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the same Governors shall observe the rules in that behalf prescribed for their guidance in and by the said in tructions hereinbefore mentioned. XVIII. And we do hereby authorize, empower, and require do talpective governors of the said provinces resgsetively to administer, or to cause to be adminis tered, to oar officers, civil and military, and to all other follions within the said provinces respectively, arch oaths for the due execution of their respective offices and employments as are usually taken by such officers, and the oath of allegiance. XIX. And we do hereby give and grant unto the re spective Governors of the said provinces respectively full power and authority, in our name ard on our behalf, to grant to any offender convicted of any crime, or sen tenced to the payment to us of ary fine, penalty, or for feiture by any court or by or before any judge, justice, or magistrate within the said ere vincea respectively, a free and unconditional pardon, or a pardon subject to such conditions as by any law then in force may be thereunto annexed, or any res;:ite of the execution of the sentence of any such offentle.r for such period as to such Governor may seem_ meet. or a remission, either total or partial, absolute or conditional; of any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture. XX. And in the event of the death of the Governor in-Chief of New Zealand for the time being, or of his absence from the New Zealand Islands, or of his bodily or mental incapacity for the discharue of the duties of his office, any person being within the said islands and holding a commission from us to he Governor of the province of New Ulster shall, upon the occurrence ' of such death, absence, or incapacity, enter upon, and dur ing such vacancy by death, or during the continuance of such absence or incapacity, or until our pleasure be known, discharge all the powers, authorities, privileges, and d u ti es o f saeh Governor-in-Chief , as fully as if a commission for the exercise of that office during that period had by us been addressed to him. But, if there should not happen to be within the said islands on the oc currence of any such vacancy by death, or during the continuance of any such absence or incapacity, any per son holding our commission as Governor of the province of New Ulster, then, upon the occurrence, and during the continuance of such vacancy by death, or during the continuance of such absence or incapacity; or until our pleasure be known, the exercise of the said of fi ce of Go vernor-in-Chief shall be assumed by any person fieing within the said islands, and holding a commission from us to be :Governor of the Province of New Munster ; and, failing any such Governor of New Munster, then and in such case by the chief offieer in command of our military forces within the anis' islands for the tirm being. XXI. And we do further declare our pleasure to he that Lieutenant-Governors of the said respective pro vinces shall by us, from time to time, he appointed by commissions under our signet and sign manual; but that in-the event of the death, absence, resignation, bodily or mental incapacity, or suspension ffom office by the said Governor-in-Chief of any such Lieutenant-Gover nor, it shall be competent to the said Governor-in Chief, and he is hereby authorised and empowered, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of such last mentioned vacancy, by a commission under the public seal of the general government of New Zealand, in our name and on our behalf, to constitute and appoint any proper person to be the Lieutenant-Governor of such province until our pleasure be known. XXII. And we do hereby declare our pleasure to be, that the Lieutenant-Governor for the time being of each of the said provinces (whether so appointed by such a direct commission from us as aforesaid, or by such a commission as aforesaid from the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand) shall have, exercise, and enjoy all powers, privileges, and authorities, hereby or by the said in structions hcreinbefore mentioned, or otherwise howso ever vested in the Governor for the time being of any such province, save only that the temporary and provi sional administration of the office of Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, on any such vacancy by death, absence, or incapacity as aforesaid, shall pass to and become vested in the Governor of the province of New Munster, in preference t) the Lieutenant-Governor of the province of Now Ulster, and in . the Lieutenant-Governor of the pro vince of New Ulster, in preference to the Lieutenant- Governor of the province of New Minster; end that such provisional administration of the said office of Governor in-Chief of New Zealand shall, on ftly such vacancy, by death, absence, or incapacity, as aforesaid, pass to and become vested in such chief military officer as aforesaid, in preference to any Lientenant-'3overnor who may hold the office of Lieutenant-Govereer not in virtue of a com mission issued directly by us, bet in virtue of a commis sion so issued as aforesaid in our name and behalf by any such Governor-in-Chief. XXIII. And we do further reserve to ourselves full power and authority, in our discretion, to appoint one and the same person to occupy at the same time the said several offices of Governor-in-Chief and Governor of each of the said respective provinces, or any two of those offices, and in our discretion to appoint one and the same person to occupy at the same time both of the said offices of Lieutenant -Governer of the said respective provinces. XXIV. And whereas it is by the said recited Act further provided, that it shall be lawful for us from time to time t(.. amend, and for that purpose to add to, or, if necessary, to repeal, any such letters patent or instruc tions as therein mentioned —now, we do hereby reserve to ourselves, our heirs, and successors, full power and authority from time to time to amend, and for that pur pose to add to, or, if necessary, to repeal, these presents and the said instructions hereinbefore mentioned. XXV. And w . e do hereby further declare our will and plea Sure to be that these /7f - resents shall not take effect or come into operation in the said islands of New Zealand until the same shall have been published and made known to the inhabitants of the said islands, by a proclamation to be for that purpose issued by the person commissioned by us to be Governor-in-Chief for the time being of the said islands. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made Patent. Witness ourself, at Westminster, this 23d flay of December, in the 10th year of our reign. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. The business transacted yesterday afternoon was not by any means heavy, nor did the quotations differ in any material extent from those published last week. The principal outlay was on the three Derby favourites, each in the course of the day having been backed for about 2001. at the prices quoted, Epirote with the strongest party. The following bets, besides others of smaller amounts, were also laid:-1,125 to 25 agst Conyrigham, 50 to 1 to 50Z agst Bingham, similar odds to a pony agst Christopher, and in scores agst the Liberator, 2,000 to 25, 500 to 8, and 1,000 to 1.; two or three times agst War Eagle, 1,000 to 10 agst Clarendon, and, in one bet, 1,000 to 20 each agst The Liberator, Christopher, and Conyngham. Slander and Clemontina were backed at 10 to 1 each, the first for a pony, and the latter for 1251. 13 to 1 was the highest offer agst The Farmer's Daughter. Planet and Gentilt were backed for the 2,000 Guineas Stakes at 5 to 1, in hundreds, and about half a dozen blows were struck on the Chester Cup. The following list shows the average at the close of the room:— TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken. 5 to I agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken. CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Griffith's Newcourt—taken 1000 to 15 agst Lord Chestertield's Pam—taken ICOO to 15 agst Mr. Hill's Punch—taken 1500 to 25 taken about Mr. Meiltlarn's Diomed, with entry—taken 300 to 10 agst Sir John Gerard's Mermaid & Morocco—t. DETtivr. 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot 6 to 1 agst John Day's lot 15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tr - map —taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 1000 to 60 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunetiale 33 to, 1 agst Mr. Worley's Oh! Port 53 to 1 agst Lord Caletion's Wanota 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Dli Martin colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prjectite 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivv—taken 43 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Convngham 50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher —taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—t. and att. of. 50 to 1 agst Mr. G. If. Moore's The Reiver 6to I agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. of. 100 to 1 agst Mr. Ford na Clarendon—taken. OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 12 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Farmer's Daughter - take 14'th 1 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Claribel. Pia EON-FLYING MA.Teu vos TEN POUNDS.--. Thursday, the annual pigeon -flying match, between amateur pigeon fanciers of Lambeth. came off. There were fifteen competitors for the prize, each flying one pigeon. The starting-place was :ionthampton, at which town the pigcons were thrown up at one o'clock, and a blue dragon pigeon, belonging to Mr. Rose, of Kenning ton, was the winning bird. It flew the distance (77 miles) in one hour and twenty-seven minute - i. SKATING ON THE WYE.—After a lapse of nine years the deep water of the Wye, 'from the bridge at this city to Belmont, was last week frozen suffic,iently lard to Tender it perfectly secure for skating and sliding. :Numerous parties accordingly availed themselves of the opportunity of enjoying the healthy exercise, and it was Interesting to witness the evolutions of some experienced skaters. The Mayor very considerably directed the police to be in attendance, and several of them waited on the banks every day with ladders and ropes to assist persons to the shore if an accident had occurred. We did not, however, hear of a single immersion. On Naterday, however, to the great sorrow of the partakers in these healthy recreations, a complete thaw commenced, and continued till Monday evening, when there was a sharp reaction in the shape of frost.—llerojiird Journal. CREWKERNE.—WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF SHEEP orDous.—On Wed nes d a y, t h e 9t h i nstant, some dog dogs entered a field at Misterton, and drove and .Iv_urried upwards of Go hog sheep, belonging to Mr. ury, of Kimmeridge Dorset (late of Misterton). n Thursday morning they were Jelin(' underneath a small bridge near the mill; only 14 out of the 60 were alive, and even they were bitten. The carcases were sr)id at from lid. to 2d. per lb. to th e poor. And, on Sunday night l ast, a flock of lam bin ewes, helongingrto jar. g Stephens, o f Seaborou h was attacked by dogs, which drove 39 osamef the flock into a quarry, were 21 were found dead the night. In neither instance has any trace of the dogs yet been d iscovered,—Bath Journal. VoLTTNTARY OFFEangG.---llr. Fairs, of Hanover street, has presented two very handsome stained windows John s-vvoi7d. This is the third dona tionti) All Saints, St. which has been mac. I, -3 7 members of the Rev. Edward Thompson's congregation to thi s b eautiful and unique church. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will he performed Belle's Opera, entitled THE BONDMA_\ r- . Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastie ; La Valliere, Mr. Galll ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-groped, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grieette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery by Mr. R. Sloman- ' the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. Tile whole produced under the superin eridence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYBA, THE ENCHANTRESS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the AMiquarlarr Society to have been discovered "somehow or other," "some thne or other," near " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Belle, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. Homeastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and H. Payne ; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, (the four Elez Instils, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each ;, the March of Intellect (travelling " incog." as"." Young England," a true bit of British blood, by intelleet out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Daly ha ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT B,llooL.—SClloollllaSter, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on tli occasion. Scene Z. EXTE:111,11 AND 11ARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE.— The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated For a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters lendrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful nights, but destined, with their "cousin George," to astonish the ativea by and bY as " The Seven Champions ofChristendom"), Mas ers Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful t. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance in public on the occasion—how his " cousins; " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTIOE.—" Nothinge material to our historie " occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA'S HOUSE or CORRECTION !—St. George of Eng land (a rnm'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. 11. Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and Lis brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene 5. Dovaa ROADS.—How the Seven Champions of &nh:M Christen dom set nut for their respective t iens—. themanagement having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Corn panics." Scene 6. BANKS OF TILE KILE.—.AInMIMI*, King of Morocco (1113 own Lord High Admiral, Commander-In-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Paclia, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almauzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not having even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN TOE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KIN 6 or Eorrr.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak for himself ), Mr. Wieland. liow this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, rot only forbids the banns - ; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Vorning Papers). ROYAL I'ROrLA RATION " When kill the dragon ? I " Or me he shall gorge ; I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old M. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," LOOS to 9 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." SCens a. SITE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN Tun DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters;" how St. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished); how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. Th• Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL 01 CiiIVALRY.--HOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabre). Tie appearance of the March of intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. Harlequin.... Mr. Howell, I Clown •• -. Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.-- Mr. Priorson. 1 Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CET- Lan's SLlOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. "Holding the mirror np to nature." " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parlia - iiient. A fashionable complaint Sies t• the Clown's head. Scene I I (70RNCUANDLEIV9 SnaP AND (1/tANIRY.—More, ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of "chair" in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND r iIIRSEILT GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for "patent erastic India-rubber boots." Effects of "putting your feet in It." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S SIIOM—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an ?mini Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OE DRITISH AND FOREIGN TOT WAREHOUSE.— Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack In the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. "See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene lb. TnE STATUE AS IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park turner. Scene IG. THE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, ILLYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new and original Drama, called VIE ROUND OF WRONtI. Sir Arthur Foijambe, Mr. Stuart; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buci stone ; Harwood, Mr. Rowe; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary ltyinlid, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woedds. - After which the New Comic Drama of STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. fu which Messrs. Fsrien, litickstone, Miss aed Mrs. Ihnnhy will appear. To conclude with an Original Craml Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tram - Intl .Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Ilort6n Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley, THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded en the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof tihects) by Albert Smith, Esq., called TILE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha ntcters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Nell' Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Geugh ; Columbine, Miss Laid law ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. TINDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS LIVENING Will he performed an origintriomaa tic Drama, called CO MYRA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. ,Wright, Worrell, Bedford, O. Smith , &c. Betvreen the pieces the celebrated ZNTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hauions, will ex hibit their wonderftil Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TILE PRANTOH DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Ctillenford,Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled TILE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss E eergiana Smithson, 311ss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Hornier, Peren, &c. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Gen!. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Ibirbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING - - Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M. Cartigny ; 'Valero, M. LangeTal ; Ergaste, M. Lucian ; Artiste, Frere de Sganarelle, M. Dorgebret ; Uri Commissaire, M. Masquil lier; Un Notaire, M. Pagenier ; Isa belle, mademoiselle Angeles Zleonor, Madame Emmet ; Lisette, Mdlle. Khin. After which (for the last time), the Vaudeville, called LE Co. MEDLEY D'ETAMPES. Dorival, M. Perlet. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Afisiette, Monsieur l'erle t. Boxes, Gs.; lit, 3s. fxl. ; Stalls, Is.; Gallery, 2s. Doers opened at buff-past Seven, add the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE It Is respectfully announced that this Inimitable Entertainment will be repeated THIS EVENING, and continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; and, in compliance with numerous ap plications, they will give a GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE; TO-MORI:01V (Wednesday), commencing at half-past Two o'clock. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Christmas Holiday Fetes. THIS EVENING, a double rotation of Equestrian and Gymnastic Novelties. The "Demon Horse ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit." Herr Neuparte, the great Dutch Bottle Equt) .brist. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE I) MON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the caarrued Newan ~ '''''' change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Grand Ghristmas Comic Fairy Pantomime, entitled TM: FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lafrarint • Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. i:ox-oftice open irom eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Itroadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances I►avidge. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy 'Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, ll , xlerptin in the Land of Dream:. Har lequin, Herr Denlin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Denlin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodora ; Clown, Herr E. Deulin. ROTA L VICTOR lA. THEATRE, Reduction Pf Tri , es.—Boves, Is„ Half-price, 6(1 ; Pit, 60.; Galler3- 3,d.; Private Boxem, Mr,. N. T. Hicks a " The Black Doc. tor. Great gneeess of the new allegorical Railway Pantomime. TII IS F. V 12TING Will be performed THP.I;L.kCk TTOCToII. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L: Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE• BIIITH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Signor Osmonde; Harlequin, M. Lupin° ; Columbine, Mdlle. Adele Lauri. COMMUNICATION WITH I3RAZIL.-A Liverpool journal speaks of a rumour that the Government have it in contemplation to discontinue their present sailing packet establishment, and to avail themselves of the re• newed tonder, made by the West. India Royal Mail Com pany, for the conveyance of the South AmeriCan mails and passengers to Barbadoes, and for their transmission thence to Brazil by branch steamers. We are glad to find that the Queenboreugh oyster grounds are at length let, and that there is a prospect of some employment for the dredgermen of that place. The parties who have hired the grounds arc Messrs. 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London. 111 E WEATELEII.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 29. rIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 39 BAIIOIIIETVIR, 30.52 --ViirsD E., fine. MOH WATER AT LON tiON-BRInt;F: THIS DAY. Montiv lb minute after 11. I Evening .. 47 minutes atter II „„ .. , , . 7,--w tr „,ol .. - ± 1 '4x , ” -r vitr. m oS • ,-ix r I • ).,.. ./ :01 T -- 4,-- • t. - .....-Ar e lli.: ' Lied: SECOND EDITION. Cbbg LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEIIBER 29, 1846. Knowing the confusion of parties consequent upon the military disturbances in Portugal, we are in no degree surprised at what would otherwise excite our astonishment, namely, the contradictory intelligence continually arriving from that portion of the penin sula. Groups of insurgents are scattered over the mountains, bands of guerillas infest the more sylvan valleys, and regiments of the royalist troops are quartered in the different towns and villages; beyond this, there is a perpetual movement in the disposition and numbers of the popular army,.. as well as in the body of soldiery in the service of the SOTEREIGN. Much blundering is consequently inevitable in the information received from the theatre of this civil war. As in, every similar outbreak, the most impos sible rumours are prevalent, every moment has its particular report, and those individuals who, from their mercantile occ u p a ti ons are no t ac t ua ll y implicated in the struggle, are alternately the originators of some extravagant fabrication or the credulous hearers of the equally extravagant fabrications of their neighbours. In addition to all these causes of uncertainty as to the information re ceived from Portugal, there is another—perhaps the most important of all—the detestable bondage of the press. When merely a single journal is permitted to appear by the government of a kingdom, and when that journal is as subservient to the interests of the degenerated Court of Lisbon as is the Diario do Governo, it cannot he a matter of amazement that the intelligence contained therein is of a marvellously fragmentary and incredible character. If we discard all the improbable and opposite asser tions of the different Portuguese correspondents, we obtain the following lamentable picture of the condi tion of that country. Notwithstanding the numerous and sanguinary conflicts which have already occurred in that quarter of the . peninsula, it would appear that matters are, if possible, farther than ever from any settlement. In spite of the vaunted dispersion of the " rebels " under the banners of SA DA .134NDEIRA, the Court party are very far indeed from being triumphant. The accounts ob tained as recently as the 20th ultimo are to the effect that Bolurim had combined his forces with those commanded by General MURINHO D'ALnu- QUERQUE, and that, together with a detachment of the soldiers of Das ANTAS, he had establiabed himself in Callas. According to the same packet SALDANIIA was hastening towards that stronghold. Oporto was still invested by CABAL, and the question of the suc cess of royalists and insurgents still quivered on the balance. A fortunate calculation of time or of num bers, an accidental selection of ground, or a chance concentration of troops on either side, may bring victory to DAs ANTAs and his, followers, or to SAL DANHA and his colleagues. Numerically the hostile armies are tolerably well matched, but they have each a number of distinct and very dissimilar advan tages. The, soldiers of Queen MARIA are ensured ample rations and regular pay, they are periodically reinforced, their leaders are guided by a council •oncentrated in •the metropolis. •On the other hand, the soldiers of the popular party are animated by a contagious enthusiasm, they are recruited by the ardent worshippers of a beneficent legislation, they are inspired by the love of nationality, their cause is the cause of the people, and they themselves are a portion of .that people. While the position of the armed belligerents in the provinces is thus precarious and complicated, the state of the metropolis is most embarrassing, and most unpropitious. Commerce is in the utmost torpor, trade is languishing, provisions are gradually rising in price, and the bank. notes are regarded with so much suspicion as to be at a discount of twenty-five per cent. It is utterly impossible that the citizens can continue much longer in this condi tion without some frantic effort being made by the Portuguese to re-establish a really constitutional monarchy, to remove their numerous political dis abilities, to ensure certain municipal reforms, to re invigorate the manufacturing and agricultural industry of the nation, and to restore to Portugal at least some shadow of her pristine - glory and greatness., It would he indecorous and ungrateful for any maritime country like England not to regard the prosperity and happiness of Portugal as a thing to be peculiar!y desired—Portugal, the mistress of naviga tion, the Carthage of the middle ages, the promoter of international communication, the fosterer of modern commerce ! What Tyre did by its purple dyes upon the borders of Palestine; what Venice did upon the Adriatic under the rule of its Council of Ten ; what Genoa did upon the frontiers of Italy under the guidance of the immortal Douht, and aided by the influence of her Golden Book, Por tugal- did for Western Europe, and through Western Europe for the entire world, in the fifteenth century. The enterprise which was germinated at that period in the palace of Prince lIENIrr, in the harbour of Lisbon, in the hearts of her mariners, and the marts of her commerce, has entitled Portugal to the eternal 1 estimation of every free and prosperous people. Her troublous position at, this moment i s , i n a .par ticular manner,worthy of 'exciting our sym pathy. The sufferings to which she is new subjectul are attributable more to the incapacity of her legislators, and to the undue inter ference of a foreign potentate, than to her own mercantile sluggishness and national degeneracy. Gifted with a fertilising climate and a generous soil, possessing vast internal and not contemptible colonial resources, with the experience cif the woes of anarchy in the direction of Spain, of the feasibility of extrication from the roost disastrous plights in the direction of France, of the blessings consequent upon a judicious constitution, a gradual reform, and an indomitable industry in the direction of England— Portugal has every means of ensuring her own pros perity, and of keeping pace with the advancement of civilisation and the ,diffusion of knowledge. If ac companied by sagacity and confidence, her present misery may be only the forerunner of her future happiness, her civil commotions at this moment may be only the phenomena of some striking 'transition in her history, the odious rebellion of to-day may be transformed into a glorious and commendable revo lution. M tRIA GLORIA has within reach the means of investing her name with an enviable im mortality; her people have within reach their own restoration to peace and greatness. No nation has accomplished so much in favour of the liberty of the subject as England. Her virtue in this respect has not been confined to empty profes sions, all her public institutions bearing evidenCe to the sacred value which is attached by Englishmen to the maintenance of the blessing of liberty. In France, highly civilised as she is, her citizens invoke, profess, and dilate upon the 'privileges of liberty with an im passioned fervour far exceeding, in enthusiasm, the spirit which would animate our own countrymen whilst deliberating upon or , contending for the same object; and yet, both in the institutions of France and the actual working of them, _there are contained guarantees for the subject's liberty far inferior to those which are enjoined and enforced by the modus operandi of the British Constitution. Still, notwith standing the extent to which the principle of liberty, vital to any nation ambitious of com bining happiness with greatness, ie practically enjoyed in this country, and far beyond what has been realised by any other, the serieue infringe ment which is constantly being made upon this highly prized and popular prerogative is matter of astonish ment. This must, no doubt, be in a great measurY attributed, not to any feeling of public indifference, but to the general ignorance which frequently pre vails as to the vicious or defective administration of any particular branch of our laws affecting the liberty, of the subject. This ignorance, again, arises from the fact, that those who, for the most part, suffer from unjustifiable or unreasonable restraints on their personal freedom, belong to a class who, by reason of their poverty and their want of informa tion as to the means of redress, are the most exposed to imposition and oppression. Our system of police, in ifs operation, affords very grave and repeated instances of the truth of the fore going observations. The protection secured to the public with respect to property, liberty, and life, by a well-regulated police force, cannot be too highly ap preciated. For these purposes great powers are neces sarily conferred upon the police authorities ; but, at the same time, it behoves the public to be exeessively vigilant that these powers be not abused. We have been much struck by considering the excessive punish ment which, by the present system of police ad ministration, is entailed upon a man who happens to get inebriated on a Saturday night, and placed in the custody of the police. It may be that, for the first time in his life, he has suffered himself to be so far overcome with liquor as to have become incapable of taking care of himself. He may be a man of good reputation, though poor, of honest, indus trious, and hard working habits. He may be married, having a wife and large family. If such a man should be taken into custody, owing to his being under the influence - of intoxication, on a Friday night, he would be released by the magis trate early the following morning, after receiving a proper admonition (provided it be his first delin quency), or paying a fine of five shillings; but if the same individual should chance, for the same reason, to fall into the hands of the police on a Saturday night, he may be kept in confinement, in a narrow and comfortless cell, till the magistrate takes his seat on Monday morning, his incarceration having been ! extended over a period of time, varying, according to the hour when he was taken, from 36 to 40 hours. This is not as it should be. The remedy is simple and obvious, and should be promptly adopted, from a regard to the liberty of the subject, and the harsh ness and injustice of excessive and disproportionate punishment. For the above and similar light offences, the magistrate should be directed to attend his office on the Sunday mornings. He might sit early, say from half-past eight or nine o'clock till half.past ten, so as not to be himself disabled from attending divine ser vice. If it be said that this would be breaking in upon the Sabbath, we answ first, that many of those who officially serve the ends of Government, which is aldne constituted for the public advantage, have to continue the discharge of their functions on the seventh as well as the preceding days; and, secondly, that the duties they would be called upon to perform, would be all on the side of morality, benevolence, mercy, and religion. The magist ra t e wou l d have the satisfaction and delight—for, such it ought t o b e es teemed—of releasing from a t e di ous and painful im prisonment many a poor and worthy man, who, for the first time, perhaps, during a protracted life, had been unguardedly led into temptation. He would restore him to the bosom of a distressed family, whom the discharged prisoner might be disposed to accompany the same day to a place of worship, and thereby afford the best evidence of his repentant sense of the error he might have thoughtlessly com mitted. We hope this subject will meet with the at tention of the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, and the above, or some other equally effi cient system, be speedily embraced for remedying the serious grievance to which we have adverted. It has often been our painful duty to invite the public attention to statements of misery and destitui tion, to sufferings of the most fearful character Within the last few weeks scarcely a day has elapsed that a paragraph headed "Death from Starvation" has not met the eye in the columns of the public journals, but never has it fallen to our lot to peruse a detail so harrowing and revolting to every feeling of hu manity as that which has been put forward by Mr. N.M. CUMMINS, a gentleman of respectability, a magis trate of the county of Cork, who, in a letter, to his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, has depicted scenes cf which he has been an eye-witness within the last week. Truth, it is said, is stranger than fiction, and it is indeed almost impossible to cbnceive a more horrible exhibition of the effects of combined pestilence and famine than that presented to our notice by this gentleman. Lamentable accounts have from time to time appeared of the extraordinary severity of the distress in the western districts of the county of Cork, and Mr. CUMMINS, who possessed some small property in that part of the country, determined personally - to investigate the truth of the statements as to the appalling misery to which that locality was said to be reduced. In pursuance of this praiseworthy ob ject, and it would appear also with the view of afford ing some relief to the sufferers, Mr. Cummnss went to Skibbereen on the 15th instant, and visited different parts of the surrounding country; and he cites as an example of the state of the entire coast district what he witnessed on one to wnland. We shall give it in Mr. CUMMINS' own simple but forcible language. It would• be impossible to condense or abridge, to strengthen or add to the awful description. It is not of a strange or distant land he is speaking, nor is he dealing in vague generalities. The locality is fully and accurately described, so that if he has been guilty of any exaggeration, or has in any degree drawn on his imagination, the statement is capable of immediate contradiction. The scene of wretcheduess is named South Reen, in the parish of Myrolß, and it is situated on the eastern site of Castlehaven harbour. MT. CUMMINS sayc— " Being aware that I shoukl have to witness scenes of 'frightful hunger, I provided .myself with as intidi bread as five men could carry, and on reeching'the spot I was F,nrpriscd to find,the wretched hamlet apparently d,:srrted. I entered-some of the hovels to ascertain the cause, and the scenes that pre:iented themselves were such as no tong no or pen can convey the slightest idea oF. In the first, six tarnished and gllAstly skeletons, to all appear rakes) dead, were huddled in a corner on soul, filthy strver, their sole covering what seemed a ragged horse clotih, their wretched legs hanging about, neked above the:knees. I approached with horror, and found by a low. moaning they were alive—they were in fever, four chi/.dren, a woman, and what had once been a man. It is impossible to go through the detail. Suffice it to say, that in a few minutes I was surrounded by at least 200 of such phantoms, such fri g htf u l s p ec t res as no words cal s describe. • 'By far the greater number were delirious, etrher from famine or from fever. The demoniac yells arc still ringing in my ears, and their horrible images art fixed upon My brain. My heart sickens at tee red ital, but I'murt go on. "6 Iu another case, decency would forbid what follows, but` it must be told My clothes were nearly torn off in, my endeavour to efcape from the throng of pestilence are.und, when my neckcloth was seized from behind by a ger pe which compelled me to turn. I found myselt gels sped by a woman with an infant just born in her arlls, and the remain; of a filthy sack across her loins— tilt: sole covering of herself and babe. The same morn ing the police opened a house on the adjoining lainis, which was observed shut fur many days and two frozen cost pses were f oun d, lyi ng u p on t h e mud floor, half de ;reamed by the rats. • A Mother, herself in a fever, was seen the same clay to .drag out the corpse of her child, a girl about 12, per fectly naked, and leave it half covered with stones. In act ther house, within 500 y ar d s o f the cavalry station at Skibberecn, the dispen sar y d octor found, !:;even wrtietches lying, unable to move, under the same cloak. Ore had been dead many hours, but the others were uns .ble to move either themselves or the corpse." Gracious Heaven, can such things be possible in a Cilristian land ? Can civilised men see their fcl loll -creatures suffering the agonies of hunger, endur ing more than the inhabitants of a beleagured city has e ever been subjected to ? Are there no ministers of 'the ,Gospel,, no relief committees, .no persons in any the slightest degree removed from such a state who were capable of telling the sad tale, of demanding instant relief and assistance for the sufferers? Some time must have elapsed before the unhappy creatures could have been ,redueed - to. such extremities. A fea;:ful responsibility rests on all who were acquainted h the facts and did not make them public, when the aid that .could be, obtained in the neighbourhood WBl3 found.to he inadequate to meet the crisis. We are aware that two clergymen have been in constant cor ImuniCatlon "With the Home Secretary within the last - few weeks, and that they . Lid . a meancholy statement before the Right Hon. Baronet that awakened the deepest sympathies for the suff.T ingla described. His answer to their - application has been published within a few days, and moat sincerely do we trust that the recommendation contained theirein may be adopted. And we cannot doubt but that our own countrymen will nobly respond to the call made upon them. It is no time for inquiring by whose default this frightful suffering has been oc casioned. It is no time to speak of existing laws, or of Those which may be enacted hereafter, or at whose expense the people should be fed: there are human heiiigs - perishing at this moment; without food or clothing ; theie Is an opportunity to feed the hungry and to clothe the naked, who, without speedy assist ance, must perish by a lingering and painful death. GEORGE Gael - has truly toted that it is impossible for the Government, by any means, to meet all the cases of severe privation and distress which are to be found under existing einem staires in Ireland ; much must be done by individual owoers of property and by private charity. Sir GEORGE suggests that means should be taken for raising among the wealthier classes in Ireland, as well as in England, contributions for the relief of extreme cases of Want and . destitution, not capable of being met by the existing poor-law, or by the works in pro gre'ss, or to be hereafter sanctioned, and states that he entertains no doubt that if due precautions were taken for securing the proper application of such con tributions to the relief of urgent and severe distress, through the local agency which can alone be com petent to the duty, " liberal aid would be afforded by private benevolence in this country," and such will undoubtedly be the case. Englishmen have never withheld their assitance from the- sick and needy, they have afforded succour to the destitute in what ever clime or country they may be situated. There is no tale of real -distress that has ever been told to them in vain. We have assisted the stranger, shall we suffer those speaking our language, united to us by inany ties that should prompt a ready response to any demand for assistance, to call in vain ? We have often held out the hand of felloWship in periods of lighter trial than the present. Large sums have been remitted in former years, and many lives were pre served by the timely aid so afforded ; but never was there a call so urgent and pressing as that now made. The very season should awaken sentiments of benefi cence in every breast. This is the time of joy and festivity, of feasting and merriment. Families that are separated for the rest of the year are re unitid at this happy time. Loftier and higher thoughts will arise in many hearts. We commemorate a !pe riod of glad tidings and great joy to mankind. Suffer not our brethren to be cut off from amongst us. We pray to be delivered from pestilence and famine; let us strive .by all means to alleviate the afflictions of those who are suffering under their baleful influence. No time is to be lost. Let not the day pass before a sincere resolution is formed by each tedo something accord ing to his means, to give up some trifling object, to restrict himself (if necessary) in some particular, and to devote the amount to mitigate the wretchedness we have detailed. We venture . to say, a more pure de light has never been enjoyed than that which will fol low such a course: What is to be done must be done at once ; a single hour should not be lost. Englishmen, you have never hitherto been , found wanting, and never_ has th4e been a greater necessity • - for uniVersal exertion " Bic dal, qui cito. dat,"—a small sum given promptly and readily will be more valuable than a far larger amount if delayed. Expedition is, everything; there will ; be many channels discovered through which your bounty will be faithfully distributed, and make glad!the hearts of the unhappy and miserable. Recol. 1.-.. ct,; too, that the calamity is not restricted to a single locality, the case of South Poen is but an exaMple of that which is daily taking place in the less cultivated and poorer districts. A single provin- - cial paper, the Mayo constituti on , con t a i ns the hc f- _ _ count of no less than eight coroners' inquests, in all of which the verdict of death , from starvation or from wane of sufficient food has been returned. And one of the coroners of the county has addressed a letter to the Lord-Lieutenant, stating that seven more huinan beings (different from those to whom we have alluded) had fallen victims to hunger since his last report, and yet this county layo contains no less than 800,000 acres of waste land, of which, according to the report of Mr. RICHARD GRIFFITH, the eminent civil engineer, published in 1845, no less than 170,000 acres might be improved for cultivation to produce corn and green crops, and 300,000 acres might be drained for pasture. Indeed, Mr. GRIFFITH says of the wasteland in this county, that a large portion of it presents unusual facilities for reclamation and cul- tivation ; and, ba it remembered, that' his report is made with reference to the provisions of the Ist and 2d IVilliam IV., c. 33, which requires a certificate of a skilful engineer or surveyor that the improve- ment, when completed, would increase the value of the lands in the proportion of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the sum proposed to be expended thereon Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 20th, and from Oporto.to the 217 t, by the Royal Tar steamer, which arrived yesterday afternoon at South ampton. Baron CASAL, at the head of 2,000 m en, ' was at lfatosinhas, three miles from Oporto. It was doubtful; however, whether he would venture to attack the city. SA DA ]3ANDEIRA had 600 regu lars and 3,000 citizens under arms, and h a d completed the fortifications of the city, so that he is perfectly prepared to give CASAL • a warm reception. A number 'Of arrests had taken place in Oporto in consequence of the di, , :,•overy of a Chartist consp i rac y. . Six hundred stand of arms and a quan tity of gunpowder were soied, and martial law was proclaimed. The Oporto Junta have seized all the gold and silver coin in the bank, amounting to 12,0001. The citizens are full of enthusiasm, and seem determined to support SA DA BANDEIRA to the utmost. pCIIWALBACK, with 600 men, was dispatched to 'regain po:session of Setubal, which was. occupied by the guerillas under the command of Senl)r Jose EsTEVAo. Trite to the guerilla tactics, which are t• harass and not to fight, they retreated. on the ap proach of SCHWALBAOII, to re-appear most probably in some other &strict. The report of the defeat of LAPA is confirmed. He has been compelled .by Bomrtm to fall back upon the main body of SAL DANIIA'S artily. The armies of ats Ayras and SAL The Council-General of the Bank of France has just affixed its - dititletalot the'second laif-year of 1846 at 79f. The French Three per Cents . . - were. exceedi _ firm on Sunday in the Passage de l'Opera, at 80. 90c. buyers. BUSINE S PONF, t -FORF.IGN L'ONDON. 'STOCK, 141XCII A NGE, Dix:tout= 28. Ponlogne it ll sl - Amiens,ci --Great Indian Pokiirlattlar, Jaimica South Midland: Junction, Luxembourg, ~ Namur and Liege, 3 1 A—.North6-11 of France Constituted, HYA—Orkans and -Vierzon, 14 A--,Park and Ly(,n3 Con-- stituted, SlA—Paris and Orleans, 49 1 / 2 . —Satubrt)"and-W as P - VA—Weat Flanders, 3. • BANKRUPTCY,—(THis DAY.) 'IN RE EDWARD HODGES. To-day was appointed for declaring a dividend, under the estate of this bankrupt, who was one of thd directors of the Tanquhar Sl a Mines, in New SOuth Wales. 'Mr.' Duncan appeared on behalf of a gentleman named Wallis, who sought .to prove , a debt of 1,660/... The proof was tendered on a warrant of attorney 'given by the bankrupt and the other directors. The facts are these :—The company was formed in 1841,. and the capital, to be raised vtika4o,o'oo/. in 4,0tV1 - 04shareei,, Mr. Willis Was indM4lkettidieliaSe shares to the, amountof 8,501, and a164.415r. OVance MotteY. the'eettetir4 . 2,500/, for which' fiti4itfirst receive d; pAleis.s6rY 0142 which were aftervv ardr, giVen up, the bankrupt and' the other directors depositing the leases of the mines, and also giving a joint warrant of attorney, on which judee, ment had been entered up, and on which Mr. Wallis now claimed to prov e a ga i ns t the separate estate cf the present bankrupt to the extent of 1,66' ii., being for money advanced and interest. _ • Mr. Lucas, who appeared for the assignees, Opposed the proof, on • the .ground that a judgment against .the directors jointly , could not be proved against toe separate estate, and said it had been so held, in 1808, by Lord Eldon, and that decision had nut been reversed. The Learned Ctu asked -Mr. , Dunean whe ther, he could add uce an y. cases in support of the c l u i ng and,.on being answer e d in the negative, decided t h at the proof was inadmissible.. • Another...proof--waS tendered riy the same creditor, to prore on a note of hand for No/. , -The note Wll3 made payabre ." to order,", and it was contended that under the statute 5 Anne it Was not provable. The question being under the consideration of the Court aboVe, the claim was adjourned until the dividend_ meeting. N . o dtridend was declared. A ,ciiiiTtiiiiiterruption occurred in the course of the proceedings by' the blunder of a gentleman wild had this-. • event when three or f our • taken the ease. ia,o unlikely cases , are going on at the same time, each being heard piecem6al as - points arise), and said that he must addresS the Court, for he could say, in .a few words,• more to the purpose than all that had been said before. As he re fused to confer with.eounsel or solicitor, it was ionic ' time before it was discovered that he had inlstaken the case., • :.GUILDHALL .--(THIS DAY.) Jcxikin Hatakes, a barber in Bowling-green-lane, was charged before Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall with appearing in the streets in female clothes, and Matilda Iloddngton, who described herself as an artist " (which was explained by the policeman as meaning poittire maker), was placed at the bar with him, on a charge of having'in her posacision a parcel, containing a-bunch of keys and a purse, of which she eould give no satisfactory account. • • Sergeant Comm, 95, stated that he had often-seen the male prisoiaet in company With women of bad character in Cheapside ; but as in dress, appeararce, and conduct he resembled them exactly, witnc:is did not suspect him of being a man until hist night, when he saw•hirti in tom; ..pany With the female prisoner in Little B r it a i n . Il e 'follOwed them the whole way from that piece :to Smithfield,- h av i ng o b serve d t h at h i s band Was by no means like that of a lady ; and at length, suspicion having grown into conviction, •he - took him in charge. lie appeared surprised at the accu sation of• beitig.a.man,. and denied , the qbarge steutly,' but the woman said—" Come, it's of no use to deny it, you know you are." " Witncs'S questioned her as to . wherejshe got the bundle, and not being satiNf:cd with her aaiwers, took her in charge also. On searching Ilawkes at the station s witness woi satisfied po s iti ve ly as to his sex,, and he_could no longer deny it. The prisoners said that they had been to a ball, and that Hawkes had assumed that dress "for fun." The keys and purse were his property. The, polieeth a n ssid that the female prisoner had stated to him, first that they were her preperty, and. after wards 'that they belonged- .to r a brother of hers. MC l WOrthy ALDOII.SLIN rtmanded both prisoners till to.morrow, in order that inquiri e s might be made, as to their• Character and as to the truth' of their statements in defence. •-• • DE4TII .OF A . NOTIIKIr 13RAVE SOLDIER.—At Jed burgh,: lately - , died James Hill, aged 69 sears, 32 of which he spent in the 32d Regiment of Foot. He shared the dodgers of eleven general battles ;lad sieges, besides skirinishes without number. At Pampeluna he was the first to rise on the pealing ladder to susprise the enemy. DAN NA still occupy the s nnc,poitions. Bank notes arc at a discount of 25 per cent: The Bordeaux mail arrhi:d in Paris on Sunday morning, but it brought neither letters nor journals from Madrid, - We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Presse devotes no less than five columns to abuse of England and the English alliance. The Prince DE JOINVILLE left Paris on Christmas day for Havre, and embarked the next morning for Cherbourg. He was, however, obliged to put back, in consequence of the roughness of the Weather., The Prince then proceeded to Honfleur, and from thence to . Cherbourg, to inspect the experiments to be made with the new machinery of the Pomone. The Afoniteur publishes an account of the imports fbr the first eleven months of the year. The articles cleared at the Custom-house have given a sum of 141,643,3851., being an advance on the corresponding period of the ye sr before, • which amounted to 139,311,736 f. There has been an increase orrahnost every kind of article. A royal' ordinance - is publi3hed in the llfoniteur, whereby the "bureau" of Eu is opeucd - forithe im portation and exportation of grain and flour. The Prefect of the Seine d?livered his annual . speech on Saturday, on the re-election of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris, - when he stated that, according to the census just obtained; the- population of the capital, which was 935,261 in 1841, now amounted to 1,053,907. The Constitutionn,:l has the following on SpanH) affairs— " The Spanish Ministry has already' met to draw up the Queen's speech at the opening of the session. It has also been occupied with the eh,:ice of Ministerial candi dates for the functions of President of the two Chambers. There appears a sort of wisli to deprive the atarquii Mira(fares of his post.as President of the Senate, tt's he has been reproached with entering into relations with 3,ome Members of the Opposition. _ln the -Chamber of Deputies it appears certain that / M. Bravo Murillo will !Je, put forward .f or t h e Presh.L.e.t., , ,hip; an opponent will, however, be found in the ranks of the Ministerial party, as.the Deputies devoted to Nurvaez intend 'giving-their support to M. Castro y Orozco, who can also reckon on the votes of a certain number of personal friends. The candidate of the ‘ Puritans' will be \', :. - heco; and ,of the Progressists General livari.''. Kiguel. The fcc-ling of rivalry which exist; 2:1. Motile and M. Castro, y .Qrozeo additional. proof of the- want of accord which exists in . the Spanish Cabinet, 'and whiCh must lead to - a. ...peerly modification of it. The Ministry had for a moment adopted the idea of refusing a passport to M. Olozsga, to prevent his taking his seat in the Cortes, but it gave way before the scandal which it was feared such a step would cause. Another plan was devised,, which was to sound some of the Deputies who were in favour of the exclusion of M. Olozsga, and get them to promise to bring forward a proposition to that effict, when the electurl returns were being verified. The Ministry hoped in thia way to get the man excluded.lsiitbout..cing. his direct. proseription.._ The result of-the. el4tiens put a stop to this plan. The Pritgressist3- expected, at most, to obtain fiwty votes in the new Chainber, and the Ministry did not think thiiir luinher would Ile•even so great. The eleetcrF,- however, have sent about one hundred Opposition Members, And in addition all•the'eminent speakers - of the . - Progresist party have -been returned. The proPOSiti on to exclude M. Oluzaga would, therefore give rise to a - Torii; discus sion, in which the Ministerial orators would not have the best of it. The Ministry would undoubtedly obtain tile majority, but all the scandal of t!ri arbitrary measure vrenld rest with it... It•isi therefore,' preb;lN. that' the Ministry will riot ell! forth s dehn'te which would turn to its own - cjfifil§lon:" - • All the journals, with the exception of the Russian Presse . , express their approral of the spirit exhibited by all the London papers, without exception, ,in peotesting agttinst'the'itsurPations . of the 'Northern Powers. The National, in an exceedingly well written article, proves that the great culprit is the Emperor NICHOLAS, and that Aeatria and are merely his vassal states. • Tho 7rtiee in the National, after s * that c non AS represents the: barbarous idea of brute force, which he •• , , , ,ish:s to reign paramount iu the west of Europe, thus con ' eludes :—" He is Emperor, he " commands brute legions, he holds in his hands the life orthe death of 50,000;000 of hl man the Unity of empire is in his person, he is at once legislator, Judge, executioner, and pontiff. He believes he has a mission, he has given himself one at all events—it is to regenerate by an infusion of Cossack blood the cirill - sation.Of the west, grown luxurious and corrupt. It is 'with him then, above all, that we must conic to - a strict ac count, and if this barbarian power is not checked in its progress our own generation will perhaps find itself compelledlo make the choice which NAl'o49ll, propbccied at St. Helena.it would one day be the fate of Europe to, make—to become Republican or Cos sack." CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Ayre was charged with breaking into the housg of his employer, Mr.W. Hailes, and stealing, in conjuna tion with a person already in custody, named :.-hanley, the sum of 21. 195., in copper money, from Ce office desk. It appeared from the statement of the constatle;thet he saw the prisoner and Shanley get out of a cab on Thursday last in Golden-lane, and perceiving the latter to be carrying a large and weighty bundle, he followed him into a coffee-house, when in the bundle was found copper to the above amount tied up in cartridges. On inquiry at Mr. Hailes, it was ascertained that his house had been broken into on the preceding night. The prisoner was remanded till Friday. William Todd was charged with stealing a watch, the property of Mr. William Alford, of No. 17, Belithe terrace, Barnsbury-park, under the following circum stances : The prosecutor stated that on last Wednesday the prisoner came to his (Mr. Alford's) house, and stated that he was directed by the landlord to call, and make some alterations in the locks of the doors and the bells, and soon after he left ; the watch which had been hang ing in a room upstairs was missed. The prisoner, in his defence, denied having been at the house, and was remanded, in order that he might bring evidence in support of his assertion. John. Wagstc.ff was charged with having stolen a pocket-book, containing bank notes to the a mount of 301., from the person of Mr. W. Shaw. The prosecutor on Saturday went to a public-house calcd the Rising Sun, in the New-road, to pay his tle count, having in his pocket-book at the time four l a notes, (ine of which he ga ve t o Mr. Savage, the lan dlord, and returned the remaining three into his side pocket. The prisoner and a number of other cabmen who were pre sent began sparring. Th e p r isoner pretended to fall against Mr. Shaw, and while that gentleman reeled backwards thr us t hi s h an d i nto hi s pocket, took the money, and r a n off. He was taken the follo win g day- The net;:slave not been recovered. Tim poisoner, who reserved his defence, was remand e in order that The police might have time for further ta quiries as tolthe disposal of the money. LUARLI3UO . -STItEET.-(THIS DAY') Charles Groves was charged with breaking- the belonging to .the Refuge for the ifouseless, in - UPPe r. Ogle -street. : Junes Ridley Goddart, clerk to the instßution , half said' the porter wagTallod to the door last night -abollt past ten by a leud knocking, where the prisoner e‘,,,,,c). to make application for a d m i ss i on . UpOn aB 7l, whether he hail ever been in the house before, the P ter soner said he:: had not, and was admitted ; n washing himself he returned to tic ° dice ' atre d litou'rse complainant recognised him as having been i n I ; T ied fur six successive nights. '[he complainant exP ' l ,^ no that the laws of the charity, allowed 'to admit F c 'T d , Le . ,. more than three nights, at the saint: -time that a tion was adopted where the extremity of th.e ease -t-; , ' quired. They would h ave p erm i tte d the - Priioner stfaL remain for the night, but th a t e bEd - gb in e d adinis, -h by falsehood ; .and was i n a s t a t e of intox i ca tion. ' lll4 t ,be 15t therefore put him out, a n d a ft er that he broke attached to the institution outside. gne f or an „ ! The prisoner was then .arrai a ss— i l d it ings 'one of the prisoners in a cell at: the Clerk's -Iv station, St.' Giles's. - for . Frederiek Bicknell said 'be Ybad-been- locked u p ~,hty being drunk ; and last night 'the. prisoner being; br °ll _,? h , into the same cell,- became very atm iive to witness was sleeping, and did. not answer him ; whereup eri. ,oll f,g4legan to punch him severely: i n .tne face' , I an: Air. LONG said the- p r i soner h a d scrion,dy abu- e“4 feria. xe,lient charity. Il e sentence d the prisoner to a of 405. ; 0r one month : ,' imprisonment. on t • • SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DA Y ' ) Three ruffianly,looking fellows, mimed Co., Br k . and Lange, were charged with entering s n e ri ve d r e 3 r l c r ti j u l t4 le i ( l li o: t s u e : s b , a t it !a e l e li . r.g for liquor, refusing to. P 3 3' , three tlifendan l ts s street .and having called for and drank a pint o f g ini w ap a p lk e e a d red in t t h o a a t opnubtifiice.hproeussice, in n %l ig re h il t b t o. h l.7 refused to pay for - it. The barman on insisting for par ruct:t was struck, and it was found necersaryto call fella. policeman, who in 'taking the defendants into custody. was assaulted by them. At the station-hotis3 their duct was: described as violent in the extreme ; was further stated that previously to the defendants visit at the public-house in Webber-strect, they ha d ealicai so. three others, where they had liquor, for which th e -Y r refined to - pay, o n th e groun d that they were out oi ployment, and mu be served free of exense. Air. SLciant sae st d that the defendants p were i.crY r"cg t,iStlieri if they supposed they were justified housr-; calling for liquor, and drinking it paying .for it, and then assaulting t he ba-wa Magistrate .hen inflicted fines of 2 0 s. each of the tie_ :) ants,-who, in default, were comm itted to Smith, s . table - Ina n, vras the Howe E Correction. is with n._ assaultinz Mr. Thomas Phillips, who desc.i irnself as private se c r e t ar y . t o .Gcneral Hay. -Edwardassnultie, a Thc - cOmplainlnt said that lie came up from Chatham on her Majesty's service, and went into a publiclio,uo3; in Bleckfriars-road for the purpose of taking a Oast , ale. While in the house the defendant came behina him and knocked his hat over his eyes. Ile (corar Ant) remonstrated against such a piece of impertin ence, and some high words having taken place, the defendant, struck him, and he gaVe him into custody. The landlord of the house was called, and h?, said that Mr. Phillips was in the habit of " larking" with the defendant whenever he came to the house ; that he (the witness) had seen the coin' plait:ant strike defendant over the head with SI stick, and then say it was done in a joke. now- • ever, the defendant did not teem to r e li s h such jokes, and threatened to strike his assailant if ever he struck him again ; and that on the preceding afternoon, - he (witness) entered - the room at the moment the parties were .seuffling together. The witness added that, in hie opinion, the complainant was the aggressor in the firstin stance, by making so free with the stable-man, 0 4 playing off practical jokes. Th?'MACISTnATE said if the complainant , held tha situation he described, and was in her Majesty's service, be had much better have proceeded on his business, Wm to have entered the ale-house and commenced " ark ing " with the defendant. As, however, an assault blot been prov e d, he s h ou ld i n flict a fine of sixpence on the 41,:fendant. ' complainant offered to pay - the fine' fendant refused to a ll ow . him, saying he could p a y Himself, • but the clew. WORSHIP STREET.—(THIS DA X* l tio O n n w e hi o e f h i t t h h e m i s no ro s r t s b o r m ut e al ti a m n e d unprovoked " se t i, cs °r four aciiiilful assault was brought before Mr. Bingham duty t 6 record. - prisoner, cal i c a. - "'- - Mr: l l"eseph Penman, Myrtle-street, noxton Old-town, having beta whose• yesterday afternoon - the stated that a master pastc ibirb:et-ntr,tcnPiforll,:, name is- Hardy, and W h o was i n hi „ r oloyev'''" wh iel at witness's establishmont and demanded tr ile Yink• t ' . •• t,VTts not dne . ter him. - Perceiving• that he had been ti. him _ ~ ,;1,1fic , ,,, witness remonstrated with him, and, tak irl g - ••ei - • wes :earl struck orsiiil; 4 violent blow in thane. Th e • scu ' nB' file n ' . ' • gently-by the arm; ad v ' ' • lin ' '• • - y.ii.on . strnek him istal him to go home- ..,„ d ve li... . . el ensued nh h corese soonerll brought with f ei o ni r : s h ‘b i a es rl fot ri Mrs. omen sheel P r ce c ar n au r gi n b p : t n ti En, holde h s u _t i lo t f l i t l., l : ., : t r if 3ti ' rc o ri ti c? ; , her, until she dropped upon the .floor, where .116..a16e.f" der Mrs. Penman n ba c b a l m y r, and, but for•the arrival of l a police:•constable., C't•tr - cell the resu • - came forward, hnt upon it - lii°Tillg her veil, feature in•her face being visible; her chin, llese, Abeeb 3; la cry of horror - perraded lw ahoeirierte, and bo • e and forehead, being one mass of bruises, • „wear: tar • eyes elosed . Calthough this, at first sight, reeY - r` being' be somewhat coloured, it is nevertheless far from the • so), and.as it was evident that she could not get i n t o be witness-box, Mr. Bingham kindly desired her at bad lut a • handed a scat, when she briefly corroborat e w h a t . been before stated. _. . , . tha t q is WI. , ~ Mr. BINGHAM— ThiS is so SO • rtous,a 1 1314 . .1 , almost out of my power• to dispose of Mr. Penman here said that he would . leave the ea se ill ' '. the magistrate's handy. • . Mr. BINGHAM all cl . to Mrs. Perm" ' 5 LIP 6 tr ,aCh" ri ot a. ~ . , u ing rs,-u.. it .4)g confinement said, that under those circumstances ~ would perhaps be better f or hi m to do so, an d he " I". • -go es far as the law would permit him. lie should fine' the prisoner for .the assault upon the months' impriSonment, and "1. for the assault upon her husband,-or one month's . imprisonment, the second jot.' prisonment to corenience after the termination of the first • The prisoner, who is a savage, athletic-lating frile ° . . fernale.s/, or two_ was, in defaiilt i kicked up. , , The will of the late Thomas Massa Alsager, , as just been proved by his execntbrs and trust eed ' ! " J. Carman,. Esq.. of Tulse hill ; 'John Oxenford, 5 , q ," his nephew ; and Alexander noble, of , ca sLancaster - P: 4 7 The personal estate was valued at 25,0001. The wi ll ;h executed in the presence of three witnesses on the ' ft 'of November,. three days before he expired. No hes ' m c c; to his son, Thomas Hicks Manger, when of ag e, ' share in the Times newspaper ; in • the meantime - profits to be applied fur the benefit of all his elli,i dr i c , ll But if his said son should not arrive at that age , Lis ' 1 "" Wrest in the 7'imes to he valued at six years avrag° and to be offered to his nehew, Mr. John Ox e and.sheuld he decline to purchase, then to be oMred to • -t any . one of the proprietors of the paper, - or sold , as advantageous to the estate. The trustees to sell all hi'. real estate, and leave;; to each of his exeeutors.so/., and appoints them guardians of his children. Bequeaths en. equally. his personal estate to his daughters, among` them the His age was 67. iaford FUNERAL 01 THE LATE ,COUNT - P O LLC . qI'.'" - Y e r terdsy forenoon the mortal remains 'of this ouc"" ' lamented nObleman were interred . at, Kensal;greeel: Cemetery. Shortly before nine o'clock, the Bev. -Mr: o.'ConnoY;tlthplain to the Sardinian Embassy, th ". • Roman Catholic form of funeral service over the hotly, at the residence of deceased, in Lower - Grosvenor-street, - -and at about ten , o'clock the cortege, consisting ef hearse, eight mourning coacheS; and Ilia .ExcellePeY private earriage, moved towards the p lace of its destination. The attendants merely: comprised the Marquis de' Valancinno, Secretary to-the Legation ; the Baron .de Qetto, the Bavarian Minister, Benjamin Heath, • Es 4., Governor of the Bank of England, and J. White , :Esq. (executers-to the will of the decea sed), &c. Th• Count Pollen, it:m4y be stated; was, by recent creations, a Knight of the Order of St. Maurice , i n Bel g ium, and a Major-General in the Sardinian army. Ills surviving brother, who inherits the title, and who is shortly e ? "" acted to arrive in this country, holds an office in U. / Royal Household at Turin. The mother of the decease d and a sister 'are' also living. • B.D.The - Archdeacons of Derby has been conferred. on the Rev. T. K.-Hill, , Vicar of Chesterfield. 'The reverend gentleman has also been appointed -chaplain to., the Right Rev. Walter Shirley, AD., Bishop of Sed° r and Man, formerly Archdeacon of Derby. • „r / i 4 A 1 THE SUN, LONDO N I_TUESDA Y DECEMRER 29, 1846,