The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-28 00:00:00

--.., . --\ r - c f ,, - 6 -11 JOURNAL aTlLPltbliiheit-sif f t • aw Journal of Fashion begs A :W . )1,4'4,11r commence taking th e publi ' et i nevsYenr nnl ord ers ess their ord e are given ig i z i. ti , ..v i i#,!iinoln3..sroerte newsmenbeing pr s e u v p i p o i n ied sly to the in Tr vt 'r eneetiftthe_stanip on every Number, only a mode rate quantity of copies - exceeding the actual number sub scriber for will be printed. The Number for last Saturday contains :—Letter from Lady --y, relative to " The Exclusives"—Sketch from Real Life—The King and the Maid of Honour—Christmas Musings of a Younger Brother —Limes on the Opening of the New Athenaeum Club— Gossip of High Life—Paris Elopement—Noble Ect , nomy —the Marchioness of S—s—Projected Marriages— Female Chariuteer—The King at Windsor—The Elopement from Brighton—The Duchess and the Countess, &c.— Epistles of Ton—The Exclusives of the Press—A Peep at all the Noble and Fashionable Writers of the Day—Sin gular Enc,,unter with the Princess Stahremberg—Splendid Fete at Constantinople—and all the Political, Literary, and Fashionable Intelligence of the Week. Published every Saturday Morning, for Henry Co'burn ; by W. Thomas, at the Office, 19, Catherine-street, Strand. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Massager des Chambres of Friday.) SECOND EDITION'. PARIS, DEC. 25.—Besides the marriage of the Emperor Don Pedro with the daughter of Prince Eu gene, there is another, the announcement of which has spread consternation among the European diplo matists and in the Apostolic Courts—we mean that of the brother of the young Empress of Brazil with the bride of Don Miguel, the amiable Donna Maria da Gloria. His voyage with the two Prin cesses will probably not prove a hindrance to this project. DEC. 13.—People here talk of a cor respondence between two august personages, with a view to preserve amicable relations between several Courts of Europe, and to guarantee the duration of public tranquillity. The fermentation which at this moment prevails in France, and which attracts in a high degree the general attention of the Cabi nets, also makes it their duty attentively to observe its changes, its progress, and the events which may result from it, in order that it may not spread its contagion among other nations. The active corres pondence between the two august personages relates ckietly to the object, and though our upright and enlightened Government is not used to interfere in the sLurs of a foreign country, the general repose of Europe may perhaps place it under the necessity of taking, on the present occasion, extraordinary measures. PARIS, DtEc. 24.—A letter from Parma contains tie following particulars : " The malady of our Sovereign, and the symp torn• which live accompanied it, are the general subject of conversation. The Archduchess wAs in very good health at her country-seat, Boschl. She had scarcely returned to the capital when she was attacked by a violent head-ache, and afterwards had a fever, with convulsions. For two days her Ma jesty was delirious. Sinister reports were spread; however, the physicians hare discovered nothing to confirm them. On the 7th but little hopes were entertained of preserving her life. By her will Maria Louisa had bequeathed every thing she possesses to her son, the Duke of Reichstadt, and it is even said that she had requested her august father to grant to that young Prince the Duchies of Parma and Pia cenza. On the Bth there was a favourable crisis, and it is announced that hopes are entertained of saving her. We sincerely desire it. The chief pby sician of the Emperor of Austria arrived yesterday from Vienna." THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAT.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL 0 CK. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.—The import, this week, of Cotton, is 1,223 bag•, and the sales reached 15,730 bags, at an advance of ed. per lb. on tha middling and lower qualities of Bahian and Ameri can, and at steady prices for other descriptions.— The transactions in Sugar, in this week, are 780 hlidg., chiefly middling descriptions, at about last week's rates. In Foreign nothing has been done; but .SCO bags of fine Bengal have been taken at 73g. 6d. In Coffee the sales are 150 casks of Ja enses, at last prices. In Indigo the sales are t weirs ghosts. Letters from Adrianople, of the 20th November, state thai, the plague had made its appearance there Acc.iunts from Ma•!rid state that the Havannah packet-boat, which has arrived at Cadiz, brings in formation that Bolivar was preparing an expedition against Porto Rico THE FUNDII. Tee Stock Exchange and Foreign markets are open, but it is a holiday at the Bank. Consols opelied this morning at the same price they left off at on Thursday, g 5 y, with little or no business doing as yet, nor is there likely to be much until after the dividends are paid. In the Foreign market no appearance at present of any speculations. We hue received, by An:extraordinary conrey at:ce, lAtters from Vienna of the 19th December, when a sudden rise took place there in all the Fund.; since the 14th December the Four per Cents. rose from 92} to 94; the Bank Shares from 1249 to 1163; Rothschild ' . Loan of 1820, Fire per Cents, 1761; Ditto of 1821, Four per Cents., 134. The above high prices were never known before in Austrian Stocks ; Money was at Three per Cent. It is said that the affairs of Portugal are arranged, and that peace it certain to be mainta;ned in Europe. ENGLISH Bank Stoek, 2151 16i India Stock, -- B per Cent. Gms. shut FUNDS. Si per Cent. 100 New 4 per Cent., shut 4 per Cent. 1526 1051 India Bonds. 67 69 Exchequer Bills, '74 75 TWO O' CL CK. DO., for Account, 95 Ditto lieduct.d, 93i 91, The Consol Market has continued very inactive, and only one pr'ce can be quoted, 95 to good deal doing in Brazilian Stock, which reached 71i, owing to a demand in Holland. In other Foreign Securities very little doing. Accounts from Paris state that the Spanish Royal Rentas had fallen there, in consequence of a (Idle- Dv ion of the Committee of Exchange Broker, who have come to a resolution that 15 per cent. shall be paid on the purchase of the above Stock. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 95e. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Do. for Ac. 9.5,1 i Brazilian Bonds 71i Buenos Ayres Danish 74i Greek, 1825 28fr Mexican, 1825 25i Peruvian 17i Chilian Do. Russian 109 Columbian, 1824, 251 Spanish 10i About one o'clock in the afternoon, a num ber of the Cabinet Ministers assembled at the Foreign office, including the Duke of WaLrussroN, Mr. Secretary Przr.., Sir GEORGE MURRAY, and the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Ministers remained in conference together at the office ainut four hours. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, the Governor of New Brunswick, was occupied with the Mi nisters at one period of the meeting. M. DEDEL, the Mi nister from the Netherlands, arrived at the Foreign Office, towards the close of the conference, and had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN. HADDINGTON MURDERS.—On Wednesday last, while THOMAS Cao.Na, a carter, was cleaning out the dungstead belonging to ESIOND, the person suspected of being concerned in the Iladdington murders, be digeo verad a parcel, to which he paid particular attention. On examination it was found to be a tolerably good coat, and (ruin peculiar appearances it was concluded that it had be lobged to Esiown, and was part of a suit for which a lutudsotne reward was offered. It was conveyed to Gen. Sir Joins DaLavueLs, who immediately gave directions that it sliould be sent to the Loan ADVOCATE. Other parts of dress are still wanting, but from this discovery there are good grounds to hope that they will be found out soffic:ent time to answer the ends of justice.—Seotsman. exiCas OF STOCKS. THIS DAY ♦T OK& o'cLocx. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 7 shut New Ditto shut 3% per Cent - Ex. Bills, ..el,lOO 2d. 75 74 pm. Ditto Rod. lOO% 100 Ditto lid. 75 74 pm. t per Cent. Ann Ditto, 1896 Ditto Scrip - Ditto nmall 2d. 75 74 pm. Bank L. Ann. -- Ditto lid. 75 74 pm. Ditto 30 years - Bank for Account India Stock shut India for Account Ditto Bonds 6B 69 pm. Cons, for January PRICES or TORTIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds ......70 % 1 % Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds 59% Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 26 5364 Russian -10 0 ,,4 Danish 754,1, Spanish, :821 10 1 43434% Greek Bonds x, 182 , Ditto, 1525 28 7% 8 3 ,4 m 34 French Rentes, sp. c. —l. —e. Guatimala — Exchange —f. --. Mexican Bonds . 2l 3 per cent. —t. —c. Ditto, 1825 25%34'-- Exchange —l: —'. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO 39% 41 411 a Brazilian lmp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £3O 9N 92 91 Ditto National lllO - 20 1 ,04 21U Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £35 12N% Real del Monte Mining Co. .£500 75 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 24. Bank stock —lSt. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols 3 per cent - 'Royal Irish Ditto — Gov. S tock, 334 per cent. 1,9% National Ditto 254 Ditto, New -- Patriotic Ditto . 1 per Cent lOll4 Hibernian Bank — Gay. Deb. 3%, percent.... 99 1 ,; 'Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock —' Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... SS Mining Co. of Ireland — Ballast Mee Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 3 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica I 0 Carthagena. 0 0 Leeward Islands 2 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 I Flanders 0 0 Mexico 1 France • 0 Sweden • 0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 2 Waterford 0 ~~ tf -;4111 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1829, Despatches were received at the Foreign Office this morning from Lord STUART DE ROTHSAY, our Ambassador at Paris, and also from Sir CHARLES BAGOT at Brussels. Dutch Papers of the 26th, and St. Peter- burg of the 12th December, have been received . The States General have adopted the project of law for providing pro tern, for the public expen diture. We hope the KING will learn by this manifestation of national feeling what he has to expect from pursuing his crusade against the liberty of the Press : THE HAGUE. Second Chamber of the States General,: Sitting of the 23d December, 101 Members present—Nu merous petitions were presented containing objec tions against the Project of Law relative to the duties of Excise on Beer, Spirits, Wine, and Sugar, some relative to what are called the grievances, and also some counter petitions. The Order of the Day was the debate on the Project of Law for providing, pro tempore, ways and means for meeting the expenditure (already voted) of the annual and decennial Budgets. Most of the Members who delivered their opinion thought that the proposed plan was better than that which the Chamber had rejected; and that besides, as the Chambers had adopted that part of the two Budgets which fixes the expenditure, it was a matter of course that it should approve of the ways and means, and as the proposed law was to be considered only as a temporary measure, there would be no valid reason for rejecting it. M. Douker Custins said— " There is now no time to make alterations ; we must not debate but resolve, as the proposed laws are to be in force for the space of one year only I have no difficulty in assenting to them. Ido homage to the moderation and wisdom of the King, and to the zeal and judgment of the Officer of State who has counselled the sovereign to adopt this mea sure. We have all one and the same object in view; we all desire the prosperity of our dear country. Let us then be unanimous; let us under stand each other, and constantly bear in mind that there is no happiness for the Netherlands, but under the sceptre of the House of Orange.", The question being put, the two laws were passed by 100 votes to one, the single exception being M. de Stassart. The Chamber then proceeded to discuss the pro ject of law relative to the proportion in which the sum voted for the land-tax is to be paid by the several provinces. This law, after a short debate, was carried by a majority of 85 to 17. ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 12. The number of ships that have arrived in the port of Cronstadt during the present year was 1.509, and of them that sailed 1492. In 1828 the numbers were 126.5 arrivals, and 1291 departures ; so that we have this year 244 arrivals and 201 departures more. TIFLI3, NOV. 20. Last Sunday, the 15th, the Metropolitan, accom panied by all his clergy, went in procession to the square before the hotel of the Governor-General, where Te Deuni was performed in the middle of a square, formed by troops that have returned from the campaign against the Turks. The Governor, lnd the civil and military officers now at Tiflis, were present. The Field-Marshal afterwards gave a grand entertainment, to which the Seraskier of Er term= and the Turkish Pachas now here were in vited. These distinguished persons will leave us in a few days to return to their homes. The following from our Paris Correspondent, on the projected internal improvements in France, will be read with interest and advantage for the just views taken of the subject : " PARIS, DEC. 23. " It is said that when Napoleon first saw the town of Rouen, and the splendid picture pre sented by the banks of the Seine from the neighbouring heights, he regretted that the capital of France had not been placed there. It may be supposed that it was not merely from its picturesque attractions, but rather from its supposed superiority as a place of maritime trade, that this extraordinary man expressed a prefer ence of Rouen to Paris, as the site of his me tropolis. It may be doubted, however, whether Rouen could have realized the idea ascribed to him, even with all the means and appliances of his almost unlimited power. Its situation, I believe, would not admit of its becoming the centre of any great system of internal navigation, an advantage which is undoubtedly possessed by Paris in an eminent degree, and the realization of which, as I suggested in some of my former letters, is at present the great object of ambition among many of the leading capitalists in France. " What I have said of Rouen, with reference to its natural unfitness to become a great mer cantile depot, is also applicable to Havre, al though in regard to external commerce it is at this moment the first port in France, receiving as it does the greatest quantity of sugar, cotton, coffee, and foreign and colonial produce iu gene- ral of every kind ; but with reference to internal navigation it may be said to be absolutely eccentric, if I may venture to use the word is that sense, bei►'g a third rate town in connection with the coasting trade, and still lower in the scale of population. " Paris, however, is the point which is re• garded with mingled feelings of sanguine hope and emulous anxiety as the future focus of the internal commerce of France and even of central Europe. It is held to be already next to Lon don in point of capital and industry as well as in population ; and it is contended that, if a market could be established in any part of Europe to compete with that of London, it must be the result of a system of internal navi gation, of which Paris would be the centre, so as not merely to open up the basin of the Seine and other districts of France, but so as to ra mify into Germany, and thus make the capital of France a great enirepot for the exchange of commodities throughout the centre of Europe. The idea, like every thing French, is certainly magnificent, and I have no doubt the projector in the splendid vista of futurity, which his ima gination has created, sees London an insigni ficant out-port, hiding its diminished head, and bowing the knee to Paris as the great commer• cial capital of Europe. The chief instrument in producing these advantages is to be the great maritime canal, which is at present in contem plation between Rouen and Paris, the advan tages to result from which are regarded, and to a certain extent I have no doubt with reason, as of very great importance. At present, for in stance, it is said that to go from Antwerp or Amsterdam to the Grand Duchy of Baden, which is opposite Strasburg, it takes an average voyage of six weeks, and an expellee of six pounds a ton, whereas it is calculated that the same distance could be accomplished by means of the proposed maritime canal from Rouen to Paris, in co with the canal from Paris to Strasburg, in Teen days, at an expence of four pounds a ton. " Hitherto it appears to me that some radical error has constantly presided over every great enterprise of this nature in France. There are, indeed, several useful canals in this country, such as those of the Briare and the Centre, and the canal of Burgundy, but these are only in tended for local purposes, and the promotion of local interests. The object at present in view is of a very different nature, being nothing less than the establishment of a navigable connection between the great hydrographical divisions or basins into which France is divided with each other, so as to unite them into one general sys tem. In France, however, it is too often for gotten that the best canals and the best roads in the world can never create commercial enterprise and activity where they do not previously exist. They are, if I may be pardoned the metaphor, what a knowledge of language is in education. They are only the accessories of commerce, as language is of information, affording the means of facilitating its operations and improving its modes of communication. Canals should only be formed to supply a demand already in exist ence, and not as hitherto has been generally the case in France, for the purpoSe of creating it This is probably the reason why such uudertak• ings have always been most successful when con• ducted by individuals or by companies of private speculators, an illustration of which may be readily had by comparing the returns from such works as the Duke of Bridgewater's canal with the splendid failure in the north of Scotland, where a million of public money has been sunk without the remotest chance of any correspond ing advantage. It is now perfectly understood in England that it would be in vain to attempt the formation of a canal or a rail-road in any situation where there was not a considerable amount of traffic already existing. This is a lesson which the good people of France have yet to learn, and it seems to me that a careful ex amination of the map ought to lead them directly to that conclusion. Bordeaux, Nantes, and Marseilles were undoubtedly indebted to their maritime situations for the origin of their past preponderance, but it may be seen from the map that each of these towns has become the centre of a separate sys tem of its own, and the capital of the natural basin in which it is situated, as will readily be perceived on glancing at the general course of the Gironde, the Loire, and the Rhone, respec tively. But the canals and other means of com munication which have been formed, or are in contemplation, as dependancies on th ose provin . . . . cial capitals, would never have existed but for the previous accumulation of wealth, the surplus of which thus taught the means of extending and enlarging itself. "Although private individuals,or associations of individuals, who risk their own property on the ultimate success of a canal or a rail-road, as a matter of speculation, are more likely to be cautious in their arrangements, equal in their calculations, and economical in their manage. ment, than officers of state, whose emoluments arise from their mere employment and not from the results of its beneficial exercise, yet I have had occasion to observe a remarkable instance of the construction of a canal at an expence of upwards of 100,000/., where it can be demon- strated that the town to which it leads has an- nually been benefitted to an amount considerably exceeding the whole capital embarked in the undertaking, while the shareholders have never been able to realize even a moderate dividend. I allude to the Union Canal at Edinburgh. Before its formation, in consequence of an understanding- among the coal proprietors in the neighbourhood, the price of fuel was kept up at the rate of twenty odd shillings a ton, but although the canal has reduced the price one-half, by in troducing the coal of the Duke of Hamilton and other distant proprietors, yet those who have the advantage of proximity are still able to maintain a competition at the diminished rate ; so as, in f►ct, to deprive the projectors and shareholders of the canal of a fair return for heir capital, although such of them as are in ha- bitants of Edinburgh have no doubt indirectly reaped the benefit of the diminished price of coals ; and as Edinburgh consumes at least 300,000 tons of coals per annum, you may see that I hare not over stated the matter in saying that a sum equivalent to the' fee-simple of the canal has been annually saved to the inhabitants at large. It was my intention to have employed these facts to illustrate some of the bearings of the great analogous undertakings which are at present in contemplation in France, and to have concluded with a few observations on the pro bable effects of that spirit of national emulation which is now so active on this side of the chan nel with reference to England, and which may become so powerful in its influence, for good as well as for evil ; but for the present my time, and I fear also your space, is exhausted, so that I must reserve myself for some future opportunity of renewing the subject." The Commission, lunatico de inquirendo, after sitting eleven days, has suddenly terminated, by the interposition of the Jury, who after hear ing only a few of the witnesses on behalf of Mr. DAVIES, stopped the proceedings by declaring him to be of sound mind. We congratulate Mr. DAVIES—We doubt whether there are many men of sound mind who could have under gone such an ordeal and remained so. We doubt also whether any other country in Europe ,could have exhibited a similar spectacle ! Eleven days consumed in establishing a fact before the Commission, which had it been tried as an issue before the Court of King's Bench, would pro bably not have taken more than one day to de termine I—and then the expence! I—lt seems that it is only necessary to accuse a man of in sanity, andthen:half his substance must be con sumed toestablish or negative the fact. Much public good is, however, likely to re sult from the proceedings under this Commission, which has demonstrated the evils of this part of our judicial system, and at the same time put the public in possession of the calibre of mind, sound wisdom, profound acquirements, humane feeling, professional bias, and other attributes necessary to make up one of these " mad-men hunters, twist-finders, delusion-fanciers," whom Mr. BROUGHAM, to avoid circumlocution, temmed " Mad Doctors," and which, for the same reason, and with no greater intention of disrespect, we shall do likewise. Many singular facts and disclosures were elicited in the course of th• investigation, and in the examination of the witnesses. One great Mad Doctor, when under examina- tion, had the same question thrice repeated, and when at length an answer was extracted—that answer, so reluctantly given, was—favourable to Mr. DAVIEII 11 Another Doctor admitted he signed prescrip- Lions without examining the state of bodily health of his patient !—boldly asserted Mr. DAVIES was insane on the 7th of December, because he would not admit himself to have been insane on the Bth of August ! !—Considered the purchase of the Crouch End estate an act of insanity, considering his circumstances." Question by Mr. BRODERICK—What do you know of his circumstances ? Answer—l know nothing of his circumstances !! ! Another Mad Doctor, with the candour, ele gant diction, refined sentiment, and taste pe culiar to the craft (inter alia), informs the public that it is " a common practice to fig a lunatic," and that sometimes, when he was to give evidence, he Pigged himself! ! Another Mad Doctor (who probably had also figged himself), when under examination, con stantly repeated, " allow me to take my own " course—l will tell you all without being " asked,—l will disclose every thing to you" —yet he did not admit, but dared not deny that he had signed a certificate to send an alleged lunatic to a mad-house with out seeing the man H and at last, " taking his own course," " telling all without being asked"—treated the jury with an interesting tale of a young lady, who, during a nine months' re sidence in the "Retreat," had concealed all de lusion, but whose delusion returned before she passed his garden wall !! happily, for the Mad Doctor, who, AS the SOLICITOR-GENERAL has said, " desires his establishment to be full," whatever it might be for the patients. Mad Doctors, we understand, have a creed of their own—short, but pithy—consisting of only two articles : Art. 1. All men are more or less insane—there fore any man may be safely pronounced mad whenever it is convenient, there being no ques tion except as to the degree. Art. 2. A man once pronounced insane, can never Lecome sane, until he admits his previous in sanity,—that is, until he gives absolution to the Doctors! Admirable creed !—Most sane and sensible Mad Doctors. The SoLICITott-GENERAL has truly said— ,, any man may be mad in these circum stances. Ido not see who is to escape a system of this sort." Of all the visitations of PRovI DENCE there is none so heavy as insanity, unless indeed it be the case of a SANE man confined as LUNATIC. Take all the crimes enumerated in the Statute-book, and there is none so base, none so infamous, as that of a wretch who, for the or lends his aid, to ac cslolkmepolifsi lluseurec,hcaortilsopii,rs,ieect. SS 9 43 6 35 5 ST 4 34 10 35 5 24 11 26 9' 23 0 26 1 23 0 24 3 24 3 24 10 20 0 22 4. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN-EXCHANGIC. The arrivals of most kinds of Grain last week were fair, and of Flour the quantity was moderate. This morning there is a very small fresh supply of Corn at market. Ac counts from the country report the inland navigation to be stopped, and our river will shortly be in the same state, should the frost continue. There is so little doing to-day in any kind of Corn on board of ship, that the prices of all remain nominally the same as Lest Monday. For Beans and Oats in granary more money is demanded, but the sale at present is limited. Flour is firm at our last quotations. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old' -White - Red t 183 Fine... 48s. 70s. ad) 555. 78s. 9) 44s. 435. 50s. 58s. Beans, Small (new)... —s. —l. (old) 40d. 455. Tick (new).... 46 30s, _. (old) . 355. 37 Supert White (1 Fine... Superti Foreign I 'tie (i 3& 665. .229) 465. Ms. 635. 695. ine 7os. 72c free 455. 80s. - Harrow (new - (old): 9 31s. 345. ..38s. 41s .. 225. 245. ~ 15s. 255. 18s. 235. Brank Oats, Feed . New Rye Barley - Fine 30s 34s 225. 276. 30s. 325. • 45s 56s 58s. esSa. 31s 336. • 33s 375. 325. 365. 38s. 425. Poland .• 18s New 20s. Potatoe 245. New 255. It Old —s. 14s. 18s (per sack) 55s ,nds 455. h Country 445. Ils - Superfine Malt - line Pease, Grey , - Maple - White - Boilers , -- Scotch -- I rish., Flour TOWII .......--. Se•co - Nort Bran ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST W Ili ZE. 5 o to 7 0 21 From Whence. 7. -; F r . 4. g 5 !.. ri r• ': 4 Qrs. Qrr. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. A ldboroi ugh 6O 609 56 86 A lemouth Boston )• Colchester Z Harwich A Leigh 263 106 18 258 179 A 4 Maldon 234 63 30 27 46 114 20$ Hull — 580 70 Ipswich Kent — 220 410 191 55 180 467 2;8 351 102 312 251 730 Plymouth Scarborough Spalding ...... Stockton — 200 478 Wells — 320 520 _ Woodbridge l7O 827 50 90 65 160 Yarmouth 57 894 230 25 1535 Aberdeen Arbroath Banff — 1890 6 Berwick Dunbar Dundee — 18 1049 lnverness — Kirkaldy — Ib2 2956 3625 1417 11643 1093 889 4691 I RIM Düblin Limerick — 1750 Londonderry ..... Sligo FORRIGN. Dantstc Pi' . au Stettin Coastways 1275 500 ——— Total 4231 4085 1417 18878 1145 939 4791 AGGRICATIC Rye, o —Tares, 4085 I fTITY 0 inseed. Istard, I QUA 1.0 0-Lil OTH: Ara ILII Rapesee eds. 18. 'DS OF 939 ruLsl .Brank ir. :,0--- SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts was tolerably numerous, but in great part of middling and inferior quality, of Sheep limited, of Calves and Porkers moderately good ; the trade was uncommonly (Inn throughout• —with Beef, in most instances, at a depression of from 2d. to4d., Veal 4d. to Sd. per stone ; with Mutton and Pork at little if any variation from Thursday's quotations. The supply embraced fewer prime Beasts than is recollected to have been witnessed at a similar season of the year. There were a considerable number of useful store Devons, and some rough store Irish Beasts, offering, but those com manded very little notice. PRICES PEE STONE OF 81.18. TO SINE TIME OFZALS. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 2 Large Lambs ....... 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Prime small ditto... 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen 3 4 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Prime Scot , , &c 3lO L 4 2 Prime small ditto... 4 0 4 4 Inferior Sheep 2 4 2 6 Large Hogs 3 6 310 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Small Porkers 4 0 4 4 Coarse.woolled ditto 310 4 4 Suckling Calves 12s to2Bs. each. Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 6 Quarter oldrigs 12s to 16s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. I 9,020 16,520 133 140 About 1250 of the beasts came up the different North Roads; about 300 from the western and midland districts ; about 200 ftom Norfolk, Suffblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire; about 50. from Kent and Sussex ' • and most of the remainder fr om th e mars h es, &c., in the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. toe. d. . 2 I 3 8 V. I. d. tos. d. i I Veal 'button 3 0 4 4 Pork COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MARKET.—IIec. 26. Our fanners supply of Wheat to.day was small, and having little coastwise, sales were brisk at an advance of Is. per quarter. There was also a moderate supply of Oats, which sold readily at a shade higher. The arrivals of Barley hive been large this week; the best samples sell at a decline of Is. and the stained at Ls. per quarter. Malt very dull, and only the finest samples saleable. Sound Rye in demand. Beans and Pease without change. New, o,d. Wheat, Northumberland 58s. 625. Norfolk and Suffolk 5448. 625. - Berwick and Scotch 565. 58L Dantzig —a. .....8 Rye, Norfolk and Suffola 328 3Gs. —a. --..— Foreign —a —s. 3os. 345. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 295. 348 Grinding and Feeding 245. 275. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk —B. —a. Beans, Small —s. —s. ' Tick Pease, White —s. —a. Gray Oats, N rthumberland, Potatoe 2ls. 245. Feed 16s 19s. Foreign Flour, Fine (per sack) •-fi —a MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Dec. 25. At this day's Market we had but a slender attendance of Millers and Dealers ; however, as • the weather shows for frost, fine English Wheat which was up fetched the quo tations of last week--in Irish, and parcels to arrive, there was exceedingly little done. Grinding Barley is nominal, but the large arrivals of Irish Oats bare reduced the cur rency of this article full lid. per bushel. Boiling Pease are in request. Fine New Beans are worth 38s. to 41s. per quarter--the best bright Old fetched 43.. to 445. There is very little demand for Malt. Fine Flour at hand com manded last Saturday's prices. Oatmeal is 6d. per load cheaper. customary Bushel Quar. of 8 Insp. Bush. Wheat (701 b.) s. d. to B. cl. a. (I. to s. English, Old. . 9 7 911 69 0 71 41 —Fine 8 ICI 9 b 63 7 67 9 —Second Runs —.. 8 Scotch & Welch 8 Irish, Fine Old .............- --- New...—. Inferior .....,.....--,. 7 ,Fopeign Free., 7 'Barley (601 b ) English, Fine - s Irish 4 —lnferior for grinding 4 Oats (451 b.) English, Fine Poland ........... 3 Scotch, Potatoe ..........--..... 3 Irish, for Melling ...„........... 3 8 16 9 1 6l 9 58 2 60 0 58 2 52 9 56 4 63 '7 65 4 64 9 61 9 54 0 GO 0. 8 4 811 8 1 i 7 4 7 6 7 10 9 2 4 5 10 9 5 0 8 4 9 4 3 31 3 6 .... oil' 4 1 4 ti ,Z = -"i' t:ve 2.-- l .- o. . r . '4 ..; g P. FP Provender— 3 Foreign, Old 2 Pease (Imp. Lush.) Blue, (boilers) White (ditto) Beans (Imp. Qr.) s. d. to a. d. (Per Sack 2801b5.) s. d. to s. English, Fine— 4.3 0 44 0 Hour, Norfolk and Inferior.. 40 0 41 0 Sulll)lk,Fine 47 0 Irish, Old 40 0 41 0 Yorks., Mile 46 0 Foreign 4O 0 42 0 Seconds 42 0 Malt (per load of 6 Imp. Bush.) Irish,Fine— 46 0 Nottingham, One... 44 0 46 0 Superfine 40 0 Yorkshire 43 0 44 0 —Heated or stale 46 0 Irish and Inferior—. 38 0 39 0 Per load of 2401 b. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Oatmeal, Lhglish .... LK 0 Flour,Notta. Fine 47 0 43 0 —Scotch & Irish 27 0 Sup. 50 0 52 0 Feeding 28 1 3 3 3 3 4 g 3 0 48 0 47 0 44 0 48 0 il 0 47 0 2.) 0 ' 0 U 0 DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, while 'limiting on St. Jatnes's canal, two young nen were un fortunately drowned. Their bodies were not found this morning. LEITH.-PULPIT V. THE PRESS.-It Veld scarcely be credited, in these days of reli g ious tolerati on , that the public Pres s sh ou ld be a thing fi dread to any whose office it is to preach the Gospel, which is nut only peace, but good will to all men. Yet true it is, that on the evening of Sunday last, a c'ergyman of this.tow n ex pressed from the pulpit the difficulty lie felt in proceeding with his subject, lest what he stated should be anima b. vered on by the Press. The discourse was a4ainst intern. perance, with a sly hit at the Catholics, followed up by a hint to " men in power; but on this (said the preacher) I must not enlarge, lest some nameless writer of the pub lic Press should make his remarks thereon," &c. . _. .....__ _______ _ groundless alarm excited universal surprise, Viper ial:y WONDERFUL PRODUCTIVENESB.-A West when it it known that the " public Press" interferes ex h itn i a , d Scot, fattened by Mr. FuLucg, jun., of Mays, t ' tremely little, or rather not at all, having oth er matter i n su and writhing onl y 56 stones o f Si b s., that was ' hand than pulpit harangues from pseudo ora t ors . A n d i t slauelitered by a Mr. HOLL A :IDS', a butcher, of Brighton, on is only when attempts like the abo ve are made, to make l Tuesday r last, yielded the as t on i s hi ng quant i ty o f 14 stones, t h e P ress c o n t e mptible in the e y es o f t h e people, that ifidi o viduals need fear its effects.—.. Scotsman. IR lbs. of internal ?Dos e f aa t . I SHIPPING INTELLIGENCII.4THIS DAY,) FROM LLOtD'S. DEAL, Dac. 27.—Wind S.W.—Throughout Yee' terday a strong wind from Eastward, with 'ever squalls. This morning it has shifted to S.S." and is moderate. A ot PORTSMOUTH, DEC, 26 and 27._Arrir© d - Port, the Daphne, Sprague, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, DEC. 25 and 26.—Wind N . B. to E.N.E.—Arrived the Jane, Bullock, from Oporto. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbo n ' BELFAST, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Loyal), Ke rr ' from Jamaica ; and Traveller, Scott, from Rig s ' DUBLIN, Dec. 25.—Arrived the Isabella, Dom" lop, from St. John's, N. B. HARWICII, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Maria, BellrenBs from St. Domingo. of v YARMOUTH, DEC. 26.—The Joseph, .-errap this port, parted from both anchors, and drove 4: 01 shore on the South Beach yesterday, during a hell gale from eastward, with squalls of snow and haul crew saved. The Mariner, Robinson, from Fayal to Crisne_T having put into St. Michaels leaky, was condem n " and sold, with the cargo, abont the 2d inst. The Kumurda, White, from Frederickstadt London, is on shore near Grimsby, and full of w ater. The Thornton, Houghton, from Riga, has arrived at Grimsby, assisted in after being on floret on the Stone Banks. DRURY-LANE THEATRE• We have seldom seen a more " splendid" as ir is very correctly styled in the bills of the der" -- ; affair, than th e n ew P an t om ime of " Harlequ in an.a Jack in the Box," whi c h wa s brought out at !k! Theatre on Saturday last. It opens of " The enchanted Grove and Goblin's abode, " beautifully painted by Stanfield. Here pern (Mr. Barnes), an enchantress and the irusr-'a l -- of the adamant-box, holds Jaelr'ollr. . rn custody. Jack's crime is, that he, baring too .1 1 1 1 . pant a tongue, has blabbed the secret ! of the es! enee of " a hidden island," where a Princess suffe rs incarceration, which Princess the destinies have Chinese de creed is to be released from thraldom by a knight, assisted by his squire. Heigh-ho (Howell)' the Chinese knight, and Ram-go, (J. 5. Grimalifi),, with a v ie : the squire, are represented in " A fairy vision o f the Hidden Island," (the excellent work of Sta o. field), releasing the imprisoned Princess. They aft-e" wards appear, and realize the vision ; Heigh-ho eat-ting off the hand of Ho-Fum, the giant g er ." " whose spells have been exerted against Luciana (Miss Ryall) the queen of the Hidden Island: The gigantic figures of Ho-Fum, and of hi e Queen Hi-Fum, are managed with great skil l. Each of them beats Louis, the French gianr, by a couple of feet ; arid their grotesque motions caused universal laughter. Their demeanour at a splendid banquet was no less amusing; but her!, the Ogre King having taken somewhat too much aqua vitce, is placed at the mercy of the cunning_ Chinese Knight, who fails not to avail himself of the opportunity for securing success to his enter prise. We next behold the adamant box, whic h encloses Jack, placed near the crater of a burning mountain, and guarded by the enchantress Peep-ho: She, like some of our old watchmen, falls asleep, and is surprised by th e Chi nese K n ight, w ilt ? se j iz : c k is s bey magic wand, and, st r iki ng th e box with - t ot once more restored to libe r ty. Jack, 111 return his deliverance, d e clar e s th a t -the Knight and t he Princess shall be united; but, e re the* happy event takes place, it is necess a ry that they should undergo all the trials to which Harlequin and Columbine are usually exposed. He then transforms Howell Into Harlequin, and Miss Ryall into Columbine, Barnes into Pantaloon, and J. S. Grimaldi into Clown Then comes "the tug of war." All are on the alert. rile tricks are very numerous, and many of the transformations pointed arid ingenious. They er were, making due allowances for a first night's , p p fo r r o m b t n i c o e n b, uwellonce, n e e , x e a e nd ut e thatd . w Indeed , as whenthe during criaotwb t e h or e , progress of th e P antom i me , we h ear d no char having been sous e d i n a we ll, procee d e d unceremoniously to disrob e hi mse lf en the 111 5. The dance, very prope r ly denominated 1* v e lutl Speculum, was exce e di ng ly goo d. Th e agile and graceful motions of Mr. Howell and Miss Ryall, as Harlequin and Columbine, were repeated with admirable spirit and correctness by Mr,Chilletni!ind Miss Macdonald. Many, unaccustomed to an illu sion of this description, would suppose that the per formers immediately on the stage were danci▪ ng before two mirrors. They would scarcely imagi▪ ne that the nice and accurate repetition of the motions and gestures of Harlequin and Columbine was not reflected in a looking-glass, but was elegantly per formed by the individuals whom we have named.--* The drama was greatly applauded, and was justly encored. The comic pas de deux, by Chilkini and Wieland, in the character of the Siamese Youth's deserves much praise; it was full of whimsical va riety. The scene which follows, where the fishes 01 " the vasty deep"—crabs and dabs, lobsters and cray-fi,h, turbot an d pl a i ce , w i t h a l ong et ce tera of piscatory characters—amuse themselves with a qua drille, excited much laughter. These scaly revellers were inimitably dressed : a Billingsgate committee could have added nothing to their appearance. The extraordinary activity of the phenomenon, Mynheet Von Kleshnig, excited universal astonishment Amongst other novelties, we were introduced to a young lady, Miss Poole, who made her first appe ar " mice, as well as a very favou ra bl e i m p ress i o n on the audience, on this occasion. Sh e fi rst sang with con siderable spirit in the charact er o f t h at non descript being, a " dandy," the song of . 1 Smar t young bachelors," and an encore b e i n g it !listed on, she appeared transferred, as if by magic' into a broom-girl, and, thus attired, she executed 0 characteristic song with much juvenile hunaour.-"' The scene of the P a nto m i me i s t h roug h out sur passingly splendid. The views, especially of Virgin"' Water, with the upper and lower lake, and the long walk, with Windsor Castle at the end, and I squadron of glittering cavalry coming slowly up to wards the spectator, beats any thing of the kind W.° have ever seen. The varying tints too of the morning, evening, and moonlight, are very acceratell preserved, with the exception that the moon is rather too large and clumsy in appearance. Amon% the performers we may select Mr. Howell's - Haile; ' gum, Miss Ryall's Columbine, and Mr. Barnes Pantaloon. All three characters were admirably sustained. The Pantomime was received With the loudest applause by an unusually crowded house. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. After the performance of that dull drama the " Royal Fugitive," a new pantomime, under the familiar old nursery appellation of " Harlequin sad Cock Robin, or Vulcan and Venus," was brought out at this theatre. It was favourably received, and deservedly so, as it is showy, diversified, and abounds in good scenery and decoration.. The tricks, however, with the exception of one or mo, were neither new nor ingenious. The opening scene presents a view of Vulcan's smithy. It Is painted by Grieve, and is in many respects worthy' of his high reputation. The Cyclops forge a silver bow and arrow, which being finished, Vulcan a r pars and kindly informs the audience and his friends for what purpose they are intended. With Venus, his spouse, he is at continual strife : the pro• tection of one is sufficient in itself to give rise to the enmity of the other. Venus favours Cuddie, a poor peasant, who is in love with his mistress's daughter Sally. Vulcan immediately assists Hobnail, an apprentice to Clout the farrier, who, together with his master, is desirous of Sally's affections. The newly-fabricated bow and arrow have of course su' pernatural powers. Hobnail is gifted with them in his sleep, and on his waking, and attempting to use them, he is converted,. nto a Sparrow. lhis was well managed. Hobnail disappeared like lightning, and his place was occupied by the Sparrow, " with his bow and arrow." The Robin, the favourite bird