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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1847.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Now ready, Vol!. 3 and 4 (completing the work) of the
The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON lIISTORY OF TILE CAPTIVITY OF
1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, 1
JCGmEnpNaEnlitt,AnLinCOEUxiNleT,
aMndONTTesitilLeONt •
NAPOL E ON, at ST. HELENA.
and to the Publalk It is presented with the confident hope, that the
Fxecutor.
The Emperor
successful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar
Ilfticulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre iu Now first Tritislated and Published from the Author'snary
I:urope, and of its distinguished Pat- ons, will insure the continuation Manscript. ore final
their support.
ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPEA.
Madame
Mdlle. Jenny Lind (her first aPP- oarance In this country),
del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ;
Sanchioli, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap-
pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, _Mlle. Vietti and
Karla Nascio (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame
Castellan. Signor Fraschini, 'the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap-
pearance in this country) • • and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni,
now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great
pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first
app ance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished
Baritone (his first appearance in this country); Signor F. Lablache ;
Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ;
the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigl (his first appearance);
and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are
pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris.
That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to
visit this country, to brim; out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and
another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the
Camp de Sllesie, by Mae. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini.
The celebrated Dr. Felix 31endeissohn Bartholdy will likewise
visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her
Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded en THE TEMPEST of
Shakspere ; written by M. Scribe.
Miranda. •.. • • ...... ••••• • •• • • Mdlle. Jenny Lind.
Ferdinand ....................Sig. Garden!.
Caliban •• . • , • •
Sig. Lablache.
It is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi,
having recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for
this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB-
BERS sf SCHILLER.

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PRESENT STATE OF PORTUGAL.
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AN OVERLAND
JOURNEY TO LISBON,
AT iRE CLOSE OF 1846 ;
With a Picture of the Actual State of
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
BY T. M. HUGHES, ESQ.,
Author of " Revelations of Spain."
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Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca-
demie Royale, has also been Rented.

Mesdathes Castellan, Sanchioll, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar-
dont, Superchl, and Fraschini, will appear before Easter.
Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and
extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after
Easter.

Director of the Music and Conductor, M. BALFE.
In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will
be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs-
d'ceuvre of Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel-
lini, Sze.

The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an
ensemble nay be presented perfect in all its parts.

A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA,
of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from
some of the best Orchestras of Europe.
THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy,
Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per-
formers.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET.
Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, lidlie. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Cerito; in
addttion to which an engagement has been made with -Milne.
Caroline Rosati (of La Soala, at Milan, and other great theatres of
Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the
season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by
M. Paul Tagliont ; Mdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala, her first appearance
in this country ; Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle.
FAise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny
Pascales, and Bertin ; and Mdlle. Caroline Baucourt, of the
Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this
country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this
eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that
Mdlle. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of
performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie Royale, Paris
(his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Matti*, Sig.
Venafra, M. Gouriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot.

Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni.
Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall.
Mafires de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and
M. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin , Regisseur de la
Dense. M. Petit.
An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for
her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a
subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and
Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in-
debted to the kin iness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled
EGERIA.
The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived,
and an entirely new DiVertiNSMCllt, introducing another Grand Pas
by M. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas
des Dresses and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik-
ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA
CONSTELLATION.
The Snbscription will consist of the same number of nights as last

emen.
The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will be
produced, for the first time at her Majesty's Theatre, Donizetti's
admired Opera of LA FAVORITA, in which Signor Gardoni and
Signor Superchi will make their first appearance in this country,
and an entirely NEW BALLET, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which
Mademoiselle Caroline Rosati will appear.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, DaURY-LANE,
THIS EVENING

will be performed Donizetti's Opera, called THE FAVOURITE.
,I.lphonso XI., Mr. Stretton ; Balthazar, Mr. BorrAtil ; Ferdinand,
Mr. 'l ravers ; Don Gaspar, Mr. Horncastle ; Leonora, Miss Romer ;
Inis, Miss Collett.
After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantchnime, being a
mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN
AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management •f Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the 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. Howard ; Lady Charlotte
Willoughby, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ;
Jenny, Miss Woulds.
After which, Planche's new Comic Drama, called WHO'S YOUR
FRIlirD? or, The Queensberry Fete. Viscount Leatherhead, Mr.
Tilbury ; Sir Felix Lovel, Mr. Moll ; Giles Fairland, Mr. Webster ;
The Countess of Rosendale, Miss Bennett; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs.
(clover; Mittens, Miss Carre.

To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza,
called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil
Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton,
Mrs. L. EL Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett.

THHATHE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called £3OO REWARD.
Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, H. Butler, Miss
Yillars, and Miss Forster.
Atter which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by
Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner,
Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley.
To conclude with the Drama, founded on the New Christmas
Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the
exclusive permissloh 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.

THEATttE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
TINDER 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 ENTORTILATIONISTS. me
..., ins [lace I uvlio-Llit, lianions, will ex-
hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques.
After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA G!SELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the
Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford,
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen'ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,
Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN.
Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal-
ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane
Reymour, Miss Rourk ; 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 now Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, enti-
tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE;
or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr.
Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. IL Marshall ;
Clown, Mr. Flexmore.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be performed the Cornedle-Vaudeville, entitled PHILIPPE.
Characters by MM. Cartigny, Pascal, Berou, Madame Grassau, and
Fouquet.
To conclude with the popular Play of DON CESAR DE BAZAN.
DM Cesar de Bazan, Mona. F. Lemaitre; La Maritana, Mdlle.
Clarisse.
Boxes, Gs., Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at
half-past Seren, and the performances commence at Eight.

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and the Public for their continued support mid patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containin instructions (with a reference), an respectfully
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
orevions to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to hastmctions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London.

THE WEATIIEIt—SIIN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 1.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 34
BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND W., hazy.

1114411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Mit% DAY
Morning .. 42 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 59 minutes after 2.

Affairs, will cheerfully concede that the correspond- I
ence relative to the Montpensier marriage ought not
to be further protracted. It would be at once generous
and dignified in us to adopt this course. Whatever
:zinc have been the political differences between our-
selves and the French, no man, in his senses, can
seriously entertain the supposition that the latter
nation, so sensitive upon points affecting their honour
and integrity, will view with approbation the humi-
liating policy which M. GUIZOT has sanctioned. For
ourselves, gratified as we are with the eclaircissement,
so favourable to the ability, and—what is of far
greater consequence—the good faith, with which
Lord PALMERSTON has acted throughout, yet
are we much more concerned that the chi-
valry, refinement, and instinctive integrity of
our neighbours, should have been confided to the
guardianship of a Minister who has proved himself
to be devoid of every one of those ennobling senti-
ments. None but a mean and jealous mind would
think of identifying the national character of France
with the repulsive and isolated acts of a self-dis-
honoured man. By suffering the diplomatic dispu-
tation to terminate, Lord PALmerisToie would be
observing a silence which could not fail of being
gratefully construed by the French into a graceful
commiseration on our part for the cruel position into
which they have been brought by M. GUIZOT. All
that has hitherto passed in the French Legislature
was based upon the garbled and mutilated documents
which their own Minister had laid before the Cham-
bers. A due vindication of the injuries she has re-
ceived, France herself, it may be safely depended
upon, will not be slow to require. Hu-
manity itself' is shocked at the bare contem-
plation of M. GUIZOT'S public career. But yester-
day, as it were, how high and fair stood the temple
of his fame! How tremendous the crash with which
it has now fallen to the earth 1 The melancholy
ruins will ever present a fearful warning to present
and future statesmen against courting the favour of
royalty at the expense of their country's good.
The last dispatch of M. GulzoT epqn; .rpa no oom-
ment. It is of a piece with all his former ones—
Telunz imbelle sine ictu. Completely jesuitical and
absolutely repulsive throughout, it is at the same time
fraught with palpable contradictions and attenuated
hypocrisy. Untruths are reiterated with wonderful
pertinacity, notwithstanding that Lord PALMERSTON
had previously scattered them to the winds. It is
somewhat facetious in M. GUIZOT to observe " We
must have looked to the things themselves, and not
merely to the form of the communications and influ-
ences." And yet M. GuizoT's chief pretext against
Lord PALMERSTON was built upon the fact, that the
name of a Prince of the house of Coburg happened to
be at the head of a list, enumerated by Lord PAL-
MERSTON, of candidates for the hand of the Queen
of SPAIN. This formal arrangement of names
in a dispatch, and not a candid regard to
" things themselves," was insidiously twisted by
M. GUIZOT into a marked preference on our side in
favour of the Prince at the top of the list. The task
would be a loathsome one to travel through the shuffling
discrepancies of the last missive to the French Am-
bassador. They all lie bare on the surface, and speak
for themselves, which happily renders it unnecessary
for Lord PALMERSTON to take any further notice of
a subject which, from first to last, has been charac-
terised, on the one side, by contemptible intrigue,
and, on the other, by unimpeachable integrity.

the President of the Directory, IJ. Frank, by the Count de
Reinhard, first secretary of the French Embassy, the Osten.
bible object of which was to ainortace that he would fill
the office of charg6 d'affaires during the absence of the
Ambassador, M. Bois-le-Comte. But this interview was of
a much greater importance, if itbe true, as asserted, that M.
Reinhard held a language N% hch proves that the affair of
Cracow has had a powerful re-action on the conduct to be
followe,l in future by France rorards Swiss cantons hostile
to the separatist cantons. Pd. Riinhard is said to have ex-
pressed himself in terms leaving no doubt on this point, that
the French Government had paitively refused to join in
the demonstrations of the Austral), Prussian, and Russian
Cabinets."

Madrid papers to the 24th have arrived.
The Duke of SOTOMAYOR liming failed in his endea-
vours to form a Cabinet, had resigned the task. The
QUEEN then sentfor Senor MoN who, however, persisted
in his refusal to attempt the construction of a Ministry,
and eventually the Marquis DE MIRAFLORES undertook
to attempt, in conjunction with Senor CAsTno Y OROZCO,
the construction of a Cabinet of which Senor BRAVO
Munnxo and Senor PACHECO should be members. As
Senor PACHECO objects to join any Ministry of wbich
Senor Mow is a member, Seller SANTILLAN will, it is
said, be the new Finance Minister.
Erne debate on the Address was concluded in the
Senate on the 22d.

We have already expressed our cordial approbation
of the Government proposition for an extended poor-
law in Ireland, giving a right to the destitute and im-
poverished to obtain the relief which their necessities
may require. Although it came last in order of the
three modes of interference, by which it is hoped that
country may be permanently benefited, its vast im-
portance induced us to give it the precedence it
deserved, and to postpone to a subsequent period our
observations on the earlier suggestions offered by the
Premier. The first great principle laid down is to
render such assistance to individual proprietors as to
enable them to improve their properties, and at the
same time to afford the greatest possible degree of
employment to the surplus labour of the country.
The measure that has already been resolved on for
this purpose has been for some time before the public,
having been put forward in the Treasury minute of
the Ist December, and the explanatory letter of Mr.
TREVELYAN. It was at that time fully commented
on. and rived ivitn Lbe greatest approbation by all
classes in every part of the kingdom. By the amend-
ments that will be introduced the Drainage Acts will
be consolidated, the difficulties that have hitherto pre-
vented them from being made fully available and pro-
ductive of that national advantage which might
reasonably have been hoped for from their general
adoption, will be obviated. The tenant for life will
be enabled to obtain that assistance as readily as the
owner in fee, when it shall be established, by compe-
tent evidence, that the improvement, of whatever de-
scription it may be, whether by draining, embank
Ig,' reclaiming, or otherwise, may increase the
permanent value of the land to such an extent, that
the persons having remote interests may not be pre-
judiced, or their future incomes diminished.
The rate, however, of that increase we conceive to
have been fixed at too high a standard : the
Ist and 2d Wm. 4, c. 33, which, as amended by sub-
sequent statutes, has been taken as the basis of the
new enactments, provides that the increase of value
consequent on such an outlay shall be at least ten per
centum on the amount proposed to be expended there-
on. At the time that this was fixed on as the mini-
mum rate the period for the repayment of the full
loan was far shorter than that to which it is now
about to be extended. The interest, too, was charge-
able at not less than five per cent., whereas 3i
only will now be required. The entire advance will,
by the present arrangement, be liquidated by half-
yearly instalments, at the rate of 6} per cent. per
annum ; and surely the rights of the remainder-man
would be sufficiently protected if the estimated im-
provement were equivalent to the annual charge,
and that 6f were substituted for ten per' cent.
per annum; indeed, when the object for which
those advances are to be made is taken into considera-
tion, this aid afforded ; that it is to provide full and
adequate employment for the labour of those persons
who would otherwise be supported in idleness; that
it is not merely as a profitable investment of capital,
a speculation that should be encouraged solely on
account of the pecuniary returns that may be looked
for, but that the general occupation that will thereby
be afforded will diminish the burden of the poor-
rates, will render the able-bodied pauper a useful
member of society, a producer of national wealth,
instead of an object of terror to the poor-law
guardian ; that it will lead to an increase of the
general produce, so that a sufficiency of food may be
raised in our own land for the consumption of all its
inhabitants—a far lower rate may justly be fixed
upon. In this respect, therefore, we hope that
an alteration may be announced when the
discussion of the Ministerial measures is again re-
sumed. In every other particular the measure is an
admirable one, calculated to afford the greatest en-
couragement to all parties anxious to discharge the
duties they owe to the public, to bring into the high-
est degree of fertility and culture that portion of the
soil, the property of the State, which was originally
granted for the purpose of being used and made
productive, and not of being suffered to remain
barren and valueless.

The Chamber of Depnties have elected two more Vice-
Presidents from amongst the opponents of the Isturitz
Ministry. Senor SALAMANCA and Senor ROCA DE
TECORES are the two recently-elected Vice-Presidents.
The Secretaries are the Duke of ALBA and Senors
VAIIEY, COELLO, and FULGOR. The Chamber was thus
fully constituted, and would proceed immediately to
consider the Address in reply to the Speech fromithe
Throne.

The Tiempo:states that Senor OLozAcIA has addressed a
request to the Chamber of Deputies to be allowed to
come to Madrid, either as a prisoner, a Deputy, or as a
simple Spanish citizen.

We have received the French papers of Friday and
Saturday. The Ministerial journals, the Debate, the
Epoque, and the Presse, undertake the defence of M.
GuizoT against the charges of bad faith in the con-
ducting his negotiations with Lord PALKERSTON and the
Marquis of NORMANBT. This defence consists in a
repetition of th. assertion vf
COBURG was put forward as an English candidate for
the hand of the QUEEN. With regard to the Mite-
FLorcEs mission, M. GUIZoT says, that what he stated
was the fact—that the Marquis DE MIRAFLORES did not
come to solicit the KING of the FRENCH not to oppose
the Coutrao marriage. The Debuts adds:—
" In declaring what M. de Mirafiores had not come to do,
was he obliged to say what he had come to do? Was he
bound to say, for instance, that the Envoy of the Court of
Madrid was charged to demand in pressing terms from the
King his consent to the marriage of the Duke de Montpen-
sier with the Queen ? Was he bound to inform him of the
King's answer? We are very sure that Lord Palmerston
himself would not exaggerate to such an extent the claims
that he might have to the confidence of the French Go.
vernment.',

We leave this defence to speak for itself, always re-
membering that this visit of the Marquis of MIRAFLORES
to Paris took place before the rupture of the entente
cordiale; that no intimation of the object of the mission,
or even of the missio❑ itself, was given to the English
Government, and that the English Government had it-
self been the first to give information to M. GutzoT
that Queen CHRISTINA was intriguing for a Coburg al-
liance, and that such a project would have no support
from England. The miserable quibble about the mar-
riages not taking place at the same time is thus sought
to be explained away:—

" It is certain that at the moment that M. Guizot was in
communication with Lord Normanby on this point the
French Government itself opposed the fact of the two mar-
riages being effected together. If it was obliged to change
its resolution, it is neither it nor the Spanish Government
that ought to be reproached for doing so."
This is a perfectly different explanation from the one
given to the Marquis of NORMAIRBY, and is evidently an
afterthought. Had the case really been as M. GUIZGT
here states it, he would never have descended to the use
of a subterfuge.
the
Montpensier Opposition papers continue the polemic on the
Montpensier marriage, and there can be no doubt but
that the debate in the Chamber will be very animated.
The Constitutionnel of Saturday contains the following
on the subject of the Bank of France:—
" Count d'Argout read on Thursday, to the general meet-
ing of the shareholders of the Bank of France, a report of
the operations of the year 1846. The principal results are
already known from the quarterly returns. It appears that
notwithstanding the money sent from London, the reserve
has only reached the sum of 84,000,000. It has been stated
that M. Lebobe has proposed to re• constitute the old capital
of 90,000,000, brissuing 22,100 shares withdrawn from cir-
culation from 1516 to 1820. We believe this to be an error.
M. Lebobe does not form part of the council of the Bank,
and the council, if we are rightly informed, is not to deter-
mine before Thursday next on a proposition brought forward
on this point by one of its members."

From the tenour of a lengthy article in the Sema-
phore de Marseilles, :t would appear as if the French
con
as a counterpoise to Gibraltar.
!"mu-1-*" —"lngiof Oran an impregnable fortress,

The National is exceedingly irate with England for
taking possession of the Island Labuan.
Food riots still continue to take place iu various parts
of France.

The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies charged
with examining the estimates for 1848 had chosen M.
BIGNON for its chairman, and Messrs. MAGNE and FOULD
for its secretaries.

The Moniteur of Friday publishes
uantrilo:hael ordinanceot. r
activenal
service containspipublishes
another ht
recruitsehre
lraow) a lanutotrhtdhoi
the
the export of meal of every description, and
chesnuts, whether whole or grosnd,
classnnaexn ct
wain, flour, rice, dry
rising
ge
tMheonfirteezier
imofpSorattautridonayof
vegetables, and meal, until the 31st of July, 1847. The
same journal contains a royal ordinance, providing that
India corn and buckwheat, either in grain or reduoed to
flour, exported by land or sea, shall pay, down to the
31st of July, 1847, the maximum of the duties imposed
on those articles by the law of the 15th of April, 1832.
The I?eforme announces that the price of bread in
Paris would be increased on the Ist of February by 4
centimes per kilogramme (nearly a farthing per pound),
and remain thus fixed during the first fortnight of that
month, namely, white bread 51 centimes per kilogramme
(2id. per pound) ; second quality 44 entimes.
Very large purchases of stock vere made in the
Passage de l'Opera on Friday night, laid on the Bourse
fcTlahBll4einssg.aminetoj
on Saturday, probably with a view to give a turn to
the liquidation (Settlement). Priees rose in consequence
somewhat considerably.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday at 781. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 25c. ;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,228 E 7k.; Rouen, 880 f.;
viliaevrzreo,n6Bsol.7l;f•Gr2esact..N;Tori3toliueriongn, 6e1,11.41205cc ;;ABtrigsiner,2Bo32cK
5205 cc..
467 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 491 f. 25c.; Lc 0)s and Avignon,
Dieppe, ; Paris and Strasburg, 470 f.; I:)urs and Nantes,
485 f. • Cette, 450 f.
MARSEILLES, JAN. 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 827 f.
50c.; Northern, 6151.
Madras,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAIs AT TIIE
Dutch RhLeOnNishp,O4l
—Luxembourg, 2!+;—Namur and Liege, 2% or heril of France,
12%—Rouen and Havre, 26%
_STEOaTiIt
lEndXiCianH,VitE:r,eftet N4Liettiyen,3o.of

Lord John Russell arrived in town this obrning, from
a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.

jesty's sanction to the grant of an annuity, of 201., commenc-
ingser ant-Major John
from the Ist of April, 1846, to bfe
Sergeaat-blajor of
Wing, late of the 17th Foot, at present . ,
~, _
The Duke of Wellington has obtained her Ma•
the Royal Cornwall and Devon Min
while in her
Militia, at Truro, for his meritorious conduct
served upwards of
Majesty's service. Sergeant- Mar Wing
Tigers,
and
Foot or Royal
32 years in I:er Majesty's 17th
campaign of Affghanis-
was present through the whole of the 11 t. This is the
tan, and the capture of Ghuznee and K ie a
• ers (Light infantry)
this bonus under the royal warrant of the 19th of Dec.,
ALARMING FIRE. Yesterday
1845.
a
first non. commissioned officer of the line who has obtained_
nearly attended with the most disastrous results, was
to 3lr. J. T. Clarke. dis-
covered on the premises belonging
iron-
monger, situate at 8, Limekiln-hill, Limehouse. The fire
originated on the ground-floor, and when first discovered was
succeeded in
ascending the staircase. The inmates happily
effecting a safe retreat ; but the fire could not he extinguished
morning fire,
until that portion of the house in which it commenced was
burned out, and the furniture and upper rooms were severely
damaged. Mr. Clarke was insured in the Guardian-office.
FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE OF SEVERAL FA-
siintes.—Last night, shortly before eleven o'clock, a destruc-
tive fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of
Mr. Rouse, straw bonnet.maker, carrying on business at
No. 13, Bermondsey-street. The flames originated in the
front shop, and
were first discovered by police-constable
250 M, who immediately sprang his rattle, and after con-
siderable trouble succeeded in arousing from their slumbers
the whole of the inmates, consisting of four or five families.
However, before he had accomplished his object, the shop
became fired from end to end, and the flames were rising
with such fury that none of the residents were able to gain
the street-door. Fortunately they were enabled to effect a
retreat from the back of the premises. Ore of the lodgers,
whilst descending with a child in his arms, fell through a
window and seriously hurt his hands. Information having
been sent to the stations, in a very short space of time, en-
glues of the London Brigade from Tooley-street, -outhwark-
bridge-road, and the Waterloo-road stations arrived, and
also those of the parish and West of England Company. An
abundant supply of water having been obtained from the
mains in the district, the firemen set to work, and by carry-
ing the hose into the building, they were enabled to attack
the flames in the right quarter, and soon got the fire sub-
dued, not, however, until the whole of the stock in trade was
destroyed, and the premises seriously burned. Mr. Rouse
fortunately was insured.
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of :
Extract of a private letter from Rome, dated Jan.
18:—" The Holy Father has just given 1,000 scudi (about
2401.) to the fund for the distress in Ireland, and has ordered
three sermons to be preached by the first preachers in Rome
coming
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The other propositions which are stated to be
under the consideration of the Government, and
which belong to the first class of measures, have for
their object the freeing of real property from the
chains and fetters by which its free transfer is
restricted, and for facilitating the sale of
encumbered estates, and thus ultimately ob-
taining a more solvent and wealthy proprietary,
and also for converting the long leasehold tenures
for lives, redeemable for ever, into perpetuities. This
latter provision was strongly recommended in the
Report of Lord DEvoN's Commission, and will get
rid of much annoyance and inconvenience to all
parties. Means will also be taken, as far as possible,
to establish the same degree of connexion between
landlord and tenant that now happily exists in Great
Britain. It is impossible to overrate the importance
and beneficial effects of these contemplated measures
when brought into perfect execution. The full ad-
vantages may not be immediately attained, but they
will imperceptibly tend to, and ultimately produce, a
healthier state in the local relationship between land-
lord and tenant.

A. letter from Berne of the 26th ult. says—
" There is great talk here about a visit made yesterday to

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was without
change as regards prices. Sales, 6,000 bales, including 2,000
bales of American on speculation, and 500 bales of Egyptian
for exportation, at 9d. per lb. Railway shares were rather
better. _

The great monopolists of grain and flour will be much
excited when they learn that at Mark-lane this morning a
fall of not less than ss. per quarter has taken place in wheat;
in oats, Is. to 2s. per quarter; and the same decline in peas.
Now that the market is on the decline supplies are coming
forward very freely, not only in the great metropolitan,
but in the whole, or nearly so, of the provincial
markets. A much greater fall may be anticipated in all
quarters, and it is to be hoped that the poorer classes may
soon have the benefit of the late rather heavy reduction in
bread stuffs. The bakers of the metropolis were pretty
" slick," as Brother Jonathan would say, in raising the price
of the loaf when the markets first began to take an
upward movement. Of meat, also, the arrivals are
immense. In the past week not less than 6,000 car-
cases have come to our markets from Scotland, and 9,000
to 10,000 from various parts of England. This is a pretty
plain proof that the prices are falling in the country. Here
prices have gone back this morning, with little animation on
the part of the butchers to purchase, but from hand to mouth,
as the phrase is.
In the Discount market there is rather more demand for
money this morning, active preparations being made to meet
the payments of bills which will become due on the 4th inst.
The principal discount houses are not over-ready to take in
cash, at call, at a rate of interest over 31,‘ per cent.
There has been a heavy market for Consols and other
securities this morning. The first bargain in Consols for
the Account was at 91%, but a fall almost immediately took
place to 911. For transfer the value went back from 91%
to 91. Bank Stock has just been done at 203, or at a fall of
2 per cent. on the opening rates. All the other Funds are
proportionately lower. 'Exchequer-bills opened at 45., and
are now at Bs. premium. India Stock is firm at an advance
to 250.
In the Foreign Market the transactions have been but few
this morning, but the tendency is principally in the same
direction as that for Consols. The Four per Cent. Portu-
guese Bonds have just receded from 35 to 34; Russian from
111% to 110%; Spanish Actives from 243/4 to 24%; the
Three per Cents to 343/4 ; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. to 58. Grenada Stock, on the contrary, is rather
higher, having touched 191%5.
There are but few exceptions where sales of Railway Shares
have been made this morning at Saturday's prices. Money
appears to be in demand among the dealers in the Share
Market. The corrected prices at which business has been
done this morning are annexed:—
BRITISH FUNDS.

CLOSES G
PRICES.
203
GI g
91%
93
9%
934
250

ONE
O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. .. 205 203
Three oer ci!ent.clZeilizeed A rinittpoo 14134 14
Three per Cent. onsols Annuities 91% 91
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 93% %
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9%
India Stock .. 250
India Bonds, 1,000/. ..
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 10
South Sea Stock .. .. • • .. 10114
Coneols for Account • • • • .. 9134 ,4
Exchequer Bills. lid. ltfid.
1,0001... .. .... 4 8— pm. 8
5001. . .... 48 pm. 8
Ditto, Small .... 48 pm. 9
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
5814

FOREIGN FUNDS. _
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Gull ..
Equador Bonds .. 3
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 18% 191,E 19%
Ditto, Deferred
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. ..
Portuguese Four per Cent .. 35 34
Ditto, for the Account .. .. 35
Russian Bonds 110%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account • • • • • • 2434 %
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 34%
Ditto, for the Account .. .•
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 38
Ditto, Deterred 10% 111 A
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 93%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 581,E 58 58
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 91%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Amber., Notting., Beston, and
Eastern Junction . .. 2%.... 2% ..... .• •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 1414 13% • •
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 425..... 5%14 p •
Birming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .. 7M..• • • • ..
Bristol and Gloucester .. .. 32 .... ..
Bristol and 1' xeter .. 75 .... 75
Buckinghamshire .. .. 845..... p.. • • .. • • P
Caledonian .. 30 .... 26% 26 .. • • 26
Ditto, Half Shares 2%.... 2% ........ • • 2%
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction .. 25 .... 39% 39%
Cheltenham and Oxford .. 2
Cornwall .. 5 .... 1 • ..... 114

Ditto, Half Shares ..
Direct Northern Scrip 214.... 2% ..... •..
Eastern Counties .. .. 20 2134 22 21%
Ditto, New .. .. 14 1914 .
Ditto, York Extension .. 4 .... 47/4
East Lancashire .. .. • . .. 14 .. .. 161% • ..... •• • •
Ditto New 5_ .. • • 7 4

Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. I .... 21,1 .. • • .... • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 74 75 •••• • • ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. lii% 19 ......
Ely and Huntingdon ......12.... 13%3(........
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. • ..•
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) ..

2.... 2%. ......

DO:, do (Direst Northern Regd.) 314 ....
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27%.... 264 i ..........

Great Western .. 8.5 ....125 .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12%.... 20M 19% ....
Ditto. Fifths .. .. 20 .... ..........
Ditto, New .. 43l .... .
Huddersfield and Manchester .. 13 .... 16 ..........
Ditto, ditto, Extension .. 3 .... 4........

124
19N

Lancaster and Carlisle .. .... 63
8%
Leeds and Bradford 35 .... % .. 81%
Leicester and Bedford 16s. % di5....... dis.
Leeds, Dewsbury. & Manchester 27% ..........
Do., New Extension (Pink) .. 2% .... 4 ........ . 4
Leeds and Thirsk .• 22%••,. 20% .. 201%
Ditto, New . • •
Ditto, Preference g Per ,-•"• • • 3% -
~.„„ NeNVC. •Junct. 2% .... 214 .......... 2IA
London and Blackwell .. 16/. I 3s. 4d, 81 xn • • .... 830
Ditto, New .. .. 4 .... 53A 5 z n.... 5
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .. . 55 5514
Ditto, Consol. Fifths.. .. 50 .... 55 4,,s 5534
London an North-Western . • • 100 —19334 .. •• • ... • • 19331
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... ..........
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 14 .....
Ditto, Fifths . .. 2 .... 19 ..........
London and South-Western .• 411. Gs. 10d... 64% 64 •
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths 40
Ditto, New .. 22% .... 25 ...•
Ditto, Tenths .. •• .. 5 .... ..........
Ditto, Scrip • • .. •• .. 5 5% _
London and York Scrip ~ • . 2% •• .• 4% 14 %, ••• • • •
Ditto, Extension ditto .. • • 2% ......
Lynn and Ely .• .. 20 .... 2114
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 ......
Ditto Extension .. 425..... 11416 p • • 1% p
Manchester and Southampton 2 .... 1% .. • • ...... 1%
Midland ..
..100 ... 125% 124%.... 124%
Ditto, New ~ .• 30 36 3534 ...... 3531
Ditto, New .. 2 6 6
Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .. • • 33% ••... • • • • 33
Northern Counties Union .. 2% .... ••. •• •
North British .. 25 .... 35% . ... 35
Ditto, Half Shares .. .• 1214 .••• • • • • 16%
Ditto, Quarter Shares 21. E • •
Ditto, Thirds .. 1 .... 334 % ..... 3334
North Staffordshire .. .. 5 8% 8% 7% • • 6%
North Western .. 231 .• •••• • • • • 3
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 17%.... 12
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .• • • —•••-• • •• • • 334
Royston and Hitchin .. • • .. 1% •• .• 23414 •••• • • • • 2IA
Scottish Midland .. 17% 1934 •• .. 193;:
Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole .. • 3% ••••• • • • • • 3 'Ai
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... %••.. • • .. 434
Ditto, Class B 11.4 .... % ........
Shropshire Union .- 425. %3q dis. • ... 3,4/ dis.
South Eastern and Dovor 33% .• •• •• •• ••
bo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 334 ..........
south Wales .. .• • . .. 10 .... 714 •• • • •• • •
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Waterfd.,Wexfd.,Wicklow,&Dub. 134
West Riding Union • • .. 425..... I%N p......
York and Newcastle .. 25 .. -. 3C% 37% • •
Ditto, New.. .. .. • • .. 5 ... 13% 1231 ...
Ditto, Preference . • •• . ... 7% 7 ........
York arid North Midland .. .. 50 .... 91 ....
Ditto, Half Shares .. • . .. 25 45
Ditto, Selby .. • • .. 50 .... 91 .. •
....
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 37% ..........
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 17%14.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. •• 18 .... 1431 % ........
Bord., Toul., & Cette Mackenzie) 2 ..........
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 ..........
Namur and Liege .. .. • • .. 8 • ... 3 _ .
Northern of France ......8 .• • • 1234 11%
Paris and Lyons .. • • • • 8 •• • • 7%
Paris and Strasbourg .. .. 5 .... 4
Rouen and Havre . 6. .. 20 .... 26% ..... .•
Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 6% ..

5%
5%
4%
2%
21%

1p p
37.34
13%
VA

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Union of Australia .. 25 .. .. 25 xd. • • ••25 M ad.
London and Westminster .. 20 .. •• ••••• • • • • • 29%

Real del Monte, Unrecistered •• • • 314 ••• • • • •• •

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—ITHIS DAY.)
LONDON, FEL 1. Wind N.W., light breeze, and dull,
hazy weather.
COWES, JAN. 31.—Wind N. by W.—Sld. Rothschild, New
Orleans; Carthage, Charleston.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31. —The St. James, Meyer, from New
York, arrived here yesterday, with decks swept, loss of boats,
having been struck by a sea which filled the cabins, washed
four men overboard, and left her with seven feet water in
her hold.
BRISTOL, JAN. 31. The schooner Ellen, of Cowes, has
gone to pieces on the New Passage; crew saved.
PonTsmouTif, JAN. 30. NA, ind N.N.W., light.-31st,
Wind N.N.E.—SId. Queen Victoria, Savannah; H.A.S.
Mutine, Lisbon; Wanderer, China; Ann, Madras and China;
American Eagle, New York; Prince Albert, New York.
SHEERNESS, JAN. 30.—The Friends, Goodwill, has put off
shore and sailed for Woodbridge.
NEWHAVEN, JAN. 29.—A quantity of oranges and lemons
and much wreck, apparently of a foreign vessel, were picked
up yesterday near this.
SHOREHAM, JAN. 29.—A cask of oil, some oak staves, a
forty-gallon cask of red wine, and a quantity of timber
wreck have been picked up here.
PILL, JAN. 29.—The Eliza, Roberts, for Jamaica, was got
off the mud yesterday.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 31.—The Alliance has been got off
shore, much damaged and very leaky.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind N.—Sld. Prince of Wales,
Sydney; Wellington, New York; Union, Honduras; her
Majesty's ship Athol, Malta.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 30.—Sld. Pike steamer, Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, JAN.3O AND 31.—Wind N. N.W.—Arrd. John
Horrack, Bond, Demerara; Jamaica, —, St. Jago de Cuba;
Davenport, Kirk, New Orleans ; Laurel, Ducket, Savannah ;
Percival, M'Duffy, Boston; Eliza, Guthrie, St. John's, N. 8.;
Lady of the Lake, Smith, St. John's, N.B. ; Edward, Wil-
liams, Pictou ; Gardyne, Hallidan, Patagonia ; Eurequeta,
Pavin, Havannah ; Colonist, Sinnot, Savannah. Sld. the
outward bound. Off port, England and Isabel.
DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W. • P.M. N.N.E.,
moderate.—Arrd. Sultana, Antigua; Lanark, kennard, New
York for Hull. Sid. James Dean, Port Philip ; Persian,Cal-
cutta ; Tartar, Madras; Hebrides, Bombay; Margaret Eliza-
beth, Bahia; Bengal,
St. Thomas; General Hewitt, New
York; William Gibson, Madras; Greyhound, Cape of Good
Hope; Camillus, Demerara; Lady K. Barham, Jamaica;
Marianne, New Orleans ; Carrado, New Orleans ; Dumbar-
ton, New Orleans; Adeline, New Orleans; with the whole
of the outward bound.
OFF MARGATE, JAN. 29. Reritan, Holmes, Baltimore
for London.
PORT TALBOT, JAN. 29.11-The Caroline from London has
received damage, having been on shore in the river.
PORTMADOC, JAN. 28.—The
John and William, from
Liverpool, and the Victoria, Pugh, were in contact in St. Shad-
well's Road ; the former has putbackwi Thompson, Hartle-
in loss of bowsprit.
YARMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Thes Dawson,
in contact with the Ceres, of
pool, to Southampton, w
Newcastle ; had bowsprita sprung, and received other
damage.
COWES, JAN. 29.—Arrd. Emilie, Olsen, Rio Janeiro, fur
Bremen.
Ltstlr>iiic4, JAN. 30.—Arrcl, EleutheriNliew

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