The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Th 7, eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO- MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be, performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Ma- 1 1 1 14 0 Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter Morliere, Mr. fierultastle ; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. Ring ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Barley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Orteette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Yr; vole, Airs. Hughes. After Which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto n'ln"....)emg a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN' AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Ocerture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sivants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blarnire ; the Ma cW,lery by Mr. It. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole prodnced under the superin eudence of Mr. W. West. t:cene 1. ABODE OF KALTBA, THE ENCIIANTBF99. — Date and lo sotlity not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society 65 have been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," ne,r " somewhere or other," Kaiyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, rnt.;tress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having ctn.; e miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. Horricastle ; 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 " incog." " Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect ont 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 pas s a " flying visit" to Kai) be ; 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 rtcene 2. INrparos. OF INFANT SCHOOL.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big whs. who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a balf•holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARRACAN OP COVENTRY CASTLE. The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own lutothe bargain), Mr. Mazzoni; the Countess of Coventry (a good lxusewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the ce!ebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character frt,ln her last place), Mr. Cheel; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle lie fought with a dragon, but at present without ary 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 n:ltives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Suvell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his " first," and Ix,uly his " last " appearance la public on the occasion—how his " recains " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony co.no to n !sit him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under /at r wing." Nonce Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al- Itiw him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALTBA'S HOUSE OF COILIILCTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. - Payne ; St. Andre* of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin°, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. llaynes.—How St. George suid his bro'her champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely obserVing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom! Scene 3. DOTES I:OADS.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set elt for their respective destinations—" the management having, inilhe handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com pa 'des." Scene 6. IlaNts OF TIIE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his (rt , n Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to 4 tUng Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. 'l'. dthews ; Ptolemy:, King of Egypt (rather a remoto ancestor of Draldru Paella, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Frierson. ig ,, orish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. Dow Alnianzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Loving oven " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his Stoemor on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Keens 7. GIIAND HALL IN TEE PALACE OF PTOLEMY TIIE FIRST, Xisro or EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Dance, about to be mar rl,l to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fez - himself), Mr. Wieland. How this " marriage in high life" is sudlenly 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, " Moll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. A r ming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds al the "Cornft," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man Win." &WI. 8. TRW DRAGON'S HAUNT IN TIIR DESOLATE VALLEY.— flour the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George foPows on horseback (the railroad not Ulna quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on ressrt. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not ady elevces St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the tklienes to Scene 9. an.iND HALL OF CIIITALIIT.--How St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re a,•pearanco of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends In New Clakacters. Harlequin •• • • Mr. Howell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. j'antaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER TN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LT.R'S Snop.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature!' " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Eles to the Clown's head. ' Scene I I. CORNCUANDLER'S SUOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than c;le of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia n...ta1." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures IA 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 w then or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for " )atent elastic India-rubber beets." Effects of " putting your feet it it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nail and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINITAN AND TAILOR'S STIOPS.—The original little Tin K Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot- Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending In an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OP 'BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOT WAREHOUSE. - 7yiy-8 for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cat and shuffle." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See US Conquering Here comes." Scene 15. Tun STATUS As IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park 1111XTIer. gonct 14. THE STATUE AS IT WAR ; or, Wellington git: Waterloo. :,00tt here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING 'Will be performed a new and original Drama, called TILE 14)1IND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside Story. Sir Arthur Foljambe, . Stuart ; lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; D sX*, Mr. Duckstone 1 I iarwood, Mr. Howard ; Lady Charlotte W;Eonghby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jo uy, Miss Woulls. iinrlng the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La floyadtro," " Italiaua in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Pa se. Attu Which the new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord crrtington, 11r. Boll: Sir Arthur Love!, Mr. Bowe; Scoreup, Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Julia Bennett. Ti) conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, cat , icd tha INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. 8. Buckin;:ham, Miss Rey/midi, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will he performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the eLdusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Alber t Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• raPters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining. INlmlows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Gefae, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. Altar which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, Kirdoeh, and Osb,rry ; .Miss Villars, Miss 1 urner, and Miss Arden. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, THE BUT TI. RFLY'S BALL. 'Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Clown, Mr. J. w. Collor ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw ; Al!endant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE Di ILECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. Tins EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO- LoMBA. THE CORSICAN srsTEit. Characters supported by Madame Celeste., Mrs. Yates; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, Q. Smith, ace. Betweaa the pieces the celebrated ENTOIITILATIONISTS, Mr. Jein Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Haulons, will ex hua thde wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After illinch a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet ef Lk GISBLLE. entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the W. is Driest. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Callewbrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, I{,,s Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lossee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Musical Romance, entitled 711 F, SEVEN MAIDS 01 MUNI ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Cot. Bertrand. Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen . ; tkr)t. Bellejarnb., Mr. T.elll3r ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; 'ornet Arr.sdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Honner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Kara Flower, Rourke, X. Homier, Ilincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss ht.rshali ; Madame Oroutz, Mrs. Foshroke. After which a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN BOWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Granby ; Mrs. H. Hughes, and Miss E. Thinner. In the opnrse of the evening' Professor HEMMING and his ta lerted CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previons to the Pantomime the Band will perform " Tke Ame rican Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEILTTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, 'Mr. Pa la ; Columbine, Miss Burbldge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. iitaNCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. PEMET'S FAREWELL BENEFIT, and positively hie last Appearance but One. THIS EVENING Rill be performed the favourite Vaudeville of LA FAMILLE IMPROVISE.E. Characters by MM. Dumery, Dorgebret, David; 31aflame Grassan, Leyder and Celina Fouraiet. A :ter which Moliere's celebrated Comedy of L'AVARE. Har ptaam (l'Avare), M. Perlet ; the other characters by MM. Beron, borvbret, Langeval, Cartigny, Pagenier, Tourillon, Lucien, Felix, David ; Mdlles. Va , lee, Angelo, and Amelie Khin. Tf, conclude with tile Comic Operetta of LES RENDEZVOUS 11501:ittIMOIS. M. Dugravier, M. Cartigny ; Cesar, M. Dumery ; Cti efe3, 31. Boron ; Jasinin, M. Pagenier ; Bertrand, M. Tourillon ; Mdfle. Fougizet ; Louise, Mdlle. Vallee ; Julie, Mdlle. Khin. RaNe9, Gs. Pit ,3 s . • 6,1 • Stalls, 35.; Galv 2s. Doors opened at bast-past Seven, and the performances comMilice at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. 'no celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS (Pel,l, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Cannon) will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, TO -71110;t1tOW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday diming the Christmas Holidays ; doors open at Eight, and the Enter tainment commences at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a tzI:AYID JUVENILE PERFORMANCE THIS 31ORNING. D O"r's open at Two, to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; I'it, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. 4STLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEtA.TRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Prince Patronised by her Moat Gracious Maj es ty th e Q ueen, Albert. Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled euccess of the Grand Christmal Pantomime, acknowledged by the press aid the publlo to surpass all others f'or magnificence and n ovelty. THIS EVENING 1 . 1 be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en title I TIM Mt DEMON kIORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the charmed T „ be fhllowed by Patty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; hnmoroue performances by Mr. Henderson, as C lown. with T , ! Com - du:lc with the successful Comte Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, en THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Ha r l equin and Ali Raba and e Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Mar tha IZobber a . Mr. Laffurini ; Columbine, Miss Lons.s a W a i te. vey ; Pantaloon, ROYAL SURREY THEATP.E. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. TIIIS EVENING -r,- ; ii be performed all original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CIIIDSwO.IIIE, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The character' will be F-,;ppted by the whole of the talented Company. cone:u 'e with a grand fairy Pantomime, called TIIE KING eV THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreamt. Har lelen, Herr Denlin ; Pantalnon, Herr R. Dentin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theoioro ; Clown, Herr N. Detain ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, Iterinetton of Prices.—Boxes, is,. Half-price, 6d ; lit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. : Private Boxes, 2 . The Victoria again victorious. Decided orti eess of the new grand " Go-a-Head Pantomime." " The best Vuutomirne ever proluced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in habitant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a ran tO- Ine."—Vide Public Press. THIS EVENING Will he peribrined THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Via. Airs. G. Lee, Mise L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed. ward.s, Bird, Searle, Furman, &c., will perform. Aner which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titleil THE BIRTH OF TilE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin Go_ 1-Head," end Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Signe: ()monde; Harlequin, M. Lupini4; Columbine, Wile, Adele 1.41131. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNES!IAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1847. Now ready, in Bvo , with Portraits, pricy 15s. bound, 3 IEMOIRS of the - LIFE and TIMES of SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON, K.G., Vice-Chamberlain and Lord Chancellor to Queen Eliz,beth. INCLUDING HIS SECRET LETTERS 90 THE QUEEN. Ity Sir N. HARRIS NICOLAS. G.C.M.G. " One of the mot valti.tble of our later contributions to English history."—Literary Gazette. " Hatton's Letters•to Elizabeth are curious, and display vividly in what style her favourites and lovers carried on that platonic corres pondence which Is so much lauded by certain historians."—Sunday Times. Richard Bentley, New Eurlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. RAILWAY SD ARES BY PUBLIC SALE, MESSRS. LAAIOND and Co., RAILWAY PHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TuEsnasoand FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Ilan of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are rcrpectildly - equested to be actiressed. All ::•crip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first poet after the sale, and the proceeds 'Rime llately disposed of according to instmetions. Ofnees, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. WEATHER.—Sur OFFICE, JAN UARY 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 47 ; Nooit, 42, BAROMETER, 30.07.—W1ND E., hazy. MOD WATI.T.N. AT 1.014D0N-BllDt3g THIS DAY. horning .. 4 minutes after 41. I Evening .. 59 Innautes alter 4 tions with foreign countries, her MAJESTY will not have to reproach the Administration with having in any manner embroiled this empire with foreign Cabinets, cr 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. nu LANIARTINE 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. THIERS, M. DE REMUSAT, and M. BIL 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 Sun—is precisely the description of announcement which might have been expected. In the whole range of political matters the question of how tar the friendship previously existing between Spain and other countries has been recently endangered, was the most difficult and even hazardous. And how has th;s difficult and hazardous question been treated by 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 ? "No 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 the French SOVEREIGN. The speech to the Spanish Cortes, indeed, is as anomalous, and as replete with incongruities as a dis rolving view only partially dissolved. Parts of the picture of Spanish policy are jumbled up in the most bewildering manner with parts of the picture of Gallic policy : the will of GurzoT peeps out in the most impossible manner through the transparent will of IST URITZ— 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 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 last evening, at the Literary Institution, in Leicester-square, and presided over by Mr. Iluain, 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 Le 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 not exactly the ma terials calculated So 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 mistaternents were made, and the speakers were not all of one mind on points of essential importance. For instance, Mr. ROWTON 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. 11TJ312, 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 correcter'pansla 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 whom 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 best security be realised fur 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 is analogous to the condition of Great Britain. But experience alone is not sufficient; it re must e c t b i e v e u j n u i d te g d m w e ' n i t t h the ;for, titamft after t all, caution w h and h a tadtanegemroousst 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 haz Ird of the revival of extreme punishment, to be administered, not as it now is, in a spirit of leniency, 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. Are 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 Collowing :—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 established 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. PART PASTEUR 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 arrived. 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 3/lAJESTY'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 good. The Gaceta 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 'nis 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 VILLtml shall be the Ministerial candidate for the presidency of the Senate. The nomination of the Marquis DE VILLUMA has given great offence not only to the Progressistas 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 apprehended. According to the Espanol, the parts more particu larly 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 Eco del Comercio, " 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 coma 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 mouths 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 o f t ranqu illi ty i n thi s 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) " llead-quarters at Banolas." s MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 29 . —The Three per Cents !were done at 331 for cash. The Five per Cents. at 20k. The Debt without interest at 61. The Coupons at 19, and the Vales at 81. "MANUEL BRETON. 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 tha*he diplomatic body given to the Nuncio the right of addressing the King in the name of all the Ambassadors. Whatever the Con.s4itutionnel 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 least 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 basaadors 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 lie could adher e t o t h em w i t h o ut violating hi s i nstruc . tions; and the v i s it w hi c h he afterwards p a id to t h e King was the most e l oquen t comment that cou ld b e made upon them. It is i m p oss ibl e , in our opini on , 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.- NUNISY. 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 England i s n be the Courtier Fran ga i s th ere i s to be an E uropean Congres s , a t w hi ch the renunciations demanded by rr howin d t e be h l y ,a F pa r la Nuncio m . cioT found und f following is the article of Cou l ier : means to af 4 jit , , matterst • with reg ar d to the Spanish marriages in such a way th at the British Amba. , “ador had reason to congratulate himself on his discretion, dthe tscretion, Court of the Tuileries no right to feel discontent. The too much Father received tie congr atulations of the representative of the diplomatic body on the renewal of his family joys, but the King had nothing to The Pere de famille replied his in reply to, and was sil en t. of his family, that Providence had owrense namery - and in that to him one of the sweetest consol a ti ons 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 will not therefore have much trouble in justi fying himself to Lord Pahneraton for having been pre- sent at the reeep don of New Year's-day. One may there eore ask one's stiff 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 Camaril/a 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 address himself to the Rre de foliate ! If this noble and candid speech of the Apos tolic Nuncio expresses faithfully, the true opinion ,if all the states of Europe, there remains nothing for M. Guizot to do but to send to all the Governments the double renunciation of the Duke and Duchess de Alontpensier-a renunciation which the Powers demand. Chen, the fire de finale may accept at his ease the diplomatic compliments on another daughter-in-law. Since the DeLats shows itself so satisfied with the speech if the Apostolic Nuncio, the double renunciation is, in fact, decided on. What has given so much offence to the Powers, particularly 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 :-If 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 Qeeen 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 objecti on f or th e P owe r s , 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 meninges, 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 justified to the country, and to those who should ask what has been done about Poland, the reply 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 which is most remarkable in this important operation is that the Back of France has not had re course to the Bank of England, except to purchase from it purely and simply the precious metals at the price fixed for any ordinary purchaser, a price which secures to the seller a very considerable profit. In order to pay for this specie, the Bank of France has 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, neutralize 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, at least for ships of war. The English Aduiralty has come po-itively to this decision. In France the question has long been under discussion, and although it is not yet determined to relinquish them, the results of trials made at Gavres lead 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 aides 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 orer: 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 f a il e d. Th e wa ll was cum 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 mit France, the markets are badly supplied with corn, and the greatest apprehensions are entertained of famine. On this subject the Reforene 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 number 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 lay 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 succeed 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 Nogent-le-Roy, Orleans, Clermont, Chateaudun, Coulommiers, Lagny, Pont St. Maxence, Eterepes, 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. 15e. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 40c. • the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,260 f. ; Rouen, 911 f: 25c,; Havre, 680 f. ; Great Northern, 638 E 75c. ; Avignon, 865 f. ; Tierzon, 606 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 565 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. 75c.; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cett e , 450 f. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31% ex div. MARSEILLES, DEC. 30.-Marseilles and Avignon, 885 f. 75c.; Northern, 6531. 75e.; Paris and Lyons, 510 f. LYONS, JAN. 2.-Paris and Rouen, 915 f.; 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 EXCIIANGE, JANUARY 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 153i-Dutch Rhenish, 4 3 4- Mauritius, 3%-Northern of France Constituted, 12 3 4- Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 3 4-Rouen and Havre, 27-Sambre and Meuse, 4 3 / 4 -West Flanders, 3. THEATRE ROYAL, EXETER.—WO cannot but inform our theatrical readers, that youcg Oliver Twist, of the Royal Surrey Theatre, Mr. George Owen, the youthful tragedian, appears on Monday next at the above theatre in Hamlet. He is just returned from Irelaud, where he was highly admired. THE SMITHFIELD NUISANCE.—At.a late hour in the afternoon of Monday two accidents occurred through the still existing nuisance of Smithfield market. The first occurred in High Holborn, opposite liingsgate street : a gentleman was knocked down by a very powerful bull, and before he could recover himself he was severely trampled upon and gored by the infuriated beast. The second accident occurred in Long-lane, Smithfield : Henry Bennet, a lad of scarcely seven years of age, in attempting to cross the road, was knocked down by a bullock proceeding from the market, and be fore he could be rescued wounds of a most shocking nature were inflicted. ExrLosiort or BOILERS.—The constant occurrence of accidents to steam boilers is disgraceful to us as a nation, in a mechanical point of view, and calls for in quiry. It would seem to be necessary that every boiler should be examined by a public officer before it is sent out.-- The Builder. 1101'4E1 and COAIfvIERCIA 13 IN S. I CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. I The sales of Cotton et Liverpool, yesterday, were 4,000 bales, of which one-fourth was on speculation. In prices there was no change. Shares were steady. The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, was well attended, and went off with more spirit than usual, on account of the small cata logue. The bidtlinga were firm, and at advanced prices. Indian lines are loaing better, as there are not many sabers. The following are a few of the principal sales : Leicester g: Bedford, Exchange Certificate £0 11 0 Madrid' and Valencia Northern Counties Union 2 1 0 Direct Northern (scrip) 2 12 6 Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 2 0 0 London and South-Western, Tenths Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tvne 2 10 0 North British Extension - 1 13 0 Great Indian Peninsular Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 12 0 Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. Leicester and Bedford In right earnest has a bold and generou ,, , subscription been opened for the relief of the extreme distrers 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, 1,0001. ; Messrs. ; Jones Loyd, 1,0001. ; Messrs. Overend anti Gurney, 1,000/. ; the firm of Rothschild (celebrated for its generosity throughout Europe), 1,0001. ; Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, 1,0001. ; Messrs. Truernan and Banbury, 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 50/. 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 confiscation7of 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 93? and 4, ex dividend, and in India Stock at 253, also without the dividend ; Consols for the Account were steady at 934 and I. Bank Stock has advanced to 2065, and Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 10s., lls. and 14s. premium. In the Foreign Market there bas been some business transacted in the Brazilian Five per Cents. at 871 ; in the Five per Cent. Mexicans at 2.1 t ; in the Portuguese Four per Cents., fcr the Account, at 3SI ; in the Spanish Three per Cents. at 26i ; in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59} a ; and iu the Four per Cents., at 921. 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's. Bank Stock .20 5 1 /1 206 206 3 por Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 3 % 94 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93% th 3 / 4 ex div 93V 2 New 3% per Cent. Annuities 95%%% 95% LongAnnuitiesto expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 9 13-16 India Stock 253 ex div 253 India Bondr, 1,0001 Consols for Opening 9 3 3 / 4% 933 India Stock for Account... ...... 254% ex div 254% Exchequer Bills, 10001.1',4d.... 10 14 11 p II p Ditto, 5001 Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING •RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 4 3 /4 24 3 4 Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account 38% Russian Bonds ... IIOLA 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 —f. —c. 79f. 75c. Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 50c. Belgian, 2% per Cent — 53 3 / 4 Dutch 2% per Cent. . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92% Ditto Bonds PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RIILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES ,therdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.. ... 2 . / 7 04 2 3 /4 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ..... 1%..... Belfast & County Down 4% Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 129 Ditto New 17% 32% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley Us. ... .. 6% 3 / 4 p 6% P Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley... .. 4 9 s .... BV s Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 2 3 / 4 . Boston, Stamfd, & I3irm. 225. lp •• ••• • i Br istol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 52% Buckinghamshire „Caledonian Ditto Half Shares._ 24 Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% 2 5 3 /4 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 ... 2v 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 l % l /2 Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% Direct. Northern Scrip.. 3 3 / 4 2 % 3 /4 Direct Norwich • 1 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 23%4. 23% Ditto New l2l 16s 7% n 7% Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... % p • Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%% Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 , 2 — East Lancashire - ..... ......... Ditto. Now Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... .. 5 Do., do., New Scrip... 1% East Lincolnshire ....,. 1 1 4. 33 / 4 IA Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — ••• Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... . I % — Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 13% Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. 15 . — Do., % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%...... Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2 Great Eastern &Western 2%...... Great Nortkern (London and York Regd. )...... 214..... 3%% 4 Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) .. ... 3% 4% Great South. and West. (Ireland) GreatNorthof England..loo Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . — Ditto, New Great Western B5 133 Ditto % Shares. Ditto %Shares , F; 37 3 4 1101/2 26 25 5 % 1 p 9 1 / 2 5214 '/8 P :604 I V, 2A S 17 3 / t ...... 1914 13 I/ 2 114 234 6 1 V 2 84 Ditto Fifths 2O Ditto, New —.. 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ...... Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Ditto 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford 3O Leicester and Bedford... 16s. — Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22 1 / Q Do., Branch 1% Shares 2 1 / 2 _ ... 8 Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 4 — ...... Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 / 2 ... Leeds and Thirsk 1 7 1...... Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... ......... 2 . Liverp., Mnchstr& New .... 4% 75% 16% 514 castle Junction 2%.„ . 2% % ... L3ndon and Blackwall. 16/. 131. 4d .......... Do. New Ditto Extension London, Brighton, an d South Coast 5O .. .. 58% Ditto, Fiftks Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10 Do. Guarant. 5 p(r ct. 9 - ••• •• •• et. ••• . London audGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — 1 ondon and N. Westernloo 2Ol 202... 202 Do. Quarters .. Do., ao., New Ditto Fifths Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/.Shares( L. M.) 8 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (31. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ...... 13 Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and 59 47% 76 3 / 4 13 858 Cheltenham Load. & S.Western 411 6s 1ud.../.. 64 1 ,4 65% 1)o. New ConsoL Bths 4) Do. New Do. New - . 18 Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 ~s 4 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto 14 .7,..10•: ~.:.t,.,.:.t, ;4irx scrip z 14„,. . 3% r -ii• ••••••...• 33 Do. Extension Lcneion, Salisbury, and Yeovil - Londonderry &Ctlersin 15 - L:,n,3cnderry and Ennis i, ii(n l 5 - Lynn and _E33 , Lynn and Dereham :5 Manchester and Leeds 82 lll 112% 11 2 14 Ditto L / 4 Shares . ... 38 - Do. Quiiiters l2 .... • - Do. EN', .. 5 • . 11 1 /,, ll4 D 1 4 o. Sixteenths ... 6 - Do. Extension 425. Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths - Man..ilie,,ter,Buxton,and • Alatloci- 42s. l% ' p l% P Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 - ••• •• •••••• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2% — - Ditto and Griiwby.... 15 Ditto ditto - Ditto ditto . ....... l'& — - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2!, '2 — - Manciniot. & Southampt. 2 ...... 2% ...... ..... Midland 1(X) l3l ••• 21,4 131V0 1)o. Fifths 2 Do. New 1)o. Birm., and Derbyloo lOB ...... 107 Midland Great Western Irish Newclstle awl Berw:ck 20 NewcastleandCarlit1e...100 Ditto New - Ditto Quarter Shares 6% — Newmrket&Chesterfrd. 5 Newport& Abergaveuny 2 1 ,4 ....- Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and llostrevor - Norfolk lOO - Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension - _ _ Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk... Do, do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% l 3 /1 134 North British . ....... .•. 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... __ , Do. Quarters Do. Extension l4 S A, ...... 14, 4 Ditto Thirds 1 _. . 374 3/i Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 - Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 9', % 94 North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2 l /2 — Oxford, W ,, rCester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct - Preston and Wyre - 25 - Do. 1 / 2 Shares - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3l. 12s. ll dis. Roystcn and Hitchen ... 1% — -- Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% — . --- Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2% , ---,, Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... 514._ ......... .. 5 ,0 Ditto ditto, Class B. 1M Shropshire Union 4 di5.......... Ni 4 South Devon 4O ...... .• ....... ... _ --' South StaffordshireJunc 11.135. 4d South Eastern & Dover. 33% __ Do., No. 1 Do., Nc. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 - •••• 3 South Wales 5 1....... ..... .- Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ..-• Taw Vale Extension ... 3 - ...... ••• ...• Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junction 42s. l% p l% P Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 W akefield, Pontefract. & Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 11 Waterford and Limerick 27% — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42 1/ . 21% p........ '' Oh ,' West Cornwall .. 2 ... , ...0 ...., Wexford and Carlow ... 3% .... .- ......... Windsor, Staines, and .... South Western ..... ... 2 ...... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle.... -,......54 Ditto New l2'' Si 5 ...... 12 . %% ~* 1% 7; Do. Preference ..... 2 ...... 7 Vifi .. ••• ..... York and North Midland 50 .... Ditto 1 ., Shares. 25 Do. Selby 5O — ..- 39 Do. Extensiox Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do.ast and Westßid- VOA ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo - Belgian Barbadoes 1 ..... Belgian Eastern Junctn Boulogne and Amiens... 18 .....• 15% ............... -•-• Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and --• Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ..• .... Do. (Espelete's) . 2 ...• • ... Calais, Dunkrk,andWest Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• ••• .. ......... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon ..• Demerara 2% .. .. Dendre Valley D:rect Bombay and ••••• Madras --- Dutch Rhenish 6 ...0" East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ....„,• Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 71 . Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Western Bengal... Sc. •••• Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...• Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... ... ••••• JaDmica S.Mid. Junction. 1 Jersey : .... ...-, Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ... fi Luxembourg 4 •••• Lyons and Avignon 2 ••••• Madras ...... 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot % — Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. ,! Nat - liar and Liege Northern of France. 8 ..... UN% lO7O ..•-• • North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... ..... 2% Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 8,4 k Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d — 4 Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O s6* Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 5 — Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ..... 10 •••• ... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ...... ••••• St Laurence & Atlantic ..... Tours and Nantes Con: ...... stituted ... ..... ••••••• 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt......• 8 Trinidad ••••• West Flanders ...... .... 6 Is tli JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 - National of Ireland 221,4 — . 0.... • Provincial of Ireland ... 25 - -•••••• ..... •• r Union of L0nd0n......... 10 - London & Westminster. 20 MINES. 3 1 A Real del Monte Unregd. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA Y 2 Lomax, JAN. 6.—Wind this d a y a t noon , N . N . E., light airs and thick hazy weather. DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Cambria, Shadduk Mauritius; Clio, Mules, Demerara; Georgians, SYnle r* Honduras; Margaret Evans, Tinker, New York; Augusta , Wilson, Miramichi ; Fourteen, Williamson, Montreal. Sld' Fairy, Ga rron , St. John's, Newfoundland. Arrd. from the River, the West India, Rich, Sierra Leone; Audacia, YAW , Bahia. SANDIVICII.—Maron, St. Lucia. LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind S. S.E.; moderate.—Anal. Jobs Campbell, Africa; Pakenham, Bourne, Jamaica; Sunbeam, Winsor, New Orleans. Sld. Mary Worrell, Gardner, Valpir raiso ; Fame, Manley, Brazils ; Copia, Jarvis, St. Thomas; Liverpool, M'Lcllan, New Orleans; Tarquin, Moody, Mobile; Chenango, Snow, Baltimore; Niagara Russell, New York; Hibernia, (steamer) Ryrie, H a lif ax , Ecc. Off port, Emma Watts, New York; Columbus, St. John's, New Brunswick' Abbotsford, Restigouche Aleyon, Quebec; Midas, Montreal' WATERFORD, JAN. S.E. to S.S.E.—SId. Star' Mountain, Newfoundland. CORK, JAN. 3.—Wind E.S.E. very strong.—A rr d. Siee l " low, Steele, St. D om i ngo ; D e lhi, Hecker, Hond uras; , taro, Walker, Miramichi ; Alpine, Corry, Halifax ; Matthe o Pearce, White, Laguna. Sld. Giaour, Belcher, Jamaica. The Ellen, of and from Yarmouth, N. S., to Barbadoes, was Oar Boned waterlogged, lath ult., lat. 32 N., long. 54 ; ere ( saved by the Swallow, arrived here. The Isabel, from Liver pool for Antigua, has put in with loss of foremast. 'll l6 wreck of a small dismantled brig was passed 13th ult., la t ' ' 28, long. 57, by the Matthew Pearce, arrived here. TheCar ron, Thompson, from Demerara to Dublin, arrived here today leaky, and lower tier of cargo washed out. LLANELLY, JAN. s.—The Catherine, Patten, of and for Ayr , from Newport, is on the sands near the entrance of Kidwell,' river, and is likely to go to pieces ; crew saved. Pcursarourrn, JAN. s.—Wind S.E.—Sid . h er M a j es ty 'S ships Daphne and Semarang, Eastward. POOLE, JAN. 4. —Arrd. Flora, Pidding, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. Chapman, Sher cott, Quebec. Sid. her Majesty's ship Recruit, a cruise to relieve the homeward bound. FALMOUTH . , JAN. s.—Wind S. fresh breezts. Salisbury Harrison, Brittain, Richebuctu. BRISTOL, JAN. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Louisa, Carpent er ' Li ma . Sld. Growler, Allen, Newfoundland. KINSALE, JAN. 2.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Serafin, rol de* Havannah. OFF CAPE CLEAN, DEC SO.—Devonshire, New York. CROOKHAVEN.—Arrd. Exile, Card, Pictou, for New Yin"' with part of cargo thrown overboard. GALWAY, JAN. I.—Wind E.—Arrd. Prescott, New york• DEAL, JAN. s.—The Isabel, Medhurst, arrd in the Deifllt got on the Newcomb Sand, off Dungeness last night, 0 7, assisted off with damage, and proceeded for the River W" of a steamer. , • ),..s „. :'-111 WI; 1m ito LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1847. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The state of the public revenue, as exhibited by the returns for the year and quarter ending January 5, 1847, proves still further, if further proof were wanted, the soundness of the principles of financial and commercial policy which have of late years been adopted by successive administrations in this country. 'The Customs, the Excise, the taxes, the property tax, the Post-office, all exhibit an increase, both on the quarter and on the year. The Stamps ex hibit a decrease on the year of 220,7001., and on the quarter of 51,7151. A decrease which can be more than accounted for by the activity of rail way operations last year as compared with this. But even allowing fur the decrease on stamps, and also a decrease under the head of miscellaneous of 38,9551. on the quarter, the increase on the revenue for the quarter amounts to 19,8731., and on the year to 13,0321., and this without the aid of the Chinese ransom, the receipt of which tended to swell the gross ,ramount of increase as exhibited in former returns. The amount of Customs' revenue for the quarter is 4,514,7211. ; for the year, 18,310,865/. ; showing an increase on the year of 205,659/., and on the quarter of 159,9321. The Excise shows an increase on the quarter of 269,3181., on the year of 344,1381., the revenue for the quarter being 3,608,1551., for the year 12,5 0 1, 9 50/. This is most satisfactory, as showing that, notwithstanding the severe pressure of distress, that pressure is merely partial, and that the great bulk of the people are sufficiently prosperous to be enabled to indulge in the use of those exciseable commodities which constitute the luxuries of the in dustrious classes. The revenue derived from stamps for the year is 6,931,4141., for the quarter 1,740,687/., showing, as we before stated, a decrease on the year of 220,7001., and on the quarter of 51,7151. The taxes show an increase in the quarter of 33,848/., and on the year of 48,566/., the total amount received being, for •the year 4,272,4081., and fur the quarter 1,909,8991., a state of the revenue that proves that the middle classes of society are in a prosperous condition. The Property tax has yielded for the quarter, 450,2191. ; for the year, 5,395,3911., showing an increase on the year of 368,8211., and on the quarter of 63,2341. Th• Post- office revenue still continues steadily on the increase, and now that Mr. ROWLAND HILL is once more restored to office, we doubt not but that each quarter will show a much larger increase than here tofore, provided he is permitted to carry out his plans unfettered by the bureaucracy of the department. the increase under this head for the quarter is 14,0001. ; for the year, 85,000/. ; the total amount for the quarter being 203,0001., and fur the year 816,0001. The Crown lands show an increase on the quarter of 5,0001., the revenue derived from this source being, for the year, 120,0001.; for the quarter, 30,0001. Under the head of Miscellaneous there is an increase on the year of 196,7731., and a decrease on the quarter of 38,955/.—the total amount of revenue for the quar ter under this head being 29,657/. ; and for the year, 317,090/. The total amount of the ordinary revenue for the year is 48,604,418/.; for the quarter, 12,486,33g1. The revenue returned under the head miscellaneous, is exclusive of the China money. As no money has been received from China during this quarter, of course, a deduction must be made fur the amount received during the corresponding quarter of last year, that deduction amounts to 475,2801. for the year, and to 300,859/. for the quarter, we have also to deduct 32,2001. for the quarter, and 131,3971. for the year for imp:est and other monies, and 408,548/. for the year, and 101,7301. for the quarter, for the re payments of advances, yet, notwithstanding all these deductions, we have an increase on the total national income on the year of 13,0321., and on the quarter of 19,8731. Now, when we consider the great reductions which have been recently made in the Customs and Ex cise duties, we cannot but consider the state of the Revenue as most satisfactory, proving, as it does to demonstration, the soundness of those financial and commercial principles which Sir ROBERT PEEL laid down and acted on in 1845 and 1846, and which must henceforth form the basis of the financial and commercial policy of this country. The surplus of Revenue, after providing for the charges to the con solidated fund, and for the payment of supply ser vices, in the Quarter ending sth January, 1847, is 1,365,4551. It will be interesting to observe the difference of tone with which the Legislative Chambers of Eng 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 tongue s o f LOUIS PHILIPPE and ISABELLA SEGUNDA are restricted from the candid utterance of their senti ments. The wires by which the royal puppets of Madrid are set in motion, have been extended beyond :he 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 royalt y 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, Piiii.ir of Orleans, in the ma rria g e of his youngest son with a princess of the Peninsula will neces. the fmdab sarilyc o l r oa i leh le his thoughts with the languag e of guile , movements perceptible in the direction of Vienna, St. Petersburgli, 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 s,,ectacle. H er ru l er h as th ere s polen to the repre sentatives of th e peop l e w i t h t h e u t mos t candour and honesty in relation to the past, with decided congra tulations in regar d to the anticipation and with o confidence a n d satisfaction inof the future. In E ng l and the spect o acle will he calculated evk'n more strikingly t national heart with gratification. It will fillbe thetl e office of Tier Most Gracious MAJESTY to recur to the strenuous efforts of the Government to ameliorate the sufferings of the impoverished multitud e i n I reland, to comment upon the munificence of the o ffi cers of the Treasury in striving to compete with the progress of destitution, to refer to the flourishing condition of • the last quarter's revenue. 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