The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING Will be performed BaM's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. l t r &Mule de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, 'A i r. Rafter ; Morliere, '-Ir. Horneastie ; Lt. Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardeuford, Mr. Harrison; Itfal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Alba Rebecca Isaacs. *After which vrill s be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto be:ng a mixture of the istorical and legendary, entitled r e&RLEQUIN 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 chinery by Mr. R. Sloman - the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, slid a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE OF KALYBA, THE ENCHANTRESS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," rear "somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Euchaetress, not by Belle, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Herneastle ; 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 Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each ; the March of Intellect (travelling " incog." as." Young England," a true Lit of British blbod, by Intellect 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 p tys a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; 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 SEFIOOL.-sehoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, *ho, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIOR, AND BARBACAN 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 investor of the ce'ebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last "deck), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a oattle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any know)edge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the natives by ttnd by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Webb, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance is public on the occasion—how his "cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to s ish hire many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICE,—.. Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audieice will al low hint to cut it, and come again to Scents 4. Keeesee House OF Connie-nos !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. H. Payne ; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of Franca, 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 his bro'her 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—hut we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene S. DOVER Roane—How the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANES or TILE FlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his 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 Ihrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Priorson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, &c. How Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Laving even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEICF THE FIRST, ICING or EGYPT.—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. Wiehrid. How this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, not only forbids the banns ; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," &c. (vide Morning Papers). lIOTAL PEOCLAMITION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? I " Or me he shall gorge • I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," 1,000 to • on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAHON'S 'TAUNT IN THE 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. The 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. Gleam) HALL oe CHIVALRY.—IIOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Welled. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. Harlequin .. . • Mr. Howell, C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER ♦ND CUT /lies SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature." " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A loud I:eport on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint hies to the Clown's head. Scene 11- CORNCHANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—More ways than ens of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" :11 high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff " in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. Stamm VILLAS AND NURSERY 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 elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of " putting your feet In it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish lint and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN ♦ND TAILOR'S SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF 131ITISII AND FOREIGN TOY 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 15. Tan STATUS AS IT IS ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene 16. Trtz S•re'rve es IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterlo•. Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buck stone; Harwood, Mr. Howe ; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woalds. After which the New .Comic Drama of STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. In which Messrs. Farren, Buckstone, :hiss aed Mrs. Humby will appear. To conclude with (first time) an Original Grand Fairy Extrava ganza of the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, 'Lliss P. Horton, 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 on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq.. called TIIE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal elm *acters 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 New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin (Ist time), Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Coler ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Laid- Law ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THF.ATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, ealled CO -I.OMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. ~Wright, Worrell, Bedford, U. Smith, &c. Itetwel;nthe pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux. Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet o.f LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the %trills Bride. .Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, hiss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS ETENING Will be per'ormed a Drama, in two acts, called BLANCHE DE VALMT. The characters will be supported by .Messrs. Granby, 11. Hughes, J. 'Vining, S. Cowell, llonner ; Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. 11. Hughes. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. After which, a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNIM ; or, The Ghost's Tower. C.d. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejamba, Mr. Leffler; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristlebach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, 3lr. Honner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Honner, filincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss 3:arshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime:enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. T - tulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. On MONDAY EVENING Next Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MAIMS. Sganarelle, M. Cartlgny ; Valere, M. Langeval ; Ergaste, M. Lucian ; Artiste, F: ere de Sganarelle, M. Dorgebret ; tin Commissaire, M. Masquil lier Notaire, M. Pagenier ; Isabelle, Mademoiselle Angele ; Eleonor, Madame Fougaet ; Lisetto, Mdlle. Khin. After which, LE PARRALN. Darand Rentler (Le Parrein), Perlet. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE A.SSIETTE. Pique- Asslette, Monsieur l'erlet. Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that this being Christmas--day, there will bs no performance; but this Inimitable Entertainment will be resumed THIS EVENING, and continued every Tues day, Thursday. and Saturday ; and, in compliance with nu merous applications, they will give a GRAND MORNING PER FORMANCE on WEDNESDAY NEXT, commencing at half-past Two o'Ciock.— St. James's Theatre, Dec. 25. Boxes, 4s_; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMI --- iIiTtIEAT . R. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty, Pa'ronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Alpert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Christmis Holiday Fetes. TO-MORROW EVENIN( (Boxing-Night), a double rotation of Equestrian and Gym'iastic Novelties. The "Demon Horse ; or, The Twelve Wish P -3 and the Charmed Bit." Herr Neuparte, the great Dutch Bott:,e Equilibrist. THIS EVEY,ING Will be performed a grand new ',Eagical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON 210R531 or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change In the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Ovand Ghristmas Comic Fairy Pantomime, entitled TIIE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and ♦li Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarint ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. ttox-otlice open trout eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six ant commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS 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 TIIE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. liar min, Herr Deulin; Pantaloon, Herr R. DeWitt ; Columbine, Mdlle. TReodere ; Clown, Herr E. Denlin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING 'll be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Yin soot, Mrs. G. Lee, Mi ss L. P earce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed- Wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, Sec., will perform. After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en- THB BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin 1! Go - a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Signor Osmonde; }Mlle. Adele L aud. M harlequin, M. Lupin° ; Columbine, ITOPIni -------- -- NTELLIGE nstrket on Saturday s ai c sis h s eod . wer d a -- WORCESTER, DEC. 23.—Our great firmness, and the few lots disposed f re beet eamthr more money than the previous week, the es fetching as high as 88 , . to 90s. per cwt. 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I Evening .. 13 minutes after 8. lective answer would appear semi-officially in the kistri,in Observer. The Nuremberg Correspondent, of the 17th, has the following from Berlin :—" The judicial proceed ings which were commenced in consequence of the late arrests are going on actively. The affair has taken a very serious turn, and new arrests are male every day among the upper classes. It is asserted that several towns of the kingdom are compromised. Amongst the new prisoners is one who is believed to be an agent of the poet ll—. Paris and Switzer land form the central point of the machinations These criminal attempts have had for object to revo lutionise the lower classes, and even seduce the sol diers from their duty, by the propagation of seditious works in the barrack." The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, of the 190-, has the following from Posen :—"Although the letters from the kingdom of Poland announce nothing of the approaching catastrophe, travellers from thence report, in the most positive manner, that on the 13th of next month the kingdom of Poland will cease to exist, and will be incorporated with Russia." A letter from Posen in a German paper says—" It is certain that the Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen are not permitted to take any part in elections for Provincial Deputies. The Government has annulled the last election in consequence of some Jews having voted, and a new election has been ordered. The Municipal Council, however, has resolved to suspend the proceedings for a new election in order to give time for a representation to be made to the Minister of the Interior on the subject." A letter from Berlin, of Dec. 17, says—" For several years past the production of wool has become so considerable in Germany, that this country at pre sent finds itself at the head of all those where this branch of trade is carried on. The states of the Cus toms' Union possess 21,961,5,51 sheep, furnishing each year, allowing a minimum of 221 b to 10 sheep, 48,500,0001 b. of wool. The Austrian states produce each year 700;000 quintals of wool, two-thirds of which come from Hungary, Transylvania, and the military frontiers; the other third is produced in Moral ia, Silesia, Bohemia, and Gallicia. As to the quality, the wools produced in Moravia and Silesia are the best; next come those of Bohemia, Gallicia, Transylvania, and the military frontiers." Madrid Papers of the 16th have arrived. The Esperanza, of the day before, had been seized for having published an extract from the Paris Esprit Public. According to the Espanol, the Council of Ministers has as yet come to no decision as to the time of their resignation, although ISTURITZ, SAliz, and CANEJA, have expressed their positive determination to resign. The elections are nearly over, and the Tierapo gives the following analysis of the new Chamber " DIODERADO CANDIDATES RETURNED. " Members of the Ministerial majority in the last Cortes " Members of the Opposition in ditto (Pacheco party) " Deputies who did not sit in the former Cortes lll " Total Moderados of all shades... 237 " Progressistas returned ..... 52 " Absolutists " Districts for which 2d elections are to take place 29 322 " The total number of Deputies, including the Canaries, &c., is 350." Up to the 16th 163 Deputies had been returned who did not sit in the last Cortes. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Commerce gives the following version of the affair of M. BARBET DE Jouy, the French Consul at the Mauritius : " M. Barbet de Jouy has thought proper to quit his residence, and thus anticipate the decision of Ministers, who, it is said, in order not to displease England, have appointed him Consul at Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands. M. Barbet, who has been brought up in the good principles of the Conservative policy, knows all its ins and outs, and could not therefore delude himself as to the fate reserved for him by the Cabinet of the Pritchard indemnity, and of the disavowal of Dupetit Thouars. By the Palladium, which has arrived at Havre, from the Island of Bourbon, with letters of the 26th September, we learn that M. Barbet had been for some days at Bourbon, where he was waiting for new in structions. We now extract from the Journal du Com merce of Bourbon, the account which it gives of the facts which led the agents of England to put so gross an in sult upon one of the representatives of France. The account is as follows M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul at the Mauritius, had thought that at the levees of the chief officer of that colony there was an inclina tion to refuse him the precedence to which he was en titled by his rank and position, but, as the question was one of mere ceremony, he clid•not make any remon strance. At an official dinner, given by the Governor on the 24th of June last, M. Barbet was much offended, as he had a right to be, at seeing that the health of the King of the French was given only as a fifth toast, after Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, and the Duke of Wellington, and he resolved no more to ex pose his dignity, as representative of the King and France, to such-a forgetfulness of what was due to propriety. Another dinner having been given at the same place, in honour of the arrival of Admiral Dacres, M. Barbet was in - vited, but would not go. Neither did he think that, as Consul of France, long established at the Mauritius, it was his duty to pay the first visit on the arrival of the Admiral. The officers of the frigate in which Admiral Dacres had hoisted his flag gave a ball a few days ago, to which M. Barbet was invited in his official quality. On the day following that on which the i nv it a ti on was delivered, M. Barbet received the visit of two officers of the frigate, who came to declare to him that the invita tion had been sent by error, and that the Admiral not having received from him any manifestation of polite ness, could not meet him at the ball. Whether this unjustifiable proceeding was the result of premeditation, or the accidental consequence of the will of the Ad miral, it is in either case a grave offence; or, to use the particular language of Sir Robert Peel, a gross outrage upon the functionary who has the charge of the French flag at the Mauritius. All that we can add is, that the slap of the face received by M. Barbet has been re turned, and remains." It is evident, from his own account, that M. BARBET DE JOEY is a captious and ill-bred person, whose man ners may, perhaps, be suited to the society he is likely to meet with at llonolulu, but who is certainly most unfitted to represent French interests in any civilised community. _ _ _ The Journal des Debats contains the following masterly reply to the miserable defence by the Presse of the conduct of Russia : " We are aware that for a long time there has re mained to unfortunate Poland only an empty name, a shadow of existence, which the treaties of Vienna had desired to secure to her. Russia, we also are aware, has laughed at her engagements, and has forced Poland to endure all that barbarous force can inflict on weak ness. Notwithstanding the cry of indignant Europe, the Poles have been dispersed, their property confiscated, and their children carried off I Not only have they lost all their political guarantees, but an attempt has been made to make them forget their ancient language, to adopt new customs, to abjure the religious faith of their fathers. It is against these abominable acts of violence that our Chambers protest every year, and their protest, whatever may be said to the contrary, if it d es not prevent the fact, maintains the right—the right written down in treaties—the right against which exile, confiscations, and cruelties can do nothing ! No, pro tests are not a vain formality, and Russia knows it well, as her acts prove. The nationality of Poland will still subsist in spite of all that cunning and barbarity have done to destroy it, as lung as there remains in Europe a free tribunal to protest in the name of treaties against the annihilation of that nationality ! A day will arrive sooner or later when these protests, which persons now affect to despise, w ill r i se u p a ll t oge th er , an d constitute a terrible condemnation against Go vernments reckoning only on force ! What is it that the journal which laughs at the protests of France and England desire to prove? That for fifteen years Rus s i a , b y h er v i o l ence an d attac k s, more or less plai n l y manifested against treaties, has placed herself outside the pale of public right and civili sation? We allow this without any difficulty. In fact, all that could be destroyed of Poland has been destroyed, its constitution, its Chambers, its army. There is, how ever, a last step to pass, and that step is to all appearance something, since Russia, notwithstanding all the desire she feels, has not taken it. Poland has lost everything; there only remains to her her name; but that name has not yet been ventured to be taken from her; and the day on which Russia shall declare that there is in the world a Russian province the more, and a kingdom of Poland the less, it will be seen whether right is nothing, even when violence has reduced it to a vain shadow, a mere word. The republic of Cracow for a length of time had only preserved an almost ridiculous shadow of inde pendence. Its Senate trembled under the authority of the lowest Austrian or Russian officer. There is more freedom at St Petersburg h than there was at Cracow. The republic of Cracow was only a word ; every one knew it ; and yet the day when the Northern Powers scratched out this word, this vain w or d, a ll E uro p e f e lt deeply shaken. Treaties were being eluded ; they were openly and audaciously violated ; and there was not a free man in Europe who did not consider himself attacked in his rights by the same blow ! One power alone can rejoice at these attacks against the faith of treaties and against civilisation, and that power is Russia. For the accom plishment of her projects on Poland and elsevi here, she wants Europe to fall into a universal confusion, and that force should rule over right. For Prussia and Austria the destruction of Cracow has been an enormous fault— for Russia alone it is the game stroke, the finishing touch of success 1 She wanted accomplices, and she has them. There are no more treaties—so much the better ! that is what Russia wanted. But it is, above all, important to her that France and England should not draw closer to each other. The alliance of these two free nations is the only obstacle that she seriously dreads. The day on which France and England should hare fallen out irre parably, Russia would utter a cry of joy—she would have attained the height of her wishes—civilisation and right would have lost their rampart ! Should the Rus sian alliance be worth to us a province, we should never forget that such presents are not received from such a power, but by becoming its feudatories ! Cracow will cost dear to those who have accepted such a present ! We think that the tactics of the partisans of the Russian alliance amongst us ought now to be understood ; to separate France from England irrecoverably, and to dis turb everything in Europe. Such is their aim ! It ought also to be comprehended why, notwithstanding a temporary difference with England, we remain firm to our old faith of the English alliance. The English alli ance or isolation ! We know of no third position ho nourable for France." The Bey of TUNIS arrived at Lyons on the 20th, and left it next day on his journey to the south. " The responsible editors of the Epoque, the Com merce, the Journal des Villes et Campaynes, the Gazette de France, the Echo Francais, the Esprit Public, and he Drcit, had to appear before the Tribunal of Correc tional Police on Tuesday, to answer a charge of offend ing against the law, by inserting the advertisements of foreign lotteries. The chief defence set up was, that the parties had disposed of their advertising pages to persons who had contracted for them by the year, and that they could not, without a violation of their contract, refuse to publish the advertisements which were brought to them, unless they could have shown that they were acting in defiance of the law. The Tribunal, in order that the defendants might be able to plead a conviction as a sufficient ground for refusing to publish such adver tisements, found them guilty, but inflicted, as punish ment for the past, only a fine of 10 francs each, and his proportion of the costs of the prosecution." Algiers papers to the 15th have arrived. They contain no news. At that date the colony was in the enjoyment of uninterrupted tranq u illity. ~. - - COORS AUTHENTIQUE.—PARIS, DEC. 24.—French Five per Cents., 118 f. 85c. 50c. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 70c. 60c. 55c. 60c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,490 f. ; Treasury Bonds, 3% 1 3 m., 3 1 4 3 6 m. Obligations of the City, 1,387 f. 50c. 1,385 f. ; Neapolitan (Rothschild's), Delinitives, 103 f. 25c. •, Romans, 101; Belgian Five per Cents. (1840), 101 f. 100%f. 101 f. ; Belgian Five per Cents. (1842), 102 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 55 3 / 4 f. ; Ditto, Bank, 930 f. Exchange on London—one month,paper, 25f. 324 c. ; money, 25f. 32 4c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 22 1 Ac.; money, 25f. 22 the. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Robert Ealy, aged 15, was brought up before Mr. Long for robbing the till of his employers, the Messrs. Gunter and Co., Berkeley-square, of 3/. 18s. Thomas Foreman, an assistant in the shop of Messrs. Gunter and Co., said the till had been robbed on a pre vious occasion. and late on Thursday night, with a view to discover the party, he put a particular mark on each piece of money in the till, there being in all 41. in silver there. He then locked the till and laid the key on the usual place. Every one connected with the shop knew the place where the key lay. Yesterday morning he found the till locked, and the key where he had left it, but on opening it he saw that the whole of the money was taken out except two shillings. Police-constable 115 C, said he was called into the Messrs. Gunter by the last witness yesterday. He called all the men and apprentices into a back room. They first searched the apprentices, and the prisoner, who is one of them, gave up the key of his drawer, and conducted him (the constable) into his bedroom. On opening the drawer he discovered 31. 18s. in silver, which the former witness identified as the same that he had marked the previous evening, and put into the till. Mr. Bishop, one of the partners of the house, begged that the magistrate would remand the prisoner till another day, in hope of discovering the boy's accom plices. He produced two letters found in the same drawer with the money, the contents of which were not made known, but which were of a nature to implicate others not at present in custody. Mr. LONG said the case against the prisoner was clear and complete. If the applicant could state to him any thing against others on evidence upon which he could act, he might then remand the prisoner, but in the absence of that he saw no reason for granting the application. Tho prisoner said he felt very sorry for what he had done, and he had never been in a cell before. Mr. LONG committed him to Newgate to take his trial. After the morning charges were over, John Calf, the landlord of the Round Table Tavern, St. Martin's court, craved the indulgence of the magistrate, while he complained of a report which had appeared in the Globe newspaper of Tuesday last. In the case of Charlotte Long, a woman committed fur drunkenness and dis orderly conduct, that newspaper had stated, in the evi dence of the policeman, that " the priz , oner had just been turned out of the Round Tower Tavern, in the above court. It was a common occurrence with the landlord of that house to let such characters as the pri soner stop in the house till they got in a beastly state of intoxication, and then to turn them out. There were generally three or . four turned out in that state every night." Mr. Calf said the report was utterly false, even by the testimony of the police themselves, who had in variably given his house a good character for quietness and order. He had besides the signatures of most re spectable gentlemen to the same effect ; and he felt sorry that anything so libellous should have found its way into a public print, as it must very seriously injure his house. Mr. LONG said he heard nothing but the evidence, and ho could not interfere in the case. Mr. Calf hoped the reporters would notice his appli cation, and then retired. MARYLEBONE-(THIS DAY.) Sarah TT ikochs, who was dismissed by Mr. Long a few days since, was again brought up this day before Mr. Rawlinson, on the same charge of having robbed her master, Mr. Joseph Patten, of one dessert spoon, one dessert fork, a jack towel, and a cut-glass tumbler. The prisoner was taken into custody by 126 S, at the house of Mr. Russell, 16, Worthington-terrace, where she had been engaged by means of a false character. A duplicate was found in her basket, and the articles it referred to were produced from the shop of Mr. Crad dock, pawnbroker, Tottenham-court-road, and identified by the prosecutor as forming part of the property he had lost. The prisoner, who offered nothing like a defence, was committed for trial. Joseph Leboo, who described himself as a weaver, re siding in Camden-street, Bethnal-green, was also com mitted for trial, on a charge of attempting to pick a lady's pocket last Thursday evening, at the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway Company. The prisoner was observed twice by Nash, a constable at tached to the railway, and also by Mr. Adams, one of the clerks, to attempt the robbery of the lady, a Mrs. Mary Knotts, of 58, Torrington-square. Nash collared the prisoner the second time, but he had not suceeeded in abstracting anything. Mr. Robinson, who attended for the prisoner, wished the case to be disposed of summarily; but it having been intimated to the Bench that the Company were desirous to prosecute, _ _ Mr. RAWLINSON, who also was of opinion that such was the proper course, ordered him to be committed. THE COLOSSEUM.—The division of prices at this delightful exhibition is a great boon to the public, and a great advantage to the proprietor. A great boon to the public inasmuch as it enables an individual for one shilling to see any one portion of the exhibition. For instance, the Museum of Sculpture and the Panorama of London byDay may be seen for one shilling. The Con servatory, Aviary Views, and Swiss Scenery may be seen for a similar sum; or if the visitor is desirous, like Richmond, of penetrating "into the bowels of the land" for his 'shilling, he may visit the Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberg. It is a great advantage to the proprietor because, like a diminishing duty it brings with it an increased revenue, and fur the same reason. Many who really cannot afford to pay more than one shtlling at a time have hitherto been kept away from the Colosseum. These visitors pay their shilling, and delighted with what they have seen, return again some months afterwards arid see another portion, and a month after that, return and see the remainder, bringing with them a party each time. These visitors are, however, few in number, compared with those who enter the Colosseum determined only to see one shilling's-worth, but who are so delighted with that that they are tempted to pay another, and do not leave the building until they have seen the whole. The Colosseum was this morning crowded with visitors of this class, and so delighted were they with what they saw by day that not a few of them audibly expressed their determination to revisit the Colosseum at night, in order to see how the various objects look when illumi nated by artificial light, and they are right. The day and the night exhibitions are perfectly distinct; they no more resemble one another than day resembles night, and no one can form an idea of the wonders of the Co losseum who has not seen both. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION: 7 Th a hasty glance which we were enabled to give this morning at this splendid, temple of science, we were delighted to find that it was crowded' to excess. There are many novel ties in the dissolving views, and in the lectures of Dr. Ryan and Professor Bachoffner. Important as all thes e are, they appear trivial in comparison to the " great fact," that there are so many thousands in London, as were seen there to-day, capable of that highest enjoy ment, the utile dulcie. The institution will be open this evening, being the first Saturday since its establishment. CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.— The first ordinary meeting of the above Society is to be held at the London Tavern on Wedesday, the 6th of January. STEALING THE ENTIRE FURNITURE OF A HOUSE. —Yesterday information was forwarded to the police, that during the temporary absence of the inmates of the house No. tl, Ayliffe-street, New Kent road, the pre mises had been stripped of the entire household furni ture. It was openly placed in a van and carried off ; and though a reward has been offered, no clue at present can be obtained to the perpetrators of the act. SPECULATION BY SHEFFIELD GENTS.—It is con fidently expected that a company of Sheffield gents. are about to undertake the carrying out of the Morewood Sough, Eyam, which unanimous opinion states will drain the lead mines in Eyam Edge of water, a result that would be attended by the attaining therefrom immense mineral wealth. CITY ImrosrrioNs.—At a recent meeting of the Ward of Bridge, it was stated that any person landing below London-bridge from foreign steam-boats was obliged to pay Is. the instant he put his foot on the shore. This impositnin was said to have the effect of driving passengers to land at Blackwell. All the mem bers of the Court of Common Council for the ward pro mised to do their best to put an end to it. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton market this week there have been sold 21,340 bales. Prices are fairly id. per lb. lower, and in some cases more, as compared with Friday last. Stock, 424,600 bales, against 890,200 bales at this time last year. There was, of course, no Share market at Liverpool yesterday. The return of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of England for the past week gives the following changes : Notes issued £28,413,000 Increase 2,265 Public deposits, increase 662,272 Rest, increase Other deposits, decrease 7 Day and other Bills, decrease Other securities, increase 24,324 Notes, increase Bullion Increase The directors of the Bank of England are pur suing, in this respect, the same course as for some weeks past. They diminish their note liabilities, although their bullion and securities are increasing. On the other hand, however, they have to meet the continued withdrawal of other deposit, which, although balanced by the present increase of public deposits will not long continue so to be, inasmuch as the dividends and official salaries will soon trench upon the latter. The year, however, is expected to close without any pressure for money in the discount market, and soon after the open ing of the New Year we shall have money perhaps more abundant. The importance of the railway interest renders the eighth edition of " Tuck's Railway Manual" a most ac ceptable work for " city " men, because the constant changes in railway property necessitate periodical cor rections. The statistics given of the traffic, receipts, prices of shares, &c., are so ample, that it is almost use less to attempt extracts. We may observe, however, that about four years are expected to elapse before the Bills sanctioned in 1846 can be completed, and that the ex penditure will be about 25 millions per annum. a part of which amount will actually be obtained by the employ ment of the surplus capital which quick communication affords, considering the rapid circulation of money paid away for wages, &c., there cannot at any time of the year be a million unemployed in the coffers of the bankers receiving " calls" for the various companies. Consols for the Account have been very steady this morning at 94*, the Three per Cent. Reduced at 941 the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 96, and Exchequer- bills at 12s. to Bs. premium. The attendance of dealers and jobbers to-day is extremely thin, most of them keeping the holidays. About a half a dozen bargains were made in the Fo reign Bonds this morning. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted only at 374, the French Rentes at 118, Exchange 25f. 50c., the Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 61, and the Four per Cents. at 924. In the Railway Share Market there has not been any movement of importance to-day. BitlTlSl.l FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 4 1 / 1 1,4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 7 4 8 Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1,0001. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in Londo'n. French Rentes, 5 per Cent llBf. —c. Exchange - - Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAY& PAID. ?El &LIRE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%..... to 3 Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush Belfast and County Down .. Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425..... p to Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......129 1 / 2 to Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / 2 17 1 / 2 ...... Birmingham - & Oxford - JunC 2 ll iiii.A... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% ..... to Boston, Stamf, , & Birming... 221. Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2 I ,‘ Buckinghamshire.. ......... 84s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% 2 5 1. E. to Churnet and Blythe.. Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence. lOO ..... to -- Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent 10 Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Cork and Killarney Cork and 'Waterford ' 1 1 ,4 Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares . 2% 5 / to is Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction.-- 2 5 4 to -- Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 ,4 Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21 / 2 — Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 Eastern Counties l4l. 16s 23% .... . to 23 Do. New l2l. 16s 7 j 2% p to Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — Do., do No.2, 6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union ... .. .. 40 Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich 1%...... Do. Cambridge and Ely ... _ 2l / 2 — to East Lancashire - l 4— 17% .... to Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 5 Do. ( late Preston & Ormsk.) 5 ... ~ to Do., do., New Scrip l4 — to East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 7 4 — ...... to East and West of England... 1A — to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% l9 . to Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo 2 1% ...... to Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Glasg. Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. , 4 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... .. Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 ...... 2% to Great Eastern and Western... 2% Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 1 / 2 284 to Great Munster ...... ......... ... 2 1 / 2 — ...... to Great North o Scotland 2 %2 Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New Ditto, New l5 .....55 .. ... to Ditto;New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .. .. Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby Ditto, Quarter Shares „ 12i/ — ... .to ' Ditto Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 14 ..... Do. do. and Norwich Lancaster and Carlisle Do. New Leeds and Bradford Leizester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 22 1 / 2 3l. ...... to Ditto, Branch (Blue) Ditto, Extension (Green).. 21 h — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk l7 l /2 — ...... to Ditto, New .. ••• 5 • •••• ...... to Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3 l / 2. ...• 5 Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 l /2 ...... 2,( 1 58... to London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d ...... 83 e to Do. New • Do. Extension Gond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 59 1 / 2 1 / 2 Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to London,Hounslow.&Western 2 . .... London and North Western..loo ......195 1 / 2 to 194 1 / 2 Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 Do. 40/. Shares...sl. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... - Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 Do 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 1%...... London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 63 1 4-- to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New Do. New ..... . . 18 Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5 1 / 2 to Ditto Tenths Ditto Scrip 5 ...... 6 Ditto ditto... London and York...—. 2 l /2 2 3 / 4 1 / 2... to Ditto Extension London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2 1 / 2 to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto S:xteenttis ... ..... ... 6 1 4 7% to Do. Extension Do. Liverpool and Bury Do., do., Fifths Manch Buxton, & Matlock 425. — p to Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland lOO 129 128... to 129 1 ,4 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .....104 Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ...... Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 / 2 — to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension Northern Collate), Union .... 2 1 ,E IWA... to . a...-i.-. . .- •2, 4, -• 0 - • ,,... 4 ~- - / , ; 4 .., , . A I , - 40 4472$ Aar 01011‘ iii: jr it Agit,' 11 01 .4 X:711:1 fill' \I .% *!. e N ', II 101116 s '• %....''' It .:. Ojeskitg, ' • ' W.22TILF" '' 1 1 1 -- ; ' .4.0 - xic • 7.2......, - SECOND EDITION. Oxenins LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1846. When it was originally proposed by the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to discon tinue Sunday travelling upon that line of communi cation between the metropolis of Scotland and the most populous manufacturing city in the United Kingdom, we took occasion to condemn that pro ceeding in the most emphatic language we could command. Little time has elapsed since the appear ance of that proposition, but it has been sufficient to enable the public to indicate their opinions upon the question, and also upon the principle which is in volved therein. Scotland is too enlightened to yield to the delusions of fanaticism, and hence the indigna tion which was expressed by every unprejudiced journalist has been responded to in a marked and significant manner by the population of that portion of the British empire. It was self-evident that the beard of direc tors to any public company, to any company deputed to, promote the advantages and facilitate the inter course of the community, was exceeding the powers entrusted to it by Parliament, in the extraordinary way above-mentioned. Having been enabled by the Le gislature to interfere with individual rights, to cut through private domains, and to purchase perforce different portions of private property situated between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for the purpose of construct • ing their railroad, the directors of this, as of every similar company, were simultaneously invested with a responsibility which, by their recent decision against Sunday travelling, they have not fulfilled. The com pany was enabled to carry out its original intentions solely upon the implied understanding that it would faithfully perform its duties as an instrument of public good. It was virtually held responsible, on its in corporation, for the continuance under its novel auspices of all those innocent and lawful advantages hitherto enjoyed by the localities at its termini. The mail bags, which had previously been carried by coaches upon the highway, were to be conveyed hence forth by the steam-engines of the company. Passen gers in like manner were to be granted similar privi leges as heretofore upon the new line of transit; there were to be second and third-class carriages, instead of the outside places of a stage coach or an omnibus; there were to be first-class carriages instead of the inside places of stage coaches; there were to be luggage trains instead of carriers, vans, and waggons. It was naturally expected, indeed, by the community that the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway Company should give them ample compensation for the loss of those vehi cles which were removed from the ordinary road by the arrangements and engagements of that company. That was the tacit understanding between all the parties concerned in these transactions. It was just that the population should exact so much : it was the bounden duty of the company to ensure so much. Everything has prospered with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; the speculation has proved remu nerative; its system has given universal satisfaction; the board of direction has afforded all reasonable facilities to the people; the people have reposed every confidence in the board of direction ; there has been a mutual cordiality between the company and the public, for whose benefit the former was instituted. Matters have continued in this satisfactory condition ever since the formation of the line, when everything is suddenly thrown into a state of the most miserable confusion by the spurious morality and religious fa naticism of four sapient, and, doubtless, very excel lent individuals. At their instance alone, the usual means of communication between Edinburgh and Glasgow is denied to the inhabitants on fifty-two days in the three hundred and sixty-five. I g or the gratification of their own saturnine piety, the thou sands who have toiled from Monday morning to Sa turday night, are, on the only day afforded them for the relaxation of their exhausted bodies, compelled to remain immured in the unwholesome byways of the cities, and are, by that unnatural imprisonment, incited to debauchery and drunkenness. It affords us the highest gratification to observe that the Town Council of Edinburgh has considered the recent adjudication of the directors sufficiently important to warrant its particular interference. On the occasion of the last meeting of the Town Council we observe that a long discussion ensued upon the pro position of Mr. C. B. TAIT, to the effect that the city authorities of Edinburgh should, before Parliament, protest against the tyrannical enactment of the directors. After a somewhat bitter colloquy upon the merits and demerits of the affair, that pro position was accepted by a majority of thirteen in a room of twenty-seven. The right of the corporation of the Scotch capital to interfere in the manner pro p ,sed was justly maintained by the Lord Provost after it had been 'discredited by one of the Bailies. The right, indeed, is manifest nay, the Town Council has not merely a right to protest, it has a positive duty to perform in uttering that protestation. By stopping the Sunday trains more injury is inflicted upon the industrial population, than that of a simple interference with their conve nience. In the prevention of travelling on every seventh day, the health, the probity, the sobriety, the very morality of the people are concerned. By denying the poor artizans their innocent privilege of beholding GOD'S creation on the Sunday, of breathing a pure atmosphere at rare and precious intervals, of visiting the sick and dying on emergencies, of joining their parents in worship in the village churches, with which all the recollections of their childhood are associated, their self-opinionated religionists are car rying out their bigotry to an unbearable excess. Employing vehicles themselves upon that seventh day, they are indignant that the poorer classes should be desirous of purchasing sixpenny railway tickets. Looking to the religion of the thing, it is calculated that several hundred individuals have been hitherto enabled to attend the churches and chapels of Edin burgh, or of Glasgow, who, without the assistance of a railway, would be altogether deprived of religious instruction. Again, it is preposterous for the directors to prohibit this Sunday travelling on the plea of its immorality when the clerks upon their establishment are employed during a consider able portion of every Sunday. A more preposterous or more bigoted act was never conceived by any similar association than this proceeding on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway; it is calculated to be prejudicial in a sanatory point of view, and, above all, is inimical to the cause of true religion. It is alike curious and interesting, it is, indeed, useful as well as highly subservient to the ends of morality, to note how frequently sinister objects, in tended to be reached, through the prosecution of schemes skilfully devised and deeply laid, are hap pily crossed and rendered nugatory by incidents, which craft and subtlety, and vigilant circumspection oftentimes fail to foresee. The records of history are replete with instances of the evil machina tions of states having been seasonably sub verted by the most trivial circumstances, and most ordinary events. It is well for the interests of the human race, that flagitious exam ples cf national honour disregarded, of solemn treaties 'contemptuously slighted, with the degrading conse quences they have entailed upon the countries, by which such shameless acts have been authoritatively sanctioned, should be stereotyped on the pages of general history. They serve as great international beacons to warn sovereigns and their ministers against the inimical results of attempting, by a narrow, crooked, and insidious policy, to deceive and overreach neighbouring states, with which they affect to maintain the most amicable and honorable relations. Were history not pregnant, as it is, with such high moral lessons, treachery would be at a premium, and the code of nations nothing better than a sickening digest of Machiavellian duplicity. The Peninsular intrigues to which the wily KING of the FRENCH, in a wary and underhanded manner, has not hesitated to stoop, to effect a Spanish mar riage, not merely for the miserable object of grasp ing a considerable dowry for his son, not merely for the contingency of his descendants mounting the Iberian throne, but also for the purpose of gaining in Spain, through the influence thus nuptially acquired, in contravention of existing treaties for the conser vation of the balance of European power, a maritime and commercial influence of an exclusive character,-- such conduct on the part of Lours PHILIPPE has been deservedly rebuked, and taught us the propriety of keeping aloof from the contaminating ways of his faithless dynasty. The accidental tour in Spain of one individual, in stigated to make it for the renovation of his health, promises to be the simple and efficacious means of thwarting one of the leading considerations which doubtless prompted Lours PHILIPPE to bring about the marriage of the Duke of MONTPENSIER with the Infanta Dona Lursa. Mr. COBDEN, M.P., has nobly sacrificed the repose needful to his deteriorated health, and voluntarily entered upon a mission the object whereof cannot be too much lauded. The great reputation with which he left his native shore has been, to his honour and their honour, fully appreciated by the mercantile communities of every Spanish province which he has happened to visit. The homage that: has been every where paid to him, has been fully justified, not only by the signal services he rendered to our United Empire and other countries, through the tri umph he achieved this year for the principles of free trade, but also by the enunciation of the soundest data of political economy which, in his own peculiar, for cible, and felicitous language, he has never failed to impart to the various civic banquets to which he has been invited. That a general and profound sympathy exists in Spain with the great cause espoused by Mr. COBDEN is evidenced by the welcome with which his presence has been so enthusiastically greeted in all the leading cities in the Iberian peninsula. Our columns of to-day contain a report of a grand entertainment to the Member for Stockport, at Ma laga. His speech will be re id with interest. An entire perusal will alone do it justice. He again enforces the broad, intelligible, and sound principle, that for the purposes of revenue only, and not for the exclusive benefit of classes or private individuals, ought custom-house duties to be imposed. " The custom-house," observed Mr. COBDEN, "is alienated from its legitimate object when it is made use of for the purpose of rendering more lucrative the under taking of any private individual, and preventing others from following the same trade. The sole and unique object that can justify the creation of taxes and duties, is, as I have said, the provision of a reve nue or resources for the state. This is the basis of all our present operations in England." Mr. COBDEN happily, and with becoming modesty, adverted to the generous and confident spirit in which England has led the van in favour of commercial liberty. He ex horted his hearers to promote the discussion of freedom of trade, which was certain of being successfully adopted wherever the people were en ' lightened, and he expressed his conviction that the mind of the Spanish nation would soon be animated by a due sense of the inestimable advantages attendant upon unfettered mercantile intercourse between all nations of the earth. "Free trade," exclaimed Mr. COBDEN, " is the presage of peace be tween nations ; this magic word, peace, expresses in a thousand ways the progress of humanity and civili sation ; and you, the people of Spain, will see, with us, that the dearest interests of the great family cf the human race are involved in our prin ciples 1" These ennobling truths were ap plauded to the echo in Malaga, as they were in Madrid, in Cadiz, in Seville, and in Barcelona. We rejoice to receive such gratifying intelligence. With the spread of free-trade principles in Spain, under the luminous auspices of Mr. COBDEN, the crafty schemes of LOUIS PHILIPPE, for rendering the commercial interests of Spain exclusively instru mental to the augmentation of those of France, will be completely vitiated. The King of DENMARK has dissolved the Diet c f Schleswig. In the sitting of Dec. 14th, the Royal Commissioner read the following letter from his MAJESTY : "From the minutes of the proceedings of the Diet of Schleswig, I have seen with regret that the said As sembly, in place of being occupied with the Bills earnestly required by the country, and with those proposed by the Diet itself, has discussed certain propositions contrary to the Act of May 28, 1831, and which tend to change completely the constitution of the Duchy of Schleswig, and to bring about its separation from Denmark. Al though the Diet has several times been informed that it is incompetent in this respect, it has not paid any atten tion to the information. The Commissioner having re ceived an injunction in conformity with paragraph 50, not to accept the petitions of the Diet, the President maintained that the right of petitioning was there by suppressed. There was every unwillingness to attack in any way this right ; and if the Diet had pro posed changes on the subject of the interpretation of paragraph 50, regard would perhaps have been paid to them. The President, however, insisted that the order of the day should be changed—the Commissioner for that reason was unable to accept the petitions, which decided the majority to quit, without any sufficient reason, the hall where the sittings were held. This proceeding by the majority, contrary to its duty, and the illegal con duct of the President, which has incurred our disappro bation, rendering all further discussion impossible, we hereby declare the present Diet of Schleswig dissolved. Pained as we aro to find ourselves obliged to have re course to this sad necessity, we shall always be most ready to give our dear and faithful subjects of the duchy of Schleswig proofs of our unceasing paternal solicitude, and to protect the independence of that duchy, its union with the other parts of the monarchy, the rights estab lished, the Danish and German nationality of its in habitants, and to labour for well-being of each by useful measures. With such views we commend it to the safe keeping of God." A Frankfort journal of the 21st states, on the au thority of a letter from Vienna, that the Austrian Cabinet had not decided as to whether the answer to the note of Lord PALM ERSTON on the Cracow affair shall be given in its own name alone or in that of the three Courts. It was supposed, however, that a col. North British Ditto ilalf Shares, . Do. Quarters 1 i,, 31h..... to --- Ditto, Extension % 1%Y... to Ditto Thirds 1 ...... 3 3 / 4 . to N , :rthern and Eastern 5O - ...... to --- Ditto scrip (iss. at 5 die.)... 45 - Ditto Quarter shares Ditto New North Staffordshire ...... 5 ...... 9% ...... to*- 0 th Wales 3% — ...... to -- North. & South. Connecting 2% R ..— •• ••• to -- North Western ....... 2% — ...... to -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Ox fcl., Wit ney ? & Cheltnham 1% — ...... to -- N 4 Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre tO tO ta Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 81. 12s — dis.... to -- Richmond l 5 Royston and Hitchen to 22 Se ntish Central ... 15 1%."." — 21% Scottish Midland .- .. 12% — - to cottish Midland ... ......... - Sheffield and Manchester • 100 — — ...... to ---- Ditto l4 Shares 8 - Do. and Lincolnshire Junct. 1 14 — ...... Do. and Great Grimsby ... 1 0 - 1)o. do. do. Extension... 4 2 5. - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 Ditto, ditto, Class B. PA - Shropshire Union . 42s. South Devon . ....... ...... ... 40 South Staffordshire Junction 2%•••••• -- ........... to ----" South Eastern and Dover ... 33% — • .•••• tx ' -- Ditto, New, No. 1 - ...... to --- ...... to ---, . . Ditto, New, N 0.2 l2 ...... -- .._, . to ...... Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 ...... -- ..... . to Ditto New, No. 4. ...... - it. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction - ...•• to --- Staffordshire and Shropshire 2%....•• South Wales - ••• Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .• 2 ...... 3 . . --- raw Vale Extension to --• Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and •-• ...... to -••• Goole Warwick and Worcester 242 ... . 2...: -- ... .. -- . ..... to :- Waterford and Kilkenny ll ..... -- ...... to ••••• ...... to ••-• Waterford and Limerick ... - 27%••• •• -- Wat erford, Wexford, Wick lw, to and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and .. to --• Valentia Waveney Valley .... to Welsh Midland 2% ...... --- . to ...- West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall 2 ...... --- .... . to --. Wexford and Carlow - "»• to •-•• Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 ...... '-- ..... to --* Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... -- '. •to ••••• York and Carlisle - ...to ..... York and Newcastle 25 ....• 3 81 to ...... --• ... Ditto, New 5 .. ... -- .. 5 L t o .••• Ditto, Preference ... York and North Midland ... ... — 711" (1' .... t 0....- Ditto, Half Shares - ••••• to •••• Ditto, Selby - ... . .-- Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. to Anglo-Belgian ...... -- ...... , Barbadoes 1 to Belgian Eastern Junction 2 l / 2" •••••• --- ....... to --" Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - ...... Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette to (Mackenzie's) 2 ..... Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette t o ( Espelete's) - .... to Calais, Dunk, & W. Fla iders 2 ...... --- ......... to ."' Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. ... •• --' to ....... Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... --- ...... to •-• Central of Spain ... 2 ...... -- ..... . to --- C . seylon .... ...• ...... -- ..... . to ••••• Demerara. Dendre Valley to ....., Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . -- .......... to -- Dutch Rhenish ... 6 ..... • --- .. to ....- East Indian ... . ...... e Fampoux and Hazebrouk 45...... ------ .......... to t --••--- Great Indian Peninsular 55....••• -- ....... . 0 ..... Great Western Bengal 55....... •-- .. to • Great Western Canada -- -- .. . to -- Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ...... -- .... to --- Jersey - ••••• . to ....- Louvain ala Sambre ...... ••• 6 •...... -- ........ te -- Luxembourg - • •-•''. to ...- Lyons and Avignon Madras ............ = ':: to o --...... Madras, Nellore, and Arcot l4. ..... -- . ...... to --- .. Madrid and Valentia .. . to ....• Mauritius - ... to -- 8 ...... --- ...... 11. Namur and Liege... 5 ...... 10% ••• • w to •-• Nn. of France Constituted • -- ..•••• North Jamaica I •...... • „.. to -.- Orleans and Vierzon ... .... to -- .•• Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 '..... .. to -- Over Yssel • 413 s 4d.... .. -- Q w_i .' . to Paris and and Lyons Constituted 8 •• •• v/s /2" to Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen ••••• Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 205 ... ...... .. ... 7- - :•••••••••••• tto to o ----. Rouen and Havre 2O ...... ..... 10 ...... 4% ...... to -- Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... St. Laurence and Atlantic — to••••• Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 Teurnay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad. West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 - Colonial - Commercial of Loudon London Joint Stock .... London and W estminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 21,,,,2 - ... . ... t t : .....--' National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland - Union of Australia 25 Union of London ... 10 ...... ...... to ---• MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered ..... 3 1 ,4.•.... to •••"' to LLOYD'S SHIP-PIN G—(THIS DAT./ 010 46 " LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wi n d this day at noon, N.Vir., rate breeze, and fine, with shamp frost. .„ N E fry'' r D z :Epco.r2e Hickman , 4.— 5Vi nd, , E C . h S i . L. —; 80we525...r.0.f Ar D rd E . A b L li holm, St. Jago de Cuba; William Forster, Kellick, ili o lrot, Canada, Quebec; Thomas King, Robbins, SYd ile Y ; r M it ' ll ' Laws,Trin i d a s d t ; .: K Eliza, itt,B. sid. Smith, Lima; Feja, Geizing, Monte Video; Bays 'Greene, Jones, ju S ed t. or V a :n s c im en p t s 'F o ; l3, o . 4l llllin nics; Ner eidf Escott, Norfolk. N . --Off b r ar i h rts Ann, Do 25.—Wind P vE h R l ' ad D elEpch.ia;lb. N.N.W. to :' - ' rk , S , r o z .. h; rico Johanna, Roper, Port-au-Prince, for Han k for An tWall" Albion, Norman, New 0 „,4. AM!, t o LI - - tSotreaVeillectis; 14.ra oor., DEC. 25.—Wind N.N.E.- -- "7,, e wiTda whaler Otranto, of New Bedford, was in c ° , l !` - , t t ie,- th e America, from New York (arrd. here) 20th Iwo „"' b il alu, dg y" lat. 41, lon. 72. One man from the Otranto go t 0- Arrdd'i latter, which saw nothing further of the whaler. Y o rk 3• "go lf rietta, Corran, Bonny; Europe, Furber, New . " - sl o ' ' West, ditto; Mar T Woods, Bartlett, Valparaiso. orolf muel, Gribble, .Newfoundand ; Sarah Trott:o l3 ,f O * Hong-Kong; Rajah Besse, Glover, Calcutta; LAlnbrotetjt Boadle, ditto; British Queen, Wise, Antigua; Iff por: Gifford, Bombay; Camb Smith, ''d d Pf yses, Trim a • t ali; Douro, Duke of Wellington, Calcutta, Grace, Saila'''. yor l4 verman, Pictou. Nett or On DUNGENESS, DEC. 22.—Emma Edwar d, for for Amsterdam ; 23d, Catherine Wellers, Surinata, a sterdam. (1 , 41 00 OFF HASTINGS, DEC. 25.—Wind N. 8..- tti R M Durham, Tyler, Pernambuco. tra y 8 0 SHOEIIA, DEC. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. coast of Africa. • 25,14: 0-- 5. 5. ' lir Powrsmourtr. DEC. 24.—Wind N.N.E.,hazy c k a . -- ' fine.—Sid. Britannia, Simmons, Demerara. vu r iito" - gaski, Bunnemever, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; La s Hanmer, New York. Cowan, DEC. 24.—Wind light ; 25, N.N.E., A r- gerP - Paradies, Zubrantz, Monte Video ; Richard york,,,. Quebec, for Southampton. Sld. Victor Clark, New, O r " OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 24.-.-ABlOil letai Day, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; Pallas, New Orlea ns ' LindS o DUBLIN, DEC. 24.—Wind N.E.—Acrd. Ntnian Hitchings, St. John's, New Brunswick. fib, 0t KINGSTOWN, DEC. 23.—Arrd. John's, New Brunswick; 24, London, Boylun, 13 ° 111 " - O w ' P A Ort CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, DEC. 21.—The Arios, from Liverpool to Havannah, was wrac k aed f St. Mary's ' Bay last night. Cara' ty CLAY, DEC. 23.—The Tritonia, Furze, from Wilts,-which was on shore near Blakeny on the 19th has been got oil; and is now at Blakeny quay. vor; WIVENHOE, DEC. 23.—The Vesta, Mealing, fro m 01 11° pool to Newcastle, has put into this harbour leaky' , 11° discharge to repair. The Cornelius, of Glasgow, waterlogged and au"s4 P . ' and dismasted, was passed on the 23d ult. in lil t' lon. 51 N. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA . " COVENT-GASMEN. r lb; Pine Apples, 4s to 7s; Hot-house Grapes, 49 to 69 rot° , Dessert Apples, 5s to 8s per half-sieve ; Ruch 1 01/ 4s to 6s per bushel ; Oranges, 12s to 14s ; and Leto°, lots, to 20s per 100; English Filberts, 85s to 90s; and Ca ditto 95s to 100 s per 100Ibs ; Cabbages 8d to is 6d; 11 % to n l Is 6d to 3s 6d; Brocoli, 6s to 12s; and Artichoke!! ,710 7 :: per dozen ; Potatoes, 4s 6d to 8s per cwt ; Horsersa i t 6d t° to 4s per bundle; Turnips, 2s to 4s; and Carrots, bundle; 7s per 6 per dozen bunches; Celery, 2s to 2s 6d Per " 0 00 Onions, 5s to 8s per bushel ; Mushrooms, is to 2 0 P er DUNGEN/FORD. a pric e° We had a very heavy general demand to-day, a nd - were not supported. NEWG.ELTZ AND LEADENZAS, torlo, There was very little business passing here tin 9 Q 7 , IPA"' at our quotations :—Beef, from 2s 10d to as.f",,.' sso: ton 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and ror t ' n ' 21 0, to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys, 6s Thsbb,i,th Geese, 4s to 7s 6d ; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 9d ; Tamer. fir Is to 2s 6d; Wild ditto, 8d to Is; Pigeons, 6d to ir' to 6of 5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s; ditto Chicken* * 5 f,rir„ and Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s per couple. Egg s ' Free'_„ lish, 15s to 16s ; ditto French, 12s to 15s per 100; ~, Out Butter, is to Is 3d per lb; Pheasants, 2s 8d to Partridges, is to 2s 9d; Hares, 2s to 93; Woodeo c ; to 4s; Snipes, 6d to ls ; Teal, is ; Wild Ducks , _ . to 3s 6d; and Plovers. Is each: NEWPORT. i Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8 d t o g ibs' Veal, 35 10d to 4s Ed; and York, 3s 10d to 4s led pet it BILLINGSGATS. Only a moderate supply was on sale to-day, tul d moved off readily at full prices. IXTHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 33 Sd to 43 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3 s 10 d to 4s 8d per 81b0- BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis arosce 9d to 9 0,; of Household ditto, 7d to 814c1 per 4lbs I HIDE MAREET. 721b 1 ./ Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to ~ 30 to 3 1 / 2 d ; do. 721 b to 80Ib, 3d to 3 1 2 d; do.Bolb to 8 81 , 1 ,' bci t e fi to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 / 2 d to 54 do. 961 b to 10 41 17 0 11,. 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, 13s i s Sheep, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; Kent and Half-bras, 48 and Downs, 2s 10d to 33 10d. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS." Now ready at all the Libraries, in three vols. CiESAR BOR GIA. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By the Author of " Whitefriars." " It was a bold design to attempt an historical romance on such a foundation. The author maintains his ground ably. He is master of his subject, and displays rare accomplishments, fine invention, and cultivated taste."—Atlas. Henry Col bum, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-street. ] toi ] doi It VIA) tet, lt4 .......