The Sun.
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NDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1847.
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from the adoption of this plan, and hoping that she would thus
become an integral part of the United Kingdom, he con-
cluded by e3pressing his intention of not pressing his motion,
as he was content to leave the subject in better hands—namely,
in the hands of the Noble Lord (Lord G. Bentinck).
Lord J. RUSSELL said the question of granting money
to aid in the construction of railways in the way proposed had
received the consideration of the Government ; in fact, the
details of such a proposition were still under consideration,
but information on several points was necessary before any
measure could be brought forward on the suject. H e should,
however, be very happy if the Noble Lord would introduce
the Bill of which he had given notice.
LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE. '
On the motion of Mr. PARKER, the following Select Com-
mittee was appointed to assist the Speaker in all matters relat-
ing to the printing executed by order of the House, and for
the purpose of selecting and arranging for printing returns and
papers presented in pursuance of motions made by Members,
which might be referred to the Committee—Mr. Parker, Sir
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr.
John Young, Viscount Mahon, Air. Hume, Mr. Cardwell, and
Mr. Loch.

IRISH DISTILLERIES.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN said the distillers of Ireland had taken
alarm at the proposition of the Government with respect to
rum. That morning he had received a letter, signed by seve-
ral of the distillers of Dublin, stating that the proposed reduc-
tion would be ruinous to them. The measure partook almost
of a free-trade character, inasmuch as the duty to be paid on
the admission of rum into Ireland was proposed to be reduced
from Bs. 10d. to 3s. 2d. per gallon. This would only give
them a protection of 6d. a gallon. All he had to do was to
press upon the Right Hon. Gentleman to consider the subject
well before he consented to the passing of a measure whieli.
would prove so ruinous as the distillers set forth.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, un-
questionably there was a great reduction of the protection
which distillers had hitherto enjoyed in Ireland and Scotland,
but even now they would be placed on an equal footing with
the English distiller, as the duty would be 6d. a gallon. We
stated in the course of last session what the intentions of the
Government were upon the subject, and now such a reduction
was warranted by the circumstances of the country. He could
not hold out any hope that the distillers of Ireland would-be
placed on a better footing than the distillers of this country.
In reply to an Hon. MEstaxa, who wished to know whether
the results of certain experiments which had been made in
brewing with molasses and sugar, under the direction of the
Government, would be laid before the House,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated
that he did not think it advisable to lay their results on the
table, as the experiments had only been conducted on a small
scale, and as they did not partake of a conclusive character.
Besides, he did not base any of his observations in introducing
the measure on them.
EXCISE AND CUSTOMS' DUTIES.
The report of the Committee of the whole House on those
ditties was brought up and received.
THE SUGAR BILL.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN complained that sufficient time was not
granted to afford Members a facility of presenting petitions on
the subject of the distilleries as affected by this Bill.
Captain GORDON expressed a similar complaint.
The Sugar Bill was then read a first time.
Several other Bills were brought up and read a first time.
The House adjourned at Half-past Ten o'clock.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON
1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera,
and to the Public. It is presented with the confident hope, that the
•inccessful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar
liffieulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in
Europe, and of its distinguished Patrons, will insure the continuation
of their support.
ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.
Mdlle. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame
lel Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ;
Millie. Sanchioli, Mdlle, raglan', and Madame Solari (their first ap-
pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and Mdlle.
Darla Nascio (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame
':astellan. 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
peceniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de MUsique (his first
appearance 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, arraggements are
lending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris.'
That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to
visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and
-nother of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the
amp de Silesie, by Mdlle. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini.
The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise
visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her
Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of
Shakspere ; written by M. Scribe.
Miranda.• .
Ferdinand
Callban • • • • • • ....... ..... Herr Staudigl.
Prospero ••• • • • ........ ...... 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-
I HERS of SCHILLER.
Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Acts-
demie Royale, has also been secured.
Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar-
doni, Superchi, 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'oeuvre of Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel-
lin!, &c.
The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an
ensemble may 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, combined with former
meritorious Artistes of the Establishment ; amongst whom may be
mentioned :—M. Tolbecque, Leader ; M. Nadaud, Leader of the
Ballet ; AL Deloffre ; Mr. Collins ; M. Pluys, of the Conservatoire,
Brussels ; Mr. W. Watts ; Mr. Pigott ; M. Koessel, Ist Basson, from
Linz ; M. Bahr, Horn, from Linz • M. Marin, Trombone, Royal
Theatre, Brussels ; M. Lavigne, Oboe, from Vienna ; The Chevalier
Anglois, First Contre-Basso of the Royal Theatre in Turin ; Signor
Piatti, Ist Violoncello, from Parma ; Signor Ternplini, Ist Basson,
from Palermo ; M. BUrgOill, Violoncello, Aeadimio Royale, Paris ;
AL Pickart, Contre-Basso, Academie Royale, Paris ; M. Elie, Flute
and Piccolo, of Paris ; M. Dell'uomo, Clarionet, Conservatoire,
Milan ; M. Ista, Timballer, Opera Comique, Paris ; 31. Zeiss, Trum-
pet, Professor of the Conservatoire, Brussels ; and other distill-
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guished Artistes.
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, 3111 e. Lucile Grain', and 31dlle. Cerito; in
addttion to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle.
Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of
Italy), who wilt make her first appearance on the first night of the
season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by
M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala, her first appearance
in this country; Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Mdlle.
Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny
Pascales, and Bertin ; and 3ldlle. 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), 31. Gosselin, M. di Mattia, Sig.
Venafra, M.'Gouriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot.
Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni.
Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall.
Maitre% de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and
31. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin ; Regisseur de la
Dance, M. Petit. •
Amongst the novelities of the Ballet Department will be produced,
at the opening of the theatre, a new Ballet by M. Paul Taglioni, in
•
which Mdlle. Caroline Rosati will make her first appearance.
An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for
her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, llenri 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 kindness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled
EGERIA.
Various oilier Novel Ballets and Divertissements are in more or
less immediate preparation, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle.
Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Taglioni, will appear.
The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived,
and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas
by M. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas
des Deesses 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 Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last
season.
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.
To conelmle with an entirely NEW BALLET, by 31. Paul Taglioni,
in which Mademoiselle Caroline Rosati will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
The Splendid Pantomime of " Harlequin and St. George and the
Dragon," is acknowledged to be one of the most successful ever
produced.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN.
Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Mother%
Mr. Horncastle ; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal•a-Propos, Mr.
Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs;
Frivole, Mrs. Hughes.
After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, being a
mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN
AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Cha•
racters by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, Holl, Webster, Brindal, Buck-
stone, Hudson, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Hamby.
During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "L•
Fidele Berger," " Antoinette" Cellarius, " Dublin " Waltz, and
the " American Polka."
To conclude with an 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. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
-Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas
Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the
exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert
Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, r.
Meadows, Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss
Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs—Keeley.
After which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by
Miss Mary Keeley.
the Drama, TO PAREXTS
IfeTissossrle.osfMtoellrao,twtahenedwdbsy x. 0 berry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner,
AND GUARDIANS.
To conclude with the Farce of MRS. WHITE.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER THE DIRECTION
THIS OF MADAME CELESTE.
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, Mr.
John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex-
hibit their wonderful Jenx Gynmastiques.
After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the
Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford,
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,
Aliss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the new Musical Romance, entitled
TILE SEVEN MAIDS or MUNICH ; or, The Ghost's Tower.
Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Barker;
Capt. Bcllejambe, Mr. Delavanti; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet
Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps,
Mr. Bonner ; Seven Maids.of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke,
E. Homer, 'Bricks, Millar; L. Marshall, Laporte; Uricl, Miss
Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke.
After which a new Farce, entitled SCHOOLBOY FROLICS.
Fir Gabriel Gabbleton, Mr. Granby ; Captain Masterton, Mr.
Vlning; Albert, Miss Marshall ; John Wildgoose, Mr. Cowell ;
Clara Montresor, Mrs. Hughes ; Matilda, Miss E. Homer ; Mary
ildgoose, Miss Somers.
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 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,Marshall
Clown, Mr. Flexmore.

FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M
Cartigny ; Valere, M. Langeval ; Ergaste, M. Lucien;
.Ariste, M
Dorgebret ;Un Commissaire, M. Masquillier ; 13'n Notaire, M. PA.
genier ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Angelo ; Eleonor, Mdlle. FOUTIOt ; Lisette
Mdlle. Khin.
After which, the popular Play of L'AUBERGE DES ADRETS,
Robert Macaire, M. Lemaitre ; Clementine, Mdlle. Fouquet. -
During the piece, M. Lemaitre will dance " La Valse de Faust."
- Boxes, 65. Pit, 33.6 d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened al
half Pant Bever. and the performances coMmencs at Eight.

ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington,
White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of conti-
nuing their Inimitable ENTERTAINAIENTS, at the above Theatre,
THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
day. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com-
mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequenceof the continued
demand for places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE every
Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and
the performance commences at Half-past Two. Ths Programme will
be varied on each occasion.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphiteatre, 2s.
Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's
Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acknowledge the unprecedented
success bestowed on his production at the above Estab:ishment,
and, in returning thanks, pposes devoting a night for the benefit
and relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on THURSDAY, Feb.
11. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive re-
pastoruorncieseedof
by
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tiinjutotayettibone Queen, Piince.
Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Juvenile
Fetes, and last week of " The Demon
Gorse."
THIS EVENI
Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en-
titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the
Charmed Bit.
Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with the successful Comic EquestrlanFairy Pantomime,
entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and
she Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har-
vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite.
Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and c ,mmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Broadfoot.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
THIS EVENING
Will bdyierformed a new Drama, entitled RABIC RATTLER; or,
The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole
stgength of the Company.
To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING
Ok' THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. liar-
leinin, Herr Deulin; Pantaloon, Herr It. DeWitt ; Columbine, Mdlle.
Theodore ; Clown, Herr N. Dentin ; Punch, Heir E. Deulin.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Another new Drama, and continued career of the great " Go-a.

Bead

Pantomime,

-ThIS EVENING
.11 'l% performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS ; or, The
Dead Woman's Secret. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle,
Bird, Howard, Miss Vincent, airs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and Miss
Pearce will appear,
After which, the Balrletta of TIIE MISTAKEN STORY. Mr.
Forman, Miss Pearce, &C.
To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en-
titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin
" Go-a-llead," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry.

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amusement of the young, containing—Original Tales, history,
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profusely embellished with highly-finished engravings, by W. G.
Mason, from designs by F. W. Fairholt, J. Gilbert, 11. Warren, C. 11.
Weigall, &c., &c.
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taking his stand' upon the old constitutional law, claims
for the State those lands which the original grantees
have neglected properly to cultivate. It is right that
England should bear her fair share of the calamities
which have befallen Ireland. The Irish, we admit, have
a full right to demand, that in their hour of distress, we
should aid them to our uttermost. If the whole wealth
of the United Kingdom, during the next twelve
months, is required to support the Irish
people, they have a right to it, because,
as the United Kingdom has legislated for them, it is the
fault cf the United Kingdom that laws have not been
enacted to make " the property of Ireland maintain the
poverty of Ireland," in the same manner as the property
of England maintains the poverty of England. But
having given to the people of Ireland every assistance
under their present difficulties, it is incumbent upon the
Imperial Legislature to provide against the recurrence
of such a calamity by giving the poor a lien upon the
land, and by forcing the insolvent proprietors to dispose
of their nominal holdings, so as to substitute real for
sham proprietors—a solvent for an insolvent gentry.

The rashness of the Royalist statesmen of Por-
tugal in fomenting the animosities of the population
against the reigning dynasty, by their intrigues to
restore the associates of the CADRALS to authority,

must at length be perfectly obvious to the unfortu-
nate QUEEN herself. The last brittle barriers which
have hitherto protected her from the national wrath aro
trampled into the dust by the ruthlessness of her own
abhorred supporters. On the commencement of the
insurrectionary movement in the Portuguese division

of the Peninsula it was very manifest that the vast
proportion of the multitude regarded the question a'

issue with an indifference that almost amounted to

apathy. It seemed, from the paucity of the forces
assembled together under the banners of the revolted
chieftains, that it mattered little to the million of their
countrymen whether the Court party or their oppo-

nents were victorious. For awhile the fortunes of
the intestine wars fluctuated so perpetually, as to

testify that no overwhelming enthusiasm, either on
the one side or the other, had been germinated. The
belligerents dodged each other hither and thither ;
casual skirmishes resulting in the death of some ill-

starred dragoon, or the more torturing expiation of
some yet more ill-starred guerilla, tended to keep
alive the anxieties of the citizens of Lisbon ; the con-

fiscation of property, and the deprivation of titles and
prerogatives promoted the cause of the insurgents
at straggling intervals; sometimes a more disas-
trous encounter would threaten to annihilate the expec-
tatisans of the defeated party ; sometimes, again, the
Conde SA BANDEIRA, or some less conspicuous revo-
lutionist, would picturesquely escape from the clutches
of his antagonists, by skulking among the rushes of
some river bank in an open boat aid a ragged uni-
form. As with every revolutionary movement in the
sunny south, the matter has opened with melodrame,
and promises to terminate with tragedy.
By a most unexpected and bewildering magic the
heterogeneous bodies of the Septembristas and the
Miguelites have combined, and appear for a time to
have forgotten all their antagonism to each other,
and to have resolved themselves into a homogeneous
band. As may naturally he conceived, this coalition
of parties so powerful of themselves presents a most
formidable obstacle to the success of the Royalists.
It is little matter to the Royalists whether, in the
arrangement of this alliance between forces
heretofore so diametrically opposed, the Libe-
rals have conceded all their cherished ideas
about government, or the adherents of Dom
MIGUEL have yielded the preponderance. It is
but a secondary consideration with the upholders of
Queen MARIA as to what may be the tacit under-
standing of the united enemies of her domination, as
to what may be the details of their mutual conces-
sions, as to what, in short, may be the actual condi-
tion of the dynastic question. The primary consi-
deration of her Government is, of course, the exist-
ence of so extended an insurrection, and the nature
of the steps which are most advisable for its discom-
fiture. These are, however, but the feeblest glim-
merings of hope as to the fortunes of this doomed
and erring SOVEREIGN. The execrable atrocities per-
petrated by her soldiery upon the inhabitants of
Torres Vedras, on the occasion of the recent disper-
sion of the popular forces, has enkindled a flame of
indignation among the peasantry and civilians of
Portugal, which has already spread to
an appalling extent, and threatens to in-
volve the whole kingdom in the moral
conflagration of civil war. One of the most odious
illustrations of the evils consequent upon battles is
this diabolical sensuality of the Royalist troops after
the seizure of Torres Vedras. The multitude are
quick to recognise this circumstance, and the re-
sult has already been the sensible diminution of the
army of SALDANIIA, and the extraordinary enhance-
ment of that under DAs ANTAS, SA DA BANDEIRA,
and their associates. It is little anticipated that the
former General will, under existing circumstances,
seek an encounter with the insurgents, while
it is most certain that the latter are solicitous
beyond measure for his arrival. According to
the latest information it would appear that SAL-
DANRA has departed from Coimbra, and has
advanced four leagues northwards, viz., as far as
Agueda. According to the same account, the Royalist
General BERNARDINO has joined the popular forces
at Oporto, while the redoubted General POVOAS has not
only dispatched fifty veterans, fully equipped, to
Oporto on the same mission, but has so far ingra-
tiated himself with the Junta as to have received the
rank of Lieutenant- General and Governor of the two
Beiras. It is unnecessary to enter into the nume-
rical surmises, as to the strength of the insurgents,
which were floating about the Portuguese metropolis
on the departure of our latest dispatches. What is
mainly worthy of observation, and what is ostensibly
credible is, that the army collecting about Oporto is
of such dimensions as to be universally considered as
ominous to the cause of the reigning SOVEREIGN.
Even were that army less formidable in point of
numbers, it would still be most formidable in point
of earnestness. The absolutism of Queen MARIA'S
Government has driven the Portuguese peasantry to
desperation, and by setting the most sacred principles
of the Constitution at defiance, she has loosened the
foundations of her dynasty.
nt

The intelligence from America, which, reached
England on Saturday by the packet-ship Angle
Saxon, will be esteemed very grateful by every lover
of peace, every admirer of national honour, and every
opponent of unprincipled despotism. It confirms the
hope breathed when we commented on the news from
the United States, received twelve days since by the
mail-steamer Cambria—that " Congress would
not consent to sacrifice free-trade principles
to gratify the insatiable ambition of Mr.
PoLn." A recommendation having been oft.
cially made by the Secretary of the Treasury to tax
tea and coffee, in order that the Government might
raise a loan for prosecuting the Mexican war, the
House of Representatives, on the 2d instant, vromptly
rejected the proposition by a large majority, the num-
bers being 115 and 48. This spirited resolutio
may, by this time, have served to convince the. Pre-
sident that his headstrong and repulsive military po-
licy is repudiated by the Legislature. Had the war
been a just one, instead of being a ruthless invasion,
the Chief Magistrate of the great republic would,
doubtless, have found himself " thrice armed" for the
conflict ; but the war being what it h—foul in its
origin, and marked with revolting rapacity through
all its subsequent stages—has completely failed in
eliciting any patriotic demonstration in Congress,
without which it can never be maintained or honour-
ably terminated. It is at length manifest that there
is a point beyond which the representative authorities
of the States will not suffer themselves to be carried
in a mere idle attempt to slake the unquenchable
thirst of Mr. PoLic after territorial aggrandisement.
For so vain an object, Congress has now plainly
enough given their President to understand that
the vitality of commerce shall not be recklessly
compromised,—for so reproachful and iniquitous a
war, Congress, it is clear, will not subject their
American subjects to commercial restrictions, ever
harsh in their results upon the humbler classes, and
hostile to the development of national resources.
The effect of the recent vote in the House of
Representatives has struck consternation into
the minds of the Democrats. The "sinews
of war" are happily wanting. To supply
them, hic labor, hoc opus est. We recommend Mr.
POLK to retrace his infamous steps as speeuily as
possible. He never can escape from the struggle

with the cruelly-outraged Mexicans with credit : he I
may save himself from increased humiliation and I
aggravated disgrace. Hominis errare, insipientis
vero in errare perseverare. SANTA ANNA ap-
pears to be filling his high mission of Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Mexican forces with
becoming energy and dignity. This is evident from
the opinion broached in his communication to the
American authorities, viz., that the Mexicans will
never entertain any overtures of peace till hostile
forces, military and naval, shall have first been with-
drawn from their territory. We hope that these pre-
liminary steps will soon be complied with, and that
the blessings of peace may be restored to the belli-
gerent parties.

The Nureaurgh Correspondent says that the Censors
of the Press in Prussia have prohibited the National,
the Siecle, the Charivari French papers, and of the
English papers our facetious, witty friend Punch.
Letters from Vienna state that the Emperor of Aus-
TRIA has nominated the Archduke STEPHEN, son of the
late Palatine of HUNGARY, his lieutenant, temporarily to
ful6l the functions attached to that high dignity.

The Augsburg Gazette of the 20th states that the
Austrian Government has determined on placing Cracow
within the line of its custom-houses from the 29th of the
present month. A definitive notification to that effect
hqs been sent by the Austrian Cabinet to the Prussian
Government. It was reported that a new conspiracy
had been discovered at Cracow, but no authentic particu
lars of such an event had been received, and the report
was supposed to be a fabrication.
The Leipsic fair this year has not been a good one.
There were not more than 60,000 pieces of cloth on sale,
and the sale was very dull. There was no demand for
silk, and the Cracow traders who were there could only
buy on credit.

A censorship for the press has just been established
at Lucerne; it is particularly charged with the exami-
nation of foreign journals.

Madrid papers of the 18th have arrived. The debate
in the Senate still continues, and the discussion has been
very animated. NARVAEZ has made a spec ch denounc-
ing in strong terms foreign interference in the affairs of
Spain, and commenting severely on the language used
by M. GUIZOT in his dispatches on the subject of the
Spanish marriage, lie was followed by General MAzzE-
REDO and Senor CAFRANGA, both► of whom were equally
energetic in their protests against foreign interference in
Spain. Senor CORTINA, the Progressista, while avow-
ing a firm determination to oppose the Government by
every means in his power, was much more guarded in
his language than the members of the Moderado Oppo-
sition had been. It is decided that Senor BRAVO MU-
RILLO is to be the Ministerial candidate for the Presi-
dentship of the Chamber of Deputies.
MADRID BOLSA.—The Three per Cents., 31i; Five
per Cents. 204.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
On Saturday the KING received the deputation of the
Chamber of Peers appointed to bring up the Address.
Duke PASQUIER having read the Address, his MAJESTY
returned the following answer:—
" I am very much touched with the sentiments expressed
by the Chamber of Peers for my sons and myself. .1 thank
the Chamber of Peers especially for the assistance which it
has constantly lent to my government, and the support
which it has always given to the preservation to France of
the advantages which she enjoys, and of which the main-
tenance of order is the first condition. The sufferings which
weigh on some portions of our population profoundly afflict
me. You will continue to second my efforts to lighten the
burden of them, and to abridge their duration; and I am glad
to manifest to you the confidence that, notwithstanding these
painful trials, the prosperity of France, the object of all our
wishes, will continue to follow that progressive march, of
which it gives me great pleasure to be able to congratulate
myself along with you."
" -

A slight disturbance occurred at Rouen on the 22d.
I t appears that the potato merchants of the place,
anxious to•take advantage of the short period which
was to elapse before the ordinance prohibiting the ex-
portation of potatoes should come into operation, were
shipping two cargoes to England, when the people rose
and endeavoured to prevent the shipment. The autho-
rities, however, interfered, and tranquillity was soon
restored. From the disturbed districts of France the
accounts received are favourable.

The Journal des Debuts confirms the appointment of
M. FORTH-ROUEN as Envoy and Chargé d'Affaires of
France at Canton. M. BECOURT, who acted as Consul
of that place, is transferred to the consulate of Manilla,
and M. DE MONTIGNY is to have the newly-created
consulate at Shanghai, on the northern coast of China.
The French Three per Cents. on Sunday, in. the
Passage do l'Opera, were done at 45c. lower than the
closing price of the day before, being 77f. 85c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 25.

Boulogne and Amiens, 1414—Central of Spain, % —Butch Rhenish,
4 t ;rent Southern of Madras, —Namur and Liege, 314—Northern
of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%—Paris and Lyons, 71,i
I'aris and Strasbourg, —Rouen and Havre, 26 —Srunbre and
Meuse, 648.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
The Court took the special paper to-day. No cases of
public interest came on for argument.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Mary Parsons and Theodora Phillips, two loose women,
were charged by a cabman on suspicion of stealing a watch
and eye-glass.
It appeared that the cabman had been hailed by a gentle-
man and the two prisoners, about half-past ten last night,
in Jermyn-street, and was ordered to drive to the Red Cap,
Camden-town, and thence to several other quarters and
public-louses, till:they reached the Regent's Quadrant, about
half-past one o'clock. The gentleman got out very groggy,
without paying the hire or the glasses of brandy and water,
which the cabman had made good to the publican out of his
own purse, and, after murmuring something about returning,
wriggled out of sight. The cabman waited about half an
hour for the gentleman's return, and as the ladies inside
became rather noisy in their mirth, he asked them to pay
the fare. They denied having anything belonging to the
gentleman, and therefore refused to pay it. He saw one of
them with a watch in her hands, and the other with a pair
of gold eye-glasses' the ribbon and the guard of which
were both broken ; he therefore drove them to the station-
house.
Both the prisoners admitted that the gentleman had given
them the watch and glasses.
The Magistrate ordered the watch and glasses to be re-
tained until the gentleman was identified and the cabman
paid, and the prisoners were discharged.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(T HIS DAY.)
A tall young man of genteel appearance, named living
Bowling Noble, was charged with singing and creating a
disturbance, in company of others, in the public street, at
one o'clock this morning.
Police• constable 62 said, that he was on duty near
Finsbury-square at thh above time, when he observed the
defendant, with several other gentlemen, emerge from a
tavern called the " Fox," and they all commenced singing.
The defendant left his companions and crossed the road, and
commenced a violent knocking at the door of a beer-shop.
Witness then said, if he did not go away he should take
him into custody. Defendant replied, that he (witness)
was his servant, as he paid for his maintenance. He then
conveyed him to the station-house. His companions bailed
him.
The defendant, in denying the other part of the charge,
said, he could not deny that he was singing, but that, in
doing so, he did not know that he was committing himself.
The MAGISTRATE said the defendant must pay a fine of 10s.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH and Mr: Assistant-
Examiner FRERE.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
In the following cases the Standing Orders were complied
with :
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust
Ferry.
Shipley Gas-light Company.
Bristol and Clifton Oil-Gas Company.
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway Deviation.
Clerkenwell Improvement.
Lynn and Ely Railway Extension to Bury St. Edmonds.
.(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant-
Exeminer GUNNELL.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
The following petitions being unopposed, the customary
formal proofs were put in, and the Standing Orders complied
with :
Chard Canal and Railway Company.
Extension of Railway
ilxsiTridfgroemwaltlemr inashtderTtoauCnhtoanrd,Caanndatmaanld-
gamation with the
Stolford Railway and Harbour Company.
Wharfdale Railway Act Amendment, Skipton and Copley
Hall Deviations.
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, ant Stour Valley Railway
(No.l),Southwick Deviation, proposed alteration of the line,
with powers of subscription by the London and North-Western
Company, the Birmingham Canal Company, and the Shrews-
bury and Birmingham Company, and of Amalgamation with
the London and North-Western Company.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc-
tion Railway Acts Amendment. Railway from the East
Lancashire Railway, near Burnley, to join the Burnley
Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, with power
to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway Company, or
to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
ADJOURNED CASE.
BRISTOL AND EXETER 'RAILWAY EXTENSION
COMPANY (CREDITON AND LAUNCES l'ON).
This case was resumed, and in the end the standing orders
were found out to have been complied with.
OPPOSED LIST.
In the following case the customary formal proofs were
completed.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—(No. 1.)
Increase of capital, and enlargement and amendment of
Acts, Junction with Leith Branch of the Edinburgh. and
Dalkeith Railway, Extension of Haddington and 'Kelso
Branches, Deviations of Hawick and Kelso Branches, Alte-
rations of Leith Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith
Railway, and Amendment of the Acts relating thereto, and
Purchase of additional property and-formation of Branches
adjacent to the terminus at Edinburgh.

WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—This forenoon his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Loud Alfred
Paget, Mr. Anson, Colonel Phipps, and Captain Seymour,
rode over to the covers in the neighbourhood of Sawyers'
Lodge, Cranbourne Chase, for pheasant shooting. The party
Monied to 1.11!_ eio le,at t kyo -,1(11-wr!r

A.l...ljesty and his lioyal Highness walked for an hour or
two in the Home Park. The answer to inquiries at Frog•
more to-day is, that the Duchess of Kent is somewhat better.

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