The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The emlaent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVI-INI3 G Will be performed Baife's Opera, entitled TILE BONDMAN. Ma rquis de Vernon ,'Mr. Weiss ; - Floreville, Mr. Rafter , Morliere, Mr. Horneastie; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. King; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, beMg a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed b y Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transfonn,atfons by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. It. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mr*. Rovey, airs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced undet the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYEA, TILE EticuAeraiss.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the ,Antiquarian Society to have been discovered "somehow or other," "some time or other," near " somewhere or other," Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Belle, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having vita miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. Horneastie ; Fiends Mid Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. IV, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne; Earth, Air, Fire, and *Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong loye of mischief), by Dealers in each ; the March of Intellect (travelling "Incog." as " Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect oat of Industry,_ dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Hiss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect nays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, lie gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT Seuocm.---Schoolinaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE.— The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and 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 ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welch, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance ia public on the occasion—how his "cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a lsh 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 conic again to Scene 4. Keraaa's HOUSE OF Cosawrios !—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 St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, N,t. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the Mlle kidney !) Mr. Sheath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his bro'her champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"— in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba; and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene 5. DOVER ROAM—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.—Almanznr, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptoleiny's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim PachaAetter known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Ahnanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their 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 TAE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KING OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fez himself), Mr. Wiellnel. Bow this " marriage in high life" is su3•lenly 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 FROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? I"Orme he shall gorge ;- I, says St. Geor ge , I'll kill the dialgon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. TUE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " conntry 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. GIIAND ITALL OF COIVALBY.—How St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. • harlequin.... Mr. llowell, 1 C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. 1 Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER'S SUOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature." " Famides furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Hies to the Clown's head. Scene I I. CORNCIIANDLEICS SII.OP AND GRA.NARY.—MOTC wayS than one of being "In clover." Specimen of the very best " Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and COTT'. measures. A lot of " chaff "in both. harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant spechnens 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 AND Tatton's Snors.—The original litt,le Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ng." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRIT'S!' AND Foams TOY WAREIIODSB.— Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. Ilow to " cut and sh;uMe." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. 1" See the Conquering Hero comes." i Scene 15. TUE STATUE As IT Is; or, Welli ng t on at Hyderpark. corner. Scene 16. THE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." 1 --- ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT GARDEN. The nobility, gentry, and public are respectfully informe , that the New Theatre will Open the first week in April, for th per formance of the Lyrical Drama, on a scale of efficiency in i every department never before 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. tinder the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessed. THIS E VENLN Will be performed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Cha • raeters. by Messrs. Parrett, Tilbury, Moll, Webster, Brindal, Buck stone, Hudson, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Italiana 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 Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. _ ..._ TREATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boa's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great lift. 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. Prhicipal elm - aeters 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 Oxlierry ; Miss Villara, Miss Turner, and Miss Arden. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lanni; Clown, Mr, J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. TIIEATttE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE . THIS EVENING - --.--. Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called: CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, O. Smith, &c. Betwei;nti;e pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONIST.S Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanions, 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 Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford. 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 MUNICH ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejamhe, Mr. I oilier ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristleach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Donner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Honner, Hincks, 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. Ilonner. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Pattlp; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. On MONDAY EVENING . Will be performed the Drama, entitled DON CESAR DE BA ZAN. The character of DOll Cesar de Bazan by Melts. F. Lc maitre; supported by MM. Langeval, 3fasquillier, Dumory, Car tlgny, Pascal, Remit, Felix, Dorgebret, Tourillon, Grenet, Lucien, Sofa, Pagenler ; Mdlle. Clarisse, Madame Grassau, and Mdlle. Vallee. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 35. 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, iiarVniton, 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 neat, Jan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the Performance to commence at half-past Two. _ . . Boxes, 4s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. olZivate Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Rimal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries a Musie-sellers ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Plinee Albert. Prince of Wales, and Royal family. Unrivalled success of the Grand 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 en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes Romance and , the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Batty's SCENE% of the CIRCLE ; with humorous performances by Mr. Henderson, as clown, To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, H arlequin and Ali Italia and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. ltochcz ; Harlequin, I%lr. W. liar vey ; PanUsloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbi ne , Miss Lo uisa Waite. ROYAL SURREY TiIEATR Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge, THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, mile.' THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams, Har lequin, Herr Dentin; Pantaloon, Herr It. DeWitt ; Columbine ^Mdlle. Theodore; Clown. Herr N. DeWitt ; Mr. Punch. Ilerr E. DeulM. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Reduction of Prices.—Boxes, is,. Half-price, fd ; l'it, 6d.; Gallery, 3d.; Private Boxes, 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 cannJt remember so excellent a Paz to mime."—Vide Public Press. THIS EVENING Will be.perfermed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed• wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and !Vs Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry Pantaloon' Signor Osmonde ; Harlequin, Dd . Lupin; Columbine, male. Adele Lauri THE SUN, THE ONLY AUTHOItISED ENGLISH EDITION. Now ready, in fivo., price only ss. VOL. VI. of TIIIERS' lIISTORY OF THE CONSUL tTE AND EMPIRE. A Sequel to his " History of the French Revo:ution." 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All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous fo their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds flume bately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 37, BAROMETER, 30.17.—W1ND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 29 minutes after G. I Evening .. 49 minutes alter S. Ct 1,. .44( die A your is t 11 ;81 EV" 'olloti • „.., 1.1441*-F e t• •••....../R.r • 0 s „ = %Min I Avail. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1847. Before many days have elapsed the " vexed ques .on " of the Spanish marriages will have been sub mitted to the deliberation of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies in France, and: the Houses of Lords and Commons in England. After the voluminous and elaborate commentaries of the newspaper press in both countries, we are loath to revive a subject which has already been examined perhaps too cu riously, and discussed perhaps too precipitately. Par ticularly when we bear in recollection the circum stance already mentioned, namely, that this com plicated and discreditable transaction will be soon considered by the collected wisdom of the several deliberative assemblies, we are disinclined to recur to a matter, the mysteries of which we ourselves have long since divulged to the very core. The be haviour of Great Britain in reference to the nuptials of the Due DE MONTPENSIER has, how ever, been so egregiously and wilfully misrepreF ented in an article in the Westminster and Foreign Quar terly Review, just published, that some refutation of the fallacies contained therein appears to us to be ab solutely requisite. In the first place, the writer stands aghast with astonishment because the peace of conti nental Europe appears to be actually endangered by the „matrimonial alliance ofa very youthful Royal High ness and as Infanta not yet out of her girlhood. " Surely the world must have made little progress in civilisation during the last century, if the destinies of great nations are to depend on the marriages of the members of royal families," says the Westmiaster Review. Surely it must. That is precisely the consideration which has operated as such a powerful incentive to Lord PALMERSTON in the transmission of protests from the Foreign-office to the British Ambassadors accredited to Paris and to Madrid. That is precisely the consideration which has influ enced Mr. HENRY BULWER and the Marquis of NORMANDY in their expressions of displeasure to the Ministers of the Iberian peninsula, and the Cabinet of the Tuileries. The national mind of England revolts at the mere supposition that the destinies of great nations are to be in any man ner dependent upon the intrigues of a palace, or the machinations of an ambitious prince ling. It is sufficient, assuredly, to excite the indignation of every dispassionate spectator to observe the liberties of a people once so great as the Spaniards staked upon the hazard of a wed ding garland, and rendered the toys of an aspiring dynasty . The disgust excited by that spectacle has given em phasis to the remonstrances of her MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign Affairs, and pungency, and tartness, and enthusiasm to the popular wrath, which has found a willing voice in the Press. But the construction of the reviewer's sentence implies a very different mean ing from that which we have here expressed. He in sinuates that the English Government has shown itself ready to draw the sword, and even to fling away the scabbard, merely "because a Royal Duke and a Royal Princess have married." That is a casus belli most conceivable under a system of feudality, but.is it possible at this period, is it possible in 1847, that the populace should be prepared to engage in a brutalising contest, .to trample the golden wand of peace into the dust, and pour forth again bloody libations to Mars, as men did in the old days, because forsooth a marriage has been solemnized between a Royal Duke and a Royal Princess ? Not so. The scales have been removed from the eyes of the multitude. When the British Ministry and the several organs of public opinion evince their indignation at the nuptuals of Donna LUISA, that indignation is aroused, not because of the alliance of the Infanta So-and-so and the Duke of This-and that (qui n'importe rien), but, because by that union of the Duke of This-and-that with the Infanta of Sound-so, the independence of an illustrious race is jeopardized, and the balance of European 'power endangered. Any different explanation of the senti meats entertained upon the matter in Downing. street, and throughout the length and breadth o Great Britain, would be an absurdity and a deli berate distortion of the truth. , In regard to the celebrated interview between Queen VICTORIA and King Louis Puilarrz at the Chateau d'Eu, the Westminster Review is again filled with the most surprising astonishment. Instead of recognising in the compact between the two Sovereigns (to the effect that the Due DR MONTPENSIER would be at liberty to seek the hand of the Infanta whenever a Coburg Prince was advanced by Great Britain as a candidate for the hand of Queen ISABELLA, and vice versa), instead of recognising in that compact a guarantee of the unanimity of the Cabinets of St. James's and of the Tuileries, upon the problematic question of the Spanish marriages, the re viewer considers it merely as an index to the selfishness of the two Governments. If the stipulation at the Chateau d'Eu had been tantamount to the perpetual incarceration of the children of FEB.. DINAND, or to their compulsory marriage with some Most Noble Sawney Bean or some Serene Blue beard, then might the arrangements of her Most Gracious MAJESTY and the KING of the FRENCII be stigmatised thus emphatically. Not otherwise. The reviewer is indignant with Mr. BULWER for " a most remarkable breach of diplomatic etiquette," namely, the transmission of his first hitter to a member of the Spanish Cortes ; but no mention whatever is made cf that most remarkable breach of political honour and royal honesty, which alone elicited that letter, which palliates everything unprecedented in the publication or that letter, which, indeed, renders that letter a memorable testimony of the shameless duplicity and ungraceful guile by which Loci; PIIILIPPE alone realised his most ardent aspirations. The withdram al of the British Minhter from the Court of Madrid, and the absence of the British Ambassador from the Court of Paris, are designated by the Westminster Review as " undignified and patty exhibition s of temper." 'here never was an imputation more utterly pre posterous than this. Can any sensible man for one single moment maintain that the Marquis of Non.- MANDY could attend levees and eat dinners at Paris with the members of that Administration LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1847. against the proceedings of which he had, in obedience to the directions of his GovernmeLt, just tendered such a stern and decisive protest, or that Mr. BULWEH could have participated in the festivities of the nup tial ceremonies after the course he had felt himself bound to pursue in opposition to their celebration ? The thing was impossible : the Ambassadors would have been in a decidedly false position ; they would have been, at one and the same moment, sanctioning and protesting against the alliance. As to the circumstance of this union between the Due DE MONTPENSIER and the Infanta Luisa being opposed to the principles of the solemn stipulations of the Treaty of Utrecht, it would be in• sanity to quibble to the contrary interpretation of that treaty. By the alliance of an Orleans Prince with a Princess of the Spanish Bourbon dy nasty, the sacred engagements of PHILIP have been violated. It is ridiculous to dilate upon the improba bility of the French and Spanish Crowns ever becom ing united in the person of the Duc DE MONTPENSIER, or one of his descendants. It is absurd to enumerate the divers barriers between the present uncertainty and the possible evil—namely, the lives of his brothers and their offspring. It is frivolous to argue in this manner, because the question is not as to the barriers, but as to what is beyond the barriers; not as to the probability, but as to the possibility ; not as to whether the gulf yawns at our feet, but as to whether we have made a single step in the direction of that gulf. That the com bination of the Gallic and Iberian crowns upon one head might result from the marriage which has just occurred, is proved by the very coincidences advanced with a contrary intention. The death of the Dauphin, and of the Dauphin's son, and of the Dauphin's son's son, and the ultimate accession of Louis XV. to the throne of France and Navarre, is a significant illustration of the precariousness of human life. Nevertheless, the question is not abso lutely whether the young Due DE MONTPENSIER. or one of his descendants may not be sole monarch of France and Spain, but whether his espousal of Donna LUISA may not render the Government of the Peninsula a mere instrument of the Supreme Go vernment at Paris—whether, in fine, the Spiniards may not ultimately become the virtual denizens of a Gallic province. Upon this problem the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries are at variance. Those are the horns of the dilemma. An article, copied from The Times into The Sun of 'Wednesday, referring to the late case of HOLDSWORT/I v. GIBSON and others, proprietors of the Plymouth Journal, affords a strong illustration of the risks incurred by public journalists when, in the discharge of their duty, they expose the fraud and mel-practices of those obtaining money by means other than those of fair industry. There is nothing mcre important to the public generally than that they should be warned of the artifices, and cautioned against the devices, of such persons, that they should not be suffered unwit tingly to fall into the snares artfully designed fur their plunder, but that they should obtain the fullest and most authentic information in every instance where such publication may be beneficial. Public journalists are seldom influenced by any private motives in making such statements : they may not be actuated by any feelings of malice or ill will to the parties alluded to ; they may be quite ignorant of their existence until the occurrences which they report or comment upon have actually taken place, and yet that malice will be implied, and every party in any degree connected with the publication w ill be held legally responsible, and subjected to proceedings in several different forms, by any of which great ex pense and inconvenience will inevitably be entailed upon him. The liberty of the press is now justly regarded as one of the greatest safeguards to the liberty of the subject, and yet it is subjected to many serious draw backs and impediments. We arc by no means ad vocates for any privileges that might possibly be unduly acted upon ; we do not desire that the full and fair freedom of discussion for which we contend should be suffered to degenerate into licentiousness. We gratefully admit the great benefit conferred upon the press, and on the public generally, by the admirable provisions of the Act introduced within the last few years by Lord CAMPBELL, but still we think that something more may still be done to prevent the wanton and vexatious proceedings by which all those connected with that press nsay still be harassed and annoyed. A distinction still subsists between libel and oral defamation, for which we think there is no sufficient reason. Words that would not be actionable, if spoken of or concerning any person, will immediately become so if published in a written form. Anything will be regarded as libellous which in any degree tends to hurt the feelings, or injure the reputation of the complaining party. Three different modes are afforded by which the defendants can be attacked—by indictment, by in formation, or by a civil action for damages. If the complainant should select the first of these methods, the truth of the statement will not be a sufficient jus tification, and it was not until the passing of Lord CAMPBELL'S Act, to which we have alluded, that the defendant would have been permitted to prove that truth, either as an excuse for the publication, or even in extenuation or mitigation of punishment, and still it will not be a sufficient defence unless it be also specially pleaded and proved that it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published. The same may be said of a proceeding by information; an additional safeguard is, indeed, afforded to the press, as no prosecution in that form can be instituted (save by the Attorney-General) until the permission of the Court of Queen's Bench for that purpose has been had and obtained, which permission will not be conceded unless the prosecutor by affidavit shall dis tinctly deny the truth of the charges imputed to him, and it shall appear that he comes into court with clean hands, and that his conduct with respect to the entire transaction will bear the strictest investigation. This is a just and equitable course; wherever the motive of the injured party is to vindicate his reputation, to clear his character from the aspersions cast upon it, to justify himself in the face of the world, the fullest opportunity is afforded to him of doing so, if in his power. And, consequently, this is the mode adopted by the great majority of honourable and high-minded men, who are compelled to come before the public as complainants, and no parties charged can utter any complaints apinst the measure of justice which may be inflicted upon them. But, unfortunately, a similar protection does not exist with regard to either of the other proceedings. Any vindictive person may bring an action for damages, or prefer an indictmente.c mere mote. If he is willing to incur the risk of the costs , in case of failure, there is no check or restriction on his power. He may be well aware that in case of a verdict for the defendant it will be entirely out of his power to reimburse the costs and expenses that must necessarily be incurred in preparing for the defence, in bringing a number of different witnesses from con siderable distances in order to establish the truth of the justification pleaded, and he may speculate on being able to extort an apology and the payment, perhaps, of a sum of money-by the certainty that the defendant, even if successful, must incur a far greater expense in defending than in compromising the action, Surely such a state of things should not be suffered to continue ; some protection should be afforded to those whose duty it is to provide the public with authentic information, and to protect them from the machina tions of knaves and swindlers. This protection may be afforded in either of two ways—viz., either by providing that in any action or indictment brought against the printer, publisher, or proprietor of any public journal, the leave of the court should first be obtained, as in cases of criminal information, or, secondly, that in case the defendant shoull plead a justification, and rely on the truth of his statements, and that they were inserted fur the public benefit, and without express malice, he should be entitled to have the proceedings stayed until the plaintiff should give security for costs, as is now the case where the plain tiff resides out of the jurisdiction of the court, is bankrupt or insolvent, &c. &c. Such a course could not be injurious to any person really aggrieved, and it would afford a great protec- tion to innocent persons, and also be to the public advantage, in preventing the guardians of their interests from being obliged, from the fear of a ruinous loss, to withdraw or apologise for true state ments. The proprietors of the Plymouth Journal might have offered an apology, and paid a small sum into court, which would have exempted them from the heavy expenses which they were well aware they should in any event sustain ; but, in the high-mind: d 1 and conscientious discharge of their duty, they scorned so cowardly a course, they established fully and entirely the justice of their conduct, and the truth of their assertions, to the satisfaction of the court and jury, and they have to bear a loss of 2,0001. sterling for so doing. We are rejoin dto find that a meetit g ha= been held at Plymouth, for the purpose of procuring a public subscription in aid of the expenses locum d by the proprietors. It is the cause of the people in general, and we are convinced that they will not suf fer those who have passed the ordeal unscathed to be out of pocket for their upright and honourable con duct. At this moment a handsome tablet, with a suitable inscription, erected in the place of greatest resort in this city, and scholarships named after one of our Contemporaries, a tribute alike honourable to the donors and the recipients, attest the generosity, the justice of that public; and we trust that the proprietors of the Plymouth Journal, fully reimbursed in their expenses and rewarded with the public appro bation for their straightforward and manly conduct, may have no reason to regret their defence of the action of Dr. HOLDSWORTH. Madrid papers of the 31st ult. have arrived. The Gageta contains a notice from the General Direction of the Administration of the Sinking Fund, informing the public that " various titles, payable to the bearer, of the Three per Cent. Stock, series E, and of 48,000 reels capital, have been ascertained to be fergerieS," stating at the same time that the office for the verification of these securities was open every day, where the holders could always ascertain the authenticity by presenting them. In noticing this occurence El Tiempo says— .. Yesterday an unforeseen and scandalous occurrence created a great sensation and produced a fall at the Bolsa ; twenty-three forged Three per Cent. titles, each of 48,000 reels, made their appearance. The conse quences of this fact, which may greatly injure public, credit and private interests, might have been, and may be still averted, if the titles were transferable, and not payable to the holders, as they now are." Senor MBNDIZABAL was present at the opening of the Cortes. The arrest of OLOZAGA had excited the indignation of all plrties, and had been denounced even by Count BRESSON as an act of tyranny. The matter will be brought under the notice of the Cortes at an early sitting.. It was ru - moured in Madrid, and a considerable degree of credit was attached to the rumour, that OLOZAGA had escaped from his guards at Briviesca. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 31.—The Three per Cents. were dune at 331 fur cash,- the Five p .r Cents. at ; the Coupons at 18 ; the Debt without Interest at Gi ; and the Vales at 8-a. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Journal des Debuts says "It is confidently asserted that the same schism which has made its appearance in the Opposition jour nals is on the point of bursting feral in the Chamber. It is said that M. Billault and M. Dufaure separate th, in selves openly from M. 'niers, and that they cannot dig:st a plan of acting which would force them fo slo themselves more friendly to the English alliance than M. Gu'zot himself." The speech of the Queen of SPAIN is commented on in some of the papers, but they all of them admit that it is a most insignificant affair. If, however, the speech of the QUEEN is insignificant, there is touch significancy about the acts of her Ministers. Witness the appointimnt of the Marquis DE VILEMA to the Presidency of the Senate, and the arrest of Senor OLOZAGA. In speaking of the appointment of the Marquis DE 1 7. 1LUMA, the C'onstitutiounel says— " We have no need to refer to he previous 4istory of the Marquis de Viluma, an old Cellist, who joined , he Queen's pasty at a late period. M. de Vilume, was ippointed Ambassador to London, but he was called to Spain before he took possession of his office, and Ives ap pointed President of the Council at the perk(' that an unconstitutional measure was attempted at Barce!oso which MM. Mon and Pidal, then Liberals, caused to be defeated. The Mat quis de Viluma, who only accepted uffice in order to adv..nce AbsAutist doctrines, resigned his functions, and became the leader of the Absolutist Opposition in the Cortes, which he has since directed. This is the man whom the Madrid Cabinet has appoint, d President of the Senate. It may be easily imagined what uneasiness has been created amongst the public by the choice of the Marquis de Viluma. The Tiempo deprecated such an appointment as inopportune, unsuit able, and of a bad signification. The Herald° expressed itself in the same terms, and added, that it had produced an unfavourable imyression on alI fractions of the ma jority. It perseveres in condemning and deploring it. The nomination of the Marquis de Viluma coincides with the creation of twenty new senators, at the head of whom figures General Pezuela, the brother of the Mar quis, and several other persons, whose opinions in favour of Absolutism are well known." The arrest of OLOZAGA is denounced in all the journals as a most daring violation of the electoral law, proposed and carried during the last session of the Cortes by the very Ministers who are themselves the first to set its provisions at defiance. " We cannot tell," says the Constitutionnel, " what pretext M. Isturits may have recourse to in justification of such a violation of the privilege of the Deputies. An attempt was made to prevent M. Ol ozaga f rom return i ng to Spain, by making the Ambassador at Paris refuse to grant him a passport; but M. Olozaga obtained one from the Consul at Bayon ne , b y present i ng to hi m the certificate of his election, and citing the law of 25th April, 1846, which inflicts the pain of death upon every functionary preventing a deputy from repairing to thus been enabled to set his is the soil of Spain, nothing less was necessary to prevent his t a ki ng his seat in the hpost. foot again M. ° upon o 3 n ga having Cortes than an open violation of the law. It cannot be said that M. Olozaga was und e r an y p rosecu ti on; for on the occasion of the celebrated glair of 1845, he succeeded in making his escape before any resolu tion against him had been come to by the Cortes, whi c h soon afterwards became dissolved. At the ensuing elec tions M. Olozaga was one of the candidates for Madrid, and was very nearly returned. Never has he been ordered to be put on trial, never has any prosecution against him been commenc e d, the fipanish Ministry having willingly suffered to li e d ormant an affair which it feared might bring forth revelations dangerous to itself. It is in vain, therefore, for M. Isturitz, after a lapse of three years, to attempt to revive against 3,1. Olozaga an obsolete prosecution, or rather one that never existed, and which, if it had been commenced, must now fall to wilfully and kn ow i ng l y arrested a deputy the ground by the farce of hi s new e l ect i on. It has, elected, and thus viol a t e d a l aw propose d b y lteg itself. hearlelfyor e Such a commencement is a sad augury for the session about to be opened.. Th e nom i nat i on o f M . Viluma and the arrest of M. Olo zaga sufficiently indi cate the spirit in wh i ch will be conce i ve d the new laws anno unced in the queen's speech for the press and the clergy. The creditors of Spain h ave b een a l rea d y un duly despoiled by restoring to the clergy, in the very face of the law, the national property which was their principal and surest guarantee. From this to the estab lishment of the ancient privileges of the clergy, accord lag to the desire of M. Viluma, there is but one step, and this step will be taken without faltering. The Isturitz Ministry has suspended the freedom of the press, and by a simple ordonnence has subjected all the joarna!s to a censorship previously to publication, and to an arbitrary rub, which has already caused several to disappear. Th e Queen announces the presentation of a law for regulating the present law of the press. It is intend e d, p ro b a bl y , ti pass into law that which already exists i n p ract i ce , aa d to make an obedient Legislature sanction and consecrate an oppressive rule, to which a change of Ministry would be sufficient to put an end. Thus it will be seen that it is impossible for any party to throw itself more boldly into the path of reaction than M. Isturitz and his col. leagues are doing. They are the less excusable, as they cannot be blind to the effects of the task they are ven turing upon, and that they must know they are not working for themselves. They are evidently only clear ing the way for the Absolutists, and imm e di a t e l y t h e path is o p en M . Vil uma will use it to reach the Govern .nent, leaving t o hi s predecessors nothing but th e s h ame of laving gradually ruined the liberties of their country." 'l"he National is very bitter on this subject, which it .considers as an exemplification of M. GUIZOT'S thiaery of monarchy and liberty acting in co-opera. tion. It asks— "what do you say to this proceeding? It is brief awl mild. A man elected in two places, protected by the most express law, arrested and thrown into prison, becrarse it does not please the Government that he should take his seat in the Chamber. These are little experi ments by the representative Government which M. Gazot has set up in Spain, in order to give us before harvd a taste of it. Do you not imagine that Spain is fortunate in being governed by what is called the French Party? and that a matrimonial alliance, the object of which is to maintain such a regime, is incontestably the bet it means of making the two nations friendly, and of ga: iranteeing the secular interests which cause the two as of the Pyrenees to move in the same sphere? If we were rot afraid of appearing to be too curious, we shoe Id like to know the opinion of the Debags on this halt expedition a la Turque, provided it should not in any way derange the superb theory which represents uv,na achy and liberty as acting in co-operation. Tins condition of the Bank of France still continues to oJe, tsion gent uneasiness. The statement of the aceol n ats of the Bank for the last quarter of 1846 (time(' up to the 26th ult.) shows the following re sults :.--Actif—The Bank had then in hand, cash, 72,7!34,792f.; in discounts and loans, 244,453,397 f. Bra nch Banks Accounts, 78,021,564 f. Rentes, public sec unities, and reserve fund, 64,240,807 f.; credits and vat ious items, 1,131,751 f, Passif—The amount of tlio bank notes in circulation, 259,459,801 f.; ac- COtr ats current, 111,507,4281. ; capital and reserve, 84 900,000 f.; difTerent lions, 7,715-,083f. The dis- coy nts, advances, and loam; made during the quarter ana ounted to 519,767,400 f. ; movement of accounts current, private, 3,094,732,600 f.; public, 266,511,300 f.; general movement of the caisse, 3,789,850,400 f. The Commerce remarks OR this statement in the fAlowing manner : " The general opinion in Paris is that since the 26th of December the rest has again diminished, and that it is this continued falling off which determined the journey of M. liottingt er to Lyndon. Last year. at the same date, the reserve in cash at the Bank of France amounted to 187.334,8f3E, so that there is a reduction of not less than 116,000,000. In examining the situation of the B ink, it will be seen that this diminution do s not proceed from any facilities afforded to business, for its discounts and advances of public securities and ingots only reach the sum of 244,000,000, whereas in 1845 these items amounted to 252,000,000. Neither can the reduction of its specie be attributed to its circulation, as this circulation is only 10,000,000 less than that of last year, and is nearly compensated for by the falling off in the money advanced to trade. It would appear from the statement furnished by the Bank of France, that three causes have especially contributed to the with drawal of its specie ; first, the diminution of the ac counts current, which from 118,470,005 f. (on Decem ber 26, 1845) have fallen to 61,565,281 f. (on December 26, 1846); secondly, the dimunition of the Treasury account, which is reduced to 48,226.647 f., from being 95,149,739 E; and, lastly, the constitution of capital for the new branch banks, and the advances which it was found necessary to make them. The purchase of corn in foreign countries, and even at home, explains the withdrawal of the funds appropriated to accounts current. But this withdrawal would not have caused any uneasi ness, had not the Treasury been obliged to take away a great part of the funds which it bad &posited at the bank. It was no doubt most convnient for this estab lishment to be able to dispose of a sum of more than one hundred millions for which it paid no interest, whilst fifty millions of its capital of 67,900,000 f. were invested in rentes. But this situation could not always last, and the present crisis shows what a dangerous path was entered on. Let the Treasury take away the forty-eight millions which the Bank still owes it, and the latter will see its specie reduced to twenty-three millions—or not the tenth part of the notes in circula tion. The Bank of France has manifested the preten sion to replace, by its branch establishments, all the de partmental banks. Without entering here into an exa• mination of this question, we may ask, is not the immense danger of such a monopoly evident 7 The Bank has a disposable capital of only 17,900,000 f., since 50 are in vested in rentes; it is with this sum that it has to suffice: Ist. For the discounts of commerce of Paris ; secondly, for the constituted capital of its branch banks (28 millions); and, thirdly, for the advances which it has be sides to make to these establishments, and which at present amount to upwards of 50 millions. Is it not monstrous to see an establishment, not having a dis posable capital, constitute, from time to time capitals for the branch banks which it establishes in the depart ments, and that without any limit being imposed, and without its being obliged to augment its capital? This grave inconvenience we pointed out when the discussion relative to the renewal of the Bank charter was going on, but the present interest of the shareholders pre vailed, and nothing was done." Shortly after the opening of the Bourse on Wednesday Bank shares fell 45f. ; they closed at a fall of 20f. The Budget to be presented to the Chambers will, it is said, avow a deficiency of 35,000,000 f. The Presse states that the provision crisis was not yet at an end, and that, until the gathering in of the next crop, France would be obliged to import at least 5,000,000 hectolitres of foreign heat. " Some persons," it says, " estimate the quantity ne cessary at from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 hectolitres. Calculating it only at 5.000,000, it will entail on us an outlay of upwards of 100,000,000 francs, which we shall have to pay in bullion at periods of six or seven months. The present circumstances ac cordingly impose upon us great prudence." The QUEEN of the 1 - I'RENCIT has recovered from the slight indisposition Under which she was labouring a few days since. Algiers papers to the 30th ult. have been received. The intelligence contained in them is unimportant. The Three per Cents. closed on the Parrs I3ourse on Wednesday ECL 801. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. GOc.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 9151.; llavre, 687 f. ; Great Northern, 6401: ; Avignon, 567 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 602 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c.; Paris and Stras burg, 4851.; Paris and Lyons, 508 f 75c. ; Lyons and • Avignon, -187 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Do - 3estic Debt, 10 y. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANuArtv 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 16%—Great Western Bengal, % Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1 1 / 2 —Louvain a la Sambre, 17§—Luxembourg, %--Northern of France, 10 Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 1 / 2 —Paris and Lyons 8 1 4—liouen and Havre, 27 t/—Sambre and Meuse, 4%. PANATVIA. _ (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) NOVEMBER 22.—The Pacific Steam Nav;gation Com pany's steam ship Ecuador, from Callao, W. Shannon, Commander, has arrived here, bringing, in addition to her usual passengers and cargo, the mails in continuation with the Company's steamer Chile, which left Valparaiso on the 28th of October, from the under-mentioned ports in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and New Granada, of ,he respective dates as undernoted:— CIIILE Valparaiso 2Bth of October Coquimbo Hulse() Copiapo 3oth „ BOLIVIA .... .... Cohija PERU Arica 3d Islay Pisco Callao 7th „ Pay t a l4th „ ECUADOR Guayaquil l6th „ NEW GaANADA Buenaventura l9th „ HAMBURCH AND DUTCH MAILS. KONIGSBURG, DEC. 23.—We learn that a few days ago an address from the elders of the merchants of this ,city was sent to Berlin, i❑ which, in reference to the news of the entire incorporation of the kingdom of Poland with the empire of Russia, the disadvantages are pointed out which would arise from this supposed event to the commerce of the province of Prussia. His Ma jesty is at the same time requested to secure to the pro , viner!, by diplomatic negotiations, the connexion which it his hitherto enjoyed pith Poland. BERLIN, DEC. 30.—A few days ago the Earl of Westmorland, the British ambassador, presented to his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar, of Prussia, in the name of her Majesty Queen Victoria, with the usual ceremonies, the insignia of the Order of the Bath. I❑ the sittings of the councils of State several subjects of general importance to the whole kingdom have been lately discussed. VILNNA, DEC. 2.5..—A deputation of our merchants requested some days ago an audience of his Excellency Baron Kubelt, to present a memorial in favour of the union of Cracow with the Austrian system of customs, and of refusing the demand of Prussia. The deputation was received by Counsellor Von Luccan, the President being engaged. The next day, the deputation returning to speak to Baron Kubek, M. Von Luccan observed that t.ieir affair was of so urgent a nature as not to suffor any further delay, and that the memorial must be pre sented immediately if any attention was to be paid to it in the difficult negotiation with Prussia. On which, the deputation, of course, presented their memorial and re tired. without seeing the President. It seems certain that Cracow will be united, with some mcdification, on the Austrian system of customs. HAMBURG, DEC. 31, P.M. (From the Office of the licunbuf g Telegraph ) The drifting of the ice at Cuxhaven is sometimes very ncon.siderable, the Hamburg brig Apollo having cleared, get into the harbour in the evening. The Swedish brig Enterprise was compelled to stay four days in the qua rantine harbour. Here above no important change has taken. place in the state of the ice, The frost continues; the ice is thicker, and the harbour can no longer be kept open by the barges. The Elbe is still very unsafe near the Devil's bridge, the passage with horses 'and sledges, &c., through the Reiherstieg cannot yet be ven• tured all the way to Hamburgh. ST. PETERSBUGII, DEC. 20.—The harvert in the Rus sian territory has, on the whole, yielded but an indif ferent crop. The seed began to spring up early in the springy: in the warm weather, which continued to May, when. it began to grow cool in the northern and central governments, and in the south continued tains set in. The crops were checked in their growth in the former provinces, when at the end of May th e w i nter and sum mer corn began to shoot, the rain had a favourable in fluence ; subsequently, the insect did much damage, all cultivated plants, such as fruit, vines, nuts, cucumbers, &c., have this year produced i n great Aundance.— Barnburgh Papers, Jan. 2. TES HAGUE, Jex. 4 . — According to accounts received yesterday from St. Petersburgh, dated 20th December, crush lumps may be imported into Russia, in the next year, 1847, on the same conditions as in the year 1846. The number of passengers on the Rhenish railway in December last, was 220,299, the fares amounted to 24,373 florina ; the receipts for merchandise, carriages, horses, &c., were 1,606 florins; the total receipts were 40,286 florins. By the last overland mail, we have received accounts from Java, which state th a t ac count had been received from the Government Comissioner for the Affairs of Bali, who had arrived on the 25th of September, on board his Majesty's frigate Ceres,iiti the road of Behleng, from which it appears, that since the departure of cur troops, the sentiments of the Pri nces of Behl eng and Karang Assam had been less . friend The contracts with B e hleng and Karang Assam had, however, be en exchanged on the 12th of October. The health of the garrison at Behleng was unfavourable. A MST ERDAM, JAN. 2. I he Journal de la Haye copies, without making any remarks, from the Cologne Gazette, a report that representations have again been made by the Netherlands, for the purpose of obtaining a reduc tion of the tolls upon the Rhine, which are stated to be very prejudicial to the trade with Germany, and th a t i n conseql ence the commission for the navigation of the Rhine vi ill again assemble at Mentz. DORT, JAN. 4.—The river is covered from bank to bank with floating ice, which sometimes collects, but is not strong enough to bear, so that the communication with the , bank is by light boats. The same is the case at Goririchem.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 5. COCIIJNEAL. — This afternoon-' ochineal met with a good demand, and 109 bags of H onduras, at publi c sa l e , so ld at 5s 7d to 5a lid for AilYers, bung (grater ripe of ld to 2d, FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 6.—The av:,.rage price of wheat in the work ending on Saturday, Jan. 2, was 27f. 27c .and that of rye 21f. 71c. per hectolitre, being an increase of 0! centimes on wheat, and a decrease of 03 centimes on rye since last week. We have just learned that the establishment at Se raing, which for several years worked with two large furnaces, an , ' Las created two new ones since 1844, is goimr to erect a fifth and a sixth, to enable it to supply th.Liqcreased demand for its manufactures. The Moniteur promulgates a law, dated Jan. 2, enacting, that by an extensi, , n of Art. 3, of the Law of the 17th of July, 1846, raw beetroot sugar shall be ad mitted for exportation, with a reduction equal to the amount of the Excise. The Moniteur publishes also the law which fixes the budget of dotations for 1847, at the sum 0f:3,338,672 francs 75 cents. The law ahieh ext , mpts from Excise duties—the salt employed in feeding cattle or for manuring land. The law AA MA grants to the department of public works provisional rate of credit for 2,215,962 f. And the law which modifies the duties of custom on 14pather and hides. By a royal decree of the 3d of December, the sum of 18,550 f., to be assigned on the 9th chapter act of the budget of the Department of Justice, is placed at the dispwal of the Minister of Justice, to be distribute;] by him, according to their merits, among the charitable institutions which are engaged in assisting criminals released from prison, and which endeavours to train persons for the service of the prisons of the depot of mendicity. A royal decree of the same (late, grants to the Mi nister of Justice, a sum of 64,848 francs, to be distributed in like manner among other charitable institutions ; and another royal decree, of the 31st December, grants the sum of 3,500 francs to the Minister of Justice, to be paid, if there is occasion, in the name of the English congre gation at (Mend, and of the Consistory of the Protestant Evangelical Church at Antwerp. CRACOW, DEC. 23.—The Breslau Gazette of the 20th of this month reported, in a letter from Cracow of the 12th, that several of the inhabitants of Cracow, who had been arrested in the course of the year, had been set at liberty ; yet not accomplices in the late con spiracy, but only persons who, since the de parture of the Russian troops, had; been arrested for using improper language. To this, the Cracow Gazette answered :—" As we considered it to be our duty to make strict inquiries into the statement given by the Breslau Gazette, we are now able, after having received authentic information, after the departure of the Russian troops, to assure our readers, that the magistrates of Cracow have not once had any occasion to arrest any person for improper language, that, therefore, in dividuals of this description cannot have been discharged from the prisons. A considerable number of persons have, it is true, been set at liberty during this period, but they were persons who were accused of participation in the conspiracy this spring, and were arrested on that account. BRESLAU, DEC, 24.—My communication respecting the alarming state of the manufacturing districts in the mountains, has the same melancholy confirmation, in consequence of a petition from Langenbielan, a detach. ment of troops bas been sent to protect the inhabitants, and we must unfortunately fear that the discharges of workmen will continue to increase, and that many extensive and wealthy manufacturers, who are amply provided with commissions and orders, will be obliged to give up, solely on account of the existing difficulty and restrictions of the bakers, which disables them from obtaining the ready money which they require. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 30. 5 per Cent. Meta Moues 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • ......... 981,i 3 per Cent. ditto •• •• •• •• •• •• •••••• •• •• 7214 Loan, 1834 .157 Ditto, 1839 .. •• ••• • • Bank Shares .. • • .. • • . • • • • • .•• • • • 1580 Eiterhazy's Loan • • • • •• • • . ........... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand Gloggnitz • • • • • ••.• • • .. 127% Vienna—Milan ..................... 1087• 9 Penh . ..... ...... .................. Sienna .• •••••• • • .• • • .... •••. • • .. l'osth Bridge .. • • ...................... Apenninen —Allgemelne Zeltung, Jan. 2. PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS IN THE SUGAR-GROWING COLONIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Craig's .court, Charing-cross, London, Dec. 27, 1846. Sin,—The evils und, r which the colonists of Van Diemen's Land sutler, through convicts being sent there, and the hopeless state of debasement of the convicts thernsdvos, are by far too serious to be allowed to remain without considerable exertion being made to remedy them. It is an accepted opinion that the chief preven tion of criine is regular occupation ; and although it is reported that Government are about to adopt some measures to create a demand for the labour of the con victs, it also appears to me that such is not absolutely required. During the last Parliament my attention was drawn to several suljccts then under discussion ; and it oc currxl to me much good might be accomplished if convict labour was, in future, transferred to our sugar growing colonies in the West Indies. After having maturely considered this question, in its different bear ings, I ventured to address Earl Grey thereon ; and I now beg to fi,rward you a copy of my letter to his Lord• ship, as also the reply with which I have been honoured. You will perceive my proposal embraces five objects, viz. :- Ist. To supply labour to our sugar-growing colonies in the West Indies. 2d. To extend education' n those colonies, not only to the convicts, but generally. 3d. That whilst the convict is undergoing his sen tence, and made to labour hard, he shall be encouraged by kind treatment—such as diminished labour, improved food, and classification—to conduct himself well, and thereby become a changed man ; and also, at the expi ration of his period of servitude (which, by exemplary conduct might be considerably reduced), he would be come entitled to a share in the accumulated fund, set aside out of his own earnings, which would be of suffi cient amount to enable him, for the future, to gain an honest livelihood. 4th. To relieve the colonists of Van Diemen's Land from the burden of the convicts. sth. To diminish very considerably the expenditure of the country, by saving the cost of transport to, and the support of the convicts in, the colony of Van Diemen's Land, which now amounts to from 200,000/. to 300,0001. per annum. The Government are pledged to assist the planters in finding labourers, to extend education, and to improve the condition of those who may have fallen under the penalties of the law. For the purpose of more fully developing my pro position, I have, at considerable labour, compiled tables, and other statements, which, if called for, 1 intended to have laid berore the Government. These I am now about to submit to the West India Committee ; and I also intend to make an appeal on the subject to various noblemen and others, eminent for their unwearied ex. ertions for the moral improvement of the condition of their less fortunate fellow-creatures. It relay be proper for me to add, that whilst the planters would be saved the immense expense of the transit of Coolies to anti from the several colonies (301. each for from two to three years' service, in addition to their wages, &c.), my plan would not interfere with the current rate of wages in the colonies, as I propose that of the convicts shall be the same as the free labourer ; the only difference being, that the wages of the former shall be appropriated by the Government, and that, too, ahnost wholly for their benefit. I also have good reason to believe, that unless the planters signify it to be their desire, no steps will be taken by the Government on this important question. You are at full liberty to make what use you please of these papero ; and should 3ou desire it, I shall have much pleasure in placing in your hands the details of my proposition. I am, Sir, your mast obedient servant, JAMES WINDOW. Craig's -court, London, 13th October, 1846. My trust that the great importance of the subject of the supply of labour to the West Indian Colonies may justify me in submitting to your Lord ship's attention the following propositions, which, if carried out, would, I conceive, not only most materially benefit the West India interest, but would facilitate the prosecution of other objects which her Majesty's Government are believed to have in contemplation. It has been admitted by Lord Stanley, and confirmed by other high authorities, that although the greatest care must be taken in the procurement of labourers from the coast of Africa, the Colonist must be afforded increased facilities in this respect without delay. It appears to me, that by the application of convict labour, under well considered regulations, the object in view might most effectually and promptly be aided ; and the sole question I humbly conceive the Government will have to decide is, whether such great numbers of disso lute persons (whilst undergoing punishment) may be safely allowed to go comparatively free. That the whites are qualified to labour under a tro pical sun has already been proved by the employment, by Government, of convicts at the Bermudas. The security of the persons and the property of residents, as also the safe custody of the convicts, would be amply guaranteed by the present existing local police (aided by the military), which I understand was much increased and improved at the time of the emancipation of the slaves. In the first instance, the number of convicts in each colony would be inconsiderable—o u ly increasing gra • dually ; and care would have to be taken that the num ber of convicts supplied should be in proportion to the number of troops and police employed in each colony. Were it necessary to prove further the efficacy of white labour, reference could be had to a communication from the late Sir Herbert Taylor, addressed to the Colonial Office :during the reign of his Majesty George the Fourth, by which it will be found that a planter of some importance, resident in the island of St. Christopher's, employed white labour there three years prior to the Emancipation Act. In this instance, whilst the work by those free labour ers was found to be far more effective than that of the black population, by a wise precaution pursued in appor • tioning the hours of labour, the casualties by sickness and death were by no means great. I may also acquaint your Lordship that, in the yeae 1835, a company was projected for the employment of white labour in Jamaica; and although, from some cause, it was not carried out, the inclosed advertisement, which appeared in the newspapers of that period, will show you the names of influential persons, being large proprietors of West India estates, who had agreed to lend their sanction, and advance their capital, by taking 411 aCtiTo put in it 3 4ffoira. Among other benefits and profits calelat: - _-(1 upon by jr. - I VLita r°' lab Air o:er bla c k s was; considered as 35 to 48 in fa of the fern ems. I would beg to suggest the appointment of var i l officers (perhaps half-p a y o ffi cers ) to t h e severa l cola' p to superintend the arri, va l o f t h e conv i cts, th e ir all ) ment to proprietors of estates, &C. These officers should, I humbly conceive, be t hi , medium of adjusting all diff erences b e t ween the el ployers and the convict:. To guarantee a fair r.clinir ei i 'ration of their duties, rewards, and punishments, 0 0 1 , 1 shoul I be perfectly free from all other local COn t o ! except that of the Governor (~.f the colony ; and e r di thria, except in cases of emergency, they should solely under instructions from. the Colonial-office. receiving their appointment, they should declare w o: they had no interest in the colony to which they We re proceed. The planters who hire the convicts should enter_., ietg written engagements to pay the current rate of Or, to house, feed, and clothe the convicts, and be rel . ; sible, under some fix e d p ena l ty , f or t h e i r safe cast'4o. Your Lordship will thus p erce i ve t h at I d o not P ry pose to interfere with free labour. With regard to the appropriation of the wag i# convicts, I would suggest as follows :—That the e o, year's produce should go in repayment to Govern o for the expense of passage, &c., to the colony. That the salari , s of the officers sho u ld be paia.,4 the earnings of future years, and the bal anc e-be WY' into three equal parts, viz.:— Ist. To form sick and disabled funds. 2d. To form a general education fund for the co* in which the labour is given. 3d. The balance, n o t l ess th an one - t hi r d, to be P ° l ,lo_ over to an officer of Government, to be invested Savings' Bank, at compound interest, for the bene # the convict, on the termination of his sentence, O f f case of his death, to his legal representative. Oi There would have to be a variety of arrangemeoz o oti the safe custody of the convicts, th e ir t rea t m ent, ',el of labour; and also for the nat u r e an d amo unt iN o k wards and punishments for good or bad conduct" # 1 their education—which latter must be enforced ° convicts. To act as a stimulant to industry and good coedu". d i would be advisable to adopt a generous mode of 10 1 went of the convict; and where the Government lands, in addition to the share of earnings of the, victs, it might be further desirable to give 60 3 allotments at the term of their punishment. AD , ,0 might also be curt a il e d, an d, d ur i ng t h e i r servitudes good conduct, the hou rs o f l a b our m i g h t b e reu if i; and they might be suppli e d w i t h a b etter qua li t y o ,' Besides the very large, i mme di ate , gra d ua l, not tinual supply of labour to the colonies, the proriyl improvement of the convicts, through the educati o , o olo would receive, and m eans th at wou ld b e affordea. os i of obtaining an hon es t li ve lih oo d at t h e ex pirsti o # their sentence (which, being residents, would be A joi counterpoise to the black population), and the pr°:;, - 0 0 a general fund for educational purposes in those P . : 0 00 her Majesty's dominions, there would accrue an iio saving, equal I believe, to upwards of 200,0007 annum, in the transmission of convicts and theird sistence in Van Diemen's Land; and the Gove l nY would have it in their p. , wer to relieve, hereafte r o ltY colonists there, who have been loudly complainir miseries attendant upon its being generally used penal settlement. Should = be, d I nel it be determined to carry the plan - re '? to offer into full o p era ti on , t h e f un d s d er i va bl e tiled would, in a few years, amount to 100,0004 per wibed to prove which I have made some calculations. f oi and other details, I shall be happy to lay before Lordship.— I have ( the honour to JAMES be, &c., WIN O Signed) To the Right Hon. E trl Grey, &c., &e. 1 4 this Lonuoti, October 21, 1 i f, My Lord,—Referri ng t o th e l etter I did IllYseiot honour of addressing t o y our L or d s hi p on t he 13th A!„ suggesting the expediency of convict labour pyr o " , f future supplied to th e sugar - grow i ng co l o nies 1 04 West Indies, a fact pregnant with importance r e r , thereto has since come to my knowledge fully cy, rating the statement r e l a ti ve to t h e emp l oyme nt or labour in St. Kitt's. I refer to the fact of a vast ° fo re, of English labourers having been employed in th e dr tion of the Jamaica railway s , amongst w h o m l e "' casualties have arisen. yol j i This can be easily verified, and might its! is V l ` Lordship's judgment when delib e r a ti ng o n t'il if f; question. lam quite aware many pliilanthropis"ok' . object to convicts being sent out to a tropical 'cli,.°3o, the plea of injury to their constitutions ; which. 0 is found to be futile, from the communication °o,or 'the liberty of making to your Lordship. I have the honour to t , e, n o „* (Signed) JAMES WIL‘"" To the Right Honourable Earl Grey, &c., , Colonial.office, 29th Odl 1840 e Sir,—l am directed by Earl G r ey to acknowk" receipt of your communic a tion s o f the 13th it° l oo' inst.,. recommending the employment of convict in the West Indies. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 0. (Signed) B. lIA " 4 To Jamas Window, Lq. • TO THELEDITOR OF .THE SUI V I O I°, I A SIR,—I am very anxious to correct a mistake je , report from the Croydon Petty Sessions of t e r last, which appeared in your paper of Monday, w.gel The mistake I complain of is the foll ow i ng po l f ,' , "It may be necessary to explain that Mr. Oldfi e ld 0 " - A of the executors of the late Mr. Cobbett." I befit, td that Jesse Oldfield was my father's shopman, but. ,9 an executor of his will.—l am, Sir, your most 0 0 2 servant, W. COBBP' Queen's Prieon, 7th Jan., 1847. r [We have omitted the latter portion of Mr. .de tt letter, and likewise the postscript. If Mr. Cobbeehi re-peruse what he has written, he will, as 0, laws once perceive our reason.—ED. Sun.] THE CONFLICT BETWEEN COURTS OF ALDERMEN AND I , ' COUNCIL. etf The sub-committee of th e C ommon Council m an ed the subject of the refusal of the Lord Mayor t o question for the third reading of the Bill to C s' o s oy qualification of the candidates for the C o mmon —Mr. Peacock in the chair. Old The resolution passed at former meetings , 0 41,4 rights and liberties of the citizens were e ndatir i dr a the proceedings of the Court of Aldermen, an d1) ( 0 1,14' the Members to adopt and enforce all such le /v. e ier" and reasonable measures as shall preserve to 0 8 4 of London the right to alter their municipal inli t e It o to meet the increasing commerce of the City, an, formity with the intelligenc e an d wan t s o f the " read. Mr. ANDERTON said th a t un l ess M r . A s hues r t ist 9 to address the committe e h e wou ld rea d a efs, which he had submitted to several of the me Ma yor' which he had intended to pre sen t t o t h e Lord ":" c leP",e Mr. ASHURST was obliged to his f r i en d Mr. "„ ;te) who had left the requisition i n hi s h an d s tint" forr o i sent meeting took place. He requested that the resolution might be read that the meeting ntrof o t conscientiously, by redeeming their pledge 10 t ' t os r o li stituents. The difficulty with a popular and 0 1 0 ( body was to p u r sue uni ty o f act i on . Th ough i f well knew the reasons which i n d uce d the ' t ° be Aldermen to engage in the p resen t s t r ugglei e question before the Court of Co mmon Counc il IPit present moment w as th e re f usa l o f th e 01,p Mayor to put a ques ti on regu l ar ly naos'en , ., t ttr A , right of the Court o f C ommon C ounc il to lne l 'Co!,4 his putting it, or h av i ng i t put , b y an o ffi ce r of t h e cow l , The Lord Mayor was mere ly t h e m i n i s t e r of t he w); to preserve order and regulate the spealteM license or suppress discussi on , b u t if he would Pic r o e vi er. 0 put a question to th e C our t, h e possesse d the eO 4O suppress any la w , i m p rovement , or eve n all e is eb.", ‘ make one, and th e C our t must assem bl e to d oe IP such duties as it should please him to permit- dletoP sent question was a l aw f u l quest i on. The IA" f t had submitted it twice to the Court, on the fi l l V o l second reading of th e Bill, and would, they 8 but have put it upon th e occas i on i n que stion, . ch tbe o the Aldermen wished to raise the streggbeir Sd h leal knew must come upon th a t Bill freeT4 upon others which were to give the reSiD" without fine to all the rated inhabitants 11, in the city, and to controul their irresponsibility. ..00; had an instinct which told them that, if the CornO, wouldw e r were t h c r e o a w s n e. open,,rhe They elections dre adedforr a l r if l e in a m n e d nt i , rre b s u p t o7 o o l o / 1# could not allow reform to come from within, it h ije, come from without. The committee were under 001/ tion to his friend for suspending the requisition. barbel needed not to do more now than to insist upon 61 1 , 4 4 the question put. If they did not i ns i st upon th,rdir wo uld surrender the primary ri g h t upon wh i c h an - depended.—(Cheers.) i 0 Mr. R. L. JONES argued earnestly and 11.°14 1 1)° favour of insisting upon putting the ques tion. to question arose upo n a report from the Congeiti4„l, pointed by the C ourt, w h o had received the reP"n, proceeded with th e Bi ll the committee had 105; and it was impossible that the Lord Mayor. r c i ss j i' speaker of any legally constituted assembly, CO ti o 'rtro. "you shall not proceed with the business of a r e p f4 0 have received." If such was the case, the M r " i bas ;I; might practically suppress the Court, and safe - isb / question should be put for receiving a report o' his Lordship did not approve.—(llear, hear.) 40 10- 1 / 7 Mr. ANDERTON said he was desirous of union'. above all things, and would n o t p ress t h e requie r ', The committee then proceeded t o fix a day lr o fOce, e f ing up the information required, f rom t h e se vers.' tffl and appointed Wednesday, th e 13th i ns t., to call too.e the general committee of members. ,fB f. SEAMEN'S HOSIJItAt — SOC I o f The quarterly general court of the governors .4re" society was held at the office s , 74, Ki ng Willia in yesterday, John Wild, Esq., in the chair. a pe be From the statement of the secretary, it„ : P to t h jg that the bequest of Mr. Wright, of 5961. 12s. 10 `• ' 'a funds of the society, which had been contested r, ao executors, was paid on the C.ll of last Decelobechiee that a donatlon of 100/., as well as remittances from for tP had been received that m orn i ng . Th e receint, s , , e f% past quarter amounted t o 1,8761 . 2s. Id., w hicii in th t ; deducting the necessary expenses, left a balanc e treasurer's hands of 3801 . Os . l d . T he num ber or P v oos' received during the past quarter was 8 13 9 0f several had been discharged. Thaelcs having been voted to the Chairman, tu em eo ing separated. , LASGOW.—Rumours have lately—been irui;eo Alta it is the intention of one or both of our P, r iq Members t o re ti re f rom P ar li amen t. 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