The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S BALL. It ka ,lbis Annual FULL DRESS and FANCY COSTUME AS .t..x will take place at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Tauss te::ne I 1 th of February. 0bt 16 . 4 " 8 Can only b e h a d o f the Stewards, a list of whom may be —4 cl on application at the Rooms. 11. 1 , W. SHAND LOW, Hon. Secreta r y . lane 4 . o church-, City. L EAGUE BREAD COMPANY. Eke Directors of the above Company beg to inform the Public tlsa:„_ e u'llakery, upon an extensive scale, is being erected in St. 1111 Clerkenwell, and will shortly be completed. To meet 4444.:1Meu50 demand made upon them for " Pure unadultered D~0,,..the Directors are selecting Depots in all parts of the Metro _ to wi t of which will be published with the Agent's names. The ger e 'ls think it necessary to caution the Public, that some shops iii7 L opened under a colourable imitation of the name of the b e '• Without the authority of the Board, and that they must ok,), doe _ responsible for the quality of the Bread sold therein. keks,„.•e. given instructions to their Solicitors to take the necessary "'t% to put a stop to such practices. By order, EDWARD PARRATT, Secretary. New Broad-street, City. LEAGUE BREAD COMPANY. E h ou ,_ CAUTION. is hereby given, that this Company, which has been ,7 4 1te r 2 r the Purpose of supplying the public with pure and un niv.""en bread, has been provisionally registered, pursuant to the °n otlrs of the d " Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Re -111 of Joint Stock Companies, 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110," and ~ Zing are th ere f o r e cautioned against carrying on business .4:!.o above title, or under any title calculated to lead the public kkiia;T_o that they represent, or are authorised by, or are in any kn :te4 co nnected with the said Company. 7 4 /' 'Petsons who infringe upon the Com et N., or tity ho shall carry sh on all business under the a colo rights urable of evasion of - "V the Company, will be proceeded against forthwith. lIODGSON AND BURTON, Solicitors to the said Company. 11), ""burY-street, Strand AL9BBERY.-£ 2 0 REWARD , AITTION to PAWNBROKERS, CUTLERS, IRONMON. GERS, FANCY DEALERS, and OTHERS. 2(11.0 . 2 43 , between the hours of Seven o'clock oil Friday evening, LUati:2 o'clock this morning, were STOLEN from the premises of L TTL-„,I2dAPPIN, of No. 15, Fore-street, City, various articles of 1 ,7411;;;'?. &c., consisting of Penknives, in stag, ivory, shell, and i',">Vea, containing one, two, three, and four blades ; stag and 'et h:2 4- ting Knives, of the finest description ; mock shell and X11417.d1e Razors, ivory and pearl paper and office knives; pearl, it h , °l7 and stag, one, two, three , and four blades; Penkives qt : nt a l l t l y d g f oi ni d o s r h o o c u eo ld:r m s a ir l id Dr b es acls, g and ladles' steel o Scissors t ; Fe h eket Dressing Case ; Russia Pocket Books, and ladies' fancy , All of which articles of cutlery bear the corporate mark t?gether with the name, "Joseph Mappin, Norfolk field . hereby given, that a REWARD of TWENTY POUNDS Nh4,:ird by Mr. llappin, to any person giving such information - ', l aad to the Apprehension and Conviction of the Thie f or t Recovery of the Property, or in such proportion to the - NE"lnVered. All information to be given to Moor-lane Sta 14,rPei,„__ City. r'atr - 'eet, City, Dec. 19, 1846. OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE et s. FOR ACCITMULATIVE AND GENERAL .A U 4 S kz 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. kw • CON suLTtsto SURGEON—J. M. Rainbow, Esq. th.-44 we qty of given, that, pursuant to the Ded of Settlement ii!tl4,2 ef London Life Assurance Society, the First Ordinary );14trZ the Society will be holden at the London Tavern, Bishops glt In the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 6tthv e da a yßofJa-ept lit ilth e T ire a c t to T rs we a l n v r f oc Auditors,loc ka t t n o oo tt n it a a c c a t n t e i i m es n t otrheec eoffice of Di tin elect Auditors for the ensuing year, and to declare a D - Nan th e Shares in the Company. -44 t he 24th day of December, 1846. E. F. LEEKS, Secretary. N A TIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, -LTRy, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. DIRECTOR/. Iv, ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. X MAS SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. ;4"trard Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Co.) I, P rite Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. a_"llliitin Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower). J ° ,,' ,Ire Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore). 4dani Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) es Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Redmayne, Esq., New Bond-street. ski Nu 2 er Rolt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Bolt). tsak"'ibliirf,thier advantages offered by this Society are security with -" 4, 1 3% economy in the management, and low rates of premium. ruY paid. PROFITS TO POLICY.IIOLDERS. (Bonus cir " - red July 1, 1846.) PARROTS AND MONKEYS. ity BRINDLEY, Importer of Foreign Birds • and Curiosities, No. 5, King's-place, Commercial-road, East (near Berner-street), begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that he has now on Sale a superior collection of choice talking Parrots, both Grey and Green; also trained Monkeys of every species, besides a splendid assortment of Parrot and other cages of every description, cheaper than any other house in London. A full-sized Parrot's brass cage for 11. is., not to be equalled under 21., at any other house. Any Lady or Gentleman favouring J. B. with a visit may hear the birds talk, or any bird purchased, exchanged if not approved of. *** Copy the Address. N................ PROFITS TO POLICY.HOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1846.) Y INSTALMENT T E R of 13 '2l. 1 M I . 1 1 E . SHARE I R V ro 1 es G CA E LL A for T FOU I R V T 1 E l S $ S c W S' g• I . on 251. SHARES, making 121. 10s. paid. ';i' '4 l * 1 . il 7c) tic. F , t , ... The . Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at 6" . 1 t_,..' `4 n g el 'g ; ~,' ..'' 9g' -'' ....P, eD ; 7 " a meeting held this day, to Call, under the provisions of tho Acts it* '' Ig• i K = l', og• of Parliament, for an Instalment of 21. 10s. per Share, on 251 Shares, si ii ti . 5.3 5' .0 Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to •E • • e4 "l i .1 pay on or before the Bth day ofJANUAUT next, to any of the under- I h I mentioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 101. en each of their respec- Ih. 7 X X. s. d. X. s. d. X five 251. Shares; viz. :- Ik7 London • • - - Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills and Co., at the Great 1-5 7 60 1,000 62 15 02415 3 243 40 oa s 4B 1,000 39 15 014 7 3 244 36 Western Railway-oflice 29, Gresham-street, City. 0140 $ 5 9 1,000 60 0020 1 18 224 33 Bristol .- •• -Messrs. Miles, Harford, and ' Co. Oh l , 43 2,000 63 0021 0 7 474 3 l Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co. 5.:..... L 44 1,000 35 0 0 96 0 202 27 Stu key's Banking Company. , kh o 2,000 82 10 01310 0 341 23 The West of England and South Wales District Bank. ',0„....../. 4 ,.., Liverpool • • - The Bank of Liverpool. - ' 4 t l es sending in Proposals for Assurances, before January Cheitenham• •The County of Gloucester Bank. `entitled to participate in the next division of profits. Reading • . -Messrs. J. and C. Symonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors. kri J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. (11 0 . •-- -- . ---- -,\ T rryr• ACC TTro_ London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 3, 1846. N` AL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ,,et 4WIn r ,„OOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion House, London. p i e"l. WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. Ell SAS •r aru SIDNEY , Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. lob, stn must send in their Proposals before the Ist January, "Inial to participate in th neat division of Froths. J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for SECOND INSTALMENT of 2/. 10s. PER SHARE on 171. SHARES, making 41. 10s. PAID. The Directors of the Great Western Railway, having resolved at a meeting held this day, to call under the provisions of the Acts of Parliatneot, for an instalment of 21. 105. per sham on 171. shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the Bth day of .iANUARY next, to any of the under-men tioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 171. shares, viz.— Londen.• .• Messrs. Glyn, llallifax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway Office, 29, Grosham-street, City. Bristol .• ....Messrs. Miles, llarford and Co. Messrs. Bane, Ames and Co. Stuckey's Banking Company. The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Lverpool .... The Bank of Liv, rpool. Cheltenham.. The County of Gloucester Rank. Reading • ... Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHARLES' A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, 3d December, 1846. tp „ sT ,PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL I.44OrgZ;.FIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND, ' .411 . 114411 0 ESti M.P I NV. G. Prescott, Esq. key,ja. TRUSTEES, Esq Baron L. de Rothschild. TILEASUBER OF TUE BENEVOLENT FUND. i 441113 Of John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. 14,,cornb,P r oPesal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet kth ,i, , ,i, ge neY, Annuities Endowments, Loans, Sz,c., and the ACAL REPORT, ' with every information, may be had r are received. , where donations and subscriptions to the Benevolent )„ . 414, 0 , eivecl, t he age Payable yearly, half-yearly, er quarterly, paid a VI, or age of 25, to secure the sum of .ZlOO, to 1)e paid at 'he' r his attaining the respective ages of 50, i 5, and GO, event shall first occur : •er eYen CillialM7Sqo:C u tZn i — "P""vs "' ". Fifty. Age Flfty-flue. Age Sixty. 1. 5 4 < i • earl Half- QUar- Year. Quer- year /11alfrar- Y ear . terly.l ear. terly. Year terly. - _IG 4 1 19 S 0 19 8 3 5 5 1 13 3 0 16 9 2 IS 2 1 9 6 0 14 11 OND oN AND NORTH-WESTERN L RAILWAY (SOUTHERN DIVISION). ALTERATION OF TRAINS. NOTICE.—The public ace informed that on and after the lit of DECEMBER next, the following Alterations will be made in the Trains on this Railway . BEDFORD BRANCH. The Train now leaving London at 10.45 a.m. will leave at 11 a.m., arriving: at Bedford at about 1.45 p.m. The Trails now leaving London at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.45 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 6 p.m. A Train will leave Bletehley at 3.15 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Bedford at 10 a.m. will leave at 9.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12 noon. A new Train will leave Bedford at 11.50 a.m., arriving at London at about 2.45 p.m., and at Birmingham at about 3.35 p.m. LEAMINGTON BRANCH. The Train now leaving Coventry for Leamington at 8.45 a.m. will leave at 8.30 a.m.. The Train now leaving London for Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave at 4 p.m. The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 10.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12.30 noon. The Train now leaving Birmingham at 8.0 a.m. will leave at 7.4 5 a.m., arriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 mi nutes earlier than at present. M By order, ARK HUISH, Manager. Euston Station, Nov. 24, 1846. la 1 , 6 41,1 19 11; 19 8)3 5 311 13 310 16 912 1 8 2 11 9 6 1 0 14 11 41, 1 ea may be effected daily. By order of the Board, O, 1846. THOS. MULLINDEI2, Secretary. ETROPOLLCAN LIFE ASSURANCE Oh % SOCIETY, No. 3, PRINCES-STREET. BANK. I t T s dti t IIt ECTORS hereby give notice to Member s whose Premiums ,`etA g ,l_ . the sth of TANUART next, that the sam e must be paid 4 tt ti ltli r i l t,, Y l days from that date. ei are payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on the new ) , sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either 4 411 1 0. I.'t l days constitutes the commencement of the year to s bropo g2 2 , t lus, therefore, desirous of entering the Soci ety, et th s th of January next, should appear , o r lodge their Vrht , sov„;" Office on or before that day. To_ ta '`'Y, for m ' utual and general assurance, appropriates a ll Dr eal 7 ter ra benefit of parties assuring their own lives f or the _ I ,, n t th lin i ha g i ; life as Members of the Society. Au abatement f th of ,een made at the rate of 45 per cent. for the year end -1647, under the confident expectation of a con 'aili g and upwards. at that r a t e , a t l eas t, t o a ll Members of five years' upwards. I'lln eea_gtr_ RICHARD HEATIIFIELD, Superintendent. ect, "lank, Dec. 12, 1846. NEWRY, ARMAGEL and LONDONDERRY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Notice Is hereby given, that a FIRST DIVIDEND of Ten Shil lings per Share will be PAYABLE to the Scripholders in this Com pany, on and after MONDAY, the 16th day of November instant, be tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, on application at Messrs. Spooner, Atwood, and Co., Bankers, London. The Bank of Scotla nd, • • • Edinburgh. Th e District Bank • • • . Liverpool, and at The Provincial Dublin, as heretofore. Bank of Ireland .. The Scrip must be endorsed by the party presenting it, and deli vered tip to Bankers, and a receipt signed for the amount of the Di vidend ; the Banker in exchange will give a certificate of the Com pany entitling the holder to such further Dividend or Dividends as the Directors may be enabled to make upon the final settlement of the accounts. This arrangement has been made at the request of Scripholders residing in England a nd Scotland, to avoid the risk and expense of forwarding Scrip to Ireland. CHARLEMONT, Chairman. kATION.AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- - ANCE SOCIET, 26 COItNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 4600.000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. % Institution embraces important and substantial advantages . 14,-,,tPect to Life Assurances rodbtrefoerred Annuities. The assured la 3 O all occasions, the , po th w i vu;eleh°s"paeir „, ns ee e T o able) ; l a 3 t ri the Policy, l tn t o i - ng e rds of the benefits, and the conversion of his in ,!yh._41440 (Iteetnotehfersecoenevenienees or necessity, of years are granted on the lowest possible llta:aees for terms h e ~., DIVISION OF PROFITS. th„`J,Tharkable success and increasing prosperity or the society toti t ' u 'ecl the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare h b o 4 44 nus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid ....,_ °ll e7 effeCted on the Profit scale. I --------__ EXAMPLES. 4.eh - p7„ n us, varying from 35 to so per mit. on rue premiums paid vueY effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. t\ 1 ~. 'cli 'et a g= n , Newry, No. 8, Trevor-hill, Nov. 4, 1846. GRAND r - .eral, I-4 Bonne Bonus in 1:11 g, a Assured 11M. 2 _ _ ____ ____ ________ o 3 ffi l s e t e a s t . J anuftry, The Holders of Scrip Certificates which have not yet been regis UNION RAILWAY. added. Cash. c B. i may fo rward the same to the , :t tiberredre requested to minus expenses, before the %.. Borrow.the ? z „minus OUTSTANDING SCE the RETURN of too DEPOSIT, \.............._ IP.Secretary, and apply tol,„_ tI. d. 1837 £217 15 1 ZlOO 0 11!X16 0 4 £ 445 0 { se must be signed ate should be registered and i ' an Seripholders are reminded that the Deed of Relea se 'WO s 1838 192 3 0 87 1413 10 2 3,95 11 1 before the money can b i 1847, as arrai~Ce►vents are made for closing the 3 4 1839 165 11 10 " 74 1 9 11 3 I 346 2 3 it is recommended tliat e th re e c e % received ' 11840 116 7 6 64 010 716 10 296 13 4 money claimed by a party resident in London• If the holder ca nnot Dlilt 01,_, 1841 111 68,49100 7 10 4 24 7 4 0 4 aatateenatdtopersonally at the offices in London, he must autho rise g maye snm be o f hereafter d - and, to save trouble an i expen t s i e e , e t , el <i s t e , stamp. sign the deed on his behalf, by power of Attorney, on 30 , " ' sl ' profits is annual, and the next will be Made in of th e that •,......................._ present year.holder on lr _ F. FERGUSON CAM-ROUX. Secretary. signing the Deed of per fter share, and a ce r tificate for any further return Payable, will be handed to the share _____.--------.Release. YOU, E. MOSES AND SON, For the coat which I wear on My back, „„APProv' d by my f r i en d s , ev 'ry one, which is neither too tight nor too slack, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. P° L l nY over -coat, trowsers, and vest, For My hat (which is really the beet), I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. F° r rn7 elegant Wellington boot, wh ose workmanship can't come undone ; x or ray shoes, and the whole of my suit, I thank you, E. MOSES and SON. F or the furs which my lady obtain'd, Rlfashions such favours have won ; 01 gratitude, wholly utifeign'd, tha n k you, E. MOSES and SON. Vor For eth ic; many 2 , o a rlY great savings I've made, For R —4 which I never shall shun. I th an Z er Y lw rices I've paid. Y° ll . o E. MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES. By order, ALFRED BRESSON, Secreta r y . Company's Offices, 78, Co rn hi ll, Dee. 16, 1846. D IRECT BOMBAY and MADRAS RAIL WAY. ______ notice.—The FIRST HALF 1 EAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent. per annum, will continue to be PAID till the 31st hist ' . Scripholders are requested to presvnt their Scrip at the offices of the Company the interest paid at the same time. between the hours of Twelve and lire j e, A lh reus i ltvwAi Dbe. By order, stamped r and Otllces a the Company, 58, Fencharch-street. _,........ t a , v, READY AUDI. z g. d , }l e4t e , r rl 'r e a l guord s . 0 8 6 411 4. te dlatid Co iringtons . • 0 10 6 lt:f Ivin t 13 " 4 3%. and Chesterfields, and 1 , y., ~._ _er c0at i ....... . .• • ••.• • • • • wesecill'lnter C o 1 5 0 - oats, in every style and make • • • • :: •• .. . •• 0 4 6 rrensers 11 •••• ... 0 10 6 tte ki p '• .. ' ' in • •• •• •• " 0 6 Frock is c oma. .. •.. • • .• .. ..... ... ..... . • • • • • • •:. ..... •• .. 1 5 0 ho"le-b oaf •• •• • • ——••— • • ' • • . y kt , •,_ rem ter , _ Telt ' ••-• • • • • • " 1.14 t v•vvegta .nfßr a r n r d o u u e n r3 l e S . u . s. ... .. .. ::: : : ••• ••• : . WiAt to a n 7 extent at five minutes' notice. • u t4 ' l. co at , MADE TO ME. k l i t (140,0 warr anted waterproof ASURE , made to any style, T CI Y trimmed ............ .. .. •••• • • • • 1 5 0 T q 'ed o ve T. Cats, trimmed, velvet collar said cuffs, lined 2 6 O Q ed Tr e , e° ata. •.... Lilt er Tr us ers .......... •• ••••••••••••• . 0 8 6 h 74 bre i o,..e_rs, in all the most approved French patterns 1 g k 244 Cost a users .. • • • • • • ••• • • • •••• • • • • • •• • ...... • ...... • • )4( 1 ,k e 7 ,7 made ...............••.. 11 i is 2 g qn .... • •••• • • • • , 1 15 0 4 ;th t , „L i ity rude ' .• • • .... 0 8 6 3 1 : g ain o .rf..• • •. au . • • •••• • • • ..... • • • •: • • •.• 0 12 0 4, ler a Y • and Tunic Sulk • .• • • •••• • • . 1 5 0 • Te.--4 ft n ot 07 article purchased, ready made, or made to mteiae t,"'Y ref,, oProved of, will bo exchanged, or , if preferred, 11'• Osi • ' •rl ' e d• 147:ere. 1 ., , S and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, NI rrie -6 5, „„,, rs. and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 3 '. L 156, 187 Minories, and 83, 84, 85, e _No t , iptit:4,4o, • and 86 Aldgate, 111 4 1 " ag,r s t , • Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the hat, ~• 414 e11e , , i mpostors, but have learned that the untradesman 111 "eta , - ,7 of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, ‘14 3• hav t —° rteti to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. 4,4etrktlaNteo:wrlll),?edoent.nireexion with any other how. in or out of London; genuine and cheap clothing, Sec., should call at, 4,j,2tic.........!P0u0nes and Aldgate, City, London. g?,,( all, busines transacted at this establklunent from sun -oelc till s u n set s Saturday, when business is resum e d till twelve 44 4 , Ur i% 4 14 ee to the fur department Is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the - ** 4 Aldgate, opposite the shush, O 2 0 O 18 6 O 3 0 0 1 6 v't ..- : , , p, , ;Z: . ‘ ;;-;,..,....: ~ • '' 411111 I I I I 1 l'-'..*...1- . -- - -- - __-- "--- ' - ' ' %%**- -,' , , V - . , :::: '",;:,,, ~., IDA . , s- °.tl • 7 / 1 . , ‘ - f, 'tt, k • • •,• ~r ,....5..,,,:-, •-. ‘ 4,1.1( ' ' 4. ',PO - 6‘' .11 1 ''' - ' l , - ".t • ' '-' v4' 6 ...,... 1 .... ,1 1 S.A . it o i li k , ts'iii • .. '''- - .....0 , ~,..-• ~ , ~,,,,, • T---- - . .--A,,,-. , , 4 . ... 4" '' '' -. 7, ~ . , -- . -- .. i , A it 5,, , ,, - •'<!'a,,' -- 4 itV A- 4 . l a - ,- k 'c' .- ...,-, ,'• gh 4 k . ; ,, -- ~,f7,' i.. ------- ..,• s : , ..*..,ry ~,,., .., ~,.... •,,,. $4.„ , 1- -,,,,',,, , ,- ----„, ,x.,„ „..„. . .„-, . -- _ ... .... 4 - ' 4-- ... avit ',_ - 4 ,' , /,,/ 4 4.„,_____ biE s.„:, ~1 ,.4. / 1, ,,,,, . ,wi,,,, , ,,, t ,,*4,..-‹ z _ iT ..,,,,,,. re v . , N.,-... 5 ......._,, C-1' .-- - . 0 ,7„1-, ,,,,,,,,-..•. • \ ••*`' , ‘..., z ,-., / - 7' I' . .., I ee° No. 16,931. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING BILLS OF EXCHANGE.-FRAUD. -T. Bankers, Bill-brokers, Discounters, and others.—TWO BILLS of EXCHANGE. for 2501. each, bearing date the 28th or 29th of August, 1846, drawn upon and accepted by the Rev. Francis Glos sop, payable at Messrs. Young and Vallings, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London, having been obtained by means of conspiracy and false representations made to the acceptor, the Rev. Francis Glossop, of West Dean, Wiltshire. All persons are hereby cautioned against receiving, negotiating, or In any manner dealing with the same Bills of Exchange, or either of them. For further information apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullens, Soli citors, No. 7, St. Mildred'r court, Poultry, London. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION.-PROFESSOK SCH(EN P.EIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from ail other spe cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex plosive compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three ; and on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the EL CTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED daily, by Professor BAC lIHOFFNER, especially with reference o the new patent of Messrs. Nutt and Gamble, By the OXTHYDRO GE N MIC ROSt_GPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED PO TATOE, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tubers, &c., together with the DES I'RUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by A. Smee, Esq , F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOPE, DIVING EXPERIME STS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. An entire NEW and BE ' UTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS will be introduced at CHRISTMAS, and the Institution will be open on the evening of Saturday, the 26th. B IRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOANS OF MONEY. The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive Loans of Money for periods oi five or seven years, under the authority of their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The interest will be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist of Jay, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may pref,,r. Sealed tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commissioners, endorsed "Tender for Loanßirkenhe, Se. 21, 1846. By order, R ad ICH pt ARD HIND, Sec. MECIII'S CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. ELEGANCIES FOR PRESENTS AND USE. The greatest variety for Ladies and Gntlemen at MECIWS MANUFACTORY and Emporium of Elegance, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, where may be suited the economist and luxurious. Baga telle tables 31. 10s. to 151., writing desks Bs. to 201., dressing cases 15s. to 1001., work boxes ss. to 301., leather writing cases 10s. to 71. , ditto with dressing case 41. to 251., tea chests 7s. 6d. to 81., envelope cases 6s. to 71., inkstands in wood, bronze, and papier mache 6s. to 71., papier machk work tables 6/. 10s. to 25/., tea trays 10s. to 341. per set, work and cake baskets 10s. to 4/., card racks I6s. to 31., hand screens 10s. to 41. 10s., pole screens 2/. ss. to 4/. 10s, netting boxes, card boxes, ladies' companions in pearl, shell, papier mache and leather, ladies' scent cases and toilet bottles, ladies' card cases, chess boards and men, elegant papier mache chess tables, gold and silver pencil cases in every variety, good tooth brushes 6d. each, cases of plate,' and silver desert knives and forks, Sheffield plate, splendid table cutlery, warranted razors and strops, 3s. 6d. each, sporting knives, and every description of fancy cutlery. With a va riety of other articles, of which catalogues may be had gratis. As Mechi manufactures extensively on his own premises, the quality of every article is warranted. N.B.—Several new patterns after Landseer, " Waiting for the Deer,' &c., &c., in papier mache tables, portfolios, &c. - - 'PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this ce lebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors. 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Chcapside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London •bridge ; Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in towh and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid /lair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is 011 the wrapper. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CIIIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus at the Douse of Commons, the success of which was complete. Sneets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and In various other harts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping mot one particle of soot was discernlble upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.B. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are r,quired. CIUNDY'S PATENT OPEN FIRE ► VENTILATING STOVE. TESTIMONIAL AFTER ONE WINTEX'S TRIAL. Letter from Protiissor Bradley :—" King's College, London, July, 1846. Sir,—l am happy to be able to bear testimony to the effici ency of your Stove, which is fixed he my lecture room at this institu tion. It seems to have all the essential requisites of a good Stove — a rapid draught, freedom from all smoke, and from that smell which arises from iron heated in contact with the air of a dwelling room, which is entirely avoided by your arrangement. I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, THOMAS ratADLET." The Stoves to be had of Messrs. DOWSON, 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, wkere they may be seen in operation. A NOTHER CURE OF COUGH AND HOARSENESS BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULAIONIC WAFERS. Parliament-street, Liverpool, Jan. 1, 1846. Sir,—l had been troubled with a cou-h and hoarseness for nearly two years, without relief, when I was induced to try Locock's Wafers, the effects of whkh were soon visible, for one large box (2s. 9d.) has quite cured me. I have since recommended them to several of my friends, and they have also experienced the greatest relief from them. J. WILLIAMS. OR-MOLD CLOCKS, SEVEN GUINEAS EACH. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Watch and • Clockmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. Rich or-molu Clocks, with splendidly executed figures of Time, History, Ceres, Ste., to go for eight days, and strike the hours and half-hours, on stands under glass shades, at seven guineas each. The performance is warranted. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE is FRAMPTON ' S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa- tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove 'lead •ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve ,anguor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and tree livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not to be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Front, with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer smy respect able person to its author : " To Mr.,Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. " Sta,—l feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso cited testimony to the excellence •f your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and ♦ery superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance' n which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved ex extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a " friend in need"—certainly none possessed of superior claims I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individua recom mendation, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, * * 4 •, ' Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of ' Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. THIRD CENTENARY of the FOUN DATION of TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. The Third Centenary of the Royal Foundation of Trinity College was celebrated on Monday with unusual magnificence; for some weeks past rumour had been rife as to the splendid hospitality which the college had de termined to exercise on this occasion, and from what we had the opportunity of observing we should say that rnmour on this occasion did not excee d th e truth. The proceedings commenced a t t en o ' c l oc k , P.m., by the re cital of the Prize Essay s i n th e Di n i ng H a ll of the Col lege, and the distributi on o f pr i zes to t h e pr i z emen. The Master presided, and th ere wt re presen t most of the noble and distinguished g ues t s w h o h a d b ee n invited to take part in the festival. COMMEMORATION SERVICE IN THE CHAPEL. —Pre cisely at four o'clock, the Master of Trinity, attended by the majority of the distinguished members of the Uni versity, who had been attracted by the festivities of the day to revisit the scenes of their scholastic life, entered the chapel. The stalls were, by order, reserved for the headz of houses, for fellows, and distinguished visitors, while the body of the chapel was allotted to such stran gers and other individuals as had been fortunate enough to secure cards of admission from the senior dean, the Rev. William Carus, M.A. By some gross want of ar rangement, the chapel clerks, in obeying the orders of the superior functionaries, kept at the entrance of the choir a mass of ladies and gentlemen, though ample space was left unoccupied on the floor of the chapel. Amongst this body stood no less distinguished and learned a personage than Mr. Justice Coltman. In short a more wanton neglect of that which almost amounted to self-imposed duty, it never was our lot to witness. It is with the utmost difficulty, in consequence of the total absence of all accommodation, that we are enabled to furnish even a narrative of the proceedings. The Commemoration Service commenced with the chanting by the choir of three Psalms selected appropriately for the occasion, viz., Psalms 145, 146, and 147. The 44th chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes was next read as the lesson of the day, which being ended, the Reverend James Amiraux jerensk.- t .M.A., one of the Fel lows of the Foundation, Classical Professor in the East India College, Haileybury, and examining chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London, proceeded to deliver the commemoration sermon or ora tion. So far as we could, in the position in which we were placed, follow the Rev. Gentleman, we understood him to open with an eloquent allusion to the advantages of a sound classical and academic course of educa tion, and to enforce his views by a retrospect of the events which had closed each of the three centuries of the foundation of the College, the last of which the pro ceedings of the day were intended to commemorate. Its two predecessors had been marked—the one by intestine wars, which brought a monarch to a scaffold—the se cond by a divided empire, which led to disputes, destroy ing the nearest ties of affinity and kin —while the third century, which the expiring year brought to a close, saw this nation blessed with peace, and happy under the dominion of a gracious monarch and constitutional Go vernment. The Rev. Preacher then proceeded to point out the many brilliant ornaments of all the learned pro fessions which this college had sent forth to advance lite rature and science, and to promote the best interests of the nation. Taking a rapid review of the lives and cha racters of Lord Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and other dis• tinguished names of the olden times; and of Bentley, Porson, and Greene, of our own times, and adopting as a presage of future excellence, the fact that the college had now existed three centuries unimpaired by decay, the Rev. Gentleman concluded the discourse by invoking a blessing of Providence upon the future efforts which would still remain to be made by those intrusted with its conduct. The choir sung Purcell's celebrated an them, " Oh, give thanks unto the Lord." The Rev. the Master and the visitors retired from the chapel, the Hallelujah Chorus being executed as a voluntary by the organist. THE BANQUET.—Of this, the crowning ceremonial, we are wholly unable, in consequence of the peremptory refusal on the part of the superintending authorities, to supply tickets of admission to reporters of the press to fignish forth any record of the proceedings, except the fact that covers were laid in the hall for about 300 guests. LAW OF MARRIAGE IN PRUSSIA. A suit of nullity of marriage, on the . ground that the husband was a Jew and the wife a Christian, was decided a few days ago by the Tribunal of Kcenigsberg, in Prus sia. The parties, M. Falksoa and the daughter of M. Leinerg, a wealthy merchant, were affianced with the full consent of their respective parents; but not one of the ministers of the Lutheran church, to which the young lady belonged, would consent to perform the marriage ceremony. An application was made to the Minister of Public Worship, who refused to give his au thorisation, and the same fate attended an appeal to the King in Council. Upon these failures the parties went over to Hull, and were there married according to the laws of England, and then returned home and lived together as man and wife. The Law Officer of the Crown asserted the nullity of the marriage on the grounds of its want of form and the incapacity of the parties to enter into the con• tract. All Prussian subjects of the Christian religion, he said, must be married by priests ordained in Prussia, and M. Falkson, being a Jew, had not been married ac cording to the ritual of his o wn re li g i o n, as prescribed by an edict, issued on the II th March, 1812. M. Falk son, having obtained permission to plead his own cause, replied with great ability and accurate acquaintance with the marriage -law of Prussia, which he urged did not prevail when the party w h o was not a Ch r i st ian con sented willingly to be bound by Christian rites and cere monies, as had been done in innumerable instances. were to pr a o ll hi l b i i b t e e r d ty ; f b but He urged that if there were a rule adopted by all Jews which precluded their marriage with Christians, it . might be asserted, and with reason, that these Jewsun io was not ns insu w r e e the case, and, on the contrary , the laws of the them had a right to interpret and profess his religion according to his own convictions. Thus, when Jews contracted .. marriage with Christians, it was not necessary . conscience, 'a s to inquire whether the principles of the Jewish parties every one of were those of Judaism generally, but what was the con viction of those w h o w i s h ed to unite t h emse lves with Christians. If they were conv i nced t h at t h e y might, in accordance with the principles of their religion, as they understood them, submit to the laws of the Christians, then their marriages w ere p erm i tte d by th e Code itself. For himself, he had on all his applications for permission to marry, explicitly declared, and again he repeated the declaration, that he was willing to submit, and did sub mit, to the laws of the Christians on marriage. He then cited cases to show that such marriages had been held good and valid in Prussia. The Court, having heard the advocate of the wife, and the law officer of the Crown in reply, delivered the fol lowing judgment :—Considering that although, on the one hand, it is tr ue th a t t h e c i vil code d oes no t admit of marriages between Christians and persons who, accord- leg to the prin c ipl es o f t h e i r relig i on, canno t submi▪ t themselves to th e l aws w hi c h govern Ch r i s tian mar riages, the public minister has not, on the other hand, proved that the Israelites form part of that class of per sons designated by th e co d e as not be i ng a bl e t o submi▪ t to the said laws ; that the tribunal is not in itself satis fied that the Jew s d o b e l ong to the class i n que stion ; that in all cases of doubt it is right to adopt the mildest interpretation. In rebus dubiis interpretatio benigna. Therefore the tribunal dismisses the suit of the public minister, tending to obtain a declaration that the mar riage in England between Falkson and his wife is null and void. REPORT OF THE HEALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION. This repot tis valuable as bearing upon public health in regard to sewerage, drainage, &c., with observations upon the Bill introduced by Lord Lincoln at the close of the lsst session, and which may be regarded as a sum mary of what Government will propose on the subject. We extract the following : SUMMARY OF LORD LINCOLN'S DILL. That the supply of water, the sewerage, the drain age, the cleansing, and the paving, of towns should all be under one and the same authority. That the whole of a town, including the suburbs, and the whole of the drainage area, should also he under one and the same authority. That the interests of the community should be protected by the supervision of a competent, impar tial, and responsible public officer, named an i ns p ec t or . Tbnh by responsible before n si e.vsepTobsnuasrti vbpel e ieya w sn pans public s eh r fo works e s a l officers, r pb e undertaken, i complete t e nwaoedrreklsbo f should elcluo u ylm l a dl examined empn c irtn o e m epeda pe n prepared them, e withdmr,awnu p the o for local publication, estimates. That n expository orde reports should sh eeda bd by be . vantages of new works may be thoroughly canvassed all parties interested in them. That the whole of the works should be maintained as well as executed by con tract. That the performance of the contract s h ou ld b e supervised by a competent, paid, and responsible local officer. That certain nuisances which poison the atmos phere of towns and deteriorate the physical condition of the population, should b e suppressed. Th at to secure the suppression of these nuisances there should b e appo i nte d and death checked, should byb e t b e a public officer, armed with sufficient pow ers to en f orce obedience to the la w, called a n inspector of nuisances; and that the true causes ascer tained, and the spread of disea ses , and more espe cially ini i epidemic diseases, districts of . a skilled a n d respons ibl e e d b itl d bn coliaeldliycaoif appointm ent Officer, called an officer of health. WINDOW DUTIES There is one subject so intimately connected with sana tory improvement that no sanatory measure. can be toler ably complete without ,embracing.it, which is whelky passed over in Lord Lincoln a . Bi . ll, into the investigation of which her Majesty's Commissioners enter . but slightly, and of which they take no . notice in their recom mendations,namely, the operation of . the window duties. more vicious in principle and more injurious in its prac- Thewindo duties are a tax upon light and air ; a tax tical consequences than a tax upon food. Th e f ac ili t i es for procuring food increase with wealth, whi c h i s a l wa ys greatest in towns and cities, precisely where the difficul ties of obtaining light and air increase with every street that is laid down, and almost every house that is built. That was therefore a most unhappy thought which sug gested to the Legislature the scheme of layin g a tax upon windows, the inlets to light and sir. A wise PUBLICATIONS. EDITIONS JUST COMPLETED OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S WORKS. , I. VVAVERLEY NOVELS, Abbotsford Edition, 12 Vols. 2,000 Illustrations on Steel and Wood. 161. 16s. rich Cloth lettered, WAVERLEY NOVELS, People's Edition, 5 Vols. Portrait, Engrared Titles, and facsimile. Cloth lettered, 2/. 105. 111 . . POETICAL WORKS, People's Edition, 1 Vol. Engraving of Abbotsford after Turner. Cloth lettered, lOs LI FE, by Mr. LOCltiltißT, People's Edition, 1 Vol. Portrait and fac-simile. Cloth lettered, 10s. V. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, People's Edi tion, 1 Vol. Engraved Title. Cloth lettered, 6s. Separate Volumes or Parts to complete sets can 1)3 had from any Bookseller. Also catalogues, gratis, with full details of all the later Editions. R. Cadell, Edinburgh ; lloulston and Stoneman, London. In a few days will be published, in foolscap Bvo., T REVOR; or the New St. Francis. A Tale of the Times. Also, in foolscap Bvo., to be ready in a few days, STEEPLETON ; or High Church and Low Church. Being the Tendency of Parties exhibited in the History of Frank Faithful. By a CLERGYMAN. Also, in foolscap Bvo., with Frontispiece, just ready, FROM OXFORD TO ROME. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. DR. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all dis orders of the breath and lungs. TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice ; they have a most pleasant taste. Price Is, 114 d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Agents—Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; sold by all medicine vendors. AMERICA• A SLAVE CASE.—A curious slave case occurred lately in New York. Information was received at ihe office of the National Anti- Slavery Slandard, on the 19th of October, that a brig, called the Mobile, from Savan nah, and commanded by a Captain Buckley, had on board a coloured man, who was supposed to be a slave; that he was not allowed to leave the vessel, that the mate had been seen to beat him, and that his cries had attracted the attention of several persons in the neighbourhood, to some of whom the man had declared himself to be a slave. On the reception of this intelligence, Elias Smith. who is an officer connected with the Anti-Slavery office, immediately procured a writ of habeas corpus, and with an officer proceeded to the Mobile. After a good deal of altercation the poor fellow was brought from the ship and taken on shore. He bore upon his face and person evident marks of the ill treatment to which he had been subjezted, and of the stout resistance he had made before the officers of the Mobile had succeeded in confining him in the irons which were found upon him. According to the statement of Captain Buckley, this person, George Kirk, concealed himself on board the brig Mobile, at Savannah, and was not discovered for several days atter she sailed from that port for New York. She was then too far upon her voyage to return. He acknowledged himself to be the slave of Mr. Chap man, of Bryan, Galveston, who had hired him to a Mr. Warren, a stable-keeper in Savannah, in whose service he was when he concealed himself on board the Mobile, in the hope of reaching New York, and gaining his fivedom. It was the purpose of Capt. Buckley to con fine and conceal him till the brig returned, or some other opportunity offered by which he could return him to Sa vannah. This outrageous and inhuman purpose would, no doubt, have been successful, but for the vigilance of Mr. Lewis and the promptness and energy of Mr. Smith. The case came before the court of oyer and terminer, and the fact having become publicly known, the tour:-room and the passages leading to it were crowded with people of all complexions and classes, and of both sexes. The City hall was surrounded by hundreds of,people, chiefly coloured, who awaited in deep anxiety through the whole day the decision of the court. On the following day a decision was given by the presiding judge (Judge Edmonds), and George was discharged from the custody of the captain of the Mobile. George was brought into court to hear the decision, and hardly lett the court-room when officers arrived with a new process, to take him before the Mayor, under an infamous law of New Yurk, by which a right is given to the captain to seize and return any fugitive who may be found on board his vessel, on an order of the mayor or recorder. George was out of the building but a moment before the officers were in pursuit of him, and was taken, amid the shouts of an excited multitude, to a place of conceal ment. He was subsequently found out, and brought again to prison ; and this was done merely for the sake of a reward of fifty dollars, offere4 by the captain of the Mobile, instigated by which, and authorised by the chief of the police, the whole police force of the city became :lave hunters. Under a new writ of habeas corpus, the case again came More Judge Edmonds this morning, but what the result may be it is impossible to tell. THE HERRING TRADE. WICK, DEC. 10.—No recent improvement has taken s e t a i n t the e of matters herring is tmarkets.ru truly deplorable. In Ireland, F rom wouldsoein particularly, P t t h hla e ec ports re-shipments have taken place, andsome of e h u e r m e r e a d s ; to theirn o wit's inconsiderable end to k extent,now where w e were not shi p th t 0 . . fi s In st willpre sneontt entail tasiilnaglheesmvarkloests, upon f lo ac re t, ig th n e , r w e home ti o te r curers. Answers to the memorials for y w h a a r v d s ed be t e o n the he is re n Board of Trade and the Foreign-office, r ceived. They do not hold out any flattering hope of e t speedy realisation of the wishes contained in the memo • rills. Assurances are given, however, that Government will put forth every effort to obtain a revision of the foreign duties. It is from this alone that any hope can be entertained of a revival of the herring trade, which is now in a more distressed condition than at any previous period in its eventful history. We learn that there has recently been a heavy fishing on the English coast, and the London markets has consequently been daily glutted w ith fresh fish. This has bad a sensible effect on the red herring market. THE HERRING FISHERY AND FISHERMEIT.—A cor respondent o f the John 0' Groat Journal calls attention to " a most cr y in g evil in the herring trade"—the sys tTheheprwiereitoerf s theay S crap U uitreprn:engiontfl b h a t r : lln q s3 u .s a tt n i: t ins. i t'y ca ught, and not upon the price agreed upon. For insta nce, let us suppose that a crew fishes 20 ans is, to curer, the 120 crans, and anoth er only 2cr 0, and both receives on 9/. of bounty; the price of the bou n ty a l o ne, 95., while the men that fishes 120 erans Taking costs the curer only is. 6d. into the calculation the agreed upon price of the herrings during the past year (125,), the man that per er an , an d t h e one that catc hes 120 crans is paid fishes 20 crans receives 21 s. with 13s. 6d.! Is not this a blindfold way of going to work, by men w h o rec eive credit fo r bein g an intelli gent class? Why, if perquisites are t o be g iven at all, let them b e given in proportion to success, otherwise you offer a premium to indolence and sloth. Let Is. or Is. 6d., or even mor e , if the fish-curers choose, be given for each cran ca_ught, as bounty, and then y ou secure to the most industrious fisherman the reward of his industry." A difference has arisen between the Archbishop of Rouen and the committee for distributing the contribu tions for the relief of the sufferers from the great disaster tit Monville and Malaunay. The collections made in the churches within the diocese amount to 10,400 fr. The Archbishop and an Ecclesiastical Committee named by him, considering that the living victims have been suffi ciently relieved, and that nothing has been done for those who lost their lives in the disaster, have decided that a portion of the 10,400 fr. shall be employed in establishing annual masses for the repose of the souls of the dead, and the rest towards the relief of the living, to be distributed by the cures of the two parishes. The general commit tee has objected to this apportionment, affirming that the assertion of nothing having been done for the dead was erroneous, considerable sums having been dis bursed in funeral charges and services. As the Areh bishop persists in founding the masses, and the General Committee in the opposite conclusion, the question is referred to the Minister of the Interior.—Galignani. THE GUN TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20.—After careful inquiry there is no reason to believe the extrava gant statements which have been made with respect to the purchase of fire arms in this town for illegal pur poses in Ireland. The sale of arms (fire-locks and low ling-pieces) is little increased considering the season of the year and other legitimate causes of demand. J l~ Sl7 N 7 DECEMBER 24, 1846. Legislature, understanding its duties, would have met such a proposition in this spirit :—" Upon the most skilful arrangement of houses in towns and cities that can be devised, it is difficult to admit to the rooms sufficient light and air. This difficulty must necessarily increase as a city enlarges, and the number of streets and houses Increase. We ought, under such circumstances, rather to offer a bounty to builders for plans that they may secure to houses the admission of the largest amount of light and air. Nature which has made those elements indispensa ble to human existence, has provided them fur the usE of human beings freely, in unlimitt d abundance. It i, not for us to step in between God and the people, and by laying a tax upon the light of Heaven and the breath of life, to render them absolutely unattainable by large classes of the population." A wise Legislature, under standing its duties, would have acted in accordance with this feeling ; for it would have foreseen what has actually happened, that the operation of the window duties would be to shut out the sun from multitudes of human beings, and to compel them to breathe, in darkened rooms, a poisoned air. The consequences to the people of breath ing this poisoned air have been fully shown ; but tht consequences of living in dark rooms, to which no ray of sunshine ever penetrates, are'not so gererally known, though they are weir understood by those who have attended to the subject. PRICE SD. STATE EDUCATION. —LORD MORPETH. YORK, TUESDAY EVENING.—The half yearly meeting. of the York and Ripon Diocesan Board of Education was held in York this afternoon, and was attended by a numerous and highly influential assembly. There were present—Lord Morpeth, Lord Wenloelt, the Lord Mayor of York (George Hudson, Esq., M.P.), the Bishop of Ripon, the Archdeacons of Cleveland and of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Rev. Canon Harcourt, the lion. Ifoward, George Legsrd, Esq., Egerton Vernon Harcourt, Esq., a great number of the c:ergy of the city and county, and a vast concourse of the laity. The business of the meeting was prefaced by an ex amination of the pupils in the newly-established Dio ,zesan Training School, which was conducted by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, the Venerable the Archdeacun ~f Cleveland, and the Rev. the Principal of the Institution. Lord MORPETII presided, and, in aeknowledging a vote of thanks at the conclusion of the proceedings of he day, he spoke as follows :—As this question has been moved, seconded, and regularly put to the meeting, allow me, though I feel most unwilling to inflict any lengthened trespass upon you, after you have been already detained so long, to offer a few words of ac knowledgment and remarks.—(Hear, hear.) I must in candour say that I was invited here to-day to eat my dinner—(A laugh)—but, considering the time of year, it has been very judiciously thought that people would not like to stay so late away from their homes ; and I, for one, feel quite satisfied with the feast of reason, and with the intellectual repast that has been set before us.—(Applause.) As I am, unhappily for my self; not so constantly resident in this neighbourhood as I have been during the few preceding years, and am now, in deed, more confined to the streets of London than to those woods and forests with which I am nominally associated, I have not had that opportunity of making myself acquainted with the most recent proceedings and actual statistics of this institution, as a person ought to be, to be properly qualified to address you. But. I feel that confidence, both in the principles upon which it is founded, and in the superintendence and manage ment which are brought to bear upon it, that I am al ways ready, at a moment's warning, to express that confidence, and to take part in its proceedings. —(Ap plause.) For instance, with reference to the examina tion of this day, I certainly feel, in some slight particulars, that those who have been brought before us have exhibited that timidity and nervousness which are incidental to an exhibition of this nature; but I have every reason to believe, and to be assured that their in struction, in all essential points, is carefully and skil fully conducted, and that they are thoroughly well grounded in all those branches of knowledge in woich it is most expedient they should not be deticieut.—(Ap plause.) And I think the Lord Bishop of Ripon has done well—and what is there that he does not do well ?—in twinging forward the actual testimony borne by the different clergymen of the district to which masters have losen sent from this establishment, which is just the sort of corroboratory testimony of which we stand most in need, and which affords the best encouragement for us to persevere in those efforts which have been so far bestowed on the institution.—(Applause.) Of course I feel that in this place, and on this occasion, it will not be fitting in me to enter into any of those controverted questions which have excited public a tention of late to a considerable extent, and which may be made the sub ject of discussion, and possibly of difference in the Le gislature. I will not encounter the topic as to how far the State ought to act—how far the State ought to move—or how far the Statmaght to stand aloof with re spect to the education of the people. I may, perhaps, without incurring the imputation of great rashness, venture to conjecture that the fittest course to pursue would be, not that which is indicated by an extreme view on either side of the case. I think it cer tainly possible that the State may meddle too much, or leave alone too much; for, in dealing with such a question—like the dinner we are not to eat — there is always the double risk of things being over done and under-done:— (Laughter and applause.) But I will certainly further venture to say, that with respect to the country at large, I am not satisfied with the exact state of things which prevails at present. I think there is a call for more schools than we have—l think there is a call for better schools than many of those we have—l think that many of our systems are still imperfect—that many of our masters are ill qualified for their office, an.i almost all less well paid than we would wish.—(Hear, hear.) And speaking here, in the midst of this institu tion, and in this comely and suitable building, in which I am now glad to see it housed, I, for one, do not regret the assistance that has been conferred by the State in addition to local contributions and private munificence. But one thing I think is absolutely clear, and in stating it I may challenge contradiction, that whatever the State may do—whether it shall leave the work of educa tion entirely alone, or whether it shall proceed so far as the most venturous interferers would wish, it is quite plain that there would still be much more which private effort, superintendence, private generosity must always do the best, and will frequently alone be able to do.—(Applause.) Therefore I will express my cordial hope, in concurrence with one of the resolutions which has been adopted this day, that all of you who are here present—all who are pleased and interested with the exhibition we have witnessed—will feel en couraged to lend still more of a helping hand to an institution which, I venture to pronounce, not only in its present state, a source of great credit, but which I am sure is capable of becoming a source of great credit, to a far greater degree, to that large and im portant country to which we belong, and that you will, each of you in your separate spheres, and according to your several opportunities, supply that, which I am sure, if you leave alone, no one else will exactly supply. —(Applause.) Ido not propose to touch now upon the question of the yeoman school. Many of you will be aware that that is a subject in which I have taken a deep interest, and about which I feel extremely anxious. I have had an opportunity, however, of touching upon the subject before, and for that reason, as well as for de taining you an undue length of time, I will abstain from entering further into it at present. You will see that the building is fast approaching to completion,—at least one-half of what we first intended it to be; and I hope from the encouragement we shall receive from those parents who choose to send their children to that insti tution, and from the more direct contributions of friends, we shall be enabled to double that building as at present erected, and also to procure a model farm and other appliances of that sort, which will be peculiarly useful to promote the object of such an institution.—( Applause.) In bringing these few remarks to a conclusion, allow me to exchange some brief congratulations upon the cir cumstance of our having met to-day for the first time under this roof, and transacted the business of the insti tution in its own home. Let us all unite in wishing it well, and in hoping that its whole future progress will correspond with the auspicious beginning which, I trust, we think it has this day received.—(Applause.) My own fervent hope and prayer is, that this institution will be a chosen and a favoured spot fcr sound instruction, for practical acquirement, and for polite accomplishment. I will hope that all those high and gentle influences will dwell, my young friends, not only in your school-rooms and your lecture-rooms; but in your play-grounds, and in all your leisure hours, as well as in all your hours of tsll.—(Hear, hear.) We do not wish you to strain after a superficial gloss and glitter, which will receive the momentary applause of society ; but to study and foster those amenities of life—those refinements of character—those graces of the heart— those real good manners which the worldling may learn, but which the real Christian must possess.—(Cheers.) I cannot but think that even the very site of this building has been most happily and most appropriately chosen. Your institution, from its original object, and from the nature of its composition, is closely connected with the National Church. Well, you see directly before you, morning, noon, and evening, the most beautiful fabric connected with the Church of England. and I hope you will never look at its grey walls and massive roofs, towering as they do above the more humble building around them, without remembering that you yourselves ought to aspire to rise above the grovelling cares and the low passions of the life around you ; and that you will never see the first beams of the morning, nor the last hues of evening reflected from its shining pyramids, or its gorgeous traceries, without remembering that there are still more exquisite proportions in the harmony of well-regulated affections, and that there are sunsets still more valuable in an honest spirit and in a well -spent life.—(Applause.) DWELLINGS OF THE POOR. The first annual meeting of the members of the Me tropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Poor was held yesterday, at the offices of the Asso ciation, 19, Coleman•street. Among the gentlemen pre sent were the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, Viscount Ebrington, M.P., Mr. G. A. Kilgour, Mr. J. Kemplay. Mr. Charles Gatliff, &c. Mr. John William Tottie, the deputy-chairman, presided, in the absence of Sir Ralph Howard, M.P. The SECRETARY read the report, an exceedingly in teresting document, w hi c h set forth that the Parlia mentary Committee appointed to inquire into the health of towns disclosed a state of circumstances connected with the domestic habits and dwellings of the poorer classes in the metropolis fearful to contemplate, and urgently calling for a remedy. In numerous cases whole families, parents, sons, and grown up daughters, and in some, even two or three families, resided together, day and night, in a single room, and yet for that miserable accommodation the most extravagant rents were paid. Two cellars 3s. per week, parlour 45., first floor, 4s. 6d., - second floor, 45., and attics, 3a. The entire rental of one street in Drury-lane occupied in that way was 2,0004 per annum, while the average rental in Westminster for a single room, not twelve feet square, was 2s. 1 lid. rigorously exacted every morning. After mentionin.; that a royal charter had been granted to the association, the report went on to state that an agreement for a lease for 99 years, at a rental of 90/. per annum, had been entered into with the Brewers' Company, for a piece of ground opposite to the church in the Old Pancras-road, leading from King's-cross to Camden-town, which was considered well adapted to, the purpose, b..ing situate in the immediate neighbourhood of a crowded district, and on a healthy and well-drained site. The object of the erections was to ensure to each family the greatest amount of aeoommciation at the lowest practicahle ex- pense. The rooms were to be so contrived that an ample quantity of li g ht wou ld b e secured to each, I while every set would be perfect and independent of others. Each dwelling was - at the rate of 40 gallons and the means of carry through a shaft accessible froth the sculler building which the association purposce consist of twenty-one sets of two sets of three rooms, of various sizes, above conveniences attached, thus furnishing ciwt Dings proportioned to the requirements of different families, ann to their means of payment. in cases were there were two bed-rooms, each bed-room would have a sepa rate entrance from the sitting-room, and the larger bed-rooms a fire-place. Under the slate sink in each also b scullery eameat-safe fix would be sttheexternal box, . u ld The living rooms would be furnished with a range, boiler, and oven, and the shutters in the ground-floor rooms so contrived as to form a table during the day. A considerable space in the front of the building, formed by the projection of the wings, would be en closed by iron rails, so as to afford a protected space for the children of the residents. A large space 'would also be left at the back fur a drying ground. The corn • wittee of works had carefully examined all the systems and plans that had been suggested for ventilation, but they regretted to state that no plan had come under their consideration which appeared to them sufficiently ee cure from the danger of failure to warrant their adoption of it. Accord leg to the present mode of assessment, each set. of rourns having four windows w as liable to 7-id. per Week window duty, while a similar set of rooms in the Albany, or in the inns of court, or in either of the universities, was liable to a tax of only lid. per set---i, special ex emption in favour of the wealthier classes. The directors confidently hoped that an alteration in the mode of rating would shortly be effected. The plans for the new building were now complete, and only awaited the official seal of the authorities under the Metropolitan Building Act for the commencement of the works. Since September, 1841, 1,155 shares had been allotted, almost entirely among the wealthy and aristocratic classes. By the financial statement it appeared that 7,963/. 10s, had been received; 2,094/. 3s. 7d. expended; and thats,B69/.. 6s. sd. remained in hand. On the motion of the Earl orßanzeon the report was received and adopted. The Noble Earl remarked that the Metropolitan Association for the Improvement of the Dwellings of the Poor was one of the most humane and useful institutions he had ever heard of, and ex pressed his willingness to promote its object by every means in his power. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether the directors had entered into any contracts for the erection of the works. The CRAIRMAN replied in the affirmative. A con tract had 13,en taken for 12,3451. The directors were sanguine in the expectation that the works would be completed within twelve months from the present time.—(Hear, hear.) The SECRETARY, for the information of the meeting, observed that it had been calculated that the rents, as fixed, at sums varying from 3s. to 6s. 6d„ would realise a total rental of 1,4721. After seine other forinal business, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. to be supplied r clay, and w tn; on r ten having the RAILII A 1 IN TELL g;ENCE. TIIE RIVAL LINES TO WINDSOR. STAINES. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—This afternoon, a ver) numerous meeting (nearly two hundred being pre sent). of the inhabitants of Staines, Stanwell, Ashford, Bediunt, Felthain, Wraysbury, Littleton, and Lareham, was held at the Literary Institution, fur the purpose of taking into consideration the railway schemes proposed to pass through those pari s h es . Th e L on d on and South- Western Company was represent e d uy Count Eyre and Colonel Henderson (two of the directors), and Mr. Drake, one of the solicitors; Mr. William Chadwiek, vice-chairman, and the following provisional directors of the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Company were also present:—Messrs. Frederick Ashby, J. Bedborough, Captain Currie, R.N., Charles Finch, and Apsley Fellatt. There were likewise present—A. 11. Wood, R. Taylor (Lord of the Manor of Staines), Her. Mr. Govett (Vicar), Dr. Heale, Dr. Simmons, Henry Ashby (banker), IL S. Mawe, Messrs. E. and J. Ashby, Holgate, Baker, Maunder, Maddeforcl, Allcutt, Slarke, Harris, Hickman, South, Jackson, J. Adams, W. Reed, &c. Mr. R. S. Mawe, of Ashford House, took the chair.. Mr. CHADWICK, deputy-chairman of the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western, addressed the meeting at considereble length, and pointed out the great advan tages and conveniences which would accrue to the inha bitants of that town and its vicinity by the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western branch being carried into operation. The contemplated line would not only open a communication between Staines and the town of Brent ford, but it would also connect Staines with Richmond and Kew. He expected some gentleman was present on the part of the Great Western Company, to give such explanation as the meeting might require. As some mis apprehension existed is the minds of many persons with reference to the extension of the Great Western Rail way from Paddington to Lambeth, he could assure the meeting that, according to the notices that company had given, they could proceed no further. They had applied fur no powers to enable them to go either to London or Waterloo bridges.—(Hear, hear.) The South-Western projected line would enable passeng ers from Winds or , Statues, and their vicinities to proc e ed to London-bridge —an accommodation and an advantage a hich could not fail to be considered of the highest importance.— (Cheers.) The policy which had always been advocated by the South-Western Company had been to charge the very lowest possible amount of fares, and to give to the public all the advantage of cheapness which it was pos sible for them to enjoy. Ile was quite convinced, when the saving to be effected in point of distance, and ex pense was taken into consideration, independently of its connecting Staines and its neighbourhood with every part of Loudon, that the South-Western scheme could not fail to be looked upon as by far the most superior line, in every respect, of the two.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Chadwick concluded by expressing his desire to give any further explanation the meeting might require. THOMAS ASHBY, Esq., then rose and said that, be lieviog the line proposed by the South-Western Com pany to be the only one which would confer any benefit on the neighbourhood, he felt great pleasure in proposing the following resolution, which had his most cordial support :—" That this meeting, having considered the relative merits of the projected schemes (for affording railway accommodation to the parishes and places before mentioned in the notice calling this meeting) as pro moted by the Great Western and South-Western Rail way Companies respectively, are of opinion that the lines proposed in connection with the latter railway are calculated to accommodate the traffic of the district in a rumour far superior to that projected by the Great Western Railway Company, in addition to which they offer a position and choice of stations in London, which it is utterly impossible to obtain by means of any lines connected with the former, and this meeting, therefore, pledges itself to support the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western schemes by every means in its power." The resolution having been seconded by WILLIAM REED, Esq., of Bedfont. Mr. litTctuNas said he hoped there was some one pre sent on the part of the Great Western Company. The CHAIRMAN put the question to the meeting, but no answer was elicited. Mr. APSLEY PELLATT observed that he had always taken a deep interest in the welt Leing and prosperity of the town and its neighbourhood. The prospect of their having a railway to connect Staines with the metropolis had new assumed a position of so favourable a character as to enable them to make combat with even that power ful body, the Great Western Railway itself.—(Hear, and cheers.) The merits of the South-Western branch, coupled with the wishes of certain parties in very high quarters at Windsor, led them to look forward to the most satisfactory results. He would nmind the int et ing that the Great Western Company were only seeking fr s om ha P p a py ddi t n o gt s o t n at t e o.Ni th n a e t E fo i r m p sra e n r d s to no extend further.theicie line w e a there were no fears entertained of their meeting with any opposition from the landed proprietors. The town of Staines, especially, had given to the scheme a vast and large amount of .support. With reference to the mode which was adopted a short time since at Windsor, of packing the meeting hell at the Town-hall, by per sons sent there by the Great Western Company, he must say it was not to the credit of Mr. Saunders, and others connected with that establishment, to have adopted such unfair means to carry their measure.—(Hear, hear.) He had only to hope that those assembled would afford such support to the South-Western scheme as would give a tone to other meetings of a like nature which take place in the neighbourhood, and where the Great Western pi-ople would be afraid, as they were to-day, to show their faces.—(Rear, hear, and loud cheers.) Colonel lIENDERSoN having entered into several ex planations of the plans of the South-Western Company, and expressing his regret that no one was present to explain the proposad plans of the Great Western Com pany, because he was sure the superiority of the one over the other would be so manifes t . _ _ The resolution was put by the Chairman, and carried unanimously , - Dr. HEALE rose to propose the second resolution, which was to the following effect:—" That petitions to both Houses of Parliament be prepared, in accordance with the last resolution, and that the Members for the counts of Middlesex be requested to present ono of such petitions to the House of Commons, and to support the prayer thereof." The Doctor said—After the unanimous feeling which had been manifested by the meeting,it was almost superfluous to add a single word in commendation of the line. The townspeople of Staines had carried for ward their project against one of the most unprincipled confederacies ever formed. The resolution was at conded by the Rev. Mr. G OVETT, and unanimously adopted. _ . After some further diseussion,in which Mr. RitchingsA Mr. Holgate, and Jlr. licrr tch lc part, It was moved by Mr. ADAMS, and seconded by Mr. BARER, that the resolutions should be advertised in the London papers, and copies of them transmitted fo the London and South-Western; and the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Companies. HOLIDAYS AT THE COMMON-LAW OFFICES.—The Masters of the several Courts of Queen's Bench, Com mon Pleas, and Exchequer will not attend to transact business at their respective courts until after Wednesday next. The Judgment, Rule, and Writ Offices, of each court will also be closed for the purposes of business to morrow (Christmas Day), and continue closed until Wednesday next. Notwithstanding the closing of the offices, the days allowed by the practice of the court, or by an order of the' court or judge, for pleading, replying, rejoiniuc, &c., will run as usual, and the parries, in case of default, at. liberty to sign judgment it the time has 4-x fired on Wednesday in‘a Lung, there being no express exception in the Uto , ..‘rmit ) Process Act for those lays being treated as dies non, as in the case of the Thursaay before Good Friday, and the Wednesday in Etwer week, A COLUMN FOR CHRISTMAS. In Swan's " Journal of a Voyage up the Mediterra nean, 1826," is the following account of a Greek Christ- UnS.—" Thursday, January 6th. This being Christmas day with the Greek Catholics, their churches are adorned in the gayest manner. I entered one, in which a sort of raree-show had been set up, illumed with a multitude of candles. The subject of it was the birth of Christ, who was represented in the background by a little waxen figure wrapped up in embroidery, and reclining upon an embroidered cushion which rested upon another of pink satin; this was supposed to be the manger where he was born. Behind the image two paper bulls' heads looked unutterable things. On the right of the Virgin Mary, and on the left of the Eastern Magi, taper clouds, in which the paper heads of numberless cherubs ap peared, enveloped the whole; while from a pasteboard cottage stalked a wooden monk, with dogs, and sheep, and camels; goats, lions, and lambs; here walked a maiden upon a stratum of sods and dried earth, and there a shepherd flourishing aloft his pastoral staff. The construction of these august figures was chiefly Dutch: they were intermixed with china images and miserable daubs on paper. In the centre a real fountain, in mi niature, squirted forth water to the ineffable delight of crowds of prostrate worshippers." In Catholic times, at Christmas, people presented loaves to the Priest on the authority of the direction in Leviticus 22d—" You shall offer two loaves to the Priest." At set feasts a whole boar (whence brawn at this season) was put upon their table, sometimes it was richly gilded. The custom of bringing in the boar's head is well known, and to this day it is practised with much ceremony at Queen's College, Oxford. At Rouen, after the Te Dewn, in the nocturnal office of the vigil of Christmas, the ecclesiastics celebrated the " office of the shepherds in the following manner . The image of the Virgin Mary was placed in a stable prepared behind the altar ; a boy from above, before the choire, in likeness of an angel, announced the nativity to canons or vicars, who entered, as shepherds, through the great door of the choir, clothed in tunics and long robes. Many boys in the vaults of the church, like angels, then began the " Gloria in Excelcis." The shep herds, hearing this, advanced to the stable, singing, "Peace, good will." As soon as they entered it, two priests in dalmatics, attired as if women, who were stationed at the stable, said " Whom seek ye ? " The shepherds answered, according to the angelic annuncia tion " Our Saviour Christ." The women then opening the curtain exhibited the boy, saying, " The little one is here, as the prophet Isaiah said." They then showed the mother, saying, "Behold the Virgin." Upon these exhibitions, they bowed and worshipped the boy, and saluted his mother. The office ended by their returning to the choir, and singing " Hallelujah," &c. &c. CHRISTMAS PIE. The following appeared in the Newcastle Chronicle, 6th January, 1770 :—" Monday last was brought from Howick to Berwick, to be shipped for London, for Sir Henry Gray, Bart., a pie, the contents whereof are as follows, viz. : 2 bushels of flour, 20 lbs. of butter, 4 geese, 2 turkeys, 2 rabbits, 4 wild ducks, 2 woodcock., 6 snipes, and 4 partridges ; 2 neat's tongues, 2 curlews, 7 blackbirds, and six pigeons it is supposed a very great curiosity, and was made by Mrs. Dorothy Patter man, housekeeper, at Howick. It was near nine feet in circumference at bottom, weighed about 12 stone, took two men to present it ; was neatly fitted with a case, and four small wheels to facilitate its use to every guest wbo felt inclined to partake of its contents at table." THE CHIIISTMAS DAYS IN LONDON. (From Hone's " Every Day Book.". Symptoms of the returning season of Christmas are approaching, for the rustics are standing at the street corners with boughs of clustering berry-holly with pointed leaves, glossy laurel, and the pink-eyed laurii tina;—the cheesemonger packs a dandy sprig of ever green in the centre of his half butter tub, and hangs the griskins and chines at his door-posts ; the show of Christmas beasts is advertised, and graziers and come up-to-town farmers loiter here to see the prize cattle adjudged to the best feeders; butchers begin to clear all obstructions, and whiten their shambles, and strew saw• (lust on the pavement, and to the avenues to the scales and little counting-house box, in which sits the female accountant " brisk as a bee" and full of the " Ready Reckoner;" fishmongers are no less active in showing the large eels and dainty fish that are fresh as a daisy; sprats arrive in abundance, and are cried up and down alleys and streets with wondrous competition; pew openers now buy yew, laurel, holly, and other ever greens to tie in bunches on the sconces and interior parts of churches; poulterers are early at market, and their shops hung up to the first story with all the varieties of ornithology; the greengrocer is decorating his windows with the best fruits and most attractive spices; and every one everywhere appears disposed to provide himself with all reasonable comforts and enjoy himself to the fullest on Christmas Day. HOLIDAY CHILDREN, BY LEIGH HUNT. One of the most pleasing sights at this festive season is the group of boys and girls returned from school. Go where you will, a cluster of their joyous chubby faces present themselves to our notice. In the streets, at the panorama, or play-house, our elbows are constantly as sailed by some eager urchin whose eyes just peep be ❑eath to get a nearer view. I am more delighted in watching the vivacious workings of their ingenuous countenances at these Christmas shows than at the sights themselves. From the first joyous huzzas and loud-blown horns which announce their arrival, to the faint attempts at similar mirth in their return, I am interested in these youngsters. Observe tthe line of chaises with ;their swarm like loads hurrying to tender and exulting toarents, the sickly to be cherished, the strong to be amused ; in a few mornings you shall see them, new clothes, warm gloves, gathering around their mother at every toy-shop, claiming the promised bat, hoop, top, or marbles ; mark her kind smiles at their ecstacies ; her prudent shake of the head at their multitudinous demands : her gradual yielding as they coaxingly drag her in her patience with their whims and clamour, while they turn and toss over the playthings, as now a sword, and now a hoop is their choice, and like their elders the possession of one bauble does but make them sigh for another. View the fond father, his pet girl by the hand, his boys walking before, on whom his proud eye rests, while ambitious views float o'er his mind for them, and make him but half attentive to their repeated inquiries ; while at the museum or picture gallery his explanations are interrupted by the rapture of discovering that his children are already made acquainted with the different subjects exhibited. Stretching half o►er the boxes at the theatre, adorned by maternal love, see their enrap tured faces now turned to the galleries, wondering at their height and at the number of regularly placed heads contained in them, now directed towards the green cloud which is so lingeringly kept between them and their promised bliss. The half-peeled orange laid aside when the play begins; their anxiety for that which they understand ; their honest laughter which runs through the house like a merry peal of sweet bells ; the fear of the little girl lest they should discover the person hid behind the screen ; the exultation of the boy when the hero conquers. But, oh, the rapture when the panto mime commences I ready to leap out of the box, they joy in the mischiefs of the clowns, laugh at the thwacks he gets for his meddling, and feel no small portion of contempt for his ignorance in not knowing that hot water will scald and gunpowder explode ; while with head aside to give fresh energy to the strokes, they wring their little palms against each other in testimony of inherent delight. Who can behold them without reflecting on the many passions that now lie dormant in their bosoms, to be in a few years agitat ing themselves and the:world. Here the coquette begins to appear in the attention paid to a lace frock or kid gloves for the first time displayed, or the domestic tyrant in the selfish boy, who snatches the largest cake, or thrusts his younger brother and sister from the best p l ac e. At no season of the year are their holidays so replete with pleasure; the expected Christmas- box from grandpapa and grandmamma; plum-pudding and snap• dragon, with blind man's buff and forfeits; perhaps to witness a juvenile play rehearsed and ranted; galantea show and drawing for twelfth-cake; besides Christmas gambols in abundance, new and old. Even the poor charity boy at this season feels a transient glow of cheer fulness, as with pale blue face, frost-nipped hands, and ungreatcoated, from door to door, he timidly displays the unblotted scutchecm of his graphic talent, and feels that the pains bestowed are his own, and that for once in his life he may taste the often desired tart, or spin a top, which no one can snatch from him in capricious tyranny. We must nave conclude, our space being exhausted, but not without wishing heartily to our readers—" A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" REDUCTION IN CAB FARES.—Yesterday several cabs, with placards announcing that they were running at 6d. a mile, were conveying passengers at that rate in different parts of the metropolis, much to the chagrin of the rest of the fraternity, who greeted the drivers of those vehicles, as they passed the different cab ranks, with jeers an d shouts of derision.