o, cross-examined, sa id h e went out with his wife 1,,e0 half-past one o'clock on Ch r i stmas - day, and was $ for an hour a n d a h a lf , and when he returned the soner, whom h e l e f t i n the house, was gone. P e led to discov er t h e money was missing by the ,„ some silver from a drawer, whence it had been fibs' during his absence. Charles Henry Spratt, clerk to Messrs. Drum •f# and Co., proved the numbers and dates of the notesgP to the Life Assurance Company's clerk on the t bid December, a n d sa id h e h a d received one 50/. note, tsbil 101. notes, and f or ty- s i x Si. notes from chief Co ns Raid, which he had found on the prisoner, and the 9 corresponded in numbers and dates with those he given away. Henry Gillard, messenger to the Life Assur' a r Company, said th e secretary ' s b ell rang on Christriiiti day, abc.ut one o'cloCk, and the prisoner gave him _d It:y of the safe belo w s t a i rs , an d i n M r. Willick ' s% ordered him to bring up th e l arge t i n b ox, as Mr. viii• lick wanted somethi ng out o f i t. H e said he did pi mediately, arid left it in Mr. Williek's room. Theo rung again two or three times, but he did not saes it, as it was Christmas-day, and he was at his dinn er. This closed the case for the prosecution. Ir Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the prisoner , ad did not think i t necessary then to make any defenm to offer any remark on the case. take Mr. LONG fi na ll y comm i tted the prisoner to 01 e trial at the Central Criminal Court. CLERKEN WLLL.—(THIS DA 11 110 Henry All en , w h o h a d b een c h arged last Sat ur n with s o violently assaulting a l a d name d Bloom, Iplace his life i n i mm i nent d anger, and .rernandedt:r day, on occount of the inability of the prosecW 4 e bfo te leave the hospit a l, was again placed at the bar, Mr. Greenwood, for final examination. DE ne Mr. Fenton, the t reasurer, and Mr. Williams, o the most active of th e manag i ng committee of ti'u- "a ,ota t rochial schools of St. S epu l c h re, to which the pose; tio was attached, were in attendance to watch the eas e g yitli / latter gentleman sayi ng h e h ad a charge toprefer #1 the constable in whose hands the case was, of been guilty. of a gross breach of duty. of Mr. Greenwood having suggested the proprie t y disposing of the case at present before the Coarl' es lo lad Bloom, who was so far recovered from the ini ll ll 1 01 „ nad receiv e d as t o b e a bl e to leave the hospft% , night, was swor n , an d d eta il ed the facts of the n s" the main points of which have been already giyet a lle° Police-constable G 243, stated that he Was - 0 0 about nine o' c l oc k t o ta k e t h e prisoner into Ictist,,tov few min u t es a f ter the commission of the assaulteau, he knew him we ll, an d o b served that at that time (06 seemed not to have rece i ve d any ser i ous injury, °ie° constable) sug g e s t e d t o M r . Bl oom, sen., that it Tv).:o4 wrong to lock the p r i soner up upon such a I:efer, charge, and a ll owe d hi m to go away. When, 13 °"•, t oe he heard that th e l a d was so unwell as to renderba cessary that he should be conveyed to the hosfat s iotl went in search of the prisonsr and arrested him dere° one o'clock on the folowing mornin g . H e colls l that he was doing his duty when he refused t° pia charge of All en b y t h e di rection of Mr. Bloom, bees he knew where he could be found at any moment' bo il Mr. Williams said the constable had, in the 11 1 -4/il# statement, given all the facts upon which he (g i l t Oi l Hams) purp ose d f oun di ng his charge. lle thougooto. very gross dereliction of duty on.the part of the c ° ble to allow a person who had committed so seriotlee assault upon a mere child like the prosecutor as t° tJf danger his life, to be at liberty for a period saw ° long to enable him to make his escape. t. b e en 0 1 4 Mr. GREENWOOD said the policeman had bit it wow, put into the box that moment as a witness, and meet' be most unfair to him now to call upon him me te charge like the present at a moment's notice- fo e course he (Mr. Gre e n woo d) wou ld suggest would w..,, 5 1 i t o he th b e oy o 's as taa , th e e i r t , he o e r s t o o m a e p o p t l h y er to pa t r h t e y t c a o k im in in g i a ssm ui n n e t r e o : o l o Police, who would grant an order for investigating a charge against the constable before the magistrate , for those parties to apply for a warrant or suaal l° o o against him, which he (M r . G reenwood) would have hesitation in granting, det i M t r. Williams said h e s h ou l d decidedly adopt e; . i9 one or the other of the courses suggested by the mac rate. The prisoner Was fully committed to take his tria l the sessions. REST..__. recollectioni` t `zTO n R ; a y S b il e still l P fresh B itA f) that a few days since, a silk manufacturer, flea .Sharp, of White Lion -street, Spitalfields appear eu i - o r —(Tfl o i f S out l) ;; le d r : summons, at the instance of Walter Forrest, all yittg vidual in M r. Sharp's employ, h e (Air. Sharp) tor refused t o pay Forrest Gs., alleged to be due to the te d , on certain wol f : done, as also other wor k conir,-0 After havin g entere d i nto the particulars of the :fad: the M ag i strate directed Fitzgerald, a warrant and 01 ligent officer of the court, to call on Mr. Grove, °boll the Spread Eagle Tavern, Kingsland-road, but "'IT, P formerly been in the silk t ra d e, and subs eque°,%o. officer o f IV ers hi p - street P o lice -court, and olio, sequence thereof, had been repeatedly applied to fo r eB , judgment in the settlement of di s p utes touch i ng s ilk e t he Mr. Grove at once accompanied the cfficer, and o n so jci former carefully xaminin g t h e work in dispute, h a l ted that he could scarcely beli eve th at i t had been corlbeeetl by one, man, the commencement of the work haviob tis 5 0 so admirably done, and t h e l ast sixteen yar ho ve badly that, had he been M r . Sh arp, he would ed. stopped 91. for each of the s i xteen yards so darat" o cilt Forrest, on hearing the d e ci s i on o f Mr. G rove , 3t ard accepted the proposals held out to him, and all aPP e satisfied with the result. ; sa iA f thee Mr. BRO . [IGIITON expre sse d hi s approbaLon e ci manner in which the a ff a i r h ad been arranged, aniebt o f that the trade generally owed Mr. Grove a great " gratitude for his willingness at all times to act as a cliator in adjusting the disputes so frequently arislog' they did in the silk and velvet trade in SpitalfieldS• , 00 14 0 --------- _..NE DAY LATER FROM NEW YORK.-LlV EBri turo FRIDAY, HALF -PAST FOUR.--Just before the dePa4l:l„,,o of the express train for Lond o n, w e obtained one T o p later news from New York, brcught by the pack et -5 New York. 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