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THE SIJN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1845.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRUTtY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated Balfe's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF
ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W.
Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth.
After which, will be repeated a Grand Ballet, entitled LES
DANAIDES. Danaus, M. Hoguet ; Eurk:les, Mr. Howell ; High
Priest, Mr. O'Bryan ; Lyncens, Mon. H. Vbstris ; I'olyctor, M. Del-
ferler ; Alemenon, Mr. Webster ; Egyptian Chief, M. Einart ;
Hypermuesta, Mdlle. Maria ; Automate, Madame Finart ; Amymone,
Madame Guibilei ; Agave, Mdlle. O'Bryan.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeate-d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled
OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr.
Stricklar d ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr.
Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the
Countess of Pompion, Mrs. W. Cliford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn,
Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Benrett.
After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, Mr. Charles
Mathews ; Minnie, Madame Vestris.
To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr.
Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley,
Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
WM be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled TILE
GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy,
Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ;
Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford;
Geraldine, Mrs. Yate" ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami,
Madame Celeste.
To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled THE
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of
Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rouke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness
Bcaupre, Miss Forteseue.
After which, TILE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, a Kiss of the
Bride. Sir Felix Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Mr.
Selby ; Lady Arethusa Gr skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Nancy Cobb,
Miss Woolgar.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
A Thorough Adelphi hit !—Vide, " The Times," and Public Press.
THIS EVENING
THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years Ago ; by the Author
of " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," &,. Principal Characters by
Messrs. Hudson, Wright, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Selby, Cul-
lenford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame
Celeste. After which, a New Drama, called THE SOLDIER OF
FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. Characters by Miss Woolgar,
Mr. Lambert, Mr. Selby, Mr. Hudson, and Miss Fortescue. To con-
clude with the New Farce of THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ;
a Kiss of the Bride.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon•
seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosaline, Miss E.
Stanley; Anisette, Miss Marshall.
To be followed by THE IRISH WEDDING. Principal Characters
by Mdlles. Caroline Rousset and Teresine, Miss Marshall, and Messrs.
J. Rousset, Marshall, and Gilbert.
After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE BRIGADIER.
Principal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton ;
Miss E. Homer, and Miss E. Stanley.
To conclude with THE REAR-ADMIRAL.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled TAKING POS-
SESSION. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows,
Craven, Killion, A. Wigan, Yarnold, Bender, and Stanton ; Mrs. A.
Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Howard, and Miss James.
After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner ;
Miss Walcott, Mrs. Usher, and Mrs. Keeley.
To be followed by a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE.
Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and pea-
dows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother.
To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha-
racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner,
Kialoch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair-
brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and
Mrs. Keeley.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Unequalled Success of the Southern American Minstrels.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a Real
Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds.
To be followed by the Melodies of the American Southern Minstrels.
Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship.
To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JOHNNY
GILPIN'S RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny
Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ;
Harlequin, Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier.
Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. D. W. Broadfoot.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The Grand Pantomime every Evening, with Splendid Novelties, and

Another New Piece.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSEY, in
which the whole of the Company will perform.
After which, BEN THE BOATSWAIN.
To be followed by the Original Bohemian Polka, by Mr, Harvey
and Miss Smtthyes.
To conclude with the Pantomime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND
PENCE. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
, office, from Eleven to Four.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .- 18 minutes after 1 I Evening .. 43 minutes after I.

ceive them as having the weight and authority of
Government advice on one side or the other ? _ _

Sir ROBERT PEEL replied that the House had
acted in this matter by the advice of a Select Com-
mittee ; but it never was the intention of the Go-
vernment—it certainly never was his (Sir R. PEEL'S)
intention—to devolve upon the Board of Trade the
power of determining which railway plans should be
adopted and which should be rejected. It was his
opinion that the influence of the reports of the Board
of Trade upon the decision of the Committees would
depend upon the weight of the facts and the value of
the information produced on the inquiry. It was
never his intention—nor would he ever consent to
any course which would involve the Government in
the determination of these questions between com-
peting speculations.
After a few words from Mr. F. FRENCH, Lord
HOWICK withdrew his motion at the recommendation
of Mr. GREENE, on the understanding that all those
sessional orders which related to the subject should be
postponed.
The other sessional orders were agreed to.
Mr. EWART postponed his motion on the subject of
the morning sittings of the House.
The Library Committee was appointed.
In answer to Mr. HuME, Sir JAMES GRAHAM
stated, that he could not undertake to proceed this
session with the County Courts Bill.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice, that he should
move for leave to bring in the Law of Settlements
Bill to-morrow (this day) sen'night.
Sir R. PEEL, in answer to Mr. RICE, said that the
report of the Commission on Harbours of Refuge had
been referred to the Admiralty. But the Govern-
ment had come to no decision with respect to any
harbour except that of Holyhead, where some works
would be carried on for facilitating, the communica-

.. ...
tion with that part of the United Kingdom. The
Right Hon. Baronet likewise announced that her
MAJESTY would receive the address of the House in
answer to her gracious speech, at half-past two o'clock
to•morrow (this day.)
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in reply to Mr. HUME, said,
that he intended to introduce, a measure respecting
the charities of England during the course of the pre-
sent session.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL put a question on the subject
of the financial statement, in reply to which—
Sir R. PEEL said that he had already given notice

that he would bring forward his financial statement
on Friday se'nnight, and on Friday next he would
state exactly what its purport would be.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice of his intention to
introduce a Bill for the payment of the Clerks of the
Crown by salary instead of fees to-morrow (this day)
se'nnight.
On the order of the day for bringing up the report
on the address being read,

Mr. HUME urged upon the House the necessity of
relieving commerce by the removal of some of the
oppressive duties to which it was now subjected. He
expressed his approval of the manner in which the
Otaheite affair had been settled.

Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the non-reduction of
the national expenditure.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD hoped that some measure would
be introduced to regulate the relation of landlord and
tenant in Ireland.
Mr. WALLACE by voting for the address would not
pledge himself to vote for the estimates.
Sir R. PEEL said that his voting for the address in-
volved no such pledge.
Mr. WAKLEY complained of the undue pressure of
the income-tax, and of the hardships inflicted on the
labouring classes by the existing law of settlement,
and expressed a hope that when the Bill of the Go-
vernment on the subject of that law should be intro-
duced, a Committee would be appointed to inquire
into the condition of the people. The Hon. Gentle-

man related a case illustrative of the cruelties

inflicted by the existing law, and asked if it was
surprising that outrage and discontent should exist
under such a state of things ? He then expressed his
approval of the foreign policy of the Government,
and his disapproval of the manner in which the State
trials in Ireland had been conducted, and suggested
to the Irish Members the propriety of proposing
measures for the redress of the grievances of Ireland,
leaving to Parliament the responsibility of rejecting
those measures if they should venture to do so.
The report on the address was then brought up
and agreed to.
Just as the House was about to rise, a petition was
presented from Mr. GEORGE MOFFATT, complaining
of an undue return for the borough of Dartmouth.
The House adjourned at Eight &clock.

Her MAJESTY'S Speech on the opening of the
present session, and the debate of Tuesday in both
Houses, being now fully before our readers, they will
be enabled to form a pretty accurate judgment of the
general tendencies of the financial and commerc:

policy which .the Government are intending to pursue.
The very unusual announcement, by the First Lord of
the Treasury, of his resolution to bring forward the
Budget, or Government Financial Statement for the
year, at so early a day as the 14th instant, is, in some
respects, the most prominent feature of these opening
proceedings. In the almost abruptness of this notice
of motion, as given on behalf of the Right Hon.
Baronet, we find the indications of a somewhat alarm-
ing alacrity to follow out the significant hint con-
veyed in the following passage of her MAJESTY'S
Speech, viz. :—" The Act which was passed . . . . for
imposing a tax upon income will shortly expire. It
will be for you, in your wisdom, to determine whether
it may not be expedient to continue its operation for a
further period." Alas ! for John Bull. He has no
more doubt of the " wisdom of Parliament's" dis-
covering that he is still too plethoric in the region of
the pocket, and that it will be necessary still to reduce
this tendency to make money, by continuing that
venesection of his purse-strings which has been, now
for three successive years, resorted to by his Tam-
worth doctor, than a corpulent schoolboy anticipates
any division of opinion among his medical attendants,
when one of them submits to the other the extreme
propriety of repeating the nauseous doses that have
already brought him to death's door. The Minister,
to do him justice, does not get up the machinery of
his measures amiss. When they are most obnoxious
in character, he is most astute at devising the means of
getting over them quickly. When new difficulties
arise to hamper the action of his Government, he
employs this very machinery to overcome them, and
thus skilfully converts a main element of Ministerial
weakness, because it is of an obnoxious character, into
an engine of Ministerial strategy, to ride over the
obstacles offered to him by others, and to accelerate
his own career over that difficult and dangerous
ground, all dwelling or delay upon which is fraught
with imminent peril to his own power and tenure of
office. We have seen the demands upon him for re-
mission of taxes, which have been elicited on all
hands by the knowledge that the last quarter's
returns demonstrated a surplus of revenue over ex-
penditure. The landlords, the tenant-farmers, the
manufacturers, the householders, the poorer smokers
and snuff-takers, the more industrious of our artizans,
&c., have, all of them, by turns, been clamorous for
the repeal of the malt-tax, the duties on raw cotton,
on windows, on tea, on tobacco, on paper, and so forth.
How to concede the application of A, without uniting
B and C in confirmed hostility to him, would have
been a sad puzzle for any Premier less fortunate, or
less cunning than the Premier. He makes a virtue of
necessity. " The income-tax will shortly expire."
A great fact that, End highly proper to come into
her MAJESTY'S Speech. Her MAJESTY'S Government
are very reluctant to do without it ; so her MAJESTY
is made to talk of the " expediency" of renewing it
for a further period. Something more is thus gained ;
the mind of the country is accustomed beforehand to
contemplate a proposition, which, if it came upon
them without so much of preparation, might prove
too startling to be adopted. On the other band, it is
at least as essential that much time should not be
allowed for the agitation of the several schemes of
remission. Therefore, Sir ROBERT fixes his Budget
exposition for the 14th inst. If, on that day, he can
carry the House of Commons with him, in voting that
the income-tax should be continued, he can afterwards
repudiate all remission applications in detail. "It is only
through the income-tax I realize any surplus of public
income over public expenditure You have already
resolved that it is necessary that the revenue should
exceed the charge of the current year. Her MAJESTY
is assured,—' that it will be our determination to
maintain an amount of revenue adequate to provide
for the public service, aud. amply sufficient to meet

the necessary expenditure of the country, and firmly
to uphold that public credit which is indispensable to
the national welfare.' If I give up the income tax, I
have no surplus. If, retaining that tax, I give
up the taxes on malt, paper, cotton, tea, windows,
or any two of them, I shall yet have no surplus. In
the face of the resolution of Parliament and the
recommendation of her MAJESTY, I cannot, by ac-
ceding to your wishes, leave myself without the
means necessary for, and adequate to, the public ex-
penditure and services." This will be the Premier's
case, and it is difficult, upon principle, to gainsay it.
But if this State necessity can really be shown for
retaining this war impost (for such it should exclu-
sively be) in the thirtieth year of an unbroken peace,
let us hope that Sir ROBERT PEEL will come forward
with some wise, just, and indispensable modifications
of its abominable inequality. To take seven-pence
in the pound from the hard-earned income of the man
with 1501. a year, is an infinitely larger demand upon
his means than Si. per cent. would be on the man of
from 600/. to 1,0001. a year; or 71. 10s. per
cent. on all incomes from 1,000/. to 5,000/. ; or
101. per cent on all incomes from 5,0001. to 10,0001.;
and 121. 10s. per Cent. on all above 10,0001. The
Premier would gain, we suspect, by such a conver-
sion for the country, both in the increased aggregate
and the diminished cost of collection ; but this scheme
would mulct far more heavily than the scale he has
adopted, the redundant incomes of himself and his
most influential supporters. We do trust he will
carefully re-examine schedule D of his original Bill,
with a view to see how far he can relieve the small-
salaried clerk, the little tradesman, the limited an-
nuitant, and the more moderately paid of our mili-
tary and naval pensioners from the liability to contri-
buter 7d. in the pound out of their scanty incomes.
B
The general proceedings of both Houses on Tues-
day night were not very remarkable for a character
twe
purpose
subject. upose very shortly to recur more particu-
larlyu to this
of interest or excitement. In the House of Lords,
we observe that the Duke of MONTROSE warned the
Government of the serious embarrassment they were
preparing for themselves, by their most uncalled-for
attempt to force upon Scotland the PEEL currency
motion of 1819. In the Commons, after the speeches
of the mover and seconder of the address, the most
notable matters were the animadversions of Lord
JoHN RUSSELL on the deportment of both the French
and English Governments in respect to the Otaheite
tahfle'ariero, n
;on
and the misunderstandingsfulcondition
of affairs in
Spain, for which credit had actually been taken, his
consequent
thedisgrace
Lordship observed, as the result of the good under-
standing between the Crowns of England and France ;
the omission from the royal speech of all allusion to
the beneficial extension experienced in our trade
with China, in happy fulfilment of Lord
PALMERSTON'S predictions as to the ultimate
results of the policy he had, when in
office, adopted ; and of some very pointed reproba-
tion of the measures adopted by her MAJESTY'S
Ministers in reference to the late State Trials in Ire-
land. The Noble Lord was very happy in rallying
the Government for expecting that the Russian
Government would be impressed, through the visit of
the Emperor to Queen VICTORIA, with the necessity
of improving the existing relations between Russia
and this country, so long as we persisted in that anti-
free-trade system of duties which excluded from our
ports the greater proportion of commodities that, under
a more liberal system, Russia would be eager to
exchange with us. Lord PALMERSTON spoke with
his accustomed vigour and extreme acuteness
on the important questions of the increase of the
slave trade, and the blundering manner in which the
right of search, established under the treaties of
1830 and 1833, had been both attacked and vin-
dicated. Before, Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose, Mr.
GLADSTONE made an impressive and interesting
statement, as to the conscientiously differing views
—on questions of religious and educational policy—
especially in their relations with Ireland, which he
entertained, and the necessity he had on that ac-
e )unt felt himself under, of retiring from the Go-
vernment, which (it seems) is determined to carry
them. He distinctly avowed that he had not
been influenced, in this resignation of office,
by any misunderstanding whatever with his late col-
leagues, on commercial matters. The address in
answer to the speech was passed unanimously, though
some of the older school of Tories appeared to be
much scandalised at the Premier's emphatic pledge
that he would bring forward immediate measures for
extending the advantages of academical instruction
in the sister country, and for liberally extending the
grant to the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth.
Parliament will find business growing on their hands,
if they waste as much time on extraneous discussions
between this and July as they did last year. Let
them look to it !
tal

We have observed with pleasure that Mr. WAL-
LACE, the Member for Greenock, is at his post again,
and, as heretofore, looking to the interest of the
many in place of the few, which will be best explained
to our readers by giving copies of the two following
notices of motion respecting railways, to which we
have only to add our recommendation that those who
have suffered from non-compliance with the provisions
of the Act for the accommodation of the public in
third-class carriages, should, without delay, publish
the instances in which it has been violated, so that the
Hon. Member may have the case of the public fully
before him :

"To inquire of the President of the Board of Trade,
how many of the Railway Companies coming within the
provisions of the Act of last session had complied with
the regnlations laid down in the sixth clause, as to
having seats and protection front the weather for the
conveypassengers, and also how many
had n
failedaal the e attention cles ofo ttohcrod-empl
lays"
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of the House, to the several re-
ports made by the Select Committees on railways, to the
appointment of the Board constituted by the Board of
Trade on the 24th of August, 1844, for the transaction of
railway business, and to the nature and effects of its
published decisions on the interests of the country, with
a view to the revision and amendment of the Railway
Act of last session."

The Paris papers announce two facts, which leave no
doubt that the GUIZOT Ministry have now the full sup-
port of the KING, and that they aro determined, at last,
to allow no open enemy to remain in their camp. By a
royal ordonnance, dated the 31st ult., the KING has ap-
pointed Baron DE BILLING to be his Envoy-Extraordinary
and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the King of DENMARK,
in the room of the Count DE St. PRIEST ; and, by
another ordonnance, dated on the Ist inst., M. DE LAM-
BERT, Sub-Director of the Commercial Department in
the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, is appointed
Director of the same department, in the room of M.
DROUYN DE LHUYS. The Count DE ST. PRIEST had
not only voted, but spoken against the Government,
in the Peers ; and M. DROUYN DE LHUYS, not
only by his vote in the Lower Chamber, but by
his conduct and discourses in his own office,
had shown himself the most ardent opponent of
the policy and administration of M. GUIZOT. These
dismissals, therefore, prove that the " Chateau" will not
eco
afford shelter to renegades and enemies of the Govern-
ment. The Opposition journals, of course, are furious
against this act of 'vigour.
According to the Constitutionnel, a general amnesty
will be granted by the Spanish Government on the pro-
mulgation
exceptions, will extend to all Spaniards imprisoned or& ne2o
exiled for political enees.
The funds were firm on Monday. The Three per
cnts, closed
fd at the
851. w oc Constitution,
. n ;
, which, with a few
the Fives at 122 f. 65c. ; the
Havre, 8971. 50 0. • Spanish Three per Cents, 41; Old
Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,147 E 50c. ; Rouen, I,loof. ;
Deferred Stock, 81; Belgian Two-and- a-Half per Cents.,
62f. 20c.

The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. bring no news.
The Three per Cents closed at 32* for cash, and 32i at
60 days .; the Five per Cents.
*at 28i for cash, and 24 at
60 days; and the Debt without interest, at 6i- at 55 days.

It will be seen from an announcement in another part
of The Sun, that the more respectable portion of the
Chartists have disclaimed participation with that
w
meetings, unrea-
sonable class who would prohiloit allt
i scussion
hole
The at public
except on one topic
body of Chartists have been charged with this imputa-
tion. We are glad to find that this imputation is unjust,
and trust that the stigma thus cast on
,them will be ex-
clusively confined to that small minority whose only
objects seem to be mischief and confusion.

The merchants connected with the East Indies are
in great consternation at an announcement from Marseilles, by which
it appears that the Calcutta mail that left here on the 24th ult.,
found no vessel to convey it to Malta. The consequence is, that it
will have to wait at Marseilles till the arrival of the Bombay mail.
that leaves here on Friday, before it can be carried on to Malta and
Alexandria. When it reaches the latter place, one of two contin-
gencies may arise—either it will be forwarded to Bombay with the
Bombay mail, in which case the original and duplicate letters will
both go by the same vessel; or it will be detained there a month for
the next Calcatta conveyance, and in that case the duplicates will
oit ull
precede the originals. Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the over-
sight which seems to have been committed by the Admiralty in not
providing vessel to take the Calcutta mail from Marseilles to
Malta. All the advantage that was held forth by the announcement
of aspecial
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we are correct in stating that it is the intention of her Majesty and
the Prince Consort to honour the Earl and Countess of Warwick with
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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The English Stocks close flatly, Consols, for Money,
being down to 98i and for Time, to 98 g. Bank
Stock is 2141 to 215 i ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 103,i to 104. Exchequer Bills are 61s. to 645.
premium.
The Foreign Investments are also rather heavy.
Spanish Five per Cents. brought 28k, and the Three
per Cents., 411 2. Mexican were 36 to 35k.
The Railway Shares were quoted much the same as in
the morning. Churnet Valley were still rather heavy,
and Caledonian, London and York, and South Eastern,
continued in favour. There was a slight revival in the
demand for Lynn and Ely, which had been got down
simply on account of the call of 11. ss. from 7 to 4i per
share.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were
4,000 bales, including 500 bales of American. Prices were
steady.—A large business was done in Shares at full prices :
—Birmingham and Gloucester, 130 129 ; Bristol and
Gloucester, 55 ; Caledonian, 8% %; Chester and Birken-
head, 38% 39%; Chester and Holyhe id, 7%; Dublin and Bel-
fast, 6 ; Eastern Counties, 19% 19 ; Churnet Valley, 9% 9 ;
Grand Junction, 229 ; Ditto, Half, 112 114 ; Great
Southern and Western (Ireland), 12%; Ditto, Scrip, 10 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 27 ; Lancaster and Preston, 53 %;
London and Birmingham, 236 ; London and Brighton, 56 57 ;
London and South-Western, 80%; London and York, 5i 61 ;
Direct Northern, 2% %; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% %; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 57%; Manchester and Leeds, Half
Shares, 63%; Ditto, Quarters, 14; ; Midland Counties, 129 ;
North British, 12i 13 ; North Wales, 11; Preston and Wyre,
535. 6(1. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 535. 9d. ;
Scottish Central, 3% 4%; Sheffield and Manchester, 104 %;
Shrewsbury and Grand. Junction, 7% %; South-Eastern, 51 %;
Ditto, No. 2, 22% 22 ; Ulster, 42%; Paris and Rouen, 42%;
Sambre and Meuse, 3% ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5% % ; Northern
of France, Si. 17s. 6d, to 51. 16s. 6d.
Unqualified satisfaction has been expressed in commercial
circles, this morning, at the announcement of Sir Robert Peel,
that he intends, at so early a period as the 14th inst., to give
his financial expose. For years and years past, it has been a
matter of notoriety and complaint that trade and
commerce have been most materially retarded in con-
sequence of the length of time which has elapsed
between the assembling of the Legislature and the
announcement of the views of the Government with respect
to the tariff, and other matters which may affect directly or
indirectly the trade of the country. The general expecta-
tion is, that the hints given through the " ordinary sources
of public information," that a large number of the articles
contained in the present tariff should be struck off the
roll, will not be lost sight of by Sir Robert Peel.
Indeed, there is not the slightest doubt entertained
but that the whole commercial arrangements to be proposed
to Parliament are already entirely completed. The other
parts of the speech of Sir Robert Peel are held to be favour-
able in most points of view, aad have been a subject of con-
versation in almost all circles of the City. The intended
interference with the circulation of Ireland and Scotland

is not at all unexpected, and whatever differences of
opinion may exist upon the subject, there is no doubt that
Sir Robert Peel intends to strain every nerve for the purpose
of carrying out an assimilation as respects the currency of
the United Kingdom.
The Dutch Government continues its system of reducing
the interest on its debt, and Messrs. Raphael and Sons advise
us that last Saturday the following letters, representing
14,571,800 guilders of old Five per Cents., were drawn at the
Hague, to be paid off :—M, V, K, E, C, H, I, T, R, and B.
The Funds are still rather drooping, and it is the impres-
sion that the sales making are on account of anticipated
railway calls. Consols for Money have receded from par
to 991 a, and for Account from 1004 to 994. Exchequer-
bills are 61s. to 645. premium ; Bank Stock is 2144 to
215 ; and India Stock 285 to 2854. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. are 104 l to 1034, being also lower.
The Government broker is, however, still a buyer.
The foreign investments are steady at about previous rates.
Spanish Five per Cents. realise 284, and the Three per Cents.
414 Portuguese Converted are 584 to 59. Mexican
Stock has realised 16i to 364 ; Peruvian, 33 to 324 ; Colom-
bian, 144 ; and Brazilian, 904. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents have been 63*.
The Railway Shares continue buoyant, and there is an
advance in several instances. The London and York, South-
Eastern, and Birmingham are better. The Rugby have gone
back a little.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced . . 100% %14 1001
3 per Cent. Consols
New 31A per Cents
Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 121/s 3-16 12 3-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 11 13-16
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001..
Ditto under 1,0001...
Consols for Account.... .....
India Stock, for Account. .....
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11,4 d 6l 64 pm. 64
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small ... 62 61 64 pm. 64
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, 5 per Cent. Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 42p
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l4l
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 361
Ditto Account
Ditto, Deferred 16%
16%
Peruvian Bohds, 6 per Cents 333214 32%
Ditto, Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account 9%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 98% 28%
Ditto, Passive

87%
14%
36

Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto, Account 41%
French, 3 per Cent
Exchange 2sf. 60c.
Dutch, 21/ per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 983 % 981,!
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY SHARES PRICES.
Birmin and Gloucester. 100 .....133 135 1281,4... 129
Ditto New Shares ... 171/ 32
Ditto 1/2 Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2 —
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Cal.xionian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 43/4YB IA
Chester and Holyhead... 5
ellurnet Valley
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June 214 6 6
Eastern Counties .25 ... .19 8%76
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, /qo. 1.... 3% l%
Eastern Union lO

Ditto Extension
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.

4%

23/8
Iz4

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New....
Ditto New 2
Great Western 75 l7B 177 179
Ditto 1% Shares 5O lO2
Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2%... ..
Harwich
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (Stock)... 239 242 240
London and Blackwall.. 16% SVs
London and Bright0n.., 50
London and Greenwich.. 123
London and S. Western. 41% BO
D'o. New consolidated Bths 6
Ditto New 21% 1314%
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 19 181/2
London and York 2% 6l/21,4%%5/8...
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds.,. 70 l4O
Ditto % Shares 3O
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Ditto Quarters
Midland 100 l3l 1291,4 130.,.
Ditto New 2 .. ... 83/4 97/8
Midland,Birm.,Derby...100
Newcastle and Darling-

5%
2:4

13
1914
6%

128
9

ton Junction ::. 24 ...... 70 74
Newcastle and Berwick 11/2 ...... 161/2 151/2 17% 181
North British
Norwich and Brand0n... 8
Ditto New Shares 1
Oxford and Worcester... 21/2 1 ...... ........
Richmond and West End
Junction
Rugby
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Binn 2l/2 714 8N
South Devon... lO ...... 16 15g 161/2
South Eastern & Dover 331/2 491/2 50
Ditto No. 2.
Staines and Richmond... 1
South Wa1e5...... 2l/ 8 A 9% 8......
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..,... 3%% 4... .
West Cornwall ....:. ...... 114— ..
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20

35/
4AI
614
151/,
501%

39
414
30

Ditto, New 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Selby
Ditto Extension .. .. 1
Boulogne and Amien5... 2
11 33/4
FRENCH g
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 --••• ••
- RAILWAYS.I4 ,
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Rouen and Havre l4 —
Tours and Nantes 1
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHAGE, FEB. 4.—We have had
a very active market, and a considerable business has been
done at higher prices generally :—Birmingham and Glou-
cester, 131; Bristol and Gloucester, 57 ; Chester and Holy-
head, 7 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 65% ; Liverpool and
Manchester, Quarter Shares, 53 ; London and South-Western,
80%; Ditto, New Shares, 13 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half
Shares, 64; Manchester and Birmingham, 573/4 58; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 83/4 9 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale
10% ; Midland Railway Consols, 130 ex. div. ; Ditto, 401.'
Shares, 9% 1/4. ; Preston and Wyre, 21% 22; South-Eastern,
New, 21% ; Barnsley Junction, 7% ; Birkenhead, Manchester,
and Cheshire Junction, 7% A ; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 5 9-16 14 ; BoltonNigan, and Liverpool,slh % ,
Caledonian, 734 8 ; Cork and Bandon, 314 • Churnet Valley,
9/ 14 ; Ely and Bedford, 2 5-16 ; Great Grimsby and Shef-
field Junction, 2% ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and
Canal, 5% sf. 3s. 6d. ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6%
%; Liverpool. Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% ; London and
Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 5 14 ; London and York, 6 %
Manchester and Buxton, 3% ;Sottish Central, 314 7-16 ; ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 53/4 614 ; South-
port and Euxton, 8 4,• Trent Valley, 1134 14 ; Great
Northern of France (English), 6.

70
14%

42%
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VIOLATION or THE RIGHT OF FREE DISCUSSION.
—Resolved,--That we, the members of the National Association, of
242, High Holborn, thus publicly declare our strong disapprobation of
the conduct of those persons who, on the evening of February 4, so
disgracefully interrupted a meeting called by the friends of free trade,
in our Hall, for the hearing of a lecture from Mr. George
Thompson ; conceiving, as we do, that such conduct is calculated to
injure the cause of Chartism, of which we are advocates, is
destructive of all free discussion, is anti-democratic, and unjust. And
further, we think it the imperative duty of all honest Chartists to
come boldly forward, and for the sake of the cause they have
espoused, redeem it from the imputation cast upon it by the conduct
of a few intolerant individuals, who, for the last few years, have
gone from place to
object for which It place to mar every meeting, however worthy the
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