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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO• MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed Baife's Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon :Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere. , Mr. Horncastle ; Ardeuford, Mr. D. W. Ring; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne,. Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, 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 endence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYBA, TEIE ENCIIANTRISS. — 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 Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. llorncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and 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 " incog." 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 pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT Schoen.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR AND BARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE.— I The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good I 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 is 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." NOTICII.—" 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. KALTBA'S HOUSE or CoatucTiois !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne ; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney l) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his bro , her champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate — merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom! Scene 5. DOVER Rosns.—How the Seven Champions of Christen , dom set out for their respective destinations —. t he management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANKS OF TILE 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 l'acha, 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 "dipped" into the question of." lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY TIIE MST, Kiwi OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak for 'himself), Mr. Wiehnol. How this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the Dragon. who, not only forbids the banns:: but,elopes with the bride ; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; 11, says St. George, l'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds al the " Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the beef man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN 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 ilvtle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CHIVALRY.—FIow 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, `Clown.... Mr. T. Matthewa. Pantaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT -Ira's SHOP.—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. CORNCHANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANART.—MOTe 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 ban Tucker," and make way for " patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S Sl►oPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OE BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOT WAREHOUSE.— Toys for We Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene 15. THE STATUE AS IT Is or, Wellington at Hyde-park. corner. Scene 14. THE STATUE As rr WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new And original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG ; or, a Fireside Story. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buckstone; Harwood. Mr. !toward; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. To be followed by the Farce of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. W. Farrel), Moll, Brindal ; Mrs. Glover, mid Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. To conclu4e with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, galled the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranitull Delights. Principal chani eters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L... Buckingham, Miss Iteynold4, and Miss Julia Bennett. lIiKATRI; ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Manattement 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 pennisslon of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, Kinloch, and Oxberry ; Miss lallars, Miss furrier, and Miss Arden. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TICKFLY'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. EATiIE- ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING _ Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, O. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONESTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Banions, will ex hibit their wonderful Jena Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA. WSELLE. entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wilts Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen!'ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma liarding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Musical Zomance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MENEM ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejambe, Mr. 1 oilier ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet arosrlo9, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristle! , ach, Mr. Walton ; Bumpe, ifr. Hornier ; Seven Matds of Munich, Misses Sari flower, Rourke, E. lionner, /Bricks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte; Uriel, Miss .Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN BOWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Granby ; Mrs. 11. Hughes, and Miss E. Monger. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbldge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCII PLAYS. —TilTiTintE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. The Last Appearance of the eminent Comedien, M. PERLET THIS EVENING Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M. cartigny ; Valere, M. Langeval ; Ergaste, M. Lucien ; Ariste, M. Dorgehret ; Uri Commissaire, M. Masquillier ; Un Notaire, M. Pa genier ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Angelo ; Eleonor, Mdlle. Fouquet ; Lisette, MdUe. Khin. Alter which the Vaudeville of LE COMEDIF.N D'ETAMPES, Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; fadvieine, Mdlle. Arnelie Rhin. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Assiette, Monsieur Perlet. Bc xel, 6s. Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened al 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 rep ea ti ng their' Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, TO MOILROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays. Doors open at Eight, and the En tertainment commences at Half-past Eight. And wld (by desire) give a Mi IND DAY PERFORMANCE, on WEDNESDAY MORN ING next, ,Tan. 13. Doors open at Two, and the Performance to coin - cnenee at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's RoYttl Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; at all the principal Libraries and music-sellers ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A AIPIII THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Prince Patrcinised hy her Most Gracious Majesty . , Alert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, acknowledged by the P L nn% lolled succ res es s a and the public to surpass all others for magnificence and novelty. W THIS EVENING; titled THE ill be p DE erformed a grand new M ag i cal Equestr:mi Romance, en- Charmed Bit. MON BIOME ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the To be followed by Ilatty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; with Iminckrous performances by Mr. Henderson, as Clown. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY TIIIEVES ; or, Harlequin and All Baba and the Robber's Crve. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. liar pAntaloOn, Ifr. Laffarini; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. TOY ; ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge, THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS_ GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING Of' THE CASTLE ; or, Harlennin in the Land of Dreams. Ha, loquin, Iterr Dentin; Pantaloon, Herr R. Dentin ; Columbine Theodore; Clown, Herr N. Deulin; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Deulin. I:OYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Reduction of Pricey.—Boxes, Is,, Half-price, 6d ;Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. ; Private Boxes, 2 , . 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I Evening .. 10 minutes after 6. conclusively decided as to the principle on which they will base their measure, or series of measures, for her regeneration. Respecting the details by which the principle, they have determined on supporting, can be best effectuated, it is most likely that they are daily undergoing alteration, according to the varying in telligence which is constantly arriving from Ireland. Whatever may be their preliminary, or corollary measures of relief, for removing the diseased symptoms which at present so fearfully disfigure the social features on the other side of St. George's Channel, there can now be but little doubt that the main object will be to render them all conducive to one great end, via., that the land shall be rendered primarily and substantially liable for the support of the population born and bred upon its respective divisions and localities. This is the pri mitive principle of society in its rudest form, and flows in direct accordance with the prescribed dictates of nature herself. We cannot analyse the history of any nation, civilised, semi -barbarous, or in what is termed a strictly primeval condition, without severally discovering in their earliestages the universal prevalence of the principle in question. Whenever, through the artificiality of legislation, this sound base of all social organization has been com promised, or lost sight of, the infringement of the mo ral laws of nature has always been rendered palpable by the disastrous consequences which have ensued. No matter how ingenious the devices resorted to by men who had acquired large possessions, and were am bitious of retaining their territorial influence, re gardless of the duties inseparable from their acqui sitions, and to the faithful discharge of which the native peasantry possessed an inalienable claim"" by :nature,— no matter how subtle may have been their selfish efforts to shift their legitimate burdens upon the shoulders of the industrious classes, ill capable of sus taining them, it only amounted to a putting off of the evil day. Invariably has posterity been called upon, sooner or later, to suffer for the delinquencies of their ancestors. These historical lessons are most fruitful in their beneficial effects. They teach men that they are not to live for themselves alone—that if they disregard the wants of the contemporary poor, themselves or their descendants shall not escape with impunity— and if the latter, then that they are only dishonest stewards for those who must succeed to their ' possessions. In fine, man is hereby impressed with the salutary truth, that he is a link in a :mighty chain reaching from the confines of remotest antiquity, and gradually extending itself into the vista of futurity— and that his individual actions contribute to that summation of national conduct by which, for weal or woe, the destiny of his country will be regulated. It is quite clear that a Bill for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland will be among the earliest of those which the Government will introduce to the Senate. It is equally clear that no necessity ought to have existed for such a measure had the Imperial Par. liament and Irish landlords long ago discharged their respective and appropriate duties. However, except as a warning for the future, jeremiads on this head are utterly futile. In regard to the mode in which the reclamation of the soil should be undertaken, much of valuable light is imparted in a letter, just printed in the form of a pamphlet, from Mr. RIGBY Wisox to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It contains the substance of a series of letters which have appeared in our columns, which renders it unnecessary for us to dilate upon it at any length. This gentleman ably insists upon the principle to which we have referred in our foregoing remarks. He points out that the primary cause of the evils which afflict Ireland is not the failure of the potato crop, inasmuch as, if it were, the same evils would have afflicted Scotland, where, in parts, and very extensively, a similar visitation has been experienced. The distress has originated in the want of employment occasioned by the cultivated land in Ireland being divided into such small possessions that employers of labour are not to be found, except with the greatest difficulty, and then at the lowest wages. The perni cious consequences of this state of things is clearly elucidated by Mr. RIGBY WASON, and the remedy suggested is to create a class of agricul. tural labourers, for whom there is at present no regular demand, by rendering their situation better than that of the occupier of the existing small posses sions. To this end, we have the recommendation that, out of the land to be reclaimed, there should be con stituted large farms, say of 250 acres, with a few of about one-fifth the size, the latter to act as an incen tive to the honest and industrious labourer to become a farmer himself. A calculation is made that, if 3,000,000 acres of land were, when reclaimed, to be partitioned out upon this principle, permanent em ployment would be given to 120,000 heads of families, exercising a moral and social influence in Ireland of the most regenerative cha racter. Considering that the expense calculated for the accomplishment of this scheme is insignificant, compared with the object to be obtained—that the scheme emanates from a gentleman who has himself, during the past ten years, succeeded in profitably re claiming waste land at Corwan, to six miles in extent, we think that his suggestions are entitled to a most favourable consideration, and that the Government might derive much benefit from a perusal of Mr. WASON'S remarks respecting the real origin of the aggravated evils of Ireland—Melius est petere fortes quam sectari rivulos. One of the most alarming features in the present condition of Ireland, which justifies a gloomy fore boding for the future, is the total and almost un accountable negligence evinced by the farmers generally with respect to the cultivation of their several holdings. There has been an almost universal cessation of agricultural labour, the fields lie fallow, and uncared for, there is no tillage going forward or cannot The f a v b o eu recalled, abl e ti p a b s y s i ; n g w h a y t preparat ion o f th e l ands for the ensuing harvests. flittinge isemsmomalelnhtosldthearst look on in listless apathy, and take no steps to remedy a state of things which, if persevered in, must pro long the sufferings of the people, and produce another year of national distress and destitution, greater, if possible, than that which unhappily prevails at pre sent. Last year was signalized by the almost total destruction of that species of food on which the great bulk of the population were supported. A loss amounting fully to 10,000,0001. sterling has been sustained; but that loss occasioned a greater amount of human misery and wretchedness than one of double the amount, if happening to any other descrip tion of edible. The very poorest, those who, i n ordinary seasons, would have had a bare sufficiency, a scanty support from the produce of their potat o ground, were deprived of their all, and plunged into the most abject poverty. The high prices obtained and obtainable for corn of every kind, in some degree compensated the larger farmers for the failure of the potato; but that which had perished was the only crop to which the cottier could look, and when it became a mass of putridity and rottenness, not worth the labour that would be required to dig it out from the land, nothing remained, he was ruined, reduced to ab solute and hopeless destitution. But lamentable as was this calamity, and fearful as the suffering thereby occasioned, there was something to fall back upon. There was food in the country, although of a diffe rent and more expensive description than that usually consumed. Although there was a necessity for a large importation of breadstuffs, yet the expenditure could be met; and although individuals and districts suffered severely, and were exposed to the horrors of famine, yet the country generally was preserved from that fate by the gigantic and praiseworthy exertions of the Government. An arduous and difficult task was undoubtedly imposed on the Executive, which was greatly increased by the manner in which every thing was cast upon them by the landed proprietors throughout the whole kingdom, with some few ho nourable exceptions. What was intended to have been only an auxiliary to private enterprise was looked to as the sole means of providing for the people, hence that, which if duly and properly carried out in the spirit in which it was conceived, would have proved a most valuable boon, was turned into a means of in flicting on property heavy charges, and little benefit was derived from the vast outlay. An important change was authorised by the authorities, taking upon themselves a grave and serious responsibility. There was no longer a necessity for making the present ments for public works of an unproductive character. Presentments for drainage were sanctioned, pro. vided certain conditions were complied with by the - parties whose lands were to be improved by the ad vkllce of the public money, but here again something was wanting; all were not compelled to join in such expenditure, the measure might have been more perfect and in place of taking advantage of the opportunities afforded of doing the utmost with the means within their power, much valuable time was lost, and heavy burdens entailed on the land, while the majority of the proprietors stood with folded arms and uttered loud complaints because they were required to do anything. Again a regulation—mirabile diclu—almost universally approved of was intro duced; but still, although a great benefit is conferred on all those who are willing to avail them selves of its provisions, the usual and ordinary occu pations of the people are suspended, and no means are taken to sow the lands or to provide for the ensu ing crop. Small farmers have not only ceased to employ the quantity of labour usually occupied upon their holdings, but they have themselves sought to obtain daily wages on the public works, to the utter neglect of their tenements, and in contempt of their own bests interests. It would appear as if they supposed that the crops were to be put into the ground, cared for, and attended to at the national expense, and that they were to reap the fruits they did not toil or labour for. Such an insane course, if persevered in, must occasion a dearth of every description of produce, and render necessary an expenditure perhaps greater than the State, with all its resources, could bestow. There is yet time if the people will be warned. The national disaster may yet be averted if the parties will only bestir themselves, but if the golden opportunity is lost the result will be frightful to contemplate, and those by whose neglect it is occasioned, will prove the first victims. It would be the first duty of the landlords to look attentively to this matter in sufficient time. The persons who are so neglecting their holdings should, so far as the landlord was empowered to do, be com pelled to take active steps for the due and proper cultivation of their farms 'while there is yet time ; if; on being remonstrated with, they still neglect or refuse to till the land, their reasons should be ascer tained if it was really owing to distress that they bad not the means of livelihood, save from the wages that they could obtain for their daily labour, that they were therefore unable to occupy themselves upon their own holdings, or to procure seed to put into the land; loans should be granted to them by their landlords, or from the private subscriptions of gen tlemen connected with the neighbourhood, and every means taken to render them due and adequate as sistance, so as to enable them to meet the emergency, and successfully to encounter these difficulties; but if, on the other hand, they have had the power of culti vating the soil, and that they have been holding back from a desire to assume an appearance of distress, not warranted by the facts, and to obtain a portion of the funds granted for the relief of others of a totally different class—or to evade the first claims of their landlords—or from any other improper motives, they should be punished to the utmost degree—they can not be proper persons to remain in possession of the lands, and should be got rid of as speedily as possible. We trust that the Irish landed proprietors will at once turn their most serious attention to this matter of pa ramount importance. They are fully warned, and if they neglect their own interests, and that of their country, which they are specially called on to pro tect, they cannot expect any sympathy for the future sufferings they will be compelled to undergo, and which will be entirely occasioned by their own in sane and criminal negligence. The Augsburg Gazette has the following in a letter from Rome of the 24th ult. : " I learn from an authentic source that, by order of the Sovereign Pontiff, the criminal tribunals are to be separated from the police tribun a ls, and that th e f ormer will be exclusively composed of juris-consults belonging to the civil order. These judges will be appointed for life, and will receive a salary, wishing by this means to render them independent and inaccessible to corruption. There will be attached to each court a functionary to defend the interests of the State. The police courts will henceforward have no authority but over trivial offences." The Voss Gazette gives the following from Bres lau, 29th ult. : " The ultra-Danish party has made the following pro positions to the King:-- "' I. To arrest the Duke d'Augustenburg. " 6 2. To cause all the functionaries in the deputies to take an oath to maintain the letters patent, and to dis miss those who refuse. " _3. To establish M Copenhagen a central Regency for the Duchies.' " The Ambassadors of the two leading German powers at Copenhagen were informed of these intentions, and made them known to their respective Courts." Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have been received , Prom the Clamor Publico we extract the following account of what it justly denominates "a scandalous outrage," viz., the arrest, by order of the Govern ment, at Lozoguela, of Senor OLOZAGA : "SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE.—We have just learnt, with the greatest surprise and indignation, that Senor D. Sebastiana Olozaga, in returning to this court with his passport in due order, and the official report of his elec tion, in order to take his seat in the Congress, was made prisoner yesterday by a party of civic guards in the village of Lozoguela, 11 leagues from Madrid. " This attack on the personal security of a citisen, of a deputy elect, constitutes a grave responsibility on the Ministry, if, as is supposed, the order for the arrest of Senor Olozaga proceeds from it," It is said OLOZAGA. has been sent to the citadel of Pampeluna, where he is to be detained under arrest, and that the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, who signed his passport, has been dismissed. It was reported that CABRERA had appeared in Catalonia at the head of 1,000 men. The Gaceta contains the royal ordonnance appoint ing the Marquis of VILLumA President of the Senate. Intelligence of the defeat of Bolinza had been re ceived at Madrid. MADRID BOLSA, DEC' 30 . --The Th ree p er C en t s . were done at 33i fur cash ; the Fire per C en t s . a t 20i ; the Passives, at 6 5-16; the Coup ons a t 19. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Constitutionnel has a long article on the con troversy now raging between the Debats and the Presse on the subject of the English alliance. The Constitutio-nnel treats both these journals as organs of the Government (although the Debats does not admit that the Presse is a Government organ), and then, argues that there m ust i o n f i° o n p s' inion a mong th e mem b ers 7 x n is t t ras gr t e i a n t g di t ff h e e r i e r nc o e p of the Cabinet, and that the Government of M. GuraoT is anything but an united Government. The following are the opinions expressed by the Constitu. tionnel on the subject of the alliance between France and England : " What is in our opinion clear from all this polemic is, that the alliance between France and England was essentially one of principle; a defence in common of the liberty of weak nations, and the maintenance in common of European independence. If the efforts of the two nations had been turned to this side, the alliance would have produced for both glorious and useful fruits. But daring six years our Government, timid, retrograde, and desirous to pass for Conservative, annoyed by every liberal idea, by every remembrance of the revolution, desired to base the entente cordiale on the friendship of Sovereigns and the interests of Cabinets. We have blamed the results of this policy. At present this alli ance, which was not rendered productive for liberty, has been destroyed for a mere family interest. The alliance of the two constitutional nations, though more apparent than real, rendered however, the enemies of liberty in Europe prudent and circumspect. At any moment the alliance could resume its veritable character and strength. But once the last bonds were severed, the alp; ()lutist spirit knew no bounds, and Cracow received the blow." The opinions of the Constitutionnel on this subject are more sound than those of any of its contempo- raries. However much M. GUIZOT may be inclined to admit the truth of the doctrines of free trade in the abstract, he has not yet mustered up courage suffi cient to defy the protectionists, and has refused the application of the Northern Railway Company for permission to import foreign iron rails. On this sub ject the Siacle says— " The Ministry, yielding to the powerful influence of the iron -masters, has rejected the application made by the Northern Railway Company. The Ministry state that there is no necessity fur the company to apply to foreign countri es , t h at it is able to procure in France the twenty to twenty-five tons of rails of which it has imme diate need, and that the only question is the price. This, however, in such a case appears to us to be a question of importance. The company would pay in England for rails 240 f. per ton, whereas the three or tour iron masters in France who have joined in making a proposi tion to supply the rails ask 370 f. delivered at their establishments, which is equal to 400 f. when on the spot where they are to be laid. Now upon 25 tons of rails this is a difference of 3,250,000 r., an exorbitant price—an odious tribute to monopoly imposed upon the sdareholders of the company. We have already said that the iron -masters, overwhelmed as they are with orders, could not supply the 25 tons of rails. In fact, the estab lishments which have offered to deliver them at the price of 370 f. per ton, have not the iron on hand, and will be compelled to purchase it in Bellum. They will kis Maio a breach tiateMselvei . O T 3 br G ,V I o f t he iron monopoly. But even if they do this, and the Northern Company accept their offer, it is by no means certain that the rails will be delivered in proper time. It is probable, on the contrary, that they will not be delivered at the periods stipulated for: But of what consequence is it for the country to suffer if monopoly be protected? To mention an instance:—The works of the railroad from Dijon to Chalons-sur-SsOne are quite ready with the exception of the rails. If they were on the ground ready to be laid the road might be opened to the public next spring. Now, of 40,000 rails which ought to have been delivered before the Ist of the present month, only 4,000 have been delivered.' Owing to this delay, which is imputable solely to the iron -masters, who accept more orders than they can execute, the opening of an impor tant line will be deferred for an entire year, to the in jury of the company and of the public." The KING and QUEEN of the BELGIANS arrived in Paris on Monday. The Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 50e. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,257 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 0111. 25c. ; Havre, 680 f. ; Great Northern, 6401. ; Avignon, 863 f. 75c. ; Yierzon, 605 f. ; Bordeaux, 561 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 350 f. ; Dieppe, 355 f.; Tours and Nantes, 4851. ; Paris and. Lyons, 508 E 75e. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31 ex div. MARSEILLES, DEC. 31.—Marseilles and Avignon, 887 f. 50c. ; Northern, 6551. ; Paris and Lyons, 5101. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 3 / 4 —Ceatral of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 1 4—Great Indian Peninsular, A—Great Western Bengal, %—Luxembourg, , 1 1 —Namur and Liege, 3 1 4—Northern of France, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, VA —Paris and Lyons 8 1 4—Paris and Orleans, 49—Paris and Rouen,36%—Paris and Strasburg, 4 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 27. , - z. . - :c.,, • , ~•. i '),,i % k:.-. 7 . -49 •4 C. AF .— .1 . • a ".4 : ' f ' , 4 , 10 i i E_A Li -z , , I.+' Aka 4 i• - re ..z. .., A ''',, - rit'• fly ., ` ~.r 4010 ii, 6•il • • , 7,-.e:"., ......= .....; i fi ic ..„, .z. ... , 1,4:=11.•;1, ~ . 4 , ,,, t - -4 fr , .41 :i , ~. 3". ....7... ...!..". •,, -z,... tartan LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1847. Every lover of humanity and every aspirant for civilisation will grieve to observe the continuance of the unfortunate disturbances which have so long desolated the population of Otaheite. Little indeed has been gained by the inhabitants of the surrounding archipelago from the establishment of the French Protectorate in lieu of the independent government of Queen POMARE. Instead of tranquillity, there has been continual commotion ; instead of peaceful barterings between the inhabitants of the different islands, there have been increasing acrimony, and sometimes open contention, between the aborigines and their European defenders. Civilisation has with its numberless blessings brought to that savage people all the concomitants of hitherto unknown wretchedness. With the humanising influences of refined life they have been subjected to the endless bickerings consequent upon refined avarice. In the admirable drama of The Briton, by AMBROSE PHILIPS, the Tribune VALENS is reminding the in sular chieftain of the advantages accruing to himself and his countrymen from the Roman invasion. " We found you naked," he exclaims. " And you found us free !" is the retort of VANOC. It is invariably the case in the colonization of newly-discovered or hitherto unpenetrated countries, that civilisation bring s with it curses as well as blessings. The benefits re sulting from the knowledge imparted to the ignorant but innocent savages are unhappily aossciated with evils to which they had previously been strangers. When CORTEZ invaded Mexico he was accompanied by the priesthood of a true religion and the apostles of a sublime morality, but he was likewise attended by the advocates of licentiousness and the promoters of debauchery. The bloody troubles con sequent upon the alliances entered into between COLOMBO and GUACANA.GARI were the immediate and mournful results of the discovery of a new hemisphere. From the wonderful researches in the southern ocean by the immortal navigator COOK, arose those sanguinary skirmishes between the disci ples of enlightened Christianity and the upholders of a barbarous idolatry, in one of which that :great man was himself destroyed. As greviously as were the prurient passions of the aborigines displayed in the Bahama Islands, upon the South-American continent, and in the various groups contiguous to Australia, have those of the population of Otaheite been aroused by the interference of the French armaments in the administration of the primitive government. By the intelligence just received from Polynesia, it would appear that the Sandwich Islands have continued t.) be the arena of commotion, of bloodshed, of chicaneries, and of double-dealing up to the commencement of the autumn of 1846. In the different encampments of the Otaheiteans at Papenoo, at Hautana, and at Bunaauia, the French, under Governor 13auAT, have again been actively engaged against the natives. Although Papeita is reported to have become to a certain extent tran quillised, there is little cause for gratulation among the other portions of the Otaheiteans. Their pro tectors have pursued their advantages from Tapai to Papana, and thence to ..bona, they have penetrated into the valley of Fatahua, and notwithstanding the furious opposition of its defenders they have taken possession of the fortification of Panavia. It is in the occurrences of last winter, however, that the disposition of French authority in that quarter of Polynesia may be best conjectured. A more detailed explanation of those occurrences than has been hitherto received has reached us with the last dispatches forwarded from Honolulu. From this explanation it would seem that nothing could have been more decisive or explicit than the under. standing arrived at between Admiral Sir GEORGE SEYMOUR, the Commander-in-Chief of her Britannic Majesty's Forces in . thePacific Ocean, and the French Commissioner at Otaheite. In consequence of the protestation of the Chiefs of Huahine, Baietea, and Borabora;that those islands could not,firom their inde pendence, be affected by any treaty made by Queen POMARE, the question of their right to claim exclu sion from the Gallic Protectorate became a matter of debate. 'With a view to ensure the dispassionate investigation of this complicated question, the British Admiral stipulated that no hostile measure whatever should be undertaken against the inhabitants of Hua hine, Raietea, and Borabora until the point at issue should have been definitely settled. That was the engagement voluntarily entered into between Sir GEORGE SEYMOUR and the French Commissioner, that was the engagement the particulars of which were communicated by the former to the venerable QUEEN of Huahine, melodiously styled ARAIIPAIA. Notwithstanding this agreement, three hundred dol lars were soon afterwards extorted from the people of Borabora by the French force, commanded by Captain BONARD. And subsequently, namely, on the 17th of January, the island of Huahine was entered by the same party, and an extraordinary fine of six hundred dollars demanded from its population. In consequence of certain misunderstandings arising out of the refusal to pay .this amount, the French and Otaheiteans rose against each other in arms. As they very well merited, the former suffered severely from the encounter. The reasons given for this flagrant violation of the compact with Admiral SEYMOUR are altogether inadmissible, although there was mani festly considerable provocation. Ardently is it to be hoped that a mere consciousness of the odium which such proceedings are calculated to cast upon the French throughout the world may deter the officers of that nation from the repetition of these shameless transactions. Unless there be some diminution of their stringent authority in Polynesia, the very name of the Protectorate will be a ridiculous satire. Now that we are so close upon the advent of the session of 1847 it must be presumed that the Ministry, with a view to the efficient discharge of their initiatory functions of legislation, have by this time, for the most part, matured their several measures which, for the general welfare of the empire, they consider essential to be recommended to Parliament. As affecting Ireland in particular, we may feel certain, from the i n t ense pressure which her almost disorganized con di t i on has kept up upon the attention of the Government since their accession to power, that the Cabinet have _ _ _ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From Th. Sun of last Night.) The Cotton-market at Liverpool, yesterday, vas quieter. Sales, 4,000 to 5,000 ba'es at about Frsdsy's rates. Shares were steady. A brief reference was made yesterday under this head, to the subscription that has been commenced for the relief of the distressed people in the remote parishes of Ireland and Scotland. We are happy to state that a large number of additional donations are about to be ad vertised. It cannot be too strongly enforced that clothing as well as money is required, and that to a very large amount indeed, to relieve the poignant distress which too many of our fellow-subjects are suffering at the present mo ment. All the aid that can be rendered to the committee for affording the relief required shall be readily given by this journal. Our advertise ment columns have already shown a goodly amount of subscriptions, and under the earnest exer tions of Messrs. Rothschild and C o ., an d o thers, it may be reasonably anticipated that hundreds upon hundreds of pound sterling will be soon added to the Relief Fund. The announcement of the arrival of the West India Mail steamer has just been made. It will be late in the day ere private letters and the public journals oan be delivered. We must, conseq ue ntly, wait a while for a summary of the details. The i3onsol Market has been firm this morning at 931 I-, and for immediate transfer the same values have been borne. The Reduced Three per Cents. have been quoted at 94. India Bonds at 20s. premium, and Ex chequer. bills at 14s. to 1 ls. premium. In the Foreign market there has not been any consi derable amount of business transacted in the Bonds this morning. The principal quotations are for Russian 111; for the Spanish Three per Cents. 36i; for the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59k; and for the Four per Cent. Certificates, 92t. In the Railway Shares and Scrip Markets business has not been very brisk to-day. ORE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 206 PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .. • 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 94 94 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 3 5 / 8 3A 93 3 % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95 th 5 A 95 5 / 8 Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 9 13-16 9 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,000/. . ....... 20 20 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... 9 2 3% 92 3 / 4 Consols for Opening 9 3 3 / 4% 93% Exchequer Bills, 10001.110. ... 14 11 —— p 11 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto. Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... , Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 59 Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 19% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent . Ditto. Account ..... ..... Russian Bonds Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... Ditto, Account 36% IA Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 931 92% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction Belfast & County Down 4:y i — Binnin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 425...... p Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley... .. 425. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. % 1 p. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 32 ...... 52 3 A Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2% 2 3 / 4%. Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% — Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2% — Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 34 Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. 2 3 1 /2 Ditto New l2l 16s 7% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ... Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 ,4 East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., New Scrip l4 East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 / 4 3%% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 / 2 — Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... . 1 1 / 2 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ... Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% l3 Exeter,Ycovil,& Dorset 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 Ditto New Do., 1 / 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ...... Great Northern (London and York Regd.)...... 2 1 / 2 .. ... 3 1 / 2 Do. (Direct Northern _ Regd.) Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England..loo Ditto New 5 — Ditto, New Ditto, New Great Western B5 134 133 Ditto IA Shares. .. 50 Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto k fifths Ditto, New . 2 — Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ...... Ditto, Extension 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 Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% — .. ...... .... Do., Branch t/ Shares 2 1 ,x 7-) i i 8 ...... ... Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2J 4 — •••. Do. % Extension(Green) 2.. ... Leeds and Thirsk 17%...... Ditto, New 5 — Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •••• •••• 2 hiterp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 2 1,4 ...... 2 5 ,‘ London and Blackwall. 161. 1:33.4d 83i Do. New Ditto Extension 7 London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — ~ London and N. Westernloo 199 200 Do. Quarters . . 2 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Do. 1 4_ Shares 5 Do 413/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Do. 40/. (M. St ... 40 )A. 5 ...... Do. 101. & 8., -. Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. Al. &8.5 C, 1 - J. London, Oxford, and Cheltenham 1%.• Lonil.B; - g.Westein 411 6s 10 . d 65% Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New • Do. New Dittoo Tenths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 London and York Scrip 2 1 ,4 Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry & Coleraine 15 - ..... ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen ... 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l5 16% . Difanchester and Leeds 82 Ditto 16 Shares . ... 38 ...... 501 A ..... .... . Do. Quarters l2 .... Do. Fifths 5 .. . Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Extension 42s. - ..... ••••••••• Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths 1 — slancheAer,Buxton,and Matlock li42s. ...... 1 1 / 2 % P .. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2 1 / 2 — Ditto and Grimsby.— 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 214 Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland Do. Fifths 2 — Do. New Ditto New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo — Midland Great West= Irish Newcastle sad Berwick 20 ..... Ph. pi I THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 7.—The Clyde steamer, Cap tain Simons, arrived this morning, at ten o'clock, with the West Indian and Mexican mails. She has not brought a single dollar on account of the di vidends, but she has nearly 2,000,000 on board on mer chants' account, the whole of which were shipped at Tampico. The American authorities have intimated that for the future the ports were closed against further shipment. A conducta of halt a million of dollars was sent express from Mexico, in nine days, for shipment, so anxious were the merchants to avail themselves of the packet. Santa Anna had published a letter in the Mexican newspapers entirely disavowing the late con version of the Mexican Bonds. A squadron of six ships was off Tampico, awaiting the arrival of the troops from America to make eland attack on Alvarado. Santa Anna had collected 25,000 troops at San Luis Potosi, to await the advance of the American General, Taylor, who occupied Saltillo with 5,000 men, and a report was current in Vera Cruz that Santa Anna had ad vanced against him with ten thousand men, and compelled him to fall back on Monterey, the American volunteers being in a state of insubor dination. The Mexican Government were making stre ❑uous efforts to strike a decided blow. Gen. Salons, the President, had decreed an advance of two million dollars, the repayment to be guaranteed by the clergy at the expiration of two years at 5 per cent. per annum. General Taylor has attempted to negotiate with Santa Anna for peace, who replied that no terms could be listened to whilst an American soldier remained in arms on Mexican ground, or an American man-of-war blockaded a Mexican port. The news from Mexico is highly favourable to the Mexicans.—Berald. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. s.—On Monday morning, at eleven o'clock, a number of persons, and especially a crowd of artists, attended the funeral of Mr. Lombard Nieuwen huys, at Laacken. Mr. Nieuwenhuys has left a fortune of above a million, which he acquired by dealing in pictures. He resided at Paris, and was very well known in England. His two brothers, his partners, live, ore in London, and the other at Brussels. A meeting of the ironmasters of the province of Liege and of the province of Hainault took place two or three days ago, at Brussels. The two opinions which divide this branch of manufactures, viz., whether the import duty of foreign cast iron should be reduced or main tained, had their representatives at this meeting, which was held in the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. If we are righly informed, the result of this conference was such that the project of changing the tariff of customs with respect to foreign cast iron, may be considered as wholly abandoned. Their Majesties the King and Queen came from Laacken to the palace at Brussels yesterday, about noon. Her Majesty was visited in the afternoon by Monsigneur de Saint Marzan, the Apostolic Nuncio, and by Lady Seymour, wife of the English Ambassador. The Bishop of Ghent has just made an appeal to the charity of East and West Flanders. He has established a relief committee at Ghent. " Food, clothes, fuel," says that respectable prelate, "everything is want ing by more than 150,000 poor in the villages of East Flenders alone, and the last winter has exhausted every resource. The more wealthy inhabitants of the rural districts have imposed enormous sacrifices on themselves for the relief of the unfortunate, and many of them are in a state of embarrassment in consequence of their liberality and their bounties to their poor and perishing neighbours. The resources of the benevolent societies are exhausted, and the grants which the Legislative Chambers have allowed them are scarcely sufficient to afford even a rye loaf daily to each family for some weeks." The parish priests and pastors state that even hope now abandons them, unless aid more powerful than there is comes to their immediate relief. The rich, say they, who pass the fine season in the country have now returned to town ; if we call upon them to advocate the cause of the poor, we are received the first time they give us something, but the second time we meet with refusals from some, who allege the distress in the city ; others say that they are not at home. What we are able to collect from the few is utterly insufficient, we must necessarily seek for some other means to meet the general distress." Let us say, to the honour of our reverend fellow:labourers, they have done their duty, and surely deserve at our hands that we should support them by every means in our power. For this purpose we have prayed for the blessing of God upon our efforts; we have established a relief com mittee for the poor of the country districts of East Flanders. On tha 4th of January a list of subscriptions will be I opened. We subscribe at the head of it the sum of 1,200 francs, and we even engage to double this sum if some generous persons will advance us the money, without interest, for the term of one year. Count Felix de Merode has just written to the Bishcp of Ghent that he promises to remit to the relief committee the sum of 250 francs per month for the months of February. March, and April. The marriage of the Count Trapani with the daughter of the Archduke Charles of Austria is spoken of. This event is connected with the presence of Prince Felix de Schwartzenberg, the Austrian Minister at Naples. The Nurenburg Correspondent affirms that the rela tions of the Court of Naples with the Cabinet of the Tuilleries are much impaired since the Spanish mar riages. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussne, JAN. 4. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ... • Rothschild'a Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. •• • Ditto Three per Cent. ..... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • ..... Ditto, ditto,lB4o • ...... • • •• . 100 Ditto, ditto, 1842 .. Ditto, 1844.... ..... • • • Ditto, 1836.. • • •• • Ditto, 1838 .... • • •••• • Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • ...... ..... Ditto, 1843 .• •••.•• • • • • • ....... ••• • • • 97% Bank ofßelgiUrn.. •• • • ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 885 —Brussels PAWS, Jan. 6. DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS.—We are glad to find that the inhabitants of St. Clement Danes, St. Martin-in-the. Fields, St. Mary-le-Strand, and the ad joining parishes have commenced a penny subscription, to aid the destitute peasantry in the Western Highlands, more especially in the district of Lochaber. Mr. V. G. Dowling, 4, Norfolk-street, Strand, Mr. F. Stokes, 175, Strand, Mr. Burfield, 180, Strand, and Mr. S. Sainsbury, 177, Strand, guarantee the proper application of the funds without delay. Mr. E. Sainsbury, the brother of Mr. S. Sainsbury, is calling upon the inhabitants for their subscriptions, and already several pounds have been collected. We hope other parishes will follow this good example. THE NEW DISCOVERY IN SURGERY.—The public will have seen with considerable interest that means have been discovered for performing the most difficult operations without giving pain to the party upon whom it is necessary to operate. A man may, it seems, h ave his legs cut from under him without his knowing it, by the new process, while the drawing out of his teeth be comes an agreeable excitement, which is so delightful that a boy having been mulcted of a molar, clamoured loudly to have another extracted, and only held his jaw when the dentist consented to oblige him. However desirable this invention may be in a surgical point of view, we have every hope that it will soon be applied to the more delicate operations of politics. How useful would it have been during the last session, when the Conservative body had to undergo the painful process of the cutting off of so many of its members I Had the new process been known, the political amputations might have taken place without any of that pain, amounting in some cases to direct mortification, which ensued in several instances. Considering the frequent severings that Sir Robert Peel has been obliged to undergo, and the numerous occasions upon which he will again most probably feel it necessary to submit to amputations, the new process must be almost invaluable to the Right Hon. Baronet. As the plan is calculated to prevent pain in all cases of removal, we should recommend its being tried on the next occasion of a removal from office by her Majesty's Ministers. This has always been a most distressing operation, from the suffering it bas in flicted on the parties concerned ; and all the friends of humanity must be delighted at the prospect there is of its becoming an entirely painless proceeding.—Punch. DEATH OF MAJOR FRASER, GOVERNOR OF FORT GEORGE.—We record, in our obituary of to day, the death of this respected officer, and estimable country gentleman. His amiability of disposition, hospitality, and kindness, during a period of thirty-six years, in connexion with that garrison, will long be remembered, id his memory cherished by a wide and general as qu tintance. In him the poor have lost a generous friend. The funeral took place on Saturday last, with the mili tary honours due to his rank and station; and in addi tion to the strength of the garrison, his remains were fAlowed to the tomb by many of the gentlemen of the surrounding country, ana by a large concourse of pople. —Ross Advertiser. NewcastleandCarlisle 100 •..... ..-- woe.. mei, Ditto New 9O -. 00000 .•••• .....• ...... Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 4 N'ewmrk et &Chesterfril 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2% — Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 5 -, •• ........ roes P., Norfolk ... ...100 Ditto Half Shales .. 9 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk — -- -- Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 1 % 3% North British Do. Half Shares ll ...... - . Do. Quarters Do. Extension _ 74 Ditto Thirds 4 Northern and Eastern 5O - Do. Scrip (isad. 5 dis.) 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New - - North Staffordshire 6 ...... 9% 1 4 9% North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting - North Western 2% 3%...... ......... O Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3% — Preston and Wyre 25 — - Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3l. 12s. - Royston and Hitchen ... 1% 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% . .... ....... . ''''" Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 6hrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 2 14% 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ...... .. . -.. South Staffordshire June U. 135. 4d 1% p l l/s P South Eastern & Dover. 33% 4O Do., No. 1 20 - Do., Ne. 2. - Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junction 425. l% p lsii P Vale of Neath 2 — Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 11 Waterford and Limerick 27 1 ,/ — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, W aterford, and __ . VAleutis, Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union .....• 425. 2% p ••• 2% P West Cornwall ..-- Wexford and Carlow Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth fork and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New 5 ...... 121,E,„,. ..... ..... 12 Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 - Ditto % Shares ..... ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do. East aad West Rid ing Extension , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes 1 , . Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 ,4 Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... 15% 160 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ‘,„ ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West .... Flanders Calcutta and Diamond ... Harbour ....... ..... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• ••• • ...• Central of Frcnce (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 10 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 ... .. .-- • ...• Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and ..• Madras Dutch Rhenish ..-• East Indian ... ..... .... ss. .. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. 70 Great Western Bengal... 5s - Great Western Canada-. 3 1 4 ...... ..-- Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction, 1 .-- Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ••• • ..„.........• Luxembourg...... ..... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 ..-• Madras 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot % — Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. ...... Mauritius ~ Namur and Liege Northern of France. 8 10% i 2 North Jamaica............ 1 ...... Orleans and Vierzon 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ...- , Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 .-- , Paris and Orleans 2O ...... .... . Paris and Rouen -. 20 ~... Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 4% ,-- Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic lours and Nantes Con stituted ..- ..... ...... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t....... 8 --- Trinidad ....1, West Flanders ...... .... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. .. Australasia British North American 50 MINES 0 Real del Monte Unregd. -J --- 31-4 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JAN. s.—Although little change in the market this week—the demand O sio tinning extremely languid—buyers have shown a l it t bs more disposition to accede to the terms demanded by spinners and manufacturers. The business done, O r ever, is small in amount, and in goods, especially, c ° „o fined to the supply o f i mme di ate wan t s . We d°4l4 hear anything new in r e f erence t o th e wor ki ng an,. time; but the stoppage of the mill s f or a wee k or days at Christmas was very genet al. ROCHDALE, AIoNDAY, JAN. 4.—There has been quiet market to-day, with but a limited demand 1, 4 goods. Very little was done in wool, as the dealers asking higher prices, and the manufacturer cannot ge t proportionate a d vance u p on hi s goo d s . Next 2.1012' will be the new market. al HALIFAX, SAT URDAY , J AN . 2. h The new year -- Le opened with much o f the d u l ness th a t c h arac t eri sed u t P f latter markets of its pr e d ecessor ; an d i t i s ge nen, thought that the continually ad vanc i ng p r i ces o f Ka sions tend to protract to a grea t er di stance t h e period °e a revival. But few pi e c es h ave c h ange d h an d s in . .% A hall to-day, and pri ces rema i n un i m p rove d. Th e retur n of open weather has brought the Continental boY e e; into the yarn market, for a f e w j o b s , a t b e l ow cos t r e f , but, in other respects, th e t ra d e con ti nues w i t h ou t a 3e rs ation. Owing to the stimul us o f th e l a t e a d vanc e , ab?,. wool has been more in demand, and the increased 1 01 " has been obtained ; but the trade is by no means brisk*. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JAN. s.—Th ere h a s Ve i t, considerable busines s d one t o -d ay i n li g h t goo d s, for 7,4 spring trades. Go o d bl ues cont i nue i n deman d, °— several orders have been given for broads of that colour to our manufacturers. a • Oda LEEDS, TUESDAY, JAN. 4.—Alth oug h very fevr.- changed hands at our c l o th-h a ll s to -d ay , t h e ieltrn°°,ed ,' to tone of the market is not impair e d ; s i nce , accort."7 11 report, some extensive orders for low cloths have be e received, which cannot but act favourably on the state of trade. A YOUTH DROWNED IN THE SIGHT OF HO FRlENDS.—Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Carter, at the Bull Inn, Barnes, Surrey, on the body 0 ' William Vaughan, aged sixteen. On Thursday morning he was on board a barge moored off Barnes, and .r „for amusement had been washing the d ec k w ith a mop. tie dipped the last dip to finish his work, but the wog, slipped from his hand, and in trying to regain the hold of it he overbalanced himself and fell into the river' Unfortunately there was no boat attached to the barge', but there was a pair of sculls, which th e y th rew t o waras him. From the force of the tide and his powerless state he could not reach them, and he was drowned. The body was not found for two days afterwards. Verdict' . "Accidentally drowned." MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A COLLECTOR.—AbOat a quarter past eleven o'clock on Thursday last, as N°' 2 police officer of the C division, was on duty in the neighbourhood of Port-street, a respectably-dressed 03 41 2 accosted him, st a ti ng th a t h e h a d b een ro bb e d of 571- , a female, and requesting that he (the officer) would g ° with him in search of her. Platt went with him to the extent of his beat, and then told him that he could not proceed further without the consent of his inspector , telling him also to go to the station and report his 100 there. About twelve o'clock he saw him again in Fie cadilly, and asked whether he (Platt) could do anything else for him, to which the person replied in the negatic,of and said something about making away with himseth They then parted, and the officer saw no more of hint that night. The next morning, about half-past eight o'clock, as a boatman, named Samnel Lamb, in the env ploy of Messrs. Veevers, carriers, was passing along the Rochdale Canal in his boat, he saw the body of a marl in the canal, at the bottom of Minshull-street. It 110 s immediately taken out, and a clue was at once obtain"; as to his identity, by the discovery of some cards, found in a card case in his pocket, b ear i ng th e addresil " Thomas Fothergill, hop and vin egar merchant, sp`i dealer in foreign cigars." Upon further inquiry, it wee, ascertained that his name w as J ames Billi ngton , an that he was a collector in the employ of Mr. Fothnr: gill. The officer Platt, on viewing the body, identified it as being that of the person who had addressed him, as above stated, on the previous evening.—Manchate r Guardian. WELLS, JAN. s.—The Orwell, Martin, was towed off all Woolpack Sand to-day by the Wilberforce (steamer), and pr99taclod for Hull lu toow ~, . ..vr•-•- --' 59 3% 19% 24% 37% 11114 110% 26% 36 1 4 3614 591 A 92% CLOSING PRICES .... 129% .... 6% p .... 3 p 52 3 / 4 P 30 ... 22% • 7 % P ... ~ 3 28% 238% ~.. 134 .... 77% 1”: 1 .••• 31 1 4 71/2 23 1 4 ~. 76 ~. % dis, - 5% 2% IN 58% I • ...... .• 200 65 ...... 5% 3% 2% 7 3 ,4 22 16% 112 50 1 ,4 - P 1% p 1% 131 381 147 WI the ii Plied fc eleten 31st of The her m a Guide P pe He e n : y rt. g' 'tat • L. 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