The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-31 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The eminent PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the F ST PANTO MIME COMPANY. THIS EVENING • Will be performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. are ois de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, • rllorneiihtle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-Proilos Mr. Harley • Madame Corinne, MissEomer; Grisette, :Miss Reimarlsaacs. After which will I.e produced the Grdnd Comic Christmas Panto mime, being a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The Overture and Music composed by Mr. R. Hughes ; the new and ex tersive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma ellidery by Mr. R. Sloman ' • the Dresses by Mrs. Hovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin cadence of Mr. W. West. ; Scene I. Anone OF KALYBA, THE ENCHANTRISS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have teen discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of "Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Ilorncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. NV, 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 "inco" ° ." as," Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, darn by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.-- 7 1Iow the March of Intellect pays 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 Seene 2. INTERIOR. OF INFANT SEHOOL.—Sehoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on th:. occasion. Scene 3. Emmert AND BA/maces OF COVENTRY CASTLE. The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the ce'ebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Cheel ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fought with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters kndrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful nights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the atives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ers Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful t. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance IR public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David,' Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood ander her wing." NOTICE.—" Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA'S HOUSE OF Coaar.o•rioN !—St. George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. IL Payne; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom Scene 5. DOVER ROADS.—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." THE ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION. On the 4th of Janusry will appear, price only ss. VOL. VI. OF DI. th THIERS' HISTORY of the Nueces. Besides which Mexico protested altogether against the occupation of any portion what ever of Texas. CONSUL ITE AND EMPIRE. A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution." Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq. With the sanction and approval of the Author. *. i s Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The plea upon which Mr. President Pout has endeavoured to justify his proceedings towards the neighbouring republic is utterly inadmissible. He . has, in this Message, built up a fabric of arguments apparently of adamantine strength, , but really of the most perishable brittle , ness. It may resist the assaults of imbecility and credulity, bat it crumbles down at the mere breath of Reason. It is gratifying to turn from the loquacious folly of the bulk of the Message to the sensible and plain-spoken remarks at its conclusion. Upon the Mexican question, Mr. POLK is as gro tesque and extravagant as any dancing dervish; upon the free-trade question, he is marvellously staid and respectable. Referring to the recent triumphs over monopoly in the two hemispheres, he observes : " By the simultaneous abandonment of the protective policy by Great Britain and the United States, new and important markets have already been opened for our agricultural and other products ; commerce and navi gation have rece i ve d a new impulse ; labour and trade have been released from the artificial trammels which have so long fettered them ; an d t o a great extent re ciprocity, in the exchange of commodities, has been in troduced at the same time by both countries, andgreatly for the benefit of both." And, beyond this, he remarks, very truthfully, but very ungrammatically, that " it is confidently be lieved that other Powers of Europe will ultimately see the wisdom, if they be not compelled by the pau perism and sufferings of their crowded population, to pursue a similar policy." It must not be overlooked, however, that the Legislature of the United States has not so thoroughly eradicated the abuses of what is miscalled Protection as the Parliament at West minster has done. In England, we have already more freedom of importation and exportation than that enjoyed by the Americans ; and we have, moreover, in England what they have not in America, namely, a prospective guarantee for the realisation of a perfect emancipation to commerce. The Americans have lopped off the branches of the mercantile Upas, whereas we have torn it up, roots and branches. In two years and a few months its last frag ments will be destroyed, and its existence virtually forgotten. If President POLK only facilitate the in troduction of the full principles of free trade into the American code, he will in some measure expiate his previous conduct. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., price it. I Is. 6d. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF GENERAL PEPE. Comprising THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS OF MODERN ITALY. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. R OY AL INSURANCE COMPANY 29, LO BARD-STREET. Capital 2,010,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL. TRUSTEES. John Shaw Leigh, Esq. R. 1%. B. H. Blundell, Esq, DIRECTORS. • JOSIAS BOOKER, Esq., Chairman. HUGH J. SANDERSON, Esq., and CHARLES TURNER, Esq. Deputy Chairmen. William Blain, Esl. James Lawrence, Esq. Thomas Roach, Eiq. Thomas Lee, Esq. John Campbell, Esq. Francis Maxwell, Esq. David Cannon, Esq. Robert 31Andrew, Esq. Thomas Dover, Esq. Edm. Molyneux, Esq. Richard Harbord, Esq. J. B. Moore, Esq. R. S. Henderson, Esq. Henry Moore, Esq. R. B. Hill, Esq. James Yowl: all, Esq. T. B. Iforsfall, Esq. Arch. Sinclair, Esq. Henry Kinick, Esq. Geo .T. Wainwright, Esq. AUDITORS —Robert redder Carter, Esq., and J. Hardy Macrae, Esq. BANKERS—RoyaI Bank of Liverpool. PHYSICIAN—Richard Formby, 31. D. SURGEON—Hugh Neill, Esq. SURVEYOR—SamueI Holme, Esq. SOLICITOR Septimus Booker, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Samuel Baker, Esq. William Wainwright, Esq. I Robert Dudgeon, Esq. George Young, Esq. SURGEONS.—E. A. Lloyd, Esq., F.R.C.S., 14, Bedford-row, Senior Assistant-Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Hugh J. Sander son, jun., Esq., Westbedrne Villas, Hyde-park. ACTUARY—Percy M. Dove, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and CO. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jenkinson, 29, Lom bard-street. SURVEYOR—John Newman, Esq., F.S.A. SECRETARY TO TILE LONDON BOARD—George H. Whyting. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company. consisting of a large body of responsible proprietors, beg to announce that they are ready to afford to the public many important advantages in effecting either fire or life insurances ; among these may be enumerated the following, viz. :—ln the - FIRE BRANCH.—The security of a large capital, and exemption of the assured from liability of partaership, and promptness in the settlement of claims. LIFE BRANCIL—In addition to the foregoing moderate premiums, large participation of profits by the assured, amounting to two-thirds of its net amount, viz.:- 1. By an immediate payment of the sum so apportioned, 2. By an equivalent reduction of the future premiums : or, 3. By an equivalent increase of the sum assured, And various other advantages detailed in the prospectuses o! the Company, which may be obtained and every explanation given by application at the Company's office, 29, Lombard-street. RATES OF PRE 31IUM. Scene 6. BANKS OF TUE NlLE.—Aluunzor, 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 Ibrahim 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 having even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GUAM:, HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KIWI OF EOYYT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, bat patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowaike of jaw enables him to speak for himself ), Mr. Wiellnd. 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). lirztli Profit With- out Profits. (With With- Profits. I prooufitts, With I‘rithi- Age. proftts i pr o o n fi t t; • X - . 0.71. 178. - 71 ir.:7li7. d. 2 16 2 2 11 C 55 5 8 6 5 1 1 3 4 1! 2 18 6 60 6 14 4:6 6 6 3 14 6,1 3 8 5 4 8 3, 4 1 7 d. s. 1 15 1 19 4 2 4 •2 2 9 2 d. 1 10 11 1 14 11 1 19 7i 2 4 10, The dispatch which Earl GREY has addressed to he Governor of New Zealand is, unquestionably, a document of great ability and importance. As a colony New Zealand presents features of remarkable interest to the contemplation of the Englishman. It is rendered peculiarly striking by a consideration of its points of close resemblance to those which are prominent in the British isles. By its geographical and insular position, by its geological characteristics and resources, its capacious and excellent harbours, its healthy cli ! mate, fertile soil, and large afforested tracts of land, New Zealand seems to have been marked out by na ture to fulfil the same glorious destiny in the other hemisphere, which, in our own in particular— not to speak of her national triumphs of civilisa tion in more distant parts of the universe—has been so magnificently accomplished by the imperial sway of Great Britain. Dependent tie we are for our national supremacy upon the extent and strength of our colonies, the reck less indifference with which the home authorities have at times regarded them, particularly during their infantile state, is highly censurable, and scarcely to be believed. The consequence has been that perplex ing evils of considerable magnitude have sprung up, which could easily have been averted had the mother country paid but ordinary attention to the solemn duties naturally incident to, and coincident with, the' assumption of sovereignty over territories either newly discovered or conquered by the sons of civilization. Ce n'est que le premier pas qui route ; and had the go vernance of New Zealand, shortly after its attachment to the Crown of these realms, been placed in the hands of men well skilled in national jurisprudence, and properly versed in the principles of our constitution 'we should have already been reaping the fruits of a gradual, systematic, and felicitous development of the physical resources and the social prosperity of the numerous emigrants to this important ,colony. Instead of this, we have throughout I only witnessed miserable distractions, and perpetual ' heartburnings between the governors and the go verned of a kindred race. The truth is, that the Ex ecutive and the Legislature of Great Britain re mained culpably inactive with respect to the welfare of New Zealand, and displayed naught but a sluggish indifference to the establishment of any sound and permanent bodies politic, till the genius and enter prise of the British merchant and capitalist had in vested her with an importance that effectually de manded the zealous attention of the responsible ad visers of the Crown to the growing wants of an ill organized yet rapidly increasing community. When the home authorities had, by these means, been quickened into action, a petty, piecemeal, and inter meddling spirit was exhibited in the place of any comprehensive, well-digested scheme of colonial ad. ministration. Nothing of vigour pervaded our councils in Downing -street. No bold outlines of policy were traced for extrication from past difficul ties and errors, and for giving stability to the political progress of the English settlers. Contrariwise, our State nurses resorted to timorous, weak, and ineffective measures ; ill calculated to dissolve anarchic factions and still the swelling animosities between the aborigines and the emigrants on the one hand, and the Government and the emigrants on the other. In 1840 a charter was granted devoid of symmetrical authority. It hal the negative merit of distributing power between the New Zealand Company and the Colonial Depart ment, so as efficaciously to prevent all harmonious operation for the advantage of the settlers. Anta gonistic forces were ingeniously planned and created with so little of just correspondence to the object in view, that all efficient control for colonial exigencies was placed beyond the reach of either. This unseemly and pernicious state of things was happily put an end to in the last session of Parlia ment; the charter of 1840 was repealed, and an Act .passed for the improved government of New Zealand. By virtue of the latter her MAJESTY has just granted a new charter, the precise nature whereof, tend the spirit in which it is meant to be carried into effect, is accurately stated, and elaborately and most ably elucidated, by the instructions contained in the dis patch of Earl GREY, to which we have, in the outset, alluded. As we gave this, and its accompanying docu ments, in extenso, in our columns of the day before yes terday, suffice it, for a summary of them, that the change about to be wrought is a fundamental one *hat .it adheres, as closely as circumstances will allow, to the model of our English institutions; that, in one word, .it is framed upon the principle of allowing " the iettlers to participate much more largely in. the business of legislation and local self-government." Independently of the intrinsic value of lord (GREY'S instructions to the colony to which they bear ;immediate reference, we derive intense satisfaction 7i:from the reflection, that there are embodied in them }principles of colonial administration of such sound, liberal, and comprehensive significance, that we feel .4;eustified in congratulating the country that a new ictolonial era is auspiciously dawning upon us. T'o the fruitful topic of discussion —whether the ;eh-es iginal inhabitants of any country are entitled to every portion of its soil beyond what they occupy, or ha ve been accustomed to use, vast and fereide as the uncultivated remainder may be Earl UR EY has addressed his mind with consum mate ability, and (as it seems to us) with unequivocal .suc cest . But as this is a subject in which it would be futile to expect an unanimous concurrence of opinceon, ms it is one which, if it had been rightly understood ,n the first instance by our countrymen in New "Zealand, would have saved them from many unhappy ',.*nd profitless dissensions ; and as it is one of the ' •Te. 1 test consequence to some of our existing, and may lie to many of our future dependencies, we shall take an early opportunity of giving it a fuller considera tic n than could be afforded to it within our present lie zits. 7PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. IVIESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY :HARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their - continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. tske place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully 'equestel to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevlous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be Sinvartied by the first post after the sale, ant the proceeds lame- Ciately disposed of according to instructions. o:ars. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. ROYAL PROCLAJIATION. " Who'll kill the ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I I, says St. George, l'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odd 3 at the "Corner," 1,000 to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 6. TILE DRACION'S HAUNT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY.— How the brag9n 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 3fessrs• Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not nly eleva:es St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five hilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to I U 1 WEATHER.—Sua OFFICE, DECEMBER 31. rDERMOMETER, Lowest, 23; Highest, 33 ; Noon, 28. BAROMETER, 30.57. WIND S.E., morning, frosty, cold, and foggy: afternoon, fine sunshine. Scene 9. GRIND iiILL or CIIIVALRY.—UOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the - March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. Harlequin.... 3lr. Howell, I C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthe ws . Pantaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER'S Suor.—lmproved Surgical Instntinents. "Holding the mirror up to nature." " Famiiies furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint flies to the Clown's head. lii ti WATER AT LONDON-HI - WWI: THIS DAY. Iforning .. 43 minutes after 12. 1 Evening .. 8 minutes after 1 Scene 11 .CORNCLIANDLER'S Suer AND GRANARY.—MOre ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of "chaff" in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND. —" TO be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Screnadus provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Ilan Tucker," and make way for "patent elastic India-mbber boots." Effects of "putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S SIIOPS.—Tee original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Graitd Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in an awful Cates- j trophe. Scene INTERIOR OF I3RITIsR AND FOREIGN TOT WARY:HOUSE.— 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 13. Tux STATUE As IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. THE SUN, LOS' D3N, THURSDAY EVENING, gratifying to find that it has been the mean s of benefiting so many deaf persons, who, but for the benefits conferred upon them by this institu tion, must have been totally disqualified for those duties by the due performance of which they are alone enabled to earn " day by day their daily bread." It must be a proud and a gratifying reflection to Mr. DurToN, the talented surgeon of this institution, and to whom Birmingham is indebted for its existence, that he has been the means, under PROYIDENCE, of saving so many of his fellow-creatures from poverty and utter destitution. Few provincial towns are so fortunate as to command the services of a DUFTON, but in every provincial town of any_size, surely some surgeon is to be found capable of undertaking the management of en institution for the cure of deafness. Let every pro vincial town therefore follow the example of Birming ham and establish such an institution. The expense of establishing and maintaining it will not be great, while the benefits to be derived from it will be incal culable. A lettor from Rome of the 18th says "An excessive cold, accompanied by snow, has suc ceeded here the inundation. The population is the more sensitive to these variations of temperature that i: is not accustomed to them. A commission has been appointed to distribute aid to those in want of it. The Pope has contributed 2,000 Roman crowns. At one of the late visits of the Pope to the church of the Holy Apostles, the students presented to his Holiness two requests — one, to let the library remain open on Thursday, the day on which they have most time to study ; and the other, to create two new professorships —of political economy and legal medicine. The Pope at once granted the first, and promised to take the other into conside ration. The first number of the Contemporaneo, a journal destined to promote ideas of progress, made its appearance here on the 12th. It is to appear every Saturday." • which we have had duriog 15 years. Foreign politics will predominate over all other questions. An itnmens. task is imposed upon the illustrious man who directs our Foreign Departm-r-nt. We answer for it beforehaA that he will he found (Anal to it. With M. Guizot, fur her Minister, France has not to fear any competitor at the tribune, nor any rivalry of reason or of eloquence 1" The announcement in this article, that the state of the revenue is such as to render necessary the post ponement of all the projected measures of financial reform, and the admi;sion, by the Ministerial organ, of the existence of a financial crisis, have produced a feeling of uneasiness on the Bourse and a great fall in the French funds. The Presse is highly indignant with the English in general, and with Lord PALMERSTON in particalar, because the Count DE MONTEMOLIN has not been treated in England after the fashion in which he was treated in France. Surely the personal experience of the KING of the FRENCH ought to have taught him that, whatever may be the custom of his own country men, the English, at all events, show deference and respect to the misfortunes of fallen Princes, and are more punctilious in according to them a reception due to their rank when they are under a cloud, than they are when they visit the shores of England as sovereigns de Act°. The Courier du Havre announces that the Minister of Finance has signed a contract with the Company Herout and Handell (subject to the ratification of the Chambers) for the establi , liment of a service of correspondence between Havre and New York, by means of four steamers furnished by the Govern ment. It is said that the KING of the FRENCH has asrured Lord NORMANDY that no allusion shall be made to the Montpensier mavriage in the reply to the address of the Corps Diplomatique on New Year's-day. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, at 801. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,262 f. 50c ; Rouen, 9231. 75e, • llavre, 683 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 6521. 50c. ; Avignon, 882E ' ;50c. ; Vierzon, 6151. ; Bordeaux, 568 f. 75c. ; Troves and Montereatt, 340 i. ; Bas7e, 2211. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 5121. 50c ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Actives, ; Ditto Three per Cents., 38 1 4 ; Ditto Doglestic Debt, g 2 34. MARSEILLES, Dec. 24.—Marseilles and Avignon, 8851. Northern, 6451. ; Paris a n d Lyons, 5101. ; BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, DECEMBER 30. Great Western Canada, 3 1 / Luxembourg, 3 /—Northern of France Constituted, 10 3 / 4 —Orleans and Vierzon, 137 Orleans and Bordeaux, B'4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, B'4—Paris and Orleans, 49 1 / 2 —Paris and Rouen, 3C—Rouen and Havre, 2614. At Florence, on the 19th, there was a heavy fall of snow, and the ice was so firm that persons were enabled to skate. The Frankfort Journal contains a letter from Ber lin, dated the 21st, which says : "It appears that the rumours relative to several changes in the constitution of the kingdom, rumours which have been repeated SO frequently, will be realised this year to a certain extent. We learn from a good source that the documents relating to these changes are to be published in the beginning of the new year. They relate principally to new enactments concerning the concurrence of the provincial states in financial questions and the vote on the budget, without, how ever, prejudice to the royal prerogative. The march of the Central Government will be facilitated by the concurrence of the representatives of the country. A second document, to be also published at the beginning of 1847, is the edict relating to religion. This docu ment is said to be remarkable for the spirit of tolerance which animates our Government with respect to all creeds, without, however, affecting or restricting the dominant religion of the country." The Chambers of the States of Hanover have just addressed a petition to the KING, beseeching him to extend the civil rights of the Jews, and parti cularly to abrogate the Imparial law, passed at Augsburgh in 1571, forbidding Jews to pass to Christians such credits as they might have on other Christians. AMERICAN NEWS ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONI A . (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamer Caledonia, Captain E. G. Lott, with the usual mails and thirty-three passengers, arrived in the River late last night. We have by her New York papers to the 15th, and Boston the 16th inst., her day of sailing. In its summary of news for the steamer, the New York Courier says the President's: Message will have been read by most of your readers. In commenting on its contents, the Courier and Inquirer ob serves—The cost of the war is, and is likely to be, according to the estimates of the Message, smaller considerably than was apprehended. The proposition to impose duties on tea and coffee, as a war measure, which was anticipated by our remarks by the last steamer, will doubtless be acceded to by Congress, and will add nearly three millions of dollars to the revenue. In other respects the tariff will re main untouched. Indeed, at this session of Congress, which terminates, by its own limitation, on the 4th of March, there will not be time for any other than indispensable legislation, and the usual quantum of talking. The deficit in the finances until the close of the financial year in June, 1848, and supposing the war to con tinue until then, is estimated, over and above the receipts from new duties and the old ones, at about nineteen millions of dollars—which it is proposed to borrow for a term of twenty years. This sum, it is estimated, will allow, if the estimates from other sources turn out accurate, a sum of four millions of dollars to remain at all times in the Treasury, as a security against any sudden de mands or - unforeseen contingencies. The ex penditures for the present fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1847, are estimated at fifty-five and one half million of dollars—the receipts at fifty and one half millions, of which ten millions from 1 ans treasury notes. The means for the following year, ending 30th June, 1848, are estimated at 32,000,000 dolls., of which 28,000,000 dolls. from customs. The ex penditures are estimated at 45,781,000 dolls. The deficit of the two years amounts, it will be seen, to about eighteen millions of dollars. This will be diminished by the amount os! the new duties that shall be received from tea and coffee; but on the other hand, as the estimated expenditures do not include any extraordinary appro priations except fur the military and naval service, whatever beyond this be appropriated, will pro tanto in crease the deficit. Of the war, there are no new incidents of special in terest to be narrated. At the date of the 14th ultimo, General Wo o l' s army was qu i et l y encamped at Mon elova. Saltillo has been taken possession of without resistance by - General Worth and his brigade, and Gen. Taylor, after leaving garrisons at Monterey and Saltillo, was, it is said by the latest accounts, to the 19th ult., about to march to Tampico, leaving San Luis de Potosi unapproach. sd. Already a military garrison, from Point Isabel, and from New Orleans, occupied Tampico, of which the unresisted and bloodless capture by our naval forces, has been heretofore communicated. Concerning General Scott. who left this city some fortnight ago, to take the command in chief of opera tions in Mexic,o, there are not yet any tidings, nor is the field of Ws future operations at all ascertained, al though opinion points out Vera Cruz and the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa as the objects he will first reduce by land operation's. From Santa. Fe the dates are to the 21st Oct. The city was quiet,and American possession acquiesced in, if not approved. A portion of the garrison was about to march to the - Navi.jo country, lyi ng b e t ween t h e h ead waters of the Del Norte and those running to the Pacific, with a view to bring the hostile natives to terms. After that the main body, leaving a sufficient garrison at Santa Fe, are to march on Chihuahua. In commere:ial affairs there is considerable activity. Cotton, since the last dates from Europe by the Cale donia to the 19th ult., have steadily advanced both in prices and in demand, while for Bread Stuffs, the prices have declined--but the demand is still great, and very considerable !shipments have been made and are making, to Europe ; and more will go forward during the winter and next sparing, if prices in Europe shalt not recede materially ([wring the interval. Money is in demand, but not scarce. There is timi dity among the banks, mainly because of the operations of the law %vhich exacts coin in payment of all dues to the United t ;twos, and locks it up while in the Treasury. This takes f rote the banks the command of coin, and of course exposes them, in the event of any sudden calls, to difficultie:;. Until the law be repealed or suspended, there will be , distrust in our Money Market. The modi Sections proposed to this law by the Secre tary of the '27re asury, of' using bills of exchange on Eng land, as a 1 aea ns of obtaining coin in Mexico ; and of resorting to Ira fts in remittances of money from point to point within. our own territory, instead of displacing specie each time, will, if sanctioned by Congress, strip it of some of 'its irjurious tendency ; but while the clause remains in sorer exacting specie fur all payments at the Custom-hotwe, which specie is to be withdrawn from circulation and locked up until needed, there will be un easiness among business men. The exchralg a on England ranges from 6 to 61 ; though then?. ):save been transactions at a. The ex pectation still. is, that a considerable amount in coin must necessarily, in such a state of the exchanges, find its way hither•irom England. Madrid papers of the 23d have arrived. The Gacela publishes the agreement entered into between the Government and the Bank of San Fernando. The substance of this agreement, which consists of above twenty articles, is that the Bank will advance to the Government, in the year 1847, the sums re quired for the public service, to the amount of those which the approaching Cortes shall vote. The 3d article of the convention stipulates, that in addition to 67,000,000 reals thus to be monthly supplied, the payment of the half-year's interest on the Three per Cents., due in June, 1847, shall be secured by the bank. The differenecs in the Cabinet have been, it is said patched up for the present. It is rumoured in Madrid that the Carlists are actively stirring in the north and east of Spain. The Heraldo says that all is quiet in Navarre, in the Basque provinces, and in Catalonia, but the Clanton Publico states that large bands of Carlists are scouring the vicinity of Gerona. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 23.—The Three per Cents. 34, money ; Four and Five per Cents., 21, money ; Debt without Inter es t, 6,1 money. iVe have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Journal des Debats publishes the following, which may be considered as the Ministerial pro gramme for the approaching session : "We need not observe that the question which is about to commence on the 11th of Janusry will excite considerable interest. Foreign affairs will form a pro minent figure in it. With respect to internal matters, we see only the question of railroads likely to command the attention of the Chambers. We shall first say a word on this subject. Every one now admits that we en deavoured to accomplish too much at a time. The ques tion will then be asked, whose was that fault?—a ques tion that appears to us to be perfectly idle. We have I no self-love engaged in it, and we are quite ready to incur our share of the blame, if fault there be. We shall be_ in good and numerous company, for who is there amongst the Opposition, as we!l as amongst the Alinisterial members, who has not demanded a railroai? For ten years we proceeded too slowly, or rather we did not move. Thanks to the ma necuvres of political parties, ten years were lost; and when, at last, the Opposition perceived that it was impossible longer to refuse the country a means of civilisation and strength, of which the least progressive Governments began to avail themselves, a general avidity succeeded to languor and inertness. We do not com plain too much of that. That avidity was perhaps necessary in order that the work should be commenced, and it will be at present more easy to regulate and to moderate the movement than it was to give to it the first impulse. Every one, or at least every sensible and impartial man, admits, further, that if we wish to finish what has been commenced, we must offer the com panies less onerous conditions and more certain advan tages. A year since nothing but enormous profits were seen in conjunction with railroad speculations. These profits assumed incalculable proportions in certain imaginations, and hence it was sought to anticipate and to clip the gains which the companies were to realise. In fact, many adjudications could not take place, the companies not having presented themselves. Each party made its calculations, the profits vanished as if through enchantment, and the conditions terrified the most hardy speculator. The greater number of the railroad com panies are more or less in a suffering state. We do not wish, at present, to enter further into the question ; but it is manifest that something must be done. It may be said, that we are d b e u fe t n lv di e ng reg t a h r e d in n t o e t re t s h t a s t. of I t l h re e defending; the interests o f th e pu bli c, b b e a l n i e k v e e r s w and e c capitalists a d l i e s f t e s n ; who require railroads, and railroads well constructed, well maintained, and well served. As to the bankers and capitalists, we never could discover what the public or the Government could gain by rejecting or ruining them. This is the question of internal order which demands an urgent solution, and which will necessarily take its place in the legislative deliberations of this ;year. We are aware that other questions had been placed on the order of the day during the last session—such as a postal re form, a reduction of the stamp duties, and the salt-tax. We ourselves, a year since, believed that some of those reforms wore ripe, and we trusted that the session of 1847 would not pass without an attempt being made to realise what has been so long demanded, and which was so successfully attempted in England —we refer to a postal reform. A bad harvest and the deplorable inun dations of the autumn compel us to abandon that expectation. Any experiment would be rash. We cannot think of diminishing the public revenue at a moment when the Treasury is called on to pro , vide for the disasters caused by the inundations and the dearness of provisions. A financial status quo is required by the most ordinary prudence. A crisis exists less pro found, we believe, and less alarming than certain persons are pleased to represent. Still, however, we must not incur the risk of increasing it by attempting any hazard ous project. The best reforms, in order to succeed, re quire to be opportune. Consequently no reform can be attempted this year. The question of our foreign rela tions remains to be considered We have no need to direct public opinion to their importance. All Europe is still excited by the destruction of Cracow, and every one is aware that the Spanish marriages have caused a dif ference betwcen the French and English Cabinets, which, in fifteen days, will be publicly discussed. The almost simultaneous meeting of the two Parliaments will be a solemn moment. We do not dread it; we rather expect it with impatience. There are certain persons who believe and who hope, perhaps, that those debates will contribute , still more to render a rupture between the two countries inevitable, but we believe and trust the contrary. We are co:uvinced that facts will gain by being investigated, and that the difficulties will diminish at the tribune, and thf.t the real interests of the two ccuutriee, the causes and the permanent reasons which tend to bring them together, having only to combat a pu,ing irritation and frivolous dislike, must easily obtain the advan:age ! A ()Teat ex psrinient is about to be made on this occasion before 6 the eyes of all Europe. Two Parliaments are about to find themselves engaged. Tile fact has already been proved, that the greatest liberty o f discussion is not incom patible with public order. On this occasion it is be tween two Government s and two nations that a debate is about to commence. Shall this discussion be compatible with the maintenance of external peace ? Shall it serve to embitter or to calm the passions ? Shall it demon strate, in favour of absolute Governments, that diplomatic and international questions, in order to arrive at a fortu nate conclusion, must be treated between-one Cabinet and another in the shape of official relitions ; or, in favour of free nations, that the light of a public discus sion is the best mode of concluding the difficulties which have become envenomed from m 3 stcry ? We repeat that it is a solemn trial, on which, perhaps, depends the liberty of Europe. We are firmly confident that the result of the trial will be in favour of liberty. A great session is preparing, the greatest, according to all appearance, , COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MONEY MARIE I', DEC. 14, and bills on market was heavy this morning, and but itt r t h d e is S p t o o s e i k ti :on was ru , nifested to operate. Pr l a ' n ' e r e ci s g old E .rV i el a y n -. ge T:: siunppfalyi,r, request,owever was a m pl e, and the mark-A generally shows no improvement in rates. : I Flour, &e.— Western Canal is held at 5 dolls. 371 e. to 5 dolls. 50c. The sales to-day have been limited, as g i ve th e a d vance asked by holders. shippers will. - not Southern Fl )11) • is held within the same range. Before the close c,l fi.he business "on 'Change," about 5,000 barrels of V Tel;tern Flour sold at 5 dollars 37:4 cants. Genesee Fie ur is held at 5 dolls. 50c., but we do not hear of any lull )ortant sales at that price. A few lots of Ohio, &c.,. 'hay been sold at 5 dolls. 37ic. ; George town, &c., is he ld at 5 dolls. 37i-c. to 5 doll s . 50 c. 10.000 baskel s of Barley sold at 60c.; 3,000 bushels new Southern. C orn 61c. a 6 tic., measure. 190 hhds (Alt (a Muscovado Sugar sold at Bc., on the usual time. Ashes—St mdy at Saturday's prices. Cotton -11 re have no alteration to notice in the market. The titles are moderate. Provisions are in limited demand. Mess Pork is held firmly at 9 d oils. 50e. ; irime, 8 dolls. B ee f i s d u ll at 6-4 dulls. to 7dolls. 50c. for mess, and 5 dolls. 87ie. to 6 doll. 25c. fior. prime. Lard, 74 to 7 c. in barrels a n d kegs- Butt, er aad Cheese remain without alteration. of .ores remain perf e ctly i nact i ve i n consequence or rho f 1 1; gh rate sof freight, which are--To Live r p oo l, 72 . Gd• (Ar Cottot r in square, and ss. Bd. in round bales ; Turpentine, 55.; and Flour, 4s. 6d. per bbl.; Grain, 15(1. per busl•tei. To Vmdon—Naval stores, ss. 6d., and Flour, ss. per : - Nib]. To Havre—Cotton, lie. to lie. per lb.; Ashe 6, 10 dolls. to 12 dulls. per ton ; Rice, 12 dulls, per ton.,. dolls. to l doll. per bbl. 141ir;41-:,'v and collm - EP(IiAL NEWS. Gl'7' Y , Q UARTER TO THREE. The Cottoii market Liverpool yesterday was steady, the sales being 4,000 to 5,000 bales, nearly all to the trade, and chiefly American, at 51d. to 74d. per lb.— Shares were steady. In mercantile circles a more careful perusal of the Me.sage of the President of the United States has con firmed an opinion previously entertained that the com mercial policy of the Government of the Republic in la)ing on taxes upon certain articles which, however, was not likely, in the main, to be of any considerable injury to the British intercourse in a tradingpoint of view, will not be detrimental to the policy of free trade, be cause sugar, coffee, and si m il ar art i c l es may very fairly be taxed to contribute something towards the revenue. The later intelligence from New York received to-day furnishes us with the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and thi re is sufficient evidence therein of the necessity of raising a new loan, and the difficulty under the specie paying Sub-Treasury Act of being enabled to accomplish it. At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Canada Com pany, held this morning, a continuance of a dividend at at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was resolved upon. It is very satisfactory to find that the upper province is rapidly improving. The crops, except potatoes, were excellent and full employment was given to the newly arrived emigrants. The Fun& are not quite so well supported today, and there is less business doing. Consols have been 93,1 to 93- for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, are 95-. a ; and the Three per Cents, 93i to 94. Exchequer Bdls have been quoted 10s. to 75.; and East India Bonds 20s. premium. The Foreign Market has been very dull. Spanish are altogether nominal, and Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 38. Mexican Bonds are 241 to 94f ; Dutch Two-end a-Half per Cents, are 60i. Shares have been rather firmer to-day, and there has in several instances been a slight improvement in prices. CLOS LN G I'RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'C ORE LOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 94 - 94 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95 5 A% 95 3 4 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 9 11-16 9 11-16 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under ...... Consols for Opening 9 3 34% Exchequer Bills, 10001.1 1 / 2 d. ... 810 7 9 p 9 p Ditto, 5001 ... 10 7 11 p 11 p Ditto, Small Do., Ext,n,,nn Do. Scrip, 1647. North of NociOlk.. Da. do. W:Jveney Val. — Northern Counties Union 2% Nortil British . ...... ... 25 ...... --. ... .. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 24 Ditto, Account 24% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ... ....- ..... 38 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% par Cent .. PRICES OP BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RI PAID. ILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen .. 25 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% — Armagh, Coleraine, and Port rush 1%..... Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 ...... BirminghatnandDudley 425...... 6% % p. Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 129 Ditto New 17% — Birmingham and Ox- ... •.«..... i'ord Junction Birkenhead, L ancas hi re, and Cheshire Juno.... 2% — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. 5 / a p Bristol and E xe t er 75 Ditto, New Bristol and GlouceAer... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 /,...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shar es 2% 2 % 3 /4 ••• Ditto, Clvdesdale J ane 25 ...... Chester and llolyhead... 27% 25% Caurnet and Blythe...-. 2 Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltev.llarn and Oxford 2 ...... Clarence lOO 1)o. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Clas s , 5 p er Ct. 10 ' Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork &ELI Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Direct Lincoln, East Bet ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% -- Direct. Northern Scrip.. 3 3 / 4 2%% Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine /2 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Easternecanties 141. 16s. ..... .23 22% 23 %... Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... EastDereh'ist andNoech 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 10 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 . East Lancashire Ditto. New . Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk).- .. 5 ..... Do., do., New Scrip... 1M East Lincolnshire ...... 1%.., 3 l , t 'i East & West of England 1%...... Edinbur ) .:h and Glasgow 50 ...... ......... Ditto Half Shares ~. 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% --- ... Edinburgh &Northern,. 12% — ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%...... 13 3 / 4 14 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% •••••• Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%...... Goole, Doncaster, & c . .. 2 Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ....... .... .• Great Northern (London and York Regd.)...... 2%.. ... 2% 3 / 4 Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster ... 2% — Great North of Scotland 2% — Great Northof England-100 — Ditto New Ditto, New . . Ditto, New Great estern B5 l3O 131 Ditto % 5hare5......,.. 50 Ditto 34 Shares Ditto Fifths 2O Ditto, New ... ... 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 -• ......... Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby 5O I q. Half Shares Ditto % Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do,, do., and Norwich 5 L tncaster and Ca r li s l e ... 50 Do. New ...•• .• •• Leeds and Br a df or d 3O •••• Leicsster and BedfJrd... 16s. Leeds, Dewsuury, &c.... 221 A •• ...... .••••• Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% Do. Extension( Green) 2%..... Leeds and Thirsk 171 A...... 16.%%.„ ......... Ditto, New Do., I'refer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5% ....... ... ..... Liverpool, Crosby, and Sou divot .... ........„ 2 Liverp., Prlnclistr &New castle Junction 2% ...... 2%. ....... „. „. L ondcn and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d ............... Do. New ~ , • ...... •• •• ••• Ditto Extension ...••• 1 '/2••••• -- London, Brighton, and 50 .. 58 3 4 South Coast Ditto, Fifdis Do. Consul. Eighths.. 10 ...... Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 ...... _ ... .. . 4. London and Green svich 12/ 1554 d... 9 Do. Preference ...1 8 / 1 7 5 2d 22 London, Hounslow, and Western ........... .... 2 - London and N. Westernloo 195% 196 Do. Quarters ....... ~,, 2 Do., do., New ....... 2 Ditto Fifths =.. :; 2 Do. M; Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) — • Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (1.1. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10z. (.11. & B.) B. 5 Do. lot Al & B.) C. 1 London, Oxfore, and Cheltenham Cond. & S.Weste rn 41/ 6s 10d • 63M 3 / 4 Do. New Consul. Bths 40 — Do. New .• Do. New 18 Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 London an.: York 2l Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...-.... ...„... 2%...... ...-. Londonderry& Coleraine 15 - Londonderry and E nn i s - •••••••••..... killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereliarn :5 Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto . 1 /. Shares . ••• 38 ...... Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths ...... _ 5 -. Do. Sixteenths ... 6% Do. Extension 42s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 - Do. do. Fifths 111•01. .. Man;;hester,Buston, an d Matlock 42s. Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland Do. rifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and D er b y lo o lO7 ...... 107 Midland Great W es t ern Irish Newc tstle and Berwick 20 ...... 34% Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Ca r li s l e ...1 00 Newmrket &Chesterfrcl E ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 20 241 24 1 / 2 38 38 ex in. 23 1 / 4 7%H 28% 75 1 A 17:;;I 7.5', 58 3 / 4 471.4 9 M 22 19512 22 1 / 2 151(. 2 20 Do. Half Starts Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ai .... • • - Ditto Thirds 1 .••••• .-- •••• - 6314 Northern and Eastern... 50 Du. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 9%% North Wales - 5% 6 4% 9% .... 17 1 4 16% 1 1 1,41 34% _a% 5 — ..... Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 ,4 — Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoinl-, ... and Itostrevcr .. 5 Norfolk ......... . . .......... 100 l2B .. ..• .... ... ...... 128 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 — ..... .. — . , . . .77 , qte . . ~4 8 ,3 . -..., ~, h 4.. . ..i.:,-4 , „„ , ".. . „...,.:,.... „.. ... „.._ •_„4,. ..,.., ~. ,--„,,,,:: w -..,..„...., -,.-4 41k. ~,,,,,, , --- ,Arp- - ,, ~ . - um _ ._ ' . %;..- A ;Vi - ' . ..#4 _ ...t.wc -_ , , A---.-... - 4 • ~..s , \ ~,,,, -. _ .._ --.--.. ick-rs - -..--- fr - mi. , .. ', ~,..,- - 1,-,---0--i- - 4' '" NI- " :: . :- . ...ri -- 't... , %..!;";:- - ) 4 • '',- lk,ly .v'biening :Itit Scene li. THE STATUE AS IT WAS; or, Wellington at Waterloo. Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. tinder the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new an I original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Foilambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buck stone; Harwood. Mr. llowe ; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Cliffortist Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. During the evening the Ertl will perform the Overtures, "La Bayadere," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. After which the New Comic Drama of STORY TELLING ; r Novel Effects. In which Messrs. Farren, Buckstone, Miss Telbi o n, , aed Mrs. Hamby will appear. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Will be THIS EVENING 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 THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, P. 1 5Iatthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woullidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Messrs. Turner, Kinloch, and Oxberry ; Miss Villarg, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Arden. To conclnde with a Taw Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Collier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATI:E ROYAL, ADE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LO3IRA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Melars..Virright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated E NTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Muttons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenlbrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding 3liss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. U. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING entitle Will he performed an original romanti.; Opera, in three p ar t s, d THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Ciselle." The principal characters perssnitled by 'Miss Georgiana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Betide, Walton, T. lIW, Honner, Peren, &c. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING an I his - ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; 'Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. T O - MORROW EVENING Will be performed the favourite Vaudeville of LA FAMILLE IMPROVISKE. Characters by MM. Dumery, Dorgebret, David; Madame Grassau, Leyder and Celina ]fouquet. After which will be produced the popular Vaudeville of LE SAVANT. In which will appear MM. Perlet, Langeval, Dorgebret, Pascal, Tourillon ; Madam 6 Gratsau, and Mdlle. Vallee. To conclude with the Comlc Operetta of LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. M. Dugravier, 31. Cartigny ; Cesar, M. Dumery; Charles, M. Berou ; Jasmin, M. Pagcnier ; Bertrand, 31. Tourillou ; Refine, Mdile. Fouquet ; Louise, 3ldlle. Vallee ; Julie, :Mlle. Khin. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. SERENADERS, . JAMESS THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPI AN SERSTENADERS' (Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gormon) will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING, Dec. 31, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, during the Christmas Holidays ; doors open at Eight, and the Enter tainment commences at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a GRAND JUVENILE PERFORMANCE, on Wednesday Morning next, Jan. 6 ; doors open at Two, to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. .ASTLEY'S ROYA L A 31PHI THEATRE . Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Family.e Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Grand Christmas Holiday Fetes. THIS EVENING, a double rotation of Equestrian and Gymnastic Novelties. The "Demon Horse ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit." Herr Neuparte, the great Dutch I3ottle Will he perfo rme d a THIS EVENINGand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en- titled TIIE DEM NORSE ON NORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Grand Christmas Comic Fairy Pantomime, entitled TIIE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laittrini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock. —Doors open at six and commence et half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. liroadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. TIS Will be performed an ori H ,IinaI EVENING Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS —GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEA rig. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OP TIKE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Deulin Pantaloon, Herr R. Dculin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown, Herr E. DeWitt. • ROYAL VICTORIA THEA.TRE. Reduation et Prices. —Boxes, is„ Half-price, Ed ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ; Private Boxes, 2s. Mr. N. T. Hicks as " The Black Doc tor. Great etteeesa of the new allegorical Railway Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed- Bird, Searle, Forman. &c., will perform. wards, After which will be produced a grand Christmas Pantomime, en u THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin ::tied H d'' and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; . GO-n- ea ' ; Harlequin, 'M• Lupin° ; Columbine, l 'anta!oon, Signor Osmonde 0. Adele Lauri. ..........--....._ to b.e.stiele.motto NEVER SAT DlE.—Such appe ar , astoence f the old bridge of Westminster. Thou as been marked by various closings, we n hl find [ore giving symptoms of vitality. He began reeeiviinc: Impany last week, and though he seemed to be a goo u al shaken, he exhibited on the whole far more firmn ess an might have been expected.--Punch. LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1846. A superficial glance through the American PRE SIDENT'S Message to Congress will impress the mind of the reader with a feeling not far removed from admiration for its ability. A careful perusal will, however, very speedily expose its shallowness and divulge its sophistry. It is, from first to last, merely specious declamation. The whole document is essen tially what a black-help would call "a make-be lieve." Mr. POLK has evidently resolved to quash (if possible) the various accusations which have been levelled against his policy. lie has been termed, almost in so many words, a. blusterer; and he persists that his conduct has inva riably been modelled upon the principles of conciliation.. With the remembrance of Mr. PAKENUA M ' S treat ment fresh in our memory, he says that ! With the recollection of his behaviour towards HERRERA and. I'AREDES still as vivid as occurrences of yesterday, he says it! He is taxed with being avaricious of ter ritory, and he maintains that the American Govern ment has invariably, during his administration, evinced a magnanimous disinterestedness. Yes. Coahuila is nothing; New Leon is nothing; Tamau lipas is nothing; New Mexico is nothing; Texas is nothing; California is nothing. Yes : the American Government has evinced a magnanimous disinterested ness ! He is designated a national spendthrift, and he insists that his system of financial economy has amounted almost to parsimony. Almost—and he asks` for a fresh loan of 23,000,000 dollars in this same! message ! He is styled a promoter of war, and he: avows that his heart has invariably yearned for peace ! No matter how unendurable may haves been the insolence of his avowed agents at Vera Cruz ; no matter how churlish may have been his military representative at Santa Fe ; nce matter how insulting may have been Mr. Poeieg own expressions in his preceding Messages —his heart has invariably yearned for peace ! 0 generous con ciliation ! U wonderful disinterestedness ! 0 amazing. parsimony ! 0 unequalled Pacificator ! President Poex is armed with his precedents. He' argues the point as a man convinced that it is logi ! tally demonstrable. President JACKSON is, in his, opinion, an indisputable authority. President JACKSON, in the F e b ruary o f 1837, re war with Mexico. Therefore—President JACKSON being the oracle of justice and truth, and President . JACKSON havin g a d vocate d war with Mexico—war with Mexico was an imperative duty upon the United States. Q. E. D. Mr. Poses would. no more hesitate to propound the most impossible , syllogism than would the gentleman in the story book, who undertook to prove that a chesnut.horse, and a horse-chesnut were identical. Mr. POLK has no eye for the reductio ad absurdum. The public look for the most candid explanations at his hands, and he gives them the most specious. Take, as an example of this his arguments about the Nueces. The Go vernment of Washington, as is well known, insisted that the Nueces were not the western boundary line of Texas. The Government of Mexico, as is equally well known, insisted that they were. And here comes Mr. POLK, with atriumphant self-satisfaction, to prove conclusively that the United States were in the right, and the Federal Government of Mexico in the wrong. " Our army," he says, in a tone of sublime victory, had occupied a position at Corpus Christi, wes t of Nueces, as early as August, 1845, without complaint from any quarter." There's a decisive fact for you! The American battalions had marched beyond the disputed lice of demarcation " without complaint fronz any quarter !" Why, an argument more exqui sitely puerile than this was never penned. The Nueces were passed " without complaint from any quarter!" No wonder there was no com plaint. The Russian Cabinet uttered no complaint when the great army of the Emperor NAPOLEON had passed the boundaries of the Duchy of IVarsaw, and was advancing upon Moskowa ; they concentrated their regular troops, and harassed the invaders with clouts of Cossacks. When JULIUS C.,ESAR landed upon the Sandwich flats, the an cient Britons never complained; they mounted their war-chariots and brandished their spears. f When CLIVE penetrated into India, lIERNAN CORTEZ into Mexico, JUNOT into Portugal, HOCIIE into La Vendee, their opponents never complained ; i j they mustered all their available forces, ar s d prepared themselves by every means to delve their assailants beyond the frontiers: That 'w the course adopted by the Mexicans. Ilsey tarried u n til the first fitting opportunity pre sented itself for wreaking their vengeance f i upon th ose w h o had disregarded the barrier . We inserted in our paper of yesterday, a report cop ed from the Midland Counties Herald, of the prup t eedings at the annual meeting of the sub serii iers to the Birmingham Institution for the Pell of of Deafness. Birmingham is, we believe, the first provincial town in which an institution oP this nature has been established, and it is highly Northern and Southern Connecting North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin 1 1 ,i... 7p 29 Ditto, Preference Do. East and %Vest Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS• -- •• ••••• __ 2 11% ... Ang10-I 3 elgian ... 4 Barbadoes 1 ...... .......... Be;gian Eastern Junctn 2 l/2 Boulogne and A miens... 18 ......... ... ..... Bordeaux & Mediterr an . 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 Do. (Espelete' 9. 3 / 4 P 76 %n 30 251 A pelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West ...... Flanders Calcutta and. Diamond ...... Harbour ....... Callao, Lima, and Pacific ..... Coast 1 .. ... "' ".. . ... Central. of Spain ... Ceylon - ......................... Demerara 2 I/2 ".... . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bonibay and .. .. • Madras Dutch Rhenish ..... East Indian ... ..... .... ss. -... .. ..•... Fampoux & llazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular 53. -- .... Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 .....- ........... ,calian and Austrian ••• •" .......... JarAaica S.Mid.Junction 1 ...... ........ ..... Jersey ...... 1 ...... . ....... Louvain it' la Sambre 6 ••• • -- 3/ ........... Luxembourg 4 .• •• /4 • • ...... Lyons and Avignon 2 .................. 1. 7 •....................................... . Madras Madras. Nellore, and Arcot Madrid and Valentin 2 ••• •• ....... Mauritius Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 .. 10 3 % ............... North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon 10 ............... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4l 3s 4d Paris BcLyonsConstitated 8 Paris and Orleans 2O .. . Paris and itouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lO .... Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlanti,; Tours and Nantes Con stituted .... ..... ...... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasset....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders .. 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 •••••• ............. London & Westminste r . 20 ..... . ...... ........ MINES. 28,41 Real del Monte Unregd. . I A. ... 3 ............ 3 4 ERRATUM.-In yesterday's • List, read York and North Midland Selby Shares 81 1 4 instead of 82 A. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS 1-1 A Y. ) • h frost' LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wi n d S . E ., li g ht breeze, w ith rers i a , DEAL, D EC. 30.—Windlia breeze. --Sll Dap Calcutta ; Zemindar, King, Bom e ba-y;bt El i za beth Br uce ' New Orleans. S Prince Poursmount, DEC. 30. Wi n d William Frederick Ilendrik, D'Escurv, Surinam,. b m Boa' CLYDE, DEC. 29.—Wi n d N . —A rrd. -London, bay; Cashmere, Wilson, Havannah ; Agnes '' °P 1 tanzas. Sld. Lady Colebrooke, M'Clear, Trinidad• WATERFORD, DEc. 2 9.—Wind S.W. to N• l5- ' IV. Piit k i , nnu yo l u o ng T , H D . e p rn E e c ra o r 3 a.. r ne' p Janeiro. —Wind S.S.W.—Arrd . Rees, Rio Jane Nar Wi I-Ai-El:poor., DEC. 30.—Arrd. Herculean, Gibson. , ,T i la g ii ; ; Bailin Benin, Adeno, Rio Grande; Theresa Jane, Ar- Tinamara, Ceara; Spartan, Hayti; Edward 13 " ste t a d h ' n Skeddy, nold, New Orleans; Berlin (late Baker), ditto; A ll e ditto; --s Luce, New York Talisman, n L. 011 4, ; Eei ront, burton, 'lowland, ditto , Trenton w rm ld, Bogle, St. John's, New . Brunsi o viCk P ir • --I ( l 2 a ue- Prince Edward's Island; 'General Wiltshire, Lerin" dittn; bec ; Charlotte, Smith, ditto; Ambrosine, Turner; F i r ta lons, ditto; Pacific, ditto., Promise, and the Baron rata lons, 11 ,, ntreal. Off port, Delwellyn Madras; Roy'al gin reign, Callao; Pomona, ditto; Anglesea Rio Janeiro; Loo land, New York; Arethusa, Quebec; Choo, ditto ; Emanuel, ditto ; Helen, and Young Q ueen c; ford Babl Sld. Ann, Johnstone, Maranha .• m ; Sir J. Beres ford' Rio Janeiro ; Sandford, Barbadoes; Br idgetow es ur p line, St. Thomas's; Commercio, Havannah ; Pacific, ditto; New Orleans ; Abbyhaudt ,Eken,Savannah ; AberfoPeenton. New York ; Admiral, Buchanan, ditto; Norman,SP a n n ,'"l:l s en d ) The Caroline of Inverness, bound to Leith Oa" grounded on her anchor this morning, off Woods..c d % ali e sunk. The Mersey and Reliance went on shore at aLs a r (St. Lawrence) 24th ult. The Empire was on shore at Little Matane, and the Hartland at L'lslet, covered the Marquis of N orman b y f or t hi s port pu t back to Que bec dismasted. The Z eno b' la bound to this port has put back New York from Newport, R. I. BraPanti' PLY3IO UTI I, DEC. 29.—Wi n d Mobile. w ith ice, the SCiLLY, DEC. 25. —Arrd. Ann Davies, Richebucto. BRISTOL, DEC. 30.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Elizabeth Scott..i. Prince Edward's Island ; Hamby, Allen, Quebec. Sld At' tawa, Greynon, New Orleans. BEAtRuA RIS, DEC. 27.—Sld. Adelaide, Davison, Ilavanna. h : YARMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Th e M ary , Champlin, from Ilartiej pool to London, got on H a i s b ro S an d s yesterday, crew an' part of stores saved. CORK, DEC. 28.—Wind calm.—Arrd. Ellerslie, flar vel? Callao ; Jannette, M'Lean, Pictou ; Miramichi, Boyd, Qu ebe h: Sarah Botsford, 111`Dowall, Clyde for Demerara, with dataab in a gale off Scilly. SHIELDS, DEC. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—A rr d. Bolls, rick, Miramichi; Britannia, Irvin, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 30.—Wind W.S.w.—Arrd• 1/421111% Bell,) 1 i_ Custard, St. John's, New B runsw i c k ; H awt h orn , ramichi. HULL, DEC. 30.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Peel's °VIII' Askam, St. John. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) BAY IVIARILETII. ditto, SmanpnELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 88 to 31175; Clover; Ai n 315 s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11128 per load. 42. '- average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meador, Hay, 215 s to 3118 s ; Clover dial°, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; and St raw , 1/ 8 s to 1 1 13s per load. S tI PP tolerably good, and trade somewhat firm. WITITECHAPEL.—Meadow H a y, 21 8 s to Si 17s ditto, 3/ 5s to 51 ; a n d St raw , 1/ 8 8 t o 11 12s per load. Trade dull at the above quo t a ti ons. NENVGATE AND LE.A.DENUALL. We had a very steady t ra d e h ere t o -d ay , an d prices had upward tendency. Beef, f rom 2 s 10d t o 3 8 10d; Mu tt° V 3 9 10 lis 10d to 4s 10d ; V ea l, 3 s 8d to 4 s 10d ; an d Pork, Clove! to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT' NE.A.TCHEITS. SOUTITALL, DEC. 30.—The supplies of each kinds o f stock being small, the general demand was somewhat active at a trifling advance in the quotations. Beef , from 33 to 4 s 4d ; Mutton, 48 to 5s 4d ; V ea l, 4 s t o 4 s Bd , ; and Pork, 48 to 4s 8d per Sibs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, DEC. 30.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com manded a ready sale, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. The value of all other kinds of stuck was wel supported. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to 52 4 d ;:Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4 s t o 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves , 18s to 29s ; and quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/to 18/ each. LEWES, DEc. 29.—Beef, from 3s Gd to to 4s Gd; Mutton , 4s 5d to 5s 5d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. A limited suply and a steady demand. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended D ee . 31 , 1816, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and ii r ta" per Imperial Quarter. EEO' WHEAT. i BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. i BEANS. I ,a PRICE .. 61 s Gd 43s 2d 26s 10d 43s 7d 453 6d 499 + thi DUTY... 43 Od 25 Od 13 6d 24 Od 23 Od. 1 Oxford, IV ir'n ey, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% 44.. ........... . Preston and Wyre 25 Do. 1 / ( i Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate , 3l. 12s. — ills. ....... ..• Richmond Royston and Hitchen ... 1% l% ............ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% . .... ........ I , heilield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshirejunc. 14 — ...... Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 ... -- Do. do. Extension 425. --, , ..... "*" •••• 5 Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 ...• • 5 A l 4 ..... ••• •• 234 Ditto ditto, Class B. 14 2%%.......••••• .., Shropshire Union South Devon... South Staffordshire J u n c . 2% — ........•••••• South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 Do., No. 1 Do., Na, 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. — ...... • . •*"*. Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — ............... South Wales ..... .. 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 •-- ••• •• •..... Vale of Neath 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole Waterford and Kilk enny 11 . ............. ........ Waterford and Limerick 27% 4% ig ...... •• 000000000 000 ••••. - .a. 4014 3% 3% 24 114 Wexford, Ir aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - ........ _.... Welsh Midland n............. 2 .. 7 u p West Riding Union West Cornwall ••• .. .'. ............. ._. Wexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastl e . ... 25 - O4 9 .1 . in t... 9 ... ... .. t. .... ...... 1 314 Ditto New Do. Preference ...... 2 ... ......... 2‘44 York and North Midland 50 Ditto % 5hare5........ 25 - ....... .' 82 Do. Selby Do. Extension . 20 _ 18% - - $l. io% 26 4% 11/. \ 15 3 / 4 914 I