The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME TIIEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN!. I Marquis de Vernon,:Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ! Morliere, Mr. Hornesstie; Ardenford , Mr . D. W. King; opo, At s r • Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss It. Isaac ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After 'eh will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled i HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. lie Overture Mid Music composed by Mr. It. Hu H E ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Whim, and numerous as- sistants ; the Tricks and Trausformatioer by by Mi*. 'Bemire Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, chidery by Mr. B. Sloman the Dres and a host of auxiliaries. The whole s protlucca - Ander the auperin cadence of Mr. W. West. Scone 1. ABODE of KALTBA, TnE ENCILANTRESS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society tchave been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," " s omewhere or other." Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Bake, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. Horneastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, wills anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and 11. 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 "smog." as." Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—llow the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIM' OF INFANT ScilooL.—Schoohnaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half•holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTEEioR AND BARRACAN 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, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—flow the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance fa public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come tow ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." Noises.—" 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. KALYBA'S House or CoRREcTioN !—St. George of Eng land (a runfun 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, Sit. Anthony of Italy (all pretty' much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene 5. Dovsa Roans.—llow the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANES OF TnE SlLE.—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 Paella, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almatizor mine to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " boand 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, KING OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Mince, about to be mar tied 0 tho 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 fer himself ), Mr. WiePut. How this " marriage in high life" is sukl•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. (v:de Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION " Who'll kill the dragon ? I " Or me he shall gorge ; I, says St. George, I I'll kill the dragon."—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 S. Tim DaacoN's HAUNT IN TUE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished); how he and the Dragon tall In, and then tall out. The Battle (tor particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elcveles St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shillb.g pieces" of England, but at the same tune inerodtices the audience • Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CIIIVALRY.—IIow St. George receives the " Rattle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Oki Friends In Yew Characters. Harlequin Pantaloon, Mr. Howell, .11*. T. Matthews, Mr. Priorsou. Colitinbine Miss Hicks. Scone 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CET SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments: " Holding the mirror up to nature." A' Famhies furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint flies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCUANDLER S SHOP AND GRANARY.—VIore 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 N - uftsr.ax GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Ttidker," 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. TINIIAN AND TAILOR'S BIIOPS.--The original little 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 OE 'BRITISH ♦ND FOREIGN TOT WAREIIOUSR.— Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and oat of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." . Scene 15. Tux STATUE AS IT Ia ; or, Wellingtou at it do-park. corner. Scene 16. TINS STATUE •3 IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo, " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE noyAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. E. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called TIIE POUND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside Story. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; Reuben Cwynne, Mr. Wubster ; Ducks, Atr. Buckstone ; Harwood, Mr. Howard; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Forteseue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. To be followed by the Farce of MY WIFE'S MOTIIEn. Fria cipal characters by Messrs. W. farren, Holl, Brindal ; Mrs. Glover, and Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " La Bayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillatime 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. Bnckingliam, Miss Itcynold.t:, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Management of Airs. Keeley, Triumphant success of Bon's new Christmas I'iece. 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 TILE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha acters 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 Oxberry ; Miss Villars, Miss Turner, and Miss Arden. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled TIIE BUT TERFLY'S B.L. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier ; Sintaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks ; Attendant Sprites, Makers. C. and F. Lauri. TIIEATnE 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, 0. Smith, &e. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Minions, 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 BrMe. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Culienibrd, Madame Celcate, Miss Marian Taylor, lijss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lussee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will he performed a ne;;;liiCiiiWinY:Musical Romance, entitled TILL SET MAIDS OF MUNt Jlt ; or, The (host's Tower. Col. Bertrusd, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Hellejamb^, Mr. 1 ether; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. W)nn ; • Cornet Orosilos, Ms. Compton ; Baron Bristlel•ach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner . ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Bonner, BMA!, -Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Grouts, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN BOWS. Cbaracters by Mews. Compton, Cowell, Granby; Mrs. 11. Hughes, and Misl E. Homer. In the coarse of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CIIILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican POW' intro,lnet»g "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. The Last Appearance of the eminent Colnedien, M. PERLET. THIS EVENING Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M. earth:lly ; Valero, M. Langeyal ; Ergaste, M. Lucien ; Ariste, M. Dorgebret ; Un Commissaire, M. Masquillier ; Un Notalre, M. Pa genier ; Isabelle, Malls. Angelo ; Elecnor, Mdlle. Fouquet ; Lisette, Mdlle. Rhin. After which the Vaudeville of LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Amalie Rhin. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Assiette, Monsieur Perlet. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 641. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened al half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. To 1w had of all Booksellers. popuLAR NEW WORKS, JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. I. V.I. VI. of TRIERS' HISTORY of the CONSUL E and EMPIRE. The only authorised English edition. Tianslated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq. Bvo. Vol. VII. of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS. Coruplet:ng the Work. A SECOND EDITION of HOCIIELIGA. Edited by ELIOT WARBURION, Esq. 2 vols., 2ls. bound. IV. A SIXTH EDITION of the CRESCENT and the CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. 2 vols., 21s. bound. V. Vol. IX. of AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND ; compOsing MARY of 310 DENA, Consort •f JAMES 11. CANADA and the CANADIANS hi 1846. By Lietdenant• Colonel Sir RICHARD BONNYCASTLE. 2 vols., 21s. bound. VII. THE ENGLISH MATRON. By the Authoress of " The Eng lish Gentlewoman." Small Svo., is. 6d. bound. VIII. MARY ANNE WET LINGTON ; the Soldier's Daughter , Wife, and Widow. By the Ray. R. COBBOLD, M.A. 3 vols. with Il lustrations. Ilenry Colburn, Publiiiher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ES SR S. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY .vHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their F r i e nds and the Public for their continued support foul patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the (lan of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing Instructions (with a reference), are respectililly •equested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to lastrt:ctions. Oinces, 'fall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATLIER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 8. TUERIKOMETER., Lowest, 36; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 30.17.—W1ND E., fine. I ,.Ac. • ,-,:e. 1 - 4 -` ~y • , ... ',l i ! *.,,, 1 s , I• 4, .1` , ' , A ~: . 1 , ,,0,,, ,i- t-, L ig 0, -a , -.9.4 1 , •. , ":4 ~ C , ~ C ' ... 4 1,...'"' 4:40 . 04,1.1.. :• •, ,.17.?' -. ,r 4rasrwr'7Wl,ll r?.?o;•.`'• ' - 4-. ~,..- 'k• '' lc , ~, ; 1 . • -kAlitral....;.? ..;44, 1 ":tra,/ , ''".. y i i l , f _•-• ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS lell, iiitrrTngton, White, Stanwetod, and Gannon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at lie above Theatre, TO MORROW 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 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. P atronised by her Most Gracious Majesty Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. the Queen, Prince Albert, Prin ce o f W ales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled Success of the Gr an d Christmas YantOnlinlC, 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 TIIE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Ilatty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; humorous performances by Alr. Henderson, as Clown. with To conclude with the successful eomic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and AR Dube and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Air. ltoeliez ; Ilarlequin, Mr. IN% liar- Ines Louisa Waite. ye ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarinl; Columbine, • ' ROYAL SURREY TIIPAT Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge, THIS EVENING Will iH performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be' supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime. canc.' THE RING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Datil; Pantaloon, Herr It. Dentin ; Columbine -)Nile. Theodore; Clown, Herr N. Denlin; Mr. Punch, Herr E. IMAM'. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Reduction of Prices.—Boxes, ls,. Half-price, lid ; I it, fsl.; Gallery, 3d. ; Private Boxes, 2;. The Victoria again victorious. Decided siwqs.stqf the new grand " Go-a-Head Pantoznime." " The best ..._. t . Viiitt mithe ever produced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest In -1-"‘ ;"' ' ptan f Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Panto r ..!..,_ . Public Press. .1,7'....-f< `- --'. V's • , e THIS EVENING 4 -, 2 . i ::'--_,- Will be put% ed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Yin ,,. . 4 j.4014, V,.ip ee, Miss L. 'Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed ...-- ._ • t i.....Aards(XFPC e tie, Forman, &c., will perform. .-. t ,itey-Net t iell a 1 , be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en ,,,V. _ - 1", 'fillell ril OF TIIE STEAM ENGINE ; nr, Harlequin . ' .-- - roPtir.di , d Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; r;,' . 1 .- -' , -- liaigagon, Signor Osmoude ; Harlequin, M. Lupine; Columbine, Yin _ .: . ----- 119. Addipauri. • 4 1 , • e. ' It[GH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 52 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 10 111111111,C3 after 6. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1847. I '..'i ittilitt c _., Alll'3 LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1847. CABINET COUNCIL A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock this day, at the Foreign-office, Downing•street. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord PALNIERSTON, Earl GREY, and most of the Ministers were present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is out of town, in consequence of the death of his father. Before many days have elapsed the " vexed ques tion" 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 misrepresented 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 an 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 Westminster Review. Surely it must. That is precisely the consideration which has operated as such a powerful incentive to Lord PALMERSTOI 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. Hems 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 wedding 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 (gni n'inzporte rien), but, because by that union of the Duke of This-and-that with the Infanta of So and so, the independence of an illustrious race is jeopardized, and the balance of European :power endangered. Any different explanation of the senti ments entertained upon the matter in Downing street, and throughout the length and breadth of 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 PuiLirrz at the Chateau d'Eu, the Westminstsr Review is again filled with the most surprising astonishment. Instead of recognisin g in the compact between the two Sovereigns (to the effect that the Due DE 111ONTPENSIER would be at liberty to seek the hand of the Infanta whenever a Coburg Prince was advanced by Great Brit a i n 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 perpe.tual incarceration of the children of FER 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 FRENCH 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 letter to a member of the Spanish Cortes ; but no mention whatever is made of that most remarkable breach of political honour and royal honesty, which alone elicited that letter, which palliates everything unpre ce d ented in the publication of that letter, which, indeed, renders that letter a memorable testimony of the shameless duplicity and ungraceful guile by which Louis Pimarea alonerealised his most ardent aspirations. The withdrawal of the British Minister from the Court o f Madrid, and the absence of the British A m b assador from the e o w f Paris, are designated b y the Westminster R as " undignified and petty exhibition s of tempe r " There never was an imputati on more utterly pre posterous than this. Can any sensible man for one single moment maintain that the Marquis of NOR MANDY coutl attend levees and eat dinners at Paris ith the members of that Administration tag.tinst the proceedings of which he had, in obcdienca to the directions of his Government, just tendered such a stern and decisive protest, or that Mr. BULIY ER coal 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 Duc DE MONTPENSIER and the Infanta LUIS.k 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 Pump 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 vernii4ent at Paris—whether, in fine, the Spaniards may not ultimately become the virtual denizens of a Genic 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 Tuesday, referring to the late case of HoinswouTu V. GIBBON and others, proprietors of the Plymouth Journa, affords a strong illustration of the risks incurred by public journalists when, in the discharge of their duty, they expose the fraud and mal-practices of those obtaining _money by means other than those of fair industry. There is nothing more important to the public generally than that they should be warm d 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 for their plunder, but that they should obtain the fullest and most authentic information in every instance where such publication may be beneficial. Pubic 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 will be held legally responsible, and subjected to proceedings in several different form?, 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 are 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 thome connected with that press may still bo 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 le deny the truth of the conceded unless the prosecutorti chargesby a imputed tlidavit t o d shall dis tinctly and h an d i s t shall ,an(p and that t a ha ie rthat ti his eo hecomes conduct ct in with retsop respect c o t u r w to t the clean er.ti re et t h r le a ea n r s i a n e is t u i r o ce tr dah \ r vpaialelrt is to the vindicate the strictest investigation. This is a just and e qu it a bl e course; w h erever th e mo ti ve o f ty i n a d s i p c e a r t a e i nhiss cast reputation, npo n i tt to justify i 1 himself from the face of the world, so theld,,if in b fu.lies is t opportunity is afforded : to him of doing power. And, consequently, this is the d bed suede a op by the great majority of honourable and hi gh-min,led men, who are compelled to come before the public as complainants, and no parties charged can utter a:ny complaints aoinst the measure of justice which muv be inflicted upon them. But, unfortunately, a simil ar protection does not exist with regard to either of tile other proceedings. Any vindictive person may brit .g an action for damages, or prefer an indictment cx may mote. If he is willing to incur the risk of the 'costs' in case of failure, there is no check or restriction o n 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 infbrination, or, secondly, that in case the defendant should plead a justification, and rely on the truth of his statements, and that they were inserted for 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 tile lwavy expenses which they were well aware they should in any event sustain ; but, in the high-minded and conscientious dicharge 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 9.,0001. sterlirg for so doing. We are rejoice to find that a meetk.g has been held at Plymouth, for the purpose of procuring a public subscription in aid of the expenses incurred 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. aoLnswouru. 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 reals capital, have been ascertained to be forgeries," 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 cccurence El Tiempo says—, " Yesterday an unforeseen and scandalous occurrence created a great sensation and produced a fall at the liolsa ; twenty-three forged Three per Cent. titles, each of 48,000 reals, made their appearance. The conse quences of this fact, which may greatly injure public credit and private interests, might hare been, and may be still averted, it the titles were transferable, and not payable to the holders, as they now are." Senor INIENDIZADAL was present at the opening of the Cortes. The arrest of OLOZAGA had excited the indignation of all parties, 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 OLOZAG had escaped from his guards at Briviesca. MADRID BOLSA, DEC, 31.—The Three per Cents. were done at 33-1 for cash; the Five per Cents, at 201 ; the Coupons at 18:1 ; the Debt without Interest at 6 : 1 ; and the Vales at 81. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Journal des Debuts says— "It is confidently ass• rted that the same schism which has made its appearance in the Opposition jour nals is o❑ the point of bursting Barth in the Chamber. It is said that M. Billanit and M. Ddriatl - e separate thni. selves openly from M. Thicr3, and that they cannot dig.st a plan of acting which would force them to slo.w theaiselves more friendly to the English alliance than M. tkfzut himself." The speech of the Queen of SPAIN 15 commented on in soma of the papers, bat they all of them adult that it is a most insignificant aff.tir. If, however, the speech of the QUEEN is insignificant, there is much s:gnificancy about the acts of her Ministers. Witness the appointment of the Marquis DE Vir.uMA to the Presidency of the Senate, and the arrest of Senor 01.0AGA. In speaking of the appointment of the Marquis DE VILUMA, the Constitatiound &,ys— "We have no need to refer to the previous history of the Marquis de Viluma, an old Carlist, who joined the Queen's pasty at a late period. M. de Viluma was ))ppointed Ambassador to Lon !on, but he was called to Spain before he took possession of his ollioo, and was ap pointed President of the Council at the perk(' that an unconstitutional measure was attempLed at Barcelona, ' which MM. Mon and Pidal, then Liberals, caused to be defeated. The Mat quis de Viluma, who only accepted office in order to adv_nce Absolutist 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 7'ienipo deprecated such an appointment as inopportune, unsuit able, and of a bad signification. Tee Herald° expressed itself in the same terms, and added, that it had produced an unfavourable imnyression on all fractions of the ma jority. l~ 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 PLzuela, 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 ail 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. Isturitz may hare recourse to in justification of such a violation of the privilege of the Deputies. An a tt em pt was made to prevent M. Olozaga from returning 1 to Spain, by making the Amb assa d or a t P ar i s re f use to grant him a passport; but M. Olozaga obtained one from the Consul at Bayonne, by presenting to him 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 his post. M. Olozaga having thus been enabled to set his foot again upon the soil of Spain, nothing less was necessary to prevent his taking his seat in the - Cortes than an open violation of the law. It cannot be said that M. Olozaga was under any prosecution; for on the occasion of the celebrated affair of 1845, he succeeded in making his escape before any resolu tion against him had been come to by the Cortes, which soon afterwards became dissolved. At the ensuing elec tions M. Ol o zaga was one of th e can did ates f or M a d r id, and was very nearly returned. Never has he been ordered to be put on trial, never has any prosecution against him been commenced, the Spanish Ministry having w illi n gly suffered to lie dormant an affair which it feared might bring forth revelations dangerous to itself. ft is in vain, therefore, for M. Isturitz, after a lapse of , ii st mustl I. n Olozaga a t n o ifb by' the force' of his new election. It has, three years, to atbtaedmpbteetno oroemvimveonacgoadi obsolete prosecution, or rather ono that never existed, wilfully and knowingly arrested a deputy e ecn i h e j cte d, and thus violated a law proposed by eisl a ttvetihea n sigsietee d iarluigfic i tm.l v fyri ' io l iii i iu i . Such a commencement is a sad augury for the about to be opened. 'flue nomination of M. and the arrest of M. Olozaga sufficiently indi spirit in which will be conceived the new laws announced in the Queen's speech for the press and the clergy. The creditors of .S t p o air tb h e av c e le b rg ee y n , a in lre t a n d e y v u er n dy e .1 (2 1 cc of the desp o iled lavv, by tinel. restoring nations! t()rirl4 principal and surest guarantee. ,Frorn this to the estab lishment of the ancient privileges of the clergy, accord ing 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 o rdonn i .t o l u ic 3 e iy h t a o s i s ) u u lle c c a t t e i d on a , l a l n t d he to jo u u n r a n r a b ls itr t a o r) a , already caused seversl to disappear. The presentation of a law for regulating te.‘rclttleitenii‘:p':rnwresaislieniiennpitloPlthair:wicsveosf the press. It is intended, probably, to pass into law that which already exists in practice, and to make an obedient Legislature sanction and consecrate au oppressive rule, to which a change of Mi n i s t r y wou ld be sunicient to put an end. Thus it will be seen that it is impossible for any party to throw itself more boldly cmaeni workingnrt t b e t 0 r blindthemtsoe themselves. task they are theven itnutrig u p p e o t n h , of reaction than M, Isturitz and his col leagues are doing. They are the less excusable, as they ing and that they must know they are not They are evidently only clear vbecs.c.ifects of the the way for the Absolutists, and immediately the path is open M. Viluma will use it to reach the Govern meet, to his predecessors nothing but the shame ( "laving gradually ruined the liberties of their country." The National is very bitter on this subject, which it considers as an exemplification of M. GuizoT's theory of monarchy and liberty acting in co-opera tion. It asks— 1 "What do you say to this proceeding? It is brief and mild. A man elected in two places, protected by the most e x p ress l aw, arre sted and thrown into prison, because it d oes not please t h e Government that h e s hould take his seat in the Chamber. These are little experi ments by the representative Government which M. Guizot has set up in Spain, in order to give us before , hand a t as t e 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 incontestie,ly the best means of making the two nations friendly, and of P:uaranteeing the secular interests which cause the two s ides of th e P yrenees to move i n th e sa me sphere? It v ,e , wero not af ra id o f a pp ear ing to be too curious, we 51 . ...0u1d like t o k now t h e opiiion of the Dibat3 on this little expediti on a he Turque, provided it should not in an y way &range the sup& rb theory which represents In.;inarchy and liberty as acting in co-operation." The condition of the Bank of France still continues to• occasion geeat uneasiness. The statement of the ac !counts of the Bank for the last quarter of 1846 (t. :lade up to the 26th ult.) shows the following re su Its :----Lctif—Th e Bank had then in hand, cash, 7! 2,734,7921. ; in discounts and loans, 244,453,397 f. Bra nch Banks Accounts, 78,021,5641. Rentes, public seen rities, and reserve fund, 64,240,807 f. ; credits and vario us items, 1,131,751 f, Passif—The amount or the L =lc notes in circulation, 259,459,8011.; ac counts current, 111,507,428 E; capital and_ reserve, 81,900,000 f.; different items, 7,715,083 f. The dis counts, advances, and loans made during the quarter, amounted to 519,767,400 f.; movement of accounts current, private,'3,094,732,600f.; public, 266,511,300 f.; general movement of the caisse, 3,789,850,400 f. The Commerce remarks on this statement in the following 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. Hottinguer to London. Last year, at the same date, the reserve in cash at the Bank of France amounted to 187,334,863 f., so that there is a reduction of not less than 116,000,000. In examining the situation of the Bulk, it will be seen that this diminution does not proceed from any facilities afforded to business, for it:: 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 falle❑ to 61,565,281 f. (on December 26, 1546); secondly, the dimuniti3n of the Treasury account, which is reduced to 48,226,647 f., from being 95,149,739 f.; and, lastly, the constitution of capital for thu new branch banks, and the advances which it was found neces-ary to make them. '['tie purchase of corn in foreign countries, and even at home, explains the withdrawal of the fund, 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 had deposited at the bank. It was no doubt most convenient for this estab- lisimagnt 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 investLd 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 f , rty-right 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 era- Initiation of this question, we may ask, is not the immense danger of such a monopoly evident ? 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 discotrlts of comunsrce 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 tha 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 4.5 f.; they closed at a fall of 20f. The Budget to be prevnted to the Chambers will, it is said, avow a deficiz•ncy 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 wheat. " Sothe persons," a 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 o:itlay of upward:4,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 FRENCII has recovered froth - the slight indisposition under which she was labouring a few days since. Algiers papers to the 30th ult. have been received. The intelligence•eontsined in them is unimportant. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 80f. 200. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2-151. ' • Rouen, 9151.; Havre, GB7f. 50 , . ; Great _Northern, 640 f. ; Avignon, 8671. 50c. ; Vierzon, 6021.50 c. ; Bordeaux, 562 r. 50e.; Paris and Stras burg, 485 f.; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. The. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4871. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Domeitic Debt, .20%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 153,i—Great Western Bengal, % Jamaica South Midland Junction, I'4—Louvain a la Sambre, 171 5 —Lnxembourg, %—Northern of France, 10 1 ,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 1 4—Paris and Lyons WA—Rouen and Havre, 27 1 ( 1 —Sambre and Meuse, 4:y4. PANAMA. (FROM A CoRIZESPONDENT.) - . NOVEMBER 22.—The Pacific Steam Navigatinn CoM pan)'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 the respective dates as unclernoted:— CHILE Valparaiso 2Bth of October Coquimbo ' 29th „ Iluasco Copiapo 3oth ~ BOLIVIA .... .... Cobija PERU Arica 3d t, Islay Pisco Callao 7th „ Pay ta l4th „ ECUADOR . Guayaquil l6th „ NEW GRANADA Buenaventura l9th „ THE LATE WILLIAM EGERTON JEFFREYS, ESQ.— We regret to record the death of this highly-esteemed gentleman, which took place on Saturday last, the 2i instant, in the 73d year of his age. Mr. Jeffreys was a magistrate of the county, and formerly a solicitor of first-rate practice in Shrewsbury; was one of the ancient freemen of the borough, who had served the office of mayor in the old corporation, and was an alderman of that body, being likewise a borough magistrate in the new municipality, Sce. This might serve to show his high standing as a townsman, but would convey no fur ther sense of the estimation in which he was held be yond the duties of his office and profession. He was, happily for the times and his colleagues, an uncompro mising Tory, during 50 years of his active and useful life—distinguished equally for the firmness and consis tency of his principles, the evidence of his talents, and the amenity of his manner.... These were the cause of his being looked up to in all emergencies, both by the leading gentlemen of the county and the town, whether for his aid or for his advice; and never looked up to in vain—his time was ever at the service of the people, in fair weather or in foul, and his purse at the command of their cause. His death is, therefore, as extensively felt as it is deeply regretted; and in the absence of such a man, in an age of lax Protestantism, and of defections alike from post and from principle, we have lost ono of the great constitutional landmarks of other and better times.—Shrewsbury Journal. THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.--Yesterday in contemplation of the Westminster improvements, several houses were disposed of by auction, by the Messrs. Eversfield, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in order to be cleared away for the new line of street. They are situated in Little Dean streA, Westminster, and are the first that have been sold for the purpose in question. THE ADDRESS.—We understand that the Address in reply to her Majesty's Speech will be moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Charles Howard, and se conded by Mr. Ricardo. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Yesterday the excavations for the conducting pipes of the electric telegraph were commenced on Waterloo-bridge, so that by Ntonday next it will have reached the central station in the Strand, formerly the office of the Courier. Dtmr..—A duel has just taken place at Caen be twe( n two law students ; one of them received the thrust of a sword in the side, but, the point having broken against one of the ribs, the wound is not con sidered dangerous. This affair led to a meeting between the seconds, who fought with pistols. One of the com batants received a ball in the thigh. Au inquiry has been ordered by the authorities into this affair. SIGNS or DISTRESS.—The number of recruits from inferent parts of the country brought up to West-. aainster during the few days of the p resent year, has been much greater than for many year s p ast ; w hil st experienced recruiting sergeants state that the men are in a far greater state of destitution than usual, even at this season. “ BROWN'S PATENT ENVELOPES. ” —This very in genious contrivance effectually prevents the letters of correspondents from being read by those for whom they are not intended ; or, at least, from being taken out of the envdopes and afterwards replaced therein, so as to atnird persons whose curiosity, or addiction to prying into other people's business, overcomes their sense of honour, from gratifying their predilections. Whatever letter is once placed into one of these patent coverings, and the seal properly compressed, can only be taken out of it by tearing the envelope, so that the detection of meanness is certain. The seal is ferrned of metal, the. under poirt projects about the eighth or tenth part of an inch, or hardly so much, and when the lid, as it may be termA, or the envelope is let down, it is received into metallic cap on the lid, a slight blow is then to be given to the seal or cap, and it is so firmly incorporated with the protaberance, that they are rivetted together, and cannot be torn asunder. Some of the Government offices have born supplied with thesi, and those in authot ity have expressed their perfect approbation of them. Where secresy and rapidity arc required, they are a most Yalu able invention. ERRATUM.—In the paragraph on the Crawford peerage, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, the style of Sir Alexand.,r Lindsay was incorrectly given. It should have been Sir Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod," not Dinned. . We regret to learn that our respected representa tive, Mr. Fuller, is detained in Wales by serious iudis position.—Brigh ton Gazette. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet. Sales 3,000 bales, all to the trade. There was no al teration in prices. Shares were much the same. The eapose of the Bank of France has excited much interest here, because of the recent rapid reduction in the amount of bullion held by the establishment, and it is inferred from the statement that the principal cause, as alleged, is undoubtedly the with drawal of the large amount of deposits usually left by the Treasury in the Bank coffers, as well as the in creased liabilities which the parent establishment has incurred by the formation of branches in the provinces. This has been done without the least addition to its capital, and, in fact, as the result proves, with a positive diminution of its resources, owing to the scarcity of money, both with the Government and the mercantile community, having prevented their leaving the usual balances to their credit at the bank. The calculation made that the actual sum with which the Bank of France conducts its business is under 18,000,000 francs, cannot but excite surprise, if not some uneasiness, because of the mani fest impolicy of licking up so large an umount of its means in rentes, while at the same time these have afforded too handsome a profit to the corporation, while trading upon the Government deposits, that the direc tors will be extremely loth to sell out largely. For its own stability, however, not only must this course be resorted to, but there must likewise be a restriction of discounts, either by limitation of dates cr advance of terms. With every desire to accommodate the mercantile community of Paris, we do not see how it is possible for the Bank of France any longer to delay the necessary measures for easing its own position. In the accounts from the West Indies we find nothing of particular novelty. The weather was favourable in most places for the growing crops, although in some districts too wet for sugar making. In Barbadoes, for instance, certain parts were under water, a great contrast to their blighted appearance for so long a period during the distressing drought which prevailed until very recently. The planters of Jamaica, and the other Colonies, manifested still very great dissatisfaction at the reduction of the sugar duties here. As to the state of affairs in Mexico, there is much written of Santa Anna's proceedings, but very little that can enable us rightly to appreciate his chances of success against a persevering and well fur nished enemy. The advices by the Crane packet, from Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Ayres do not seem to communicate anything of particular import. The funds have been rather firmer to-day, and the business done is to a -moderate extent. The dividends are now in course of payment, and there is a fair attendance of annuitants at the Back. It is as yet too soon, however, to determine whether much of the interest received will be re-invested either in stock or shares. We are inclined to believe, however, that after payment of the railway calla falling due, the surplus will be pretty well absorbed, and it is a blessing for the working classes that such will be the case, because railway payments become actively circu lated, ',Melees stock investments merely go to enhance the market value of the funds. Consols are 931 i for present transfer, and 934 j for time. The New Three and-a Quarter per Cents. have been 954 4, and the Three per Cents. 93i to 941. Bank Stock is worth 2051 to 206. Exchequer- bills are very firm to 11s. to 14s. premium. There is very little business doing in the Foreign Stock Market. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 371, Mexican have receded to 23i1, owing to a letter written by Santa Anna disapproving, although not revoking, the cony( r sion, which, in fact, it would be impossible for him to do ; Chilian are 95, and Dutch Four per Cents., 928 to 934. Railway Shares have been very well maintained again to-day, thou h not so brisk at present as they were ' yesterday. ONE CLOSING I'ItICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O%.:LOCM. PIM' As. Bank Stocfk 3 per Cent. I:educed A nns 93% 94 1 , 8 94 1 / 4 % ', Z 4 3 per Cent. Consols Ann u it ies .93 9374 Net 3% per Cent. Annuities 95 1 / 2 % 95% uongAnnuities to expire J an. 1860 974 974 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859, ..- 9 11-16 3 / 4 9 'N Consols for Opening 9 3 34 74 9 3 1 /2 Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 1 1 ,4 d.... 11 14 p 14 p I )it: o, 5001 - p 14 p Ditto. Small ONE CLOSING ItIC ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent 95 fr Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 23% Ditto, Account 23:-A% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... ...... 3714 Spanish 5 pei Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2!4 per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 92% 93% 93 i ii nut :El or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING It LIMY tY SHARES AT ONE. O'CLOCK. l'lticEB Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Easton' Junction 2%..... Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 1 ...... , Birrnin. and Glsucester..loo Ditto New 17% — Birmingham and Ox ford )unction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 425...... 6 3 % p 6% p Birniing., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Va11ey..... 42a....... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2% Boston, Stamfd, & Ilirm. :2`2s. % I p...... Bristol and Exeter 75 130 Ditto, New Bristol sad Gloucester 32 Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2% Dit to, Clydesdale J kale 25 Chester and Holyhead... 271 a 2sl <z Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Clarence .. 100 Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1% . Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — Direct. Northern Scrip.. 2% 2 : !, /i Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJ unc. 12% 51(,. Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Easterneounties 141. 16s. ..... .23 22% 23%... 23% Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d. Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%a/ Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — ......... ..... Do., Carib. and Ely.. 211 1 — Egg Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., New Scrip East Lincolnshire ...... 1 %At .. .• • • 3 % Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... . ........ ... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 121,4 — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... • 1 1 / 2 3% Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% I 3 IA Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% l' Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kiltitar.,&. Ayr 50 Ditto, New .. 15 Do., V L Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2 4..... 3% q Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) . ... 3 3 4 414 Great South. and West. (Ireland) GreatiNorthof England-100 238 Ditto New 5 - Ditto, New . . — Ditto, New Great Western B5 133 Ditto % Shares. 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares l 2 l/ 2 1 14. Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 4 1 / Huddersfield & blanches. 13 — Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby 5O 107% 107% Do. Half Shares 25 — ••• Ditto 14 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 1)o. New Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 3 7 1 /2 38 Do., Branch % Shares 2 1 /.• ... Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ......... ...... - Do.Extension(Green) 2 1 / 2 .. Leeds and Thirsk 17%..... 1646 Ditto, New ..... ...... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 2 47g Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... .......... 2 Liverp., Ainchstr & New; castle Junction 2A...... ... ...... .. ... L -.fton and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d Do. New Ditto Extension London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, }Wats Do. Cousol. Eighths lO Do. G'aarant. 5 per et. 9 London audGreenwich 12/ 1554 d 9% Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d Loi,don and N. Westernloo 199% 199 2OO Do. Quarters .. Do~ no.. New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 ...... 20 Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 8 - Do. 40/. (M. & 11.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10. f. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Lon 4. Si S.Western 411 6s 10d - 65% Do. New Consol. Bth 40 ...... 49 .•• Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths . .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ...........4 L . indon and York Scrip 2 ,‘, ..... 3% • ••••••••-• Do. Extension : 2% 3 London, SaliAriry, r.nd Yeovil — Londonderry &et -leraltir 15 ...... .. ..... Londonderry and Ennis killrri ... 15 Lynn and E!y Lynn and Denham :5 t . tiarielester and Leeds 82 Dii to .: t Shares . ... 38 ...... 50% 51 .... Lo. Quarters l2 ..•. • Do. Fifths • 5 .. . 11 1 / 2 Do. Sixteenths .... • 6 1 4 l'o.' Extension 42s. I IA% P Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths 1 - 114 Mansdiftter.lluxton,and M b flock 425....... 11 p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2LA ' Ditto and Grimsby.... 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . Ditte Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2 1,4 — Manchest. &Southampt. 2 - log Midland .. lOO l3ok 129.•••••••• .... Do. fifths 2 Do. New ... 6. Ditto, N. w ..-- Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and i :erwiek 20 .., Newcastle and carlisle...loo Ditto New 2O ...... ...... .... •••• .... Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 ,‘ Newmrket&Chesterfra 5 i Newport& Abergavenny 214. .00 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, anti Rostrevor lO Norfolk ......... ......... ...100 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension - ••. ........ •••• Do. Scrip, 1847, North .., of Norfolk — — Do. do. Waveney - Val. 2 ,North ern Counties Union 2 %...... 1% ...., North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... ... . Do. Half Shan s ....... 11 ...... 15%........ Do. Quart ,- 1 1 / 3 1 1 1 moo. Z u a r t e r s Do. Eitension 5 ,1 i...... .1 th % Ditto Thirds 1 ... .. VA Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 - .0 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ..4 Do. New North Staffordshire S 9 1 / 04 North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2 L/ 2 — Oxford, Worcester, and pi Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and / Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% Preston and 'Pyre •••• Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and ..0 Reigate 3/. 12s. Royston and Hitchen ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% — . Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2% — Shrewsbury and Btrm... 3 .... . ..... .....• ••• Ditto ditto, Class B. 1% Shropshire Union South Devon .. 40 South Statfordshired unc. 1/. 13 s . 4d 1% p l 4i South Eastern & Dover. 33% 1 40% / Do., No. 1 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Dort- R caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca nicron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 - • Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junction 42s. l% p ............ Vale of Neath ... . Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 2 2 1 /2 ••• ......... •• Waterford and Kilkenny 11 ..„ — .. .... Waterrord and Limerick 27 1 / Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia 1 ;4 •••• • - •• • 00000000000 Waveuey Valley ... 2 Welsh Midlayd West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall ...... 2 ... Wexford and Carlow ... 3% ...... Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 2 ...... ............... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 - Ditto New 5 ...... 12 1 / 2 5 / 8 . . -•• Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares ..... ... 25 _974 % .* . .... ... .... .1. .• .... .. .... ..... .. ...... ............ Do. Selby 5O Do. Extension 2O •• ..... ....•• Ditto, Preference Do. East aid West Rid ing Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junetn. 21A, Bonlogne and Amiens... lir Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulousa, and Cette(Mackenzie's) 2 ..... - . Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour • Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 •.. • • ......... Central of Frcnce (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara 2 1,4 ...• • • ........... Dendre Valley 4 •••••• .............. • Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... 5 9 . Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ............... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... ............ Jamaica S.Mid• Junction 1 Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 . Luxembourg.— ..... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 ad rag Madras. • Nellore, and Arcot Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namur and Liege Northern of France. 8 .. 103 g •• • ........... North J =aka.— ...... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ............... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ..•••' Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O .. ............••• Pans and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Havre Sambro and Meuse ...... 10 .... ......... ••••• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tours and Nantes Con stituted ..... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lau den, and Ilasselt. Trinidad 1 West Flanders •• / a ........ % - ..... - ............... :/ 8 ...... 1 / 1 - ............... 6 - ...... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australas►a • ....... British North American 50 National of Ireland 2 2 1 /2 22nd....... ..•••' MINES Real del Monte Unrogd. English ...... [risk ........ Foreign ...... Wheat. 4,390 qrs. 1,200 I [alt., 2250 dim 141..01(DIS SHIPPING-(THIS eye LosoN, JAN. B.—Wind E.N.E., m o derate p t. " p .l thick hazy weather. PO' fi v DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind 11.,1 3 ., e ( ; rnis , New Orleans. Arrived from the River tha A" . monger, Portendic ; Naiad, Rose, Antigua. d„ o' PonTsmouTir, JAN. 7.—Wind E. to S.S.W. CP 4 t , city. Darell, Havannah ; Anna, Wessels, Singsporelsl_ t _ ' fir i rine, Rietrneyer, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Off flector. Manning, or Truxillo for London. SouTilAsirToN, JAN. 7.—Wind S.S.E.—arrix• steamer, Symons, West Indies. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Crau 500 Rio Janeiro, sailed 18th November; Manis, Rossetnr , tro. Sid. Penguin packet, Brazils. The Mars, Dell, Monte Video to Liverpool, put into Rio Grande PO shifted, and discharged in a damaged state. Off E LIVRPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Arrd.- , Hnson, Deuia. Sid. Jane, M'Leary, Halifax.; CO Paige, Pernambuco; Oceana, Meikle, New Orleans ; (1) pion, Cochrane, Mobile. Off port, Jupiter, and LI:01), e 5 0, of Dundee. The Golden Eagle. from Nassau, ail lv bee o ol to-day, with loss of bowsprit. cutwater,'&c., havi OS 4151 co ntact sth inst., off Port Ly nas , w ith th e b arq ue (P r " which proceeded for the Clyde, with appareniii damage. BELFAST, JAN. s.—Sa William Pirie, New Orletol WATERFORD, JAN. 4.—The Mary Taylor, from 1 "" ton, put in here yesterday, leaky. DONEGAL, JAN. 4.—A sloop, from Liverpool ..0 due on shore on the Isl a nd of Rathlen O'Bi r ne, and Wil` a wreck ; crew saved. f) . MARKET N E WS.-(T HIS DA 1 1, CORN-EXCHANG.E-FHIP- A The arrivals of English Wheat for our market sitte„-f s:01 day having been on a very moderate scale, the shelf pies of that article here to-day was trifling, owing t t : o ct 0 1 and the increased attendance of buyers, the dettiog . P again active, at a further improvement in the rle ° , - n cej fully Is. per quarter, and at which a good elearT - wer g o ol, effected. The inferior kinds of free foreign Wh,,e a ' o f t excellent request, for shipment to Ireland, at a riL e o - s recl, Is. to 2s. per quarter. The best descriptions w its - 11.1 , " steadily, at extreme currencies. Bonded Grain if of higher. Scarcely any Barley was on offer. Tbes e i O OO.IV were compelled to give is to 2s ,per quarter more .„ beP A O malting and distilling sorts, grinding parcels beretreirp full prices. The whole of the supply of Malt 'lin e r,. 0 , cleared off, at an improvement of quite is per cle r rbe 4 ' ) A r Outs, a fair business was doing, and the rates Ine s " k ing '- sidered 6d higher. Beans, Peas, and Flour were 100 ward, with a good demand. ARRIVALS. Barley. 2,570 qrs. o° o' oat lil 11, 9$ 0 . 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