The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-06 00:00:00

V,I E FRENCH EMPIRE. Saturday evening the Corps Legislatif cele '(l the a ccess i on o f Napoleon 111., to the Im- T h ql , Throne, by a b anquet at t h e C as i no P agan i vi. g l i i e Ministers were present by invitation. He lg tt.l 'ear Colleagues, —Before separating we desired to ;et 'ate togeth er the grand event which has just been Ip yt i aPlished—we desired to proclaim once More our sentiments for the Prince whose destines are here identified with those of the country. We thank his ers for h av i ng united themselves with us ; they '4l w aYs find us t elsewhere, as here, joined together in e on lo and patriotic sentiment—devotedness to the ga; ell3 r, with fi rm an d sympat h et i c concurrence i n hi s t: ebi rnent. Let us then, altogether from the bottom llb hearts, respond to the toast of The Health of the -d of France,lmperial his Majesty Napoleon III."' k i Le ' f ollowing description of the banquet is from i ug Paper ot it i `thel dinne r of the Deputies of the Legislative Body dap occasion of th e i naugura ti on o f th e re i gn o f th e e , Napol eon 111. t oo k p l ace y es t er d ay . A s it 444 a last day i n th e R oman C at h o li c Ch urch the Arch t? of Paris granted a dispensation on the occasion. Ministers were invited, all of whom attended, Pr t : th e excepti on o f th e Mi n i s t er o f W ar , w h o was 11 ra ted in consequence of the illness of some member the The banquet took place in the salle of Paganini ; 150 deputies were present. On e Ptrance the Ministers were received by the t in who, as a distinctive mark, wore bouquets of their button-holes. The stewards were Gene- Ni` ; are haPpe and Messieurs Abattucci, Belmontet, kap Vl', Geofiroy, de Villeneuve, Reinacle, de Meso- N , crollY, and Lemercier. The salle was appro fitted up for the occasion. At one end was an eagle, crowned ; it was carved in oak, and was l i °4 , the occasion of the Emperor visiting Montan ijn.,-1808, and was sen t by a p r i es t a t th a t pl ace t o 4j ,irli ontet to present to his Majesty. Opposite ~s v? Portraits by Barre, sent from the Beaux Arts, Teen t.ip Emperor Napoleon 1., and the othe r of Na,- ,e I IL, united together by garlands of flowers. ra was brilliantly illuminated with gas. The ~"- " ra took their seats at the centre table, to the "., 11 c1 left of M. Billault, the President of the Le- Chamber." i'e,traperor rode out on Saturday almost unat tlilh'eq• His Majesty wore red trousers, with a ge , s tripe down the side, with dark frock coat. ;,P respectfully saluted by all he passed, and YerY graciously in return. it th e li foniteur says—" The Emperor has received t tt ,p Tuileries, from the Marquis d'Antonini, let- Rj ` r° ° l his Majesty the Kin g o f th e T wo Sicilies, : 1 c onfirm him in the quality of Envoy Extra iarY and Minister Plenipote n ti ar y t o H. I. M. ti° L eoll 111. The Marquis d'A n t on i n i was taken it. e audience of his Majesty in one of the court th e geq, and presented. by Count Baciocchi, Master C eremonies and Introducer of Ambassadors, 41, '4l)anied by the Deputy Master of the Cere ,kies 2 4or c i he has returned to Paris from London, z4- I ,, e e cle was pa-c4sing a few days on leave. His kl, l j e jley was ~ :eceived at Calais with the usual tile f r omthe batteries, and was accompanied by rr i tish Consul to the railway. Nr e el. ,Pacl i aa ' the Turkish Ambassador at Paris, oanquet on Thursday evening to the various 4 e ,„ 113 belonging to his embassy. Toasts were itiate the health of the Emperor of the French ept of the Sultan, with loud acclamations. t , okreree appears in the Moniteur nominating the tk tth e de Morny Grand Cross of the Legion of er, as an exceptional t es ti mony o f gra tit u d e e Dart of the Emp e ror, " f or th e di s ti ngu i s h e d I t e ,? rendered to the country in December, fro °t ier decree gr..anfcs an amnesty to deserters th T ja e e VOni teu navy. 1,14174ir riontains a considerable number of Dromotio - A s k , The decrees are now signed poicon 71 • i. 1. 104 7°Talar from the Minister of Public Instruc that " the clergy requires the revival of the form %.1 4 „," :1 the Bth of January, 1804, the Cardinal in the name of the Pope, transmitted to va t jilergy • and accordi ng ly the Archbishop of Vhas addressed a letter to the cures of his dio tor,-,' °rdering them to substitute for the prayer be- Tsth',llsed. for the Chief of the State the following /1•1 i Domine salvum fac Imperatorem nos- Ar apo/eoneny. by the . riday morning the Emperor, accompanied Ministersthe of War and of the Interior, visited A t t -i c otel Di eu an d th e H osp it a l d u V a l d e G race . e el , ' ' l e Rotel Dieu his Majesty went through the al sick wards, and as he passed along spoke 1 3 , to several of the patients. Amongst them ii , a Peasant who had w a lk e d 70 l eagues t o see th e lt k, v e, r or, who has accorded him a p e nsion. There k k i a 's° an old captain of the Imperial Guard, who kki ac companied the Emperor Napoleon to Elba, Who sinc e 1815 h as been solicting the cross or -ilei ° l l. The Emperor accorded him both, and oiir if presented him with the cross. "It is not „c, ' cross which I want, Sire," said the man, "but .11 . 40 0, and he covered his hand with tears. 11.14 „ ~ 1 1 Majesty also decorated M. Bouchut, jun., the Physician of the establishment. On leaving Dieu, his Majesty went on foot to Notre i ta 7 e, in the midst of so numerous a crowd as to r I Y allow him a passage, but saluting him with part West accA am ations up to the time of his de bf li u.r e• The Emperor left 10,000 f. to the patients t iotel. Dieu, and a similar sum to those of h" al I le Grace. 11 4 7 ; w riting t o th e Mi n ister of the Interior, his lik;: : : e ty said,—" I wish that my first visit ShOuld, k oat of the Emperor, be paid to those wl}q are c'rinfy "• lia rt ,.! total number of voters inscribed` in the de , th e "tents at the late election was 9,825,078, and "timber of voters 7,780,307, consequently the f il u er of abstentions was 2,042, 771. e Duke and Duchess de Terceira have arrived ari s. Abd sel - Kader returned to Amboise on Saturday to h e Orlea ns R a il wa y. His d e parture for Broussa oed for Thursday next. of Priday, a t r i a l t ra i n ran over the first section 41, 14' e 'Ailway , round Paris, comprised between the It4glaoles a n d L a Ch a pelle. This part of the line is expected, be inaugurated on the 11th t•ii,',,,,w 3 te anniversary of the day of the decree pre -I,,,Lig its execution. for s team-frigate Gomer left Toulon on the 2d, flai' l p Levant. She is for the future to bear the oo ' Admiral Roman Desfosses, the officer in V a ud of the Levant station. hitt Porte frigate, Captain gaisset, has just th e to e cl Brest for Valparaiso and Lima. This vessel e ok ah flag-ship of Admiral Febvrier Despointes, - " a ucling in chief in the Pacific station. THE CONT INENT. SPAIN. Nat t r - umirid letter, of the 29th ult. , informs us th e ''Aere was a meeting of about 40 deputies of It oa"l ) Position on the preceding day, at which it l'l4l e s,olved, on the proposition of the Marquis de , ; ?b offer in the Cortes a prudent but energetic 11 '0 11'3 % 1 4 . 01 1 to attacks upon the constitution. It 4 4 4 . Id that M. Mayans had declared to the th e .1 1illj- that he will not accept the presidency of N i ., 4, raber of Deputies, as he is resolved to oppose N:l4 l .,Dtoject for what is called th e re f orm o f the ;'lltion. M. Martinez de la Rosa and several d eputies are said to have made a [similar °f• e mration, Ministerial changes were again spoken ) I tli e position of the Government, says this e very difficult, and may become critical. P i art" - kort of the different fractions of the Liberal •Ilti'-ii,„was being rapidly effected, and Spain will Nilitf t „," l ?o arrayed in two distinct parties,--the v 11 1 , 04 "".,u-onal and. absolutist parties. "Ow - r i ,j l - 11 ree per Cents. were done at 451 ; the 01-ree per Cents., at 24i ; the Debt of the —aSS ) at 14 ; and that of the second at 6. A.l 4, HOLLAND. f -e "er from the Hague of the Ist says :---" The :Italll' the Conversion of the 4 per Cents. proposes . : e f e b .at the disposal of the Government, to faci 'elat, operation and redeem a portion of the (a sun?, sun?. of twelve millions and a half of florins t,tem.„u twenty-six millions of francs), which the riildr:f, possesses from the surplus of former oe' s . e buderet of the navy has been theo tQ 5. „- Second Chamber by a majority of SWEDEN. Sysletter from Stockholm, of the 23d ult.., Ilia Majesty was attacked on the 20th f o e a violent palpitation of the heart, which was betZecl by great prostration. On the 21st he was t etv but yesterday the fever returned. At in t:ll;4 he has had some refreshing sleep and Bahl- Pr ev Der sPirations, but the little food he can takei s , tilers his acquiring strength, and to-day, which Arc 41 -st since his attack, there is but little im enient." itgtl,l7l4PT TO UPSET A RAILWAY TRAIN.__ On Tuesday, e, t 'e 6-15 p.m. train was approaching the Hartlebury ti o , i nn, the driver found that the engine had encountered a,li-r e,nbstacl and accordingly stopped the train. He Pos g t q l tel: : l and nund a piece of wood . of the size of a gate- N v i i IYlng on the rails, the guard in front of the engine th e e , e ' s having driven it along in front of the engine till t_eLrain _ was stopped. Another piece, like the arm of a l . B ` t e, was found on the line near the spot where the porno met with, and is supposed to have formed a 'inn of the same l og.— Worcester Chronicle. .„3 i . th e 'QOGUE, CROSBY- SQUARE.—We understand th at membersof this synagogue are about to place . a ( ntrait of Aldean Solomons in the vestry, at their ova, beth ex Pe.nse, as acmemento of the services rendered his Aid erma re n in his private and public capacity by the worthy n.—lewfslt Cltrontcle. ; DAY.) I Satur3s9 rijecl; wheats, le: to , advance ;ter. s, 38 Per le as dear ;. . 1 1 n otim Inge was we ra As and peas rd t en e9' cawf3or all ar 6 . 664 4: L t h e quota boo, flour and g'w market last iv,ee,, eceived 17,t: its,2 1 0 be '; s t 75 i ntiStini 9,687 barro' , up to this .01, ent was linu to parcels 9 0 3 :i might o r rease, but s°, t , i ;11 ro d and ov o f a ttendan ce re, „ ca ms eaten s e —ow • drat mar kets, f Monday a, peechlY eff s olst ec ' Very, at 3 ' heav es ; „r, business (.70 %s large, -11 -. wit b ,ers. 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The contest here has ended in the return of Mr. Whalley, by a majority of 15, the numbers at the close of the poll on Saturday being, according to the statement of that gentleman's committee, as follows : Whalley ... ... 233 I Lewis ... ... 218 The calculation made by Mr. Lewis' committee is somewhat different, being— Whalley ... ... 212 I Lewis ... ... 197 Although the numbers vary, however, the majority for Mr. Whalley is decided. The contest has been the most severe on record, and very great zeal and activity were displayed on both sides. Mr. Whalley was in a majority from the first hour of the polling, but although he maintained his ascendency on the poll, his majority diminished, it being 22 at 9 o'clock, and only 10 at 2 o'clock. Whether upon true or false grounds, the election is gene rally considered as having rendered the city independent of the influence of the Milton family. This has been the point upon which all the opposition turned. Mr. Whal ley professes liberal principles as well as Mr. Lewis, so that, politically speaking, there was no difference be tween the two candidates ; but the rallying cry has been for the independence of the city, and thus Mr. Lewis has been described as the "lord's man," and Mr. Whalley as the friend of independence. The electors at the nomina tiox cried out that they would have a man of their own choosing this time, and every effort was made by Mr. Whalley 's party to convince the electors that it was a struggle to emancipate themselves from Milton domination. Some people have wondered why the electors of Peterborough, after quietly submitting to the Fitzwilliam influence for a century and a half, should suddenly determine that it should prevail no longer.• This, however, is a point which it would be difficult to settle ; but, as a matter of fact, this was the pivot upon which the opposition to Mr. Lewis turned, and it is undoubtedly true that the opposition was not to Mr. Lewis personally, but because he was presumed to be the nominee of the earl. It should be stated that the friends of Mr. Lewis deny the impeachment. How ever, although the circumstance is somewhat strange, Mr. Whalley, a professed Liberal, owes his election to the Conservatives, who opposed Mr. Lewis, with a view to destroy the Milton influence. The election was con ducted in a very creditable manner. There was a good deal of excitement on Saturday at the close of the poll, and there had been fears of some violence being attempted ; but after a little .marching, band playing, and shouting for " the blues," the city became almost as silent and tranquil as ever. The official declaration of the poll was fixed for this day (Monday). THE PETERBOROUGH ELECTION. The late Peterborough election teaches more than one striking political lesson. The borough of Peterborough has been long considered an appanage of the Earl of Fitzwilliam. Notwithstanding the Reform Bill, and the 101. franchise, so powerful are the fortune and influence of the Milton family in the town and neighbourhood of Peterborough, that up to this time there has not been a single instance of a defeat to the nominees of the Earl of Fitzwilliam, as they have been called. This may, no doubt, have been caused, or, at all events, greatly assisted, by the fact that the candidates presenting themselves on the Fitzwilliam interest were on the Liberal side of politics, and thus presented a coinci dence of opinion with the majority of electors. At the very last election the son of Lord Fitzwilliam, the Hon. C. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, and his cousin, the Hon. C. W. Watson (of the distinguished Rockingham House), were placed at the head of the poll. Mr. Watson died, and for the vacancy thus created, a distinguished mem ber of the late Parliament—by no means a nominee— Mr. Cornewall Lewis, was selected to fill the vacant seat by an influential section of the Liberals of the town. The more Radical section, however, did not approve the choice, and we believe that their chief reason for suspect ing the candidate was an impression, rightly or wrongly entertained, that the Fitzwilliam interest was neither so strongly nor so honestly given to the popular cause as it used to be. Plain, honest country politicians cannot discover the propriety of Lord Fitzwilliam sitting on the cross benches and talking of a fixed duty on corn. The consequence is that the allegiance of the Liberals of Peterborough is broken and divided. The result is the present defeat of Mr. C. Lewis—not a mere family nominee, but a most excellent politician. The extreme party in the borough, distrusting Lord Fitzwilliam, per haps for the first time, took up Mr. Whalley. The Tory minority seized the opportunity, and added their franchises to Mr. Whalley, in order to defeat the Fitz william interest—for the first time in a century sus pected of treason to the Liberal cause. The lesson that is thus taught is this, that with the people much may be done ; against the people everything is endangered.— Morning Advertiser. PERSECUTION AT FLORENCE. On Saturday a deputation waited on Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Home-office, to place in his hands a me morial addressed to her Majesty, on the subject of the persecutions for religious opinions now carried on at Florence. The deputation consisted of, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Colonel Alexander, Mr. Wilbraham Taylor, Captain Giberne, Mr. J. M. White, Mr. T. R. Wheat ley, Mr. R. B. Seeley, and Mr. J. Macgregor. The memorial was as follows : " We your Majesty's most loyal and devoted subjects, beg leave to approach the Throne with our sincerest assurance of attachment to your Majesty, as supreme head of a Government under which your people arc truly and deeply sensible of the full enjoyment of civil and religious liberty. Your memorialist have heard with deep dismay of the trial, in the capital of Tuscany, of Francesco and Rosa Madiai, on the charge of impiety, shown in making proselytes to the so called Evangelical or Pure Gospel Confession'*—a charge whose sole foundation con sisted in their possessing and reading the Holy Scriptures and other religious works in their own house hold, and being ready to share the blessings they pos sessed with all who sought them. For no other cause, and with the express declaration of Government that the charge was totally unconnected with politics, the said Francesco and Rosa Madiai were sentenced by the Tuscan authorities, on th e 31 s t o f J u ly last, to imprison ment with hard labour for the respective terms of 56 and 45 months. Your memorialists recognise in your Majesty the representative of a great and free country, whose glory it has been practically to proclaim the sacred right of every human being to liberty of con science ; and though they are fully alive to the danger of one nation interfering with the internal regulations of another State, they feel that when peaceful and harmless individuals in any professedly Christian community are condemned as criminals for no greater offence than that stated above, it is no less imperative on every lover of liberty, civilisation, and security, to protest, in the name of justice, of civil freedom, and of common humanity, against so glaring a violation of the right of every man peaceably to follow the dic tates of his own conscience. While your memorialists, as Britons, as freemen, and as members of the great human family, would consider themselves bound to pro test against such a misapplication of civil power, even if the sufferers were followers of a false religion, they feel that those among them who are professors of a faith which proclaims the written word of God to be the free and precious birthright of all mankind, are more urgently impelled to protest openly and boldly against so flagrant a violation of the first principles of religious liberty. As the loving subjects of a Christian Queen, your memorialists are confident that your Majesty will share their abhorrence at the spectacle of a woman, on such a charge, condemned to imprisonment in the de grading company of the worst of criminals. Sympathy for a woman thus cruelly outraged will find a ready echo in the heart of your Majesty, as in that of every woman capable of feeling for the wrongs of a sister and a fellow Christian. Your memorialists, having discharged their bare duty in laying at the feet of your Majesty this solemn public protest against the great outrage which has been offered to humanity, would entreat your Majesty to make the feelings of of the British nation known to the Tuscan Govern- ment, and endeavour to procure either a reversal of the judgment on the said Francesco and Rosa Madiai, or at least such alteration of their sentences as would admit of their seeking refuge in some land where - it is lawful for each man to worship God after his own conscience. That your Majesty's throne and the Constitution of this country may ever continue by God's blessing, based, as now, on the surest of all foundations, the conscious happiness and affectionate confidence of a Christian peo ple, who study to use, without abusing, the principles of civil and religious liberty, is the earnest prayer of "Your Majesty's loyal Subjects." The above memorial was signed by the Dukes of Sutherland and Argyll, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Earls of Winchelsea, Fortescue, Ducie, Shaftes bury, Dartmouth, Roden, Waldegrave, Cavan, Ban don, Darnley, D onoug hmore, Meath, Annesley, Clancarty, Carnwath ; Lords Stopford, Dunlo, Lorton, Bangor, Bernard, Monck, Calthorpe, Ran furley, De Saumarez, Hatherton, Clanmorris, Downes, Massy, Moreton, Claud Hamilton, T. Pelham Clinton, Charles Pelham Clinton, H. Cholmondeley, Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell ; by the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of Manchester, Worcester, Nor wich, Cashel, Down, Ossory, giamore, and Tuam ; by 21 members of the House of Commons, 26 baronets, 10 deans, 8 archdeacons, 9 generals, and 94 other officers, 19 admirals and 71 other officers of the navy, 321 jus tices of the peace, 630 members of the professions, 1,302 clergymen, 230 dissenting ministers, 11,431 bankers, merchants, and private gentlemen ; and by 8,894 other persons ; being a total of 23,172 si g nat ures. Mr. Secretary. Walpole received the deputation most courteously, and promised to lay the address before. hei. Majesty immediately. * Literally translated from the original charge. DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—We read in the Presse:—"An extraordinary case of death from fright has just taken place. A few days since a young woman was passing near the Rue Cadet, when she suddenly fell to the ground, exclaiming 'The rat ! the rat I' At first nobody could comprehend the meaning of her exclamations, but on her being taken into the shop of a druggist and placed on a chair, a rat was seen to run from beneath her gown. It was then evident that the rat, which had come from a sewer, had got between her legs, and that when she fell from fright it had concealed itself under her clothes. She was taken home to her friends in the rue Duperr6 in a state of delirium, which lasted four days, during which the only words she uttered were, The rat ! the rat I' and on the evening of the fourth expired."' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY -EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLVI. To-morrow Wolverhampton puts in its claim to the polite attentions of that division of the sporting world who patronise the "cross country" work. There are three races on the card for decision, the first of which is the Wolverhampton Grand Annual Steeplechase, of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; about four miles. This race is markd for half past one precisely. Out of a good entry thirteen acceptances have been obtained, which, considering the declension of this kind of sport, is as much as could reasonably be expected. If eight go to the post that will be as good a field as we can hope for. The top weight, Mr. Barnett's Sir Peter Laurie, at list 41b., if intended, is not overweighted, and would be very likely to finish in one of the three first places. He is an un commonly game animal, and over this course that quality is likely to be required. Half-and-Half, at lOst 71b, has no chance whatever. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader, it is said, will not put in an appearance for any race before the Liverpool Grand National, as his chance here, at lOst 61b, is undoubtedly first-rate. Vain hope is treated leniently enough by the handicapper, lOst 61b being anything but a back-breaker. It is thought that this animal will not run. Mr. Barry's Carrig, lOst 51b, and with such good antecedents this season, looks uncommonly dangerous. His party seem to be particularly "fond," haxing backed him very freely. The General will run, I believe, and possibly may run well, but that depends a great deal as to how the money stands. Simple Peter is let loose at lOst, but from the appearance of the market I should say he has no chance for this bout. Bourton is a mysterious animal, and is reported to do wonders, but I can place no confidence in him. It is scarcely probable that Heroine will repeat her performance of the other day, as several horses of a better class will start against her. Trout (late the Lepida gelding), is a very inferior ani mal, and cannot possibly possess any pretensions to beat Heroine, much less to win. Peter Simple at 9st 71b, and Expert at Bst 121 b, I presume, will be made quite safe through Vengeance at 9st 41b. All things considered, I think CARRIG will be about the mark ; and that Vengeance will occupy the second place. The Free Handicap Hurdle Race, of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added, has obtained an acceptance of fourteen, of which about half will go to the post ; the race being confined to Half and Half (if he runs), WARWICK and ODIHAM ; the last mentioned two filling the first and second places, Don John filly being well up. The Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, closes between five and eight this evening to Mr. Walker, of the Talbot Hotel. RUFF'S GUIDE TO THE TEMP.—The autumnal edition of The Guide to the Turf has just been issued. It con tains a vast amount of the usual matter, considerably exceeding, however, the quantity that has appeared in former years, arranged in the most desirable manner imaginable. The care evidenced in the laborious com pilation of this necessary occupant of every turfite's bookshelf, is great : a couple of errors only, of compara tively but little account, appearing in it ; one being, in making the date of the Northampton races May 30th instead of March 30th, and the other, the omission of the "h ft" in the conditions for the Thousand Guinea Stakes. Mr. Ruff's work to the racing man is invalu able, and can have "no rival near the throne." THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASES, Subjoined are the acceptances for the steeplechases, which are to come off to-morrow, over the Wolverhamp- ton Race course. Handicap Sweepstakes, 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 100 added. Yrs st lb Sir Peter Laurie a 11 4 Half-and-Half a 10 7 Abd-el-Kader a 10 6 Vainhope Carrig The General a 10 4 Peter Simple The following have decla each : Yrs st lb ißourton Heroine a 9 12 Trout Simple Peter Vengeance a 9 4 Expert - a 812 :red forfeit, and pay 5 soya Yrs st lbl Yrs st lb Peter Victress Maurice Daly alo 2 The Screw Clatterbox The telling Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 20 aided, for all horses 12st each, 'w eight allowed for price, closes to Mr. Walker, Talbot Hotel, on Monday evening. A Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added. - -- - Yrs st - lb Yrs st lb Half-and-Half a 11 0 Victress Caurire alo 12 Maria Bennett O9 9 Warwick 5 10 9 Gaylad 6 9 7 Little Queen a 10 8 Slang Oldham 4 10 8 Don John 4 9 6 Tomboy 5 10 5 Jack of all Trades. a 9 0 Bourton IRISH CHURCH MISSIOAS. A public meeting, •in aid of the Society for Irish Church Missions, to the Roman Catholics, was held on Saturday, at Hanover-square Rooms. _ The Earl of Shaftesbury took the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that since he accepted the honour of presiding over that meeting, he lu,d received a sum mons to attend a deputation at the Hone-office, to carry a memorial, which he hoped would bE laid at the feet of her Majesty, on behalf of their perswuted brethren in Florence, and especially Francisco and Rosa Madiai. The Rev. ALEX. DALLAS moved the first resolution as follows :—" That the progress of the Reformation in various parts of Ireland, as shown by authentic state ments, corroborated by the testimaly of the Roman Catholic press, proves that the Divine blessing attends the work, and calls for enlarged exertions from the Protestants of the United Kingdom, is order to increase the agency necessary for extending the spread of Gospel truth all over Ireland." The Earl of CLANCARTY seconded the resolution, after which it was put from the chair and carried unani mously. The Earl of MAYO moved the second resolution— Th a t this meeting desires to encourage the committee of the society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics in the course they have hitherto pursued, and pledge themselves to renewed exertions, with a view to extend the influence and increase the funds of the society." Mr. J. C. CoLQUHoUN seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. The Rev. R. BICKERSTETH moved the third resolution, "That the details of the work of the missions in Dub lin and elsewhere, now communicated to this meeting, afford satisfactory testimony of the lively interest excited among the Roman Catholics, and while they are a cause for thanksgiving to Almighty God, they should produce a Spirit of prayer on behalf of the missionaries and agents employed, and of our fellow -countrymen, that they may be enabled speedily to burst the bonds that bind them under the dominion of the power of Rome." The Rev. FRED. DOWLING seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The proceedings then terminated with the usual compliment to the chairman, and also a vote of thanks to the Earl of Shaftesbury, for his sup port of the society. e an ro ni o v m ers o a f Campb e ll' s Scotch Ale Stores, William Bamfield, E sq., in the chair, sup- BILLDTGSGATE W ARD AM ICABLE SOCIETY. — The mem TY dinner last Thursday even b ipn e og r i. e,s Rood-lane ebl in ty d h ifre. theirla.i.g Alderman Sydney, and. - Mr. Deputy Bower. The Chairman congratulated the society upon the extreme success which had attended their exertions. Mr. Alderman Sydney, in a speech of much humour, complimented the society upon their s uccess, an d said he hoped the time was not far distant when he should have the happiness to meet the whole of the members of the society and their wives at the festive board at the Mansion-house as his guests, as a slight acknowledgment of the many acts of kindness and attention he had received at their hands since he had had the honour to be their Alderman. The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs. Keeling, Graves, Bowar, Long, and many other gentlemen, members of the society. ro ß c a ee il di w n a g y. The hilarity of the evening was w e ll k ep t up un til a late hour. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT R AILWA Y.—The great danger attending the two frequent practice of get ting out of railway trains while in mo ti on was f a t a lly exemplified last Thursday evening at the Abbey Wood t at Two females, mother n n on i to Dartford by the eight o'clock train , but, bein g annoyed io a the daughter, North were Kent by two other passengers quarrelling, when the train ar rived at the Abbey Wood station, they both got out to rid themselves of the annoyance by changing to another carriage. Instead of taking their places again immediately, however, they delayed doing so L I until the train was on the p oint o f starting, when a gentleman on the platform assisted the daughter into a carriage, and the train moved on. The moment afterwards the daughter, missi n g her mother, who was left behind , opened the door of the carriage, and jumped out, just at the end of the platform, over which she rolled on to the rails, the train passing over and cutting off both her feet. Almost immediately the train was stopped, and a medical gentleman, a passenger, advised the re- ; moval of the poor woman to the next station, Erith, only ' five minutes distant, where additional surgical aid was at once procured, and everything possible was done to - alleviate her sufferings. The nature of the injuries sus tained, however, precluded all hopes of recovery, and the - unfortunate sufferer expired at - 8 o'clock on Friday even- 1 ing. Her name is Mrs. Knight, and she resided at 1 Dartford. An inquest was held on the body on Satur- 1 day, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned. NEW TELEGRAPH LINES ON THE CONTINENT.—The lines of electric telegraph which have just been com pleted in the Netherlands, connect the following places : —Amsterdam, Breda, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Dordrecht, La Haye, which are now, for the first time, in electric communication with Great Britain by means of the sub marine wires. The following cities and towns, with others of lesser note, are also in communication with the offices at Cornhill :—Agram, Aix-la-Chapelle, Amiens, Antwerp, Augsburg, Baden, Berlin, Bonn, Bordeaux, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bremen, Breslau, Bruges, Bruns wick, Brussels, Calais, Cassel, Coblentz, Cologne, Cra cow, Dantzic, Dieppe, Dijon, Dresden, Dunkirk, Dus seldorf, Florence, Frankfort-on-Maine, Friburg, Ghent, Gotha, Hamburgh, Hanover, Havre, Kehl Strasbourgh, Konigsburg, Leghorn, Leipzic, Lemburg, Lisle, Lucca, Lyons, Metz, Magdeburg, Malines, Mannheim, Mantua, Mayence, Milan, Munich, Modena, Nantes, Nurem burg, Ostend, Padua, Paris ' Pesth-Bude, Posen, Prague, IPresburg, Parma, Rouen, St. Omer, Stettin, Stuttgard, Strasbourg, Wrieate, Vonicps Verna l Yitatlaa NV-AinAr• AN EVENING AT ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. Having heard of an establishment in Lincoln's Inn-fields, where matrimonial alliances are done up, and being pos sessed with rather a keen sense of the ludicrous, a fellow- clerk and myself resolved the other night, after the toils of the day, to pay the said establishment a visit, with the view of getting, if not a wife, at least some rich amuse ment. Accordingly, after four o'clock P.M., we wended our way through the crowded thoroughfares of Fenchurch and Lombard-streets, on to the Mansion-house, where to economise time on such an important matter, as an errand on matrimony, we took the inside of a Chelsea Omnibus as far as Chancery-lane, where we alighted, and pursued our way up this dark dingy neighbourhood, where every thing betokens suits in Chancery, and writs of error ; the shops being almost all law stationers, whose windows and doorways are groaning under huge piles of "Coke's or Black stone's Commentaries," down to law forms, red tape, and sealing wax. But we enter Lincoln's Inn-fields by a gothic archway, and not being sure of the address of Mr. Beres ford, the matchmaker (not lucifers we hope), we spied a postman resting on one of the stone benches, from whom we elicited with a leerish smile, the whereabout of this very interesting institution. Walking rapidly across the Fields to the direction pointed out by the man of letters, we soon reached the chambers of the hymeneal secretary, but lo and behold he was out of town, no doubt at some of the provincial offices of the association (of which, bye the bye, there are some five or six), assisting by his kind in terference in uniting in the bonds of wedlock, some amor ous swains. He returns in a day or two, and before the printer's ink touches this communication, we will have surveyed the portraits of the fair damsels, whose hands, if not their hearts, Mr. H. Beresford has the disposal of. Being bent on spending the evening agreeably, we de termined to visit Astley's, the most renowned equestrian establishment, except Franconi's in the world. Accord ingly we push along through the streets, which just now are brilliantly illuminated with thousands of flaming jets of gas-light—we cross old father. Thames by Waterloo bridge, the finest structure of the kind in Europe, and proceed by the New-cut, Lambeth, now the most crowded thoroughfare in London. We enter the amphitheatre a little before seven o'clock, the hour of commencing the performance, and secure a seat. What a magnificent house this is, and capable of accommodating several thou sand spectators. Every decoration which the art of the painter can furnish is freely lavished, and the rich tracery and elaborate gilding in scroll work, which adorn the pan nels of the boxes, combined with the blaze of light emitted from a hundred gasaliers, render the scene at once gorgeous and captivating, and helps us to appreciate in some degree the taste of the worthy old Baronet in "Boswell's Life of Johnson," who possessed one of the most beautiful seats in England, surrounded with a park, whose lawns lined with noble oaks and venerable elms, excited the admiration of every one but himself, yet declared that at the close of the London seasons, he always felt miserable, and longed again for the footlights, the scenery of the drop curtain, and parapharnalia of the stage, with its painted heroes, in com parison with which he considered Nature with all its at- tractions, dull and insipid. The orchestra now filled with the finest performers.m England, who, after a good deal of scraping and tuning their different instruments, at length pour forth a volume of music, whose voluptuous swell, thrills through the ner vous system like a stream of electric fluid. But the bell rings, and immediately two beautiful palfreys are led into the arena, accompanied by their youthful riders, Miss Emily Cooke, and Eugene Godolphin, who perform a truly laughable Petite Ballet, entitled Jeanette and Jeannot, or the enlistment for the great wars of France ; this is suc ceeded by Mr. Hemming the most daring horseman of the day, who throws summersaults from feet to feet, during the rapid evolutions of the steed, with all the grace and ease imaginable. Miss Frost next appears on a swift courser, in a pleasing act as the Fishwife of Newhaven, and is followed by Mr. Powell, the popular British horse man, who appears on two horses, in his leaping act, as the bounding springer of the Alps. But all this is eclipsed by the extraordinary performances of two Frenchmen, who are brothers, named Siegrist, whose bodies are evidently made of India rubber, as they bend and stretch where there are no joints at all, and for strength they might wrestle with Achilles, or any fabled hero of Grecian Mytho logy. Amongst their various feats, one of them poises a pole on his breast 25 feet long, up which the other climbs with the agility of a monkey, and perches himself on its narrow point. Both brothers have implicit confi dence in each others skill. The one who supports the pole stands erect without moving a muscle, cracking jokes with him on its summit, who is comporting himself like a squirrel on the bough of a tree. Great strength in such feats must be conjoined with an intimate knowledge of mechanical laws, as the least deviation from a correct balance would give such a momentum to the leverage as no strength, however herculean, could resist, and end in the precipitate destruction of one or other of the unfortunate gladiators. We are next introduced to an equestrian pas de trois by those accomplished artistes, Miss Rebecca, Madlle Louise Massotta, and Miss Frost, who appear as the Three Graces; and by way of varying the species both of man and beast, the ring is next occupied by elephants, ac companied by their Oriental trainers, who go through a variety of feats of agility on their bare backs. We have next Mr. Bridges, who appears as the Juggler of Japan, and who, on horseback, manages balls, plates, and cutlery, going through paper hoops at the same time, with as much nonchalence as if sitting in an easy chair by the parlour fire. The scenes of the arena are again varied by the wonder ful exercises of the Nicole family, the father of which tosses his two infant sons about as if flesh and blood formed no part of their composition, all, however, are mas ters of gymnastic science, and have studied the most cor rect portions of Greek statuary, as their graceful attitudes at once denote. The first part terminates with a piece exe cuted by eight of the principal artistes of the establish ment, with twelve horses, entitled Le Grand Ballet Eques- Ira, arranged by Signor &dal ini, the celebrated ring-mas ter, and professor of the Haute , Ecole, from the Imperial Circus of St. Petersburgh ; and after a lapse of ten minutes, the second part commences with the tight-rope perform ances of Manes. Ellslor, who, on the elastic cord, are con sidered unequalled. After 'which, Mr. Alfred Cooke, the premier horseman, introduces an entirely new equestrian ollapadrida, sustaining the characters of Mahomet, Maahm, the Algerian Pirate, the Bloomer of 1851, Doctor O'Toole, concluding with the flight of Orion, the mighty hunter. Mr. A. Cooke is unquestionably the first horseman of the day, and fully justifies our anticipation of him, formed many years ago. Madlle. Marlette, from the Imperial Circus of St. Petersburgh, now introduces a trained pony, whose intelligence shows the capabilities of the horse, and also the subduing powers of man, as it will do anything, from the picking up of a glove, to the performance of a pas de soul. The brothers Siegrist again appear in a comic act, called Dead or Alive, and are succeeded by Mr. Syl vester, who astonishes by his extraordinary ascension of the globe. Standing upon a large ball, he cleverly rolls it with his toes along a board having an altitude of fully 20 feet, and, at the summit, turns round and rolls it down again, in spite of its increasing momentum, with as much grace as if it was on a level plane. Miss Woolford now appears in an elegant act, as the Flower Girl, but as she presented me with a crimson dahlia out of her basket, any praise coming from me would be likely to be suspected on the ground of partiality. The brothers Siegrist again astonish by their performances on the double trapez ; whose unequaled feats surpass the previous performers in the gymnastic art. The evening's amusements terminate with a comic scene, introducing Messrs. Bridges, Powell, and. Craddock, entitled .Mons. and Madame Deni, whose lu dicrous antics elicit from the audience roars of laughter. Altogether, this amphitheatre of Astley's is well worthy a visit from any class of society, as there is nothing seen or heard calculated to wound the feelings of the most sen sitive moralist, and the lovers of science may receive les sons of the utmost utility, regarding the physical laws which govern the well-being of society. Sitting spectators of the science of equitation so beautifully demonstrated in this great temple of art, we were fully impressed with the truths enunciated by the late Lord Dalmeny in his pamph let, some years ago, on gymnastics, in which he urges that this science should be taught in our public schools for the proper development of bone and muscle, and even advises all classes, merchants, shopkeepers, and others, particularly those who have but little exercise in their respective call ings, to learn the use of the foil, and other manly accom plishments, as being essentially necessary to the preserva tion of health. He states that he has penetrated the re cesses of the forest of Ben Dhui in quest of the antlered monarch of the wood, and hunted chamois on the black precipices of Mont Blanc, but the excitement of the chase and invigorating stimulus of the mountain air, were not to be compared to a night at Angeles, practising the foil with a skilful opponent. The jests of the clowns appear to be indispensable to the ring, and, as in everything else at Astley's, we have the genius here of the highest celebrity, either as jeste - 2s or posture-makers. Jesters in England are of great antiquity, as they were wont to form part of the royal establishment at court. We remember of reading with infinite zest, the cute answer of Henry the Eighth's jester, who, when that bloated monster asked him what he thought of the title 9f Defender of Faith, the Pope had just conferred on him—" Ha ! Master Harry," the jester replied, " there is no fear of the faith, let you and I take care of our own heads, and leave the faith to its own de fence." Equestrian performances are of very great antiquity, as Homer, in the "Iliad," gives a clear and correct description of an amusement of this kind, which modern times have seen revived as something entirely new. So long ago, it appears, as the sixth or seventh century before Christ, the feats of Cooke and Franconi were popular in Greece. The education of horses for this singular purpose has been brought to the highest perfection, both in Paris and in London. The stables of Franconi and Astley's are for quadrupeds what the Royal Academy of France and the Royal Society of England are for learned men. They are the hotbeds of equine genius—the conservatories of the classic step, of the antique trot—the sanctuaries of the brilliant gallop. Quoting from a writer to whom we are indebted for a portion of this article, we will conclude with a brief notice of a horse belonging to the Cirque Olympic of Paris, as he attained a kind of political celebrity. It is well known that the steeds of Astley's Amphitheatre are lent out to the citizens of London on Lord Mayor's day, for the • use of men in armour who figure in the procession, so the French Circus is charged with the supply of animals to Princes and Sovereigns, during any great official solemnity; and these horses like certain couriers, have always been at the service of every dynasty or shade of political opinion. Thus, in 1814, the tem porary restoration of the Bourbons, a dapple grey, called 'La Noble,' bore the future Charles X. (the Count D'Ar tois) on his entry into Paris, and afterwards the Dukes of Berri and Angouleme. When Napoleon escaped from Elba the same charger carried him on the 20th of the fol lowing March, at the time of his triumphal return to the city by torch-light. After the well-known ' hundred days,' this identical horse conveyed into Paris, the Princes of the Bourbon family, deporting itself with the same pride and enthusiasm as on former occasions.' Equestrian performers of the present day feel the effects of the march of intellect, quite as much as others. Feats of horsemanship which anciently excited the greatest ad miration, now appear vulgar and commonplace, and it has become as difficult to acquire distinction in equestrianism as in literature. Formerly, a simple change of feet during full gallop, or an epigram, were sufficient to earn a high reputation for a horse or a poet, but now celebrity is only to be obtained by the aid of difficult dances on three legs, or by means of several thick volumes of prose and verse. To those of your readers who have never seen anything of this art, beyond the air vaultings of such itinerants as Ord and his rag tag artistes, by the side of Lochleven, where everything was dependant on the versatile genius of Ord himself, any description of the wonders of the Circus as seen at Astley's, will fail to convey a correct impression of the art and science there demonstrated, and if ever they chance to visit London, we would advise them to spend at least, one night at this establishment, the performances at which, both equestrian and gymnastic, rival the most celebrated of either ancient or modern times. R. D. London, October, 1852. —lend= cOrrcePOC4 l 4 of Me Advertior. THE SHARE MARKET'S. BRITISH RAILWAYS. IClosing Prices Saturday. Biudneas dons this Day. 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OFF MARGATE.—Thomas Worthington, Cape of Good Hope ; Triton, La Guayra. DEAL, Dec. 4.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Canada, Madras ; Anne Cropper, do. Jolly, Robin, Calcutta, for Hull ; Anne Eliza, Bahia ; Laurie, Jamaica ; Com merce, Quebec ; William A. Cooper, Calcutta ; Camden, Quebec. Arrived from the River—Emily, for San Francisco ; Sarah King, Magadore ; Rebecca, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Vibilia, Port Philip ; City of Glasgow, Cal cutta. Put back—Vere, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Dec. s.—Wind, W. Arrived, Francis, Calcutta ; Aura, Honduras ; Cluny, Montreal ; George, Quebec ; Lord Elgin, do. ; Iris, Havana ; Gonemor, Honduras. Sailed—Harriet, Newfoundland ; Africa (s), New York. Off Port—Daniel Webster, Eritannia, E. C. Stranton, Sir Harry Smith, and the New York. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—John and Henry Duncan, Quebec. HOLYHEAD, Dec. s.—The Union, Admouth to Liver pool, has been totally wrecked ; crew saved. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. - s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived— Alacrity and Port Glasgow, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind, S.W. to W.S.W., fresh breezes. Arrived—Voluna, Dalhousie ; Jane Lowden, Quebec. Off Port—John Quebec ; Crichton, Monte Video, and sailed for CARDIFF, Dec. s.—The Victor, Swansea to King George's Sound, has put into Penarth Reads, with con siderable damage, from contact with the barque Asia, of Dunkirk. LYNN, Dec. s.—The Abeona and Sarapta have got off shore. COST OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE.—By a Parlia mentary return just issued, it appears that the cost of collection in the revenue departments, deducted from the gross receipts, and not paid into the Exchequer, for the year ending sth January, 1852, was 5,622,2571., and that the total amount expended in 1851, which never reached the Exchequer, was 6,072,1511. ADELPHI THEATRE, EDINBURGH.—The enthusiasm ° cited by the early performances of the operatic eonipal,r the Adelphi continues every evening to in'P r r popular opera of "Ma ritana' was produced o rformance evening with excellent effect. The H , ison „- of the part of Don Caesar de Bazan by ceeded the utmost expecLaUons of his neatest that he had gilirtest admirers had' achieved tested by any standard, it was al o Accomplished as achieved complete and instant he is as a vocalist, it may be dosuubectesed whether comedy is icturesque character of not his natural element. I the %a tur P al style of Miss Louisa Maritana, the graceful and rendered the performance one of Pyne's acting and singing have ever witnessed. Her the most charming that V tasteful execution of the so ng, N° " Scenes that are brightest," excited an enthusiastic encore ; but_ her other efforts during the evening were qu ite as w orthy ofthe same distinction. T h e qu artette and chorus, Health to the lady" —sung by h 0 misses Pyne, Mr. Harrison, and Signor B orran i—were t well rece ived by the audience, which numbered many dis tinguished in fashion and literature. The performance of t h e opera was, upon the whole, most pleasi ng an d interest ing. Last night Bellini's beautiful opera, of " La.Sonnani hula" was performed to a crowded and delighted house. All the artists acquitted themselves admirably ; and we may . especially notice the brilliant execution, by Miss Louisa Pyne, of the concluding rondo, "Do not mingle," in which she displayed remarkable sweetness, combined with a fluency and purity of intonation that we have rarely, if ever, heard by an English soprano. We trust that the public will show their gratitude to the manager for the pleasure which they are thus privileged to enjoy by 0/917(144 141 1 W4 every evening.-Courant. Business done this Day. XO4 all it. 100 i 0 all it. 100 5I all 5 I all ;5 I all 10 all )5 all L2 i , , all 24 all !O all .!(:) all N:I all 5a all 0 1 all %1 all ,2 . il .111 it: 100 - it. 100 18g 12 9h i 0 all 5 I all it. 100 5 3 !O I all 0I all .7il all ;CI I all 5 I all LO 10 5 5 !Co 5 :0 4 ;3i 2 9 10 10 O All, !O all L 6 all !O all .0 1, all ;() lo !O all all ZO all ?I) 4 LO/ 2; ZO all ZO all !O 17 !CI 2s. ER all LO 4 !O 9 p.m. LITERATURE. The Farmer's Magazine.—The first' article is a treatise on the cultivation of oats. It is followe d I by a Lecture read at the annual meeting of th e North Staffordshire Agricultural Societ y, on Ulf 3 improvements of homesteads and remodelling o f farms. An agricultural biography is cc mtinued , and there is also a Lecture on the use and abuse o f lime in agriculture. There is an interesting ac count of the Flax Industry of Ireland, and the present number also cont a i ns several articles on the potato. Newton's London Journcd. 7 -This number ccei tains a list of fourteen patents, three of which are for improvements in the construction of ploughs.. The most important are those of Negretti• and Zambra for thermometers, J. M'lntosh for ord nance and fire-arms, W. E. Newton for manufac turing coke, &c. The list of Irish, Scotch, and English patents is given as usual, and the maga zine contains two plates illustrating the patents. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour.—With the last month of the year, our fortune-hunter brings his Sporting Tour to an end ; and after many matrimonial speculations and questionable transactions in disposing of his horse to unprotected greenhorns and would-be sportsmen, uninitiated in the mysteries of the dealer's stables, his settles in life, united to an adventuress as needy as him self, who has fairly ridden into his affections. Through out the whole of this amusing narrative the object of the author is apparent, and while the reader is amused by the description of the various characters who are to be met with in the hunting-field and at the tables of masters of hounds, he sees vividly depicted the snares into which the crafty and unscrupulous vampires who live by de frauding the unwary lead their victims, who, in propor tion to their ignorance, are presumptuous and self-con ceited. In the conclusion of the tale, the biter is bit, for Mr. Sponge is taken in by Facey Romford—a knave of deeper dye than our hero himself ; and in the grand aristocratic steeplechase which is the closing scene, the renowned Hercules astonishes both his owner and the public by winning the race in spite of Mr. Sponge, whose interest lay on the losing side. Zadkiel's Almanac for 1853.—The most striking vaticinations adventured upon by the renowned seer, Zadkiel, in this the twenty-third yearly edition of his almanac, are those regarding the new Em peror of the French, Napoleon 111. The hour of birth being ascertained with sufficient accuracy from the official Moniteur, the sage artist presents his readers with a scheme or figure of the heavens, at sixteen minutes before one o'clock, on the morning of the 20th of April, 1808. After some singular remarks and cal culations, which certainly go f ar i n su pport of the geneth hacal science, the following predictions are made for the ensuing year and its successor 1853—His affairs run very untoward ; his enemies are gathering ; a cloud threatens. I judge that February can hardly go by without WAR DECLARED. In May the nation is much excited—takes an active part in warlike operations—and probably his troops gain a battle of consequence. June brings losses and discomfiture ; tumults and insurrec tions annoy him, and some plots are rife against his power. But August promises him gain and victory. Also, in November, he gains martial honours ; yet soma strange reverses befall him at the end of the year. 1854 —February brings warlike gain ;he conquers. The summer and autumn very unfortunate ; his troops overthrown ; his enemies prevail in August, when sudden reverses attend him. He is confused, totters to his fall, and bows before the frown of fate ! Let him not dream of lasting honours, power, or prosperity. He shall found no dynasty ; he shall wear no durable crown." In the prognostications given for each month under the title .of " Voice of the Stars," may be found the fol lowing, worthy of the attention of the curious in such matters :—" April—The return of the Sun to his place at birth of L. Napoleon gives the Prince prosperity dur ing his forty-sixth year—honours, success, victory ! And this the King of Prussia will discover to his cost." —" .Tune—L. Napoleon meets a check, and may loose a battle now ; but is only a check—the tide of his fate will still flow onwards. This month is fatal to the King of Saxony, whose kingdom is rent away, and whose life is endangered. The King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria both bow to their adverse fate, and are tumbling before the star of Napoleon." "July—The Autocrat of Russia meets the frowns of fate, and sees his armies de feated, and his ambitious projects overthrown. He may not hope to set his foot in Constantinople during his fifty-eighth year, which is unfortunate." " October— We shall hear of some sudden loss and injury to the affairs of L. Napoleon. Riots prevail in his dominions, and sudden matters affecting his honours, &c. He may now look for the commencement of a series of troubles, accumulating one upon the heels of another, exterminat ing, in the fall of the year 1854, by his overthrow, if not his death." " November—The stars still frown on Aus- tria's Emperor, and he is defeated in all his projects. The King of Prussia may look for military misadven tures, losses, and discomfiture. In LONDON there are failing trade, sudden fluctuations in the funds, and a general derangement of commercial interests." " Do cember—Paris is filled with sad turmoil, and London full of gloomy thoughts and scenes of sadness • for but little that is good or prosperous befals the reahn the latter` part of this year." Among other matters promised us in the approaching year by the prescient Zadkiel, are—a bountiful harvest —an entire change of Ministry—war in India, ulti mately (though not in the outset) successful—Continental war in the earlier part of the year, in which Frederick of Prussia will grievously suffer some time in summer, The announcement of all these marvellous events, and a good deal of astronomical and meteorological information, together with weather predictions, tide-tables, and the usual tabular matter, being furnished by Zadkiel for the small charge of sixpence, it is not surprising that hikr Almanac is in very extensive demand. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. Grantley F. Berkeley has addressed the following letter "To THE BRITISH AGRICULTURISTS AT HOME AND IN THE COLONIES, AND TO ALL THE - INDUSTRIAL CLASSES. " Gentlemen,— The motion of Mr. Villiers having been thoroughly discussed in the Commons, and happily dis posed of, I hasten to avail myself of the accommodation of the press in offering you a few observations. "It is an error to assert that the prosperity at present enjoyed by the industrial classes arises solely 'from re cent legislation ' or the abrogation of the corn laws. Had we as many labourers in the United Kingdom now as there were in 1846—1 allude more particularly to the rural districts—the rate of wages at present paid must and would have been infinitely lower, or half the hands been without occupation. " Expatriation, to the extent in which it has gone on since the abrogation of the corn laws, throughout the United Kingdom, is not a proof of prosperity,—far from it ; while, at the same time, it accounts for the rate of wages paid to those who cling to their native land. On every side it is admitted that the West India colonies are gone ; that British Guiana' is below English resus citation, and I have therefore a right to maintain that there is no source of well-founded or safe congratulation. in the assertion that the labouring classes at home are legislatively better off than they were, if their benefit arises from the ruin of their colonial brethren and from the emigration of their relations and friends. " I assert that the attempt of Messrs. Villiers, Cobden, and Co., to wrest from the house a refusal to consider the state of the land, and to deny that that particular interest deserves any further legislative attention, is one tyrannical and oppressive in its inclination and griev ously unjust, while at the same time it militates against that unrestricted competition,' for the extended in terests of which they profess themselves so sedulous. Let the land be as free to the farmer as the loom and steam to the manufacturer, the exigencies of the state, of course, considered ; let the produce of the slave be refused, the British market be accessible only to the labour of the free ; let the colonies of the mother country once more lift their eyes above the sea of destruction with which the policy of Lord Grey so obstinately overwhelmed them ; let emigration decrease, an d I will then join in an approval unqualified of ' recent legislation.' True, the gold mania may account for much absenteeism among the labouring classes, but that again is answered by the fact of its c ausing in the wes of those left behind ; while, at the same time ag the importation of the preci o olls e tal 0 e un a • not without its effect on the resources tn try. I do not regret the motion bm m vr e by lier ing n: h r in the last Parliament, as alluded W n the first night of the debate consideration s i oiortau l t d iu ti d k eo e nfl i o n ost t ho o armonulhavAovcbeeo noni tion That the house y the acts relating to the in l P . n a g ed to re t i f i l ef e e th id e e lin rat p io o n s : tio so n o o f b a ta d i u n t e y d ; ne t c t e h s s a i t ta tuil te . ere wh th ic e h abrogation of the corn laws, to meet its altered position contented with an ackinmmoNaveleddigmateeanntatahnat,exotweiil. the land deservedan beentaken burdens—burdensoff I foreignerhave everkaci pe rmitted to come in. These Manche zter beenhe l d poli ticians, as it was likely they would do when setting their from its peculiar han ds to rural interests, put the cart before the horse, an d instituted what they called free trade' before the farmer was in a fair way to grapple with it, and by so doing their rashness risked eventual success. All I have ever asked is, 'justice for the land,' and I have invariably stated that justice was due, either by a protective duty or by the remissi on of peculiar burdens,—l cared not which. Lord J. Russell, when tested by me, refused to grant relief either way. and the present abortive attempt of Mr. Villiers to withhold any consideration to the land —for it amounts to that—savours of a factious design to cover what in my humble opinion was a remarkable error in his Lordship's policy. The conclusion to which the House of Commons has come confirms me in my position. The free-trade majority' returned to Parlia ment as a national decision declares that which I most conscientiously believe to be true,—that, as an unre stricted trade is to be the future policy of Great Britain, it is wiser to intrust its details to Lord Derby and the present Administration, as the most combined and strongest working party in the Legislature, than to Lord John Russell and the incongruous aid he might solicit—. not command—for that especial purpose. " I have the honour to be, your most obedient humble servant, "GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY. " Beacon Lodge, Nov. 27." MARYLEBONE VESTRY.—The Marylebone vestry agreed on Saturday to assemble the rate-payers in the Vestry-hall for the purpose of opposing the increase on the House Tax, and a committee was appointed to WIT out the armugomouts of the meeting% Pm 6 100 all 100 all all 25 20 412 P 1 , 95i 20 2 d 13i 9i I 94i 5 42 11 TEi 6 .10 11 31 402 3 1 109 i