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 Balfe's Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, 3lr. Weiss ; Fioreville, Mr. Rafter ; 3lorliere, Mr. Ilorncastle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-t-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, be . ng a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. The OVerture and Music composed by Mr. It. 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 ehidery by Mr. R. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin tendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. Asons OF KALYDA, TITS ENCHANT-SElM—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have t een discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Ilalfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. 11. Horncastle ; 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 Match of Intellect (travelling " mcov,." as." Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been be4jen, and can be matched against anything), Misa Annie Payne.— ow the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, lie gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. INTIRIOR or INFANT SCROOL.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scone 3. FIXTERIOR ♦ND 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 inventor of the ceebrated "Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurie (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 Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their " cousin George," to astonish the natives by find by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Saveil, Dix, Weld), Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance in public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to x isle him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children " by taking the " whole brood under her wing." Norica.—" Nothings material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen yesrs, the author trusts that the audience will al low hint to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALYBA'd HOUSE or CORRECTION !—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 France, St. James of Spain, Rt. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin°, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his bre•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—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seve,n Champions of Christendom scene 5. Dovan 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 " 3.fetroixilitan Conveyance Com panies." Scone 6. BANES or ma NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his ewn 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- Usti to their being " hound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not having even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEXT THE FIRST, Km; or Eorrr.—Thy Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, hut patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak for himself), Mr. Wieland. 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. (Tide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLA3fATION ~ Whe'll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I I, says St. George, l'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Analog or St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," 1,000 to 9 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT 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 Mows. Payne and Wieland). Ilow 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 Scone 9. GLAND HALL or CIIIVALRY.—How St. George receives the Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Isitrodaction of Old Friends in New Ch.tract,ers. Harlequin.. Mr. Howell, Clown.. • • Mr. T. Matthews. l'antaloon.... • Mr. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES ♦ND IRONMONGER AND CET LEA'S Snop.—lmproved Surg:cal Instruments. "Holding the mirror up to nature." " Familes furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Pies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. COINCHANDLEICI Silo? AND GRANARY.—afore ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and eorn measures. A lot of " chaff "in both. Harlequin gives Clown" the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Seine 12. SIAMESE VILLAS ♦ND NURSERS' GIIOUND.—" 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 nut and Orleans plum. "A plague o' both your houses." Seene 13. TINNAN ♦ND TAILOR'S Snore.—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. INTEEIOH. OF TIRETISPI ♦ND FOILIGN TOY WAREHOUSE.— Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and o!lt of it. First-rate teem and turn out. •• Sea the Conquering Hero conies." Scene 15, Ms STATUE as IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene 16. TIIE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEAria: ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Crider tho Management of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new ant original Dram - 1, called THE MOUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Folitinhe, Mr. Stuart ; lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynue, Mr. %Vkbstcr ; Ducks, Mr. Buck stone; Harwood, Mr. Bowe; Lady Chariotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clitlbrd ; Mary - Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. After which the New Comic Drama of STOii.I"FE LUNG ; cr, Morel Effects. In which Messrs. Buckstone, Miss felhin, sett Mrs. Humby wit appear. To sonclu4e with (first time) an Original Grand Fairy Extrava ganza of the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil' Delights. Principal char4cters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckin;ham, Miss Reynoldi, and Miss Julia Bennett. iIhATRE noYAL, I.IcEUN Under the Matuwemeut of Mrs. Keeley. Tills 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 Albeit Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha. ' , niers by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woo:lnge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss (hove, 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. Co lier ; Pintaloon, Mr. Gough , ; Columbine, Miss Laid- Llw ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. TBEATEE ROYAL, ADELPIII. VICDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. TIIIS EVENING Will ha performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, TIIE CORSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. T a t es ; M essrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the piecee the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ox.. Islblt their morlderful deux Gymnastlques. Atte: which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHA.NTOM DANCERS; or, the Willi Bride. Principal cl:asacters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. O. Smith, Mr. C lien:or.l. Madame Celeste, miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma :larding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PR INC F:SS'S THEATRE, OX FORD-SIT E ET. J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will he per or me d a Drama, in two acts, called BLANCHE DE VA TAIT. the characters will be supported by Messrs. Granby, U. Hughes, J. Vining, S. Cowell, Homier; Mrs, Stirling, and M rs. H. Hughes.- In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta hated 'HILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. After which, a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS Ob' MUNI 211 ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejarab Mr. Leffler ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. W 3 nn ; ernet arosdos, Mr. Compton • Baron Bristlelach, M r . Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sari Flower, Rourke, & Bonner, Hincks, 31111ar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Ude]. Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. To cenclnile with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled Th 3 ENCIIIANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. • Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Fault); Columbine, Miss Burbidge; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr—lelexinore. FRENCH PLAYS. --- ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John 311tchell. 01 MONDAY EVENING Next Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarellc, 31 Cartlgny ' • Valere, 31. Lan g e v al ; E rgaste, M. Lucian ; Artiste, Yrere de Sganareile, 3f. Dorgebret ; Un Commissaire, M. 31asquil- Iler ; Un Notaire, M. Pagenier ; Isabelle, Mademoiselle Angele ; FAeonor, Madame Fouquet ; Lisette, Mdlie. Khin. MAtter n hich, LE PAItRAIN. 11. Durand Rentier (Le Parrain), . To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Assiette, Mom 'cur Periet. &axes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 25. 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 Christinas--day, there will bu no pertormanee; but this Inimitable Entertainment will be resumed Tills EVENING, and continued every Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday ; and, in compliance with nu mesiotis applications, they wi►l 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 A m pll Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pa'renisecl by her 3fost Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Christrws Heiday Fetes. TO-MORROW EVENING (Bexing•N'ght), a double rotation of Equestrian and Gymnastic Novelties. The "Demon Horse ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit." Hoer Neupartc, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist. - THIS EVENING Will be perfor me d a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en italed THE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Chlirmed Bit. 'ew and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Grand Gliristmas Comic Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Her vey; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarint ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. iiox-ottice open iron' eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and 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—G.IMM LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with A grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING 01' THE CASTLFE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har- Isquin, Herr Denlin. ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deuliu ; Columbine, :Mlle. Theodora; Clown. ll , rr E. DeWitt. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS 'frill he perform e d THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss V . "- fit, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed. wards, Bird, Searle, Forman, Ice., will perform. Afterwhich will he produced a grand Christmas Pantomlra-,, en- Wiest TRES rilicru OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Ilfirlequin " Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and Ws Men. Clown, Mr. ''':. Barry ; Pant:orn. Signor Oemonde; Harlequin, M. Lupin(); tolumidue, Ardlle. Adele Lam& llor INT'atichay7llllo.=-7Woitc ESTER, market on Saturd Dic:23. Our lota disposed of realisedwid great firrane.s, and the few pr evious week, the best rather more money than the samples fetchi nTh e g 90s . as high as 88.;. and are less in request, pries _rts are more plentiful, to 804. per cwt. o such ranging from 745. DZATII Or ms iIiG uNESS PRI NC E R GIIEMEN SE.—The illustrious h ead of thenob oHAN Bohan Gueatesti3 died on the 10th i nstant, at his howe o f in Bohemia. Prince Victor Louis was in hi s 8 l e s t: chate au having been born on the 20 th of July, 1766. il'ewa.r; Prinse of Guemete?, Duke of Bouillon, and Duke of NOUtbizOn. Now ready, at a the Libraries, in three vols. post B vo. , T HE WILL ; or, THE HALF BROTHERS. A NOVEL. Amid the movements of strife, peril, and conspiracy, scenes are drawn of quiet beauty and touching pathos, which exhibit the author's invention as favourably as the more stirring chapters ex hibit his power of historic description." —Britannia. "A novel over which many a delightful hour may be spent, and in which are many scenes of striking originality and merit."—Sun day Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTIIOR OF " WHITEFRLARS." Now ready at all the Libraries, in three vole. c2ESAR BORGIA. 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. ILLUSTRATED TALE IN " THE MIRROR," Price Is. On January 1, 1847, Chapters 1., IL, 111., and IV., of TMISER'S WILL; Or, LOVE AND AVARICE. An English Tale. By PERCY B. ST. JOHN. The Mirror will continue to be Edited by Mr. St. John, assisted by several eminent writers, and will be Illustrated In the first style of art by Hine, Archer, and Walmsley. Now ready, Vol. 1., new series, price ss. 6d. 11. Hurst, 27, Ring William•street, Strand. BY DR. HENRY EDWARDS. Price Twopence, THE COLONIZATION of PALESTINE by JEWS, as opening the way for their immediate return, In volving their duty, honour, and happiness, THE SAME fn REFEItENCE to INDIA. Zechariah if., v, Price 4d. " Yes ! e'en now, perhaps, wide waving o'er the land, The mighty angel wives his golden wand." Heber's " Palestine. Preparing, 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 of 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 ICING 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 acquire 3, 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 Louis 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 Louis PHILIPPE to bring about the marriage of the Duke of MONTPENSIER with the Infanta Dona LUISA. 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 at.il 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. WATCHFULNESS ; the Present becoming Posture of the true Church (Rev. xvi., 15 ; Zeph. 11., 3), showing the near approach of the last great tribulation, as connected in Scripture with Vie restora tion of Judah, the drying up of Turkey, and the Divine rebuke poured out on Satan. "Shall a trumpet be blown in the city and the people not be afraid ?" SIN and PIETY, viewed in Relation to the Universe. Enlar 6 ed 100 pages. Being an improvement of the discoveries of Lord Rome's telescope. A NEW DISCLOSURE ; being a Blast at Satan's empire. Gd. Steel and Palmer, Paternoster-row. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Office, Easton Station, Dec. 12, 1846. The Directors are ready to receive Tenders for Loans, on the security of the Company's Debentare Bonds, for sums of not less than 1,0001. each, at Four per Cent. Interest, payable half-yearly, and for terms of from Five to Ten Years certain. By order, R. CREED, I Secretaries. H. BOOTH. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. %J[ESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY JAL rHARE AUCTIONEEItS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annomce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TCEgDAT 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 orevious to their being offered; and advices of results will be 'iorttarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds haunt- Nately disposed of according to instrizetions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. 111 E WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 26; Highest, 30; Noon, 34, BAROMETER, 30.29.—W1ND E., fin'. wATEii, AT LONDON-isitLOUE Till:, DAY. Morning .. 41 minutes after 7. J Evening .. 13 minutes after 8. 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 td 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 beneSt 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. Fie ex horted his hearers to promote the discussion of freedom of trade, which was certain of being successrully 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 of the human race are involved in our prin ciples !" 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 of 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 bad 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 girder 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 are 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 PAI.MERSTON 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- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY 14_1VENING, DECEMBER 26, 1846. lective answer would appear semi-officially in the Austrian Observer. The Nuremberg Correspond nit, 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 made 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 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 barracks." The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, of the 19th, has the following from Posen: —"Although the letters from the kingdom of Poland announce nothing of the app:oaching 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 ,961,551 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 Mora% 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, SANZ, 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 94 " Members of the Opposition in ditto (Pacheco party) 32 " Deputies who did not sit in the former Cortes II l to har 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 have fallen out irre parably, Russia would utter a cry t.f joy—she would have attained the height of her wishes—civil:sation 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 I 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 Gaz(tte des.Francf, the Echo Francais, the Esprit Public, and the Drcit, bad 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 refuting 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 tranquillity. COURS AUTIIENTIQUE.—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. ; Neapolitar. (Rothschild's), Detinitives, 103 f. 25c. ; Romans, 101; Belgian Five per Cents. (1840), 101 f. 100% 8 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 montli,paper, 25f. 324 c. ; money, 25f. 32%c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 22 1 / 2 c.; money, 25f. 22 1 h c. " Total Moderados of all shades... 237 " Progressistas returned " Absolutists 4 " DistricU 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 Al. 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 Island 4. 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 lath September, we learn that M.l3arbet had been for some days at Bourbon, where he was waiting for now in , tructions. We now extract from the Journal du com merce of Bourbon, tha account which it gives of the facts which led the agents of England to put so gross an in sult upon one or 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 i ion to refuse him the precedence to which he was en titled b . ) his rank and position, but, as the question was Ine of mere ceremony, he did not make any remon- Ararce. 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 ac a fifth toast, after queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, an d the Duke of Wellington, and he resolved no more to ex pose his dignity, as representativ e of the King and Fraace, 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 invitation was delivered, M. Barbet received the visit of two officers of the 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 tho functionary who has the charge of the French flag at the Mauritius. All that we can add is, that the si.p of the face received by M. Barbet has been re. turned, and remains." It is evident, from his own account, that M. BARBET DE JOUY is a captious and ill-bred person, whose man ners may, perhaps, be suited to the society he is likely to meet with at Honolulu, 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 Pules have been dispersed, their property confiscated, and their children carried off ! 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 they be said to the contrary, if it des 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 sabAst in spite of all that cunning and barbarity have done to destroy it, as long 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, will rise up all together, and 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 Russia, by her violence and attacks, more or less plainly 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; hut 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 fora length of time had only preserved an almost ridiculous shadow of inde eonraßt Senate tremblede e u rn.der Thereeth a is u m th o o r r e i t i y .r e o e f d t o h m e of Cracow was only a word ; every one knew it ; and a ro t ewi S le( t iset P n Ft u e . s ra tlr b tis u a rg h than there was a t C racow . The republic Sn yet the day when the Northern Powers scratched out this word, this vain word, all Europe felt deeply shaken. Treaties were being eluded ; they were openly and audaciously violated ; and there was not a free man in Europe who did not consid er 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 elsea 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 I 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 MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Robert Ealy, aged 15, was brought up before Mr. Long for robbing th e till o f hi s emp l oyers, the Messrs. nter and Co., Berkeley -square, of 31. 18s. Thcmas 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 k e y o f hi s d rawer, an d conducted hi m (the constable) into his bedroom. On opening the drawer he discovered 3/. 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 na'ure to implicale 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 be could act, he might then remand the pri soner , b ut i n t h e absence of that he saw no reason for granting the application. The prisoner said be 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 for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct, that newspaper had stated, in the evi dence of the policeman, that " the prisoner had just been turned out of the Round Tower Tavern, in the above court. It was a ccmmon 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 4. public print, as it must very seriously injure his house. Mr. LONG said he heard nothing but the evidence, and he could not interfere in the case. Mr. Calf hoped the reporters would notice his app cation, and then retired. MARYLEBONE_(THIS DAY.) Sarah If ikocks, wllo was dismissed by Mr. Long a few days since, was again brought up the 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 ho had lost. The prisoner, who offered nothing like a defence, was committed for trial. Joseph Lebo°, who described himself as a weaver, re siding in Camden-street, Bethnal-green, was als..) 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. Msry Knatts, 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, BAWLINSON, 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 Sculptur e an d th e P anorama of LondoubyDay may be seen fur 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 "int o th e b owe l s o f 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 for 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 and 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. INSTITUTION.—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 these 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. 11, 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 ImrosmoNs.—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 imposition was said to have the effect of driving passengers to land at Blackwall. 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 21,310 bales. Prices arc fairly V. 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 En , ;land 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 18,556 Other securities, increase.... 24,324 Notes, increase Bullion .... 15,162,623 Increase 9,110 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 deposits, 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 year s are ex p ec t e d 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, kc., 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 944 the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 96, and Exchequer-bills at 12s. to Bs. premium. The attendance of dealers and jobbers today is extremely thin, most of them keeping the holidays. Abcut a half a dozen bargains wt re made in the Fo reign Bonds this morning. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted only at 374, the French Rentes at 11 8, 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. er inrb 15bitton THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....- 944% 94 1 / 2 New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuities 9 6 1 /8 96 96 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 9', 7 i Consols for Opening 9 4 1 /8 94 1 ,4 Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1',4d.... 912 8— p 8 p , -• • 11i,...) • ' • , vat I' kit 1 ,11 . 0 ‘• 1 4. ' 4 7 1).4 1.,„, OIcE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRIC E 24% 24% i~a Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 • Eastern Counties 141. 16s. .... . 23% 23 Ditto New l2l. 165 7%% p ..... Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1.-- 64 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% 3 A EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 D. Exten.(Harwich) ivy — Do., Camb. and Ely.. East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip l4 East Lincolnshire 1 1 / 4 East & West of England Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 • ...... 78 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Dittb, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% l6 15% Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 / 2 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 % — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2% Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 .....• Ditto, New ......... 15 ...... Do., 1 4, Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ...... Goole, Doncaster, &c... 2 23 7% p _ Great Eastern Stiirestern 2%.....• ....... .... .. Great South. and West (Ireland) Great Munster 21....•• ............... Great North of Scotland 2%...... ..... . ........ Great North of England 100 Ditto New Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto 1A Shares 5O — Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New . ... 2 Huddersfield & Mooches. 13 ...... Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby 50 Do. Half Shares 25 Ditto 1 / 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ~..- Do., do., and Norwich 5 ...-• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford 3O Leicester and Bedfjrd... 165.......165....... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 3l •••-• Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 ,4 — •••• • • Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 / 2 .. ..• Leeds and Thirsk 17%...... Ditto, New 5 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5 Do., Mnchstr & New castle Junction .... 2% 2l % London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 8% Do. New Ditto Extension - • ' London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths lO Do."Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12/ 15 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo 195% 194% Do. Quarters .. 2 Do., do~ New Ditto Fifths Do. 1 / 1 Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/. Shares (L. M.) •••••• Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 6 3 14 Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ~... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 London and York 2 1,(..,.. 234% .... Do. Extension 2% London, Salisbury, and Londonderry& Coleraine 15 - •••••••• ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen l5 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Denham. l 5 28 1 4 171% 6'Ni 23 1 % 14% 10 75% - 5% 59 47% 194 15% 631 A 5% 6 4 1 ,4 25,4 4.1.111 174 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ' Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account — Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account 3 7 3 /4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French, 5 per Cent llBf. —c. 1181. —c. Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 50c. Belgian 4 1 ,4 per Cent Dutch, 2% par Cent . Ditto, Account — 61% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 3 / 93% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 234.. ... :2 3 A 3 3 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Belfast & County Down 4% .. ... . Birmingham and Dudley 425...... .61,4 p ' Binnin. and Glaucester..loo 129% Ditto New 1 7 1,E — ... ..- ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 234 . Boston, Stamfd, & Binn. 225. % p Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ..-- Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 ,4...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 ,i 2%... Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 — Chester and Holyhead... 27% 2 5 1 /2 Czurnet and 81ythe...... 2 Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltezham and Oxford 2 Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shetld. June. 2% -.. Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfa.stJunc. 12% — , , Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 611/ 8 p 129►/2 26 3 / 4 p Jkth uu. ~ 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 indi6na 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 cies 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 transaction 3. It was j us t 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 an 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. For the gratification of their own saturnine piety, the thou s mds 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- Pr,sition 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 posed 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 Goes creation on the Sunday, of breathing a pure atmosphere at rare and precious intervals, of visiting the sick anal dyinga on emergencies, of joining Manchester and Leads... 82 Ditto IA Shares Do. Quarters 2 .. 7 00000 .•••..••• Do. Fifths 5 . . 11 10% Do. Sixteenths 6 14 7 YQ Do. Extension 425....... 1%,g p ...... ... 1,0. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths ... 1 Man,thester,Buxton,and Matlock 42* — p Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1% . ••• Midland lOO 129 128 1291/4... Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Binn., and Derbyloo lO4 Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 3 4 3 /4 ..............• Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - .•••••••• ••••• Newnirket&Chesterfrd 5 ..... ........ Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 4 .......• •••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevcr Norfolk ... . .. 100 129 ...• -• ...... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension Northern Counties Union 2% 1 , 41 ............ North British . ...... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... 15 1 4,4••••• ...... Do Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern 5O ...... -- ......•• ...... Do. Scrip (issd. 5 ds.) 45 ...... --- ............ Do. Quarter Shares 12% ...... ............... Do. New - ...... •••••• • North Staffordshire 5 •••••• 94% ............ North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting - ...........•••• North Western 2% ••••••••"•" Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... - .............. Portsmouth Direct 3% '-- •• ............ Preston and Wyre - ...... ..... .. Do. IA Shares Reading, Guildford, and 6 - ............. 1 / 2 Reigate 3/. 12s. — dis. ....... Richmond - ............... Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — .... 22 ...... .. . • Scottish Central 21% ... Scottish Midland 12% - • •••• ..... ... ... Sheffield & Manchester 100 -- " .... Do. Quarter Shares... 8 - .... ....... Do. Lincolnshire June. 14 — .., Do. & Great Grimsby. 10' ••• Do. do. Extension 425. - *****.. .... Shrewsbury and Ilirm... 3 ..... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 % — ...... ........ Shropshire Union ...... •• South Devon 4O ..... •••••. ....... South Staffordshire June 2 1,4 - ••• ......... youth Eastern & Dover. 33% — •• ........... Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc. 2. ..•• Do., No. 3 ..... ... • ... •••• "" Do~ No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ....... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — ........ . South Wales.— ..... ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 2%,..... ... ..... Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Vale of Neath %V akefield, Pontefract, & ...... .. Goole ... 22% - ••• ... .......... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ...• •• ... .... Waterford and Limerick 27% - .......... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, ........ and Dublin Wexford, v aterford, and Valentia - •••••"" Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midland - ..... - ........ West Riding Union 42s. 2% p ........ ... West Cornwall 2 ... .. ••••••'•" Wexford and Carlow - .......... ".. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. . .. 25 - .............. „ . .... • Ditto New 5 ...... •••;./ .... Do. Preference 2 ....•• 7 q 31).1 ......... 'z ork and North Midland 50 ...... -- ................ Ditto 4 Shares 25 ...... " ...... .... Do. Selby Do. Extensiox 2O ...... 37 4 i ji•"'• - . 4 ........ Ditto, Preference 2 ...... 144 1 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWA rb• Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... -- ............. Barbadoes 1 ...... .. .....• .......... -•• Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 4 ...... .. .. .......... Boulogne and Amiens lB •••••• ............. Bordeaux & Mediterr an 2 ...... -- . Bordeaux, Toulouse, and ............... Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 ** "-- ........... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders - .............. Calcutta and Diamond Harbour .... 75 ....... -- ............... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... .... .•• . • ......... Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ..... .... se. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Westerneanada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 — Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey ...... .. . ***** •• • 1 .... Idiuvam 1.1 la Sambre ... 6 ... • —••—• ........ Luxembourg..... ..... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... Madras . Madras. Nellore, and Arcot 1i...... Madrid and Valentia 2 ..• " Mauritius Nam Id Limp .... ,ur an,. ,iege 8 ... ...... --- .. Nn of France Constituted 5 .. ... 10% 11 ......... North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .- Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 8 /8••• •" Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4cl ... Paris BcLyonsConstituted 8 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen t'aris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havr e ..•••••.' Sambre and Me use ...... 10 .... :.. ... ... ' VA .... ...................... .........•••••• St. .... Strasbourg and Bal e ... 14 St. Laurence 84 Atlantic Tours and Nantes Con stituted _........... 5 Tournay, • Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt• •••••• 8 Trinidad ~".„ ..... 2% West Flanders ...... .... b MINES. Real dcl Monte Unregd. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS -n k I • 1 LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind this day at rocs, 3 Z - • " " rate breeze, and fine, with sharp frost. E fresh DEAL, DEC. 24.—Wi n d, E . S . E . -25 . N . E . to E-4-. 7,i •-•- . Arrd. Mirzapore, Hickman,China • DOWNS o f Streatleto, so; holm, St. Jago d e C u b a; William Fo rs t er , Kellick, n i ST . li i tarat Canada, Quebec ; Th omas Ki ng, R o bbi ns, S y d ne y; Smith, Lima ; Feja, Geizing, Monte Video ; Bolivar , a re ens, Trinidad; Eliza, Jones, St. Vincent's; Benjamin N er eid, Laws, Sr. Kitt' s . Sid. Medora, Simpson, Jamaica; "" Escott, Norfolk. rt• Dovan, DEC. 25.—Wind N.N.W. to Johanna, Roper, Port-au-Prince, for Hamburg!'; Ann, Philadelphia ; Albion, Norman, New York, for An: 0 01 LIVERPOOL, DE C . 25.—Wi n d N . N . E.—The Amenthe whaler Otranto, of New Bedford, w a s in contact rf.i t h h N t ,lO America, from Neer York (arrd. here) 20th ult., at nig ei; t he lat. 41, ion. 72. One man f rom t h e O tranto got on b°ABiien•• latter, which saw nothi ng f ur th er o f t h e whaler. Allr, Far rietta, Corran, Bo nn y ; E urope, F ur b er, N ew Tor' ; 5a- West, ditto; Mary Woods, Bartlett, Valparaiso. Sld. muel, Gribble, Newfoundland ; Sarah Trotruan, B r° le, Hong-Kong; Rajah Bassa, Glover, Calcutta; EnDer d t s e s, Boadle, ditto; British Queen, Wi se , Antigua; Ell_Pl if „ 0 8 ft, Gifford, Bombay; Cambyses, Smith, Trinidad. "r- Douro, Duke of Wellington, v alcutta, Grace, Savannah; ift verman, Pictou. -if 04 Orr DUNGENESS, DEC. 22.—Em ma Ed war d, Ne w ° - 410 for Amsterdam ; 23d, Catherine Wellers, Surinam, ror sterdam. of OFF HASTINGS, Dice. 25.—Wind N.E.—Countea S Durham, Tyler, Pernambuco. SnonEniat, DEC. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Acrd. Marl - Batt, coast of Africa. DUBLIN, DEC. 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Ninian Lila . Hitchings, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) 31 NENVGAICD AND LISAXIZNEATA'• •fp There was very little business passing here this moral° „ at our quotations : —B ee f, f rom 2s 10d to 3s 8d; glisit ton 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s lid to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 39 . to 4s 10d per 81bs by th e carcase. Turkeys, 6s to 2!9' Geese, 4s to 73 6d ; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 9d • Tame lisbblt: Is to 2s 6d; Wild ditto, 8d to Is; Pigeons, 6d to Is; Ft. 58 to 8s each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4 5 t0 and Barn-door Fails, 3s to 6s per couple. Eggs, „Fr% fish, 15s to 16s; ditt o F renc h , 123 to 15s per 100; Butter, is to is 3d per lb ; Pheasants, 2s 8d to 39 a : Partridges, is to 2 s 9d ; Hares, 2s to 93; to 4s; Snipes, 6d t o ls ; Teal, Is ; Wild Ducks, 2 s 0 ' to 3s 6d ; and Plov ers . i s eac h . Woodcocks, fl, NEWPOILT. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 45 8 d Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; an d Por k, 3s 10d to 43 lid per 81b0. BILLINGSGATZ. Only a moderate supply was on sale to-day, and whi ch moved off readily at full prices. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 35 8d to 4s 8d; V ega ' 38 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bre a d i n t h e metropo li s are fr°lll 9d to 9/d; of Household ditto, 7d to B%d per 41bs loaf RIDE MAIL/LET. 3 d Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b," to 3%d; do. 721 b t c 80I b , 3d to 3%d ; do.Bolb to 8 81 b, to 4d; do. 88111 to 961 b, 4 1 /d to sd; do. 961 b to 1041 b, D u tied 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; P°B Sheep, 4s 4d t o 5s 6d ; Kent and H a lf-b ra d s , to 45 lug; and Downs, 2310 d to 3s 10d. COVENT-GARDEN. lb; Pine Apples, 4s to 7s ; H o t-h ouse G rapes, 4s to 6s pal:, to , Dessert Apples, 5s to 83 per half-sieve ; Kitchen ai t i o i 4s to 6s per bushel ; Oranges, 12s to 143; and Lemons , to 20s per 100; English Filberts, 855 to 90s; and 95s to 100 s per 100 lbs • Cabbages 8d to Is 6d; D iv 58 is Gd to 38 6d; Brocoli, 63 to 12s; and Artichoke,r gd per dozen; Potatoes, 4s 6d to 8s per cwt; Horseradish , LI to 4s per bundle; Turnips, 2s to 4s; and Carrots, 3s °I I . ; 7s per 6 per dozen bunches; Celery, 2s to 2s 6d per buySi e . Onions, 5s to 8s per b us h e l ; M us h rooms, is to 25 per pot" MI 0 We had a very heav N GERFORD. y general demand t o -d a y, and Pri -11 were not supported. 3 / 1 P y s p 293% 25 1 / a 10N 7 1, 9 p -p 129 31% 04 104 34% 129 6% 35 1 15 3 1 3% r 91 - 5% li di° 40 2414 I n 4 ...- 2% . P ie l / 4 12S 7% .. - - - 81 1 39 A lei 47 7% 1g 1% aati fi ery e n j t to d tit or of w lift er chap ! e ' at 3 tltc2/ lit t ow! o f hi 4 eh and *te al Witt • kid Iress Pre t the S hi g h !or E 461, St e al "Ot COwl Dos t w 8 tia rn Wa s eeed