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

TITEATRE 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, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horticastle ; La Valliere, Mr. Gall ; Ardenford, Mr. Ilarrisen ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Atter 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. R. Hughes; the new and ex tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants ; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Blamire ; the Ma chidery 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 I. ABODE OF KALYBA, THE ENCHANTRESS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow ur other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balle, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. 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 March of Intellect (travelling " incog." as," Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as suddenly changing the premises to Scene 2. Psxxitios OF INFANT SCHOOL—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " Illustrious Visitor," gives the boys a half-holiday on the occasion. Scene 8. EXTERIOR AND BARRACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. The. Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. 3fazzonl ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the celebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss Haines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her last place), Mr. Chcel ; 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 and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Savell, Dix, Welsh, 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 a ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen ye-irs, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to' Scene 4. KALTRA'S 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, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapino, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Baynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom I Scene 3. DOVER ROADR.—HOW the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner," made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANKS OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King Ptolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. Matthews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Paella, 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 thm to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Laving even " dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, KING OF EGYPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak for himself), Mr. 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. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; I I, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the "Corner," 1,000 to I on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DEACON'S TIACNT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY. — How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how St. George fol!ows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished) ; how he and the Dragon fall in, and then tall out. The Battle (for particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene 9. GRAND HALL OF CutvALß.T.—llovr St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Ite- appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in New Characters. Harlequin.... 3fr. Howell, C10wn.... Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon..... Mr. Priorsou. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT- Lin's Snot . .—lmproved Surgical Instruments. "Holding the mirror up to nature." " Families furnished" on a novel principle. A lcud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint Hies to the Clown's head. Scene it. CORNCHANDLER'S Sleep AND GRANARY.—More ways than ens of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of "game" In high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff" in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NuamsaT GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ithioplan Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for "patent elastic India-rubb er b oots. " Effects of " putting your feet in it.. The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAIL3R'S Suors.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always hot. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending in anawful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF 11EITISI1 AND FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE Toys for the Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Jack in the Box and oat of it. first-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene 15. Tete STATua as IT Is ; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scene 16. TUE STATUE AS IT WAS ; or, Wellington at Waterloo. Look here upon this picture, and on this." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new aml original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buck stone; Harwood, Mr. Howe; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. After which the New Comic Drama of STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. In which Messrs. Farren, Buckstone, Miss felbin, aed Mrs. llumby w:11 appear. To conclude with (first time) an Original Grand Fairy Extrava ganza of the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Manument of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith,. Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidgo, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin (Ist time), Mr. John Lauri ; Clown, Mr. J. W. Colier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Laid law ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. ----- THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Rates ; Messrs. „Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Ilanions, will ex hibit their wonderful Jeux Gymnastiques. Atter which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TIIE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wilis Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be per "ormed a Drama, in two acts, called BLANCHE DE VA EMT. The characters will be supported by Messrs. Granby, H. Hughes, J. Vining, S. Cowell, Honner; Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. 11. Hughes. In the course of the evening Professor lIEMNIING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wondernd performances. After which, a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI JH ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Vol. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armineourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejami”, Mr. Leffler ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron BristlelAch, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Honner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Honner, Hincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, 'enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-ayed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. On MONDAY EVENING Next Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M Cartigny ; Valere, M. Langeral; Ergaste, M. Lucian; -Artiste Frere de Sganarelle, M. Dorgebret ; Uri Commissaire, 31. Masquil. Der ; tin Notalre, M. Pagenier ; Ist belle, Mademoiselle Angelo ; Eleonor, Madame Eouquet ; Lisetto, 3ldlle. Khin. After which, LE PARRAIN. M. Durand Rentier (Le Terrain), M, Perlet. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Pique- Assiette, Mom leur Perlet. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the - performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, T. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. It is respectfully announced that this being Christmas-•day, there will ha no performance; but this Inimitable Entertainment will be resumed TIIIB EVENING, and continued every Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday ; and, in compliance with nu merous applications, they will give a GRAND MORNING PER FORMANCE on WEDNESDAY NEXT, commencing at half-past Two o'Clock.— St. James's Theatre, Dec. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Amphitheatre, 25. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A I'roprietor, Mr. IV. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Christmas Holiday Fetes. TO-MORROW EVENING (Boxing-N , ght), a double rotation of Equestrian and Gymnastic Novelties. The "Demon Horse ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit." Herr Neuparte, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed,a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON NORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Grand Christmas Comic Fairy Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ili Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarint ; Columbine, .Miss Louisa Waite. isox-office open from eleven till five o'clock.--Doors open at six and commence et half-pa:t six o'clock.--Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Dacidge. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS—GAME, LIFE,'STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, 'called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dream:. Har lequin, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown. Herr E. DeWitt. ROYAL VICTORIA THIS EVENING Will b eTHE BLACK OCTOR. In which Mi ss Vin cent, Mrs. performed b G. Lee, Miss L. P earce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed wards, G. Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After width will be produced a grand Christmai Pantomime, en titled THB BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin Go - a - Head." and Joe Miller and We Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Signor Os Mdile. Adele La ur i . • mo nde; Harlequin, M. Lupino; Columinne, LOSS OF A PRizi c i i ." ' . Ni i .''' ..2 -''' - - '-''''''''''..•••••...........,,p m ,, A p _ . d August announce ceived from Mulgrave I,lsnall - dat ß e lGA..A 3, dvices re the'total loss of the French corvOtte L a Seine, 20 guns. which took place on the night of the 4th of Jul sunken reef of rocks, near y, on a Ba p i Il e d a r e ; , on on n the coast of New Caledonia. The ship , it appears, rly, over on her larboard side and partly filleT. iking, hee led the boats, were preserved, by which the wholteu of nate the crew( and Ogee* amounting in all to nearly 200 persons,useo Weresaved. Every exertion was subsequently IVO the vessel. Ire guns and heavy ammunition weret thrown overhi3ard, and her masts cut away, with a v i e , o f floating her off, kW all to no purpose ; consequently be became a complete wreck. _ , ILLUiTRATED TALE IN " THE MIRROR," Price ls. On January 1, 1847, Chapters 1., 11., 111., and IV., of THE MISER'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, King William-street, Strand. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. nESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TtESDAT 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 , equested to be addressed. _ _ All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be lorwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds home diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 25. rIIERMOIRETER, Lowest, 26; Highest, 35; Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 29.74.—W1ND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 41 minutes after 7.1 Evening .. 13 minutes after 8. Quoi leurs temples sont paves de cadavres? Je ne m'etonne plus de ces maladies pestilentielles qui deso lent scuvent Persepolis. La pourriture des morts, et celle de tant de vivans rassembles et presses dans le rdme lieu est capable d'empoisonner le globe terrestre. Ah ! la vilaine vile que Persepolis I" What the wit tiest of philosophers applied to the evil of burial within churches, he might have applied with yet greater force to the burial within towns generally• He expresses astonishment at the temples of the DEITY being " paved with corpses"—what would not have been his astonishment now-a-days when the at mosphere of a city is tainted by the poisonous gases rising from the unwholesome grass and through the very cracks of the stones in our metropolitan grave• yards ? He might have uttered his indignant apostrophe not to Persepolis, but to London, to Minchinhampton, and to a thousand other places scat tered through Great Britain. Shall these things continue unchecked ? Will the Legislature remain idle while the lives of the people are being thus infamously sacrificed, and their moral character jeopardised ? Lord Jouri RUSSELL has promised the citizens of the metropolis, and through them the population of England, measures calculated to ensure their sanatory improvement. Meanwhile the Health of Towns' Association is watchful, Mr. MacKuixoN is untiring, and we ourselves shall not remain inactive. With the knowledge which the public now possess of the general outline of the policy which the Mi nistry mean to recommend to Parliament for the purpose of renovating the social condition of the Emerald Isle, and with the information that has been acquired (by %hat has been lately revealed at different agricultural associations in England), that the minds of the Protectionists are becoming rapidly imbued with a sense of their former errors—it will be readily perceived that the political crises of the present year will be productive of great national benefit. The alarming and disastrous failure of the potato crop has driven public men to a searching in quiry into the fundamentals of Irish misery, and measures will now be promptly produced, by virtue of which the natural rights of the cottier, and the tenantry at large, in that afflicted land, will be re cognised in a spirit of equity, and protected by Acts of Parliament. The direct consequences of this policy will be, that the labouring population will be materially advantaged by the encouragement which will be thus given to capitalists, not only large, but small, to invest their means for eliminating the latent bounties of a soil as rich by nature as it has hitherto been shamefully neglected; and thus, in the natural order of things, we shall gradually raise up a body of peasantry, forming a social nucleus in Ireland of the utmost importance to her future welfare. Such is the hope we may now legitimately entertain with respect to Ireland—a hope which is strictly traceable to the convictions en gendered in the minds of our public men, from au energetic and profound consideration of the fearful results which have cumulated upon Ireland, by reason of a severe visitation of PROVIDENCE. Thus will the truth of the saying, that " out of evil comes good," be forcibly demonstrated. In England, on the other hand, we anticipate that a similar boon will be conferred on our peasantry by the other great crisis, for which the year 1846 will be ever memorable in the annals of our country. The abolition of the corn. laws has already begun to lead to the salutary changes which, it was predicted, would be the certain fruits of their abrogation. We hear scarcely a whisper in favour of repealing Sir R. PEEL'S last and greatest measure. On the contrary, we daily discover wholesome signs—and we rejoice to note them—of the self-styled cham pions of the landed interest turning their minds to what is fittest to be done for their own emolument, and for the benefit of those beneath their influence, and all upon the assumption that the doom of the corn-laws has been irrevocably sealed. When these obnoxious laws were in full force the comparatively wealthy and enterprising tenant applied to his landlord for a leasehold interest of sufficient duration to justify him in making pecuniary outlays for extensive and permanent improvements in the estate he occupied. The application was ever made in vain. The landlords, bent upon influencing the votes of their tenants, that a selfish monopoly might be upheld, by returning a large number of agricul tural representatives to the house of Commons, in • variably adhered to the rule of granting only a tenancy at will. But now that the monopoly has been so gloriously wrested from them, now that they have no longer the same unilateral policy to bolster vp, " a change has come o'er the spirit of their dream," and a healthier tone is imparted to their councils. We have now the Duke of RICHMOND stepping forward and declaring his anxiety for a law to secure to the tenants rand farmers due compensation for the per manent zaad unexhausted improvements which they may have effected in their several holdings; we have his Grace at length proclaiming, not that tenant rights (f;ar it is amusing to notice that at the use of the term "rights" the mind of the Lord of Good wood adroitly revolts) should be secured, but that "justice" to tenants should be duly and uni formly recognised by some general law. We think these territorial aristocrats could not better employ their time, nor more felicitously repair the serious errcrs they have committed, than by uniting their minder and influence towards speedily procuring an Act of Parliament for acknowledging the natural rights of their agricultural depencjents. By adopting this course they would not only be doing an act of tardy justice, but they would, at the same time, be pursuing a policy, no small portion of the genial effects of which they would themselves indubitably enjoy. Far better - this than to busy themselves about a repeal of the malt-tax, which, for some time at least, it is hopeless for them to expect to carry, seeing that it yields a revenue of between four and five millions ; and that it is impossible the national exchequer can dispense with this sum till we shall have been first recompensed for the large re mission of fixation, which we have recently sanc tioned, thro ugh the enlarged reciprocal intercourse which we confidently look to establish, by developing to the utmost of our ability the principles of free trade. The Prot( etionists would do well to attend to these suggestions, and " take time by the forelock." . ,: ..:71;q, • 'T.A"Z!"' . r"4A115. r..• • N.' \N. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMIIER, 26, 1646. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in three vols. poet Bvo., THE WILL ; or, THE HALF BROTHERS. A NOVEL. - 77 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. The circular states that the Labour-rate Act, which came into, operation in the month of August last, had the advantage of assessing all landed pro perty according to its value, but the disadvantage of applying only to unprofitable works. The fatal character of this latter defect, and the modification of its provisions by the well-known letter of the Chief Secretary, of the 6th October last, in pur suance of the almost universal remonstrance of the landed interest, are facts of which one is aware. This defect, which was pointed out almost imme diately on the bringing the Act into operation, could not fairly be imputed to the Govern ' tnent. The public works were intended by the Ministry to be merely auxiliary to private exer tion and private enterprise. In this point of view there is no doubt that the Act would have had a most beneficial operation, but it was carried out in a manner wholly-different from that which was contemplated. I n place of being a mere aid, it became the chief, if not the only means, of employment for the starving population. A. moderate and reasonable sum might have been well expended on public works, but the enormous amount required for the support and main tenance of the people would have imposed an in tolerable burden on the real property of the country, unless it could be applied to works of a reproductive character. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland took upon himself a great and serious responsibility, n order to afford a remedy for this gigantic evil. He was, however, bound to keep as near the principle that had been sanctioned by the Legislature as pos ale. The Senate has . not yet recognised the pro priety or expediency of freeing all persons who give employment to the quantity of labour, which should fairly be provided for by their lands, and who should expend their proportion of the labour rate in the em ployment of persons who should otherwise be occu pied on the public works, from any further contribu tion to that rate. We fully assent to the propriety of the principle ; indeed, we have pressed it at various times upon the public attention. We did so on the 12th :,f September last, and on several occasions since, more especially when commenting on the bold and states manlike plan promulgated by the Irish Executive; but Lord BESBOROUGII could scarcely be expected to take such a step without the legislative sanction having been received for the principle. The com mittee point out a striking example of the additional burden that would fall on the willing landlords, and the manner in which those who refused to give the required undertaking would evade their just respon sibility. They alsd offer seven different suggestions for an amended Labeur-rate Act," to expire in August, 1847, in all of which we fully concur, but to which we are unable to refer more fully this day. It is so seldom that we hear of anything like cordial good feeling existing between the governors and the governed in any of our colonial dependencies, that where we do meet with symptoms of its ex istence we feel it a duty to call public attention to the fact. In the performance of this gratifying duty, we beg to direct attention to an article on British Guiana, extracted: from the Colonial Gazete, which will be found in another column. The Honourable H. E. F. YOUNG, who has held the office of Government Secretary from 1834 to 1846, has just arrived in England, and on his de parture an address was presented to him, signed by the Elective members of the Court of Policy of Deme rara, the members of the Combined College of Elec tors, and the other inhabitants of Georgetown, bearing testirnopy r by universal assent, to the zeal, diligence, and competency with which he has usefully exercised his official functions in the colony. This address was forwarded to Mr. YOUNG by Mr. PETER ROSE, Wh( in his letter, says, "It has been my let t o b e op posed to you localin the politics, perhaps, more th an any other individual in the col on y ; it i s a consola tion to me to be able to record that our political strife never interrupted our social intercourse ; the causes which gave rise to our differences of opinion on local measures have long since passed away, and it affords me great pleasure to bear testimony to your unwearied zeal in the discharge of the various public duties you have been called on to perform. I can confidently assert that her MAJESTY has few ser vants in her colonial possessions who possess your ability, and none of greater powers of mind or more con&lia:tory manners." This testimony to the manner in which Mr. TOUNG has perform d his arduous duties from 1834 to 1846 (which includes the period of the abolition of slavery, the apprenticeship, and the en tire emancipation) is creditable alike to the colony and to the secretary. It is much to be desired the t the nuthorities in all our colonies should take ex ample by Mr. YOUNG, and conduct themselves so as to acquj.re, as he has done, the confidence of those, over whom they are placed in authority. The address likewise alludes to certain important requirements of the colony, but we must defer the cells ideration of them to another opportunity. Augsburgh Gazette of the 18th instant an nounces that the three Powers propose to address a new note, in justification of their proceedings, to the Cabi nets of Paris and London, in the course of the present month, and to publish it, subsequently, in the publi journnls. The same paper adds that, on the 15th Instant, the Russian and Prussian military posts were removed from Cracow. A 3 etter from Copenhagen states that, in conse quenct of the dearness of provisions, the King of DENiu 3-11 s has published an order of the day, giving to eacl i soldier an augmentation of pay of four skil lings (about 20 centimes) a day, and an additional loaf e very three days. Each soldier married with the a Ithorisation of Government, and having three childi •en or more, is to receive a second additional loaf every three days. Me 'arid papers of the 15th, and letters of the 16th, have arrived. The following is given as the state of the e't ection returns known on the 16th 203 Opposition On I,y 46 returns remained to be known, the Con gress being composed of 335 delegates, according to then electoral law. TI Eco del Comercio announces the arrival of Gene ral Plum in Madrid. T he Espanol declares that ISTURITZ, SANZ, and CANEJA, have tendered their resignation ; and the Eco de Comercio says that so lively is the quarrel between MON and 'STU RITZ. „ that the former refused to dine at the same table with ti le latter. According to the Clamor Pub- lico k knorls7 Tam is to be sent as ambassador to some foreil ;71 Court.. The Ileraldo, in allusion to these rumcw.rs, decla tes that many of them are premature, but dot ts not d( my that a change is at hand. law CID BO' &A, DEC. 18.—The Three per Cents. were 4 one at 3 4 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 21; the Five per C (knts. at 21i ; the Vales at Si ; the Debt ivi thout In terest, at 6i-; and the Coupons, at 193, We have reef ived the Paris papers of 'Wednesday. The Emperor , of Russia has at length found a champion worth r 44-f him in the Presse—the Minis terial F'resse— w i i cy thus justifies the absorption of Poland into the R u ss i an em pire " The men who g ely discuss at present the point w bother Russia is gol ui •or not to include the kingdom of Poland:in her d onla ii, and who speak of a European indeed, be most unfortunate for Ireland if such was the case. There has been far too much distrust already exhibited. These petty jealousies have pre vented the cordial co-operation of persons of opposite political feelings. We hope that the proceedings of the Irish landlords and their committee will show how unfounded were the fears and doubts that so long prevented an association so beneficial to the country. On the 18th instant the committee issued their first circular. As might have been expected, it re lated to the practical defects of the Labour-rate Act, and the modification of -it under Mr. LABOUCHERE'S letter. It has been extensively circulated through the landowners, and the gentlemen to whom it was forwarded have been ri quested to take the trouble of ascertaining the opinions of influential persons in their several districts with respect to the suggestions therein contained. The committee do not by any means bind themselves thereto, but desire to obtain the opinions of practical men in various localities as t. their applicability to the wants of the country; they request that every publicity may be given to their circular, and that any resolutions passed at relief committees, baronial sessions; or elsewhere, in re ference thereto, may be forwarded to one of the honorary secretaries as soon as possible. coalition to prevent this violation of the treaties of 1815, might have spared their words and their threats, if they had taken the trouble to read the first article of the new organic statutes, given, on February 14, 1832, by the Emperor Nicholas to the ancient kingdom of Poland. They would have there read, " the kingdom of Poland is for ever incorporated with the empire of Russia, and forms an inseparable part of it. They would, at the same time, have readily seen, besides, that since that period the kingdom of Poland has no longer any constitution, or Legislative Chambers, or national army, or anything of what constitutes a State, but simply a special administration, and a particular governor. Is it this remnant, not of constitution and nationality, but of administration, which Russia is repre sented as still wanting to reduce? It would not be worth changing. And if the ambiguous terms of art. 1 of the final act of the Congress of Vienna permit Russia to pretend to have the organic statute of 1832 re garded as the accomplishment of the obligations which she has entered into towards Europe, she would in truth be simple to den) herself such a pretext." We must give to the Press* the praise of consis tency. If two months since it justified a violation of the treaty of Utrecht, it now equally justifies a viola tion of the treaty of Vienna, But, after reading this article in the organ of the Tuileries, who can believe that the master of the Tuileries is in earnest in protesting against the incorporation of Cracow ? The Constitutionnel has the following on the affairs of Switzerland : "The day on which the triumph of the Liberal party at Berne appeared certain, the Ministers of most of the Powers allowed it to bo understood that if Berne took a step further in the path of innovation, that town should cease to be the residence of the diplomatic corps. What was last summer only a threat, has become a reality. The inhabitants of Berne, not being willing to retain their old constitution, in order to keep amongst them the diplomatists, the greatest number of the latter, on the order of their Governments, have just quitted Berne and removed to Zurich. The simultaneousness of their departure evidently shows an anterior agreement; and what imparts to this proceeding all the character of a demonstration is, that in a few days, on January 1, 1847, Berne will become the Vo rort canton, and will be at the same time the seat of the Directory and of the Diet. It is, therefore, the moment when they ought more than ever to remain, that the diplomatic corps have thought fit to de part. The French Government has not dared to join openly in this act of ill-humour on the part of the Ab solutist Powers. It would take right good care, whilst maintaining its minister at Berne, not to appear to as sume its part in the Liberal revolution of Berne; and, whatever desire it might ,have, it dares not yet make common cause with the re-action party. It has, how ever, found an expedient, which is, to have a non-resi dent minister. M. de Bois-le-Comte has gone to Zu rich to present his credentials to Dr. Zehuder, Presi dent of the Diet, but he has orders to immediately take leave of absence and return to France, there to await until M. Guizot has summoned up courage to make our ambassador reside where he ought to be. What a policy it must be which lives by such expedients, and trans forms into a grand affair the lodging of a diplomatist! It leads alternately to the ridiculous and the absurd." The same paper states that the Spanish Ambas sador in Paris, MARTENEZ DE LA ROSA, has refused to give to Senor OLOZAGA, recently elected a Deputy to the Cortes, a passport to enter Spain, without the special permission of the Spanish Government. We read in the C'ourrier Francais— " The Council of Ministers has already occupied itself with the question of the nomination of the successor of Admiral Duperre ; but no decision has yet been come to, and we are assured that the unreasonable pretensions of M. de Mackzu are al subject of: great embarrassment for the Government. Since the affair of the Alacrity, on the reputation of which the Minister of Marine has been living since 1811, he has rendered no service in war, and is utterly out of the conditions demanded in candidates for the grade of Admiral, who must have held the coat mana in chief of a squadron, and have had an engage ment wiih the enemy. The question has just been izrought forward in a report of which nothing has been suffered to transpire. The three Vice-Admirals who are within the conditions required by law, are Vice Admiral Jacob, Vice-Admiral •Baudin, and the Prince de Joinville. It is proposed to get out of the difficulty by appointing the Prince, but this also would be scandalous." The price of grain has again risen in all the corn markets in the neighbourhood of Paris. The Presse announces the arrival of Mr. COBDEN at Perpignan on the 14th instant, on his return from Spain. The Three per Cents. closed at 801. 65c. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2571. 50c ; Rouen, 905 f. ; Ilayre, 6631. 75c. ; Great Northern, 6451. ; Avignon, 8761. 25c. ; Yierzon, 605 f. ; Bordeaux, 563 f. 75c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 347 f. 50c. ; Bas'. e, 2201. ; Dieppe, 3601. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4861. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4871. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5891. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Belgian Two and• a-Half per Cents., 55 3 4 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32 3 % ; ditto, Passives, 53/4. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 15%—Dutch Rhenish, 4 3 4—East Indian, %—Great Western Bengal, t/—Luxembourg, 3 / 4 — Northern of France Constituted, 103 q —Orleans and Bor deaux, B , )g—Paris and Orleans, 49—Sambre and Meuse, 4%. %TONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of last Night.) There are no arrivals to- day, except the Belgian mail, and i❑ this we find no commercial news. The working classes are again described as suffering great privations from scarcity of food, and the weather was very severe. ACCIDENT TO THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. On Wednevlay, the 9th of December, an accident, which had nearly been attended with fatal results, oc cuired to the Emperor of Russia, at Kiow, in Poland, upon the high road between St. Petersburgh and War saw. The Emperor was on his route to Warsaw, and had arrived at the border of the large river at that place, wl.ere there is no bridge. A temporary platform had been con'tructed to run the Emperor's travelling carriage into the ferry-boat, when by some accident the platform broke down, and the carriage was precipitated into the water. The Emperor, with Count Orloff, whc was also in the carriage, was obliged to escape from the windows and wade up to his middle in the water, and as the current was running very strongly and the river full of ice, no little danger was incurred. So much time was lost, that the Emperor, who had arranged to be by a certain day at St. Petersburgh, was obliged to renounce altogether his visit to War saw, and to turn back immediately to the Russian capital. The river at Kiow is nearly half an English mile in width, and the erection of a suspension bridge, which has long been contemplated, will no doubt be now imme diately decided on, especially as the Emperor was unable last year, on his journey to Warsaw, to pass the river at K:ow. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE ARCHBISHOP OF VIENNA. A letter from Vienna, of the 13th, says—" The Prince Archbishop of Vienna, M. de Milde, has just had a narrow escape from assassination. In the morning of Wednesday last, while the prelate was still in bed, his valet de chambre came into his room, and pulling open the curtains, exclaimed, Monseigneur, Jesus Christ has appeared to me during the night, and ordered me to cut the throat of the Archbishop of Vienna." Immediately on pronouncing these words he drew a razor from his pocket, and held it towards the throat of the prelate. M. Milde, who perceived that his servant was labouring under an attack of mental alienation, had the presence of mind to say to him, 'Listen, my friend; if the Saviour has really charged you to take my life, you must do it, for no one should disobey God's commands; but you must do nothing without first addressing a prayer to the Almighty. Pray, and I will resign myself to die, by your hand." The domestic placed himself before a crucifix, and began a silent prayer; whilst he was so engaged, the prelate arose, and went into an adjoining room, locking the door after him. The servant was after wards secured, and placed in a lunatic asylum." The Russian Government has just ordered the cap tains of foreign vessels laden with cotton and bound for the Russian ports in the Baltic, to provide themselves at the Sound with certificates from the Danish authorities, declaring that the cotton of which their cargo consists is not of a dangerous kind, as without this piecaution the vessels will incur a risk of being refused admission. It is added that it may even happen that the authorities in the Russian ports will require the destruction of the cotton. EXTRAORDIN ANY SUPERSTITION AND SUICIDE.— Thursday afternoon an inquest was held at the King and Queen public-house, High-street, Newington, before Mr. Carter, one of the coroners for Surrey, on the body of John Gruff, a German and Dutch clockmaker, aged twenty-four, who committed a most determined act of suicide under very peculiar circumstances. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased and another young man, a countryman of his, named Ruff, occupied two small rooms in the house No. 17, Cross-street, New ington, in one of which they carried on their business us Dutch clockmakers, while the other they occupied as a bed-room. During the latter part of last week the de ceased complained of slight illness, and on Saturday night he received some grapes from a young woman who had been in the habit of calling on and washing for him. On eating a part of the grapes he fancied himself poisoned, and subsequently de clared that the fruit had been charmed by the young woman, in order to increase his affection for her. So strong was his belief, that he got out of his bed between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday night, and went a considerable distance to the residence of the young woman, to request that she would revoke the charm. He returned home more reconciled, and went to bed, but about two o'clock he got up, ex claimed to his fellow-lodger that his time was come, that the devil had hold of him, and he must destroy him self. Buff, his fellow-lodger, ran up stairs to request the assistance of his landlord, and on both coming down, they found the deceased lying on the floor with a deep wound in his throat, from which the blood was rapidly streaming, and a rasor tightly clenched in his right hand. The wound was of so serious a character, that death rapidly followed its infliction. A verdict of " Temporary insanity was returned, and Brookes, the beadle, produced a bag with twenty-nine sovereigns, the savings of the deceased, which his fellow-lodger had do livered up to that officer. THE NEW COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The following is a correct return of the gentlemen elected to represent the soveral wards in the "Civic Pat liament : " ALDGATE A. ll l3. — Alderman Humphery, M.P., has returned eight, s, iz., Messrs. Lake (deputy), Freeman, Whiteside, Fisher, Massey, Clifton, Jerrura, and Salter. ALDERSGATE WARD.—Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman, has returned the following eight gentlemen :—Messr-•. J. Marken (deputy), J. T. Norris, S. Maw, J. Woods, G. Stacey,'H. de Jersey, J. Sherwood, and E. Godson. 13ASSISUANY WARD.—S. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman, has returned four gentlemen, viz , T. Britton (deputy), W. B. James, W. Lister, and J. Wilson, the latter gen tleman having been elected during the past year in the room of Mr. W. Frisby, late deputy. BILLINGSGATE WARD.--T. Sidney, Esq., Alderman, has returned the following eight gentlemen :—Curling (deputy), W. Williams, Bower, linifl , Roberts, Phillips, Old, and Barnes,' the lister gentleman in the room of Mr. Johnston. BREAD STREET WARD.—W. ITughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman, has returned the following eight gentlemen: —J. S. Bridge (deputy), D. Lawrie, J. Duncan, J. Dignum, W. Hawterey, W. Lawrence, N. Maugham, and Mr. J. P. Snell,* in the room of Mr. Poland. BRIDGE WARD WITHIN.-Sir C. Marshall, Alder man, has returned Mr. F. Pewtress (deputy), Mr. W. Knott, Mr. J. Hill, Mr. J. G. Cope, Mr. H. Matthews, Mr. Charles Wetham, Mr. W. Chadwick, and Mr. W. Lowe. BISHOPSGATE WARD.—W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., Alderman, has returned the following fourteen gentle men:—Messrs. Stevens and Peacock (deputies), J. R. Carr, W. Johnson, R. Ashley, H. Patten, Pilcher,* Owden, Hall, Bennett, Thomas, W. Tozer, Jones, and Sharland. BROAD STREET WARD.—Samuel Musgrove, Esq., Al derman, has returned Messrs. T. Corney (deputy), C. Warton, T. W. Foster, R. W. Jupp, James White, H. F. Gadsden, H. Marriott, and S. Baker. CANDLEWICK WARD.—Sir George Carroll, Alderman, has returned Messrs. J. Evans (deputy), Bond, Blades, Towse, Daikin, and T. R. Kemp. CASTLE-BAYNARD WARD.—Samuel Wilson, Esq., Al derman, has returned Messrs. R. Hicks (deputy), W. Collingwood, F. Farrar, H. Muggeridge, James J. Rownson, J. Hoppe, and A. Adlard. CHEAP WARD.—W. Thompson, Esq., M.P., Alder man, has returned M essrs . R. Brooke (deputy), R. G. Pead, E. Phillips, R. Hardwick, E. Hickson, E. Fan ning, G. Oliver, and E. Watson. CORNHILL WARD.—Sir J. Pixie, Alderman, has re turned Messrs. E. Harrison (deputy), John Carter, R Deber, James Waterton, Richard Randal, and J. Hun ter, as representatives. CORDNiAINERS WARD.—T. Wood, Esq., Alderman, has returned Mr. W. Muddell (deputy), Mr. T. Lott, Mr. W. Croucher, Mr. J. Julliffe, Mr. H. L. Taylor, and Mr. Joyce. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN WARD. -T. Challis, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. H. Smith (deputy), Brass, Hoole, W. Cash, Last, Brown, Bennock, and D. Dewar.* CRIPPLECATE IVlTtrouT.—The same Alderman has returned Messrs. R. Dixon (deputy), R. L. Jones, S. T. Read, T. Saddler, Eldrid, Meadway, Johnson, and T. M. Gilbert. COLEMANSTREET WARD.—W. Hunter, Esq., Alder man, has returned Messrs. Allen (deputy), W. S. Haile. Hall, G. Bracher, Perkins, Davies, Johnson and Phillips. DOWGATE WARD.—J. Johnson, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. J. Brown (deputy), J. C. Prior, T. Prior, 11. Kebble, R. T. Cousens, and G. Harker. FARRINGDON WARD WITHOUT.—Sir James Duke, NI.P., Alderman, has returned the following 16 gentle men :—C. Obbard (deputy), Bedford (deputy), Ander ton, Dr. Lynch, J. Isherwood, M. Prendergast, W. Harding, R. Taylor, W. Buckmaster, Williams, Burn, Edkins, Barnard, J. Walter,* H. J.:.Lias,* and T. Tur ner;* the three last gentlemen in the room of Messrs. Charles Stokes and Hodgson. FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN.—J. Kelly, Esq., Al terman, has returned the following gentle men :—Messrs. Hap, ard and E igleton (deputies), Rutter, Holt, Ridley, Hartley, Virtue, M'Lauchlan, Bonsor, W. H. Ashurst, tilake, Morris,* Phillips,* and Humphrey's ; * the three fast in the place of Messrs. Westwood and Ptiehard, ,had, and Wheetton, resigned./ LANGBOURNE WARD.—Sir J. Key, Alderman, has re turned Messrs. S. Unwin (deputy). J. Dixon, Sniffing*, E. Howard, E. Shawe, J. C. Gibson, W. J. Frodsharn, and W. 11. Miller;* the latter gentleman in the room of Mr. Collinson, resigned. LIME STREET WARD.—C. Farebrother, Esq., Alder. man, has returned Messrs. D. Cork, T. B. Simpson, T. Symonds.* and W. Turner;* the last two in room of :Messrs. Mitchell (deputy) and Corse, resigned. PORTSCKEN WARD.— F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. Wright (deputy), Killby, Christie, Jutsum, Danford, Thomson, Hayward, and Barker. QUEENHITHE WARD.--J. K. Hooper, Esq , Alder man, has returned Messrs. Goss (deputy), Acocks, Sykes, Curtis, Tyler, and Rathbone. TOWER WARD.- -M. P. Lucas, Esq., Alderman, has returned bless's. G. Finnes (deputy), G. Selson. T. Brigg's, T. Young, G. Aitcheson, 'E.'. Turnbull, H. Capel, and L. Redhead. VINTRY WARD.—Sir W. Magnay, Alderman, has re turned Messrs. T. Sporague, J. Lepard, D. White, J. King, Marsden, and J. Welsh,* in the room of Mr. De puty Elmes. WALBROOK WARD.—M. Gibbs, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. Watkins (deputy), D. W. Wire, J. T. Rowley, Dawson, Condor, and Hale. Those marked thus * are new members. CASE OF MRS. SHUTTLE WORTH. TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN. Sin,—The judgment of Lord Denman in the case of Mrs. Shuttleworth has been discussed in so ample and in so masterly a manner in your journal, that it may appear to be presumptuous on the part of any of our correspondents to attempt to add to what you have written. As, however, I am acquainted with a few facts which may throw a little light upon the subject, I ven ture to address the following observations to you. Ido not think it impossible that Lord Denman may have misinterpreted, as other judges have often done in other matters, the law on this subject, and I think his Lord ship has been surprised into a wrong judgment on this occasion, by Mr. Parry, the counsel for Dr. Quail, having, as I have been informed by members of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, who attended to watch tha proceedings, unfortunately argued as if he admitted Mrs. Suttleworth's insanity, and not only her insanity, but that she was a proper person for confinement; for our law very properly distinguishes between these two states of mind, as there are many persons, who are imbecile or subject to harmless delusions, who are not on that ac count dangerous persons, or incapable of taking care of their own persons and property. The whole tenor of Lord Denman's judgment was, therefore, that it was most proper for the safety of the supposed lunatic, and for the safety of society, that she should, and that society should be protected. He seems entirely to have lost sight of the necessity of protecting the liberty of the subject, for which the law is also de signed, and of another important point, the injustice which has been done to Dr. Quail in depriving him of a patient and of his character, which I know is exposed to these infamous aspersions, without his having an oppor tunity of defending himself, which he would have had, had the law, as I still believe it does, required that she should not have been incarcerated without previously being brought before a magistrate. Those who have held the worst opinion of the present law have been surprised at the hideous deformity of it, which Lord Denman's judgment has given to it, and which I still think is a caricature of that law. We knew that the relations and friends of any person might prove his unjust confinement with facility, but we never supposed that it was in the power of perfect stran gers to take such a step without bringing the person before a magis trate ; and though the Act of Parliament states that th e individual signing the order for a person's seizur e should state his degree of relationship (if any) with the alleged patient, still, from the nature of the informa tion which the law directs that such order should con tain, we supposed, and I still suppose, that the law pre sumed that he should have acquaintance with the patient. With regard to what the Learned Judge stated, and Dr. Millingen writes respecting the clause which requires the fact or facts to be stated upon which an alleged luna tic is certified to be insane, and a proper person to be con fined which latter words prove the necessity of the facts being accurately stated—l do not know what in legal language constitutes a directory clause; but this I know, that that clause is not to be found in the Bill introduced into Parliament by Lord Ashley and the Commissioners in Lunacy, that it was introduced into the Act by Mr. Thomas S. Duncombe, the Member for Finsbury, and that it wog introduced by him at the request of the members of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, with the express view that it should be compul sory on these three grounds:— First, that the visiting authorities of any asylum might at once be able to examine a person appealing to them on the nature of the charges made against him, and release him if they found the facts brought against him were untrue, or that he could satisfactorily explain them, without the cruel delay of at least six weeks, and perhaps as many months inquiry, by writing or otherwise. Secondly, to prevent the alleged lunatic being kept in agonising suspense, as to the nature of the charges made against him, which in a person whose mind was at all shaken, or who was prone to delusions, aught lead to his ascribing his confinement to some fanciful cause —which to any person is most unjust, and which pre vents, or tends to prevent, any person unjustly confined from proving malicious motives, and from having his remedy in law against any party far a libellous con spiracy. Thirdly, to prevent as far as possible collusion both be• tween the medical men, who are compelled to visit the person they certify separately, and between them and the individual signing the order. It may be more delicate towards a person who is de cidedly insane, that a certificate should not be shown to him, or registered against him, which is founded on facts of an indelicate nature; but it is both indelicate and cruel to confine any person on a general charge of indecency, without giving him an opportunity of proving the false ness of the charge, and the injustice of his detention. I have the honour to be, Sir, your much indebted and obedient humble servant, JOHN PERCEVAL. Hon. Secretary of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society. It is said that Miss Susan Cushman, the celebrated Juliet to her sister's Romeo, has found a real Romeo, in the person of a young gentleman of this town, to whom she will be shortly united.— Liverpool Times. " A lot of railway scrip shares," says the Limerick Chronicle, " bought in this city last week, were sent off to London for sale at the Stock Exchange, whence they were returned, marked • forgeries.' " PitOrnitthis LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1846, Yesterday we commented upon one of those great measures of social reformation to effect which the Prime Minister of England pledged himself upon the hustings of Guildhall. Yesterday we remarked upon the necessity for some comprehensive scheme of national education. To-day we would remark upon the equally enormous necessity for some comprehen sive scheme of sanatory legislation. Our attention was re-called to the former exigency by a meeting, at which Lord MOEPETH presided. Our attention is now re-called to the latter by a meeting, of which Lord ASHLEY was the chairman. In Wednes day's report of the Health of Towns' Asso ciation the pernicious effects of our present system of interment was illustrated by a cor respondence of a very remarkable character, The inferences which are deducible from that corre spondence are, to our thinking, conclusive and un answerable. They form, however, merely an additional link in a long chain of evidence; they only corrobo rate those opinions to which we, as honest journalists, have felt ourselves frequently compelled to give utter ance. That a vast accumulation of animal matter in a state of the worst decomposition must act prejudi cially _upon the health of those living in its immediate neighbourhood, one would scarcely expect to be denied. Yet the assertion has been incredu lously disregarded ; sometimes, indeed, attempts have been made to disprove the deduction. What was obvious to the plainest intellect when un warped by prejudice, has been treated as a frivolous misapprehension by those whose pecuniary interests were implicated therein. Men have had the stupidity to contemn the most overwhelming statistical argu ments ; men have had the stolid audacity to discard the unanimous arguments of science. With the most violent epidemics raging periodically in the vicinity of these pestilential churchyards, with a visible glut of corpses, with a visible exudation of prurient matter from the graves,with a visible malariareeking from the contaminated soil, before their eyes continually, these dissentients have insisted upon the innocuous nature of a system which to every impartial observer was increasing the mortality of the kingdom frightfully The data derived from chemical analysis, the declare. tions of experienced physicians, the remonstrances a the local authorities, are all to no purpose. Our fore fathers were interred in Saint Paul's, Covent-garden, our forefathers were satisfied with decent sepulture in Spafields Burial-ground, our forefathers were contented with their six feet of earth in the churchyard at Drury-lane why should not we be contented in like manner ? That is their description of logic. They forget that it is the very "circumstance of our ancestors having been in terred, generation after generation, in St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and elsewhere, that renders it unad visable to continue adding to those surcharged pits of corruption. They forget that sepulture might—years ago—have been decent in Spafields, but that now it is most indecent, most immoral, and most unchristian They forget that where the full measure of six fee. was allowable in the days of eur predecessors, it is an impossibility now-a-days. They altogether forget these things, or, we suspect, they wittingly distort them for their own venal purposes, out of their own cupidity, from a desire to extend their odious and execrable emolument. The correspondence to which we have referred as having been submitted to the Health of Towns' Asso ciation originated out of certain occurrences in Min chinhampton—occurrences that go far to attest the baneful consequences of these over-stocked burial grounds. They prove that even in a little country town, where the ventilation and drainage are excel lent, and in which, during a period of fourteen years, previous to 1843, not a single case of Idiopathic fever had come to the knowledge of an experienced resident practitioner, contagious diseases have, since that period, ravaged the population at intervals —and this because the parish graveyard had been literally sur feited with dead bodies. Beyond this, moreover, the soil of that graveyard had been actually carried away to the extent of several hundred loads, for the purpose of fertilizing the adjacent meadows, though that soil was so impregnated with animal matter that its colour was pecu:iarly darkened. Can anything more be wanting after this to prove the necessity for some strenuous interference on the part of the Legislature ? Can any additional reason be required to enforce the annual motion of Mr. MACKAINNON ? Is it not sufficiently manifest that the present system of sepul ture is prejudicial to the health of the quick, as well as derogatory to the sanctity of the dead ; that it is a violation of all decency; that it is injurious to the morality of the people ; that it is opposed to some of the holiest principles of Christianity ? Is there not something pagan in the sawing in two of coffins, in the " hand-picking " of human bones, in the burning of ragged shrouds and partially-decayed flesh? Is there not something brutalizing in the ma nuring of our fields with the remains of men sanctified by death and consecrated by the solemn language of Christian burial ? While we shudder at the pestilence which is inevitable from such masses of putrefaction, may we not with justice shudder at the evils of a moral character, which are no less inevitable ? The heart may mourn and the eyes may weep for the memory of departed humanity, but if its inanimate form be treated habitually with no more respect than that evinced towards the car. case of a dead dog, the holiness of that memory %%ill be first diminished, and ultimately forgotten. Christianity has invested death with an ineffable grandeur. By the genius of that religion the dead man is beatified, and his body becomes, consequently, encompassed by a multitude of p a th e ti c an d sublime associations. The effect of our present system of intermural interment is to - destroy those associations, to render their sublimity a mockery, and their pathos a derision, to fill the popular mind with a heathenish abhorrence for the grave, and a loathing of its silent habitants. In one of his little romances, we remember VOLTAIRE casts his inimitable sarcasms at the abuses of the tomb. It is in his "Babouc ou le monde cognize it va." After conducting Babouc into a cathedral in Persepolis, the writer describes a ceremony per formed by the worshippers. They removed a large stone, he says, and having thrown out some earth, which exhaled "flue odeur empestee," they laid a (lead body in the hole and reclosed the aperture. " Quoi ! s•ecria Babouc, ces peuples enterrent leurs mores dans les me'ines ou ils adorent la diriniti The committee of the Irish landlords, appointed at he ,meeting of the 14th instant, to which we have already alluded, have commenced their useful labours. It has been decided that they are to meet twice a week, for the purpose of taking into their consideration the several =titters coming peculiarly within the sphere of their duties. The honorary secretaries are all gentlemen of the highest respectability and intel ligence, and may be looked upon as the representatives of large properties, and of various political feelings. The first on the list, Mr. MONSELL, of Tervoe, is him self the proprietor of a considerable estate in the county of Liimerick, and is also the son-in-law of the Earl of DUISDIAVEN. He formerly contested the re presentation of his native county on Conservative principles, bat was defeated. He is a gentleman of great intelligE nce and excellent private character, a kind and liberal landlord, a judicious and improving agriculturist.. He made himself particularly active in pointing out the defects of the Labour-rate Act and the means by - which they might be corrected ; he has been one ofthetarliest ad vocates for works of a beneficial and reproductive character ; the suggestions he has here tofore put for-ward have been very valuable, and he has earned for himself the respect of mea of all classes of political feeling. The committee could scarcely have made a better selection, or one that would more entirely merit and receive the public approbation than that of Mr. MONSBY.I.. The other three gentlemen are barristers. Mr. AloNca is the nephew and, we believe, heir presumptive of the Earl of RATUDOWNr., and Mr. BotnixE is the nephew of the Earl of MAYO. Sir COLMAN O'Losnum it is well known is the eldest son anxi successor of the late revered Master of the Rolls. He has, although barely of six years' standing at the bar, attained for himself, by his learn ing and ability, a position in his profession as high as was, perhaps, ever attained by any person within the same period. If anything could be wished for in the selection of the secretaries, it would be that every shade of politics had been represented. The three first-named gentlemen are all high Conservatives; the last, a Liberal and Repealer. 'We hope and trust that no question will arise of a nature to engender disputes and differences in the committee It would, THE RIVER PLATE. The following is the minute signed by the Earl 0- t , .btrdc. , 11, (0 wiiich Mr. Hood acted in his recent rais ai,m to the River Plate. It does not differ in any mate rial re , p. ct from the summary of the propositions, as published by the Monte Videan Government, in the document which we translated a few weeks ago:— "The Government of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, and his Majesty the King of the F rench, having had under their consideration the proposals made by General Rosas to the Plenipotentiaries of the two Powers, as a basis for the pacification of the Argentine and Oriental Republics, dated the 26th of October,lB4s, notwithstanding they give to General Rosas full credit for the anxiety which he expresses for the restoration of peace, order, and a return of that friendly commercial intercourse which has hitherto united both republics with the Governments of England and France, regreh t that they cannot accede to the proposals in their present form; but the two Powers, having no separate or selfis objects in view, and no other desire than to s ee the peso° and independence of the States of the River Plate, as recognised by treaties, securely established, confiding also in the desire expressed by General Rosas to co operate in the re-establishment of tranquillity upo o n principles of equity and justice, have agreed to th and e l lowing propositions, in order to arrive at a perfect final adjustment of the present differences:— te " 1. That General Rosas will unite and CO with the two Powers in obtaining an immediate suspene sion of hostilities between the Oriental forces in the city of Monte Video and those in the country. " 2. That the armistice having b ee n established , th° Plenipotentiaries o f E ng l a nd and France will claim from the Government in Monte Video the immediate disarm ing of the Foreign Legicn, and of all o ther foreigners h . Monte Video, arms and forming the ga rrison of th e city of onte Video, or who may be in arms in any other poi of the Oriental Republic. " 3. That General execution of the preceding condition, cause the whole of Roses will, simultaneously with the. the Argentine troops, officers and ;oldiers, to be with" drawn from every part of the Oriental territory. a the 0 " 4. Immediately after th e Foreign Leg ion sce other foreigners in Monte Video shall have been dis armed, and the Argentine troops withdrawn from huh.! Oriental Republic, the blockade of Buenos Ayres ss!! be raised; the island of Martin Garcia shall bee vacuated; the Argentine vessels of war shall be returned, st; far a t i l e flag of the Republic saluted with 21 it is possible, in the same state as when detained; cbheagnitvevnesuspeltso, their w-ith origins]the icarogwoesrs_lshad; guns; and all . rl de „ admitted to S. The navigation of ther iv erne Farana is on, Confederau 9 he inland navigation of th A tine e rgen ns so long as and subject only to its laws and regulatio . f the sa la the Republic continues to occupy both banks 0 river. A till on both st ~ that eat " 6. It is freely acknowledged and adraitte- Argentine Republic is in the unquestioned eniqu/war, and exercise of every right, whether of Po o o r dear, possessed by any independent nation ; and if i th i e t eeee' of events in the Oriental Republic has ixtu,"e i t the sary for the Allied Powers to interrupt for a time nee exercise of the belligerent rights of the Arge nt „ in w hich public, it is fully admitted that the principles °"_ e have they have acted would, under similar circumstance', been applicable either to Great Britain or Fran ce litnete 7. After the disarming of the foreign troops . 11 fa ces Video shall have been effected and the Argentine inc. shall have evacuated 'he Oriental territory , a n evi i i e ta ke tion for the Presidency of the Oriental State sha" nsti. place, according to the forms prescribed by the c A withou t tution. This election shell be made freely en" shall I'o restraint from any side whatever. Genera l previously declare that he will abide by " S. A general and complete amnesty shall be d eil oblivion with full security for life and property, and ehli v f ie d , the past. The rights of foreigners shall be resP7 te d. and their lawful claims, of whatever nature, e a : l :eras° But this amnesty shall not prevent those Been — h i g ive the result; .11_..a, emigrants, whose residence at Monte Video wig t of just cause of complaint to the Governineln, der- Buenos Ayres, and might compromise the good uonveeici, standing between the two republics, from being rein rt, or according to their choice, to the nearest foreign P° 5 .,,„, else transferred under good escort from ated on the coast, or in the neighbourhood of the ' s. _ l l l. to any other place in the interior which they nu Lelect. - a greed "9. General Rosas and General Oribe baying onw to the preceding articles, if the Government ° I. s so d the placesoias, Video should refuse to disband the foreign in particular to disarm those who should form part e ; the garrison of Monte Video, or should delay. unnentia• sarily the execution of this measure, the Plempoteces _ ries will declare that they have received orders to with'const_lyealon. all further intervention, and they draw, in the event of their recommendations and r troop , _f strances remaining withont effect. " In such case, however. they Ise et tiring, obtain from General Oribe the official prom .. _. a full and complete amnesty, as above stated, as W e ll ~ guarantees for the safety•of the foreigners who Inr: Rill, previously t o re; either the city or the country, under all future ee gencies which may arise. " London, sth May, 1846. " ABERDEEN." SPORTING IN TELLtaENCt; NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1847. Entries for the Newmarket Handicap. rulargt Tom Tulloch, 4 yrs—Devil-me-care, 3 yrs — f by v e 5 out of Pergama, 4 yrs—Brocardo, 4 yrs—Lady Wilda:lite, yrs—Free Lance, 4 yrs—Comme-il-faut, 3 yr5—1C....,. 111 ,"„d crankie, 4 yrs—Queen Mary (late Twysages), 3 yrs---1 1 Pigeon, 5 yrs—Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs—St. Demetrie, 4 yrs--%/: drangia, 4 yrs—Princess Royal, 5 yrs—Alarm, 5 yrs--ory raldine, 4 yrs—Polka, 4 yrs—Mirimilla, 3 yrs—Disconte n t 3 yrs—Humdrum, 4 yrs—Bit-nibble, 3 yrs—Sir Martian yrs—Philip, aged—Crozier, 3 yrs—Ennui, 4 yrs—c by T ouc h stone, out of Laura, 4y rs—Remorse, 5 yrs—Fantastic, 4 Y;; 3 - ii , Campanile, 5 yrs—Queen Anne,4yrs—Sorrell,3 yrs—P l L„k, 3 yrs—Mount Callan, 4 yrs—Collingwood, 4 yrs—SpringuL, 3 yrs—Refraction, 5 yrs—Sting, 4 yrs—Projectile, 3 i_ rw ero , Conan More, 3 yrs—Dulcet, 5 yrs—Satyr, 6 yrs--Lynt'_,Ø 4 yrs—Braviysimo, 4 yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—Emmeline; !.1,4 —Chamois 4 yrs—Sagacity, by Theon, out of Wanton , —Kesheng, 5 yrs—Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs—nan, ° Z.,dog, 5 yrs—Wolf-dog, 5 yrs--Finvaragh, 4 yrs—Wl':`: ty r..-• 3 yrs—Queen of Tyne, aged—Banana, 4 yrii—Con.lt de A t badt The Lamb, 4 yrs—Farthing Candle, 4 yrs—'Hy 3 yrs—Arthur, 5 vrs—Vanish, 4 vrs--Sheratoil,__,J.6o. AlowQrina, 4 yrs—Meanee, 3 Verrhtl9 the pire, 3 yrs—Doleful, 5 yrs—Mendicant, 4 yrs— y 4 First, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 6 yrs—Camera Obscura,.„l,rev• yrs—Counsellor, d Sweetmeat, 5 yrs—Footstool, 4 yrs—Scarlet Runner, 5 9 Glossy, 4 yrs—c by Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs. lEU GENERAL LIEUTENANT AN C T OGRUARNTT:IVAIT.ACRUTIALAO. 1.1" re-assembledS EC N D D A A e p Sea t i / fit The Court T L yesterday. Captain B u ll was th e fi rs t w i tnes s, an d pd the nthe night o f M a j or Shi i df ort h' s ar rest be ° l t a t tb° accused to obey his order s u ntil the aut heriveS Cape had taken cognizance of the case : ot Lieutenant John 11. Chads, on questions beingcer of command m pr a i n s d on o e i r . , C s a a F i t d a — in l u c a o ll n o si n de th re e d that . 1 1 ° 11 ; 0 11 :10th morning 0 a Ir j July, 1846, on board the barque Mary Ann, an boat' member the circumstance of meeting the officer ou, lo s he on the 12 t h o f J u l y . It was a b ou t eight o'cl° elc brig evening. I had just ret u rn e d on board from the hes " b . S . appho, and was standing on the quarter-d o r b, major Shadforth came on board dressed in Uneat° C a letter in his hand, and the major called for 1 41 u e i . 13 ,, t h As s Grant to assemble the officers in the cuddY ,l " .- d done, and Mr. Grant called over their naives , 513 401. m a i or - othe r ported to the major they were all present. forth then read a letter, which cleared himself„ttl c lose, officers from arrest, and placing Captain Bug ;„ - Cbte; arrest, until the decision of the Commander-i". 0000 should be known. Major Shadforth then turned f, gr , to G Lieutenant and Adjutant Grant, and etly in .t pout° . Grant, I place you in close arrest, on my .nwty' n - iseitif; bility, for aiding and abetting Captain Bull 1° ,.`510 1. his commanding officer in arrest." That Mafi" t° forth sent the Actinz• Adjutant, Mr. Grant, t° ,ved attend the major. I did so, and Major Shadforthvehlgl me the btheropoagshst-otrodmere. I book a , ck an o d ow i l n e q a u g i e i d ed it if the a T r l i o ace se , d been , to sign it under the circumstances that had to en saying I was bound to obey the orders of CaP t° Thisee', Major ShadfOrth said that he should certainly ha': orlti me in the same predicament as that Captain Pll-datj Mr.• Grant were placed in, but as I had done n° s houl d for so long, he would not put me in arrest, but s'-oi• report me to the Horse-Guards, and added, it W as o th e dently a planned thing for Captain Bull to 00° 3 ', to command i of the regiment, and to give the adjutellewiere Lea tenant Grant, and the authorities at the CoP e aware of it. eu , t h itn, Li tenant-Colonel George E. Jones, of the 5 ,": Captain George Edwards were called to character' the both officers gave the highest opinion poss ible 01 1 oil prisoner, as a man of honour, as a gentleman , °- officer. Th also orroisr; afld e prisoner will he Court adjourned. is defence to-n 1 WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—This bridge is n ° al l de P" : not only for foot-pass e nger s , b u t f o r carriages c r scriptions. It is impossible to say whether the re t er and alterations that have been made are of a C h h ' it sufficiently durable to sustain all the traffic to " t he will be subjected, but the general appearance I,, f na bridge is very much improved. The whole of the e" . " - d balustrades and the alcoves have been removed, al.lo, parapet of wood about the height of that of Blsck f A il a yd bridge substituted. The footway has been vride ne "' the footway and roadway are now - nearly on sieve' WI each other. ion 0 HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN TORBAY. --"T of pleased to find that the proposal to form harboafon, refuge in Torbay, to which we called attention a t he weeks ago, has been received most favour ni mercantile community. The project is one wh ich e !, a mends itself to all who have the pow er to aid its of measure of humanity as well as policv. The necesokr t it refuge harbours is now so universally a d m itted t" 0 were waste of time to argue it. To the peculiar wit,. of Torbay for such a purpose we have a host of .1 it ne3ses, nautical and sci en tifi c , w hose testimony Phice,,,(l beyond dispute. Its central situation in the channel, ""ie its accessibility at all times of tide, are points of gr,6l importance, which speak conclusively in its favour; 7 0 , we know, on the authority of those whose exp ert best qualifies them to speak with confidence uP eli r g ee subject, that much property and many valuable idea might have been saved if the scheme now proPeenfor bad been earlier carried cut. To provide in ever"' P . to ticahle way for the safety of our mercantile m arine age give increased facilities to trade and navigation --to an, the best use in our power of whatever natural aclY an d we enjoy;—these are truly national objects, 040 they are objects which this breakwater in TorhaY b oe help to carry out, in no in c onsiderable degree. We t of a right, therefore, to bring it forward as an oh.le e loc al national importance. But it is important also in a `a if point of view. It must do much for Brixhara; 11°,4 fur Brixham, then for the whole adjacent district/ 6v for the county generally.— Western .Lununary. t% ti v fur co t di s ea t tat kg me eap hht COt Cap tciu b 1 NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS." Row ready at all the Libraries, in three vols. c/ESAR BORGIA. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By the Author of " Whitefriars." " It was a bold design to attempt an historical romance on such t foundation. The author maintains his ground ably. He is master of his subject, and displays rare accomplishments, fine invention, and cultivated taste."—Atlas. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. ass, au( 'to el a tit]