The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-23 00:00:00

'E SY WORK BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART, On Ist January will be publi NEY NOVEL ; or, Varieties in English Life, By PISISTIZATUS CAXTON. In 4 vOl3. post Bvo. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & Soss, Edinburgh and London, This day isPubliShed, elegantly bound in gilt cloth, price 7s. 6d. ATIE. STEWART: ATrueStory ILL Originally published In BLACKWOOD'N MAGAZINE. With Frontispiece and Vignette Title. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAntAiM.ET. :swell season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy of Ma.:7,IC.S AN D FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by 3 , ! - , , ara. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; 1.1'3. Stiehl?, Miss Rosa , Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss n y Haskell. To conclude with the Farc6 of A CAPITAL MATCH. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, M-ttlamo Celeste. Last Night before Christmas. TiliS EVENING, The successful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's yin --by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Emery, 0. Smith, and Cullentbrd ; - ) .'. , 161 . w Celeste, Miss Woolgtr, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss lu,•/relloney, and Mrs. Keeley. -Vier which, the admired Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE: cTaclucte with the Comic o,iera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PA N TA EON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. n tIONDAY, Dec. 27, will be presented THE IRON CHEST. Bfr Fdwari Mortimer, Mr. Charles Kean. Alter which will be produced a new and original Grand Comic Ciristmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND PAM STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Siliging Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline (first tvPlsetranbe here); Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Car lotta L ecle req. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. Fifth Appearance of Miss Edith Heraud. THIS EVENING Till be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. ; Sir Thomas Cl; froth, Mr. W. Farren ; Fathom, Mr. Comp ton; Modus, Mr. Shalders ; Julia, Miss Edith Heraud; Helen, Miss Gordon. To conclude with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Uncle Tom, Mr. G. Cook ; George Harris, Mr. W. Farren, jun. ; Eliza, Miss Gordon. Bux-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. 'aka greatert novelty of the season is Uncle Tom's Cabin. in consequence of the crowds unabla to obtain admission nightly, ke•_ Grand Spectacle of Uncle Tom's Cabin will be repeated till frutiler notice. THIS EVENING, Dec. 23, and following Night, the Enter te:-.ments will commence with the highly popular Dramatic Spec of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. To be followed by new scenes in the Circle by Native and Foreign Ai:bates of the first celebrity. "o conclude with, for the Last Two Nights, THE DEVIL TO y: F. 1 ,, 0rs open at Half-past Six o'clock. Commence at Seven. 5s ; Dress Boxes, 43. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pet, 2s. ; Lower Gatlery, Is; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half Price at Half-past Eight. Ros-.9iee open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. Wcit. 2.NTryrzcz.--A. New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC PANTOMIME, by Nelson Leo, will be woduced with great Splen dour on MONDAY, December 27, Boxing Night. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAY —Morning 0 min. after 0 Evening 2 min.aft. 12 l'o-Mos.ao,w—M l orning 25 min. afte r 12 Evening 44 min.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, Dec. 23. THEIIIIO3IETER, IN THE SHADE. .17—highest since noon yesterday. ST—lowest this morning and during the night. 37—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 83. WmD, Easterly—dull weather, inclining to frost. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1852. state of the wind and weather at each of the following Pi' , :!e3 at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. IIisTINGs—S.W. light airs —overca s t. SOUTHAMPTON—VT. strong breeze—rain. PoL KEsTONE—Caln:—foggry. T UNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze —overcast. GREEN WICH — CaIm —overcast. SWINDON--W" gentle breeze—cloudy. YAnatouTß—N., calm—rain. z 4 f.,....ig• ~, , I ...-....-,44,1"41. LgNDON, T}IURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1852. ABD-EL-K IDE-a—the last of the Green Turban .Chieftains—has at length set forth on his depar thre from Christendom. After a captivity of !dearly five years' duration, at first in the fortress at Pau, but subsequently at the Chateau at Am kis°, he is tasting the sweets of liberty on his wz.q. to Broussa—the sweets of that liberty which b: , s been accorded him by the Emperor NAPOLEON'S unluestioned. magnanimity. It cannot be for ,:3ten that before the heroic warrior, now on his ':4l to Turkey, had any inkling whatever of the pr . )bability of his release from incarceration—. n earnest and generous plea was addressed his behalf to the then Prince Presi of the French Republic, by a brave-hearted ran of the English army, who had visited the Atab in his prison—CHAßLEs WILLIAM, the third :212 rquis of Londonderry. The incident is by tl!ios time as familiar with the great nations on f'ither side of the British Channel, as the kindred wherein the same gallant soldier interceded Ivi:11. King LOUIS PHILIPPE for the liberation from .hi dungeon, at Min, of the then Prince Louis ..-poixoN. Remembering that previous inter e& ion in regard to the condition of an eminent t;L,,re prisoner, Lord LONDONDERRY had sufficient .n. - ;:san to conceive that he, espcially, could with *with very peculiar grace, beseech the clemency of the ruler of 35,000,000 of Frenchmen, in favour 0 1 1 the Hero of the Desert, who was pining for freedom in a state of almost utter hopelessness. lie was not mistaken. Everybody at once recog nised the grace as well as the generosity of his in terposition. Everybody understood at once that the Voice which had once been raised in behalf of the Captive of Ham, was, of all voices, the one which could most appropriately address the same personage ---a prisoner now no longer, but chief magistrate of the foremost race on the European Continent—in behalf of the captive of the Chateau d'Amboise, the valiant ABD-EL-KA DER, the preux Gzevalier of the Wilderness. And so Lord LoN DONDERRY wrote, as will be remembered, to the ruler of the French people, delicately recalling to the recollection of the PRINCE the occasion when a similar document had been addressed to his Royal predecessor. The response to this appeal was (madly what might reasonably have been antici pated. It was at once an expression of sympathy for the EMIR and of regard for his advocate— but it was something more than all that—it was a distinct pledge of honour, as from the hand of a P7aarrez, that twelvemonths should not elapse without a visible token of his magnanimity. That fledge, the world knows by this time, has been 61 - 11 Y and punctually redeemed. Encouraged the accordant voices of nearly the whole 341,14 t male populati on o f F rance, un i ted for "ce in "poi n ti ng the mor4l" of History, the -1-)3"Peror NAPOLEON 111. —as the first manifesta t 'WA a ch e the i new power entrusted to his keeping by to ha - --may be said, with very slight meta phor, v of o t b l, r . oken asunder with his own hands the chains freee:Hero of the Arabians. ABD-EL 1C &DER was oolirrie but while he owed his freedom directly, of to the . generosity of his Im vrial Deliverer, h, generosity of his Interce%gor, wed it also indirectly to the the chivalrous Mar quis of LONDoNDERIty. Since that memorable lA° rlling when the then the Chateau d'Amboise— pp on PRINCE PRESIDENT St Oed for a whil e a t is :first triumphal entry int o - way t o his him announced. to the E llin the and close of IL; prolong e d and unjust captivity, an in t-renting correspondence has taken pla ce b e _ c;',.Teen AED-El,-K ADER and Lord LONDONDERRy. A communi ca ti on was transm i t t e d t o the Arab g t-iliatain by the gallant Marquis, invitin tior to his departure for the East, to partake of t lic• hospitalities of one who had shown himself in a very obvious manner his friend in the hour of fnrt une• Had the invitation been accepted, ..1 we believe, this country ; might have reached sUfficOent time to have witnessed the obsequies of the late Duke of WELLING -I(.°l' in ' St ' P aul's Cathedral. Circumstances unfortunately inter Posed to prevent the pos sibility of thi s interestin and aptly-timed :rival o f th e EMIR in g the United Ki ng do m . .waN i m p ract i cable England even for for hi m , indeed, to visit a brief interval previou§ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1852. LONDONDERRY. " Thanks to the only true GOD. " His Excellency, Lord Marquis of LONDONDERRY, the Irish General—Peace be with you! Know that the Commandant, BOISSONET, has communicated to me your letter. You are, indeed, a man of a good heart, and it was you who kindly visited me at Amboise, and it is quite one of the impossibilities that we should forget your visit and your bounty : For a Sherif [meaning a Noble] is he who 'never forgets the good done, and does not recollect the evil.' " The Emperor NAPOLEON has set me free : May GOD prolong his life in the Empire and increase him in victory. I shall remain obliged to him to the end of my life, and my children after me will inherit my gratitude to him. "I cannot visit you in your country because my de parture is at hand, and my mother is old and infirm, and I cannot leave her. -. "May God increase your good, and be gracious to you : and peace be with you. "This is from your friend, " A-ED-EL-KAMM. " Mohammed it Deen, " Dated the Bth, last day of Safar, 1269." With the above peculiarly Oriental missive closes that interesting incident, which seems for a while to have brought the Spirit of the East, or the Shadow of the Desert, or the "Breath of Araby the Blest, " for a brief interval into the bosom of Christendom. The heroic wanderer is at last on his passage to Turkey—freed from the thraldom of France—seeking repose in the dominions of the young Sultan, ABDUL MEDJID. Peace go with him—for he has not only fired our imaginations by his valour, but won our sympathies by. his gentleness. The lovers of the CrOss have learnt for once a lesson from a champion of the Crescent. The Arab has taught the European. The disciple of Islamism has re vealed, in a very touching and persuasive manner, one of the most exquisite of the virtues inculcated by Christianity—resignation under misfortune. His reward has already been assured to him—for is not ABD-EL-KADER at liberty ? Yes ! He is on his voyage to Broussa, after his prolonged sojourn at Amboise. And he carries with him the recollections of beneficence and magnanimity. In anticipation he may even now, and with truth, count upon the sheltering generosity of ABDUL MEDJID, while in retrospect he bears in grateful remembrance the fact that in the hour of sorrow Lord LONDONDERRY was his Advocate, and NA POLEON the THIRD his Deliverer. The EMIR, con soled under the weight of captivity by the sym pathy of the MARQUIS, can no more forget that he is protected by the SULTAN, than he can lose a remembrance of the day when he was nobly libe rated by the EMPEROR. It is essential that every man who has arrived at the conclusion that a revision of our fiscal sys tem is just and necessary, should be up and doing. Never was there a time when agitation on the subject was more required, or calculated to pro duce more important results. We are threatened With a Ministry the chief members of which are not only firmly pledged against any modification of the present unjust, unequal, and oppressive as sessment of the Income and Property Tax, but have also recorded their deliberate opinions against any extension of direct taxation save in the event of war, and, as a necessary consequence, against the further carrying out of that system of unre stricted competition which the Legislature has re- I cently, by an overwhelming majority, pronounced to be just, salutary, and expedient. It is there fore not merely desirable, but imperative, that those who feel the magnitude of the interests at stake, and who understand the effects that may follow an unfortunate decision on this all-important topic, should speak out plainly and unequivocally, even while the Ministerial arrangements are still pend ing, and while stipulations may be made which a few days or weeks may be no longer practic- .ble. Although we differ, toto coelo, from Messrs. GLADSTONE and GOULBURN in their views as to dealing equally with every description of income, without looking to the source from whence it may be obtained, we willingly acknowledge the purity of the motives by which they are actuated—and that their opposition to the required modification is of the most straightforward and conscientious character. But that renders it even more important to combat their opinions, and to show the dangers by which a Cabinet adopting such opinions must be surrounded. There is no person so dangerous as an honest but wrong-headed enthusiast, who will not suffer himself to be influenced by any question of expediency or public policy, no matter how urgent, and who cannot give credit to those who may venture to differ from himself, for equal integrity and purity of motive ; but ascribes every argument in which we cannot coincide to a total absence of principle. Although we may respect even the errors of such persons, we should deeply regret any circumstances that placed the destinies of the nation under their control and management. We may respect the consistency with which Colonel SIBTHORP and some at least of his fifty associates supported the defunct monster, Protection; but we should not the less deplore that the construction of a new Government were placed in their hands, and should labour as zealously and energetically to prevent their attaining a position and power that might enable them to carry out their honest but mistaken views, and thereby to inflict serious in jury on the community. As we have already stated, the opinions put for ward by the Right Hon. Gentlemen the Members for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge are not only opposed to the f ee li ngs o f th e minority on the late division, but even to a large proportion of the majority, which compelled the resignation of Lord DERBY'S Cabinet, How could Messrs. HUME and COBDEN forget the impressive and en ergetic arguments which they have so repeatedly and energetically put forward on this very point ? The only objection which they expressed to that portion of the Budget was, that, although rejoicing at the tardy recognition of the distinction between permanent and precarious income, they could not agree to the details, which were not sufficiently favourable to those in the receipt of fluctuating profits arising partly, if not altogether, from la bour, physical or intellectual, and dependent not merely on the enjoyment of good health, but on a variety of other casualties too numerous to par ticularise. Even if these gentlemen could permit their opinions on this point to remain in abeyance, are there any of the hundred Liberal Representa tives, whose opinions they are generally supposed to represent, who would concur in such a course ? We believe not. We should, indeed, blush for our public men if such a thing were possible. Even RUSSELL were the follow ers o f L or d J OHN by no When hisg S gross o s ir s L in Es ea W ils oo u n nan en ira de o a u v s ou on red thi t s o po r i e n p t a . ir financial blunders by an addition to the impost of fivepeuce in the pound, he was deserted by so many of his own party, that he abandoned the attempt in despair. It was not, however, to the Payment of is. in the pound that they objected ; on the contrary, even a larger rate would have been sanctioned but for the gross and palpable unfairness of the assessment. Men's feelings re volted at the extreme injustice of the system, of which they had an intuitive perception, which no That a refinement or casuistry could i m p a i r or set as i de. temporary annuity, whi c h mus t necessarily expire in a few years, should pay so much.as a permanent one of five times the actual value, is so clearly b e awrong, that it requir es no argument to expose thsurdity of such a case. Those who maintain that extraordinary view of the case, do to his departure for Turkey. Arrangements for his immediate reception at Broussa had already been negotiated between the SULTAN and the EM PEROR. ABD-EL-KADER was compelled, therefore, regretfully and respectfully, to decline the invitation. His letter (penned in Arabic), expressing his regret at this circumstance, and conveying his acknowledg ments to Lord LONDONDERRY, is a document in every way characteristic. We are fortunately here enabled to make the epistle public, for the first time, through our columns—and doubt not but that our readers will examine with interest the subjoined literal translation : LETTER FROM ABD-EL-KADER TO THE MARQUIS OF so chiefly on the ground that it is impolitic to tax capital. Now, it is by no means difficult to prove that it is practically a tax on capital, and that of the very worst description. Let us, for example, take the case of two persons each possessed of 10,0001. The one may choose to invest his money in 3 per cent. Consols—the other in Long Annuities, which expire in 1860. The one would obtain a permanent charge of 3001. per annum. The other one for eight years of, say 1,5001. per annum. The first would maintain its value, if it did not improve ; while the latter must deteriorate each year, as it ap proaches its termination. Can the whole of 1,5001. in the hands of the annuitant be con sidered as income ? Certainly not. If at all a prudent man, lie will set aside a considerable por tion thereof ; so much as would, if accumulated at compound interest, replace his original money at the termination of his charge. His 1,500/. is, therefore, made up partly of interest, or income, and partly of capital. Thus lie may spend 3001., while he lays by 1,200/. ; the 3001. being in come, the 1,2001. capital—but while, like the fundholder, he is compelled to pay 81. 15s. on his income, lie must also pay 351. a year on his capital, on the income derived from which he will also be bound to contribute in every sub sequent year; so that before his 10,0001. is again collected in 1860—he will have been charged nearly 5001. on his capital, from which the fundholder is altogether exempted. But if this be unjust to the long annuitant, how much more so is it to the man whose only income is derived from his own exertions ? He must also put by a large proportion of his receipts in each and every year to secure some provision for a rainy day—for the time when age and infirmity, or a change of fashions or of law, may cut off his sources of income, or his helpless family may be deprived of a father's care. He has many ar duous struggles to maintain his position, and which is essential to do, unless he would with it surrender his emoluments. But the cruel tax on his entire capital—for he has nothing but . his earnings —prevents him from laying by anything whatsoever, keeps him in diffi culties during his lifetime, and consigns his help less family to poverty and destitution after his death. This is alike inequitable and impolitic, and we call upon every right-minded man to resist it with all his power and all his energies. And this is the fitting opportunity for so doing—such as, if suffered to pass 'by without due advantage being taken, may never again arise at any future time. Fiscal Reformers, look to it. Your coun try expects that you will faithfully discharge your duty. The friends of popular education ought now to bestir themselves. The ice is broken. A large and enthusiastic meeting has been held in Exeter Hall. A deputation from it has been graciously received by Lord DERBY, and partial promises made, and petitions begin to flow into the House of Commons. With the aid of a tolerably hearty effort in the provinces, especially in the boroughs, we should not despair of seeing the greatest obstacle to general education completely removed when the next or any other Budget becomes law. Our earnest advocates of universal educa tion should avail themselves of the Christmas holidays to hold meetings, and to sign petitions for the repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. We had, indeed, hoped that our first literary CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would have signalised his first financial scheme by the truly noble achievement of a thorough emancipation of the Press. Perhaps he had it in his heart. Perhaps he would be thankful for a popular coercion of his colleagues, but more probably following the wont of his predecessors he has listened first to the most clamorous, or to the necessities of pre serving political support. Nothing else, we think, could have induced him to retain so paltry and indefensible a tax as that on Advertisements, espe cially when he was making his reductions in each department in such piecemeal style. . Do our readers of the trading class fairly under stand the value of Advertisements ? The expense of them, under the present system, has so limited their use, that few are aware how much a freer employment of them must benefit trade. A grocer or a draper cannot put half his things in his shop window, and, if he could, his window cannot visit half the persons who might be his customers, but do not pass it ; but a newspaper finds its way into every dwelling, or would do were it untaxed ; and an Advertisement in it would remind persons of comforts, conveniences, luxuries, and ornamental elegances, which they would not otherwise think of ; would do it at home, where the wife could talk with her husband as to ways and means, and the daughters ply their entreaties so omnipotent with papa. It would tell of every fresh arrival of Winter, Spring, and Summer goods from the great manufacturing depots of the North, and lead to a visit and a purchase ; it would announce every reducticn of price, that great temptation to so many, who buy because it is now " cheaper than it was. " It would tell the other class, which quits an article as soon as " everybody can get it," of the new and just registered pattern or fabric, now making by one of the first houses in Manchester or Bradford ; and that " Messrs. TAYLOR and SMITH having this week received a large supply thereof, with many thanks for the past unprecedented support they had received, invite the favour of personal in spection." Happy couples, in the near prospect of the blissful day, would study in it on the sofa the catalogues and prices of cabinetmakers and upholsterers, ere they made their half-blushing visit to the shop, and many an addition to what they might otherwise have thought of would pro bably be pencilled down in the smiling discussion ; while the prudent matron, half questioning whe ther she must not merely alter the last year's dresses of her six daughters for this season, " be cause times are so hard," is unable to resist the temptation of clothing them afresh all alike, " be cause, on the other hand, these new dresses ad vertised by Mr. - are really at once so cheap, and look so respectable." We do not, mean, of course, to insinuate that there is even the shade of a thought in the mother's mind that new dresses are anything at all of the nature of an Advertisement them selves. The careful housekeeper, too, glancing, while at her needle, at the butcher's, baker's, and grocer's Advertisements, would ponder prices and articles, and think of many a thing for to-mor row's purchases. There is, indeed, no depart ment of retail trade to which cheaper advertising would not be an invaluable boon. Keep things befOre people's eyes, and in time, though they did not buy at first, they will think they need them. Good advertisers, even under the present system, have almost always made their fortunes. Far be it from us to deny the merits of the articles fur nished by the most eminent in that line ; but surely they do not surpass in quality and cheap ness those of hundreds who do far less business America is wide awake to the advantage of adver tising. Her Advertisements amount to ten millions annually—England's but to two millions ! Every body there advertises everything. All are at liberty, without a farthing of paper-duty, or of stamp-duty, or of advertisement-duty, to tell each other what they want to 'buy and sell. The consequence is, that in America FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLIONS of news- papers, annually, are required to tell the wants of n.aighbours to each other,—in England ninety-five millions suffice for the same purpose ! The Ame ri cans know the value of hand-bills, placards, circulars, periodicals, and the other means of ad- ver tising, as well as we, but still our shrewd bro tiler JONATHAN finds his account in publishing ;en millions of Advertisements to our two millions! Lel.; our tradesmen of every class open their eyes to this. But it is the educational advantage of the untaxed newspaper on Which we lay the great- eilt stress. It is little better than folly to Cram children perforce with knowledge, while you le ave in abeyance the best allurement you can offer tc ► seeking it spontaneously. The Society for the L iffusion of Useful Knowledge, according to the t( .3stimony of Lord BROUGHAM himself, found all leir efforts to reach the lowest classes useless, b ocause the penny stamp forbad them to pub lish news in a penny magazine. He tes- tifies that could they have made of their magazine a good newsp a p er , _ _ could have easily gained attention to more per manently useful knowledge through the news. Hence he denounced this " last penny (th,:penny stamp) as the worst penny of all." There is but one of the present daily papers, (of any business or intellectual merit, which would not augment its circulation incalculably were it wholly untaxed. Each would, at least, have five readers for one. This alone would increase. the Advertisements largely, and the Advertisements, again, would aid the sale. It is not chimerical, indeed, to hope that our daily papers, if untaxed, might have a tenfold sale. But a yet larger class of readers would be created by an immensely increased cir culation of local newspakers. Thousands who now take only a weekly local paper, would add to that a daily London journal ; but tens of thousands who see no paper at all, or who go to the beer-shop and waste their families' bread to see one, would have one at home, and would read it at their own break fast or supper table. Here, again, would be an immense field for Advertisements. But here would be the welcome schoolmaster also, the instructor whose teaching is no task, whose lessons, though adapted at first to the tastes of his learner, so far as to interest him, would ad vance with the intelligence of his pupils, and while better than nothing- at first, would soon become of great social, and ultimately even of great intellectual, value. It has been the fashion to cry down the newspaper as a tutor for the many. Let, however, the majority of our readers ask themselves how many other books they them selves get through in a year ? They get the paper because of the news ; that is glanced at ; it is laid aside for business hours ; but the leisure of the evening comes, and all that ig interesting is looked over, and perhgps read in the domestic circle. Why should the illiterate, then, be expected to read books more than the great mass of their betters ? Or, on the other hand, why, as they share the common desire for news, why should not they be like:y to acquire also much incidental knowledge from a newspaper, which, like their betters, they will never obtain from any other source ? We have room to notice but one point more. There can be no doubt that the real reason for retaining the taxes on knowledge is the dislike of our aristocracy to the people's acquiring political knowledge. We are confident they are wrong in this, even for their own objects. They dread, in plain English, exposing what o ne o f our grea t es t legislators termed " the shameful parts of the Constitution," in Church and State, to the popu lar gaze. But we ask, Where do you find the greatest moderation, even on these subjects ? It is, after all, amongst those who can read and think. These " shameful" things must be got rid of eventually, and this will be done none the worse for our populace being accustomed to hear both sides on these subjects. The tendency of habitual reading is on the whole to enlighten, and hence to moderate rather than to irritate. Confident do we feel, that did our working people read the debates of Hon. Members and Noble Lords, or even abstracts of them, it would do much to soothe political discontent ; it would at least tend to guide it into safe and useful channels. The present is, however, a time of remarkable political quiet. The working classes are, on the whole, satisfied. It is, therefore, the very hour to throw open the newspaper to the million, and begin to educate them in the great social principles which they cannot violate with impunity. We firmly believe, that in this country, where good sense and moderation are sure to have the preference, the immediate eman cipation of the newspaper press, might save the need of regular and yeomanry cavalry, in the next time of commercial pressure, whenever it may come. Poo; indeed, must be the newspaper which would not educate our working men to perceive the folly of strikes, and of physical force assem blies. Poor, indeed, if it did not better pre pare him for those full rights of citizenship to the attainment of which their class is rapidly tending, whether Cabinets like it or not. Opera tives will soon be electors ; they will become so more safely the longer they have enjoyed the training of the newspaper. The Duke of Wellington, we understand, contemplates brthwith throwing open Apsley House to the public, under certain regulations, it order that they may view the mag nificent collection of presents given by foreign Sovereigns to his late lamented and illustrious father. It is, we be lieve, an acknowledgment on the part of his grace for the late munificent grant of 80,0001. for the late duke's inter ment. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and family have left Stafford House, St. James's, for Lilies Hall, Shrop shire, whence their graces proceed to Trentham Hall, for the holidays. The duchess is expected to pass through London the second week in the ensuing month, en route to Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Qr eon, having been in vited by her Majesty, with other distinguished personages, to witness the first of a series of private theatrical perform. ances at the above regal residence. CITY ORTHOPcEDIC HOSPITAL, HATTON GARDEN.— HANDSOME DONATIGH.—At a recent meeting of the com mittee and friends ef the above institution, held in the Board Room—Dominic Ffrench Duff, Esq., in the chair,— some routine businese havin g t ransp i re d, it was stated by Timothy Pollock, Esq., that the handsome donation of thirty guineas had been given to the funds of the hospital by George Bishop, jun., Esq., of Balls Park, Hertford, in addition to an annual subscription of 201., for the purpose of maintaining an extra bed for the accommodation of in patients. The senior surgeon, E. J. Chance, Esq., of Old Broad Street, in answe r t o an i nqu i ry, stated that since the opening of the institution, in June, 1851, up to the present time, there were no less than 1,212 patients on the books, and as no letter of recommendation was required, almost every a fish accession of patients. mE day ND ELbroughtsN ORATORIO ELIJAH will be performed first time this scum; this eveni ng (Thursday), by th e London Sacred Harmonic Society, under the direction o f soll Mr. Surman, founde r o f th e Exeter Hall oratorios ; also, an Elegy, "Mourn ft the Mi g hty D ea d," composed by Sir Henry Biala?, Principal singers, Mrs. Endersohn, Miss Dolby, Mr. ockey, and Mr. H. Phillips, ASTLEY'S AMPHI7'IEATRE.—The pantomime in pre paration here bears the title of Fortunio and his Horse Comrade, or, HarleNin, and Seven Gifted Men, and is written by the celebrated pantomimic author, Mr. Nelson Lne brilliantst s h effects,ceehe spectators. w) have reason t o b e lieve, will be of a most ar4ter ; dazzling groups, gorgeous para phernalia,neszsupernatural splendour, will delight The comic portion will be and d . astonish The and sh t very ably sustained Mess rs . M e lb ourne Ella, Gardner Boleno, Priorson, an; R. Hemmi ng , are respectively the Harlequin, Clown, ) an t a l oon, an d S pr it e, an d M a dll e. Christine the Columllne. A gr an d t rea t aw aits the visit ors of Astley's on Boxini Night. CABINET THEAT4.—The first performance of the London Dramatic Clth took place at the above theatre on Tuesday last, before a crowded audience, the entertainments commencing with tnowles's play of The Hunchback. Miss Mortimer PlaYel Julia excellently ; her reading of the part was lucid and 4th:wt. This young lady is the clever est amateur actress cf the day, and only wants bringing out to become a valuable acquisition to the stage, possessing all the qualities requis!te for the profession. Master Walter was very ably sustained by Mr. W. Howard, who seemed to have a thorough conception of this arduous character. Messrs. Ryder ana Rotert s , as Lord Tinsel and Master Heartwell, played with their usual ability. The farce of Mrs. White followed, in which Mr. Pitt, as Frank Brown, sung a very sweet ballad in so expressive a manner that it was redemanded. Mr. Selby's farce of The Unfinished Gentleman concluded the evening. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A moulder, named William Davis, 50 years of age, employed at Mr. William Riley's work, at Mill-fields, Wolrerhampton, met with his death on Thursday last, under the following distressing circum stances' was engaged in assisting to draw an iron cast ing up with a creme for the purpose of removing it out of his way, to enable him to proceed with his work ; and when the casting was suspended by an iron chain, he ran under it ; the hook of the chain suddenly gave way, and the sus pended mass, - weighing upwards of four tons, fell upon him, forced his head and neck against an anvil, and nearly severed his head from his body, killing him upon the spot. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE. —Yesterday afternoon, a frightful accident occurred to William Hulbury, barge man, who resided at Sudbury. It appears that the man was at work on a barge in the Paddington Canal, when ho accidentally slipped, and fell headforemost into the cabin. He was instantly picked up and conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital, where Mr. Lane, surgeon, and Mr. Bullock, house surgeon, were in immediate attendance, when it was found that his skull was fractured, beside other injuries, and the least excitement m i g h t cause instant death. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Yesterday afternoon infor mation was received from St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, of a murderous assault that was committed on William Walker, aged 11 years, residing at 3, Burn's-place, Chapel street, Paddington, imam- the following circumstances : It appears, from inquiries on the spot, that three boys were playing near a neighbour's shop, belonging to a person of the name of But, and from some cause which at present cannot be clearly ascertained, he rushed out and beat the sufferer over the head and face with either a whip or a stick, lacerating his cheek, and severely injuring the eye, great doubts belig expressed whether he will ever regain the use of it. Ile was conveyed to the above hospital, under the care of Mr. Lane, surgeon, where ho remains in a precarious state. NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.-It appears that the Lady Flora, just arrived, left in Melbourne, on the 6th August, about seventy sail of ships, amounting in the aggregate to some 35,000 tons, a few of them getting men at 101. for the ilttn to Sydney and Adelaide, while others were quite de serted by all but the masters, with little chance of gettin g away. It was with the greatest difficulty that the captain of the Lady Flora could get a crew for London at 501. for the run home, Vessels for India, ho states, could not obtain a man for any amount of pay. part they MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market closed steadily at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 170 Pernam and Maranham, at bid. to lid., 50 Bahia at 631, 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 82d., and - 400 Surat at 4d. to 4id. Railway shares were dull, at rather lower rates. The six weeks average price of wheat is 41s. 3d. per quarter ; and the last week's sales were 121,850 quarters. There will be no further public sales of Sugar, Coffee, &c., until January 4, the markets having last night closed for the holidays. Sugar has this week been firmer, and British Plantation has ad vanced Gd. per cwt. East India sorts also have been rather dearer. Of Coffee there have been but sparing buyers, and Mocha is down to 2s. Rice has been dull, and also Tea. Tallow is in rather more demand, and also Cotton, and Saltpetre has risen Gd. per cwt. The deliveries of produce for home consumption, with the exception of Tea, are satisfactory. The French Government, or the agents sup posed to be acting for it, is still covertly, though largely, purchasing grain, and the object can only be divined to be to produce such an impression upon the French market as will keep down prices. It is probable that the last crops were smaller than hai been supposed, or the necessity for this course would not have arisen ; and the advisers of Louis Napoleon, sensible that popular discontent waxes warm when food is dear, are determined, at whatever sacrifice to the National Treasury, to repress any rising tendency whenever possible. Under auto cratic sway, this is not so difficult a task, -but it would be very different where the Finance Minister has his accountability towards the representatives of a free people. Private competition must here be left to Accomplish what Government inter ference can alone bring about in other quarters. Those interested in French securities, however, may not regard with an indifferent eye the heavy drain upon the national income, occasioned by the new charges for the maintenance of the Imperial Court, as well as by these commercial operations, and a new loan ere long seems inevitable. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up ;o this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1852. 1851. £17,526 16,496 45,469 42,366 9,454 9,294 10,004 8,344 24;719 22,737 12,329 10,913 5,109 4,706 8,655 7,572 14,402 11,163 17,478 16,299 8,775 ' 7,967 14,494 14,333 Great Western North Western South Western Brighton Midland South Eastern North Stafford Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick .. Stocks are again rising, but there is less doing than there was yest er d a y. U pon th e reopening of the transfer books, there will probably be sales as usual, but the state of the Money Market will ultimately determine whether the speculators will be encouraged to rally the quotations. The Bank of England return, to be published in to-morrow evening's Gazette, will show, it is expected, a de crease of about 300,0001. in the bullion. Consols have been 1008 to and the New 3 per Cents. 1041 to g. Bank Stock is quiet, at 223-. Ex chequer Bills are up to 645. and 675., and India Bonds to 78s. and 82s. premium. The Foreign Securities are flatter generally. Mexican Bonds have been 24i to , and Peruvian Deferred 64 to 1;.. Grenada Deferred Stock is quiet at 12 and Equador 51. Spanish New Deferred are at 24, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. at 40, being heavy. The Turkish Loan is quoted premium only. Dutch 2/ per Cents. are 68- In Gold Mines business is falling off ; prices are down only about on the 11. Australian Shares. The Californian have receded to a similar extent. The 51. Shares of the Australian Mine have de clined li. Australian Agricultural Company's shares are at about last evening closing rates, to 101. decline, and Van Diemen's Land 11. lower. The South Australian are 71. to 91. cheaper. The Joint Stock Bank shares are heavy. Not much is doing in railways. Midland have been higher, and also Great Western. Caledonian and others rather lower. French shares are neglected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 2234 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... ..... New 31 per Cent. Annuities lO4B g Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Gi $ India Bonds, £lOOO 7B Ditto under £lOOO 78.82 South Sea Old Annuities lole Consols for Opening 18th' January Exchequer Bills 14d. March. June. £lOOO 64 7 £5OO 64 4 Small 64 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ' 74 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 11 per Cent. Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent Portuguese 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 4oi 1 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 41 per cent • 1055 Ditto Small Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 514 1 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. o f Coup. not fun 4 p Turkish toan, 6 per Cent., 1852 1 p Dutch Exchange 21 per Cent 6Bl 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 12g 24 8 4 . 64 Two MORE SUDDEN DEATHS.—Yesterday Mr Davis, the coroner's beadle, forwarded to Mr. Wakley i n f orma ti on of two cases o f awfully; sudden death, which occurred within a few hours of each other, and almost in the same locality. The first was that of John Chapman, aged 39, clerk, who resided at 99, Metropolitan-buildings, in :the Old Pancras-road. He returned home at his accustomed hour, and at ten o'clock was found sitting in his chair quite dead. The other case was that of Thomas Stacey, aged 21, residing at No. 23, Grange-road, Camden-town, assistant to Mr. Barker, a brewer in the Hampstead-road. Deceased was seen by a fellow lodger to get out of bed in the course of Monday night and walk along the passage, where he was discovered a few minutes afterwards in a state of unconsciousness. Mr. Coldcleugh, a surgeon, of Grange-road, w as called in, but lif e , i n thi s case as in the preceding, was quite extinct. AN UNWELCOME CIISTOMER.—On Monday evening, about seven o'clock, Messrs. Hall, stationers and printers, Cambridge-terrace, Camden Town, were suddenly sur prised by the unexpected entrance of a bull into their shop in the following manner :—A bull ran across the road, and made for the plate-glass folding doors of Messrs. Hall's shop, which it threw wide open, ringing at the same time the shop bell, and nearly overturning a case of goods di rected to Messrs. Bull, Gibraltar. It then proceeded at a trot to the end of the shop, brushing against a large plate glass show case, and passing without i n j ur y a quan tit y of ink-bottles on the floor. Mr. Bull then endeavoured to turn round, but in doing so, got wedged in between three stacks of paper and a cutting-machine. In this position he remained for 10 minutes or more, apparently somewhat astonished at his novel situation. By dint of the coaxing and persuasion of the drover, and the way out being made a little more clear, Mr. Bull walked out again without damaging anything beyond a small picture-frame glass, which was broken by the violence with which the front doors were thrown open, and which bear the mark of the bull's horn, fortunately striking the wood work in the centre of the doors. The printing-office doors a t th e en d of the shop had just been closed, or Mr. Bull would pro bably have proved rather a slovenly " distributor," and have made some very unpalatable " pie." FIRE, AND PROBABLE Loss OF LlFE.—Last evening, between the hours of five and six, the inhabitants of Half Moon passage, Bartholomew-close, West Smithfield, were most painfully excited in consequence of the following me lancholy occurrence, which it is feared will terminate fatally : —lt appears, from the inquirles instituted, that a family named Mackey, resided at No. 9, in the before-named court, and whilst Mrs. Mackey was engaged in melting some bee's wax and turpentine on the fire, the spirits became ignited, when the flames coiled up in a vast body. The unfortunate female, to prevent the chimney taking fire, laid hold of the vessel containing the flaming ingredients ; but the heat was so great, that she was compelled to drop the same, when the liquid fire ran over the room, and over the wear ing apparel of the poor creature, completely encircling her in flame. She immediately ran down stairs into the street with the fire mounting over her head, and at the same time the fire was seizing upon the furniture in her room. A number of the neighbours and police ran to the assistance of the female, and by great exertions they succeeded i n ex tinguishing the fire about her body, but not until sho was most seriously burned. The sufferer was forthwith removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she remains in a very precarious condition. The engines of the London Brigade and parish quickly attended, but owing to the services of the police and neighbours the fire in the pre mises was subdued without the aid of the engines. Mr. Mackey was uninsured. The building belongs to Mr. Howard, of Tottenham, and it is unknown at present whe ther it was insured or not. (ADvEnTrsEmENT.)—Holloway's Ointment and Pills a certain specific for the Curo of Scorbutic Eruptions.— Extract of a letter from Mr. Abbitt, chemist, Leaming ton, dated Nov. 25, 1852 :—To Professor Holloway : Sir,—A person named John Margoschis, of 19, Regent street, Leamington, was afflicted for eight years with scorbutic eruptions on the lips, and at length the whole surface of the mouth and lower part of the face was covered with sores. He tried all kinds of remedies without deriving any benefit wh a t ever. At length he was recommended to use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which in three days produced a great change for the better, and in a short time effected a perfect cure."—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th J anuar y len ox div. I St. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. ihr. I Paid j t. 100 4 all 1 1 28 7ii all ?2 18i ;t. 100 3t. 100 i 0 all i 0 all >0 45 ;5 all 5 all 5 all 1.8 i all !O 1 all ;5 1 all 25 6 25 , all Bt. 100 50- all it. 100 it. 100 a. 100 ;t. 100 a. 100 k. 100 Co all it. 100 .2 11 X:, all 6 111 it. 100 ;0 15 ,4 114 50 all all 11 all 10 3 St. 100 St. 100 20 12 10 1 St. 100 50 42 40 34 25 all 25 all St. 100 si 44 St. 100 St. 100 50 47i 25 173 )0 all' it. 100 15 14 0 7i all ft. 1100 .5 all i 0 3i >t. 100 I 16 l3 North Devon, No.l 16 q go., No. 2. ...... 8 all too., i A Deferred 8 5 Do., i B Guaranteed) 20 17:3 North Staffordshire. 20 all North Western... 10 £q N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... 100 Scottish Central ...... St. St. St. St. 1100 (Scottish Midland, 'lOO Shrewsbury &Hiring: 100 Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... all Do. Halves, do. ...... 20 Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union .. . ... Do., A. B. C. &D. fully paid up at p. c...... all South Devon .......... s 100 South Eastern...:.. .. .. all South Wales. I 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16i tockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... 17 Vale of Neath... ...... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 13 West C0rnwa11........ all West L0nd0n........., 1 Woodford ..... ......... ICO York Newctl. dz Berw, 20 Do. Extensions ....... 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland.. 59i 9 si PREFERENI 100 Aberdeen ..... all Do., No. 2,7 p. c... 100 Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock ......... 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... 34 Cork &Bandon 53 P.C. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ....... all EastA uglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent...... ...... all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Coun t.ies Ex tension, sp. c. No.l all Do., No. 2. all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed ' 44 per cent....... .. 6 Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £2o—, ...... 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 2 5 Do., No. 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c.. 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c.j 100 Lon. &N. West. Coy. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London & S.Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler 3 Shares all Londndry. & Ennisk. 3 Shares all' Manch. ,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1...... all Do. New, £10......... 3 Do. ,• 26 ...... all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 43 per cent....... 8 3 Do ......... ...... ........ [OO Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. MO Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent:... 5 Do. Pref. 43 per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 53 per ct.. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent .00 North British all North Staffordshire .00 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do.. all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. . all South Devon 14 Do. New ..,•„ all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. St. 100 Do. 43 per cent ....... 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 123 all Stock.& Hartl. Guar. sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 5 Do.. 25 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Punch... 161 20 5 2 10 25 10 1.0.( 40 100 100 100 JOINT-STOI all Australasia all British N. American 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lou- --- I don 4 iEnglish Scottish ani 2dAustralian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 Loudon Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 36 National Prov. of Eng 10 Do. New 22: National of Ireland all' Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New. 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company all South Australia all Union of Australia... 266, Do. Now .............. 10 Union of L0nd0n.,,,. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen ........ Ambg. Nottng. Bost Eastn. Junc Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin &Berast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (XlB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do. Do., B. & C......... .. Eas'‘, Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth . &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds. ..... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So u thpt London & Blackwal' Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bri3bt.& London &N. Westerr Do. Fifths Do. ,10/. Sh. ,M&8... C London & S.Western Do., £50........- Do., £40.••• Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. et Lin. Un. Midland . . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares ... Newjastle do Carlisle.. Newmarket Newpt.Aberg.&llifcl Newry & Enniskillon ,Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk... ..... ........ Do., New . Northn. Counties Un. North British Closing Prices this Day. 314 -- 32 6i -- 7 10i -- 11 7 --6 j di 21 -21 A 34-2ã 106 -- 108 66i -- 674! 23 -- 24 181 -18 i 33 -23 d 83 -- 93 5i -- 6i 4 - 4A 13 -- 134 10i - 11 - 81 - fii 77 - 79 55 -• 60 78 - 80 29 - 31 60 - 62 82 - 83 44 - 46 122 - 124 106 107 94i -95 i ' 6t 88 -- 90 11i -- 124 83i -- 84 33 3$ d 2t -- 2 d 17 -- 184 9i -- 9$ -- 2p 107 -- 108 124 i --125 4 -- 44 p —2l p 904 -91 A 3h -- 20 2i -- 2 d 12 -- 12} 204 -- 211 304 -- 31 34 -- 3 d 79 -- 7N 47 -- 49 51 -- 53 3a __ 3 d 2g -- 21 51 -- 5 3 2t -- 24 d 38 -- 3§ 7 -- 61 d - 2# d 4- 3 d - 3 . 4 4i p 53 - 54 94 - 98 64 - 68 66 - 68 78 82 14 d 19 20 9i 10 14 15 3 2 d 24 -- 25*' 81? -82 f 391 --. 39 13i --14, 4 -- 4 21 2g 12 - 13} 9 - 10 27 - 27 9 i - 91 73 74 6 6N I 2 24c1 584 594, SHARES. 108 - 110 105 = 10: 19 19, par -6, 3 3 -3, - 4 -2 1 1 11 --- l jj 18/ -1&, S - 127 : 129 x, 112 - 113 9 1 1 -ii pl .093 --- 1103 - 3 1) .52 - 155 j ... - 33-4 p 81 - 8i 133 - 14 93 - 103 11 - 114 i - i p 1 - li p 149 - 151 23 1 1 1 - LAP 6 - (IA 1 - 2i 102 - 104 25i - 26, 2 -2i ; - 17i -- 17; P 17 -- 1 18 , Pte' P 26 -- 264 i'6 = io id fpm 102 104 i - tpl BANKS. •.. Baseness done this Day. 100 100 20 50 25 pm, 14/ 18 k .27 8 7 x. n. .12 13 x.ll 84.24 I J} 5 4 11• „ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTMAD. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do 29i - 30 g 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 54 56 L. &N.W, Caledon.. Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn. 149 151 33 34 Caledon Do Yk. New. & Berw., Y.&N.Md. Do Do 112 56 - 5 0 7 27 - 20 14 - 25i - 262 194 - 20 23 - 25 S. Eastern. Do Norfolk Do ,Ln.&N.W. & Midid. Stckton Darlingt. Midland... 3 - 3i 1074 10 E. Count Do 64 - 66 L. &N. W drLn&Yk Do Gt.Northn i Do 1 . 0 - 1 2 150 - 152 Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. Darling Do ••• -..." ••• i...... i d - ... .34 - 33/ 1053 - 106 32i 3 , IGft.Westn. FOREIGN. _—.' ~...., (10 0 Closing Prices Mane , Shr. Paid 4, Ba umsm . tigo this day. ------ 5 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. 1 2 20 all Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon ... . . 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 14 15 1 4 1 171 all Demerara — ••• 20 6 Dijon and Besanqon 2 -311 p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 1 1 d 20 all East Indian 9 91 p 29.1 1 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 —2l P 20 4 Gd. Junct. o f F rance ri —24pxd 201 101 Gt. Westernof Canada Shares 1 —ll P ... ... Do. Bds. (lst i55.)1857 ... •• • . . Do. Bds. (2d i55.)1862 ... •• • 74 20 14 Luxemb ourg 6l 10 10 Do. Do. (Railway) 4l _ 51 5 5 1 5 26 1 i Do. (Canal) 1 --11 1 20 5 Lyons & Mediterran lO —ll p 20 41 Madras 2l 341 3 334 29 Maria Antonia .. 10 10 Do. New -•—• e•e. 20 all Namur & Li ege ,( w ith interest) 8 81 84 1 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6l 71 6 16 all Northern o f F rance 36 36/ 0 0 .1 i 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams. Shs.) 15 151 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref ... ... 20 11 Orleans & Bordeaux ... ... 20 10 Paris and Lyons l7 —171 p I 40 28 Do. Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 4O 42 40 20 all Paris and Rouen 3Bl 391 381 20 all Paris and St ras b ourg 334 —33ixd 33 1 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 5 —ls p 104 2i Quebec &Richmond , i —14 p 20 all Rouen and H avre 2 14 211 21,1 103 4 20 all Sambre and M euse lOl 11 11 20 4 Southern of France ,41 5 20 4 St. And. & Quebec(A) • . 20 17 Tours and Nantes ... .. .. . 20 2s. Upper India S cr i p 81 all West Flanders ... . 10 4 Do. 51 per c. Pref ld * p 20 9 Western of France... 111 —l2 p 20_0_./" MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 108. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian —7 P r 5 61 5 20 5 Australian 6l 71 6 1 ' )4 1 all Australian Cordillera Isi ti 4 p 1 1 all Aust ra li an Freehold. 4p . p l• 1 all Ave Maria par — 4 p 11 a 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par —4 p 1 all British Au s t r i n . G o ld 1— t, p 1 ,1 g ' 20 13.5 British Iron lO 11 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm 4l 51 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & O n i a d a 2 3 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 281 291 1 all Carsons's C ree k 1 —1" p 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l —31 p 4 ... 14 Copiapo . 5 all English and Austin all Copper Smeltg. Co l4 —i d 41 4 1 20 General. 1 all Golden M oun t a i n ld— 1 p 11 ' 3 all Great Polgooth l4 —ll p , 1 all Lake Eathu rs t... 1 all Liberty i —1 4 p A 1 all Lonci .&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 B d i 4 l 1 all Mariq uita * i P 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 44 44 1 all New Granada — P l al i 1 1 all Nouveau M on d e l al —liP 2 1 1 all Port Philip II —2 1 p 32 i 1 all ' Quartz Rock ). $ p it 50 all Rhymme Iron 2l -- 26 25 1 90 101 Santiago de Cub a 8 9 8 ? 1 all South Australia n !", ip 1 % 10 7 Tin Croft ll 1 2 281 all United Mexican 9 si 9 5 1 all West Mariposa 1 i 11 I 1 all Yuba l— 1 P 1 _.--' MISCELLANEOUS. 1 --- 16 100 35 Australian ALnicult. ... , , — 250 321 Canada ~ [25 8 St. all Copper Miners of Eng. ... ._ 25 all Do. Preference 5 5 Crystal Palace., ... 20 1 Eastern Steam ... ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 0 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat . ... 100 50 General Screw St eam . „. 20 21 Irish Beetroot Su gar ... .—... 10 2 Netherlands Land ..,. ... 21 ~1 50 all Peninsular & Orient a l .., 89 100 60 Royal Mail Steam -... "' 5,, 55 25 25 South Austral. La nd ... ~. 55 5 ° 5 2 Univeral Emigration "0 and Colonization ... .. idi 16 ' 100 28/ Van Diemen's Land ... :,18 i - _., 1 1 Submar. Telegraph __.......--:,.„-/ ._ _ RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buekghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Was. Barr. & Neihni,Direct Do. New Eirtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference 'Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per : Mancli.Bxton and Hatlock Middlesbro' & Reclear IVEdld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Do.Shepth. St. Shef. Roth. &' Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts diSoinrst I B l°al dos LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(2HIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 23.—Wind at Noon, E. to 0 breeze and dull hazy weather. th DEAL, Dec. 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived fr °lll so l4 . River—Dromo, Cape Coast Castle; Sea Quel'3 r i e aysi Kong ; Alice Brown, Berbice ; Denmark, New Fr et Henry Ginnell, N ew Y o rk. - Arrived from tho sailed.—Monteagle and Appleton, Melbourne. 4 il e 3 PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wi n d, Margaret Evans, NeW York. FALMOUTH Dec. 22.—Wind, W.S.W., moderat e ' rived—Maria ' Engracia, Havannah. Gen era LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22.—Wi n d , S.E. Arrived Dunlop, New Orleans ; Fox, Newfounland. Off A Mary Hall. Sailed—V es t a , C ape Haytier _ Tromp, Sydney, N.S.W. ; S u l tan and Ca l e doemL..bir > s ' Francisco ; Tavante, V a l para i so ; Indian Q ue en, 4, does ; Auguste, La G ua y ra ; C onway, Theines, IlElie' and Onward, New Orleans ; Mary Caroline, Mobilej.oooe; beth, Susannah ; Alli ance , Ch ar l es t on ; J o h n AC P :. Se" New Orleans ; Pion eer , Baltimore ; Hero and Brew er, 110 York. i s 00 1 SHIELDS, Dec. 22.—The Haleyon, of GuernseY) Herd Sand ; crew saved. TORBAY, Dec. 22.—W: maica. -Protector, IV l, W. Sailed-- Mr. Alderman Salomons has given a presenta t pof one of the fatherless children of the late Mr. J. W; age artist, to the Blue C oa t S c h oo l : an d th e B oa rd of •Lu il f pre ment of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution 118 / th ° sented a free scholar s hip i n Q ueen ' s C o llege to one ° girls. . g ieefr CITY HOSPICE AND SOUP KITCHEN. —A p u blic r0,, t0 ing was convened for yesterday, at the London Tar e 101 adopt measures for carrying out the operations of , I ' o ,oo stitution, and for more effectually suppressing menu do' and destitution throughout the city of London ; Lord Mayor, who had consented to preside, being uo? c ool! attend in consequence of having to preside at the !r o d; of wardmote officers in Candlewick Ward, it Nve B ',, o ie o desirable to adjourn the proceedings to a more con',. oc es: timo. It appeared from the report drawn up for th u ro ose'' sion, that the average number of beggars a t 1 1 ) tl e 'S applying for relief is 57 daily, whereas foriner u l eo d t number was 169. Nine beggars have been aPP re ,,, and taken before the magistrates. Seven w e ' t j j e to prison, and the others were pardoned with n monition not to beg again. T wen t y - s i x poo r woe - sp ice now receiving the shelter an d pro t ec ti on o f the l in yier_ l l4- they are occupied at shirt-maki ng . The ~o men can earn from 3s to 3s 6d a week, Yea' out more than 2s ; the latter are thus emploYet"• they than live in idleness an d on ent i re charitYt ael "9 can obtain situati ons or wor k suited to their cikr 1,3 6 Since the institution was opened in August las,ftoot, beggars have been relieved, and a liberal s upply no JO been given to 9,186 of the casual poor, and to 61 10 h e t": tressed poor at their own homes, although the k itc oe ; not yet been opened for the winter operations• o f ua tro registry contains the names of 705 applicants for sly_ os t and employment, and 92 have been provided for, 'i' oe t a bw whom have obtained situations as servants in res,P o titst ° families. During the last seven weeks 5,414 poor 01 0 persons have been conducted to the house of God 7 1 - t ea bo Sabbath by members of the committee and officersviv institution, in which "labour of love" they yu'f, the most ready and efficient aid from several of f eta ry of j , men of Mr. Hitchcock's establishment. The sl r c o l o , 1.30 , P 1 flounced the receipt of a donation of 501. from ( I g or Rothschild, towards the objects of the institu i on F r ! . g, SEIZURE OF GAMBLERS AT BLACKBURN. j _ gsni bh°o night, the borough police entered two priv' u f,turing ko s, houses, in Grimshaw-park, and succeeded in 7 4 ,part); er t persons, besides cards, money, and gamb ling -d The occupiers of the houses (Thomas Pickering 0:4, jl io Pickering) were committed to prison for a in°ll,.„ josP other defendants were ordered to find auxeti es peace. 304 St. 50 St. 684 7i 23 18 41. 134 13 1107 94i 5k ,i 84 i it in 181 9 1 108 74 1 124 5 4i 91h 90 80 79i a 12.3 12 20 20 .14 100 1.00 183 52. li 54 94 64 67 81. i 4 2 ./ler vtaje th e R c less th ebioness b,tion. ( bg, left ( liir 'gr, an 't il k a gllard c pp `` ds, wit 4 4 1 pa r t y 4 ajor k ( d ,k, groom '''Le Alatild .4e Earl , el oelt, had to wn in t Iltß M. I ler Ma . ated 112 1 t emba p' Th e (Int eSted ad uetie o. Nggi on deb ate ereell 'ebat e qated th * as Mud The ( churchoPf -ertnan I At the qiessrs. I C lark e. r The rE Mr, leetQd Ile li e sBrs.r' A —is ll e I chur tetu rt , fluty), t he l'Oo Sir , At uook s dared kessrs The 4 h ea , Ala,use , The 13 ard 13 a The c i ) po .' 151 2 73 4 8i 45 4 122 383 i 13/ a 105} 11184 .03i 38 zi I ieSSI Dolle kesk Ti fat e ther TI dep, A dep t broi --- the of F tax / by , 11 111 4, LIE th e Na: hire 00 a a ] t) a f I