The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

THE SVN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18 1845

Now ready, In 3 vols., post Bvo., 31s. 6.1.
LETTERS OF A GERMAN COUNTESS ;
WRITTEN DURING HER TRAVELS
UN TURKEY, EGYPT, THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, NUBIA,
&c., in 1843-4.
By IDA, COUNTESS HAHN-HAHN.
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To be had of all Booksellers.

MR. MILTON'S NEW NOVEL.
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
LADY CECILIA FARRENCOURT.
A NOVEL.

_ .
By HENRY ifILTON, Esq.
Author of " Rivalry."
" Sha is a woman, therefore may be woo'd ;
She is a woman, therefore may be won."—Shakspeare.,
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a Grand Opera Sella, called THE DAUGHTER
OF ST. MARK.. Lusignano Mr. Burdini • Andrea Corneae, Mr.
borrant ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr, W.
harrison; Catarina Corner°, Miss Poole
• To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinsde, called
PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON
CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr.
Wieland; Clown Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ;
Columbine, Miss Carson.
. The Box-orrice is open ally, from Ten in the Morning until Six
in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons.

THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, JAN. 17,

rUVAMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 4

BAROMETER, 29.85.-WIND, S.

THEATRE ROYAL AT HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. EBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Wl:if be perform d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. Si rickland 1_ Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe" s ,• Torn Coke
pr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
The Countess of Fompion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn,
Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxonous, Mr. J.
Aland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.
Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley.
To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC.
TOR lA.L TOUR IN SWITZERLAND.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office,
from Ten till Fire o'Clock.

THEATREIROYAL, HAY3fARKET.
Fifty-First Night of the New Comedy of OLD HEADS AND
YOUNG HEARTS, with GRACIOSA AND PERCINET, and
PHILLIPS'S DIORA 3f t of SWITZERLAND.
The Public is respectfully advised to mske early application fur
Piet:es. I. T. ARCHER, Box Book-keeper.
Jan 17,1845.
• N.B. To prevent coe'usion, carriages must draw up with the
liorses' heads towards Pall-mall.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.)
• New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some
Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Tobv Veck,
Mt 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; 'rugby, Mr. Wilkin-
son ; Sir Joseph Rowley, Bart . Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr.
!Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue; Mrs.
'Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
After which, NORMA. in which Miss Woolgar, Mr, Paul Bed-
filed, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform.
' To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas
Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Kirk;
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss I..ons-
dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanlers.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter Air Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. lidellon.—Box-ottice open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MONSEIGNEUR ; or,
PARIS IN e(72 Monseigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr.
Oxberry; Rosanne, Miss Emma Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall.
To be succeeded
_by a New Comelietta, entitled THE WIDOW
BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs.
Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling.
To be followed by a new Divertissement, called LE 'ALON
DE BAL. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Miss
Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Rou'set, Mr. Marshall, and Mr.
Gilbert.

After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather
Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS
GrindofF, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Kelmar,
tr. Granby; Riber, Mr. Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss K Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke.
. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden,
Machinist Mr. Edmund BradwelL
Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Gallo Is. Half-price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half ; Prosce-
alum Boxes, 'two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half.
pest Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Bex-otice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn.
Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the
Theatre.

THEATRE, ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA_
HOUSE
_

Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principa,
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews,
Collier, Emery, Turner, and Feeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden,
Miss Greve, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO
MARR Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker,
Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historicil, Romantic
Pantomlmical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE
AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews;
Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ,
Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs
Usher, Mies James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley.
PRICES OF A DMISSION.—BaIcouy boxes. 45.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. • Pit, b.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
(hir!ldes, Is. 61; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier
ing eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
fler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit flee (holding six persons), One Guinea.
The Box.ollicei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc.
lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent garden Theatre.

Nightly Overflows ti the Grand Christmas Holiday Noveltie., and
1 reble Rotation of Entertainments at
ASTLF.Y'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY.
Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed;
Introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage
Ind in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
bj Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
Epsom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse-
Manship.
To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
cu lled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the
slack Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine,
Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ,
• ebony Gilpin, Mr. Wells.
kcting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
Box office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art o Riding
by Mr. R. Smith daily.

DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season ! A more brilliant
triumph than ever before achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, and
Delight!! ! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and
Everything New !! !!

THIS EVENIN(
Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; er, The End
of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corti (frorn the
Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes Neville, R Hoarier,
Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. It Horier, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W.
Daly, aad Miss Martin.
To be followed by THE WET NURSE. Supported by Messrs,
Neville, W. Smith, and Lewis, Miss Martin, &c.
To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called
POUNDS, 4/-IILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN
Z. B. D. Harlequin Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti; Columbine, Miss Steller.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
dace, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE
Extraordinary Success of " Marianne: or, 'The Child of Charity,"
and the New Comic Pantomime.
• THIS EVENING
Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sur,
'toned be Mr. Oibaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson t T. H.
Figgie, J. Herbert, E Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Mite E.
Terrey, and Miss Treble.

After which, an Original Extravaganza, entitled THE PALACE
OF GENEVA. Characters by Messrs. Herbert and J. T. John-
son, Miss E. Terry, and Miss Treble.
Ts conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ' • or, The Little Old Wm lan and
the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequm, M. Chapiyo ; Clown,
Mr. Blanchard ; Pantalonn, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle
sie Vita.

FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to submit a list of the EN-
GAGEMENTS, and an outline of the ARRANGEMENTS which
be has entered Into for the ENSUING SEASON of FRENCH
PLAYS, which will be commenced on WEDNESDAY, JAN.
22, and which, he trusts, will be deemed worthy the distinguished
Patronage hitherto conferred upon his Theatre.
The Season will commence by the Engagement of Monsieur
Latent (of the Theatre des Varietesi, his First Appearance at this
Theatre, for whose performance the popular Plays of " Le Che-
valier de Saint Georges," " Le Chevalier du Guet," " Pierre le
Rouge." " Requefinette," " Pere et Fils, &c., &c., Sm., will be
produced. Mademoiselle Nathalie (of the Theatre du Gymnase)
will also appear conjointly with Monsieur Lafont.
After whom, the eminent Actor, Monsieur Frederick ',maitre
(who has accepted an engagement for a limited number of Nights
Only), and Mademoiselle Clarisse, will appear, until the close of the
Season at Easter. During the Engagement of Monsieur Frede.
rick Lemaitre, the popular Plays of " Don Cwsar de Bazan," and
"Rug Bias," by Victor Hugo, as originally performed by him with
SO much success, will be produced; as well as the last New Piece
of the Porte St. Martin, which now excites such extraordinary
interest in Paris, and in which M. Frederick has performed for
Ten consecutive Weeks, entitled " La Dame de saint Tropez."
After Easter, the eminent Actress, Madame Albert (engaged
for a few nights only), will appear in the Two New Comedies of
the Theatre Francais, " Une Femme a Quarante Ans," and " Le
Mari a la Campagne," in addition to " Mathilde, ou la Jalouise ;"
and Marie, ou les Trois Epochs;" with other faiourite Pieces of
her repertoire ; and will be succeeded by the popular Comic Actor,
Monsieur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royale), who will make
bis First Appearance in this Country.
The Engagement of Monsieur Ravel will be followed by those of
Mademoiselle Plessy, and Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre
Francais, ills First Appearance in this Country). Tt is intended, at
that period of the Season, to produce, under the superintendence
ef Monsieur Cartigny, some of the finest Comedies of the French
St4ge• In addition to which, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to
announce, that an entirely New Comedy will be produced, written
expressly for the Company by the eminent French Author, Mon-
sieur Alexandre Dumas, who will be present in London to direct
the raise en scene of his New Composition.
The Favourite Actor, Monsieur Achard, is also engaged for a
few Nights, and will appear in the last New Vaudeville of Le
nymnase, entitled " Rabiole et Joblot," by ,
Scribe " Ywan le
7,foujick," and other New Pieces,
with the occasional Representa-
tion of come of the most popular Plays of that admired Actor's
repertoire.

The Season will terminate by the Engagement of Monsieur
Arnal (of the Theatre du Vaudeville), who will have the honour
of making his First Appearance at this Theatre, and during whose
Engagement the following Popular Plays, as originally performed
by Monsieur Arnal, will be produced :—" L'Hornine Blase"
L'Huntoriste," " Lee Gents Jriune," '‘ Passe Minult," " Les
Cabinets ,Partieulaire," " Renaudin de Caen," " Le Poltron,"
a'La Mansarde du Crime," " Le Bal du Grande Monde," &c., ece.
The Company for the Season will be carefully selected from the
'Theatres of Paris, including M. CartignY, M. Oudinot, M. De-
ettatnPes (of the Gymnase), M. Masquiflier (of the Porte St.
Marti.), M. Lienard, M. Tourillon, M. Bizot, M. Bonnet, Mdlle.
Visa Forgeot, Mdme. Croset, Mdlle. Mery, Mdlle. Chaplin, Mdlle.
Cry (of the Varietes), Mdlle. Andrea (of the Porte St. Martin),
',Mlle. Estelle (of the Palais Royale), Mdlle. Bonval (of the Theatre
Francais), Mdlle. Valerie (of the Odeon), Mdlle. Lambert (of the
Varietes), &c., &c., &c.
Leader of the Orchestra, M. Burotte (for Twenty Years Second
Chef d'Orchestre at the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Directrice,
Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot ; Regieseur, M. Cloup.
The Subscription will be for Forty Representation*, which will
sake place on Mondays and Fridays; the Performances on Wed-
nesday Evenings will not be included in the Subscriptions, but Sub-
*critters will be allowed to exchange either the Monday or Friday
Evening for the Wednesday, when they may desire to do so, for
the accommodation of their other engagements, an arrangement
Which, on former Seasons, has given such general satisfaction.
Applications for Season Boxes and Stalls to be addressed to Mr.
'Michell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.street ; Mr. Sams, 1, St.
jtuites*strett ; and Maus. Andrews and Ebert!, Bond-street.

iltioW Teady, at all the Libraries, embellished with a Fine Portrait of D IRE CT NORTHERN RAILWAY
the Authoress, from a Drawing by Edwin Landseer, R.A.,
COUNTESS of BLESSING-TON'S 1111/6
COMPANI"S OFFICES, 64, MOORGATE-STREET,
Lon
NEW NOVEL, TO TIIE EDITOR OF " TIIE SUNdon, Jan. 18, 1845.."
" STRATHERN; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD." Sir,—The interest which yen evince in Railway matters, induces
A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY. me to take the earliest opportunity afforded, of making publicly
"This novel presents a series ofexciting tableaux vivans of society-, a brief commentary on, or rather correction of, a passage in the
Such as no writer of the present day except Lady Blessington has leading article of the " Rallts-ay Times" of to-day, devoted to a dis-
-the„coura,ge to paint, and the ability to execute. Her portraitures cussion of the merits of the Lines to York. This article,
atre.fhll length ; her dissection of the human heart is scientific and although written generally- in a courteous spirit towards
-tins .In Strathern' we have exhibited all those attractive the Direct Northern Line, has the following sentence :—" The
• graces that distinguish the pen ands accomplished novelist. Pathos, Line, it seems, Is to join the Great Northern a mile and a half
sentiment, romance, wit, humour, satire, ridicule, by turns rule the beyond the City of York, for the purpose of avoiding deter-
. hour."—Morning Post. Lion—a mighty convenience this to the said City of York, which
Stormy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. is to be so greatly benefited by the Line!" lam aware that
, this remark has, in all probability, arisen front tke language
of the statement recently put forth by this Board of the " case and
merits of tl-,e Line," which, on my attention being new brought to it,
is not sp,..cific on this point, for, after stating that the Line will
reduce the distance between London and York to 1761
ant that collision with the traffic of the Tork and North Midland
Railway' is avoided by carrying the line by a bridge over that Rail-
way, It has certainly been omitted to state the fact, that the conve-
nience of York City has been duly provided for by the intended for-
mation of a New Station close to the existing turnpike-road at Mickle-
gate. This station, which has always been part of the
plan, :Is in fact a material feature in it, in order to avoid
the detention and conflision which would otherwise occur
at York, from the use of the present station there, with
its other multifarious traffic. The object of the Junction with
the Great North of England Railway, at the distance of a mile
and a half from the City of York, is to carry on in the molt direct
manner the Northern and Scotch traffic.
I have forwarded this correction to the editor of the " Railway
Times," but as the same cannot appear is that paper until next week,
I am desirous immediately to obviate tho impression which the
article in question must otherwise convey to the public, and, there,
fore, I shall be obliged by your inserting this in your paper of to-day.
I con, Sir, your very obedient servant,
WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.

.M,YTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
"Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
" Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY.
oomlng ... 35 minutes after 0 I Evening ... 12 minutes after 10.

bulent and overbearing demeanour affected by others,
shall entail upon them the necessity of persevering
in the active exercise of a precautionary policy.

Another striking illustration of the severity with
which the law—or what is called the law—presses
upon the poor and the defenceless may be found in
the following paragraph, which we quote from a
Morning Contemporary :—" On Wednesday evening
a police order for the removal of all the fruit-stalls in
the Strand, and at the streets and courts leading
thereto, was carried into effect by policemen specially
appointed for the duty. No reason has been assigned
for the order, which is, however, justified by the
Police Act, and can be enforced at the caprice of any
inspector or other policeman." Now what earthly
occasion was there for the issuing of a peremptory
mandate like this, whose immediate effect must almost
necessarily be, to deprive several poor people—chiefly
old women who have no other means left of earning a
subsistence--of their sole remaining chance of keeping
out of a workhouse, which it is well known, they look
upon, and justly too, as the ne-plus-ultra of human
wretchedness ? Is it that the fruit-stalls are a public
nuisance ?—that they incommode respectable pedes-
trians who may happen to be passing to and fro from
the City or the West-end ?—that their homely, un-
sightly look is odious in the eyes of gentility, whose
optics are apt at times to be exceedingly fastidious ?
If the objection be that the stalls are a nuisance, how
i 3 it that the order for their removal has not been
issued long since ? To our certain knowledge they
have existed for years and years in the Strand, and
no complaint that we know of has ever been made
against them ; and such being the case, it seems an
act of the most wanton tyranny to remove them. In-
deed, a sort of prescriptive right may be pleaded in
justification of their continuance ; but no, we are for-
getting ourselves ; prescriptive right to which the law
allows a certain validity when the interests, pecuniary
or otherwise, of the respectable classes of society are
concerned, is utterly without avail when those only of
the poor are concerned. Many an individual in the
upper or middle walks of life has been continued in
the possession of a property of questionable origin by
pleading this right in a court of justice; but it has
had no effect in preventing the inclosure of common-

lands, on which from time immemorial the labourer
had exercised the privilege of pasturing his pigs or
his geese ! Prescriptive right has been allowed no
influence in this case, but the strict letter of the law
has been enforced, no matter how great the hardship
and the injustice occasioned by it. But granting that
the fruit-stalls in the Strand are a nuisance, why is
the police crusade carried on against them exclusively?
Are they more annoying to the public than the showy
wares which are so ostentatiously protruded by the
shop-proprietors at least two yards on each side of the
passage in the Lowther and Burlington Arcades ? If
it be deemed expedient by the police authorities to re-
move the obstruction in the one case, even-handed
justice demands that it should be removed
in the other. But, alas ! in the former instance
the interests, such as they are, of squalid poverty only
are concerned, and these may be injured with im-
punity ; while in the latter, it is the privileges of rich,
respectable tradesmen and the convenience of their
customers that are concerned, and these, in accordance
with the etiquette of police law, must be dealt with
tenderly. It will never be well with society till
these shameful distinctions between rich and poor are
wholly and for ever removed. Daily we see proofs
of the ruinous consequences attending them in the
increasing demoralisation of the labouring classes,
who, neglected and despised by those who should be
their guardians, advisers, and benefactors, too often
rush into evil courses out of a sheer feeling of despe-
ration. Wealth and respectability profess a well-
bred horror of the midnight conflagrations of SWING
and the lawless excesses of REBECCA, but they never
take into consideration how much of this mischief
may be owing to their own supercilious treatment
of the poor. They sow the wind, and then think it a
hard case if they reap the whirlwind. But expe-
rience has at length produced its natural effect on
the minds of the higher and middle classes of
society, who are now fast awakening to the necessity
of pursuing a different course of conduct to that
which they have pursued for years past towards the
labouring masses of the population.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court took the Crown paper to-day, and were
occupied the whole morning with a case as to the liability
of a parish to be rated, which possessed no
,public in-
terest whatever.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
HARRISON V. BILLING.

Accounts from Madrid of the 10th inst. announce
that ZURBANO, after many windings and narrow
escapes, had at last reached a place of safety. He is
now in Lisbon. In the Senate the clause relative to
the QUEEN'S marriage was finally agreed to, after an
ineffectual attempt by the Marquis of MIRAFLORES to
set aside that part of it which prohibited her mar-
riage with any branch of the Don CaaLos family.
The Three per Cents. closed, on the 10th instant, at
30i for cash, and 34 at 60 days; and the Five
per Cents. at 23 9-16 for cash, and 23 15-16 at 60
days ; the Coupons at 27 at 60 days; the Debt with.
out interest at 6 15-16 at 60 days; and the Vales
Non-consolidated at 9 5-32 at 60 days.

This case was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe on Tues-
day last. The action was brought upon a promissory
note for 491. 10s. made on the Ist of March, 1839, by
the defendant, payable to the order of Potts, and endorsed
by him to the plaintiff; a solicitor in Birmingham. It
was pleaded by the defendant that the note was made for
the joint accommodation of himself and Potts, that it
was given to the plaintiff for the purpose of being dis-
counted, and that it was now held by him without con-
sideration, the promised advance upon it having never
been made. The jury found a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. M. D. HILL, on behalf of the plaintiff, now moved,
on the ground of misdirection, for a rule calling on the
defendant to show cause, why the verdict in his favour
should not be set aside, and a new trial had.
The argument turned on a point of special pleading.—
Rule refused.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY)
IN RE TMOMAS COWLEY JONES.-CLAIM TO PROM UNDER

The discussions in the French Chamber of Peers,
on the war with Morocco, have ended entirely in
favour of the Minister. It is admitted on all hands
that Guzzor, in his replies to the Prince of MOSCOWA
and the Count DE LA REDORTE, was completely
triumphant; and so forcibly did he repel unjust in-
sinuations, and show the wise policy of France in
concluding the treaty of peace, that neither Count
MOLE, nor Baron DUPIN, nor one speaker of note had
courage to come to the relief of the defeated grumblers,
so convinced are the Opposition of the fact, that their
organs have given up all hopes of success in the Peers,
and trust to the Deputies, where, they say, he must
put more mettle into his arguments, and where he will
have to contend with keener weapons. They even
have the meanness to seek for consolation in the
decay of his physical strength. " He ought to ma-
nage his strength," says one of these journals, " for he
is evidently wearing out, and we watch him with an
' anxious and compassionate eye, remarking that, when
seated on his bench, he wears an over-excited, flushed
countenance, exhibits a blackness round the eyes, and
shows all the symptoms of irritation of the larynx.
Let him, therefore, spare himself, as he has spared
the Emperor of Moaocco. He owes at least to
himself the same care and calming treatment that he
has bestowed on a barbarian." The vigour with
which this able Minister repels the attacks of his
opponents, shows however that neither his body nor his
mind is worn out : bat what we admire chiefly in his
conduct is that imperturbable spirit—that determina-
tion to render justice to a 'great rival—that utter
contempt for men who call him the " Minister of the
stranger"—and that generous devotion to truth which
emboldens him to praise England even in the midst
of her enemies. " 'We are told," said he, " that
we allowed ourselves to be guided by England !
Never was a more striking contradiction given to
such a declaration. What I expected to hear in this
Chamber was quite the opposite of what the Noble
Peer has advanced. What I expected was to hear
justice and homage rendered to England for her con-
duct towards us during this war with Morocco.
England allowed that our complaints against that
country were just and our claims moderate—that, in
fact, we had a right to reparation. The English
Cabinet officially notified to Morocco that she must
not reckon on any aid from her in case of a contest,
and recommended their agents to advise the EMPEROR
to recognise the Government of France, and give the
required satisfaction. Thus, on the one side, the con-
duct of the French Government was full of in-
dependence and firmness; and on the other, that
of England was full of moderation and justice.
This conduct of England is proved by the in-
structions issued from the Admiralty instruc-
tions worthy of a great people and a noble
ally." Queen CHRISTINA'S paper, while it admits
the ability with which GUIZOT conducted the debate,
gives no credit to his statement respecting the Lords
of the Admiralty, and as a proof of the unconquerable
hate which animates the writer, seizes an occasion to
find fault with England when her conduct towards
France was generous and magnanimous. "But is it
true?" he asks, " that the conduct of England has been
in strict conformity with the words contained in the
dispatch of Lord ABERDEEN :to the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, and which we published on
the 13th of January. We doubt it ; but the ques-
tion of Morocco is an affair, if not skilfully, at least

THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
This was a rule to show cause why a previous judg-
ment, pronounced in this Court by Mr. Commissioner
Law, should not be set aside. The facts of the case were
as follows :—The insolvent had been indebted to a person
named Young, which debt became waived by the Statute
of Limitations. After his insolvency, he wrote a letter,
acknowledging the debt, but in which there was no direct
promise to pay. Mr. Commissioner Law refused to allow
the proof, and Mr. Nicholls, on behalf of Mr. Toung,
moved for the present rule.
The COURT held that Mr. Commissioner Law was
right in the view he took of the case, and discharged the
rule, at the same time ordering that no re-assignment
should be made to the insolvent without due notice being
given to all his creditors.

IN RE JAMES SHALLIS.-EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
The insolvent appeared in Court to be liberated on
bail. Upon the two persons who offered themselves as
sureties entering the witness-box, one of them, named
William Whitecombe, demurred to being sworn upon
the Testament.

Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS (to Mr. Whitecombe)—
Why do you refuse being sworn upon the Bible ? Do
you believe in it ? Mr. Whitcombe— I believe in all the
parts of it which are moral. I believe in those parts of
it which denounce falsehood and bearing false testimony
against my neighbour.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONED—Then do you only believe
in the Bible so far as those principles are concerned in
the same manner as you would believe in a novel or any
other profane work which embodies the same maxims ?
Mr. Whitcombe—Most certainly. I only believe in the
truths themselves and not in the general book in which
they are contained.
Mr. Commissioner POLLOCIL—IS the Court to conclude
that you deny the Divine origin of the New Testament,
or that it is a work of Divine revelation? Mr. Whitcombe

—I do deny it.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—You may retire Mr.
Whitcombe. The Court does not require your presence
any longer.
Mr. Whitcombe and the other surety then left the
Court, and the insolvent was taken back to the Queen's
Bench Prison in default of bail.

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gloriously, terminated; and, as is well known, we do
not like to recriminate for recrimination's sake, it is

quite enough to be obliged to do so in order to repel
unjust attacks. We, therefore, omit further remarks,
merely declaring that we can easily pardon magna-
nimity carried to excess towards a conquered state;
but what we
_cannot• forgive is the excess of cora.

plaisance shown to an arrogant nation, which has the
pretension of being at present the first in the world."

Mr. Non Toil gave directions that the clerk of the
works should be aent for, and acquainted with the cir-
cumstance.

The France, another Opposition journal, thus takes
up the burden of the song, and joins in chorus with
the revilers of England, and of the Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs :
" The ordinary introduction of the speeches of M.
Guizot are known beforehand. They invariably begin
with a Britannic Odyssey, in which the sweets of the
entente cordiale are highly celebrated. M. Guizot has
been faithful to his outre mer affections ; we will even
say that yesterday he surpassed himself. In the first
outburst of his all-English heart, he defended, as she
deserved, that good, that honest, that innocent England,
so unjustly calumniated by the French Opposition party.
England to have meddled with the affairs of Morocco
otherwise than agreeably to us ! England to have op-
posed her veto and her influence to a conclusion so
honourable for us ! You cannot think it ; she is too
good for ns ; she has too much at heart to see our power
recognised in the world ; she is too sincerely devoted
to our interests and our supremacy ! This oratorical
movement over, M. Guizot was only the shadow of him-
self. What will you have ? M. Guizot has no affections
hut for the English alliance ; he has no force or warmth
but when he takes for his subject that good Old England,
which has twice received him like a favoured child, as
Ambassador and as Minister. lie is a conquered gladia-
tor, carrying with him the weapon by which he has been
struck, and which painfully affected him in the second
part of the discussion, that which related to the execu-
tion of the treaty."

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

(THIS DAY.)

EXPLANATION OF 1)R. PENFOLD.

At a meeting of the Marylebone Vestry this day, the
Rev. Dr. Penfold offered the following explanation on
the subject of the accusation which had been made
against him, of having takes a bank note, marked
" Tithes," from the subscription plate of the Girls' School
at the Church. He had, it appears, received various
contributions by post, similarly marked, on previous
occasions, and having learned the name and address
of the person who had placed this money in the
plate, he found it was the sane that had sent the former
contributions by post. This person, who did not wish
his name to be known, said that he intended the money
for Doctor Penfold, and not for the charity. Doctor
Penfold, in order that he might have the word of
another to corroborate what he had said, had induced
this person to call on the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, and state
his intention in giving the money.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

The Committees of the Chamber of Deputies were
occupied in examining the Budget and especially the
expenses of the Finance Department. These ex-
penses were estimated at 623,402,185 f., being an in-
crease of 12,814,167 f. The question of the conver-
sion of the Five per Cents. was cursorily discussed ;
the idea was generally admitted in principle, but a
great majority in each bureau declared against its
immediate adoption. In the course of the day M.
GUIZOT called a meeting of the Committees, and
stated that from accounts he had received he had
greater hopes than ever of the successful conclusion
of the negotiations respecting the right of search, that
England was sincerely desirous of discovering some
equally efficient means for putting an end to the
slave-trade and with that understanding she was
willing to modify the treaty.
The Funds continued firm. The Three per Cents.
closed at 85f. 20c., and the New Loan at 86f. 40c.

COVENT-GARDZN.

RETURN OF HERMAJESTY FROM
STOWE.

Information having been received yesterday morning
at the Euston-square terminus of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, that it was her Majesty's intention
to return from Stowe this afternoon, preparations were
made this morning on a similar scale as at her departure,
and the Directors and officers of the Company were in
attendance to receive the royal party. Orders were

Although the supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables
here wore seasonably large, the general demand was
steady, at our quotations :—Potatoes from 3s to 4s 8d
per cwt; Turnips, Is 8d to 2s 9d ; Carrots, 5s to 6s 6d;
Coleworts, or Greens, 2s to 3s 3d ; and Leeks, 8d to is
4d per doze's bunches ; Apples, 2s to 4s ; Pears, 3s to
4s ; Spinach, is 6d to 2s ; and Onions, Is 8d to 2s 6d
per half sieve ; Pine Apples, 8s to lOs ; and Filberts
and Cobb Nuts, 10d to is 3d per lb ; SaToys, is to 2s
per dozen; forced Asparagus, 6s to 7s; Horse Radish, 2s
to bs ; Broooli, 2s to 3s 6d ; and Celery, is to 2s 6d
per bundle ; Oranges aid Lemons, 8s to lOs per 100;
Seakail, is to 2s 6d per punnet.

NZIWCIATE AND &MADAM:CALL.
Prime Beef, Veal, and Pork sold readily, at very full
prices ; but otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state.
Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ;
Veal 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs.
by the carcass. We had a ♦ery large supply of both
Game and Poultry, owing to which the trade ruled
heavy, at low prices. Geese, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; Hares, 1 s
sd to 2s 6d ; Turkeys, 5s to 126 ; Partridges, is 6d to
2s ; and Pheasants, 3s to 3s 6d each.

issued at the royal mews to have her Majesty's carriages

EUNGERPORD.
There was rather more business doing in Meat at full
prices. All other articles wore a dull sale, at barely
previous rates.

Prime Veal and Pork were in steady request at an
advance of 2d per 81bs. In the value of other kinds of
Meat we have no alteration to report. Beef, from 2s 8d
to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s
8d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 45 6d per Sibs.

NEWPORT.
There was rather more business doing here, at fully
previous rates. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s
10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 8d
to 4s 6d per Sibs.

in waiting at the terminus. At half-past twelve
o'clock a detachment of the 17th Light Dragoons
(Lancers) arrived, and were accommodated by the officers
of the company with a shelter under the extensive por-
tico. Three of the royal carriages, with outriders, ar-
rived at the terminus at a quarter before one o'clock.
Immediately on the departure of the one o'clock down
train, the platform, ante-room, and passage to the por-
tico, where the royal carriages were in waiting, were
covered with crimson cloth. At this time, notwith-
standing the unfavourable state of the weather, a
very great numbor of respectable persons had
assembled to witness her Majesty's arrival. Pre-
cisely at half-past one o'clock her Majesty and
Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Jersey
Master of the Horse to the Queen; the Marchioness or
Douro, Lady in Waiting; Major-General Wemyss,
Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in
Waiting, arrived by special train from Wolverton, and
were received by the Directors, who conducted the royal
party to the carriages. Her Majesty then proceeded to
Cambridge House, to visit the Grand Duchess of Meek-
lenburgh Strelitz, and from thence by railway to Slough,
en route to Windsor.

Week
endiNg

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.
CITY; QUARTER TO THREE.
There was again a very good demand fur Cotton yes-
terday at Liverpool, and at full prices. Sales, 10,000
bal4s.—Shares were not quite so active. Birmingham
and Gloucester, 108; Bristol and Gloucester, 441; Cale-
donian, 88s. 9d.; Eastern Counties, 17 171; Grand Junc-
tion, 229; Grand Junction New, Quarters, 44; Great
North of England, New, 27; Great Western Fifths, 391;
London and Birmingham, 223 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 401
41 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 27/ 28 • London and South-
Western, New, 121 ; London and York, 3/. 18s. 9d.
41. ; Churnet Valley, 81s. 3d. ; Manchester and Leeds,
126 ; Midland Counties, 129 127 k ; North Union, 1471;
South-Eastern, 424 ; Ditto, New, No. 2, 13/ ; Paris
and Orleans, 44i ; Rouen and Havre, `244; Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Northern of France, 54 1.
There are not any arrivals of importance from the
Colonies or elsewhere this morning.
The periodical account of Promissory Notes in circu-
lation in Scotland and Ireland gives the following
results as compared with the previous statement :
The chartered, private, and joint banks of Scotland,
according to the previous return, had a circulation of
3,486,3181.; now, 3,ls9,4sol.—decrease, 327,368/ The
Bank of Ireland's return gives the present circulation at
3,917,8001.; last time, 3,9oo,27sl.—increase, 17,5251. The
private and joint-stock banks of Ireland, by the previous
return, had out 2,945,0461.; at present, 3,o6s,7slZ—in-
crease, 120,705/.
Tne weekly statement of the affairs of the Bank of
England, as compared with its predecessor, shows
an increase in the issues from 28,087,0551. to 28,163,130/,
a decrease in the public deposits from 7,366,643 Z, to
4,128,966/. In the other deposits there has been an in-
crease from 8,037,320/. to 8,877,9051. In the seven
days bills there is a slight increase. In the other Se-
curities a diminution from 11,426,9961. to 9,000,544/,
and in the gold and silver coin there is a reduc-
tion of 101,857/. By the last return: the total Banking
Department statistics stood at 34,099,4071.; at present,
31,774,0221.—decrea5e, 2,325,385/.
This is the pay-day in the Consol Market ; and,
although money has been in some request, we believe all
has gone off satisfactorily. The immense amounts
of capital that are now locked up in deposits
on new lines of railway appear to produce but
little effect on the rate of interest, so vast in the amount
of floating capital in circulation at the present moment.
The price of Consols for the Account is 100- to 1001 and
1001 to 1001 for the February Account. A full amount of
business has been transacted in the New Three-and-a
Quarter per Cents. at from 1041 to 1001. Reduced
Three per Cents. have advanced to 100 k. The premium
upon Exchequer -bills is rather lower than it was yes-
terday, as well as Bank Stock, which is at 211.
An improvement has taken place in most of the Fo-
reign Funds to-day. The speculators in Spanish Stocks
appear well satisfied with the budget of Senor Mon.
The Five per Cents. have been done at 271 ; the Three
per Cents. at 381 1. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are at 631 1, and the Five per Cents. at9B/1. The
Russian Bonds have been done at 119, Buenos Ayres
at 39, Mexican at 341, and Portuguese Converted
at 591.
A large amount of business in the Railway Shares has
been transacted to-day, and the fluctuations have been
rather considerable.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2ll

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO/%%
3 per Cent. Consols Anne lOO, %X
New 314 per Cent. Annuties
India Bonds 1,0001 75 pm.
Ditto under 1,0001 —
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11,4 d.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 39%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 59%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll9
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 271
Ditto for the Account.: 27 %%
Ditto 1841
Ditto 1843
Ditto Passive Bonds 6,
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent 384
Ditto for the Account 38%4%
Dutch 21,4 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cents
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chatham and Portsmouth
Chester and Holyhead
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1 354 — to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.
Edinburgh and Glasgow .....50
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Additional
Great North of England 100
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birmingham ...100 231
London and Blackwell 16% 7l/2 to
London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 51%
London and Greenwich ...... 1234 ...... 11
London and South Western.. 413 g...... 80
Ditto, New —
1 London and Croydon.
London and Y0rk........ ...... 21,4... ..3% 34 4% to 3%
Manchester and Leeds 7O
Midland 100 129
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100
Newcastle & Darlington junc. 24 ...... 65
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 %14 to
Ditto New Shares 1
Richmond and West End June. 1
Rugby
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm 21,! 3
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 3314...40 48 4634 to 47 46%
Ditto New 1
Trent Valley
West London, Old Shares ... 20
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ... 50 lO 7
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Ditto Selby Scrip
Ditto, Extension

FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Strasburg 2 ...... '2 N.... to

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, J. 16.
3 per Cent. Consols lOOl/2
314 Stock
31A2 per Cent. Debentures -
Royal Canal Stock
LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES.
RAILWAY& PAID. PER SHARE.
Drogheda Ditto
Great Southern and Western
Ditto Extension 2l
Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 5%
Irish Great Western, Dublin to Mul- / 2
3%
lingar and Athlone Railway
Waterford and Limerick
Dundalk and:Enniskillen 2% 2%
Wexford and Carlow 2%...,.. 3
Wicklow Copper Mines 5 lB4

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail•
ways for the past. Meek—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective -
.ettillis are made, together with the receipts of the same
in the previous year :

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