The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-07 00:00:00

$ THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Baife's Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. MarquiS de Vernon,: el' a Weiss ; Floreville, Mr._ ll.,_,stfterr ,•(:)11ploosr,lieijter,. Mr. iterncastle; Ardenford, elr. I • r'-ing 31 '" Harley: Afatiame orinne,' Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After welch will be produced the Gstori ra,nd CanodmilcegCehnraieatrymas, ePnatintlteo,i mime, be ng a mixture of the I , i HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGEMr. A.,lNDHuTglhleEs Overture and Music comp osed by e D t h i l e A n G e ° 2 - a . n d i e ' x he tensive Scenery by 3lr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations byelr.Bßolvaemyi,rem;rsth e ßalls Ma chhlery by Mr. It. Slo man ; the Dresses by Mrs. and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin en lence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYBA, TIM ENCHANTRESS. —Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian haveto Society, been discovered " so mehow or other," " some time or other,' near " somewhere or other , " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. llorncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and 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 "mcog." " Young England," a tree 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.—How 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. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.—Sehoolmaster, Mr. Big wise who, at the request of his " Illustriou s V isitor," g ives the bo y s 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 cerebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss llaines ; 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.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance is public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICE.—" Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen peers, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA'S HOUSE OF CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne ; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, art. Anthony of Italy (all , pretty much of the same kidney!) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Ilaynes.—llow 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 evho " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— reerely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom! Scene 5. DOVER ROADS.—llow the Seven Champions of Christen- Oom set out for their respective destinations—" the management I aving, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for i hat purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com e,anies." Scene 6. BANES OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to Eine Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. fattitews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of I eraltim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorieh Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzor erne to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " hound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not 1 eying 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, Kin° OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to he mar l!ed to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herselt to the ingestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fcr himself), Mr. Wieland. flow this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns ; but elopes with the bride; Thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. Who'll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I says St. George, l'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 rein win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— I tow the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country ;,uarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not eines quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall cal. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on . .7feesrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not unly elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five eeilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL or CIIIVALRY.—How St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re aepeartince of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon... •. Mr. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT -I.ER's Sime.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror to nature." " Famides furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Vies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCIIANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than cue of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best " Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" In high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff " in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for " patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE. — Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene 15. THE STATUE AS IT IS ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene IG. THE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Comedy, called MONEY. Lord Glousmore, Mr. Holl ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Fredarick 1 . mint, Mr. Brindall ; Mr, Benjamin Stoat, Mr, Buckstone; Evelyn, "I , r. Stuart; Graves, Mr. Webster; Captain Dudley Smooth, Mr. I udson ; Lady Franklin, Mrs. Glover; Georgina Vesey, Miss lior t,o ; Clara Douglas, Miss Fortescue. _ :miring the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Eqyadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po- luaaise To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, c:fib!d the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil I:elights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, rs. L. S. Buckin4harn, Miss Reyno!ds, and Miss Julia Bennett. IIF:,\TkE ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Mana.mment of Mrs. Keeley, Triumphant success of noz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. Tills EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christman nnual of Charles Dickens, DA., and adapted to the stage (by the :elusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albei t Smith, Esq.. called TILE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha r-titers by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, lleadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, miss Drove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Tlrner, Kinloch, and Oxberry ; Miss Villars, Miss Turner, and Miss Arden." To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Cough ; Columbine, Miss Hicks ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. CHEATIIE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an ori g inal romantic Drama, called CO /.OMBA, THE CORSICAN srsTEit. Characters supported by Ikl4dame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, U. Smith, &e. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. J.ii Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex -1.1:,it their wonderful .Jens Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet uf LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM PACERS; or, the di Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, 'Yr. O. Smith, Mr. Collenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, )';-,s Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 31. 31addox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, ert:tied THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded oil the Story of " iiselle." The principal characters personified by Miss eleorgiana Si.lithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses :rshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, llonner, &C. In the course of the evening Prof,ssor HEMMING and his ta le.ited CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rl;-.-in Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, entl- Bel The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Cliwn, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. The Last Appearance of the eminent Comedien, M. PERLET. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M. ca i •tiviy ; Vetere, M. Langeval ; Ergaste, M. Lucien; Ariste, M. Do rgebret ; Un Commissaire, M. Masquillier ; Un Notaire, M. Pa gel ,ier ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Angele ; Eleonor, Mdlle. Fouquet ; Lisette, M.'lle. Khin. fter which the Vaudeville of LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Do:ival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; Ma leleine, Mdlle. Amclie To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Assiette, Monsieur l'erlet. Boxes, 68. , Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at kia:f-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gormon, will have the honour of repeating thrir Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING, and every rueslay, Thursday, and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. Doors open at Eight, and the Entertainment Coin mcnces at half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a GRAND DA Y PERFORMANCE, on WEDNESDAY MORNING next, Jan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the Performance to commence at half past Two, Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Pr:Tate Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Ro;ai Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries and Music-sellers ; and at the Box-office. AS TLE Y'S ROYAL AM PH ITHEATR E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince 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 'win be __Performed a grand en titled new Magical Equestrian Romance, ..s.'LIE DEmON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. humorous p erf ormances by Mr. Henderson, as Clown. ' To conclude with the TIIE FORTYlsfulCornie Equestrian Fairy en tl tled Pantomime, the itobber's Cave. THIEVES,,; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and r . . Rochcz ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har- Clo fey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laefflea,:reiTglumbine, Miss Louisa Waite. B , xs-oftlee open irom and C , mmence at half-past six o' Ta e 'eteek—Doors open at six Bro , ltifoot. o'clock. — Stage Manager, Mr. W. ROYALI*RREy Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davldge, THIS EVENING Witt be performed an original Drama, entitled THE 1 1.‘ND OF CALDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters be snnported by the whole of the talented Company. conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE RING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har leqr.:ll, Herr Denlin; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, male. TheoAere ; Clown, Herr N. Dentin ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Devlin. ROYAL. VICTORIA THEATRE. Ited:Ttion of Price3.—Boxes, Is,. Half-price, Cd Pit, 6d.; Gallery, ; Private Boxes, 2 , . The Victoria again victorious. Decided su eess of the new grand " Go.a.-Ilead Pantomime." " The best Pa Itomim3 ever produced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in h,.:•dant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Panto mime."—Vide Public Press. THIS EVENING 'Will be performed 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. Al ier which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTH OF TIIE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; ritnl , lloon, Signor Osmonde ; Harlequin, M. Lupin; Columbine, Mdlls. Adele Lauri. GREEN PEAS FOR THE MILLION. Tuesday a bav~lier stood with his barrow close to Temple•bar, sell ing green peas, just arrived from Holland, at 6d. per quart . , shelled. They met with a ready sale. THE SUN, ! LONDON', THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1847. INTERESTING NEW BOOKS.! .113 ST PUBLISHED BY MR. BENTLEY. I. HOWITT'S lIOIIES AND II SA OF TIFF BRITISH ' POETS. 2 vols. Svo. with nuracrou.s Engraving W s, by . awl 0-, 3lca.soms, 30s. neatly bound. 11. FEATUFAZSTONIIAUGIPS CANOE VOYAGE UP THE MIN NAY-SOTOR. 2 vols. Svo., with Map and Plates, 28s. THE LIFE OF GENERAL PEPE. Written by Himself. 3 vols., post Bvo., 11. I ls. 6d. Iv. THE THIRD AND CONCLUDING SERIES OF THE IN GOLDS'BY LEGENDS. With a ME3IOIR of the Rev. R. H. 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All Scrip and Share CertificatOs mast be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advice' , e t. re sults w ill be brwarded by the first post after the bale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instruct Ons. Oftlees. Hall of Commerce. Th ___... ...M.readneedle- street. London. r1MM...,...,..'......../ CHB WEATHEIL—SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 47 ; Noon, 42, BAROMETER, 30.07.--WIND E., hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE T.TIIS DAY. r 5. Morning .. 16 minutes after 5. 1 Evening .. 33 mini:tes Lifte titude, lead ultimately to the re-organization of the Government and the regeneration of the Spanish people generally. We have perused the proceedings of the meeting held on Tuesday evening, at the Literary Institu tion, in Leicester-square, and presided over by Mr. Hume, M.P., for the abolition of punishment by death. The perusal ended with the same feelings of dissatisfaction which grew out of our review of the propositions advanced, and arguments adduced, at the meeting which assembled in Holborn, on the pre vious evening, for the same object. Every right-minded man must be predisposed to be convinced that the time had arrived when capital punishment could be safely abolished. If bold assertions and specious reasonings could of themselves suffice to justify the extinction of the extreme penalty of the law, it were impossible to question that the justification presented at both the meetings to which we have adverted is as complete as could be desired. But, premises rashly laid, and argu mentation fraught with fallacy, are notexactly the ma terials calculated to reconcile our Legislators to a trial of the great and coveted experiment in favour of humanity. The demonstration of last night was not so advantageous as that of the pre vious one. Palpable mistatements were made, and the speakers were not all of one mind on points of essential importance. For instance, Mr. Rowzos remarked, that " morally man had no right to punish man ;" whereas the Rev. Dr. CARLISLE, who followed him, held that "society had a right to protect itself from crime by all means short of capital punish ments." This is a serious discrepancy between the views of the respective speakers. Again, Mr. HuME, M.P., boldly gives his hearers to understand that, compared with other countries in Europe, England ‘‘ stands alone" in regard to punishment by death. This is a serious mis-statement ; for though we would not allude to Russia, yet, in France, certainly a highly civilised nation, judicial power over the life of man is not abandoned. A good cause is never strengthened, but always weakened, when,from negligence, it must be presumed, rather than ignorance, such hap-hazard and groundless assertions are fearlessly made. We are sorry to perceive these gentlemen con stantly adverting to Scripture in furtherance of the cause they espouse, and, not only so, but that they indulge this propensity with greater freedom than judgment. We think they would do well to abandon the idea of enforcing their views through the medium of Holy Writ. In the first place, they only seem un necessarily to involve the question in greater intri cacy ; and, in the next, it is always painful when they so marshall their reasonings, upon what they consider emanates from this sacred source, as to educe mani fest contradictions. We are grieved by an unhappy example of this nature, as elucidated by what trans pired last evening. Assuming the correcterltransla tion of the oft-quoted passage to be that the words " by man" should be omitted, it would then run thus : —" Whoso sheddeth man's blood, shall his blood be shed," which does not remove the difficulty, for blood is still to be shed. Then, if not by man, by whorn is it to be ? Not by Divine Power, according to the abolitionists, for they quote again from one of the Prophets, " As I live saith the LORD, I will not the death of a sinner, but that he be converted and live." So that, on the one hand, we are directly told in the Bible that blood shall be shed, and, indi rectly, by those who desire to get rid of capital punishment, that blood shall not be shed. We hope we have said enough to lead to our being spared from a repetition of these unhappy allusions to Scripture. Nothing could he more infelicitous than the train of reasoning in which the Rev. Dr. CARLISLE indulged, founded upon his references to other portions of the sacred writings. This could be easily demon strated ; but we decline the ungrateful task lest we should seem to be infringing upon the advice we have just sincerely tendered. Besides, the question can be well enough handled without leaning upon doubtful interpretations of particular passages in the Bible; for the whole matter in issue turns upon the point, whether human life is, or is not, best protected by the existence of punishment by death ; and which ever way it be determined, so that the bast security be realised for the preservation of life against the machinations and assaults of the murderer, we may feel assured that the human law is in keeping with the divine. To decide this question, we must be chiefly guided by our own experience, and that of other civilised countries whose social condition i 3 analogous to the condition of Great Britain. But experience alone is not sufficient; it must be united with the utmost caution and the most reflective judgment; for, after all, what a dangerous experiment the abolition of capital punishment would be proved to be in the event of its failure ! If the crime of murder were largely to increase upon the extinction of expiation by the gallows, we should incur the hazard of the revival of extreme punishment, to be administered, not as it now is, in a spirit of 'eniency, but as it might, and probably would be, in a spirit of excessive and deplorable severity. We must again repeat that this serious question has been treated with great inaptitude, and attempted to be illustrated by arguments of a most ungrateful character, to a discerning and high-minded people. We shall, therefore, shortly revert to this subject, with the view of putting the abolitionists upon their guard against effectually marring the ultimate success of what they so ardently desire to accomplish. The Revue de Geneve, of the 30th ult., publishes the project for a new constitution by the committee of the Grand Constituent Council. It comprises 14 chapters and 153 articles. Among them are the following :—Under chapter 2 (declaration of the rights of persons) is found a promise that no fiscal measure shall be imposed upon publications by the press, and a guarantee for freedom of education to all natives of Geneva. Under chapter 3 it is declared that no corporation or congrega tion can be estalolished at Geneva without pre vious notice to and license from the Council of State, which may be revoked by the Grand Council. Under section 2 it is declared that the maintenance of the Catholic religion is at the charge of the State. According to chapter 11, pri mary instruction only is to be given gratuitously by the State and the communes in every canton. Chapter 13 prescribes that every fifteen years the question of a total revision of the constitution shall be put in the Council General—the assembly of the people. By chapter 14 it is established that all the organic laws of the present constitution shall be drawn up within a period not exceeding, at the most, two years. M. Faux PasTxurt has given in his resignation as president of the Grand Council of Geneva, de claring that he could not any longer share the opinions of the majority which had called him to that post. Madrid papers of the 29th Dec. have xpes arrived. rs Intelligence has, however , been received by express from Madrid to the 31st ult., on which day the ses sion of the Cortes was opened by the QUEEN in person. Her MAJESTY'S speech is given in extenso in another column. A telegraphic dispatch received by the French Government states that the QUEEN was received with numerous acclamations, and that the news from the provinces is everywhere gcod. The Gageta publishes a decree, abolishing the tax on the nobility called " Service of Lances," by which they were compelled to furnish a certain number of men for the army, or a sum of money equivalent to the expense of raising them. In place of this obliga tion there is to be a fixed tax upon titles, varying, according to rank, from 40,000 reals (10,000 f.) for a grandee of Spain, with the title of Duke, Marquis, or Count, down to 8,000 reals, the title of Baron. This tax is not of course to be an annual one, and being once paid, the titled person has nothing more to pay to the Government than the taxation to which, like all others, he is subject by }di property. The Cabinet has determined that Senor CASTROY OROZCO, shall be the Ministerial can didate for the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, and that the Absolutist Marquis DE VILLUMA shall be the Ministerial candidate for t t h h e e m pre a s r i ci d u e i n s c p y of Ev f i t L h L e S u lu en h a a t. s e giv T en he mi grenaotoffneantcio of e n not only to the Frogressistas but also to the great bulk of the Moderado party. The _Herald() is much annoyed, and not a little alarmed, at the courtesy with which the Count DE MONTEMOLIN has been received:in London. Large reinforcements have been ordered by forced marches to the Basque Provinces, where a Carlist outbreak is apprehend, d. According to the Espanol, the parts more particu !arly threatened by the partisans of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN (" who will present himself with the Constitution of 1837 in his hand ") are Navarre, the Basque Provinces, Catalonia, Gallicia, the Maeztrazgo, and the Balearic Islands. " Ministers," says El Eeo del Comereio," met in council last night. Their po sition is, above all, critical, owing to the information received from abroad as to designs which may expose our Liberal institutions and the QUEEN'S throne to the greatest peril." _ _ _ The sanguinary General BRETON, the Captain- General of Catalonia, has established his head-quar ters at Banolas, from whence he has issued the fol lowing proclamation : " A band of fugitive malefactors, actively pursued in all directions by the military, are scouring the country, concealing themselves in the woods, ravines, and marshes of this country, with the view of reviving a fratricide war, which, at a very recent period, caused so much misfortune and so many disasters. Being resolved on exterminating them, I have come among you, confident that your own interest will make you efficiently co operate in promoting an enteprise which will free you from the evils and calamities a culpable apathy would lead to. Six months ago, a party of rebels penetrated into this province, but were soon compelled to abandon it ; for, far from finding protection in the country, they were pursued and compelled to seek re fuge in the neighbouring kingdom. Being the authority entrusted with the maintenance of tranquillity in this principality, I make no distinction between the colours and shades of such as disturb order. All of them are enemies to the Queen and Government—all are enemies to their country ; and we are all obliged to endeavour to destroy them. For my part, I shall do my best : as for you, I tell you, for your government, that your conduct shall regulate mine. (Signed) " MANUEL BRETON. " Head-quarters at Banolas." MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 29.—The Three per Cents. were done at 33 for cash. The Five per Cents. at 20-1-. The Debt without interest at 61. The Coupons at 19, and the Vales at SI. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Ministerial Epoque has the following on the subject of the congratulatory New Year's addresses:— "It is known thatithe diplomatic body given to the Nuncio the right of addressing the King in the name of all the Ambassadors. Whatever the Constitutionnel may say to the contrary, if anything important has taken place during the year the person who is to deliver the speech always communicates to his colleagues at leaat the passage that has reference to it. This year the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier, respecting which it was natural to felicitate the King, became a subject of diffi culty for the address of the diplomatic corps. on account of the protest of the British Cabinet, and the instructions given to Lord Normanby. On the one hand, the Am bassadors of the Cabinets which had favoured and ac cepted the marriage were naturally desirous of compli menting the Royal Family upon it; on the other hand, it was necessary that the compliment, being paid in the name of England also, should be drawn up in terms which would permit Lord Normanby to subscribe to it. On this account, therefore, the Nuncio had submitted them to the British Ambassador, who alone could appreciate them with reference to his official position. We must here do justice to the Noble Lord by saying that he neglects no effort to bring the two Governments to a friendly understanding. He therefore desired that the phrase on the marriage might be in such terms that he could adhere to them without violating his instruc• Lions; and the visit which he afterwards paid to the King was the most elcquent comment that could be made upon them. It is impossible, in our opinion, to appre ciate too highly in the Noble Lord so prudent a conduct, each step of which has its value for the peace and liberty of Europe. Thus the speech of the diplomatic corps contains a felicitation to the King on the marriage of the youngest of his children; everybody finds this in it, and the King has replied to it. The speaker, indeed, had turned it in such a way as to induce the British Ambas sador to accept it, but this fact, far from making us regret the delicacy of the terms of the Nuncio, is, on the con trary, a reason for thanking him for doing so." We are rejoiced to find the French Ministerial journal thus bearing witness to the prudence, the tact, and the kindly feeling of the Marquis of NOR MANBY. Let us hope that his efforts in Paris to re concile conflicting interests will be as successful as they were in Jamaica and in Ireland. According to the Courrier Francais there is to be an European Congress, at which the renunciations demanded by England will be made by France. The following is the article of Courrier " It is known how the Papal Nuncio found means to adjust matters with regard to the Spanish marriages in such a way that the British Ambassador had reason to congratulate himself on his discretion, and the Court of the Tuileries no right to feel too much discontent. The Father received the congratulations of the representative of the diplomatic body on the renewal of his family joys. but the King had nothing to reply to, and was silent. The Pere de famille replied in his own name and in that of his family, that Providence had reserved to him one of the sweetest consolations which could be accorded to him. It would have been difficult for the British Ambas sador to have found fault with these legitimate effusions One of the sweetest consolations, even to the distrustful eyes of a European Congress, would apply as much to the birth of a grandson as to the marriage of a son. Lord Normanby vial not therefore have much trouble in justi fying himself to Lord Palmerston for having been pre sent at the reception of New Year's-day. One may there fore ask one's self with the Presse, if the King of the French weighed less in the balance where all is weighed than Lord Palmerston ?' and one may even resolve the question in a different manner from what the Conserva tive journal has done. It is curious to see how the Debats takes up the thing. You will never divine, and the Presse which throws itself on the emphatic tone of the reply of the throne, the Presse is outdone. Listen rather to the organ of the Cann/tine We call the attention of our readers to the address of the Nuncio, a speech imprinted, with a noble and candid cordiality, and which expresses faithfully We are convinced, the true opinion of all the nations of Europe.' There is more under this than words. Admire, in the first place, the noble candour of the Apostolic Nuncio, who does not even mention the name of the Duke de Mont pensier, and who, in presence of the King of the French, affects only to ad dress himself to the Pere de fmnihe ! If this noble a n d candid speech of the Apes , Nunciotolic the e there remains nothing sta t e s of Europe, ex presses faithf u ll y , t h e true op i n i on of all for M. Guizot to do but to se nd to all the Governments the double renunciation of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier—a renunciation svhiclLt e h e e pt Po a w t Powers demand. Then, l i ii t ( se ea lf so satisfied with the speech tosaisit has given so much offence to may y other daughter-in-law. the double renunciation is, in todsf T hari hpcent fact, ch,onPowers,e dtee P onbl oemai particularly e ps. sl shows What England, in the marriage, is the political importance which has been attributed to it. It was therefore necessary to remove all cause of offence to the Powers, and the following is the manner in which it is said the thing is to be effected. A European Con gress was, it is known, earnestly solicited by the Cabinet of the Tuileries. Austria refused to submit the incorpo ration of Cracow to this congress, and why ? It was the question put forward by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, and the following, according to the German journals, is the so lution :—lf a new European Congress were to be assem bled, Spain must naturally form part of it. But Queen Isabella has not been recognised by the Powers, and it is this which renders the congress impossible. What is to be done? Obtain from the Powers the recognition of the Queen of Spain. But how? In renewing the re nunciation of the Duke of Orleans to the throne of Spain by that of the Duke of Montpensier, and in ac cepting the bases of the peace of Utrecht. This plan is very simple, and England will content herself with it. The interdiction which weighs on the Queen of Spain would no longer remain as an objection for the Powers, and the much-desired congress would become possible. This congress is, in fact, the prevailing idea of the Government ; it would stand in history as the first great European act of the new dynasty. Besides, all the difficulties resulting from the Spanish marriages, and the incorporation of Cracow, would be thus re moved. By the double renunciation, the mouth of Eng land would be closed; by a congress, that measure would be what ju s h t i a fi s e b d e to, the c e ount aboutry , F a d Poland, n t, d o t h those e r w e phoshouldask ly would be nous congressons." The following account of the transactions between the Banks of France and England appears in the Presse. Having stated that M. HOTTINGUER, the banker, came to London, authorised by the directors of the Bank of France, to purchase bullion to the amount of 20,000,000 francs, it says— " That whi c h i s most remar kable in thi s i m p or t ant operation is th a t t h e Ban k o f France has n o t h a d re course to the B an k of E ng l a nd, p th ro e fi p t. rice ln fixe o d rde fo r r taony ordinary purchaser, a price y except to purchase from it pu re l y and simp l y the precious metals at which sec ures to the se ll er a ver y cons id era bl e for this specie, the Bank of F rance has a procured the necessary funds by contracting a loan with certain English capitalists, to be repaid at a distant period, which may be extended if necessary. It will be easily conceived that this mode of proceeding will not present the inconvenience of a purchase for ready money, which would produce to a certain degree the export of specie, and would, con sequently, n eutra li ze to a certain extent the advantages of this immediate importation of the precious metals. If, as we have reason to believe, this information be accurate, we must congratulate the Bank of France on having avoided incurring any obligation towards the Bank of England. No doubt the directors of the Bank of France would have found the same accommodation from the Bank of England which they afforded the latter in the year 1839, but it was better for many reasons that they should not claim that reciprocity, and that the respective situation of the two banks should remain such as it was created by the precedent to which we have referred." The following account of various experiments, made for the purpose of testing the effect produced by shot on steam frigates constructed of iron, appears in the Constitutionnel : " It appears that the employment of iron-built steam ships will be given up, a t l eas t for s hip s o f war. Th e English Adturalty has come positively to this decision. In France the question has long been under discussion, and although it is not yet determined to relinquish I them, the results of trials made at Gavres lend to a belief that the same resolution will be come to on both sides of the Channel. The experiments made were for comparing the advantages and disadvantages at tending ships built with iron and timber. It was proved that balls in striking them made larger rents in the sides of iron ships than in those constructed of timber, but that the first are lighter and more durable than the others. The latter quality has created a desire to over come the great objection, and trials have been made upon a wall formed of double sides of iron plates, filled up with coal. But this experiment, from which much was expected, has entirely failed. The wall was com pletely pierced by the balls. This result is much to be regretted; nevertheless, a new idea leads to a hope that iron may still be used in the construction of ships of war. A French ship-builder has laid down a plan for building first-rate ships partly of iron and partly of timber; suggesting that such part as is below the water line be constructed of iron, and all the works above that, line of timber. We cannot tell whether this combi nation of the two materials will have the promised advantages, for that part of the ship which is under water is precisely that which requires the greatest protection from damage. At the same time we would encourage every experiment which may tend to render the management of our war-steamers more light and easy. It would be a great saving of timber, which has become scarce and proportionately costly." The price of provisions continues to rise through out France, the markets are badly supplied with corn, and the greatest apprehensions are entertained of famine. On this subject the lieforme says— " We copied, yesterday, the official document of the Moniteur, indicating that the price of wheat had risen in all the markets of France during the month of Decem ber. It was hoped, during the last ten days, that the price of corn would either decrease or remain stationary, as is generally the case after a continued rise. The news received from the departments, for two or three days, preclude such a hope. The markets were everywhere badly supplied, the quantities of wheat exposed for sale being barely sufficient for local consumption; and in many places the millers wanted grain, and the bakers could not procure flour. As to trade, it was entirely at an end. In a great n um ber of localities the small farmers have nothing in their barns, and find it extremely difficult to live until the next crop. Should the cold continue intense the embarrassments will necessarily augment. Not only is the navigation interrupted by the ice on the canals, and the internal circulation impeded, but the arrivals from foreign countries have considerably decreased in conse quence of the ice and the inclemency of the season. Marseilles and Cette, in the south ; Havre and Dunkirk, in the north, that is, the principal harbours of importation, have seen scarcity slime( d to abundance. At Marseilles a deficiency has already manifested itself, and the price of wheat had increased, and now ex ceeded what it was previous to the fall. At Havre the price of wheat and flour was also augmenting. The barrel of American flour, which sold for 40 francs eight days ago, now fetches 42 francs. In the districts ad joining Paris a rise took place on Saturday in most of the markets, and the supply was extremely scanty. At Rouen, Montivilliers, Provins, Melun, Charleville, and Lille, wheat increased in value one franc per hectolitre ; and at Nugent-le-Roy, Orleans, Clermont, Chateaudun, Coulommiers, Lagny, Pont St. Maxence, Etvmpes, Ram bouillet, and Beauvais, the rise was from 33 to 66 cen times per hectolitre. This augmentation, which is nearly general, will certainly affect the Paris market, where the prices were very firm during the last week. Bread is already very dear. In 1839 it had not reached the present price, 47c. per kilogramme, the highest having been 45c. It was apprehended that it would undergo another augmentation in the month of January." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Monday at 80f. Isc. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 40c. • the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,260 E ; Rouen, 911 f. 25c,; Havre, 680 f. ; Great Northern, 6381. 75c. ; Avignon, 8651. ; Vieraon, 606 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 565 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 4871. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5081. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4501. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31 1 / s ex div. MARSEILLES, DEC. 30.-Marseilles and Avignon, 885 f. 75c. ; Northern, 653 f. 75e. ; Paris and Lyons, 5101. LYONS, JAN. 2.-Paris and Rouen, 915 E ; Avignon and Marseilles, 872 f. 50c. ; Northern, 641 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. 75e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, 4 3 / 4 — Mauritius., 35 8 —Northern of France Constituted, 12 3 % 4 — Orleans and Bordeaux, 834—Rouen and Havre, 27—Sambre and Meuse, 4 3 4—West Flanders, 3. State. My Government will present you shortly with a law on this important matter. " Besides these, other laws will be proposed in the course of this smion—some with a view to protect the increase of wealth by curbing the abuses which accom pany the first impulse of its developmJnt, others with a view to introduce ameliorations in the different branches of the administration, and others, fiflally, with a view to regulate the arrangements in force relative to the press and to exceptional professions. " It is thus, Gentlemen, Senators and Deputies, with the aid of Providence, and while the efforts of all are directed with courage and firmness in the pursuit of the same aim, that the ameliorations introduced in a politi cal, economical, and administrative point of view will be consolidated, that fresh ones will be introduced, and that, after so much agitation, peace, order, and prospe rity will be restcred to this nation—blessings to which her great qualities and her many virtues give her so great a claim." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 4,000 bales, of which one-fourth was on speculation. In prises there was no change. Shares were steady. In right earnest has a bold and generous subscription been opened for the relief of the extreme distress in the remote parishes of Ireland and Scotland. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen heads the list, with a do nation of 2,0001., Prince Albert, 5001., her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester with 2001, and six mer cantile and banking firms with 1,0001. each. The Duke of Devonshire, with a princely generosity, gives 1,0001. ; and Messrs. Baring, Brothers, 1,000/. ; Messrs. Jones Loyd, 1,000/. ; Messrs. Overend and Gurney, 1,000/. ; the firm of Rothschild (celebrated for its generosity throughout Europe), 1,0001. ; Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, 1,0001. ; Messrs. Trueman and Hanbury, 1,000/. ; and the Lord Mayor, 300/. Added to the list are various names, giving a helping hand to the tune of 2001., down to 501. and less. The most prompt measures are to be taken to forward food and clothing to the destitute. In so holy a cause no doubt a strong desire will be felt among those who can afford it, to aid the praiseworthy endea vours of the " British Association for the Relief of extreme Distress in the remote Parishes of Ireland and Scotland." There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. At a meeting of the Committee of Portuguese Bond holders, held yesterday afternoon, it was unanimously resolved to protest, in the most serious manner, against ' the confiscation:of 20 per cent., as announced by the Go vernment of Portugal, of the legal claims they have upon the Treasury of that country. There were private transfers made this morning in Consols at 931 and 4, ex dividend, and in India Stock at 253, also without the dividend ; Consols for the Account were steady at 934 and Bank Stock has advanced to 2065, and Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 10s., lls. and 14s. premium. In the Foreign Market there has been some business transacted in the Brazilian Five per Cents. at 874 ; in the Five per Cent. Mexicans at 244 ; in the Portuguese Four per Cents., for the Account, at 382 ; in the Spanish Three per Cents. at 264 ; in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 591 4 ; and iu the Four per Cents., at 94. In Railway Shares and Scrips the variations have been very limited this morning. The official prices are, as usual, annexed. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICE: , . Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93 1 / s 3 / 4 94 9374 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93% % 3 / 4 ex div 93% New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Annuities....., 95%1% 95% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 9 13-16 India Stock 253 ex div 253 India Bonds, 1,0001 Consols for Opening 9 3 34% 93 3 / 4 India Stock for Account... ...... —254 1 / 4 ex div 254 1 4 Exchequer Bills, 1000/.1 1 / 2 d. ... 10 14 11 p 11 p Ditto, 500/ Ditto, Small oistE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 4 34 24 3 4 Ditto, Account 24% 24 3 / 4 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ... ..... 38% Russian Bonds ..................«... 110% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 26% Do., 1838-40, div. frm. May, '4O Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Exchange —f. c. 25f. 50c. Belgian, 2% per Cent — . 53 3 4 59 V4 i l. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 9 2 / 8 92% Ditto Bonds PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING R XILWAY SIIARES PAID * AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2% 3 4 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ... 1%.... __ Belfast & County Down 4 - f i Birmin. and Gloucester-100 129 Ditto New 17% 32% ....... ..... '32% Birmingham and Ox- Ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 423...... 6% 3 / 4 p.. 6% P Binning., Wolverit'pton, and Stour Va11ey..... 425. ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. 1 p ...... . I Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 52% Buckinghamshire tialedonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 / a Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 ...- - Chester and Holyhead... 27 IA 25% 26 Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 A Cork and Waterford 1% l .l ... Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 4 .... Direct Northern Scrip.. 3 3 / 4 2% 3 / 4 Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 1 / i — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 165..... . . 23 1 / 8 1 / 1 ... Ditto New l2l 16s 73/4 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... p Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% 5 / 8 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17 , 8 — Do., Camb. and Ely.. East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 / East Lincolnshire 1 1 74 334 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... . Edinburgh and Perth... 3 — . Ely and Huntingdon ... 1214...... 13 1 / Exeter,Ycovil,& Dorset 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., 1 / 1 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... Goole, Doncaster, &c... 2 ' Great Eastern &Western 2 1 / 2 ...... ••• Great Northern (London and York Regd. )...... 2 1 / 2 .. ... 31,A r t h 4 Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) . ........ .. ... 3 3 / 4 4li Great South. and West. (Ireland) GreatNorthof England.. (00 Ditto New 5 — , , Ditto, New . Ditto, New ,:reat Western B5 133 I. Ditto % Shares SO Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths 2O Ditto, New .... 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby 5O 107% Do. Half Shares Ditto M Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford 130 Leicester and Bedford... 16s. — Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% Do., Branch % Shares 2%..... 8 Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — Do. Extension( Green) 2%.• Leeds and Thirsk 17% — Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 4 5 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •••• •••• 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New 78 1 ,. 18:,i 84 107 1 ,4 4 1 / 2 75% 16X 5 1 4 5 . - castle Junction 24 ...... 24% ...... .. ... Lyndon and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d Do. New Ditto Extension 71,4...... .. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto Fifths Do. Ditto, Eighths.. 10 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — .. Lotidon and N. Westernloo 2Ol 202 Do. Quarters Do., do.. New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. •st. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham 1%..... ... ........ .. Lund. & S.Wotern 411 6i 10d 64% 05% 59 471,4 76 13 838 - 651/4 •k--- • ; 4 2; • • „ , s pi At., ,11 • (7 . :40, 20 • , "41101101" ••• --, ••• ;3' c 4 l . • MOT ~\ re, ••"!, 7 m i nnit ix 3 AM+ LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1847. It will be interesting to observe the difference of tone with which the Legislative Chambers of Eng- I land, France, and Spain, will be opened by their several Sovereigns. In accordance with the delicacy of the position of the two latter kingdoms, the tongues of LOUIS PHILIPPE and ISABELLA SEGUNDA are restricted from the candid utterance of their senti ments. The wires by which the royal puppets of Madrid ore set in motion, have been extended beyond the Pyrennees to the Council Chambers of the Tuileries. When the Queen of the Hidalgoes opens her lips from the throne, she is merely echoing the voice of the King of the Barricades. The edicts sanctioned by her signature are literally the pro clamaticns of an Afrancesado statesman. As the disciples of LOYOLA are said to re main as corpses in the hands of their su periors, so is the form of Iberian royalty passive under the influence of the Gallic Cabinet. With Louis PHILIPPE, again, there are a variety of repressive considerations to prevent the possibility of his inaugurative address to the session of 1847 from being characterised by any quality but that of consummate duplicity. The reproachful shadows of his own perfidy will rise before his imagination from the hospitable galleries of Windsor; the recollection of the flagrant manner in which he had broken the solemn engagements of his ancestor, PHILIP of Orleans, in the marriage of his youngest son with a princess of the Peninsula will necessarily clothe his thoughts with the language of guile ; the formidable movements perceptible in the direction of Vienna, St. Petersburgh, and Berlin, must, in addition to all this, secretly instigate the constitutional SOVEREIGN to ba doubly cautious in the expressions of his actual opinions. BelgiuM has afforded a totally different spectacle. Her ruler has there spoken to the repre sentatives of the people with the utmost candour and honesty in relation to the past, with decided congra tulations in regard to the present, and with confidence and satisfaction in anticipation of the future. In England the spectacle will be calculated even more strikingly to fill the national heart with gratification. It will he the office of Her Most Gracious MAJESTY to recur to the strenuous efforts of the Government to ameliorate the sufferings of the impoverished multitude in Ireland, to comment upon the munificence of the officers of the Treasury in striving to compete with the progress of destitution, to refer to the flourishing condition of the last quarter's revenue. In allusion to our rela tions with foreign countries, her MAJESTY will not have to reproach the Administration with having in any manner embroiled this empire with foreign Cabinets, or with having, by the slightest error of commission or omission, endangered the peace of Europe and of the two hemispheres. Should her -MAJESTY allude to the improvements effected in the laws relating to commerce, her MAJESTY or her MAJESTY'S Commissioners will have ample reason to speak in terms of exultation. Should her MAJESTY or her MAJESTY'S Commissioners, on the other hand, refer directly to the advisability of further efforts to assuage the sufferings of the community by sanatory and other similar measures, that reference can be pro nounced with perfect reliance upon the Parliament and the Administration. In every essential parti cular the approaching session in England can be looked forward to with unalloyed pleasure, and with the most sanguine anticipations. In France every preparation was duly made for the meeting of the Peers and Deputies. The different political chieftains, with the exception of M. DE LAMARTINE and M. ODILON BARROT, have assembled in the capital in anticipation of the forthcoming dis cussions. M. GUIZOT is fully primed for the Minis terial explanations. M. DUCHATEL is prepared for any emergency which may summon him to the tri bune. M. TRIERS, M. DE REMUSAT, and M. BM" LAULT are all equally in readiness. In the Peninsula the hum of preparation has been sounded through the streets of the capital. Queen ISABELLA has opened the Spanish Cortes in person. The speech delivered on the 31st of December, 1846, by her MAJESTY to the Senators and Deputies—a translation of which speech is given in another column of The Sen—is precisely the description of announcement which might have been expected. In the whole range of political matters the question of how far the friendship previously existing between Spain and other countries has been recently endangered, was the most difficult and even hazardous. And how has this difficult and hazardous question been treate Iby ISABELLA ? With masterly simplicity. A myriad of intricate eclaircissements are avoided in one inimitable sentence :—" In our relations with Foreign Powers there is no change worthy of re mark!" The felicitousness of the brevity !—" in our relations with Foreign Powers there is no change worthy of remark." What a bold and magnificent quibble, what a delightful resignation under the for feiture of external confidence, what an ingenious adaptation of the style employed in domestic compli ments ! "No change worthy of remark," for sooth, when for the nonce the Peninsula has estranged itself from the fountain head of the world's commerce, for the enviable privilege of lay ing itself, bound hand and foot, before the throne of the French Sovereign ? "so change worthy of re mark," when Spain is virtually insulated for the time being from the current of political regeneration ? The remainder of the royal address to the Spanish Cortes is proportionately straightforward with the foregoing sentence. The young QUEEN does not appear less inclined to listen to the insidious dictates of the Afrancesados than previously to her nuptials. Although the very name of la grande nation is scrupulously avoided in this amusing speech, it is manifest in every paragraph that it has been modelled upon the plea sure of th e F renc h S OVEREIGN . Th e s p e ech to the Spanish C ortes, i n d ee d , i s as anoma l ous, and as r gr is u s it ie v s e as a dis- Solvin gpartiallyY hincongruities ne Parts o view only f the picture of Spanish policy in the most bewi'dering manner with parts policy of the picture o f Gallic : the will of GUIZOT peeps out i n the most • impossible manner through the transparent will of ISTURITZ— the machinations of the Parisian Court are just dimly discernable through the vapoury indications of the sentiments entertained in the Court of Madrid. There are, nevertheless, several auspicious recommendations as to mercantile and social reform in the address which may, if interpreted with wisdom by the mul- OPENING OF THE SPANISH CORTES. We have received the Queen of Spain's Speech at the opening of the Cortes, on the 31st ult., of which the fol lowing is a translation:— " Gentlemen, Senators and Deputies,— " Nothing causes me more lively satisfaction than to find myself again in the midst of you, and again to give myself over to the hope that your loyalty and your every effort will be consecrated to cement the union of the Throne with the institutions of the country, and to continue the work of the prosperity of Spain. "I have contracted a marriage with my august cousin. Don Francisco d'Assis Maria de Bourbon, agreeably to my intention announced to the preceding Cortes. 1 trust that Heaven will bless this union, and that you also, Gentlemen, will unite your prayers with mine to Almighty God. The marriage of my beloved sister hus also taken place in the way which has been alrady ex plained to the Cortes. " In our relations with foreign Powers no change has taken place worthy of notice. " Domestic tranquillity, that first need of nations, is strengthening itself, in spite of attempts which hare been made to disturb it. lam confident that all legiti mate opinions, uniting themselves on the vast and free field of our institutions, will leave without support the factions hostile to the public peace, and will contribute to consolidate the constitutional Government, and to efface all traces of the troubles which have so long agi tated the nation. "In order to attain that important end, I have granted to persons implicated in those troubles as large an amnesty as the welfare of the State permits. It is the welfare of the State which I shall consult, at some future time, as to the question of extending this amnesty to those who, for weighty reasons, have been hitherto ex cluded from it. "It is a great satisfaction to me to be able to an nounce to you that, thanks to the peace and to the re forms to which former Cortes have given their support, the national prosperity is making notable advances; my efforts will before all things tend to extend and aug ment those advances, and I reckon on your co-operation and assistance in this matter. " The different branches of the administration of the State have experienced great ameliorations; these are owing to the regularity introduced in the payment of expenses in the various offices, to the preservation of the public peace, and to the harmony and order which the laws recently established have introduced into the working of the administration. " In the organization of the army some reforms, im peratively demanded by the public good, have been carried out. These reforms have brought about a con siderable economy in the expenditure, and it is great subject of satisfaction to me that their introduction has not infringed upon vested rights, nor caused any preju dice to the classes who compose this interesting portion of the nation. In the matter of discipline and soldierly behaviour the condition of the troops both by sea and land could not be more satisfactory, and the fidelity of all ranks is a sure guarantee that the sacred trust re posed to their care will be protected from all dangers. " My solicitude, and that of my Government, has not been less with respect to the navy. For the first time since many years the expenses of all establishments have been covered ; considerable works and repairs have been completed in our arsenals ; an impulse has been given to naval construction, as well in the yards of the State as in those of private individuals, so that the vessels of our fleet have been available for all the purposes of the State, as well as for the prote•stion of our mercantile marine, the rapid increase of which gives rise to the fondest hopes. " The amount of the revenue is increasing, and there is ground for hope that it will be still more considerable when the projected alterations of the tariff have been put in force ; my Government will notify these changes to you in a proper form. " Some alterations have at the same time been intro duced in the subject of taxes, and the chief defects which disfigure that system will disappear as soon as all the data, which are now being sought for with great care, have been collected, with a view to a just and equal apportionment of the contributions. " My Government will present you with the budget of receipts and expenses for the year 1847. You will there see the ameliorations and economies which it has been possible to make. I regret that past troubles, and the very reforms themselves which must afterwards produce good results, do not permit of my making at present all the reductions which I desire. " It has been equally impossible for my Government to arrive at an arrangement of the public debt in virtue of the authority given by me for that purpose. How ever, as I have a lively desire to satisfy the just de mands of the State creditors, as well domestic as foreign, the measures which may appear most proper for arriving at this end will be proposed to you at a fitting time. " Agreeably to the law of the 9th of June, 1845, a loan of 200 millions of reals (50 millions of francs) has been contracted, destined to making new roads; the. works have partly commenced on several lines, forming parts of the vast plan of internal communication which my Government proposes to carry out. " Besides the budget, other measures demanded by the public weal will be proposed to you. " A fixed an , ' fitting endowment for religious pur poses and the clergy is a positive and urgent need, as essential to the welfare of religion as it is for that of the Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. .N(Yr Do. New Di to Tenths -... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto L nd:in and York Scrip 2 1 h ..... 3%%. .. ..... ... Do. 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' .. ...... , Waterford and Limerick 27% — , , Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, 1V aterford,and Valentia 1% - Waveney Valley ... 2 - Welsh Alidlar.:d ..... West Riding Union 42s. 2 N I I /2 p... West Cornwall Wexford and Carlow ... 3 1 / 2 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 2 ...... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth - ..... ••• York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New 5 ...... 12%%...... Do. Preference . ..... . York and North Midland 50 — Ditto lh 5hare5........ 25 .... Do. Selby 5O Do. Extension Ditto, Preference Do. Last and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS• Anglo-Belgian 4 ..• •• Barbadoes 1 .••••• Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21/2 Boulogne and Amiens... 18 Bordeaux & ;llediterran. '2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 Do. 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H er M a j esty ' s pr i va t e b an d a fte r - attend in the Castle. Anti The Dean of Westminster had an intervielf e is Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official resideoc Downing-street. ill Sir Edward Codrington had an interview Wi th 0 1 Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the oface the Board of Trade. o p Dispatches were received yesterday at the Col° office from the Governor of Gibraltar. teifO' The Right Hon. Edward Strutt has re t ur ned to PRICE or GoLD.—The premium on gold at , p is 14 ~ of per milk, which, at the English Mint Pr ix , - sill 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for stand ar d g old, t a l e " - oa exchange of 25 50; and the exchange at of London at short being 25 45, it follows that 00 , is 0.20 per cent, dearer in Paris than in 11 ' 7 1311 By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is , per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31175. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange °W h at and the exchange at Hamburgh on London st i fi s rot being 13 51, it follows that gold is 1.17 per cent. de 0. in Hamburgh than in London. The course 4 : 4 , 0 04 change at New York on London is 106 rir gi - 9 ,0 1 and the par of exchange between kaW all i t aloWl i America being 109 23-40 per cent., fb -- .4 0 10. that the exchange is 3.33 per cent. agahrt bill/ But the quoted exchange at New York being for g.nla at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted '4' the above difference. 37 3 / 4 110%2 26 ry e 52% 1 / 4 P 3 0 v, 23 1 4 738 P P 13 1 A 1:N 50 27% 22 16 1 A 112 s 114 ~ .. 1% P ~ 13 P II • ••••• .. ""' 1 • 0.0 1•• ..... am. • • • ••• -- 4 2 11•• ••• 131 1.•• ....... ••• 3974 3 4 % 0.... 1•• ~.. ~• ..... ,••• .••• ..11 IN/.. 11••• 114 -- ,••• ili ,••• 1 1 a btA I• 00000 • most; starts Street Longo h f a r p a o a :m c e it nece tion—a TR fr , ,tn befur issue, witnc termi less t to go to Fi whicl If E nothi that other