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1852,. NEW WOGS BY SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON. the Marqu is of LANsnow NE --will be driven n ln (luny Bvo , price 155.. Vol. I. of the ISTORY OF EUROPE, from the Fall o f to extremitie s o f h urry i n t h e l a b our of or - Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in I ganising the new Administration. These oc currences we cannot but regard as disastrous in their probable and ulterior effects upon the machinery of the State. Accurately speaking, they are shocks to the Constitution. They result necessarily in exciting the most disorderly move ments among the Members of the Legislature. They preclude the rulers of Great Britain from the possibility of adequate deliberation. They render the confusion of political parties yet worse confounded. They paralyse the more calm and se date energies of patriotism within the walls of the Imperial Parliament energies which we believe to be rife both in the ranks of the Op position and in the ranks of the Government. They compel even tke more sagacious spirits among the eminent statesmen of the age to vie with each other, not by wisdom, not by logic, not by argument, but by a contest of con cessions, by a struggle to gain popularity with the bribes of ill-considered innovation, by a competi tion of loosely-arranged and immethodical changes calculated to loosen thefabric of the State by injuries rather than to stabilitate it by improvements. Ruinous shocks of this character have, we repeat it, been incurred twice within this present year by the British Constitution. In February it arose, remember, from an abrupt resignation —a resignation originating in the irritability of a Prime Minister whose discomfiture upon the Mi litia Bill, showed that a colleague, recently ex- pelled from his Cabinet, had already, almost within a fortnight, been avenged. In December, on the other hand, it must be sedulously borne in recollection, that the shock administered to the delicate mechanism of the Constitution arose not from any culpable petulance on the part of the First Lord of the Treasury, but from the adroit manoeuvres of a coalition which had forced his Government—literally in a committee of ways and means—into a minority, and had thereby given a sudden victory to the leaders of Her MAJESTY'S Opposition. dead-lock in the once rapid march of improve ment. Remembering, indeed, that we are indebted to them for formally confirming the Free Trade system, and for carrying out a variety of important reforms, besides those above enumerated, we cannot but be aware that we have some reason at least for gratitude to the Earl of DERBY'S Government. By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart., completed in 5 vols. Bvo,. uniform with the Library Edition of. l t History of Europe fr0m1792 to 1815," by the same Author. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. NEW WORK BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART. On Ist January willbe t Imbli!hed TRY NOVEL ; or, Var i e t ies English Life. I*ISTRATIIS CAXTON, WILWAN BLACKWOOD Pc Sons, Edinburgh and London. But that Government is no longer in existence. It has disappeared. And now, of course, the people must be supposed to be somewhat in the position of a timid man inside a shower-bath— To-morrow will be Published, elegantly bound in gilt cloth, price 7s. 6d. KATIE STEWART: ATrueStory Originally published in BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. With Frontispiece and Vignette Title. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. with eyes closed, and teeth chattering, and atti tude crouched—in the very act of pulling the string! For now, to be sure, there is coming crash upon us—the Deluge of Lord MAIDSTONE ! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Sewn of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; M rs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Maskell. After which (by desire, at second price), the Comedy of MONEY. The Select Committee on the Derby Petition has terminated its labours, and its Report has been duly submitted for the consideration of the House of Commons and the community at large. We are no longer, therefore, precluded from com menting upon all the facts and circumstances of this very extraordinary case—a course from which we carefully abstained, so long as the matter was still sub judice, or from questioning the decision at which the Committee finally arrived. It is to be regretted that the investigation was conducted with closed doors, and the public carefully excluded from the committee-room. The speeches and ar guments of the learned gentlemen, and, what was more important, the evidence adduced on either side were thus suppressed, for the time being at least, or such portions of the latter as were brought to light were only obtained through iregitimate channels, and. thus wanted the authority which the almost invariable accuracy of Parliamentary re porters confer on publications made on their re •sponsibility. This had an exceedingly injurious effect ; more parti l cularly after the clear and con vincing statement of Sir A. COCKB . I7RN—a state ment which bore with such terrible force upon the Right Honourable Gentleman, whose name was so unpleasantly mixed up in these disreputa ble transactions. Englishmen have felt at all times an intense dislike to secret tribunals ; a dislike which has been handed down from genera tion to generation, since the time of the Star- Chamber to the present day. There is an impres sion abroad that secrecy is only resorted to where there is an intention either of evidently oppress ing the innocent, or of shielding the guilty. And much delicacy was not used as to the supposed object for which it was enforced on the present occasion. It is true that an order has been made for the publication of that evidence ; but it might have been suppressed, or in some degree garbled —and even under the most favourable circum stances it would not command the same publicity which it - would have obtained had it been circu lated while the public curiosity was excited to the highest degree and the result still doubtful. It is unnecessary- to say that we fully and completely exonerate the members of the Committee from any improper motive. Those who are acquainted with the high and. unimpeachable characters of Lords BARRINGTON and HARRY VANE, of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, and Messrs. GOULBURN and DEEDES, will feel that such a dis claimer is needless. All we say is, that these Noblemen and Gentlemen committed an error of judgment, and afforded a precedent which might become dangerous in the hands of persons whose reputations rested on more precarious foun dations. On the part of the public we protest against a repetition of such conduct, which has led to very unpleasant insinuations and surmises, and proved exceedingly prejudicial to the interests of the parties concerned. The inquiry was of a twofold character : first, as to the existence of an organised system of bribery and corruption in the borough of Derby at the late election ; and secondly, as to the guilty knowledge and participation of the Right Hon. WILLIAM BERESFORD--a Member of the Commons House of Parliament, and of Her MAJESTY'S Privy Council, and also a Minister of the Crown, hold ing the high office of Secretary-at-War —in these dizgraceful and illegal transactions. The charge was one of the gravest character, —accusing a Member of the Government of a deliberate at tempt to defile and pollute the source of legisla tion, and an habitual disregard of the purity of election, which should, above all things, be most jealously and vigilantly guarded. If convicted, it would be ruinous to his character as a public man, and would most probably lead to his removal from the important situation which he then filled. The consequences to him would necessarily be very serious--the more so, indeed, because he had retorted upon his accusers, and charged Messrs. FLEWKER and E. P. Cox, of Nottingham, with conspiracy and wilful and deliberate men dacity. The facts of the case are so well known, that a brief allusion thereto is only necessary. From information received by the police, a serjeant and some private constables, dressed in plain clothes, proceeded to the Cointy Tavern, in the town of Derby. The door of the room to which they were going was guarded by a strange man, who, how ever, on receiving a signal previously arranged, allowed them to enter the enchanted hall. There sat the High Priest of the Mysteries —a man of the name of MORGAN, who had in his possession 2651. in gold, and 401. in notes, and a book with the names and numbers of the voters, and sums paid to each. But this was not all ; there was also a letter—the celebrated W. B. effusion—in his pos session, to which we shall hereafter refer at greater length. On being thus captured in fla grante delicto, MORGAN did not venture a denial. Armed with such authority, he made light of the offence, expressing only his contempt for those who were satisfied with such paltry sums as 21. or 31. each, while the high-minded men of Shrews bury would reject with indignation anything less than ten or twenty times the amount. He was brought before the magistrates, and after a remand of a week was liberated on bail, two sureties being readily found. From this, there could be but little doubt that an extensive system of bri bery had been carried on through the agency of MORGAN ; and the letter, which was in the hand writing of Major BERESFORD, afforded prima facie evidence of his complicity in the transaction. It was subsequently shown that money had been for warded from a Mr. G. H. R. Cox, through a person of the name of LUND, to MORGAN, and that a person of the name of RADroan was deeply implicated in the transaction. The Report of the Committee on the first issue declares that " the evidence satisfied them that an organised system of bribery existed in the borough of Derby at the last election" —a matter on which much doubt could not have existed, when the facts attendant on the discovery of MORGAN with the materials for bribing, and the names of those whom he had corrupted, and the price paid to each, were before them. On the second and more important point they are, how ever, by no means so explicit. Their verdict is something analogous to that frequently returned ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of *dame Vestris. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE .TENKINSES. After wiatc.h, a new Comic Drama, called LITTLE TODDLE BINS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, Butler, Miss F Matthews, 32613 011Ter, and Miss Ellis. To be followed by the new Comic Drama, called A PEE XENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Ma thews, F. Matthews, and Homcastle ; Miss Baker and Miss C To which will be added the BALLET from the Chain of Events in which Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aflcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, The. successful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Emery, 0. Smith, and Cullenford Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. Te conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTALON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be pefformed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Principal characters by Messrs. Lacy, Meadows, Addison, and Everett; Misses J. Marston, Vivash, anti Leclereq. Rumours unnumbered, in reference to the new Ministry are, of course, at this moment in very general circulation. But, considering that the very circumstance of who may be the next PRIME MINISTER of England, is still in a state of ad mitted uncertainty ; considering that the public are dubious in this very instance, as to the defi nite choice of the SOVEREIGN ; considering that it is doubtful whether the new Pilot of the State Vessel is to be the "travelled thane, Athenian ABER DEEN," or the venerable and revered Marquis of LANsnowNE—it were obviously premature to cal culate upon the colour or shape of these vague official contingencies. Happily, there is one re flection at least, which is at this juncture upper most in our minds. Thank Heaven there is no fear of the Family Party " ruling the roast" again in undisputed supremacy ! That Old Man of the Sea, has, in fact, not only been shaken off the shoulders of JOHN BULL—but, politically speaking, he may be considered to have been comfortably brained during the course of last February by the SINBAD of the Nations. Fortunately the Whigs cannot by any chance re turn to power without a leaven of the Peelites. The Cabinet cannot be simply that of a clique known by the composite title of GREY-ELLIOTT RUSSELL. Together with Lord JOHN, we may have Sir JAMES, and the country is by this time tolerably familiar with the fact that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Carlisle is about the ablest administrator of our generation. To gether with the name of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the public instinctively calls to mind the names of such men as the Right Hon. WILLIAM GLADSTONE, and the Right Hon. SIDNEY HER BERT, and his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE, associating them, under the emergency, not only with the name of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, but with the names, also, of the Earl of CARLISLE and of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. But cam such mot ley elements coalesce permanently, so as to yield the country the benefit of a strong and liberal Government t It is a momentous problen , - -a pro blem none the less unacceptable, from. the circum stance of " that dear ABERDEEN" of LOUIS PHILIPPE---" that excellent ABERDEEN" of the Spanish marriages —being actually spoken of at this moment as the possible First lord of the Treasury. Supposing that really to be the case, we should regard it as not only an event perilous to England, but as an event disastrous to Europe— an event fraught with incalculable cala mities to Christendom. Lord ABERDEEN Prime Minister ! And with this declaration, is actually coupled the suggestion that Lord PAL MERSTON is to proceed as Viceroy to Ireland ! In that case, never could a great statesman have more quietly or more egregiously allowed himself to be shelved. What ! the Earl of ABERDEEN to be in supreme authority—with Dublin chosen as the place of banishment for Viscount PALMERSTON ! The proposition appears to us scarcely within the limits of credibility. It would be like the last of the Barons taking up his abode in the Isle of Wight, at the very epoch when, as King-maker, he was the most capable of building up or pulling damn the fortunes of the SOVEREIGN. For is there not an analogy of some sort between WARWICK and PALMERSTON—if one was a King maker, is not the other a Minister-maker, the destroyer and the architect of Administrations ? At this critical moment we cannot remain alto gether dumb as to the merits and demerits of the Earl of DERBY'S Government. Looking eagerly forward, as we cannot fail to do, into the Future, we cannot remain blind or , indifferent to the Past. We can speak, moreover, at this juncture yet more unreservedly than ever— if that be possible—of the fallen Administra tion. And this simply because it is fallen. Called abruptly to power, as we have shown, not through their own official cupidity, but really through th e weakness of their predecessors, the Members of the departed Cabinet fulfilled, to a very great extent, all the duties of their various posts promptly and manfully, with a sense, it would seem, not so much of the prerogatives of their administrative position as of their profound and weighty re sponsibilities. We say this explicitly and boldly, now that they are down, now that they are defeated, now that, for the time, their ranks are totally scattered. During the nine or ten months in which they have held office they have shown activity, promptitude, and deter mination. Justice compels us—although instinc tively antagonists of Toryism, although bound heart and soul to the cause of the Liberal Re formers by the force of ineradicable predilections —justice compels us, we say, to speak thus can didly of the course pursued in a large diversity of instances, by the principal Members of the late Government. Every one admits the consum mate abilities displayed in debate by the Right Hon. the eX - CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. The glaring faults of his Budget cannot close our eyes to a recognition of its extraordinary ingenuity. It would be as idle to deny, that as it would be to gainsay the value of the very con siderable reforms introduced into the Court of Chancery by that illustrious Lawyer, the Baron St. LEONARDS. As to the Ministerial con duct of the Noble Earl, the ex-Foreign Secretary, we are - bold to declare that it contrasts, in almost every single particular, most advantageously, as far as his reputation is concerned, with the boasted Inlent, but (in that department at least), wholly undeniable mediocrity of the Earl GRAN VILLE. We cannot forget—now that the DERBY Cabinet has fallen asunder—we cannot forget that th e Earl of MALMESBURY has opened up to the commerce of Great Britain the neglected bold and riche s of the South American Continent ; we cannot forget that it was in consequence of his Judicious policy that British rights were cannot forgot, defended in the North American Fisheries ; we , delivered in fine, that he it was who, in the cour se of • tlutsh that noble month and p o a f trio te- e oratione e, m e r in the Rouse Lords,offa which, if nothing would have lied lasting honour else had done so, u pon the Derby Administration. N umerous other illustrations might be adduced, but these w ill suffice for present consideration. They are at any rate, f or • inasmuch as satisfactory they prove that the nation has not from February to December been suffering from another ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Second Appearance of Miss Edith Herand. THIS EVENING Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Hoskins ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. W. Farren ; Fathom, Mr. Comp ton ; Modus, Mr. Shalders ; Julia, Miss Edith Heraud; Helen, Miss Gordon. To conclude with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Uncle Tom, Mr. G. Cook ; George Harris, Mr. W. Farren ; Eliza, Miss Gordon. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The greatest novelty of the season is Uncle Tom's Cabin. In consequence of the crowds unable to obtain admission nightly, the Grand Spectacle of Uncle Tom's Cabin will be repeated till further notice. On MONDAY, Dec. 2i, and Four following Nights, the Enter tainments will commence with the highly popular Dramatic Spec tacle of UNCLE TOM'S (,AKIN. To be followed by new scenes in the Circle by Native and Foreign Artistes of the first celebrity. fo conclude with, for the Last Five Nights, THE DEVIL TO PAY. Doors open atif-pagt Slx i'elook. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s ; Dress Boxes, 45.: Upper lloxes, 3s ; P,t, 2s. ; Lower Gallery, is; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half Price at Half-past Eight. Box -o•nce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. NOTICE.--. 1 New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC PANTOMIME, by Nelson Leo, will be produced with great splen dour on MONDAY, December 27, Boxieg Night. THE WEATHER. SUN OFFICE, Dec. 19. THERM(tMETER, IN THR SHADE. 45—highest since goon on Saturday. 38—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 48—yesterday at noon. BAROMETER, went up to 30 . 33—n0w down to 30.16. WIND S.W.—Smart breeze, and dull weather. DECEMBER 20. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BAROMETER 29'87—Fallin, WIND, S.W., fresh gale , and stormy looking weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. * MONDAY, DEO. 20, 1852. State of th e w i n d an d weat h er at each of the following places at nine o'dool. on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. MULLINGAB— S.E., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. HASTINGS—N., gentle breeze —cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, FOLKESTONE—N., light breeze—cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—W., calm—overcast. BASINGSTOKE—N.W., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH —N., gentle breeze--cloudless. STROOD--N., gentle breeze—cloudless. SivINDON—N.W. light airs —cloudless. COLCHESTER—S.W., ~ gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH_ N., hard wind—cloudless. .... T. TIE WELLINGTON SUN ON THURSDAY THE 18TH ULTIMO, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT in Scotland of not proven," which, while it recognises the suspicions to which the defendant is liable, yet gives him " the benefit of the doubt" as to his actual guilt. It also in some degree resembles the celebrated Irish verdict, in which the jury, after declaring a prisoner not guilty, emphatically cautioned him " not to do so again." How far the censure conveyed at the termination of the Report may lead the Right lion. Gentleman to adopt sounder precautions on future occasions remains to be seen. The public will judge for itself how far " the doubt" was justified, or whether the Committee might not, without any undue severity towards Major BE RESFORD, have satisfied their minds that he was aware of the general arrangement, scheme, and object referred to in the Petition. The letter written by a gentleman of rank and position in society to a person who had at one time officiated as a barber in a provincial town was to the following tenor and effect : "A good and safe man, with judgment and quickness, is wanted immediately at Derby. I suppose that you cannot leave your own place ; if not, send some one whom you can trust in your place. Let him go to Derby on receiving this, and find the County Tavern in the centre of the town. Send his card to Cox, Brothers, and Co., as coming from Chester. That will be enough. " Yours, " Monday." ww . B. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA. Y EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1 That letter, it was distinctly proved, was re ceived by FRAIL in a parcel on Monday evening, and MORGAN was dispatched the following morn ing, in order to act in obedience to the instruc tions therein contained. He did so, and from Mr. Cox he received two parcels of money, through the hands of a person named LUND. The vera cious MORGAN declared his belief that FLEWRER was the person through whom he received the money ; and when he and LUND were brought together, they were unable to identify each other, though several hundred pounds had passed from one to the other. He also declared that he was told his business was to pay " legitimate expenses"! Sweet innocent ! He was stationed in a guarded room, to which no one was admitted without giv ing a preconcerted signal. He handed sums of money to each person who brought him a slip of paper. He had lists of voters before him, but did not look at them (?) and all his statements to the police were " chaff"—the overflowing of his exu berant spirits, and hilarious temperament. " Cre dat Judceus Apella." Even the select committee could not swallow that, although they could not satisfy their minds that " the arrangement, scheme, and object, referred to in the Petition, were known to, or concurred in ky, the Right Hon. W. BERES FORD." A slowness of apprehension, of which few country gentlemen would be guilty, if a sus pected poacher in a anock-frock were brought be fore their worships for laying down wires, in which hares were subsequently captured. Why again, we zsk, was Mr. G. R. Cox, who provided the money, not examined. His evidence was surely the most important of all. He alone could have exonerated Major BERESFORD, by proving that he was totally ignorant of the final instructions given to MORGAN, or of the money he received for the " very legitimate expenses." RADFORD, too, was allowed to escape examina tion. Although he could drive in his gig about Derby the day before his presence was required, he could' riot safely attend at Westminster, and thus he evaded the interrogatories which it might be inconvenient to answer. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, were estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was tame, but firm, at previous rates. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 100 Pernani and Maranh am , 6kd to 6-id, and 800 Surat at 3id. to 4id. per lb. Railway shares were firm, at higher rates. At Birmingham great excitement prevails in the iron trade, and it is expected there will be a further advance when the next quarterly meeting takes place. The letters by the West India mail represent the weather as having been very boisterous. The Cornwall Chronicle says of the weather:— " The rain, if continued, will retard the progress of the present crops . A s yet, though they have ben vio lent, they were of short duration. A large portion of the mill lead at Fairfield was carried away on Thursday last—such accidents are attended with much inconven ience to the planter ; for if canes be already cut, they soon suffer from exposure to the weather, and a neigh bouring mill is then held in requisition to grind them. The roads in several parts are very greatly damaged. From Hanover we have received several accounts of their being almost impassable ; and in some places large avalanches have slid down from hill slopes and filled up the space below, rendering the road quite impassable for carriages. The rains have been general in Westmore land. Our messenger was detained on his return by heavy falls in the plains. " The inclemency of the weather has prevented a good dealrof mercantile intercourse between Falmouth and Montegro Bay. Drizzling showers continued here during Sunday night and yesterday morning ; and rheu matisms, coughs, and colds, have greatly prevailed during the last ten days, occasioned by the uncongenial state of the atmosphere." Notice had been given in the House of Assembly of a motion to reduce the expenditure of Jamaica, if the Imperial Parliament grants no efficient relief. The steamer Hermann, from the United States, advises us of an intended alteration in the iron duties--fixed duties being adopted in lieu of the ad valorem, system. The exchange on London - was 110 to Flour was firm. The First Chamber of Holland has resolved to continue the circulation of the 10,000,000 florins of Treasury Bills issued in 1849. The English Funds have been very firm this morning. Consols realise 1001 g for the Ac coun t, and the N ew 3 per Cents. 1041 to g. The Re duced 3 pe r C en t s. h ave been at 101 i to g. Ex chequer Bills have been marked 60s. to 635., and India Bonds 765. to 80s. premium. The political changes about to take place, having been antici pated, have not much further influence. A letter has been received from Mr. Mocatta stating, that the Government of Ecuador is sur rounded with financial difficulties, but that if tran quillity continues, they are likely to be surmounted. The Columbian claims on Peru are likely to be adjusted. It was, however, elicited that FRAIL, the tonsor, had been for many years in the employ- Meat of Major BERESFORD, the manager of the Carlton Club Election Fund, at a salary of 3001. per annum —that he had visited St. Alban's during the election, " just to get an ink - ling of what was going on in that notorious borough," that he was at Aylesbury, Carlisle, and other places, a useful agent, "to prevent kidnapping, personation, and other illegal acts," which, as a stranger in the various localities, he would have peculiar facili ties of detecting. We fear all this will scarcely go down with the public. Major BERESFORD has not succeeded in the complete vindication of his character which his friends anticipated, nor has he established the charge of conspiracy against FLEWEER and Cox, of Nottingham. If innocent, he cannot rest under the public censure contained in the Report. He will, therefore, endeavour to obtain a more 'stringent investigation, conducted with open doors, and at which G. H. R. Cox and RADFORD shall be forthcoming as witnesses. Foreign Securities are not very active. The news from Madrid of another change in the Cabinet, has affected Spanish Bonds by improving them to the extent of about to per cent. The Deferred are 24 to I, the 3 per Cents. 501 to and the Certi ficate 3i to 4f. The Swedish Loan has been at 1f discount, and the Turkish has declined to 1 premium. Mexican Bonds have been marked 241, being hea v y. E qua d or have improved to sg. Grenada Deferred are worth 13 1 1 to 1. Brazilian Old Bonds have been worth 102 i to 103. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 99i- to 1 ; and Sar dinian 5 per Cents. 95i to 96. The Railway Share Market is buoyant ; and although the purchases have been small, prices are looking up. Midland, North Western, Great Western, and Caledonian, are about dearer. French Shares are quiet, but well supported. The Gold Mines are exceedingly brisk, and the Californian Companies higher. Australian Agricultural Shares are firm ; but Van Diemen's Land are lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) - Bank Stock Business done. 2231 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5...........• 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities 1044 1 1 I 1 Long Annuities, Expi re sth J au., 1860 6l 7-16 India Bonds, £lOOO 76 80 aiDitto, under £lOOO 76 80 Consols for Account lOOl 1 Exchequer Bills 11d. March. June. £lOOO 63 60 £5OO 63 60 Small 63 60 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account lo2i Ditto 4a per Cent 9BB 4 Equador Bonds 5 4 Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent — Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon.. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.., l4 4 13 Mexican 3 per Cent.. 24q Peruvian 6 per Cent. Portuguese 4 per Cent Rtissian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 41 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 31per Cent 503 1 i 1 Ditto - Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup, not fan, 3i- 45 0 p e Swedish Loan . 1 Wi Turkish Loan, 6 per C en t ., 1 852 1 dllO3 p Ditto for the Acc oun t Dutch Exchange 21 p er C en t 6B Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates. Consols for Opening 18th January lOO3 2 3 ex div. 5 2. THE NEW MINISTRY. (From the Morning Herald. As we stated on Saturday, the Earl of Derby left London on Friday afternoon for Osborne, to tender his resignation and that of his colleagues to the Queen. The noble earl returned to London on Saturday morning, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, a Cabinet Council was held, when his lordship intimated to the Ministers the result of his interview with her Majesty. It is un derstood that Lord Derby suggested to the Queen that it was desirable the Marquis of Lansdowne should be summoned to Osborne ; but, as it was known that the noble marquis was not likely to accept office, a Govern ment mesOnger was dispatched to London to summon the Earl of Aberdeen. Accordingly yesterday morning the noble earl left London for the Isle of Wight, and had the honour of an interview with the Queen in the course of the day. His lordship returned to town yesterday evening, and immediately paid a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne, and some of his colleagues in the late Sir R. Peel's Administration. The following names have been mentioned as likely to form a portion of the new Ministry ; but, as nothing is yet definitively settled, we of course give them merely as what we believe, as far as matters have gone, will be likely to prove correct in the main : The Earl of Aberdeen—First Lord of the Treasury. Sir J. Graham—Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord J. Russell—Home Secretary. Viscount Canning—Foreign Secretary. Right Hon. W. Gladstone—Colonial Secretary. Right Hon. Sidney Herbert—First Lord of the Ad miralty. The Earl of Clarendon—President of the Council. The Duke of Argyle—Lord Privy Seal. The Earl of Granville --President of the Board of Con trol. Right Hon. E. Cardwell, President of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Clanriearde—Postmaster General. Lord Seymour--First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. The Duke of Newcastle —Governor General of India. In addition to the names mentioned above, it is likely that the office of Lord Chancellor will be offered to Lord Cranworth, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland or Attorney General for Ireland to Mr. Brewster. (From the Times.) The progress of the events upon which the attention of the country is at this moment fixed with intense in terest is slow, but not insignificant. In conformity with the intimation we gave on Saturday, a communication was received at an early hour on that day by the Mar quis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Aberdeen, command ing their joint attendance upon her Majesty at Osborne house. Notwithstanding the great importance of such a summons, Lord Lansdowne unfortunately found him self prevented by an attack of gout from waiting upon the Queen, and Lord Aberdeen thought it more becom ing to represent this circumstance to her Majesty than to proceed alone to the royal presence in the unavoidable absence of the eminent statesman whose name had been coupled with his own. An answer to this effect was therefore transmitted to the Isle of Wight on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday morning, however, a further tele graphic communication was received at Argyll-house, commanding Lord Aberdeen's immediate attendance at Court, and the noble lord started on his mission without further delay, having been first put in full possession of the Marquis of Lansdowne's opinion on the present crisis. We understand this opinion to have been, that Lord Aberdeen is himself the only man on whom the arduous task of constructing a powerful and durable Liberal Government can at this time be imposed with adequate chances of success ; and even the indisposition which deprived her Majesty of Lord Lansdowne's per sonal advice on this occasion is an additional proof that his health is not equal to the unremitting and unrelenting calls of the public service on a First Minister. Wishing on all occasions to speak with the highest respect of the Marquis of Lansdowne, who occupies the first rank in th 3 senatorial order of this realm, we should have deeply regretted that his illustrious name were made the pre text of any short-lived combination entered into by other parties with different views, or that he had been desig nated as the nominal head of a Cabinet of which he would not have been the real chief. From any such error his own dignity and sagacity have preserved him, and we believe that no one will concur more zealously than himself in supporting the Government which Lord Aberdeen, at the command of the Sovereign, has under taken to form. It has been our good fortune on some former occa sions to record the confidence we felt in the wisdom and political integrity of Lord Aberdeen while he directed the foreign affairs of the country under Sir Robert Peel's Administration, for in that capacity he enjoyed the unbounded confidence of his colleagues and the re spect of every foreign power with which he had to treat. But what is less known to the country at large, from the noiseless and unassuming tenor of his career, is the breadth and impartiality of his character —his energy in support of Sir Robert Peel's great measures of admini strative and commercial reform—his manly resolution in sharing the sacrifice of office by which that illustrious statesman paid the price of free trade for the nation— and his enlightened readiness to advance with the most truly liberal opinions of the present time. He has the experience of age without its prejudices or its infirmities, and the spirit of a constitutional minister without a narrow or exclusive addition to the rules of party. He is therefore peculiarly qualified, standing upon a well-established reputation for prudence and moderation, to extend his hand to every section of the Liberal cause, and to include in one poweful Govern ment all that most deserves the confidence of the nation. The concurrence of Lord John Russell and his friends is of course an essential condition of such an Administra tion, and they are entitled, by their past services, their opinions, and their following in the House of Commons, to take a prominent part in its formation. But the ac tual number of Lord John Russell's late colleagues is already much reduced, and the great interests of the Liberal party do not rest solely with them. Although we cannot regard Lord Palmerston's co-operation as in dispensable to any Cabinet, and least of all to a Cabinet not wanting in Parliamentary ability, we regret the isolated position in which he has placed himself : and we should learn with pleasure that his great administra tive abilities were to be employed at the Admiralty in the improvement of our naval defences, or transferred to the Vice-Royalty of his native coun try. Among the younger and more active libe rals, who have hitherto received no encourage ment from Whig Ministers, men like Sir William Moles worth, Lord Wodehouse, or Mr. Osborne, would find a place ; and, with a Government like that we are con templating, office might be extended without danger even to that class of politicians who have usually refused it. To accomplish such a task at all, it must be untler taken in a broad, bold, and liberal spirit ; it must be mei with fairness and confidence. ) To reduce the fluctuating elements of the political ) world to two constant divisions of party, and to main ; tain those broad distinctions with as much consistency and uniforthity as the habits of a free people will permit, are the primary and most obvious conditions of the form of Government under which we live. It may happen— it has recently happened in this country—that one or both of these parties have undergone transformations by . which their identity is affected and their cohesion shaken ; but the efficient working of the constitution requires that the balance should as soon as possible be restored, and that the discordant fractions into which a party may be subdivided should once more be di rected by common principles to a common object. In the time we live in the names and -badges of public men have lost much of their influence ; for their followers have lost the blind deference to party authority which once constituted the strength of a Minister. But by so much the more important is it that common prin ciples should be the effective bond of political combina tion, and that statesmen, divided by no essential differences, should unite to discharge the duties which all profess alike to owe to their country. It is false to designate such a union as a coalition, if that term be intended' to convey an undue sacrifice of independent convictions ; but if the Queen's Government is to be carried on at all, it is impossible that any Ministry should exist, not reckoning a considerable diversity among its members and supporters. The chief fault of Lord John Russell's last Cabinet was that, instead of this diversity, it had all the tameness of a family dinner party ; and if the chief interests of the State are to be discussed with effect by the confidential advisers of the Crown, it is de sirable that they should include as much variety of opinion as is compatible with a general conformity of views and intentions. Far, therefore, from considering it a reproach to the Ministry which may be formed at the present crisis that it is not likely to be cast in one mould, or composed of materials identically similar, that quality is, in truth, a cause of stren g th. H armony is preferable to unison. Nothing great or powerful exists in the world which is not the result of conflicting forces skilfully balanced and combined. But it is essential to the working of the Constitution that such minor differences as are here ad verted to should be absorbed in two broader lines of division. Opposed by a compact and numerous party, if not by an able one, the existence of any Liberal Go vernment depends on the maintenance of corresponding discipline among its own supporters. But if every frac tion is incapable of anything more rational and useful than the assertion of its own wilful pretensions, the principles by which men ought to be united are sacri ficed to the names that divide them. We rest our hopes of the success of this experiment—which we admit to be one of difficulty —upon the high character of its authors, upon the administrative ability of the future Ministers, and upon the earnest and rational desire of the country to see these mere gladiatorial exhibitions terminated by a more dignified, stable, and wholesome course of Go vernment. If Lord Aberdeen is enabled to form a Cabi net at all, it will be the ablest and the strongest that the country can produce. If he fail in that, he fails altoge ther ; but if he succeed, he may look to the good sense and patriotism of the people of England to support and to reward him. THE CHAPLAIN Or PITCAIRN'S ISLAND.—The Rev. G. H. Nobbs, lately ordained chaplain of Pitcairn's Island, sailed from Southampton by La Plata on Friday last for Navy Bay, whence ho will proceed to Valparaiso, where he expects to meet Rear-Admiral Moresby, of the Portland, who has promised to convey hi m t o Pit ca i rn. It is thought that he will have to travel 10,000 miles before he rejoins his flock. Previously to quitting Southampton Mr. Nobbs was honoured with an interview with Prince Albert at Osborne-house. His Royal Highness afterwards joresented him to the Queen, who showed him much kindness and condescension. The gracious reception of the representa tive of the loyal community of Pitcairn delighted him much, and, added to the sympathy and regard manifested towards him by all during his two months' stay in Eng land, enabled him to quit our shores with feelings of hap. pizess. OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON , WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A PULL ACCOUNT OP THE GRAND NATIONAIC FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALP,. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. ~ 05,,,,,,,„..,,,,-,4„..• ~.....,, nu , .., lc ~, ► ~.:„b,,,: ~ , LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1852, THE MINISTRY. The various departments of the new Ministry are in course of formation. We shall give the particulars whenever they assume an authentic shape. England is again in search of a stable Govern ment. DrOGENES in search of a just man, and ecELEBs in search of a wife, were nothing to it. The discovery would appear, from a very pro longed and lamentable experience, to be scarcely less problematical than the discovery of the cor rect method of calculating the longitude. Whether the present adventure can prove in any way more successful than its immediate predecessors, remains to be demonstrated. It has yet to be decided 'whether a compact and efficient Cabinet can be constructed out of the heterogeneous forces of the O pposition. Th e p r i nc i pa l diffi cu lt y seems, i n thetY, to h ave ar i sen, i n the two last instances before the public, from the abruptness of th e d own f a ll o f A.,:bninistration. In February came Lord J. RussELes, and in December the Earl of DERBY'S resignation.—both suddenn ess , with an almost astou n di ng " 11- -.4•Le Whig Obstructive th rew up somewhat office in a moreenta ry pet, co nsequen t upon hi s eus tion affecting th e defeat upo n a grea t ques stabil- ity of th e B r i t i s h empire— a defeat, too (that w as the poison in the sting), accomplished with th e „ sunny ease of L or d PALMERSTO.N'S RtateikitaartShip ! C on t rary Reformer has be en forced into to this, the Tory eover, by the in minority actually upon the " Ways and Means of the country—and this, mores genious wiles and tactics of a rather motley coali tion ! It is the fact. We are talkin g of circum stances notorious to all intelligent men in the United Kingdom. Aware of the rapidity and unexpectedness of these officia l overthro ws, we can comprehend the confusion created in both in stances in the process of the new Leader under taking the formation of a Government. Why the precise truth is simply this—that the Administra tor sent for by Her MAJESTY was for the moment unprepared. Hence the Earl of DERBY had, in February, hastily, and to a great extent, without much premeditation, to groupe a band of colleagues together in the consolidation of that Ministry, the arrangement of which had been summarily thrust upon him, nolens volens, by the Whig First Lord of the Treasury's petulant resignation. Hence, again, whoever may be ultimately selected by the SOVEREMN to act as the Noble ex-Premier's suc cessor —whether it be the Earl of ABERDEEN or COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 18. The Queen and Prince, with the Royal children, were out on the grounds early yesterday morning. The Earl of Derby arrived from London, at seven o'clock last evening, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. Lord Derby left Osborne this morning on his return to town. DEC. 19. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Mr. Gibbs. The Royal dinner party yesterday consisted of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Serene Highness Prince of Leiningen, the Marchio ness o f El y , the Hon. Mary S e y mour , the Hon. Colonel Grey, Colo nel Bouverie, and the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley. The Earl of Aberdeen has arrived from London, and had an audience of the Queen. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur day afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmes bury, Sir John Pakingto n , the Chancello r o f th e Ex chequer, the DuceOf Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, snd Lord Manners. The Council sat three quarters of an hour. The Earl of Derby arrived in town on Saturday after noon, from Osborne, Isle of Wight. Mr. Hindley had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, on Saturday, at the Home -office. Mr. F. Cololly, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Sir J. Fakington, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent to the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon, from the Colonial-office, on Saturday. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. —Mr. Adam Murray Alex ander has been appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of British Guiana. Mr. Robert N. Spence is ap pointed Commissary Clerk of Zetland. Mr. George Smith is appointed Sheriff Clerk of Zetland, in the room of Mr. Charles Duncan, resigned.—Observer. A large meeting of Conservative Peers and of Mem bers of the House of Commons took place this day, at the Earl of Derby's official residence in Downing-street. Notices to this effect were issued immediately after the meeting of the Cabinet Council on Saturday. DINNER TO THE AMERICAN MINISTER IN MANCHESTER. —The Hon. J. R. Ingersoll is expected to pay a visit to Mr. Barnes, the Mayor of Manchester, in the course of the first or second week in January : a meeting is summoned for Monday to invite his Excellency to a public dinner. Mr. accepted invitations to di ne w ith the of Com merce a t Li verpool on the 4th, and with the Mayor of Li verpool on the sth of January. Americanl nge Ingersoll has Chamber already HANDSOME GIFT BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON TO THE WIDOWS OF F REEMEN.—Five hundred pounds was voted on Thursday last for distribution among the widows of freemen, on the motion of Mr. Deputy Bedford. CHRISTMAS, 1852.—The Lord Mayor has contributed the quarter of an ox towards the Christmas dinner at the 'City Hospice and Soup Kitchen, in addition to a donation of 101. towards the general fund of the institution. DEFICIENCY IN THE MILITIA.— On Saturday a return to Parliament respecting the new militia was printed. Out of the 50,000 men to be raised in the several counties of England and Wales the return shows that only 29,521 volunteers have been enrolled, leaving a deficiency for the present year of 20,813. MR. BUTLER JOHNSTONE AND MR. OLIVEIRA.—We are gratified to learn that the unpleasant misunderstand ing which arose between Mr. Butler Johnstone, M.P., and Mr. Oliveira M.P., has b een satisfactorily arranged, by the intervention of mutual friends, in a manner equally honourable to both sides.—Times. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—At a meeting of the directors, on Friday, the Ron. F. Scott, M.P., was elected chairman, and Mr. Hibbert deputy chairman, both having been directors of the. company for a considerable period. Messrs. Helps, Kay, Castlema n , and Jarvis are candidates for seats in the direction. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TUE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —During the heavy storm on Thursday night, the follow ing frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Great Northern Railway, within half-a-mile of the Peterbo rough station. About half-past eight, whilst the wind was blowing a hurricane, a foreman of the " fitters," employed in the locomotive sheds, a mile and a half north of Peter borough, was, with a companion, returning home along the line, when, within half-a-mile of the station, they were met by an up-goods trai n , and as it came up, deceased was driven by the force of the wind between the metals, and before he could recover himself, or be rescued by his com panion, the train knocked him down, and passed over his body, mutilating it in a frightful manner. Deceased and his companion were perfectly sober at the time. The catastrophe occurred through their—contrary to regula tion—walking along th e li ne. CHRISTMAS CHEER. —On Saturday, agreeably to an nual custom, tho metropolitan markets put forth the dis play of the_ pod things provided for Christmas cheer. At Nowgate, VVhitechapel, and Newport markets, there was a very splendid display of prize meat ; the prices, from the unseasonable weather, ruling extremely low. At Leadenhall market the display of poultry was enormous, upwards of 100,000 geese and turkeys were on sale ; and from the numerous and extensive importations from France, Belgium, Holland, and Ireland, the prices asked were extremely moderate. Most of the retail butchers who have been purchasers of prize cattle from the Smith field Show, have been deterred from killing by the extreme mildness of the weather, and contented themselves by ex hibiting thei r stocks alive. The fruit markets were all plentifully stocked, Covent-garden especially, and gaily decorated with m i stletoe and holly ; and, amongst other rareties exposed for sale in the central avenue at Covent garden, were green peas at 21. the quart, and asparagus and rhubarb at 15s. the bundle. FATAL ACCIDENT.—By the Camilla, one of the Irish steamers belonging to the Waterford Company, which ar rived on Friday night at Milbay Pier, Plymouth, we learn the particulars of a most distressing accident, by which Captain Newton, th e commander of the Camilla, has lost his life. It appears that the Camilla, on her voyage from Dublin to London, via Plymouth, encountered a heavy sea off Longships on Thursday morning about half-past two o'clock. Captain Newton, who was standing aft, and watching the compass, was washed overboard, the unfor tunate man striving in vain to catch hold of something to prevent his quitting the vessel. Several of the crew were on deck at the time of the accident, but no sail was in sight. The engines were not backed owing to the weather. The Camilla, who has from 30 to 40 passengers, has lost her quarter bulwarks, gangways, skylights, and one boat. Captain Newton was a married man, and had a family in London. MATCH AGAINST TIME. —We are informed that a match, which has excited considerable interest in sport ing circles, 'is fixed to come off on the 22d inst., and that considerable sums of money are depending on it. The match is that Mr. Prickett, of the Plough Inn, in this city, cannot drive his pony, called the " Little Wonder," from Carfax to the Bank of England and back in 20 hours. The stakes are 201., and the pony will start from Carfax at one o'clock, on ednesday morning, and must return by nine o'clock the same evening to win.—Oxford Journal. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 9 £M. By the steamer America we have advices from New York to the 7th instant. She has 323,000 dollars in specie on freight. The following is a summary of the President's Message : "It is asserted that satisfactory explanations have been given by the British Government of the real nature and object of the recent movements in relation to the fisheries of the north-east coast, and a desire is ex pressed that new arrangements, in regard to these fisheries, should, if possible, be made between the two countries, redounding to their mutual advantage. The effort, it is admitted, would be attended with difficulties ; but yet, there' being a sincere desire on both sides, it is not unlikely to prove successful. Reference is made to the recent unpleasant occurrences affecting commer cial intercourse with Cuba. They are spoken of as comprising acts of which the United States have a right to complain, and it is stated that the refusal of the Captain-General to allow passengers and the mails to be landed in certain cases, for a reson which does not furnish, in the opinion of the Government, even a good presumptive ground for such a prohibition, has been made the subject of a serious remonstrance at Madrid. " In connexion with this matter, the interesting fact is 'presented that the United States Government in the early part of the present year was officially invited by England and France to become a party with these Powers to a Tripartite Convention, binding themselves against an acquisition at any future time of Cuba by any of the three, and that the invitation was respectfully de clined. Yet strong, and it is believed valid objections were then urged against any attempt to incorporate Cuba into the Union. " The differences between the Government and Mexico, in regard to the Tehuantepec route, are acknow ledged to be embarrassing, but it is hoped they will be satisfactorily adjusted. " A similar hope is expressed in regard to the Nicara guan difficulty. " Venezuela, it is stated, has acknowledged important claims of citizens of the United States. " Steps have been taken to obtain commercial access to the extensive countries watered by the tributaries of La Plata. "In regard to the Lobos Islands, it is fairly and honourably admitted that further investigation has re moved all doubt of the title of Peru to a sovereignty over them. "Reference is made to the Japan expedition, and its object is distinctly declared to be the procurement of a relaxation of the unhospitable and anti-social system which Japan has pursued for about two centuries, and to be altogether peaceful and friendly in its nature. "The domestic affairs of the country are represented as very satisfactory. The revenues of the country are in an unusually prosperous state. "The President again urges the strong facts and argu ments in favour of the revision of the present tariff, so as to prevent frauds, and better protect the industry of the country. Whatever disposition of this matter may be made by Congress, the Executive has fully acquitted it self of all its duties in regard to it. The injurious ope ration of the present law, it would seem, is too manifest to be either denied or tolerated. "The general condition of Indian affairs is believed to be improving. In regard to the Mexican boundary com mission, it is stated that the survey of the Gila has been completed, but that the survey of the Rio Grande has been suspended in consequence of defects in the existing law. The efforts during the year to restrain the incursions of the Indians into Mexico, it is said, have been unusually successful. "The Message closes with a clear and powerful vindi cation by the President as to his adhering in all great essentials to the liberal conservative policy laid down by the fathers of the Republic" Tampico advices of the 26th ult. state that a formidable revolution had broken out in the state of Tamaulipas. The city of Victoria had been cap tured by the revolutionists, who were hourly ex pected to attack Tampico. Havannah accounts of the 29th ult. state, that the Crescent City affair was at last settled, the Governor-General having taken Purser Smith's affidavit as satisfactory. A large business had been transacted on the New York Stock Exchange, prices at an upward ten dency. Money very abundant and without change. Exchange on London 110 to 1101. Cotton with out change, with a fair amount of business. Bread stuffs without material alteration. Freights to London very firm. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. --(TH IS PA' - _ (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, IN RE SPENCER ASHLIN. g o pC ALLOWANCE TO OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES. ave judgment in this case, with respect to then e cv( made to Mr. Pennell, the official assignee. , 4 aii ,ol originally made an order for payment of th e g sigs' according to the original scale but the trade t u i be being dissatisfied, on the ground that the debts '" na ori collected by them and tl.e accountant, and liepe. being merely handed over to the of f icial assig li `; cel therefore, that he was not entitled to c harge a s,, s tie age. The matter was argued before the Lords c o and it was referred back to his Honour', o ; as e , the facts. His Honour said he had u g' e v feo subject grave and considerable attention. -"" 101 fees and charges were unjust on the suitors, lc had to pay for the compensation of officers lolhe discharged through the changes in the law . ' D J pense ought to f a ll on th e pu bli c generally, .aca sooner a syste m w hi c h was b ase d on ini lie j ti abolished th e b e t ter. His Honour t h en advert re onerous duties they had to perform, and the gr e ' av ie sibilities to whi c h th ey were open . The allovran ee „ made was fou n d e d on a princip le suggested R",.0 Cottenham, an d h e did not think there w as a n k to deprive the official assignee of his clan*" in tw' IN RE INGRAM. 4.1 1 This bankrupt was described as of Sou — s p r ioi florist, &c., and was patronised by her Majeld for Albert, and th e no bili ty. °" To-day was apP 4ng dividend meeting, 6s. Bd. in the pound 1131-- already paid. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. e, Robinson, Basinghall-street, shows: Deb t "..,„ -- tv 1191 tors, 1,1201. 6s. 2d. ; to debtors holding s ee4 ` .; ;; o4 Creditor--By debtors, good, 90/. • property g i e 8961. ; ditto in the hands of creditor ' s, - 3 351 ', c h re ° A dividend of ss. was declared o n the Ir t e ",.ttiO e ' and a further dividend will be declared in alw°. IN RE HAT. stre et ' This bankrupt was desc E ribed HW AITE as of New' 0 - apP vent-garden, cheesemonger, and to-day Vr aB for his last examination. The accounts p re p are d b y M r. But l er , 133 ; 7 . dit t , 4 street, shows d e bt or to cred i tors 2,823/. 16s. ' holding security, 5201 ; profits, 2,601/. 18 ,1',, ei ( " A , profits were se t d own at only 5 per cent. IYSo.'; debts, 347/. ; d ou btf u l , 377/. ; property, ; trade expenses, 3,8511 . 16s. ; domestic, 0. *""; 20. e k ed' 792/. ; deficiency, 91. J anuary, 1849, 70 41. The bankrupt passed, all questions being re (11 1 ~a his certificat e , no cas h-b oo k having been kept' of the items being unvouched. A LARGE BANKRUPTCY .-IN RE JULES An TO An adjudication made against this bankill o P' e chant and s hip owner, i n Fenchureh-street. 4„ o f sbi are stated at 16,000/, an d the property. musts"' &c. goods consigned. n • The bankrupt surrendered at the sanisi' ' cot l Messrs. Robin son an d K nowles were appointv-ii 3 e c i tor ants, and Mr. Brewer, of Philpot-lane, is s° the fiat. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—(THIS nAI fort The Decemb er adjourned General Session s s e e county was conv ene d thi s morn i ng before 311.' s ty' Adams, assi s t an t j u d ge, and a full bench of Inas" , at the Guildhall, Westminster. The calenda r e 0 0" usually hea v y on thi s occas i on, it contain i ng the y no less th an 108 pr i soners for trial, 18 o f tali misdemeanants. THE ATTENDANCE OF JURORS. 5.5 15 :i In the co urse o f swear i ng the Grand Jury s ant Judge inq u i re d o f t h e under-bailiff how itgas ,I°' no jurors were summoned from the parishes of Pv;, ec il): and St. Margaret, Westminster, and was ans W ed th i t4 that functi onary stat i ng that he only suroro° ne g IP ) whose names were down in the list which list w- 1 . 5 t out by the hi g h-b a iliff . , aw 1) i The Assistant J u d ge t o ld t h e under-bail iff to - V compliments to the high-bailiff, and tell him til, t i , t tli j e l better look over th e li st, for he was of opinion t l, - 1 7; ought to serve, f or th ey were the parties Igtlits'; brought th e j urors t h ere. (This anno uncemen'' ,, 0 41 ceived with appl ause , w hi c h was instantly suPPre EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. 4 ., AV guilty - q " vio s James Down, a ge d 22, p l eaded not dictment cha rg i ng hi m w i th stealing 7 spoons, vs'tepbe gowns, and other articles, the property of Gomm. eg It appeared that the prosecutor kept a public" i of Hammersmith, and that the prisoner, who is a di s i e v l fisso?; soldier, slept there for three or four nights. dp d 9 , some articles he told a policeman, who a ppreher; t i o cl prisoner, and upon searching him there Was ''° his pockets two heart-pins, some silver spoons up in some silk i n w hi c h they had been kept fo r years, and other articles. The rest of the proper"' found concealed in the prisoner's pockets. bi t The prisoner, in defence, said he was innocen t 0 0; the Jury ret urne d a verdict of guilty, an d the 1 1, Judge sent ence d hi m to b e imprisoned and kept nd labour in the H ouse o f Correction for six C S -e • i• months. • J l ` . John .Tones, aged 23, pl ea d e d not guilty to all 1 :1 tY ment charging him with stealing a gold watch value of 61. 65., the property of Morgan Sao from his person. The case h av i ng b een proved, Mr. Parry, I°,o neared for th e prisoner, declined addressi n g the ; he defen ce . I , l o' The Assist an t J u d ge sa i d the prisoner was well and the sent ence o f t h e Court therefore was, tha t -e ,4 1/ transported for seven years. ;t i Ebenezer Willi ams , aged 19, was found guilty ing a silk p oc k et handkerchief, the property of . - 1- 7 1 :t'l; William Turner, from his person, in Parliament" and was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept labour for six calendar months. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - icr ' On Saturday even i ng the performance, vv.„_llleh under Royal p a t ronage, was for the benefit of Mr 0 11 E ley, wh o , a ft e i 50 years of theatrical life, has now retired from the stage. After the conclusion of Henry IV., in which he I PI I I , I-1 the characte r o f F a l staff, Mr. Bartley came forW3 delivered the following address : „,,o / "Ladies an d G entl emen,—This night, 50 years of this very night, th e n i ght of the week a n d th e date 'J month—l had the honour to appear in London,thece make my b ow b e f ore your sires and grand-sires. cr u ce s me, it is something more than mere vanity that me, now that the long play is over, to offer one P red word to their children. The years behind me e l ; di e many—those bef ore me are few indeed ; and I cl ei o tO mimic scene t o prepare, as is the c ommon l ot, for n il afor e —a more real an d a final leave-takin g . A s I s t an d h the you here, gra t e f u l for the kindest appreciation of tl/4,,01: poorest services, it i s i mpossible for me not to recal the expectation and hope with which my boyish henr'r,V . a century ago, beat when I fi rs t t rod the London oe-boa.t! The hope I ent er t a i n now is that, whatever may have rctli' my imperfecti ons as an artist, I have not thrown disterst' upon my art. Th e expectation that I feel—not, t ist' ° an unwarrantable one—is, that I may at len g th retirejl privacy with the good wishes of my latest, but ea t not my coldest and least indulgent patrons. re "A few y ears ago, ladies and gentlemen, soldiers Ice still living wh o cou ld tell of their deeds when they of ,i w ep out in ' the '45.' l am one of an old company made I 303; names which sound traditional in your ears. John 0 0 sister .was my brother actor, Mrs. Jordan played 2 s ,i at old Drury when my youthful ambition was gratni!, 4 of the top of its bent, and I was permitted to act the P o or Orlando. I will not weary you by reference to other to t thies, and I mention these two because, while to roY, l h e a tc . hour it will be a source of the deepest pride to ine.,,lisP have acted with some of the most renowned of 011 1 '. 0 .0 players, it is also my highest pleasure to feel that ' 10 ,51 , honoured with their confidence and friendship to the ore' That I have been so favoured —that I have, furthei 0: 1 received here f rom M r. and Mrs. Kean, at the close,° labours, t o k ens o f personal regard and esteem to wil' e the cannot be insensible—is matter of little moment to o l io public ; but my f e ll ow - players, whom, on retiring fall night, I leav e b e hi n d me, will, I am sur e , va l ue a t its worth the p ar ti ng legacy which assures them that no P r ef tion in a theatre is too humble to exclude a ma n from e t, spect, if he will only p ersevere, take pains, and ros e himself. 11. 4 "For the gracious and illustrious patronage w hich cheered my d ec li n i ng clays, and which sheds happine!'d g o t this partin g moment, I have only to present the °fern: l 6' oo t a most grateful and overflowing heart. At such a nwe l vo l I may crave par d on for referring with pride to the o("bleit , countenance which ha s b een b estowed upon my art, through th e me di um of the very humblest of its votaries, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have no right to presume tipo i your indulgence by detaining you for another instant. could not deny myself the satisfaction of saying ' Good and, having said it, I have only further to thank you ores heartily and s i ncere l y for your kind remembrance of whom you might easily have been pardoned for f o rgettWp and to wish y ou a ll h app i ness an d prosperity. Farewe " Mr. Bartley's speech was received with frequent 0 ' 11 9, , cordial pla u dit s , an d th e warmes t testimonies of 831 0 thy and respe c t a tt e nded his fi na l w i thdrawal from mimic scene. No actor has ever qu i tted the stage m ote truly respected and valued th an this excellent veter3l3. The house was completely crowded in every part. OY° SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ..-- R society BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. —A special meeting t o of this sec w s held at a the the chambers of th e institution, on Set nrt i l to consider propriety o f restricting the relief to Li s ; cl men, to their widows and orphans and aged parents, t 0 for loss or damage of boats or clothes by wreck, except very extreme cases. Captain M. A. Sweny, R.N., ° on pied the chair. Resolutions confining relief to fisherr n d o as above, owing to the too heavy pressure upon thevf“-"Vir• of the institution, moved and seconded by Captain . W 2 4 .., Beechey, R.N., Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, ,--- } r., Mr. G. P. Ramsden, R.N., and Captain Heaslop, ~.'"u p • were passed unanimously, and the meeting broKeittot After the general meeting, the committee of manag e lief, sat and proceeded to consider the applications for ,rienivs, which, for the past two weeks, included 40 a . PP o!phans, and aged parents, and 120 fishermen en e l ji of rulers, for loss of clothes, b'oats, &c. The gold In d th°, the corporation was awarded to Captain Nye,, 511 teo silver medal to each of the boat's crew of tn e , VII" NW' States mail steam-ship Pacific, as a testimony of tee ;0, mittee's estimation of their brave and humane exe„V es of unhindered by selfish considerations, in saving the 1 ! . 0e, the crew of the sinking ship James Stephens, of' 44 1' under such c i rcumstances of peril and loss to the vine d which, by th e bl ess i ng of God, were so signally n r° lico with success. Ch eques were signed to meet the applied tions for re li e f f or w i dows and orphans, and ship of fishermen and marines, and disbursements on nee nu r - tvt° the latter, amounting to 5311. 165., and for 1101. f i °_, for life-boat carriages, the one for Tenby and the ot O ei th e Portmadoc. In consequence of the heavy pressure 4 a l e funds, arising from' the unprecedented losses ann o i li a shipping, the secretary was instructed to app o e al _oci• public for additionalmoistam, hucl she meting O 4 PP' Dittoll 3 1 _, 0,1 , Maltir kalPr u a n folk ttro kinrBl For the PLon( ae total tt 13 h g 3 ,Pro m Ntabu r 1 / 4 1 g ste Al atwe rp M end. ktterci; Tota: The Yea 4 51 isso ...... 1481849 ..... . ..... 184 ...... tia lo !U bj)ee' I /11 tt t nal ti lel " l q h e el s ; tin b b ° o ., 1, 0 ., g o rk~l ' Op v M. ;Vheai 11 Ditto. ' ) ltto Ditto'. Xorfol l'te tou, zl ey ba. tr e t 4 1 , 4 ( tic • Th Ned IA a Ir I C 85, t • 0, lii gh 4t 4( r c , il -,, N ce Nct