The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00

GENERAL JACKSON.

TO THE ED :TOR GF THE TIMES.
Sir,—ln your City Article of Monday appeared an
extract from a letter of the correspondent of an Ame-
rican paper, giving some account of a personage of some
celebrity—one who has hitherto been to the English an
object of no ordinary respect—l mean the famous An-
drew Jackson.
We find him there described as showing signs, I re-
gret to say, of the advance of old age, but " the lightning
fire of former years yet flashing in his eyes ;" and he
is said to be of opinion that it will be long ere the
disgrace inflicted upon his countrymen by the hard
cider humbug can be wiped off. This letter is very
ratifying, on more accounts than one. First of all,
it manifests to all the world the exquisite sense
of honour inherent in brother Jonathan. To a sensitive
mind such as his, the disgrace of the hard cider humbug
must be a thing quite insupportable. Thus we have clearly
demonstrated to us the malice of those who would insinu-
ate, that because he does not pay his debts, therefore he
is not a man of honour. What, however, is more import-
ant (for no one, I believe, ever seriously doubted Jona-
than to be a man of honour), this letter seems to promise
the means of getting at what I, amongst others, have
long been desiring to know—namely, what may happen
to be the sentiments of such a person as General Jackson
on the subject of public faith, the obligation of paying
one's debts and the like.
It must be borne in mind that there are two sides, a
" yea" and a " nay," to every, question, and it may hap-
pen that the General's opinion on both these points
may be in the negative. Hitherto, however, he, as well
as all other public men in America (with the solitary
exception of Mr. Webster), have, owing no doubt
to the characteristic modesty of the Americans,
with singular unanimity kept their sentiments
upon these subjects to themselves. No one can suspect
the hero of New Orleans of a lack of moral courage to
speak out whensoever and whatsoever the good of his
country calls for. It must be remembered too, that in-
dignation, when excessive, is apt to make the tongue
cleave to the roof of the mouth and render dumb.
On this subject, therefore, information is wanted ; and
I should like to know whether any fire or lightning is
seen to flash from the General's eyes when he hears
talk of M‘Nutt and repudiation ? He is said to take a
vast interest in the elections of New York. Pray what
does he think of what is now going on in the adjoining
State of Pennsylvania, where they are said to be dili-
gently paying off both principal and interest of the
floating (that is domestic) debt, whilst the funded (or
foreign) creditor is treated with paper in satisfaction of
his dividends !
The General has been for some years removed from
the sphere of active politics, and free therefore from
the trammels of party politics ; precisely therefore
the character from whom, considering his vast in-
fluence, it was expected and desired that we should
hear a strong denunciation of what is regarded here
as the folly of his reckless children. This expectation
may, however, have been founded in a misapprehen-
sion. It may be that the mode of thinking which
seems to prevail pretty unanimously on this side of the
Atlantic, that debts ought to be paid, that contracts are
obligatory; that public faith ought to be kept, that for
either an individual or a State to borrow money which
at the time they have not good reason to know
they can, and which they do not seriously intend, to
repay, is what is vulgarly called swindling, and that
swindling is a trade of infamy ;—it may be that our
mode of thinking differs from his. He may look upon
all creditors, public creditors especially, as Jews and
jobbers ; and it cannot be denied that Jews and jobbers
are very detestabli) animals, and fit subjects for pillage.
Swindling he may consider as a necessary ingredient in
a democratic constitution, and therefore to be tolerated
if not encouraged.
In any cage it appear 3 highly desirable that the opinion
on this subject of such a person should be publicly
known, in order that it may be tried whether anything
can be done towards reconciling the apparent discrepancy
in the morality of the old and the new world.
To you, therefore, I address this, in the hope that it
may be deemed worthy of a place in your columns,
which may chance to bring it to the eye of the " cor-
respondent," or some other person capable and willing to
enlighten us on this interesting matter.
A NTI-SWLNDLE.
Jan. 16.

SPLENDID SPECULATION.—Saturday a gentleman
in London sold for the sum of 75,000/., a piece of land,
on the Seacombe side of Wallasey Pool, which he bought,
two years ago, for 8,0002 The land has a good and
extensive frontage to the pool, and when the grand plan
of converting the pool into a dock is completed, it will be
one of the most valuable estates on its banks.

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IRISH STATE TRIALS.

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IRISH STATE TRIALS,
WILL APPEAR IN

"THE SUN,"

DAY BY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING,

civil privileges, on account of religious opinions,
should be perpetrated under the name of justice !
Shame upon all concerned, and may the day of their
shame be the day of their punishment, as it is of their
exposure and diagrace I
A jury has at length been constituted, after pro-
ceedings which, most unfortunately for the ends of
justice, have taken away from it every claim to con-
fidence, and rendered the conduct of that jury matter
for the closest scrutiny, and the most rigid observ-
ance. And before that jury, a jury chosen from a
list improperly narrowed in number, and to serve
upon which religious opinions were made the test of
fitness, or of exclusion, the eyes of England and
Ireland are now fixed. That jury may yet show its
disdain of the trammels in which the law officers of
Ireland have sought to place it, and may prove that
an Irish jury, although selected from fraudulent
lists, and sought to be confined to one religious creed,
can do the duty of jurors to their fellow-countrymen,
by deciding according to the evidence submitted to
them, and not according to the would-be dictation of
Tory prosecutors. The Attorney-General for Ireland
may be taught that the juries of his country are, vs
yet, proof against all the manoeuvres of his subal-
terns, and that no conviction can be attained by
sharp practice, or the trickery of official underlings.
It is said, and we believe it to be true, that Sir
ROBERT PEEL, and the English law officers of
the Crown, look with disgust and disapprobation
upon the :proceedings of the Irish officials, in the
whole matter of this trial. No one on this side of
the water connected with Government, save and
except the renegade Whigs, part of the present Ad-
ministration (and to whom, in order to form a " Go-
vernment of Combinations," as Sir ROBERT PEEL
himself said and wrote, he sacrificed the patronage
and the real reins of Government), in heart approves
the reckless desire and purpose to convict O'CoNNELL,
displayed by the conduct of the present prosecution.
The director of the " Derby Dilly" and the "
therby Clan" desire to crush the fearless assertor of
Irish rights—the champion of equal justice—equal
laws—equal privileges for Ireland. But we do not
believe that Sir ROBERT PEEL, led, es he is, by the
fiery TTBALT of his Administration, and yielding to
the advice which, disapproving, he yet follows, can
really hope for gain to himself, or power to his Go-
vernment, even by a conviction upon the present

occasion.

It would have been far better for the Crown officers,
that their mischievous intents and decided aims at
conviction should have been more decently shown,
and less obnoxiously avowed. It would have been far
more decent that the jury list should have been pro-
perly formed, and that the names of 65 persons, of whom
thirty-seven are Catholics and Quakers, should have ap-
peared thereon, rather than have been totally omitted,
with every appearance of design. It might have been
more decorous if the Recorder had waited to see the

[As completed, before he hastened off to join the fes.

tivities of Sir Ronxxr PEEL at Draytcn Manor, to
which place the sheets of the jury list were sent. It
would have been less obnoxious to every Catholic in
England and Ireland, if, in striking the jury, religious
opinion had not been the sole ground for exclusion.
And it would have been more consonant to the prin-
ciples of justice, and to the course that a POLLOCK or
a FOLLETT, a CAMPBELL or a WILDE, would have
pursued, if, instead of throwing every difficulty in the
way of the accused, every leniency and concession
had been shown, that could in fairness have been
demanded.

nctien."

Then, at all events, would the prosecutors have
gone to the jury with clean hands, and with claims
to their attention, founded upon the purity with
which they had conducted their official duties; then
would the jury have had the confidence of all par-
ties—the Crown might have hoped for favour—the
jury for implicit trust,—and the whole proceedings
would have been freed from the imputations and sus-
picion which now attend them.!

- We direct our readers' attention to the remark-
able circumstance that the Post of yesterday
is quite in a cheerful and rejoicing mood. The
gloom and despondency that have so long im-
parted such a touching character to our Contem-
porary's sentiments are now dispelled, and he is
radiant with hope—buoyant with extacy. The
causes of this phenomenon may be found in
two Corn-law League meetings which have
recently been held in Suffolk and Surrey, and
which, it appears, are expected to work wonders
in the way of getting up a reaction against the free
traders. "We rejoice," says the Post, in a sud-
den ebullition of tumultuous delight, " we rejoice
to see the spirit which animates these meetings.
It makes us feel that we have not laboured in
vain. Often have we been sneered at as con-
tending for that which no one cared about but
ourselves—as advocating views which had be-
come obsolete." We are glad to find that our
grim Contemporary has heart enough left to
" rejoice" at any thing ; but we greatly fear that
in the present instance his exultation is unwar-
ranted, and that in the Suffolk and Surrey
agricultural meetings he ought rather to
find the materials of tribulation than of
joy—of despair rather than of hope. For
what do these vaunted meetings demonstrate ?
Not the strength, but the weakness of the mo-
nopolists—not their confidence, but their despe-
ration—not their wisdom, but their stolidity.
Where are the zealous and excited crowds dig
should flock to them, and give au air of impres-
sive earnestness to their proceedings ? Where
are the convincing arguments and indomit-
able resolution that should characterise
their speeches? Above all, where—oh where, are
their subscriptions? As regards these last, we
lament to state that as yet they exist only in the
future tense—with the exception of fifty pounds
and a few odd halfpence which were collected
the other day in a small town in Essex—while,
in reference to the crowds who attend the meet-
ings in question, and the spirit manifested in
their speeches, we may observe that the gather-
ing is as scanty as the arguments, and that
the arguments themselves are conspicuous only by
their teebleness and inanity. To be sure, at
the Surrey " Anti-League Movement"—as the
rejoicing Post calls it—one of the speakers took
special care to impress on his audience the
" great fact" that the" British lion was at length
fully roused ;" but it is evident from the general
character of the speeches made at the recent
agricultural meetings, that the animal who is
thus "roused," possesses far longer ears
than accord with the physique of the
leonine species. We suspected the quad-
ruped's nature from the first, but the
unequivocal bray set up by Lord HEN-
NIKEIt in Suffolk, and responded to in melodious
chorus by the tuneful 112NDLESIIAM, permits us
no longer to entertain a doubt on the subject.
All circumstances considered, therefore, we
strongly incline to the opinion that our Contem-
porary is rejoicing without sufficient warrant;
and must repeat our conviction that
the present movements of the Monopolists
should excite in his susceptible bosom no
other feelings than those of dismay and
disquietude. For, mark the humiliating contrast
which they present to the antagonist movements
of the League! While the one party numbers
its hundreds, the other numbers its thousands.
While the free-traders collect enormous subscrip-
tions with perfect ease, their opponents col-
lect with difficulty a meagre fifty pounds, exclu-
sive of sundry fourpenny bits and a stray shilling
or two. While the League triumphantly wrests
the metropolis from the clutches of a BARING,
the Monopolists, notwithstanding all their hercu-
lean exertions, can only secure the representation
of a cathedral city, situated in the very heart of an
agricultural district, by a few votes obtained by
means which will probably form the subject of a
Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry. We most

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1844.

sincerely hope—and in this point we fully agree
with the extatic and convulsed Post—that the Mo-
nopolists will be induced to continue their move-
ments, for they will act as a fine set-off to the
counter-proceedings of the League. We trust,
however, that the former will be frank and com-
municative enough to enlighten an inquisitive
public as to the exact amount of their subscrip-
tions, and not maintain such a chilling and mys-
terious reserve on the subject as they have hitherto
done.

The Madrid journals of the 9th are destitute of
interest. Mr. BULWER, the British Ambassador,
had presented to her MAJESTY an autograph
letter from Queen VICTORIA, in reply to the
notification made by Queen ISABELLA of the de-
claration of her majority. The elections con-
tinued in favour of the Progresista party.
The Three per Cents. were done at 25 for
cash, and 25 7-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per
Cents. at 19, at 60 days.

On Monday the French Chamber of Deputies
commenced the debate on the address. M.
BERRTER was the first speaker, and protested in
strong language against the paragraph imputing
" wicked machinations" to those who had visited
the Duke of BORDEAUX in Belgrave-square.
Was France, he said, a nation, too, so powerful,
to be alarmed at the proceedings of a few loyal
gentlemen ? He declared formally that there
was no conspiracy—no intention to act against
the existing Government in France—nothing
beyond the natural desire of the Legitimist
r party to pay honour to the head of their opi-
nions. The Legitimists had gone to London to
pay their respects to the Duke of BORDEAUX,
the representative of their ancient remembrances,
but for no other purpose whatever. Loud marks
of disapprobation interrupted the speaker, when
he declared the Chamber would not give him a

hearing, and he left the tribune. M. GUIZOT,
however, obtained for him a second hearing, and
afterwards replied to his state men t. A report of the
proceedings is given under the proper head.
The Duke of FITZJAMES has published a very
foolish letter on the same subject, addressed to
M. GUIZOT. It has been published in only one
Carlist journal, the Gazette de France, which
states that a report prevailed that the Duke
would be summoned before the Chamber of
Peers to answer for his conduct. It was be-

lieved, however, that another course would be
adopted, and that the editor of the paper ana
the writer would be indicted before the Court
of Assizes. The Journal des Debats publishes
the letter, and, in reference to the attack on M.
GulzoT, says—" The title of the Duke, and his
language, may have their attraction in Belgrave-
square, but they are powerless in France, where
personal merit, and not a name, secures dis-

S IA ARY OF S

AND

Vtibitr

" Who runs may react."

FOREIGN.

On Monday a great deal of business was done on the
Paris Bourse, and at higher prices. The Thre,, per
Cents. closed at 82f. 75e., and the Fives at 125 f. _

Great distress, according to the National, prevails in
the manufacturing districts of France.
The Greek Government having, says the Moniteur,
requested from that of France the permission to send to
Toulon several young Greeks to pursue the maritime
studies necessary for the grades which King Otho in-
tends to confer on them in the Greek navy, and the per-
mission having been immediately granted, six young
Greeks have arrived at Toulon, and have been placed
under the care of an officer of the navy. The son of the
celebrated Canaris has been received on board the
Marengo ship of the line, now in the Levant.
On the Ist of January the citizens of Stockholm gave
a grand ball in honour of the Royal family. At nine
o'clock the King, accompanied by the members of his
family, arrived. His presence caused the more pleasure
as for several years his Majesty has not been present on
such an occasion.

The German papers state that a report was current
that the Germanic Diet had made a representation to the
Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden relative to a
third duel, which was to take place in the affair of Goeler
and Haber.

A letter from the Hague, Jan. 10, says:—" The Mi-
nister of Marine has lost everything by the fire vihich
destroyed his house. He was obliged the same night to
take refuge in a public hotel with his wife, who was ill,
and his two daughters. The next day he received an
invitation to occupy the palace which his Majesty pos-
sesses sear the Royal chateau. On taking possession of
the apartments, Vice-Admiral Ryk found on a table a
pocket book containing 25,000 f. in notes, and in a ward-
robe were placed a great number of rich silks, velvets,
and satins, for dresses for Mme. Ryk and her daughters."
According to the Augsburg Gazette, the property left
by the late Count of Nassau has been estimated far. too
highly, the real amount being not more than 70 millions
of francs.

The inauguration of the statue of MOLIERE in
the Rue Richelieu, took place on Monday, when
several speeches were made, and all passed off
quietly. The Moniteur publishes the revenue
returns for 1843, which amounted to 764,573,000 f.
(30,500,000/.) As compared with those of 1841,
there is an increase of 48,900,000 f., and of
13,316,000 f. over 1842. The improvement bore
principally on the registry duties, stamps, cus-
toms, colonial sugars, salt, liquors, carriage-
licenses, tobacco, &c.; the decrease, on domestic
sugars, gunpowder, &c. The augmentation in
the customs was 13,799,000 f. as compared with
1841, and 4,318,000 f. with 1842.
The Duke of BORDEAUX passed through Bel-
gium on Sunday. He had arrived the previous
night at Ostend, by the Earl of Liverpool steamer.
His suite consists of four persons only, among
whom is the Duke DE LEVIS. The Duke slept
at the Hotel des Bains, at Ostend, and went
thence direct to Cologne by the railroad, without
visiting Brussels.

BOURSE—PARIS,
MONDAY, JAN. 15.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 124 90... 124 90... 124 85... 124 65
4% per Cents 112 ... 1!2 ... 112 112
Four per Cents 106 ... 106 106 ... 106
Threes 82 70... 82 70... 82 65.. 62 65
Bank of France.. 3260 ...3262 50...3260 ...3260
Latta Bank I,ooof 1112 50 ..1112 50...1112 50...1112 50
5,000 f 5075 ...5075 ...5075 ...5075
Belgian Bank 660 ... 660 660 ... 660
Belgian Fives ..
1640 lO9 ... 109 109 ... 109
1812 lo9} ... 1091 ... 1091 ... 1091
Threes . 76 40... 76 40... 76 40... 76 40
Dutch 21 per Cents 55 ... b 5 ... 55 ... 55
Spanish Active . ..... • 30 ... 30 30 30
Passive ..• 51 5* 5i 5}
Portuguese Fives 451 ... 451 ... 451 ... 451
Neapolitan lO6 25... 106 75... 106 25... 106 75
Roman
...... 105 ... 105 .. 105 105
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain ....... : ..... 800 ... 805 800 805
Versailles. R.B ......... 31.1 25... 320 .. 312 50... 320
LB .... . 172 50... 180 ... 172 50... 177 50
Rouen ................. 830 ... 830 ... 830 .. 825
Rouen t. Havre ......... 655 ... 655 ... 652 50... 652 50
Orleans. . ..... 846 ... 852 50... 845 ... 852 50
Strasburg to 8a1e...••• 240 ... 243 75... 240 ... 243 75
Avignon to Marseilles 670 ••• 673 75... 670 ... 672 50
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
St. Germain ........ 807 50... 807 50... 807 50... 807 50
Versailles, R.B ......... 316 ... 321 25... 315 ... 321 25
L. B • ... 175 ... 180 175. ... 180
Rouen ..... ......... 840 845 840 845
Rouen to Havre ..... 655 ... 655 ... 650 .. 650
0r1ean5...... . 850 .•. 855 850 855
Strasburg to 8a1e...... 237 50... 240 .., 237 49... 240
Avignon to Marseilles 670 ... 675 670 .. 675

The weather at Paris, which for several weeks had
been generally so unusually mild for the period of the
year, changed suddenly in the night of Friday. A
sharp frost set in, and at six on Saturday morning the
mercury fell to 22 Farenheit, and at noon it stood at
26. On Sunday it continued nearly the same.
The Madrid papers state that the weather in Navarre
during the latter part of December and the beginning of
this month was severe almost without precedent. Snow
had fallen at Taffala for fifteen days consecutively, and
prayers had been put up in the churches for a cessation
of so rigorous a temperature. It was feared that all the
olive trees would be destroyed.
A letter from Manheim, in the Journal de Franefort,
states that Dr. Goldschmidt, of Gottingen, has disco-
vered that the little comet seen at Paris in November,
describes an ellipse altogether differing from the usual
parabolic orbit of comets, and revolves round the sun
in somewhat less than seven years. Its orbit comes
nearer to a circle than that of any other similar body
yet discovered.

Considerable sensation has for some days past been
caused by the rumours which had been current in
Gray's Inn, as to the awkward position of a profes-
sional man of long standing, and of hitherto high
character. Involvements to a very large amount—
some say to the extent of 150,000/.—were alleged to
be about to be disclosed. The Gazette of Tuesday
contains the confirmation of the involvements, but we
hope that the amount stated is exaggerated. Specu-
lation in buildings, and in matters out of the range of
professional business, is the alleged cause of the un-
fortunate event.

SIR H. POTTINGER AND THE
AI%IEERS OF SCINDE•
TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,--I have just read a letter, published in the
Morning Chronicle, and said to be written by Sir
Henry Pottinger upon the events in Sinde.
'With you, Sir, I hold this letter to be a forgery—
a shameless one—put forth to abuse the public mind
previous to the expected debates in Parliament on
Sindian affairs, which must take place before Sir
Henry Pottinger can disavow the letter attributed to
him.
I add this reason also to those you have advanced,
in disproof of its authenticity. Sir 11. Pottinger, in
his travels, speaks of the Ameers' government as one
" whose extortion, ignorance, and tyranny, are possibly
unequalled in the world."
But )h hether the letter published in the Chronicle
be, or be not, a forgery, it most insolently proclaims
a falsehood.

Guernsey, janN. Vitt:
1844 NAP. IE R , Major-Genera'

DOVER.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
DOVER, JAN. 16.—Arrived from Calais 11.31. Steamer
Princess Alice, Captain Luke Smithett, in one hour and
forty minutes, having on board her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, and her daughter the Princess
Mary.
Their Royal Highnesses were received by Colonel
Rice Jones, RE., commandant of theat
garrison, with a
guard of honour from the 77th Regime, and landed
under a salute from the Western heigh
orthit.
ton' AfterHote par-
taking of some refreshment at Wngs l,
they proceeded, under a second royal salute, for London,
intending to reach Cambridge House to dinner.
It is expected the South Eastern Railway will be open
to Dover on the Ist of February.

ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE AND THE COGERS.—The
society of Cogers, who meet nightly at their hall in
Bride-lane, was informed by a member on Monday
evening last that it was the intention of the Council of
the League shortly to return to London to renew their
valuable and spirited exertioas in favour of free trade.
A subscription in aid was suggested, and in a few
minutes nearly 204 was handed to the Secretary,
although no previous notice had been given, and but
few members present. The chief object of an immadiate
contribution was to set an example to the numerous
societies with which the metropolis abounds.
The Earl of Stradbroke, who is entertaining a
party of sporting noblemen and gentlemen at Henhan Hall,
backed himself on Thursday last for a wager of 50/. wi6 Capt.
Burne to kill and bag three brace of pheasants, flying 'hots, in
the day, with single ball, which his Lordship did with ease,
killing 7 birds out of 27 shots, the last two being right and
left. No restriction was made, whether rifle, dovble, or
single gun, and his Lordship preferred the double gun he
usually 'boat; with.

that, be ha.,i had it dun view of the cooit.t. " No rotol,-üb,"

he says, " was perceptibk flu" cuititi the
seen, except the eye was directed to another hart of he
field."

Two conntrica—S;,itzeriand and the Roman
rnised the rat po4a2e.
The tirAt Act of n:riia,n,,nt pa6:;cd. for the constrtx -
:ion of a railroad was in 1801.

The City of London Church Missionary Society held
their anniversary meeting, on Tuesday, at the Hall of
Commerce. Mr .J Labouchere in the chair. The report
announced that the rnis,ions of the parent Society now
embraced ninety-two station:,, employing 1,263 labourers,
of whom a large number were ordained ministers. The
number of schools was 665, providing education for an
aggregate of 66,000 persons, in Northern India and
Bombay, &c. In New Zealand alone there were 35,000
natives under instruction. During the past year there
had been forwarded to the parent from the branch So-
ciety, 9231., of which sum 5001. had been granted by
the City Corporation, and 1001. presented by the Golds-
smiths' Company.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY. WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Funds, after having a tendency to advance,
slightly receded this afternoon, but although they did
not close at the extreme rise of the morning, they were
nevertheless higher than yesterday. Coisols were
96 to 97.
. _

The Foreign Investments were much the same.
Spanish Actives realised 221 ; and the Three per
Cents., 301 Brazilian were 77 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
per Cents. closed at 548.

The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 4 ; Blackwall,
; and Greenwich, 7/ discount. Hull and Selby
mere 7; Croydon, 21 ; Norwich and Brandon, 2* to 1;
Lancaster and Carlisle, i; Newcastle and Darlington,
131; Northern and Eastern, Quarter, 24; North Mid-
land, Half, 5 ; York and North Midland, 70 ; and ditto
Scarborough Branch, 16 premium. Australasia Bank
Shales were 5; and ditto New, 4 premium. Bristol
North American were 91 to 10; and Colonial, 14 dis.
(From The Sun of Last Night. )
A largo speculative business was done in Cotton, but the
trade bought only moderately. Of 14,000 bales sold, specu-
lators took 7,000 American and 3,000 Surat. Prices were
firm, and included 300 Egyptian at 7d., 200 Per-
nambuco at 6id. to 6id., 200 Maranham at 6id.,
100 Bahia at 6id. ; 500 Surat at aid. to 4id. ; and the rest
American.—Shares generally were heavy. Edinburgh and
Glasgow Quarter, 14%; Liverpool and Manchester, 220;
Birmingham, 239 ; South Western, 74%; Paris and Rouen,
; South Eastern, 36 ; Paris and Lyons, 2i ; Paris and
Orleans, 32i.
There were no late advices to-day from the British Colonies,
or elsewhere.

It is satisfactory to find, from the Report of
the Directors of the St. Katharine's Docks, at
the meeting of the Propietors yesterday, that the trade
of the port of Loidon in the last six months of the past
year exhibits more satisfactory results than was anticipated.
True it is that in the number of ships a falling of is shown, but
it should be remembered that scarcely any corn-laden vessels
were reported, and these in the corresponding period of
the previous year were numerous. As it is, it
would seem that in the tonnage there is an increase—
a larger class of vessels being used in many trades than
heretofore. Thus we find that while the British and
foreign ships entered with cargoes at 6,381 in 1842,
and at 6,138 in 1843, still in tonnage the quantity entered
in the latter was 1,306,738 tons, and in the former but

COURT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —lier Majesty and Prince
Albert tok their ac,ustointAl walk to-day in the grounds
ihout the Castle,

The Royal were taken to day for the it usual
airings. '1 he Eta-land Countess of Jersey and Lady
ulementich.: Villiers arrived on a visit to her iklsjesty
and his Royal Highness Prince &then, and will have
the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the
Castle this evening.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, and attended by
Baroness Ahlefeldt, left Frankfort on Thursday last, and
travelled by route to Coblentz, Bonn, and Cologne, to
Aix-la-Chapelle, where her Royal Highness arrived on
Saturday. The Royal Duchess and suite left Aix-la-
Chapelle for Ostend, at which port the Royal party
arrived on Sunday. Her Royal Highness proceeded to
Calais on the following day, and on Tuesday morning,
about eight o'clock, .embarked for Dover, where the
Royal Duchess landed, and went from Dover to Folke-
stone, travelling thence to town by the South-Eastern
Railway, and immediately proceeding from the terminus
to Kew, where the Duchess and the Princess Mary, at-
tenclod by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck, ar-
rived at nine o'clock in the evening.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town
yesterday morning for his residence, at Kew.

1,28.5,490 tons. It is not an immaterial point to be borne in
mind, that of wheat alone there had been less landed in 1843
than in the same period of 1842, by 542,250 quarters, or equal
to 100,000 of ships tonnage.
An inspection of American provisions intended for public
sale took place this morning, at which several eminent free-
traders were present, including Mr. Pattison, M.P., Mr.
Hume, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., Mr.
M'Gregor, and others, all of whom appeared to approve of the
qualities, and to entertain an impression of gradual improvement.
The Funds have risen a little. Consols are 964. to 97i for

A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present
were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Wharneliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch,
the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington,
Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, Sir Henry Hardinge, and
Sir Edward Knatchbull.

The Council broke up soon after five o'clock, when
Sir Robert Peel immediately took his departure for
Windsor Castle. Lady Peel also accompanied the Righ
Hon. Baronet, on a visit to her Majesty.
Mr. William Maury, deputed by the American
Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool to advocate a re-
duction in the duty on tobacco, had an interview with
Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, and the Hon.
Edward Stewart, Deputy Chairman, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the
I.nian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were
sent off last evening from the Colonial-office.

The Bishop of London had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Duke of Wellington had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel yesterday.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

ENGAGEMENT OF MR. AND MRS. WOOD.

After an absence from London of some years, Mr. and
Mrs. Wood made their first appearance at this theatre
last evening. To what causes this absence is to be
attributed, how it came to pass that these, the first of
English singers, have been suffered to be so long with-
out a metropolitan engagement, we will not now stop to
inquire, but instead we offer our hearty congratulations
to Mr. Maddox on his good fortune in having been
enabled to secure their services, and our best thanks for
having provided for the musical public such a treat- •
As might have been expected, the house was literally
overflowing. Before the opening of the doors crowds
were waiting to obtain admittance. The pit and gallery
were crammed to suffocation within five minutes after
the doors were opened. Those who were unable to
obtain admission to the pit rushed to the boxes--•
many . of them too late to obtain even a back
seat in the slips. Long before the commence-
ment of the performance there was not a place
unoccupied, and had the theatre been three times the
size that it is, it would have been ti,o small to have
afforded accommodation to all those who sought for ad'
mittance. The opera was the Maid of Judah, Mr. and
Mrs. Wood sustaining their original characters of Ivan-
hoe and Rebecca. She enters in the first scene, and
never do we recollect to have witnessed such a reception.
The house rose en masse, and amidst shouts of welcome►
the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and applause the
most enthusiastic, she gracefully acknowledged the
deafening cheering with which she was greeted. After
the cheering had somewhat subsided, there was a call
for one cheer more, which was most enthusiastically re-
sponded to, and then, and not until then, was she per-
mitted to proceed with the business of the scene, and
never do we ' recollect to have seen or heard her
to greater advantage. •Her attractions are undiminished.
There are still the same beautiful and expressive fea-
tures, the same lovely and graceful form, the same apprO'
priate and expressive acting, and her voice is as powerful+
as sweet, as mellow, and as flexible' as ever, while she
has, if possible, even greater command over it than she
ever had. What can induce her to leave the stage (for
this is advertised as her farewell engagement) thus, 111
the zenith of her powers, at a time too, when we have 0'
really musical public, more capable than ever it has been
yet of properly appreciating the treasure which it pow'
sesses in such a prima donna as Mrs. Wood, we are at •
loss to imagine. Let us, however, hope that her resoltv
tion is not irrevocable. Mr. Wood shortly afterwards
entered, and was greeted with the most enthlt:
siastic cheering. He looked exceedingly well, Od
is decidedly improved both in acting and singing.
its
Ivanhoe throughout was a fine manly performance, ell
it was quite a treat to hear his fine and powerful voice
in these days of puny tenors. His voice, always power
ful and melodious, seems to us to be of greater compass
and flexibility than it was, and it was evident from his
singing that he had now become a most accomplished
musician. Tasteful and expressive, he always was, but
he is now, a perfect artist—the first of tenor singer!:
The opera itself is no doubt familiar to our readers. .1.1
is en adaptation of the story of Scott's " Ivanhoe," to
the music of Rossini's Pietro 1 Eremita (which itself, hi
the bye, is only an adaptation of a new libretto to the,.
music of Mose in Egitto), and was originally produced. at
Covent-garden ; the Woods, then as now, sustaining
the principal characters. There are three grand scenes
for Mrs. Wood, each of which was given with the most
exquisite taste and power, and in each of which she was
rapturously applauded. There were loud calls for the rePe.
tition of the beetle in the second act; but these were met
with cries of "Shame, shame," and the encore was not
insisted on. Nothing, however, but the fear of fatiguing
the cantatrice prevented every one of them from bell
encored. Mr. Wood sang the delicious melody,
by the shady greenwood tree," with great taste and
P
pression, and was of course rapturously encored. °
was also encored in the magnificent bravura, "When;
the trump of Fame loud calling." Well do we remember
the electrical effect of this song on the audiell
when the opera was originally produced.
at once fixed Wood's position at the head (1.
his profession. No one has ever been able to approac.l;
him in this magnificent song, and never did he sing 1
better than last evening. At the conclusion of the oiler.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood were both called for, and 414
greeted with the utmost enthusiasm. After
Walton announced the opera for repetition on Friday
amidst the unanimous applause of one of the most crowds
audiences ever assembled within the walls of a theatre.

immediate transfer, and 97 for the new Account. The settle-
ment is going off favourably, and stock is rather in request.
Exchequer bills are 655. to 675. premium; the New Three-
and-a- Half per Cents, realise 102 to 101 i, and the Three per
Cents. are 978 to 4. Bank Stock is 18t3 to 189.
The Foreign Market is rather quiet. Spanish Actives have
been 226 to *, and the Three per Cents. 301, being rather heavy.
Mexican realise 3211 to • ; Chilian, 101 i ; and Brazilian, 768.
Portuguese Converted Stock is 444, and steady. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. are 54i to 11.
The Railway Shares are brisker, and in some instances
rather higher.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 16.—We have
had a fair inquiry for Railway Stock at steady prices,
there has also been an increased demand for Bank

Shares. Our transactions are :—Eastern Counties,
10 15-16 ; Ditto New Registered, 12i ; Lancaster and
Preston Three-quarter Shares, 244 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 384- ; Manchester and Liverpool District
Bank, ”.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

B and Stock lB9 !India Stock 2738 pin
Tur Cent. Red.
3 'el Cent. Cons.
38 pJr Cent. Red... 1028 Ditto New Annuities...
Now 38 per Cent.... 1018 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. IV. 67 pm
New 6 ter Cen'. — Ditto 500/...... 67 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 67 pm
Jan. 1860 ... ...... 124 Bank Stock for Acct. -
UCt. 1859
J an. 1860 ...

THE LATE CASE OF HYDR°-

PHOBIA.
Last night an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Wl-
pital, before William Payne, Esq., on the body of En'"
Hayward, aged 14 years, who died from hydrophebl;
Some of the particulars of this case were given in 1:e
Sun of Tuesday last—in addition to which it was stilt'
to the jury that the deceased, at the time he was bitten•
was in the act of tying a tin kettle to the tail of the dog;
the bite was on the lower part of the left cheek—the dog
was a sort of tan terrier, and on the following day
again seen about the premises, when three dogs belong'
ing to the yard set upon it, and broke three of its rill
and otherwise mangled it; it, however, escaped int°.,o
neighbouring gentleman's grounds, where in a few 05)4
afterwards it was found dead. One of the other dic.),4
had since died, and the other two were kept tied up,,„uh",
had shown no symptoms of being in a rabid state. '4
Coroner recommended that to prevent the possibility
any further mischief they should be destroyed.
116. Depkiel, the house surgeon of the hospital, stataci
that when the deceased was brought in he was sufferlol3s,
from tetanus. Medicines were administered to 111
but he continued to get worse, and between nine and ,D
o'clock became excessively violent, and at ten minutes
before eleven o'clock expired.
'„e Coroner—Of what disease did he in your opinion a I
Witness—Of hydrophobia—the symptoms were decidedly
marked. .
Coroner—You have, I believe, no cure for
malady? Witness—None whatever. t•
By the suggestion of the Coroner the jury returne-
verdict that" the deceased died from hydrophobia."

A melancholy occurrence took place at Malden!
little village between Cheam and Kingston, on Sattirdil
night. It appears that the servant of Mr. Richardsoth
farmer of that place, had occasion to get a pair of b°°ts
from under a bed in which three of her master's 011_10.
,
ren were asleep, and while she was stooping for that
pose, by some means the candle ignited the bed furnitTo
and in an instant the bed was enveloped in flames. ble
poor children shrieked violently, and the police const9 of
on duty in the village, accompanied by the landlords„
the Plough public-house, made their way into the Ir.,"ed,
and by their exertions the fire was soon extinguw"rot.
but not before all the children were dreadfully blinof
Mr. Kingsford, a medical man of Kingston, pr°ifirtbr,
attended, and did all in his power to alleviate the stin se'
ings of the poor children, but one of them was SO
e['
verely injured, that it died on Monday night. The olso
vant in her endeavours to rescue the children witgoer
very much scorched and injured. An inquest has_vot Of
been held by Mr. Carter, the Coroner, and a ver''
" Accidental Death," returned. d. to
THE WRECKED FISHERMEN.—We are 00 the
observe that the appeal to the sympathies w boo
public in behalf of the poor fishermen whO beets
lost their bread-winners, is not likely to haveto.dei
made in vain. The subscriptions advertised uotlit
amount to upwards of one hundred and sixtY it b°
and we know that more is forthcoming. Nor 'avi,lted
unrequ ired. The sum necessary to replace the Nsnio as.
boats is much larger than was at first supposed ; 3 0 00
the people can do little or nothing themselves, thebrge----
be the greater claim on the generosity of the pub
Aberdeen Herald. r
CUSTOMS AT LEITH.—The revenue of t,tloo of
at this port is still increasing, showing a diffeleial 00,
amount between last year and the one just enue,i,
proves a very great improvement in the trade in ti, !..lie
ip-
of the country, and in amount forming one tenth of
crease in the Customs Cr the United Kingdo.ln'
ndetij
h r
revenue collected at th e port during the year who? 16 a
on the sth of Janucrv, 1844, was £628,00` 11
e 1
Do. sth of January, 1843
s 1°
x 58,323 i •
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