The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-15 00:00:00

(TO BE CONTINUED) COURT CIRCULAR. The band of the Ist Life Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. .A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Cam !bell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marc Luis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macau lay, a rid the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The council sat two hours and a half. Arc inleacon Hoare had an interview with the Chan cellor .of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Mr. George Alsbury had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord' Hatherton arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, nanovor-square, yesterday, from his seat, Teddesley path, Staffordshire. SPORTING 'rELLIGEN CE. T ATTERSALL'S.— THURSDAY. D ecidedly the dullest afternoon since the Houghton Mee ling; no apology, therefore is necessary for confining our :report to the "business done." CRESTER CUP. 1000 to 20 sgst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb--taken goners to take 50 to 1 each about Newcourt and Pam. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Offers to give 18 or take 20 agst the field—(2oo was laid on Mond between 20 and the fi e ld ; the names of the horses did ,'tot transpire.) DERBY. 400 to 10 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 500 to 10 . %gst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher—taken 500 to 10 a gst Mr. Mostyn'S Projectile—taken 500 to 7 a t Tst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 1000 to 10 ag: it Mr. Fuller's Oxonian —taken Mr. Harrreave 's horses, under the care o f J. A rmstrong, arrived on ° Wednooday at Newmarket, where they will in future be trained. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. BA.TH MEETING, 1847. Handicap far the Somersetahire Stakes. Alaric, 5 yrs, 9&"L Sib—Sweetmeat, 5 yrs, 9st 416- -Wolf-dog, 5 yrs, Bst .121b—The Hero, 4 yrs, Bst 101b— .Annandale, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Grimston, 4 yrs, Bst 41b— 'Queen of Tyne, aged,. Bst 21b—Red Rover, 6 yrs, Bst-- lord Saltoun, 6 yrs, 7 fit nib—Emmeline, 4 yrs, 7st I 0 lb .---Wit's-end, 4 yrs, 7st 1016—Refraction, 5 yrs, 7st 916 . -- Miss Ells, 5:0, ist Slb—Thc Crown Prince, 4 yrs, ?st 716—Mount Callan, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Chamois, 4 yrs, fo'st 6113--Cheveaux de Frisc, 4 yrs , 7st 61b—lliomed, 4 yrs, /Dukej, ap;ed 7st 41b—theraton, 4 yrs, :7st 31b of Richmond, 4 7 st ~ 31b—Clumsy, t, - ; yrs, ist 216--Roderiek, aged,lT yr5 ,216 ,./exterous, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Giantess, 5 y rs 4 yi's, 7st—Dic- Tatar, 4 yrs, 7st—lluusdrutn, 4 —Pal ' 7st—gow Fury fit Deer (b. b) 4 yrs, Est 131b—R, r j o r r s , , , mi ss Bun-Li, aged, Est 1216—What, a ' ' g : e 5( 1 3 r .64 12lb— tiimon, 4 yrs, fist 1 lb — Buttress, 4 yrs, fist 3 f, Slr whelp,fist ha—Morocco, 1 31.2, Gat 1 I'- ' 7l' " . 0 — etrosqd- pecker, 4 . )7rs, fist 101L:i—Bartana, yrs, 6 , t . Magnet, 5 vrs, 65t 91J-01d George, G yrs, fi st tilis Camera 01;.: cu:a, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Farthing Candle : 4 ? rs, Est 916 -.kick, 4 Sr., Est 811)—Koinager, 5 y rs bit 71b—Alliai ice, 5 yr:;, , fist Glb-13useot Buek, 6 y rs, 6st 61b—Fugiti 4 yrs, 6$ 2:6—Caprice, 4 yrs, 6st 3Eiss Shirley, 4 yrs , 6 . 4—Trojan, 6 yrs, 6.4-I)evil-me -4 yrs, 5$ 1016 -7-Milliner, Care. 3 yrs, Gst —Cha.itcrbox, 4 yrs, sst 1016--Premier, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib—Crozier, 3 yrs, bst 916—Regalia, 4 yrs, 5:4 lib—The Brave Buck, 3 pa, sst 216—Halo, 3 yrs, .sst—Dauglitcr of the Star, 3 yrs, 55t—Moodkev, 3 yrs, sst—Rosin the Beau, 4 yrs, Congress, 3 yrs, 5 st—Euclid colt, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. If the higheet weight accepting is under Sat 716, it will be raised to that standard, &c. HER MAJES 7Y'S T HEATRE.—Signora Carolina Rosati, one Of the liv.a principal dancers of the present season, ba anivel inc London. Queen Isabella 11., is lineally descended from the same King of France. Did it ever occur to Lord Palmerston to question the right of Ferdinand VII. or Isabella 11. to rein over Spain? Lor'd Palmerston, in the 19th century, has done pre c:sely what had been done by his predecessors (and, in deed, by all Europe) during the course of the 18th. He has not pretended, or so much as imagined, that the right of Isabella H. (or of Ferdinand VII.) was dis putable or doubtful; that, by her descent from a branch of the Royal House of France, which had renounced its rights to the Spanish throne, she lost those rights to the same throne which had devolved upon her as a descendant of Philip V. The natural and true construction of the Treaty of Utrecht carries with it such resistless conviction, that, till it was questioned upon the present occasion, it has been admitted universally and without hesitation. Not content with the misconstruction to which I have just adverted, Lord Palmerston puts upon the treaty a false interpretation which is more serious still, which strikes at its fundamental purpose, or rather, I might say, at its existence. Lord Palmerston says, ;that the main and real object of the treaty, besides the restoration of mace between the contracting parties, was that for which the preceding war had been undertaken; that the main and real ob ject was to avert a too close and intimate union between the kingdoms of France and Spain; and that the history of the last century affords many examples to show, how, notwithstanding the Treaty of Utrecht, this intimate union continued to subsist. Therefore, in Lord Palmerston's opinion, the Treaty of Utrecht did not suffice during the last century (and, consequently, does not suffice at the present hour) to accomplish its main and real object; and that this object must be sought, not in the fundamental condi tions of the peace which the treaty established, but in the purposes of the war by which it had been preceded. Strange forgetfulness of the lessons of experience, and of the warnings which it has imparted, in all ages, to the most powerful human designs! Governments en gaging in a war do not attain by it all th e o bj ec t s w ith which they had flattered themselves; and when they are forced by necessity, or persuaded by prudence, to put an end to the war, peace is re-established (in almost all cases) on a compromise of their conflicting pretensions. It was the purpose of England and her allies to prevent the grandson of Louis XIV., and the descendants of that grandson, from establishing themselves on the throne of Spain ; and it was intended by Louis XIV., when he accepted the Spanish Crown for a branch of his family, that this branch should retain its rights to the Crown of France. Such, during the first periods of the war, were the objects and aspirations of the parties to it; but, after twelve years of sanguinary conflict, the spirit of peace resumed its ascendancy, and the two nations came to a compromise. England and her allies consented on the one part, that a branch of the House of Bourbon should sit on the throne of Spain ; and Louis XIV. consented, on the other, that the respective rights of the Royal Houses of France and Spain should be completely separated. Such was the Treaty of Utrecht, and such was its main and real purpose. Accordingly, it did not give to any of the belligerents all the objects which had moved them to the war ; but it gave to all parties, through a compromise of their adverse pretensions, the peace which all of them needed. Those who would close their eyes to a fact so evident, and would seek, not in the definitive conditions of the peace which terminated the war of the Spanish succes sion, but in the original purposes of that war, the prin ciples of their pretensions and their policy—those would in truth be the violaters of the Treaty of Utrecht, of its spirit and of its letter, and would incur, before Europe, now peaceful and happy, the responsibility of the can sequences of such a violation. Ile King's Government adheres faithfully to the Treaty of Utrecht, since it merely wishes to maintain the bases of the European balance of power, as that treaty determined them. On the contrary, Lord Pal merston, at the very moment when he is appealing upon a special point to the Treaty of Utrecht, rejects the fundamental principles of that treaty, and discloses a policy which assuredly is not one of peace and of for bearance. I have now accomplished what I bad undertaken. I have corrected the more serious of the errors contained in Lord Palmerston's dispatch of the 31st of October, and I have stated in their real and true light the more important of the facts to which it relates. In a true spirit of moderation and of peace, I abstain from every remark which could merely tend to prolong a controversy hence forth without object. lam earnestly desirous of saying nothing bat what necessity constrains me to state—no thing which might impede, in either country, the return of a friendly and cordial policy—a policy (I have some right to assert) to which no one has been, or remains, more faithfully attached than myself. I think that the facts have now been sufficiently brought to light to justify me in here closing this discussion. In concluding it, I will endeavour to replace it within its true and con stitutional bounds. Lord Palmerston has introduced a name which should never have been mentioned ; my duty commands me to express my surprise, and to recal to his recollection, that the responsibility of the policy pursued by the Icing's Government, in respect to this question, rests with myself alone, as my honour and my right. I beg you to read this dispatch to Lord Palmerston, and to give him a copy of it. Accept, Monsieur le Comte, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. The Queen and Prince Albert accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Waterpark. Major General Bowles, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour left Claremont, at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. In the forenoon his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at tended by some of the Gentlemen of the Royal suite, en joyed the sport of shooting. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to the Castle, from Claremont, at a (porter-past four o'clock this afternoon, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Alice and llelena. The Royal suite consisted of the Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro, the Lord in Waiting, Lord Waterpark, the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Colonel Seymour, and the Master of the Household, General Bowles: Count Schemmelpenninck, the Netherland:: Minister Baron de Beust, the Saxon Mi n i ster, and Baroness de Beust, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, are expected to arrive at th e C astle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party a t th e C astle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency Count Schemmelpenninck, their Excellencies Baron and Baroness de Beust, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir Hamilton and Lady Sey. mour. THE SUN, LONDON, FRID_AY EVENING, JAN - CARY 15, 181.7. meanest station-house in the kingdom, that earnest wail far moral and intellectual help is ascending audibly. It is a supplication now; it may, if con temned, merge into a command. Shall it be said that this want of knowledge has been grievously exagge rated ? Shall it be said that there is no such necessity for a national system of education ? Go with that chaplain mentioned by Lord LINCOLN to the benighted culprits in Preston gaol alone ; see fifty- five per cent. of them unable to read, thirty-five per cent. ignorant cs to the personality of CURIST, only nine in a hundred acquainted with the elementary principles of religion, not one amongst them familiar with "she Book," upwards of half of the number not aware of the name of the reigning Sovereign: let them look into that abyss of ignorance which the chaplain of Preston gaol has looked into, and then say that there is no particular want of a national system of education ! Is not that sufficient ? Let them meditate upon the thousands who are living perpetually in the filth of domestic sin, who are an actual curse to the land in which their breath is drawn, who are requiring the incessant and stringent correction of the law, who perish in hospitals, and pri sons, and workhouses, and penal colonies. If any additional evidence be wanting, let them visit, even in this vast and flourishing metropolis, those "Ragged Schools" which philanthropy has erected in its by lanes and its rookeries, and which only a sublime charity could sustain and organize. They must then acknowledge that there is ample cause to weep over this awful deficiency of moral and intellectual know ledge. GOD be thanked, there is no longer a neces• sity to impress the reality of this enormous want upon the perception of the Legislature. The Prime Minister has pledged himself, in the Guildhall of the city of London, to introduce some comprehensive scheme of an educational character : that pledge will be redeemed. The cry of Irish agony swells daily louder and louder, and pierces the most callous heart. At such a season of sorrow and misery it becomes the duty of every citizen of the empire to do his diligence gladly to remove, as far as in him lies, the heavy load of woe that crushes our Irish fellow-citizens to the earth. To discover the origin of the miseries of Ireland— lay bare the sources of those wasting and incessant torments of agitation that have driven the merchant and the manufacturer in dismay from Ireland, torn up by the roots the tree of commerce, and left the country without a single stay or defence against the present dreadful invasion of famine, is the first and mast necessary duty of the legislative physicians, who must immediately undertake the case of Ireland. If; in searching for the origin of these agitations, they adopt the inductive method, and investigate separately the causes of each successive agitation, they will find them, without exception, to be efforts to remove differences existing between the laws of Ire land and those of England, or to redress evils arising from such differences. The conclusion from such an investigation is unavoidable. A difference in the laws of the two countries has caused the present difference in their social condition. To impose upon a limb of a great empire laws different and more oppressive than those which govern the heart of that empire has the same effect in the national system that the introduction of some foreign and unwholesome body into a man's limb, has upon the human system. The human limb, so treated, loses its healthy action, inflames, suppurates, and becomes useless ; and, unless the foreign body be removed, the virus thus engendered is absorbed into the trunk, and the man dies. To save the man's life the knife must be used, and the foreign body extracted, even though the operation should cause the most acute pain. To save the life of the empire, the ex isting difference in laws must be removed, even though such removal occasion immediate suffering. To remove such an injurious difference of laws by the operation of the law alone—to acquire all British privileges by a regular and temperate appeal to the ordinary tribunals of justice, is a mode of proceeding extremely consonant to British sentiment. A strong feeling of the dignified propriety of such a course has induced us to bestow already two articles upon the case of an humble Irish forty-shilling freeholder in fee, who, at the last quarter-sessions of the county of Monaghan, endeavoured to establish a right to register as an elector of that county; because a similar pri vilege exists in England, and because by virtue of the Sixth Article of the union with Ireland, all British privileges, according to his allegation, were extended and assured for ever to Ireland. The following is the section of the sixth article relied on, together with the construction given to it by Mr. ELLIS, counsel for the applicant : "That it be the Sixth Article of Union that his Ma jesty's subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, shall, from and after the first day of January, 1801, be entitled to the same privileges—and be on the same footing as to encouragements and bounties, on the like articles being the growth, produce, or m anu f acture of either country respectively—and generally in respe c t o f t ra d e an d nevi gad= in all ports and places in the United Kingdom and its dependencies—and that in all treaties made by his Majesty, his heirs and successor s , w i t h any f ore i gn power, his Majesty's subjects of Ireland shall have the o a n d , 0 f f four Ireland of those o t It s e fact,t e stipulatedr m i s o uf o or r rl condi tions, nittdhaini same privileges and be on the same footing as his Ma jesty's subjects of Great Britain." This section recites tour covenants entered into between the kingdoms of ytedarPe'arliament, and set out tGiorneas,t which four - matters which the United Parliament shall for ever limita tions v o o f 'L o tt in po d w ep e e r n o d f en th c e e, u th n e i i i c ta h in th a e lld ki l n r g e d l be incompetent to enact. The first of these covenants is, That from and after the first day of January, 1801, his _Majesty's subjects of Great Britain and Ireland, shall be entitled to the same privileges,' that is, that from the day on which the Union shall take effect, and so long as tha Union shall exist, the inhabitants of each island shall have an inalienable, incontestable, indestructible right and title to every privilege enjoy e d by the inhabi tants of the other. This covenant mutually extended to each country a ll t he peculiar privileges at that time en. joyed by the other, and provided that at no future time should the United Kingdom be competent to grant to the inhabitants of one island any privilege which it did not at the same time grant to the other —nor on the other ban. 3 to take from the inhabitants of one Island any pri vilea;e that it did not, at the same time, take from the in; haf etants of the other. The second covenant is in refer erwe to encouragements and bounties to the produce sand *manufactures of the two islands. This covenant declares that British and Irish subjects shall, so long as the union exists, be on the same footing, as to encourage mentsand bounties on the like articles, being the growth', produce, or manufacture of either country respect i vely. ' By this covenant the United Parliament is limited and rendered incompetent to grant or take away any bounty or encouragement to the manufacture or produce of one island, which it does not, at the same time, grant or take away from that of the other. The third covenant con tained in this section is in reference to trade and naviga tion. By this covenant it is stipulated Thatt the inha bitants of Great Britain and Ireland shall be on the same footing in respect of trade and navigation, i n all ports and places in the United Kingdom and its dependencies.' By this covenant perfect equality in all matters con nected with trade, in all ports of the United Kingdom is for ever established between Great Britain and Ire land, and the Parliament of the United Empire is de clared incompetent to disturb that equality. The fourth covenant assures to the inhabitants of both islands, a n equality in all advantages derivable from treaties made between the United Empire and Foreign Powers. It declares that in all treaties made by hi s Majesty, his heirs and successors, with any foreign power, his Majesty's subjects of Ireland shall have the same privileges, and be on the same footing as his Majesty's subjects of Great Britain. The first three covenants contained in this section secure to the inhabitants of Ire land, perfect equality with the inhabitants of Great Bri tain, in all rights, privileges, and advantages, at home or in the colonies. The fourth covenant which I have just read, secures to them, a similar equality, in all rights, privileges, and advantages, acquired by treaties with foreign countries. The treaty of Union does not eon tain any provision authorising the slightest alteration in any one of these covenants. These covenants, that efore, form portions of the written constitution of the country, and are supreme unalterable laws, revoking all opposing statutes, at home, therefore, -and abroad—in the British Islands, and in the British colonies—in his native land, and in foreign countries, perfect equality with English men in all civil rights, benefits, privileges, and advan tages, is the inalienable, indestructible, birth-right of every Irishman. This equality was the great political advaLtage for ages sought by Ireland--the great price agreed to be paid for her logislatiee iv lependence. This equality, in the largest andmost; ber,eficial sense, is for ever secured to Ireland by the. gre_ert international com pact and treaty of Union, and, ass - long as that Union ex ists, never can that equality be taken from Ireland ex cept by arbitrary power, aesa;74 , 4l less usurpation." The covenant eel:tele:ed in the first paragraph of the above section, in our opinion, most certainly gav e Irishmen a to the enjoyment of all British pri vileges, 111);' , still gives such to them, unless that oovertav ° „ has been since annulled by some competent autirJrity. It was intended to express the same rD'Janing as the following words in the fourth section r)f the Act of Union with Scotland:—" That there be a communication of all other rights, privileges, and advantages which do or may belong to the sub jects of either kingdom." That such was the intention of the Legislature in using the words "shall eqjoy the same privileges," is shown, , amongst a hundred other proofs, by the fol lowing words of Mr. Secretary DUNDAS, when moving, as Minister, in the House of Commons, the union resolutions :—" By the participation of the freedom of Britons (says that Minister)—by the full enjoyment of all privileges attached to a member of such an honourable community, the Government of this country endeavours to destroy the hopes . of the enemy and to consolidate the empire. If it be true that the poor of Ireland experience all the misery concomitant to a state of want and wretchedness, then it folows that their participation of the privileges of Britons will rouse and animate to laudable exertions that useful description of our fellow-subjects in the sister kingdom. That liberty which awakened the commercial enterprise of Scotland—that liberty which expanded its genius in the mast honourable pursuits —that liberty which confirmed every sentiment which can dignify human nature, will, Sir, I am sure have the same happy influence on the people of Ireland, connected with us by the dearest reci procal obligations." Notwithstanding, however, the simple significance of the words themselves, and the analogy of Scotland, and the expressed intention of the Legislature, Messrs. HOVENDEN and CHITTY have, in their respective editions of "Blackstone's Commentaries," represented the Sixth Article of the Irish Union as referring only to trade, and establishing an equality of privileges in that respect alone between the countries, though the fourth paragraph of that section, which establishes an equality in all privileges derived from foreign treaties, does not mention nor allude to trade, and though the marginal note, collecting the general purport of the sections, stares them in the face, and declares its meaning to be, "that the subjects of Great Britain and Ireland should be on the same footing from the Ist of January, 1801." To narrow the privileges extended by this section to those connected with trade alone, it is necessary, as a first and indispensable step, to deny a separate and independent meaning to the sentence, "that his Majesty's subjects of Great Britain-and _lreland shall enjoy the same privileges"—a sentence which contains the great price of Ireland's independence, so strictly stipulated for by Ireland, and, as we have seen, so solemnly undertaken to be paid by England. Accord ing to such exposition this sentence forms for us merely one of two antecedents, governing in common the words "as to bounties on the like articles, &c.," the other antecedent being the phrase, "be upon the same footing-." And the entire passage, so read, would merely extend to Ireland an equality of rights as to trade and commerce. Now, to adopt such a construction would be to make the important sentence, "shall enjoy the same privileges," vain and superfluous, and to give no effect whatever to these words ; for the words, " shall be upon the same footing as to bounties, &c.," give all privileges respecting bounties, &c., and something more. The strong and significant words, " shall enjoy the same privileges," would therefore be, ac cording to such reading, empty unmeaning phrases, and without the least effect. But such an exposition would be in violation of the clearest rules of law ; " for the gosal expositor (says Lord .COKE in POWLTER'S ca se) makes every sentence have its operation to suppress all the mischiefs ; he gives effect to every word in the statute; he does not construe it so that anything should be vain and superfluous, nor yet makes e3.position against express words, for viperina est expositio qua; corrodit viscera textus.'" It appears clear, therefore, that if , this section be brought to the strictest tests of law, every rule of construction„ 'whether derived from the common law or the law- of nations, will declare that these sentences s'iand independent of each other, and will presume that the different words in each were em ployed to 'express different ideas, and were used in the largest sense. But, supposing for a moment that the meani ag was ambiguous, and that a doubt could be fairly entertained, whether the word privileges was to be taken in the larger or the more restricted sense, then we should be obliged to have recourse to another kind of test, and to decide whether the covenan " that her MAJESTY'S subjects of Great Britain and Ireland shall enjoy the same privileges," be a favour able or an odious covenant, Ifor different rules of con struction, according to the law of nations, govern these two cl asses of covenants. " Everytl ling that tends to a common advantage in treaties, or -.that has a tendency to place the contract ing parties on a footing of equality, is favourable," says VATTELL, Book 2, c. 2. This definition of VAT- TELL'S exact ly describes the nature of the covenan granting equal privileges to the subjects of both coun tries. This covenant :is, therefore, governed by the rules 'applicable to things favourable, and all writers on the law of nations agree as to these rules. GRO-. TIUS, Book 11,:c. 15, thus lays down the rule :—" In cases not odious, we must understand the words in their full propriety as they are generally taken, and if they are ambiguous then they must be taken in the largest sense." To dimover an ambiguity respecting these Irish privileges, is therefore to prove that they must be granted in their very largest extent. Uncertainty ranges itself upon the side of justice, and to raise a doubt u.pon the subject is to establish the claim of Ireland. for perfect equality with Great Britain in laws, rights, privileges, and advantages—a claim which ought never to have been refused, and upon the speed y and certain admission of which depends the hone ur and happiness of the United Empire. " The explosive cotton has been tried at Constan tinople r " says a letter from that city, " with complete ' success. Several experiments have been made at the palace in the presence of the SULTAN, and gave full satisfaction. Other proofs of its power have likewise been exhibited to several of the Turkish Ministers." Letters from Constantinople state that the SULTAN was exceedingly annoyed at the reception given at Paris to the Bey of TUNIS as an independent sove reign. The conferences at Trebisonde for reconciling the differences between Turkey and Persia have been broken up without any result. The to wn of liorat was occupied on the 9th by the Government troops of Friburg. Many of the inhabitants fled to Berne and to Vaud on the ap proach of fbe troops. Bulle and Gruyere still hold out. In the former place the insurgents have en trenched the =selves in the castle ; in the latter, they look for support from Vaud. Among the persons who have b een arrested at Friburg is M. WEIBEL, an architect„ who is accused of having devised and organized tl le conspiracy for the insurrection. The 10th is the -day fixed for the meeting of the Grand Council. The Imp er ial Commissioner of Cracow, Count DE DAYM, has. just published an order declaring that the tribunals c E Gallicia are not to proceed against any persons cc mixromised in the late insurrection, except the leaden.: of the rebels, and persons either invested with political_ - functions or exercising a public profes sion (such as advocates, priests, notaries, Government officers). 2 Lay person not included in these cate gories is not Ito be prosecuted. The Russ ian General RUDIGER occupied on the sth, with 10'1,000 troops, the frontiers of the old re public of Ci 1:c:ow, and those of Gallicia proper. An Austrian tome was immediately ordered to observe them. A Drosaen 'letter, in the Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette, says that i4T. TYSSOWSKI, who was chosen dictator in the insurrection at Cracow in 1846, has been set at lilierty. The Austrian Government gave its assent to this act of The Saxon Government, but on condi tion that M. ' Cyssowsxl should, with his family, be placed in the hands of the Austrian authorities to be embarked at' Crieste for America. The draft .of the new penal code for Prussia is nnished and. approved of by the KING. It contains 450 paragrt• hphs, and does not in any one case inflict corporal punishment. It has been printed, but the copies are rt?served exc!usively for the Members of the Provir,e,al States about to be convoked. The Aug sburgh Gazette states, on the authority of a 'CUE:" fri .m Turin, that Prince FERDINAND VICTOR of Alv:lefr A is about to marry an Austrian Princess, e Count DE MAPPANI is to marry a Princess of the sa:m e family. The Austrian Government has just established a line of eilectrie telegraph from Vienna to Brunn, and intends t .c ,extend it as far as Prague in Bohemia. There is ate to be a line from Vienna to Pestle in Hungary. , Madrial papers of the 7th have arrived. The Ohl xalier of Deputies is, still: occupied in the TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss; Floreville, Mr. Rafter; Morliere, Mr. Horncastie; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison (his first appearance since his indisposition); Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Co rinne, Miss Romer ; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Ch ristmas Panto mime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. R. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene I. ABODE OF 'CALM. THE ENCHANTSESI3.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow or other," "some time or other," near " somewhere or other," Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Belie, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Horncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (ilhistrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; the March of Intellect (travelling " ineo”"." as " Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect oays 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.—SCIIOOIIIIRSIer, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on tha occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their "cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance in public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." Noitcz.—" Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYSA'S HOUSE OF CoalacTiow I—St. George of Eng land (a runt'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin°, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom! Scene 5. DOVER Roans.—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manlier," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANKS OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec-. tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not having even " clipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KING OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, hut patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak fer himself ), Mr. Wielmid. How this " marriage In high life" is sue.enly interrupted by the Dragon, who, cot 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," Er.c. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION, PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, (unified ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Leffler ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal ' ton ; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn ; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss G. Smithson; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassano. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Graild Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS ETENING Will be perfermed the popular domestic Melodranse, entitled LA DAME DE SAINT TROPEZ. Georges Maurice, Mons. F. Le maitre ; Hortense d'Auberive, Mdlle. Clarisse. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 38.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING (Saturday), and on Tuesday next. Doors open at Eight o'clock, aid the Performance commences at half-past Eight ; and will (by desire) give a Grand Juvenile Performance on Wednesday Morning next, Jan. 20. Doors open at Two o'clock. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; at all the principal Libraries and Music -sellers ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AAt PII [THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. The new Grand Christmas Pantomime increases in attraction, and is pronounced to be most magnificent for novelty, scenic, and mc,lutuical enects. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romande, en titled THE DEMON NORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Batty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; with the performances of Laurentz Wahl; the great Belgian horseman. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rechez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Ilar vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Latfarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open Irons eleven till tiva o'clock.—Boors open at six and commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL StIItR EY THEATRE. Lessee,Mrs. Frances D av id ge. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE 11. kliD OF CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The clattra oters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. After which, Moncrieff's Farce, called TOBIT'S DOC I. Lord Roeitcster, Mr. Johnson ; Master Smith, Mr. Tindell ; Jac ib Whit tington, Mr. Webb; Jcrmyn, Mr. Lewis; Nym, Mr. Hawkii is; Lady Diana Clarges, A. rs. Saville ; Alice, Miss Terrey. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called TII E KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dream s. Har lequin, Herr Dculin ; Pantaloon, Her It. Dettlin ; Columbh le, Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown, Herr N. D eu li n ; Punch, Herr E. Detail a. I ROY ric VICORIIIEATRE. Boxes, I s ., lialf-pc A , L Cd. ; l' T A T it, 6(1. ; Gallery, 3d.—" TI le Black Doctor" receivQd by crowded audiences with thunders of applause, tears, and enthusiastic cheering; and the great " Go-a-H ead Pan tomime' p r onounced, by unanimous opinion and the pub- tic press, the best production of the season. cunt, Alm; G. Le., m. Tills EVENING /Ti ll be Perrorruad TIIE BLACK DOCTOR. In which 3 flu Vin- Howard, Ilird, B,eari 138 L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. 1 '. Hicks , pE,9duced a grand Christmas Pantomi me , all " After which win b e ' I?° rman, &c., will perform. titled THE BlltTlie .. G o .,_Re ad, „ and jneuficittlEanSdThEi,...l3ll ENGINE • Or, Ili irlequin Clown,Mr, T. 'I tarry. A CHANCELLOR'S Nov. . V.= came, in his retirement, a grtat .'etstpdzlG.—"- Thurl low be one instance, was so interested in theer of novels; , and in plot, that he dis patched his groom from Dulwich to o'clock at night for the concluding. v olumes', a iter r e might know the fate of the heroine Infer° t -' tat r 3 11 Is to go to sleep. Who'll kill the draliOnT shall gorge ; I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the " Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— HOW the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (fi,r particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. I'ayne and Wieland). llow the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CUIVALRY.—TIONV St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon..... Mr. I'riorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER'S Snor.—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 flies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCIIANDLER'S SLIOP AND GRANARY.—MOTO ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff "in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old I)an 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 ♦ND TAILOR'S &WM—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ng." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISII 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. TILE STATUE As IT Is; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene 16. THE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. nder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside Story. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; - Reuben Uwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Bue'astone ; Harwood, Mr. Howard ; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortascue ; Jenny, Miss Wouids. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Ilayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaame Tell," and a Po lonaise. After which, Planche's new Comic Drama, called WHO'S YOUR FRIEND ? or, The Queensberry Fête. Viscount Leatherhead, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Felix Lovcl, Mr. Roll ; Giles Vairland, Mr. Webster ; The Countess of Rosendale, Miss Bennett; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs. Glover; Mittens, Miss Cane. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Lliss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Ilcynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boz's new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal chit. sacters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster ; and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTg AND GUARDIANS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough; Columbine, Miss 0. Hicks; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. T IIEATrZE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTOIITILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiqucs. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE RANSOM." Just ready, in three vols., post Svo., KIRKHOLME PRIORY; Or, MODERN HEROISM. By the Author of " The Ransom." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. oW ready, pr;or Gs., cloth, FLORENTINE TALES, WITH MODERN ILLUSTRATIONS. Richard Bentley, New Burlingtm I treat. RAILWAY SILUES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LA.MOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE 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 TUEZDIT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. ill Scrip and Share Certiflcater must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advice' of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Lame glately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedie-street„London. THIRD EDITION OF SUN." PARLIAMENT MEETS on TUESDAY NEXT, THE 19TH, AND, AS USUAL, THE VERY LATEST NEWS WILL BE FOUND IN THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN; WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UP TO THE HOUR OF POST, THEREBY ANTICIPATING OTHER PAPERS BY TWELVE HOURS. EXPRESS EDITIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ALL IMPORTANT OCCASIONS. BRINGING DOWN THE DEBATES TO THE LATEST MOMENT. Orders received by all Newspaper Agents, and at THE THIRD EDITION Sun-office, 113, Strand. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, JANUARY 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 39 ; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 30 2.—WIND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 8 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 35 Inlnutes after 12. SECOND EDITION. - i - i ft.,) ~„_.,.,..,,,,,:. li t s.‘ - . 4 4 4 4 ; A i. - r n 4 ,scol." 114 4 c; 2 ..r - , - rd' . .I,i, 4 _ .....i0' .. 44i g .6.--.1% z >,-p,„ 00 ,,,. _ 4; _ : —. 7 , .‘,., • •1 1 ,r ; ;;;•• 4004 'l .. - ,I. ' : ,o4l.mmku .e1: . ,-. , ., C - 4 , .t.„`,. *,„St• " • •.* ••••• / ..4, ••• '1 ,9 ; ' r..''r ~_, a - . ' _ ,/ . , W . ~ „, • 74. „ 0 ., „ ~,,..w . , 40 T . 1 4 ;44/ , ! ,- •••••.•7 - ''' • ' ''' , ~,.. betningufl 6 LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1847, There is an evident brooding over the probabilities of the approaching session of Parliament in indivi duals possessing every diversity of political opinion. All are looking forward with irritable curiosity to the proceedings about to be commenced by our legis lators. In the Spanish Peninsula the Cortes have already met, and already has their quiescence been interrupted by the seizure and incarceration of Senor OLOZAGA, the leader of the Opposition. In France the Chambers have been already opened, and already has M. GuizoT submitted to the deliberation of the Deputies the correspondence illustrative of the Mont pensier marriage. By these means the inquisitive ness of the English public has been very sensibly heightened; the popular attenticn turns alternately from the still silent avenues of St. Stephen's to the drawing-rooms of Chesham-place ; expectation is sleepless with the multitude, preparation is continual with the Ministers. On the evening of Tuesday the curtain will be raised. Throughout the whole of the recess of 184 G-47, it is a matter to be regretted that the perfidious proceedings of four of the Conti nental Sovereigns should have so far interfered with the exertions for internal reform in Great Britain as to have nearly monopolised the attention of the people and of the Government. Even now the diplomatic epistles which have recently passed between Lord PALMERSTON, the Marquis of NOR MANDY, Prince METTERNICH, M. GuIZOT, M. DE BRESSON, Count DE FLAHAHLT, MT. BULWER, and Count JARNAC, are occupying an inordinate portion of observation on either side of the Channel. It is most unfortunate that these importunate difficulties should have arisen precisely at the moment when the calamities of Ireland, the penury of Scotland, and the deplorable prevalence of crime throughout the empire, call for the immediate and energetic interposition of the Legislature. Nevertheless , it is absolutely necessary for the preservation of peace that the misunderstandings which have arisen between the Courts of London, Paris, Madrid, St. Petersburgh, Berlin, and Vienna, should, if possible, be cleared up with all reasonable celerity and judiciousness. It is consonant, indeed, with the course hitherto adopted by modern statesman ship, that the complication of the interests of the different kingdoms of Europe should be satisfactorily disentangled before the energies of the popular representatives can be turned, with any degree of safety, or even of efficiency, to the further removal of national abuses, and the further advance ment of the spirit of social and political reformation. Without this preliminary caution in the department of Foreign Affairs, the ernbarassments of the country are necessarily increased. Were a Government to act on the inverse principle, it would be imparting mo tion to the machinery of legislation from the centre just when variety of obstructions had insinuated themselves, from the outside, among the connecting bands and the fly. wheels of that legislative machinery The consequence of such an egregious blunder would be more than a momentary hitch—it would pro bably be some dangerous and destructive colli sion. Hence it is not only advisable, but abso lutely requisite, that the wounds which have been sustained in the friendship of our owe Government and those of the principal Europe-nn states, should be healed before the Legislature can turn with any safety to the consideration of the gangrenes which have been festering for centuries in the moral and physical condition of the population of the United Kingdoms. After all matters appertaining to the balance of European power, and the restoration of European cordiality, have been settled—whether by the supple agency of the diplomatists, or otherwise—our Ministers will be in a position to enter upon the fulfilment of their numberless and propitious promises. Ireland still pleads for the salutary assistance--not of alms, but—of good government. Scotland pines under the grievances of agricultural destitution : the crofters and cottars of the Highlands and the Hebrides are perishing with want ; but they are an enduring and long-suffering race, their very silence in the midst of so much desolation is more persuasive than the most eloquent and impassioned supplication. Ireland, therefore, requires assistance from the Legislature, and Scotland requires assist ance from the Legislature ; and that assistance, while it must be of an administrative rather than of a charitable natv.re, must be energetic and im mediate. Education, again, is a question which must speedily force itself upon the scrutiny of Parliament. The cry for education is no mere idle clamour, born in a day and (lying in a day, like the ephemeridie. It is the Voim of a Necessity, which has been increasing during many years, from its first feeble mut terings to a deep thunder-tone which cannot be hushed without the removal and utter anni hilation of that necessity. As Lord LINCOLN showed from the statistical information of a ga, col chaplain, quoted by ourselves yesterday, the ignorance of the multitude enlightened and Chris tianized England is appalling, both from the intensity of its darkness and the extent of its diffusion. An ignorance, too, not secreted irt corners, and buried in unknown quarters of the coramunity, but floating visibly upon the surface, startling the hearts of better and wiser men. The spawn of that Ignorance is Crime ; and that Crime procreates itself with a horrible ra pidity; it multiplies the officers in our criminal courts, it chokes up our prisons load penitentiaries with male ! and female criminals, with children scarcely able to, lisp, and old men venerable in iniquity. From tile hulks, from the gaols, from the penal settlements, from the police -courts and the sessions courto, from. the condevaneckcell and from the lock.up-room iu thec Senor MARTINEZ I)E LA ROSA, the Spanish Am bassador at the Court of the KING of the FRENCI, passed through Bay c nne on t h e 10th en route for Madrid. He seemed anxious to get on as fast as possible. It is said 6,000,000 f. in specie has been recently sent from ikyonne to different parts of Spain. Serious bread riots have taken place at Rennes, and at Mans and Nantes a rise of sf. per hectolitre has taken place in the Price of flour. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 79f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 70c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,232 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 890 f. ; Havre, 681 f. 25c. ' • Great No rthern, 6261. 25c ; Avignon, 850 f. ; Vierzon, 58011 ; Bordeaux, 5521. 50c.; Basle, 2161. 25c.; Dieppe, 350 f. ' • Paris and S trasburg, 4771. 50 c . ; P ar i s and Lyons, 503 f. 75c. ; Lyons i aid Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4501. • Spanish E iomestic Debt, 30k. LYONS, JAN. n. -Paris I Ind Rouen, 908 f. 75c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 865 f. ; Viers .on, 600 f.; Northern, 6371. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 508 f. 75C. BUSINESS DONE IN FO REIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK E: iCHANGE, JANUARY 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 1 5-Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelete), % -Dutcb Rhenish, SX-East Indian, 1 / 2 -Great Indian Peninsular, X- Great Western Bengal, % -Jamaica South Midland J unction, 1 3q-Luxembourg, 2% -Northern of France, 12 1 / 2 a x d.-Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 ex d.-Paris an d L yons, 7 51. -Sambre and Meuse, 4%- West Flanders, 23/4. REPRESENTATION OF IN ' ESTMINSTER.—Last night a meeting of the electors and it habitants of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, W estminster, was held at Mr. Glanville's club-room, the Ct .ach and Horses, North-street, for the purpose of taking icto consideration the most eligible representative in Parliament for the city of Westminst4. Mr. George Corrie took the ell air. After some discussion, a resolution was put and carried, approving of Mr. Geo. Thomp son as a fit and proper person - 1; o represent the city of West minster in Parliament. BOROUGH or• LAMBETH; —After the proceedings at the Horns Tavern last eve. aing, respecting the Raja of Sattara, a numerous deputation of electors of the borough of Lambeth waited upon George Thompson, Esq., and, being satisfied with the exposition of his political opinions, re qnested him to become a candida to for that borough at the general election, and immediately r commenced the formation of a committee to promote his return. It is reported that Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt will i sot solicit a renewal of his seat for Lambeth. WINDSOR, THURSDAY Ey ENlNG.—According to present arrangements, her Majesty and the Prince Consort will proceed to London by special train from Slough, on the forenoon of Monday next, the I.3th inst., escorted to the station at Slough by the First Lif b Guards, and on Tuesday the Queen will open the session of Parliament in person. On Wednesday her Majesty will remain at Buckingham Palace to receive the addresses; of the two Houses, and on Thursday the Queen and Prii ice will return to Windsor Castle. FIRE IN Si'. KATEIERIN3 is DOCKS. Yesterday morning, between eight and nin.e o'clock, a fire broke out on board the ship I3onatide, from St. Petersburgh, lying along side the tobacco-warehouse, in the St. Katherine's Dock. It was first discovered by Mr. Midway, the chief constable, who was passing near the spot, and saw flames issuing from the cabin windows. An alarm was instantly raised, and the Queen's baggage warehouse engines were quickly brought into requisition. At this time the decks, bulwarks, and the sails were burning with increased fury, and fears were enter tained that the ship would be inevitably lost. A copious stream of water was poured upon the burning mass, and the fire was subdued and extinguished by ten o'clock. Fortu nately the labourers, who had just commenced their work, succeeded in saving the greater part of the cargo. The deck and the principal cabin have sufferod most severely. Consi derable damage was done to the sails and masts. The fire orig th in e a c t a e b d in. by ssome a o h f ip th i e s c i r o e s w ur h el eating a quantity of varni s h inThe TROTTING MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—Yester harness Mr. L ove I f l o ' s r k 1 o o r t s . e a a a n i d d " T c r a . m ß e o w o ff l e y o n ' s day, the tr m ot a cob, to t te w h omiles in between Wimbledon Common. At the start, the cob got the lead, which he kept up to the conclusion of the first mil e , w hi ch made scove the d e in three minutes and a half. The turn was th en for goal, and after a good race, the cob came in the winner—the mare, having broken out to a gallop, was pulled in. The two miles were accomplished under seven minutes. DEATH OF MR. THOMAS WALLACE.—This gentle man, who died a few days since, at his residence near Dublin, commenced his career on the press, and reported the proceed ings of the Irish Parliament for a Dublin paper. At the bar he was particularly successful, and having obtained a silk gown in a comparatively short period, retired into private life with an ample fortune. Mr. Wallace entered the British House of Commons as Member for the county of Carlow, his colleague being the late Mr. Timms Blakenoy. He retired from the representation in 1837. At his demise he was 86 years of age. HONESTY REWARDED. —Yesterday afternoon a poor boy, named Michael Callaghan, living at No. 5, George court, Brook-street, St. Giles's, was selling oranges in Hol born, when he was stopped by a lady, who, after looking over the fruit, departed without purchasing any, and had proceeded some distance, when the lad, in settling his oranges, discovered a well-filled purse that she had dropped in his basket. The boy hastened after her, and restored the money untouched—she, in return, regretting she had no small change to reward him, commended his honesty, and walked on. CANINE FIDELITY.--A few days ago a Highland drover went on board a steamer at Port-Glasgow, on his way to the city; but, owing to some accident, before his faithful colley could be shipped, the vessel was in motion, and the poor dog left alone upon the quay. The drover was in despair at losing his companion ; but, to his infinite surprise and delight, he found his faithful friend waiting for him at the Broomielaw, wagging his tail and indulging in the most exuberant demonstrations of joy! The distance from Port- Glasgow to Glasgow by the nearest turnpike-road is twenty miles.— IVeekly Register. verification of' its powers, but the cdse of Setior OLOZAGA had not as 'yet been brought: forward. It was rumoured that he had already arrived on the frontiers of France. MADRID POLSA, JAN. 7.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32 3 -16 fur cash; the Five per Cents. at 21 ; the Debt without Interest at 61; the Coupons at 18'2; and the Vales, at 8t,5-. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday The Budget, which has been laid on the table of the Chamber of Deputies by the Finance Minister, ex hibits an alarming and increasing deficiency. This deficiency amounted in 1845 to 79 millions and 1846, to 60 millions. The following abstract of the Budget is given by the Journal des Debats ; " The Budget for 1848 is already laid before the Cham ber of Deputies. The following are the principal results. The uncovered balance of 1844, estimated at the time of the preceding Budget at 5,807,773 E, had been reduced before the final settlement of the account to 151,5301. That of the year 1845 was at the same period carried up to 18,949,118 f. Savings made out of some of the credits granted, added to certain accidental resources, changed the uncovered deficit into a balance in hand of 1,932,065 f. This will not be the case with the account of 1546. The calamities of all kinds with which France has been afflicted during the present year, have imposed upon her sacrifices which have aggravated the financial state of the country, notwithstanding the increase of the revenue. A year ago the un covered balance, after taking into account an increase in the receipts to the amount of' 22,000,0001., was found to be 25,102,029 E Now, although the Minister can bring into account a bonus of 33,000,0001. in the receipts, he cannot set down the uncovered deficit at less than 81,237,963 E, but which is reduced to 79,305,8991., if there be deducted the excess in the receipts of 1845. Among the causes producing this sad result there ought to be reckoned a sum of 6,500,000 f. distributed in relief among the suffering people; 14,600,000 f. for the increase in the price of provisions for the army and navy; 33,000,000 f. extraordinary credits, granted to these two departments for the service of Algeria; and 14,600,000 E added to the extraordinary credits of the navy for the different stations, particularly those on the coast of Africa. A similar result is to be feared for 1847, though as yet upon this subject there can be only conjecture. Approximate data lead to a conclusion that the uncovered deficits of the budgets from 1840 down to the present time will amount to 433,515,6911., which must be paid out of the reserves of the Sinking Fund before any part of these reserves can be applied to the public works to which they are appropriated. A year ago the total of the uncovered deficit was estimated at 354,996,765 E, and it was in the course of 1846 that the accumulated re serves were to be applied in paying it. This cannot now be expected, but it is a misfortune which can be attri buted only to the inclemency of the seasons. The Budget for 1848 presents the following results :—Receipts, 1,371,592,457 E; dirbursements, 1 ,368,276,1271. ; excess of receipts, 3,316,330 E" The publication of this Budget was followed by a further decline in the price of securities and of rail road shares. an Thursday there was to be another meeting of the Governors of the Bank of France, at which it was supposed a resolution would be come to either to raise the rate of interest, or to adopt some equally efficacious measure to stop the drain of bullion from the coffers of the Bank. The Bill introduced by the Minister of Commerce for the regulation of the corn trade allows the free importation of corn into France in foreign bottoms. The Billault and Dufaure section of the Oppo sition have declared themselves in favour of the con duct of M. GUIZOT in the Montpensier marriage affair. It is calculated that on this question from 340 to 380 Members -will vote with the Ministry. The Moniteur contains a long list of nominations to the Legion of Ilonour. Among them are severa Russians ; for example, Admiral LUTKE, Aide-de. Camp to the Emperor of Russia; M. DE KISSELEFF Russian Charge d'Affaires in Paris; Capt. MOFFETT. Russian navy; and Captain GLASSENAPP, Aide-de. Camp of the EMPEROR, also of the Russian navy. We find the following in the Constitionnel : " The Government has just received, within twenty four hours of each other, a reply from the English Cabinet to the dispatch of M. Guizot, of the 22d of No vember last, relative to the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier, and a reply from th e th ree N ort h ern Powers to the protest of the French Government against the incorporation of Cracow. This latter document, the work of the Prince de Metternich, is, it is said, only a sort of acknowlr:dgment that the document had been received. Lord - Palmerston's dispatch is, on the contrary, a long one. The Minister of Great Brit a i n , does not abandon, we tnderstand, any of his grievances —any of the argument sof his first protest—he persists in his first conclusions.. The diplomatic discussion, how ever, appears closed, et Leh of the Governments of Europe preserving its attitude. Complete isolation is at presen the last word of our si.tuation." PETITIONS ON HOUSE OF ariMONS•— (VHS DAY*/ # for - Th's newly-appointed Standing* Order EXIIIIIinCIS ee, the tirst sine this morn i ng, in ' Nos. 22 nod 23 Committee rooms of the House of Commons. contai e ed ed the Th i e la g n e le n s era o l f o i f )e l t ' i e t t h i , t i i i o s, ns for Private Bills, wit:: railways. The petition, numbered 243, , g cro ss of which 337 are convect for A Bill to authorise the construction of a bridge. r e ket . the Thames, from Church-street, Lambeth, to x er site d street, W estminster. From the list of plans de l:0 at the Private Bill-office, it appears that 300 are for rai n _ for and 68 for miscellaneous purposes. There are two pill r ' 4o ,. metropolitan bridges; one is for the Westminster an bridg e ' beth-bridge, and the other is for a new Westminste r : u with approaches. There i s ano th er p l an f o r improv in g t k t et.. town arid castle of Wind s o r , an d t h e remo val of .„. - dos bridge; and another for a T emp l e -b r id ge an d South tondo market. (Committee Room No. 22, before Mr. Examiner Entl UNOPPOSED LIST.. The usual formal proofs in the following cases havtl, put in, the Com m i ss i oner d ec l are d t h e stan ding el"e - have been duly complied with. THE LIVERPOOL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY_.„.,'Sittir i l• PORTSMOUTH PAVING, LIGHTING, AND lar . " MENT BILL. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, ANI , 'D .. - AND GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION WAY (No. 1) BILL, „ and For the construction of a number of sinall slog, branches. The sub scr ipti on contract was s i gne d for 7 GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AN D RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL. The subscription contract was signed for 311,250/. OPPOSED LIST. 1,14 SUNDERLAND MARKETS, BRIDGE, FERRIED) IMPROVEMENT. OPr This petition was placed on the opposed list, but --e,„O sition was withdrawn, and th e usua l f orma l proce ss Iwo been put in, the standing orders were declared to ha" complied with. AND #4l GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, A--v;,s, RAILWAY, AND AYRSHIRE AND BRIDu . " WEIR (No. 3). 11/ 0 This was a petition f or l eave to b r i ng i n a Bill to °Lair, line from the Glasgo w an d A yr Railway to Port Tr o pe) with a branch to Lar ge . Th e l engt h of the line an' „g tio was 29 miles; the e ng i neer was M r. John Miller; e.ooen agents, Messrs. Pritt and C o . • Th ere were severa l pentios against the Bill. The first was presented by Lady Stewart, who complained that her name did not aPc' er to the book of reference as the owner of field which would be intersected by the prope'lsir The allegation was sustained by Mr. Long, lor of a' ship's name being p u t d own as t h e "superior,' instead " proprietor," of the field in question. Dt; 1003 16 The next petition was th at of a Mr. William ,-r-f who complained of the inaccuracy of the description e' tain streets in the plans and books of reference. t ots Mr. VENABLES said the signature of Mr. BirkmYre petition ought to be authenticated, but to r r The EXAMINER ruled that it was only necessarf quire such evidence in special cases. (Committe Room No. 23, b e f ore M r. E xam i ner ) f J - 1 ; „ 1.) shl The customary form a l p roo f s h av i ng been adduct :00 following cases, the Examiner declared the standing " to have been duly cc mpLed with : 130, BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS' DOCKS BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS' DOCKS ,„/-- - BILL. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (MID-KENT • DIRECT TUNBRIDGE) BILL. ipa tbd The estimated cost of thi s li ne i s 1 ,113,000/. ; the -01. the mainline, 28 1 4 miles; and of the branches, 2514 e OPPOSED LIST. Olt GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RA1,..1,',0 AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND KILISI.Aa' AND AYR RAILWAY (No. 1). s ice This was a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to 1 1 2, railway from Gretna to a junction with the Newesf e csr Carlisle Railway, near to Milton, with a branch to the nobie collieries. The length of the line and branclilegl was twenty-six miles ; th e est i mated cost was 474"0110 and the en g ineer Mr. R. H. Bl yth, acting under Ole The solicitors were Messrs. Barinatyne and Kirkwou"t a ale „ gow, and Messrs. W. 0. an d W . Hunt, London; D'" The Parliamentary agents Messrs. Pritt, Venables, and Ca re orr petition was opposed by five memorialists, who Were seated by Messrs. Graham, Weems, and Co. 'the customary formal proofs having been put in, „TOO I%lr. GRAIIAM opened the case for an opposing P e ' a Mr. Maunsey. Mr. Pam' urged the Examiner t o requ i re ppoo-f e signature of the petiti oner ; b ut t h e Learned Exao3!n 1 1 , not think it neces sary , an d t h e case was proceeded Iffl'angtOt o,le of the allegati ons was, t h at the township o f had been omitted from Ahe Gazette notices.--It was 0 5 , po' The next allegatio n was , t h at a certain ro a d ha d been down as an occupation instead of a public road. , MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA-• in. _________._____ I' CORN - EXCHANGE—FRIDA , oil Since Monday the fresh arrivals of English Vi r tl ea _ t p je been trifling; but, this morning, we had several 5a .. .."' i t rlik that day's unsold quantities on offer. Holders W m e 'il a ail L and in most instances demanded higher figures, lt m *.ile • millers refused to give, while the demand may be col ofs: steady at fully previ ous quotat i ons. The middling 1111 , 11 nor parcels of forei gn Wh eat, i n bond, pro:11170 per quarter more money, the value of other dawn good being well supported. Free foreign Wheat Was l i mey request, at extreme currencies. Scarcely any ..,deacr on offer ; hence the rates had an upward ten goail The supply of Malt was readily cleared off on full ass rise terms as last advised. Oats were in brisk request, a t i . oir of 3s per quarter. Several parcels found buyers I° , t ese ment to Scotland. Beans, Peas, and Flour without 3 , 4 4, to . tion. Floating cargoes of Egyptian Beans sold at .4,1 0 455, freight and insurance. Indian Corn was in reclt e ight , 69s to 708 for Galatz, and 64s to 66s for Italian, cost , ' and insurance. ARRIVALS. Of' gjo .kg , Wheat. I Barley. I Oats I, 470. - English • ... • • 2,640 qrs. 1,910 qrs. 450 gra• -' s s_ s ci Irish. ...... • . 3 '49". Foreign .....• 10,730 I Malt. 3.490 are. .._ SMITHFIELD. 6110 4 ' The supply of Beasts on sale this morning being ,--.,.,' I I and the weather seasonably fine, the Beef trade eiss, — gf steady, at fully Monday's quotations. We had on Og e e, Oxen from Spain, together with 11 Oxen and 20 0 Il e tli from Holland. With Sheep we were scantily suit 00 owing to which, the sale for that description a stoo` ni ed firm, and, in some instances, the primest old Downs tel'ibe 5s 2d per 81bs, at which a good clearance was effected. „ A yet Veal trade was firm, at au i mprovement in value of 'i.'lo- 81bs. Pigs moved off steadily; but we can notice o°. lel vance in prices. Milch C ows were se lli ng at from 16/ w each, including their small calf. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. , d ' 1. d , to 4 i s. d. 5. d. Inferior Beasts —•• 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 Second quality ditto. 3 8 310 Coarse-woolledditto 4 4 6 , Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown Wethe, 4 10 .0 Prime Scots 4 6 , 0 Large coarse Calves 4 4 4 8 Large Hogs .•3; 4 fi Prime small ditto .. 410 5 0 Small Porkers ••• • 4 ; j 9 Suckling Calves .• 18 0 29 0 Q uarter old Pigs •• 16 ; 0 - Inferior Sheep • • • 3 3 310 L am b s .... •••• • • 0 " SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1 Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. pig a. 1 1 30 0 752 1 2,400 1 120 NEWGATE AND LEADENI/11..1•10 We had a steady trade, at full prices. At per stone, by the Carcase. s• d. to s. d. c d, to S i 9 Beef, inferior.. 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .. 34, 6 4 1 middling .. •• 3 0 3 2 middling •• 3 '," 4 4 prime large •• 3 2 3 4 prime —. • 4 4 4 ~ Prime small ..3 6 3 3 Pork, l arge •• .. Veal ••••••••• • • • • • 3 10 410 small .. 4 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARZET. 0 0 18 We had a full av er a ge supp l y o f all k i nds of Hops °ear here. Selected qualities, both in pockets and bags, de'de' rnanded a steady inq u i ry , a t f u ll prices. Otherwise, t$ he o, mand was in a very i nac ti ve state. Sussex pockets,A Amt to 4/ 6s; Weald o f K ent di tto, 4/ to 418 s; Mid an d Kent ditto, 5158 to 6/ 6s per cwt. THE LATE A DMIRAL LORD BEAUCLERI" .. ""‘ O . T 13. t will of the Right H on . L or d A mel i us Beauclerk, G.C.H., Admiral of the Red division of her Aftkl e- 0 0 navy, and principal Aid e -d e - camp to her Majesti'l 00 dated on the 25th o f M arc h l ast. His Lordsh i p dieu o t the 10th of December, in his 75th year. His Per s ° oo , v estate, the residue o f w hi c h h e l eaves to Mrs. lo o the wife of A. C. T. Di c k son, Esq., Commander, I°„iso Navy, was va l ue d at 5 0 ,000 1 . i n this country. Ile -13 g leaves h er a mo i ety of his French Rentes, prodecin, 3801. per annum, subject to a small pension to be CC tinued to an ag e d coup l e now in almshouses in Lol l l to the moiety to her brother, Captain F. A. WhimPe" whom he has also left his Dutch funds, to the amountj, 3,000/. There are other pecuniary bequests. To Pi navy agents, Messrs. J. and T. Stilwell a sum of 2 00 1. 0 to purchase a piece o f pl ate i n memory of his respe c t for their services and as a to k en of f riendship. To hi s servants, domestic and agricultural, are left liberal leg" cies. To the Duke of St. Alban's, and as an heir loud' the silver tureen and stand presented to him by the Committee of Commerce in London, as a mark of hie essential services, and in particular of trade and coo merce, in the capture of the French frigate f'. Proserpine. To the Lo r d s C omm i ss i oners of I'd' Admiralty, the half-len g th p or t ra i t o f hi mse lf , paint by Morton, requesting th e i r L or d s hi ps will allow it .„ • place with other naval offic ers i n the painted hall 11 1 ; Greenwich Hospital. T o hi s nephew, Lord Frederi ck C. P. Beauclerk, the sw or d presented to him by his 141,-a Majesty King Willia m th e F ourth, on his ascending tP.; throne, and all charts, books, and pictures. To t i nephew, F. Dundas,E s9 ., M . P ., the sword a l so presen t .' to him by hi s l a t e M ajesty, emblazoned with the roj;, arms and those of th e d eceased Admiral. To his nePted and godson, L or d A me li us W. Beauclerk, all his tical instruments, telescopes and models. To his ner n d Lord George A ugustus Beauclerk, all his guns ll pistols. To his niece, Lady Georgina CholmondeleY'iv his stuffed birds and animals, and India snuff.haxes• fi g his brother, L or d F rederick Beauclerk, all the Cr o p and produce of th e Wi nchfield estate, and the &I'm, messuages, and lands, subject to a life interest in a 13 11 tion. It was his Lordship's particular request that s the birds, dogs, and other animals, which had been 1 1, 1 ; by him, and are not specifically disposed of, mi g ht be u` ch tributed, at the discretion of his executors, among fi n ,. of his r e l a ti ons and fr i ends as had regard for his memory ' and would care f u ll y prov id e for them the remainder - their lives. A , r ROYAL FREEMASONS' FEMALE SCHOOL.---.Le• e i , ;s day a general meeting of the brethren and governors of t;„ institution was held at the school-house in the th e NVestmin, B bridge-road, for the transaction of general business, and 0 placing six children from a list of candidates for election the; April next, when it was resolved that on that occasion th e ; should be received without election. John Udall, Esq., V r te sided. This charity was founded in 1788 by the ' 4 , Chevalier Ruspini, its objects being the maintenance, cloth/nie,; and educating of an unlimited number of children, daught ers of freemasons who have been reduced from opulence respectable positions in life. Since the formation of the In stitution, near six hundred child ren h ave participated ill t . benefits. Sixty-five children are now on the establishnle„. The report was adopted. Tha n k s were voted to the chall man, and the meeting adjourned. A MODEL LODGING -HOUSE FOR THE POOR. spacious building has been erected in George-street , Giles's, at the rear of the French Protestant Churcb , tended as a lodging-hous e f or t h e poorer classes. The e nter erection covers an area of 2,700 square feet, and is s e %., stories in height, and, w i t h the exception of the gron v o floor and basement, w ill b e converted into dormitories. B a t and wash-houses are t o b e fi tted on the premises, to pro mote cleanliness without extra charge. The mortal remains of the late Mr. Byng , will be interred in the family vault at Wrotham, on Monde next. - (I A f,ir 1 votta n N ti 6 tverpo o l Ilothing abrprise, there ap pe . 4 Part .i y aternect " Barrel " Bushe: 13 ank n Per C A tPer c. New 31 Long A Do. 3 Con ze i, X/eh S en I,ood 5 06, Ditt o Ale E Buy Rq Po] Ru Di v ,