The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The Directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company
have circulated amongst the proprietors a handsome little
volume, containing a statement of the position of the Com-
pany with reference to the projects which it is intended to
present to Parliament in the next session. At the outset
they express their opinion that the interests of the Company
have suffered from the want of a full understanding of its
position and policy, and this more especially in the districts
through which a large proportion of the proposed new works
will pass. After a recapitulation of a few of the leading facts
connected with the position of the Company, a statement is
given of the extensions which Mr. Robert Stephenson, the
engineer, has recommended. They are as follow :
" I. From Waterloo-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to the
Greenwich Railway at the crossing of the Grand Surrey
Canal. The object of this line is to form a West-end ter-
minus for all the lines in connexion with the South-Eastern.
This terminus will be formed, opening on the Waterloo-road,
and also on the York-road, Lambeth, which will bring it into
immediate communication both with the Waterloo and Hun-
gerford bridges. It will connect the whole South-Eastern
system with. the South-Western line, and through that line
and the extensions proposed by the Birmingham and Great
Western Companies, the last link in tke chain of connexion
will be established. The series will thus be complete from
Dover to Edinburgh, to Holyhead and to Falmouth. 2.
From the Greenwich Railway at Deptford Creek and the
Grand Surrey Canal. to Chilham, near Canterbury, with
branches to Sheerness and to Faversham Creek. This is the
North Kent line as promoted by the South-Eastern Company.
The total length from the Greenwich Railway at Deptford
Creek to Chilham is 52 miles 3 furlongs 105 yards, and from
the Greenwich Railway at the Grand Surrey Canal toChilham
53 miles 1 furlong 213 yards, the portion from Dartford to
Chilham being comprised in both. Commencing at the
Greenwich Railway, at the point where the line from
Waterloo-road terminates, the North Kent line of this Com-
pany proceeds through a portion of Deptford New-town to
-Lewisham, thence by Eltham, Bexley, and Crayford to
Dartford. From Dartford to Gravesend the line is substan-
tially the same as last year ; but from Gravesend onward to
Strood, a lower level is taken, adopting the line of the
11191,rae: and Medway Canal, and Gravesend and Rochester
ftizß_.7. From Strood, where the Gravesend and Roches-
`"` sliwaY terminates, the line proceeds across the Medway
at about 100 Yards below the existing bridge at Rochester.
Through Rochester and Chatham the line proceeds along
thi. marshes at
the north side, and in the rear of the houses
in the High-streets
provisions for Convenient
thence quays and landing-places along
iiigh ground which the line proceeds under the.
by a tunnel 1,219 ararrainChatham from Gillingham
depth of 163 feet. Thence by Gilliength, at a maximum
bourne, and Faversham to Chilha l'ngham, Milton, Sitting-
line now just completed by them! whereut. it falls into the
from Ashford to Canterburr3ed
RamsgSoate,h South-Eastern Company
the main line above descri at Lower; Ma.rom
tingbourne, a branch 5 miles 7 furlongs 13$ yards in near
Sit-
proceeds to Sheerness, and from the Faversham-station
branch I mile 1 furlong and 39 yards in length will connect
the main line with Faversham-creek and the quays there.eet
3. From the Greenwich Railway at the crossing of the
Grand Surrey Canal to Maidstone, Ashford and Tunbridge.
This is the central or Mid-Kent portion of the series, and is
in length from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ash-
ford, 49 miles 6 furlongs 79 yards. From Lewisham the line
proceeds, following the valley of Ravensbourne to Bromley,
thence by the Farnborough to the valley of the D arent,
which it will cross by a viaduct near Shoreham and Otford.
Thence by Kemsing, Wrotham and Tytham to West and
East Mailing, and thence to Maidstone, forming there a
main station in the High-street, close to the Town-hall.
From Maidstone the line proceeds by nollingbourne, Her-
rietshara, and Lenham, to Little Chart, where it falls into
the South-Eastof Ashford.
e2lll line, about 2 miles west
From Igtlam,the
Greenwich Railway,
t,tb•ianch, miles 2 furlongs and 4 yards
with the main South- unbridfe, forming there a junction
bridge Wells branch; and fro me, and also ,with the Tun-
Point of starting, a branch 214 Otford, 17i miles from the
to Riverhead, near Sevenoaks. %as in length is laid down
portant, both to the North Kent and the equally im-
the line from Maidstone to Rochester a Mid-Rent system,
This line will commence by a junction ge next in order.
South-Eastern branch line at Maiditone,wantli the existing
also with the main station at the Town Anancaniatezie,,n
proceed as far as' Allington, 2 miles 6 furlongs-- w.`
77 yards, in a line common to the Mid- Kent line. Feand
Allington it follows the valley of the Medway throughout
to Strood, neat the foot of Rochester-bridge, where it will

form a junction with the South-Eastern North Kent line, and
also with the existing Gravesend and Rochester Railway.
The length from Maidstone to the junction with the Graves-
end and Rochester Railway at Strood is 11 miles 6 furlongs
and 22 yards. The line next in importance is the extension
of the Tunbridge Wells branch through Battle to St. Leo-
na:d's, near Hastings, and (by a junction with the Ashford
and Hastings line) to Rye. The total length of line from
Tunbridge Wells to the junction at St. Leonard's is 2534
miles, that of the branch from Wbatlington towards Rye
51% miles. This opens a direct line from London, rid
Tunbridge, to Hastings and Rve. The total distance from
London to Hastings will be 64miles ; that from London to
Rye 67 miles. From the line already authorised at Rye,
and which is in course of construction, a branch iP proposed
to Rye Harbour, 134 miles. From a point near the Godetene
station, a branch is proposed to East Grinstead, 6% miles ;
and from the Reigate station a branch to Reigate and to
Dorking, 734 miles. It is intended by these works, together
with the other works of the South-Eastern Company, either
actually executed or in course of execution, to connect Lon-
don with every town of importance in Kent and East Sussex,
and those towns with each other. A saving of distance to the
following places will be effected :—Tunbridge 9* miles, Maid-
stone 20i miles, Ashford 131 miles, Canterbury 201 miles,
Tunbridge Wells 10 miles, Whitstable 20i miles, Folkestone
13/, miles, Dover (by Mid-Kent line) 13i miles, Dover (by
North Kent line) 12 miles, Margate 24 miles, Ramsgate 201
miles, Sandwich 20i miles, Deal 20 miles. With respect to
the financial position of the Company, the Directors state
that a million and a half of capital has been paid up during
the last twelve months. The total amount of capital which
has been paid up in cash by the Proprietors is 3,400,000/.,
and an additional sum of 1,600,0001., which has been bor-
rowed on mortgage, is in processs of being paid off and con-
verted into share capital, making together a capital of
5,000,000/. ; and to complete the works for which Parliamen-
tary powers have been obtained, 620,0001. more will be re-
quired to be caned up."

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.

Two Solos by Signor Sivorl (his Last Night but Three)—The Last
Week of the Navy Quadrille.
PROGRAMME FOR TIIIS EVENING.
PART I.

Overture, La Barcarole—Auber.
Quadrille, " The Chimes"—Jullien.
Solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson.
The Allegro, Fugue, and Triumphal March from Beethoven's
Symphony in C. Minor—Beethoven.
Solo, 'Violin, The Adagio and Allegro " La Cloehette," performed by
Signor Sivori—Paganini.
Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien.

PAKT H.
Opera, " La Sonnambula," Grand Fantasia —Bellinl.
The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth"—Jullien.
Solo, Violin, The celebrated Carnival de Venise, performed by Signor

Sivori—Paganint.
The Original Mazurka, or Cellarius
Solo, Clarionet, " With Verdure Clad," by Mr. Lazarus—Haydn.
The Post-horn Galop—Kcenlg.
Full particulars of the Beethoven Festival, which commences on
Monday next, will be duly advertised.
GRAND BAL MASQUE. _ _

The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to
the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the
last Bal Masque, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque,
which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846.

TiI&ATER ROYAL, HAYMAR&ET.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed RO3iEfEr AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cush-
man (her Fifth Appearance at this Theatre) ; Juliet, Miss Susan
Cushman (her Fifth Appearance in England).

To conclude with a Grand New Extravagance, entitled THE BEE
AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal
Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr.
Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs.
Stanley.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Success Brilliant and Triumphant!—" The Cricket on the Hearth,"
by Charles Dickens, Esq., written expressly for this Theatre—and
the magnificent Burlesque of " The Enchanted Horse" every
Evening!

THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED
THE CRICKET ON THE A FAIRY TALE
OF HOME.

The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr.
F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove.
After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza,
entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz Schah of
Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes-
dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, lloward, Arden, &c.
Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING

frill be repeated THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The
Principal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Compton, Leigh Murray,
Courtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss
Brentnell, and Miss Somers.

To be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE
RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-iQUARE. Jeames Plush,
Mr. Compton.
To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE
KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY
BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey ; Columbine, Miss
Bullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.

TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed THERESE ; or, The Orphan of Geneva. Carwin,
Mr. C. Boyce ; Therese, Miss L. Melville ; Countess, Mrs. C. Boyce.
After which a New Ballet, in which Mr. Leclerq will appear.
To be followed by the MARRIED BACHELOR.
. _ _ . _

And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable fbr glee
and grandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP.
Fortunatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy
Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr
Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the novel Drama of THE PYRENEES. In
which 31. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emilo will appear, whose per-
tbrmances at the Cirque Olymplque, Paris, has drawn crowded
houses for the last nine months. . .

New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and
English Artistes.

After which ;ill be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan-
tomime, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA ;
or, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea of Tsboeo, with new Scenery,
Dresses, Mechanical Changes, Sec.
The NEXT HORNING REPRESENTATION will take place
TO-MORROW, commencing at Ralf-past One precisely.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The Immense Sensation created by the New Drama of " The Men-
dicant Son" is unequalled and unparalleled—The New Grand Pan-
tomime, with Gorgeous Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations—The
Best of the Best, and no Puff!
TiuS EVENING
_

Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of
Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers,
Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames IL Vining, Martin,
and Daly.
After which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or,
The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack;
Columbine, Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon,
Mr. Anderson ; Sprite, Mr. Stilt.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING.
fWniollmb:.re
Jpeoahtoedr TeollryEbCiiß,gllCe,KMErT. OZ.
FT.lfisEavinEeA;TThe HRH.stAranFagierT, Tale
Fredericks; Tackleton, Mr. Searle; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Herbert;
Mary Peerybingle, Miss Vincent ; Bertha, Mrs. Lee ; Tilly Slowboy,
Miss Terry.
After which, Professor HEMMINGS and his SONS will give more
unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has-been ex-
hibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself.
To conclude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, called TIPPITY-
WITCHET; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN and the COMICAL
WITCHES of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin. Mr. Chapin ; Colum-
bine, Miss Le Vite ; the Two Clowns, Messrs. E. Blanchard and
M`Donald; the Two Pantaloons, Mr. Franklin and the veteran Tom
Blanchard, the very Xing of Pantomime end Prince of rtuitaloous.

THE SUN, LONDON, WI4IDNESIDAY: EVEN] NG JANUARY 7,__ 1846

to be laid at the door of their not having the franchise;
and that, if the lower classes are ignorant, this is no
greater incapacity (if so great) than the prejudices
and sinister interests of the higher classes. The
English statute- book furnishes too many proofs of the
way in which the aristocracy and the landed interest
have legislated for themselves.
We have said that the political franchise is an
effective educator. It is, if a state of things exists in
which the franchise can be exercised freely by the
large numbers who are necessarily more or less de-
pendent on superiors, where bribery and intimidation
prevail : where landlords make their tenants-at-will
vote at their own bidding, and votes are sold for ale
or money, then the elective franchise ceases alto-
gether to be a means of education ; and, further than
this, it becomes an instrument to degrade instead of
raising (as it might do) the . character of the voter,
turning him into a crouching slave, or staining his
soul with venality.
The wider the franchise is diffused, the more per-
sons are necessarily brought within the electoral
class who are likely to yield to the foul influences
of bribery and intimidation. But, on the other hand,
the larger are the constituencies, the more difficult
will it be to carry elections by these foul means.
Add the protection of ballot to a system of large con-
stituencies (none, as we have said 'before, having less
than a thousand electors), and we should be ready to
defy all the " constitutional" Dukes and all the
bribers of the Carlton into the bargain.

As things are,with a large number in miserably small
borough constituencies, ,A here a moderate purse or
one considerable proprietor can easily turn the scale,
and without the ballot to interpose between landlords
and their tenants-at-will, who are enfranchised in the
counties, we find ourselves, notwithstanding all that
has been done by the Reform Act, with a House of
Commons which no one will pretend to call a fair re-
presentation of the people.
We believe we are under the mark when we say
that a fifth of the Members of the House of Commons
are sons and brothers of Peers. What volumes does
this fact speak for the influence of Peers in elections !
The aristocracy are not content with the House of
Lords, which they have all to themselves, but have
got one-fifth of the House of Commons, also, through
sons and brothers. And this calculation does not in-
clude all the country squires connected by marriage,
as well as in landed interest, with the aristocracy.
The members of the aristocracy and the country
gentlemen together are, at least, half of the House of
Commons.

The Duke of PORTLAND, it would appear from
his letter to the secretary to the Agricultural Pro-
tection Society of Nottinghamshire, " cannot encou-
rage the delusion that any good can be done except
by fighting the Anti-Corn-law League with their
own weapons ;" and as the weapons with which the
Anti-Corn-law League have fought the battle of free
trade have been logical deductions from proved
premises, weapons which the monopolist hath not in
his armoury, we take it that his Grace of PORTLAND
gives up the battle of protection as lost. It would
appear as if all the leading landowners were
in the same predicament as the Duke of PORT-
LAND, for nut one of them honoured the protection
meeting held at Newark last week Ns ith their pre-
sence. My Lord LINCOLN sent a civil excuse ; my
• Lord JOHN MANNERS a direct refusal; Mr. GALLY
KNIGHT was prevented from attending by ill health,
and Mr. W. E..GLADSTONE by public business. The
latter gentlpman, who, like TALLEYRAND, seems to
imagine that language was given to man to enable
him to disguise his thoughts, says, in his letter of
apology :
" I must, however say, that in whatever situation I
may be placed, I shall always be desirous to secure for
agriculture everything that, upon a just view of the
general interest, it can claim, and to see those who are
connected with it exercise a powerful influence upon, and
as part of the community."
Now there is nothing in this passage to which any
member of the Anti-Corn-law League would not
heartily subscribe, for there is not one of them who
would not "be desirous to secure for agriculture
everything that, upon a just view of the general interest,
it can claim." Our complaint, is that it claims and
possesses more than upon, a just view of the public in-
terest, it ought to possess. Even the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE Was not present in propia persona, although
he was represented by his steward, Mr.
WILMOT, as was Earl MANVERS by his steward,
Mr. PICKIN, who, as Vice-President of the
Society, presided over the meeting. The pro-
ceedings were of the usual " protection meet-
ing" character. Abuse of the League in general, and
of Mr. COBDEN in particular, formed the staple of
the talk, garnished here and there with threats of
what they could and would do with Sir ROBERT
PEEL, should he attempt to diminish the present
amount of protection. There were, of course, the
usual assertions of the superiority of agriculture over
manufactures. "We have heard," said Mr. PICKIN,
" of a ' great fact ;' but the greatest fact is what all
history teaches us—namely, that those states which
have given encouragement to agriculture are those
which have prospered ; while we have, alas ! many
instances of states, once renowned for trade and
commerce, which are no longer in existence."
Now this " greatest fact" of Mr. PICKIN'S is
the very reverse of a fact. Poland has al-
ways given the greatest encouragement to agri-
culture—she is now blotted out from the list of na-
tions. Belgium has always encouraged trade and
manufactures, and although for centuries she has been
the battle-field of Europe, she has always been in a
flourishing condition, and her people have had, gene-
rally, a greater command of the comforts of life than
any other people in the world. Strict accuracy,
however, is not to be expected from a gentleman
who, like Mr. PICKIN, will venture to say, "1
do assure you that rent is the last of his outgoings
of which a farmer ought to complain. I have no he-
sitation in asserting that the tenant-at- will,
who has the goo4l fortune to hold a farm
under a liberal landlord, is in better cir-
cumstances than he who occupies his own freehold.
None but a land-steward could have had the assur-
ance to have made such an assertion as this. We
look upon it as an indication of the intention of
landlords to screw out of their tenants, if they can,
their present exorbitant rents under all circum-
stances. The farmers should form a league among
themselves, so as to be prepared to act together in
self-defelice, and if this screwing system should be
attempted, every tenant should give notice to
quit, and let the landlord occupy his own free-
hold. If we mar judge from the speech
of Mr. WILMOT, the League have put the Duke of
NEWCASTLE into a quandary. The venerable Duke
can no longer "do what he likes with his own."
"The League," piteously whines his Grace of NEW-
in the person of Mr. Wirator,
CASTLE, speaking
" are from day to day increasing their numbers on
the register ; " and even Colonel ROLLESTON, the
only Member of Parliament present, spoke very
doubtingly of his chance of re-election. It is evident
that the protectionists of Nottinghamshire are
thoroughly frightened, and there can be very little
doubt, but that, after the next election, we shall have
the pleasure of seeing GEORGE WiLsoN, Esq., Chair-
man of the Anti-Corn-law League, take his seat in
the House of Commons as one of the Members for the
county of Nottingham.

We have accounts by the Peninsular mail from
Lisbon to the 30th December. The resignation of
Sir ROBERT PEEL had caused a strong sensation
among all parties. The Cortes were to meet on the
2d of January, when the Speech would be delivered
by the QUEEN in person. The new mode of collect-
ing the taxes had been officially published, and was
to come into immediate operation. There is no other
intelligence in the papers of the slightest interest.

Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have been received.
The Chamber of Deputies, at their meeting on that
day, heard the draught of the Address in reply to the
Speech from the 'Throne, as prepared by the Com-
mittee appointed for that purpose, together with the
amendments proposed by Senor SEIJAS on the part
of the Opposition. The discussion on these docu-
ments was fixed for Saturday, the 3d inst.
On the 30th the Three per Cents. closed at 36f for
cash, and 36 10-16 at 60 days.

The speech of Admiral MACKA,J, in the French
Chamber of Deputies, relative to the navy, has excited
much interest in France, and forms the principal
topic of discussion in the Paris journals. We have
already stated that he had introduced a Dill &gond-

ing a grant of 93,000,000 f., to extend over seven
years, for building and refitting sailing-ships, steam-
ships, and adding to the naval stores in the arsenals.
The objee'i of this grant is to put the navy into the
state prescribed by the ordonnance
,of 1837 and the
royal decree of 1842. The only difference is, that the
number of steam-ships fixed by that decree is to be
increased by thirty. It may be necessary to state, that
in order to carry out the original intentions
of the Government with the additions mentioned,
the total sum required is 135,000,000 E, or about
5,400,0001. This sum is to be met by an annual
payment of 6,000,0001. for seven years, and the grant
now required of 93,000,000 f. The following is the
mode in which this large sum is to be expended :
Building ships, 70,194,0001. ; fitting out, 24,200,0001.;
artillery and stores, 9,200,000 f.; steam-engines,
7,800,000 f.; stores for the arsenals, 23,500,0001.—
making a total of 134,894,000 f. By means of this
expenditure, France will come into possession of 270
sailing ships of war, viz., 20 ships of the line, now
afloat ; 20 on the stocks, and nearly finished ; 50
frigates, of which 40 are afloat, and 10 building; 60
corvettes ; 60 brigs ; 40 smaller ships ; and 20 trans-
ports. Also 100 steam-ships, viz., 30 of the first
class, that is of from 400 to 600 horse-power,
and 70 of the second class, or from 90 to 300
and upwards horse-power. The Bill was re-
ferred to a Committee, without any remarks. In
respect to this large grant, the Constit utionnel says
Let it be observed that all this is not an increaso,
but the supplying the deficit, and a carrying into
execution of measures resolved upon several years
ago. While waiting for the publication of the re-
port,
we are struck with one reflection. It is con-
fessed that there exists a deficit or insufficiency,
which it has not till now thought fit to make known
to the Chambers and the country. This is an ad-
ditional proof of the necessity of the inquiry ordered
last year, and a useful result of this Parliamentary
resolution. We will add that, the Ministry has thus
pronounced its own condemnation, for the resistance
it made three years ago to the proposition of M.
LACROSSE, which it declared to be a usebss amend-
ment." The Opposition journals in general express
satisfaction at the proposed grant, and only co.ca-
plain that the Government have been so backward in
showing something like national spirit. The best
article on the subject is in the Press, which we here
subjoin :
" The credit of ninety-three millions, now demanded
has no other object than to insure the execution of the
ordinance of 1837. It was not then executed, you will
exclaim. Certainly not: For nine years we have been
out of those normal conditions which the Government
had itself fixed for our navy in time of peace. What,
then, have become of all the credits voted so liberally
by the Chambers? The greater part have been shame-
fully wasted, and employed for purposes different from
these for which they had been granted. Feel astonish-
ment after that at the complaints so often brought for-
ward against the Department of the Marine In our
opinion, the Chambers have been too good natured.
They would have done better to complain of the man-
ner in which the public money 'is wasted. Great
abuses would thus be avoided, and France would be
stronger than she is, and than she will be, after all
the expenses that are about to be required. It ought to
he known, and we dwell designedly on the point, that
the Government at present demands not alone 93 mil-
lions, but 135 millions ; for if the extraordinary credit is
reduced to 93 millions, it is because the ordinary credits
placed on the budget are each year increased. 'lt is,
therefore, really 135 millions of new subsidies which the
Government demands. And why so ? To develope on
a large scale our means of maritime action ? To ap-
proach the position which England has long taken up ?
Not st all. Solely to place us in the condition where we
ought to have been these nine years. It must be added
that we shall not attain it very quickly. Seven years
are required to arrive at it with the aid of this extra-
ordinary credit of 135 millions. Thus we shall have
taken sixteen years, and expended enormous sums, be-
sides the current budgets, to place our navy on the foot-
ing which was judged indispensable at a period when
events had not yet demonstrated all the necessity that
exists for France to be powerful on the ocean ! Let
us not, then, speak of progress on the occasion of this.
Bill; let us not imagine that our country, if it pays
largely, is about to be endowed with a naval force
which will allow it to play a great maritime part. No,
that would be pure illusion. The money now demanded
is destined only to repair the faults of the past, to fill up
the deficiencies which it is no longer possible to conceal,
to give us in 1845 the naval organisation which we ought
to have had in 1837. Such is the true state of the case.
In England, perhaps, umbrage will be taken at this last
credit. In France it will be supposed, perhaps, that we
are going to take a giant's stride in the course where all
the national sympathies urge the Government. In both
cases a mistake will be made. The ordinance of 1837
becomes a verity, and that is all. Over that the 137
millions are spent. We shall simply have the effective
force which Admiral Dupers if then demanded as neces-
sary, with this difference, however, that in place of 70
steamers, which were put down in his plan, we shall
have 100, or 30 more. Insufficient as is this result, it
is the inquiry of last year which has produced it. Let
us congratulate ourselves, therefore, on the decision
taken at that period by the Chamber. We strongly
supported it, and, in our opinion, it had only one fault,
that of being tardy."
" The indisposition of the Queen of the French arises
from a cold attended by lumbago, caught, it is believed,
in visiting various shops to make purchases of presents
for New Year's-day. Tier Majesty is not obliged to
keep her bed, and was even able on Saturday to join the
family circle in the saloon.
" The winter seems to have sot in at Paris. On Sun-
day evening a considerable quantity of snow fell, and
still lies thick upon the ground in those parts of the city
where it is not melted by the artificial heat.
" The overland India mail, by the usual conveyance
via Malta and Marseilles, reached Paris on Sunday.
" According to accounts from St. Petersburgh, dated
the 26th ult., the cold had varied between 12 and 15 de-
grees below zero of Reaumur (from 7 degrees above to
2 degrees below zero of Fahrenheit), but the total ab-
sence of snow stops all intercourse with the different
parts of the empire, and thus threatens an enormous in-
crease in the prices of the necessaries of life. The har-
bour of Cronstadt has been locked up by the ice ever
since December 13th."
On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents.
closed at 82f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 30c. ; the
Orleans Railroad shares, at 1,235 f. ; Rouen, 1,010 f.; North-
ern, 750 f.; Havre, slof. ; Avignon, 975 f.: Vierzon, 683 f. ;
Bourdeaux, 642 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 553 f.; Troyes and
Montereau, 445; Basle, 252 f. 50c.
The Paris and Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 135 f. pre-
mium ; the Paris and Strasburg ditto, 52f. ; the Tours
and Nantes ditto, 80f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie),
4f. ; ditto (Espeleta), llf. 25c, ; Charleroy (Kysaens) 10f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 6.
Angle-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia...
Barba does
Boulogne and Amiens.. 12% 'Natner and Liege
Bordeaux &Mediterran 2 North Jamaica

.....
Bordeaux and Toulouse ;Orleans and Vierzon 19

Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 12
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 2 Oyerlissel •••
Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laflitte) 21A
citic Coast
Central of Spain ..
Ceylon .

Demerara
Dendre Valley .. % Paris and Roues . —
Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 8118 Paris and Strasburg
Dieppe & Paris Jnact. (Ganseren's)
Dijon and Mulhouse ... —. Do. (Compe de L'Est)
East Indian ...... ........ 13/4 Do. (Aymard'a).....,
Fampoux & Ilazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin.
Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre —
Constituted
Great Indian Peninsular % Sambre and Meuse .... 6%
Great Paris and Lyons. Strasburg antd Bale ....
Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-

Great Western. Canada den, Wand Hasaelt —
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes
Do. North Midland... (Mackenzie's) ........
Do. Extension ...... Do. (Lefebvrs's) —
Jersey — Ds. (O'Neill's). .......
Loavain and Jemappe 2l/2 Trinidad
Lyons and Avignon—. Verona and Ancona —
xeralsoarg

Mr. Murray, younger, of Philiphaugh, has ad-
dressed the :electors of Selkirkshire as a total arid
immediate corn-law repealer. We rejoice that the
Duke of Buccleuch is not to be allowed to have it all
his own way this time. The new writ will be moved
for immediately upon the meeting of Parliament.
TAB NEW PLANET.—Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross,
has just published a small, neat chart, describing the
path of the planet Astrrea. It exhibits all the prin-
cipal stars in that part of the heavens where the planet
is seen, and will enable any person, even slightly
acquainted with astronomy, and provided with a good
telescope, to discover its path. The stars are from
Bessel's Zones, and the planet's course by J. It.
Hind, Esq.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—
The last of the annual performances of the Messiah is fixed
for Friday next, the 9th inst.
The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot arrived yester-
day, at Apsley
,
House, from Strathfieldsaye, en route to Colonel
Arbuthnot's seat
Woodford House, near Kettering.
The Earl of Besborough and family are expected
in town next week, from the family seat in Ireland.
Lord and Lady Wharncliffe are staying at Wortley
Hall, near Sheffield. The Dowager Lady Wharncliffe and
the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley have gone to Torquay, Devon.
THE WEST INDIA MAIL.— SOUTHAMPTON, TUES.
DAY NIGIIT. The Tweed, from the "West Indies, Mexico, &c.,
arrived this evening. She brings 172,757 dollars, 39,710 of
which are for the dividend ; also 4,367 ounces of silver,
1,116 ounces of gold dust, 253 serons of cochineal, and 16
passengers. Mexico is still in a disturbed state. Her latest
dates are, Jamaica, Dec. 9 ; Havannah, 11 • Tampico, Nov.
22 ; Vera Cruz, Dec. 2 ; Bermuda, 21. The Pacha has also
arrived with the Peninsular mails.
CosT OF RURAL POLICE.—In the small county of
Nottingham, it appears that the cost of the rural police fur
last year was 5,3411. is. 2d.—a dearish annual smart for the
ratepayers!
EXTREMES.—We are told that extremes never last
long; but it would be well if it could be said that extreme
poverty did not last long.