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T " To be had at all the Libraries. NEW NOVELS BY POPULAR AUTHORS, 31TST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. e—ESIR BORGIA, an Historical Romance. By the Author of 4 " , ivhitefriars." 3 vols. MEN OF CAPITAL. By Mrs. GORE, 3 vols. THE ROMANCE OF WAR ; or, The Highlanders in Spain, By JAMES GRANT, Esq., late 62d Regiment. 3 vols. , IV. - MARSTON. By the Rey. G. CROLY, L.L.D.. Author of " Sa 3atbiel." Second Edition. 3 -nig, The ROMAN TRAITOR. By H. W. HERBERT, Esq., Author Of " Oliver Cromwell." 3 vols. . _. The CITIZEN of PRAGUE. Edited by MARY HOWITT, Second Edition. 3 vols. ...._ VII. lIKENTUBES of CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN. By W. H. MAX. WELL, BK., Author of " Stories of Waterloo." 3 vols. The following are just ready : FATHER EUSTACE, a Tale of the Jesuits. By Mrs. TROL LOPE. 3 vols. ~. STRAWBERRY HILL, an Historical Novel. By the Author of fl Shakspeare and his Friends," " Maids of Honour." Ste. 3 vols* Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13 , Great Marlborough-street. NEW* WORK BY G. W. 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Scrip All S and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lime cliately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Anaheim, Mr. Borrani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus Mr. Rafter ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs, Hughes ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After which, a new comic Spanish Ballet, entitled LA VERNEN The principal characters by Messrs. W. 11. Payne, Wieland, Tell Mrs. Payne, and Mdile. Dubignon. To conclude with DER EREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Zamiei, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Linda, Doss Messent ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, ILIYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING - Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Lester ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Stuart; Charles Surface, Mr. Hudson; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers; Meses, Mr. 'Webster; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl : Sir Arthur Love!, Mr. Howe ; Stomp, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Rand will perform the Overture, " Pre sutx Clercs," " Clementinen" (Mazourka); " Camellion " (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer); a New Overture ; and a Fantasia by Mr. F. Reed, " La Sonnambula." To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Hamby, &c., will appear. _ _ . Boa-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of bir. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor. Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the popular Musical Comedy, in two acts, of SWEET HEARTS AND WIVES. Characters by Messrs. Lambert, Selby, Wright, Worrell, Cullenford; Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Mtutyard ; Miss M. Taylor, And Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Cleergiana Smithson, 3lfss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, HOnner, Peren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE Twq, RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn ; Young Marlow,l. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby; Tony Lumpkin. Mr. Compton; n *stings, Mr. Rosh) , ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughos ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy, entitled L'HOTEL GARNI. Cha racters by MM. Langeval, Berou, Cartigny ; Madame Deltic, and Cordely. After which, Moliere's celebrated Comedy of LE BOURGEOIS GENT ILHOM E. M. Jourdain, SI. Perlet ; Nicole, Mdlle. Brohan. To conclude with LE MARI ET L'AM ANT. Col. Saint Leger, M. Langeval ; Ernest, M. Berou ; Frontin, M. Dumery ; M. Motus, N.Tourtlllon; Madame Saint Leger, Madame Adele Deluc ; Lisette, Brohan. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances comtnenee at Eight. DAVIDGF.'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Duke of Gloucester, Mr. J. R. Scott ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. E. F. Sevilla; King Henry, Mr. Heslop ; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Fredericks ; Tressel, Mr. Johnson ; Queen, Miss Richardson ; Lady Anne, Mrs. Saville. After which a grand Military Ballet of Action, entitled LE REVE DU SOLDAT. The characters supported by Mdlle. Theodore and the Dentin Family. To conclude with the New Drama, called PAS, lON'S SLATE ; The Outcast Son. Suiported by the principal talent of the 4ompany. ASTi.EY'* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Aile rt, and Royal Family. lictwithstanding the present concentration of novelties, and the ex pensive engagements entered into with the most eminent British and Foreign Artistes for the Christmas Holidays, Mr. BATTY has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leo pards, &e. Likewise in preparation. a splendid Comic FAIRY PANTOMIME, with other Gymnastic and Equestrian novelties. Tills EVENING Will he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conchuie with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. Box -office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an I c smmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. The success of the reduction of prices of admission at this Theatre is without precede nt, nightly overflows being the result. Boxes, Is. ; Half-p r i ce, 6d. ; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. Continued success of the splendid Drama of " The Black Doctor." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. (I. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. It. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which THE STAGE-STRUCK LOVERS. Tommy Tape, Mr. Forman ; Sally Scrag,:s, Miss Lydia P,arce. To conclude with JACK RANN ; or, Sixteen string Jack, and the knaves of Knaves'-acre. WEAIIIEii.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 8. Trittitmo-sETER, Lowest, 35; Highest. 41 ; Noon, 41 B IROMETER, 30.26.—W1ND N.N.E., fine. ill i~ W kick, AT LoNDON-Ii1t11)GE THIS DAY. Morning I minutes after 5. Evening .. 22 minutes after 11. ..., - dl ~. 4 ..' ..: , . le 1 04 ':: 0. L. 1. WI, j P lif ...., -,,'' :i '. -aitk. ' —,?. v---..;411.--,....4.4150mv1i '.--.• \ Vt,'":i'" ,iw:--Alll6 e - ), c4ss , ' - :•,: • - iwkiigh, - ~7t,;;,-v—... 4, "r • ' DIE u , L'i ~..-,,,,',. s. , ~., '— ' ' s itarniit 2int LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1846. The most contradictory accounts are continually arriving from the Tagus. If we were to repose im plicit credence upon any individual statement, instead of collating every species of information —instead of extracting the kernel of facts from the husk of mis xepreseutation—wa should unquestionably be de ceived. Watching any disturbed country from so great a distance, and deriving our intelligence from separate spectators, we are, so to speak, looking ',Ton that remote spectacle through so many different glasses. Taken singly, these glasses afford us only a very distorted view of what is transpiring —one is concave, another is convex—one magnifies, another diminishes—one exaggerates every thing into a pre posterous magnitude, another reduces everything to a ridiculous minuteness. It is only by combining these lenses, as in the telescope, that their different powers of refraction can be made to harmonise, and that we can thereby discern the various occurrences and cha racters and interests in their true proportions. According to the advocates of the royal cause, Queen MARIA DA GLORIA has acted constitutionally in the selection of her Ministerial advisers—the Duke of SALDANDA is the impersonation at once of loyalty and patriotism—th e population are disposed to confide in the wisdom and liberality of the new Administra tion—the insurgents are little better than the spawn of lawless insubordination. According to the well wishers of the popular party, on the other hand—the BOTEUEIGN has violated the most sacred principles of the constituti on — t h e present Government is formed of the creatures of the Gallic Cabinet—the nation is throughout animated with feelings of resentment against those who would thus end eavour ch to subvert the principal engagements of th e arta—the armed guerillas, championed by DAsA leagues, are a phalanx of patriots.llTAAB and his col was According to the ti o eauseless a Court sycophants there never rebellion. According to the enthusia stic of the present movement the adm natin n e e li t „ • eu er ! freedom, the very independe nce of thee iwo tuguese are jeopardised, and hence the in s :: gent chieftains are regarded as the Smiour s of the population. It is almost unnecessary to observe that neither of these assurances can be regarded as strictly correct ; neither of them, indeed, can be said to possess even a moiety of truth. Both are egregious exaggerations. One is the "puff direct" of royal coercion, the other is the "puff collusive" of popular excitement. We should be merely pandering to the tastes of partizanship did we side with either of these interested representations. Scanning the present position of affairs in Portu gal, we cannot but acknowledge to ourselves that there is infinite reason for a revolutionary movement on the part of the people, and that there are nume rous excuses for the young and inexperienced QUEEN. It is indisputable that the liberties of the community have been shamefully trifled with, that the existing Administration has been illegally forced upon the nation, that the Government has evinced a grievous subserviency to the pleasure of a foreign Cabinet. It is equally indisputable that MARIA DA GLORIA has been exposed to a variety of potent temp tations, which her youth, and the bankrupt condition of the exchequer, only tended to render more power ful. The iwilyimonarch of France, whose faculties of persuasion are becoming proverbial, has exercised his abilities with the utmost assi duity in Lisbon as well as Madrid, through DIETZ as well as BRESSON, upon Queen MARIA as well as upon Queen ISABELLA. By his machinations in Spain the friendship between England and France has been dissevered ; by his machinations in Por tugal the peace of that unfortunate kingdom has been destroyed. So much astuteness may be regarded as a partial apology for the recent proceedings in the palace at Lisbon. It has been insinuated that the leaders of the insurrection have been actuated by selfish and interested motives, and that their followers have been coerced into their service. Both accusations are preposterously foolish. The popular chieftains have evinced in the most signal manner their inte grity and their forgetfulness of all personal advan tages. Men do not usually conceive it to be their interest to act in such a manner that their properties are confiscated, their titles forfeited, their lives most imminently perilled. Selfishness forsooth ! It would be the selfishness of zanies and mooncalves. As to the forcible detention of entire regiments under their banners, the notion is a monstrous absurdity. It is certainly very probable that well-armed troops should be compelled by a body of rude peasantry to fight against the forces of the Sovereign ! Supposing such were literally the case, then are the soldiers of Por tugal the veriest poltroons that ever burnished a bayonet. PAROLLES would be a SALADIN to them. There is undoubted testimony, therefore, before us that the present insurrections in Portugal have originated in the unconstitutional employment of the sovereign authority. It cannot be denied that the population has been driven to this outbreak by the in tolerable intrigues of the Court faction ; that if the QUEEN is surrounded with difficulties and dangers she owes them to herself; that the noblemen who are styled the " rebel chieftans" have risen because they concientiously believed some interference with the acts of the unpopular Government to be necessary. These facts cannot be concealed by garbled statements or distorted by specious quibbles. As a specimen of how repeatedly statements are garbled and quibbles employed, we may allude to the dispatches from Lis bon which have just been paraded with so much ostentation by some of our Contemporaries —dispatches which are merely the exaggerated revivals of news which was stale ten days ago. The defeat of SA DA BANDEIRA at Chaves, on the 16th November, and his subsequent flight to Oporto, was fully commented upon in The gun of the 27th ultimo. Nothing of particular importance has subsequently transpired in that portion of the Peninsula, saving the continued investment of ,co p de Des ANTAS in Santarem by th e ro y a l f orces , raider SCHWALBAOII and the hero of Almoster. Matters cannot continue much longer in this state of suspense. All differences may be definitively settled, but the QUEEN must be true to herself, and the people must be true to themselves. It was with feelings of regret that during the current year we have, more than once, felt ourselves constrained to notice the conduct of the authorities of Alma Mater. The disgraceful consequences inci dental to a " town and gown" row, by which life was seriously endangered, and, subsequently, the extreme moral delinquency of a clergyman of the Established Church, as proved in another court of justice, neces sarily called forth some reflecting observations upon the luckless system of education pursued at our twin Universities. It is wonderful and lamentable to reflect how slow are these clerical bodies—for such they define themselves to be—voluntarily to under take any reformation, how great soever the enlight enment of the age might seem to warrant any altera tion in either their peculiar laws, or in their adminis tration of the same. Unless some striking event should occur, by which public indignation is aroused, and an obvious change for the better be loudly de manded, these comfortable patentees of the surplice sleep on at their posts, reckless of the continuous violence which, under their auspices, is offered to the feelings of humanity and the cause of civilization. And even when the eclaircissement is rendered, to their prejudice, familiar to the public mind, it is most unsatisfactory to witness the dogged resistance, or, at any rate, the sullen spirit in which they oppose themselves to any revi sion, which would mould their statutes in con eorrnity with the acknowledged principles of the con stitution. 1 In our publication of yesterday we reported an inquest which was held at Cambridge, on Friday last, upon the body of a girl, ELIZABETH IlowE, of loose habits. The facts are shortly these :—one night, last month, between eight and nine o'clock, one of the University proctors, the Rev. Mr. KINGSLEY, ac• companied by two constables of his own, who, it seems, are, appropriately enough, styled " bull-dogs," undertook, at the instigation of one or both of his redoubtable companions, who informed him she was a person of ill condition, to arrest the unfortunate deceased, and to convey her to a black-hole of a prison, called " the Spinning-house." She was con fined an entire night, in a miserable cell, with a broken window, and without fire, a comfort for which she, and another female prisoner, pleaded in vain with the keeper. The victim here laid down on a damp bed, "on the head of which there• came a great draught ;" she was discharged in the morning, severely smitten with illness, after which Mr. NEWBY, the surgeon, attended her and "found her unable to move," from rheumatic fever, which' speedily termi nated in death. The Rev. Mr. KINGSLEY admitted that she was conducting herself with no impropriety when he undertook to deprive her of her liberty ; in fact, that she went so "quietly," that he recommended the Vice-Chancellor to release her in the morning. Our readers should know that the cells of the Spinning house are described by the Coroner as " pests and nui sances," and that in the view of the jury they are " unfit for the worst of felons." Thus, in this arbitrary manner, without warrant, but by virtue of a charter nearly 300 years old, which Mr. KINGSLEY conceded he had never read, and which, for the honour of the University, should have long ago become obsolete—without any knowledge of his own— but, acting upon the simple ipse dixit of one or both of the bull-dogs (who might have had no more accu rate acquaintance with the party than had the clerical inspector himself; or, if they had, might have been actuated by malice, or merely stimulated by an overwrought zeal for the discharge of their functions), that ELIZABETH HOWE belonged to an unfortunate class,—in this tyrannical manner, so repulsive to a sense of justice, so at variance with the common law of the land, was this wretched creature prematurely hurried into eternity ! Let us glance for a moment at the reproachful mode in which Mr. EDWARD WIL SON and the Re v . M r . K INGSLEY tendered their evi dence in this truly melancholy business. The former alleged that the single square of glass in the window was not broken the night deceased came in. It was extracted from the latter, through the exami nation of a juror, that the glass was broken the last time he saw the cell. Perhaps the keeper wanted anything in the shape of an excuse for having refused the poor girls a fire during a cold November night. If the pane was broken sub sequen tl y, some proof of it might have been offered. The keeper believed there was no fire on the 6th of November. Why, Euza, WRIGHT swore that they both asked him for one, when he replied, he would not have a fire for two girls ! Again, Wuisoil deposed that the cell was well pro- tected from the weather. ErazA. WRIGHT de- • . clared she laid down with her clothes on, that the bed-clothes were very damp, that she . was not ill when taken to the Spinning-house, but, when there was taken ill with a bad cold and pains in her bones. The Rev. Mr. KINGSLEY, who was properly compelled by the Coroner to answer a ques tion which he had at first refused to answer, said, the Spinning-house appeared to him a proper place to con fine females ! He admitted afterwards that he did not know how females are accommodated in gaols. So that, really, if we were to rest satisfied with the evidence of the keeper, and the humane Mr. KINGS.. LET, we should be drawn into the opinion that the Spinning-house was a most comfortable, weather proof receptacle for prisoners ; and yet it is as clear as noonday, and the jury so found it, that ELIZABETH HOWE died of rheumatic fever, occasioned by her incarceration in a cold and damp cell, unfit for the worst of felons ! Bad enough, assuredly, for the keeper, but is it not monstrous that a clergyman, who had the use of his senses, and had actually visited the cell, should bring himself to give such mincing testimony as the above ? For what pur pose ? To blind the ends of justice, and perpetuate an odious power, which has ended thus fatally. Looking to the manner in which the Coroner ex torted a portion of his evidence, and jurors drew out from him the remainder, we can easily conceive that his Reverence's hands would be ready enough, without the least provocation, to de prive a fellow- creature of the hallowed privilege o liberty. The jury have, rightly enough, taken care that the whole of the proceedings shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 'We feel, therefore, assured that the earliest means will be adopted for preventing the public being chagrined by a repetition of such horrible conduct. There can be no doubt that this obnoxious power, which has sunk ELIZABETH Howa into her grave, will be promptly wrested from the hands of the University). We shall close our remarks by giving an extract from a letter of a civilian in Cambridge, which has appeared in public, demonstrative of the cruel consequences that flow from the exercise of a privilege so obstructive of natural liberty " A young lady of the highest respectability was quitting a friend's house in the company of a male re lation; the latter returned, after passing the gate, in search of a forgotten umbrella, leaving his fair compa nion for an instant unprotected; and, to his astonish ment, on hastening to rejoin her, found that she bad disappeared. The young lady, in spite of her appear ance and protestations, had actually been conveyed to the Spinning-house by the loathsome satellites cf a proctor, whom I hereby invite to publish his own name if he dare, and to disprove the above statement if he can. " I have simply adduced the above instance to show that a girt need not even be known to these gentlemen, far less misconduct herself in their presence, to insure an introduction to their pestilential establishment. The merest accident may place a modest and virtuous young woman in the immediate society of the most abandoned of her sex." This relation needs no comment. The Austrian Observer, of the Ist of December, announces, from authority, that no secret treaty on the subject of Cracow has ever been entered into by Russia, Austria, and Prussia. We have received the Moniteur Grec of th• 20th of November. On the 19th the Chambers were opened for the third Parliamentary session, by the KING in person. The speech from the Throne recommends the Legis lature to occupy itself seriously with the amelioration of the financial system. The budget, it states, will be immediately submitted to them, and henceforth the Government will not be under the necessity of asking for provisional credits. His MAJESTY states the agriculture and the commerce of Greece to be in a flourishing condition. M. COLETTI had been dangerously ill from inflam ation of the kidneys, but was getting better. Up to the 1 tth of November the state of his health caused the greatest alarm. Upwards of 40 vessels were wrecked in the Black Sea during the late storm. The Journal de Constantinople states that the cho lera broke out at Tabriz on the 11th of October, and at Diarbakir on the 10th. Madrid papers of the 30th have been received. A Ministerial crisis had happened on the 29th. Senor PAC r ISECO, the leader of the Opposition, holds the office of Public Prosecutor in Madrid. He applied for leave of absence from the Government to attend his election at Seville. The Government refused to grant the leave required, and Senor PACHECO resigned his office. Senor ISTURITz accepted the resignation of PACHECO, but when the QUEEN was asked to sign it she refused, declaring she thought the Ministry had used Senor PACHECO excessively ill. Thereupon ISTURITZ and his colleagues tendered their resigna tions, which were accepted ; and the Marquis of VILLUMA was sent for by her MAJESTY, and commis sioned to form a Ministry. The Marquis, however failed, and acting on the advice of Count BRESSON„ the QUEEN sent for Senor IsTuarrz and his col leagues,:who, on the acceptance by her MAJESTY of Senor PACHECO'S resignation, consented to resume their offices. A fire broke out on the 29th in the office of the Minister of Marine, which destroyed the archives of that department. News from Lisbon to the 22d November had ar rived at Madrid. The Tiempo states that BOMFIN and CELESTINO had effected a junction with DAs ANTAS at Santarem, having completely out-mancauvred the Viscount SETUBAL, who had endeavoured to prevent them from effecting the junction. The losses of SA DA BAN • DEIRA in his action with CAZAL, at Chaves, have been much exaggerated. In the bulletin published by SA DA BANDEIRA he admits that two regiments deserted to CAZAL, but states that, notwithstanding this desertion, he defeated the troops of CAZAL. Neither party seems inclined to accept the mediation of Colonel WirLDE. MADRID BOMA, Nov. 30.—The Three pm. Cents. were done at 34 ; the Four per Cents. at 21 ; the Fire per Cents. at 211 ; and the Coupons at 19k. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Ministerial journals contain long accounts of the fete given by M. GUIZOT to the Bey of Turas, on Friday. A great number of Peers, Deputies, and Foreigners of distinction were present, but the only Ambassador there was the Spanish Ambassador, MAR• TINEZ DE LA ROSA. Lord WILLIAM HEEVEY was there for a short time. Of the Royal Family the Dukes DE NEMOURS and D ' AUMALE were present. There was a gram' concert performed by the pupils of the Conservatoire, under the direction of MM. AUBER and HADENECIC. The Duke DE MONT PENSIER joined the festive party at 11 at night. There was a grand review in the Champ de Mars on Saturday, in honour of the BEY. There were 25,000 troops on the ground, under the command of General Tisußcz SEBASTIANI• The Artillery was commanded by the Duc DE MONTPENSIER, Count MOLE visited the KING of the FRENCH on Thursday, at St. Cloud, and was most graciously received by his MAJESTY. The case of the prosecution of the agent of Queen CHRISTINA, by M. LEFEBUZB, to recover 11,181 f., for some valuable lace sent to Madrid at the time of the Montpensier marriage, came on before the tribunal of Commerce, on Friday. The Court decided that it had jurisdiction, and the case will therefore proceed. The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's on Sunday, at 82f. 30c. MARSEILLES, DEC. I.—Marseilles and Avignon, 866 f. 25c.; Northern, 635 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 497 f. 50c. Litobrs, Dac. 4.—Paris and Rouen, 865 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 866 f. 25c. ; Northern, 632 f. 50e. ; Paris and LyOns, 498 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECKSIBE R 7. Central of Spain, %—Direct Bombay and Madras, % Dutch Rhenish, s —Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1 5 B — Luxembourg, • —Northern of F rance Constituted, 10%— Orleans and Vierzon, 1314—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 1 4 4 — Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5 1 / (3—Rouen and Havre, 25 1 ,i— Strasbourg and Bale, 31/8. THE FRENCH PLAYS.—The Conde de Montemolin, attended by his Chamberlain, Colonel Merry, General Don Juan de Montenegro, and Don Jose Garci di Martin, honoured the French Plays with his presence on Monday evening. There were also pr esen t, P r i nce L ouis Napoleon, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lore, Lady Leveson Gower, the French Ambassador and suite, the Earl and Countess Brownlow, Lady Caroline Maxse, Count and Countess de Jarnac, the Hon. Miss Foley, Lady Augusta de Nieumann, and Lady Georgiana Codrington, Lord John Manners, Earl of Charleville, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Lady Selina Bridgman, Countess of Blessington and the M.i.sses Power, Lady Meux, Lord Clifden, Sir J. ii. sowther, Sir H. Webb, and Mr. 11. T. Hope. THE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 9, is 46 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was in an exceedingly excited state, and an immense business was done at an advance of id. to id. per lb. About 30,000 bales were sold, including 14,000 on speculation. The sales included 1,500 Pernams and Maranham at 7d. to Bd., 1,600 Bahia at 7d. to 7id., 500 Egyptian at 71d. to 9d., 4,000 Surat at 4d. to 5d., 40 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to ls. 7d, and 22,000 American at sd. to 70. per lb. Shares had been again rather dull. The sale of railway shares, to-day, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, did not go oft so firmly, and the general aspect of shares was not so satisfactory as it was last week. The following are a few of the principal sales : Barbadoes £0 - 6 6 Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0 Shrewsby., Wolverh., and South Stafford 3 9 6 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certficate 0 10 6 Great Luxembourg Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tvne 2 8 6 Manchester and Southampton, 1847. - 1 10 0 Shropshire Union and Canal North British, Extension: Great Northern ... Madrid and Valencia 1 0 0 Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 6 6 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ........... Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Paris and Lyons Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset .....»....... 0 14 0 Much disappointment has been felt in the City at the non-arrival of the West India Mail steam-ship, now over-due. That she has been impeded by boisterous weather does not admit of a doubt, as there are many other vessels from other quarters after date. The intelligence received from Lisbon by express this morning of the signal defeat of the insurgents by the Queen's troops, has given much satisfaction to those con nected in this community or provincially with that country. With a tranquil administration of but a few years, there is not a doubt but this fine country would be brought round to a state of sou n d prosper i ty. By the paragraph which is at the head of this day's article it will be seen that the sales of Cotton at Liver pool yesterday amounted to 30,000 bales, of which 14,000 ranch deplored, am o ng with exportation of mmercantilewere p r speculation.. c dm u fe l a a mb t ibroiencr.ss.: that an i t s n te v hc e et r y e d rag e for "time" bargains carried on, as the in evitable ta re p s le ul s t h m ou u ld st be be so to gr r e a a is tl e y p completion of the orders lately received from the United States for goods, at the limits given in the advices. A positive necessity will therefore arise for the working of short hours, and the loss to masters and men will be great indeed. A considerable amount of business has been transacted in the English Stock Market to-day. Prices may be said to be firm. Consols have been done at 951 and 951; for money at 954 1; Exchequer-bills at 7s. to 10s. premium; and India Bonds under 1,0001. at 21s. premium. Bank Stock has fluctuated from 2061 to 2074. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. command 961. The intelligence received from Lisbon has given a considerable degree of animation to the market for Por tuguese Four per Cents., which have improved from 391 to 401 for the Account, and to 391 for Money. The Spanish Three per Cents, have been done only at 371 and 371 ; Mexican, at 22/ 4; and Brazilian, at 86. In the other Foreign Stocks there has not been any business transacted this morning. The market for the Railway Shares and Scrips has been rather firm, but without any considerable quantity of business being in progress. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'cLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock ..•••.. 20 6 1,4 207% 206% 206% 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann s .... - 94 IA 1 4 94 94 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 14% 95% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 N ew 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 9614 96% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 15-16 9 15-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 1-16 10 1-16 India Bonds, 1 , 0 001........ — Ditto under 1,0001... ._. South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... 9.14 941/ .4 Consols for Account 95% % 95% Exchequer Bills, 10001. I%cl. ... 10 7 10 p 10 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Equador Bonds ...... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 2 1,E IA 22 1 % Ditto, Account .... 2 2 14 22% , Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 4O 39% 40 1 4 39% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 ,4 per Cent . PRICES OP BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK, PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastgrn Junction 2%..... 2% 2 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ..... I.X Belfast & County Down 4%..,... -- Birmingham and Dudley 4:5.4.... --- .... . ..... - Birmin. and Gleucester..loo C;:.. - Ditto New 175‘1.4 - ....... ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction - ' 8 7 / 8 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester.- 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. June 2 l / 2- - Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Halt Shares...... 21,4 — ••• Cambrian & Grand Jam 42s ...... Chester and Holyhead-. 27% C4urnet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 425. - ••• ......... ••• Cheltesham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junctio- ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% ............... • Cerk and Waterford ... 1% — - Cornwall - Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 %•••••• Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% 2 - 721/274 i. „ 4/. ... ........................... _.... Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% — ............... -- Direct Northern ......... 2% — ... ......... . 2 Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — . •MO Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 7 2 1% 2 3 4 p Ditto New l2l. 16s Ditto Perpetual, 5 per E apps toiCit.:,eoeynrdeto,hirt,kNfEa.Nxnlotd.e.N.ll2..so..i.r.o..,nc66h.l.l.. 1 1 3 321 s s .. , 4 1 d ..d.: "314 ~.n . . . ............. Eastern Union ............ 35 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 8 3 4 — Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 7 /s — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely- 2 1 i •••••• East Lancashire ......... 14 Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip .. East Lincolnshire •••••• 1 1 4 •••••• 2%14............ East & West of England 1% — _ ............. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....• ......... ... .. Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter & Northern..uarterSharesl2% 12% —. ................ Edinburgh ......... .:::: Edinburgh and Perth... 3 •••••• ...... .. ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 1 3 14 ..... ......... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — ............... Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5% ............... Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New ......... - 15 • ...... . Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Glonc.,Aberystw ith, and Central of Wales 1%...... --- ...,..•..,.... _ Goole, Doncaster, Ike 42s• — Grand Union (Notting and Lynn - Great Eastern &Western 2%." ... . ....... GreatGrimsby and Shef- ••• • field Great South. and West. (Ireland) - Great Munster ... 2%.....• Great North of Scotland 2 %...... Great i'corth of England-100 235% 23T 237 Ditto New Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Wester. B5 134 Ditto lA. Shares % P 3% - 21% 20% 15 1 4 13% Ditto 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New —. 2 Huddersfield lic Manches. 13 ...... 17 1 4. ...... ... Ditto, Extension ...... 3 ...... 4 1 4. Hull and Selby 5O lO7 Ditto 1 4 Shares ...... 12% Do. Half Shares ...... 25 •. Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% ••• — Do., do., and Norwich 2 LA__ 3 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New •••• •••• •• •• Leeds and Bradford...... 30 Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2%.,,,„ „,, Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... ....... -.- Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 33 .. ........ .... Do., Branch (Blue) ~„ 214 9%. ....... ...... Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 / 2 .. Leeds and Thirsk 1 7 5%.,„„ 15% 16% Ditto, New Lpool., Mnchstr &New castle Junction Bverpool and Bury ... 24 .. ... .. London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4d.[1-- Do. New „, 4_ ...... ....... Ditto Extension ~ 7 g ...... - .. • ........ --- London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 58%%... Ditto, Fifths Do. Gnarant. 5 per ct 9 ...... ... ——-- London and Greenwich 12/ 1584 d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — — London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo Do. Quarters Do., do., New Ditto Fifths .........2 ........ ...................... Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A, 5 75% 164 SA, 21,4 58 1 4 7434 12 1 4 '914 (11. .... (M. ~ ~.. - •/2 •!4 • • • Do. 10L (M. & B:) B. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lond. & S.Western 411 68 10d 8.34 2 14••• ......... 63.4 De. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New DO•NOW ~. lB ... .11 .". Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 London and York 2 14 — Do. Extension 2% — .... ..... London and Windsor . 1A.... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. . ..... .. 2;4.... Londonderry&Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen l5 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l5 — Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths Do. Lxtension 42s. l' p ll4 p Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths ..... .... 1 man;thester,Buxton,and i Matlock 42s. iq p l% p Manchester Birm., and Mould Junction ..... ...... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 Midland lOO 127 128 126% 12754 127 1 ,% Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo lO4 Midlnd & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 Do. North Shields ... 25 .. N'ewcastleandCarlisle.-100 113 Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ..,.. ....... —1%.. ... ... .. Norfolk 100 l3l .... . l3l Do. Half Shares ..... 9 Do. Extension Northern Counties Union 2% l% l% North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares — Do. Fifths 5 Do. Quarters Do. Extension er Northn and Eastern... 50 •••••••• ...... Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 •-••••• 8% North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..... l% Portsmouth Direct 3% 43 -8 Preston and Wyre 25 Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3l. 12s. — dis. Richmond 15 — Royston and Hitchen ... 1% 1 3% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% 13% . Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries,andCrewe... 1% Sheffield Si Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do.LincoinshireJunc. Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. _ • •••••.•••• •••• Shrewsbury and Birm 3 .... . 4 3 / 4 %........... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp , &S. Staffordsb. Junc 2l /2 31% Sligo and Shannon l% South Devon 4O — South Staffordshire June. 2% — --- --- -- South Eastern & Dover. 33% 3 8 14 37 Do., No. 1 Do., Ne, 2. Do., No. 3 - •••• •••• Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... 425. — Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — South Wales Swans. & Loughor &Ca _ meron's &in - '. Coal. ... 2 — ... ...... .. Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole Warwick and Worcester 425. , Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... .. Waterford and Limerick 22% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford,lW aterford, and V alentia Waveney Valley ..... .... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. l 3 /4 % p West Cornwall ...... 2 ... .. Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 / 2 — ... Wilts, Somerset, 84 Wey mouth Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 ...... York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. 3B Ditto New 5 — Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto %Shares-- ... 25 Do. Selby - Do. Extension Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian.... 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21,4 Boulogne and Amiens... 16 ...... 13% Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) - 00000 Calais, Dunkrk,andWest Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ..... 78. Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• - ••• •••• Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada-. 314 Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey ...... . 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . Luxembourg...-. ..... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 ...... 10% 3 A North Jamaica............ 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris &Ly - ons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lO .... Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Tours and Nantes Con stituted 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West F1ander5.......... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 London & Westminster. 20 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd Errata.—ln yesterday's List, read Lancaster and Carlisle New 10 3 / instead of 10% to 10 ; and London and North Western 194 to 194j 2 . COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam .... —C.F. 12 5 Gibraltar.... .... •• • • Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 2 Leghorn .....• •••• • • • • 30 55 Rotterdam ...... 2U.12 5% Genoa .. • • Antwerp.............. 26 0 Milan .. ••••••• • • • • • '• Elamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 12% Venice ...• •••••• ' • ' • • • -- 40% Naples . Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 70 Palermo, per oz Ditto, 3 months.. .. .. 25 95 Lisbon.. . Marseilles • ........... 25 0 Oporto..• ••••••• • • • • • • • 52 % B°4rdeallx ••••• • • • . 26 0 Rio Janeiro ••.• • ... • • 25 Frankfort on Mains.... 121% Bahia '••'•••• • • • • • • • • Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • . Buenos Ayres • • •,• • • • • fierlin ................ N e w York, 21 days sight Vienna, cffec. do ••• • • • 10 6 Philadelphia .... • • .... ..... Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 6 PRICY'S Or BULLION, PIE OZ. 35 F o reign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Madrid .. .. ...... Cadiz .. .:: : ::...... 36 . % Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Bilbao.. ........ New Dollars Barcelona •• • . ... • •. .. -- Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 5evi11e......... ~,,„ ~, Silver in bars .... „„ 0 5 0% ELECTRIC ----_-- T E LEGRAPH.—The telegraph ha s b een and covered in as far as Oakley-str ee t, east laids7de d o o f w w n estm i n ster-road. From Westminster-road the right-hand footway along Oakley -street and Gibson street has been opened to the depth of two feet, for the reception of the wires. The Wymondham and Dereham branch of the Norfolk Railway was opened for goods' traffic on Monday. SUDDEN DEATII 01' COL. WADE, THE ASSISTANT POOR-LAW COMMISSIONER. —W e have to reoord the melancholy decease of this gentleman, which took place yesterday (Thursday), at the Haverfordwest Union Workhouse. It appears that the deceased, in company with Henry Leach, Esq., the chairman of the board of guardians of this union, paid an official visit to the workhouse on the previous day, when in about a quarter of an hour after his arrival he was seized with illness while inspecting one of the bedrooms. He requested the master of the workhouse, who was present, to lead him to the water. closet, but on passing through the kitchen he vomited very freely. He remained there for about half an hour, until the arrival of Mr. Rowe, the surgeon. Under the advice of this gentleman he was immediately removed to a bedroom, and every means which medical skill could suggest were used to restore him, but all in vain. He lingered until Thursday morning, about seven o'clock, when he breathed his last. An inquest on the body was held the same day, before George Parry, Esq., coroner, when Mr. Rowe gave it as his opinion that death was occasioned by the eruption of a blood vessel in the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " Nittqlll depth."—Carmarthen Journal. COU RT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, walked in the planta tions of Osborne House on Monday afternoon, and the Royal Family took airings. Yesterday her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accustomed early walk in the pleasure grounds. Earl Gre3 arrived at Osborne House yesterday after noon, and had the honour of joining the Royal Circle at dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice drove out in a carriage yesterday forenoon, and walked, and rode on ponies on the sea beach. Her Royal High ness the Princess Helena was taken an airing yes terday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town yesterday, for Bowood-park, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of tre Admiralty Court. Mr. Wigram, the Queen's Counsel, replied on an ap peal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall." Judgment was deferred. The Queen's Advocate opened an appeal from the Chancery of York, " Her Majesty's Proctor v. the Soli citor for the Duchy of Lancaster." The case was ad journed. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. BACEIELOR OF 3IEDICINE.-SECOND EXAMINATION, 1846 EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. PHYSIOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Elanq, Charles (Scholarship and Gold Medal), Leeds School of Medicine. Day, John Climenson (Gold Medal), London Hospital. Sturt, Thomas James, King's College. Hawksley, Thomas, King's College. Bompas, Joseph Carpenter, University College. SURGERY. Elam, Charles (Scholarship and Gold Medal), Leeds School of Medicine. Day, John Climenson (Gold Medal), London Hospital. MEDICINE. Elam, Charles (Gold Medal), Leeds School of Medicine. Goodridge, Henry Frederick Augustus, University College. Day, John Climenson, London Hospital. Bompas, Joseph Carpenter, University College. MIDWIFERY. Elam, Charles, Leeds School of Medicine. STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY. Day, John Climenson, London Hospital. MEMORIAL OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE PEACE SOCIETY ON THE FRENCH AGGRESSIONS IN OTAHEITE, &c. To the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, M.P., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the other Right Hon. Members of her Majesty' Government:— The memorial of the Committee of " The Society for the Promomtion of Permanent and Universal Peace," sheweth, That your memorialists have read, from time to time, the accounts of aggressions made upon the independence of the Georgian and Society Islands, by the authorities of France, with great and serious concern. That your memorialists deeply deplore the conse quences of those aggressions, especially as seen in their demoralising influence upon a population who were but just escaping, through the efforts of British Chris mans from the darkness, cruelty, and crime, which ever Characterise Pagan countries—in the restrictions which have been placed upon the personal and religious liberties of British subjects, and chiefly of teachers of Christianity sent out from this, country —in the fearful loss of human life which has followed, and the probability which there appears to be of a war of extermination against the native inhabitants, whose Queen has been banished, and whose property is being destroyed ;—as well as in the danger which must exist whilst these circumstances continue of some misunderstanding arising between the British and French Governments, by which the present peaceful re lations of these two great empires towards each other might be disturbed—a result to be deprecated by every benevolent and Christian mind almost beyond any other that could arise. Your Memorialists do therefore earnestly pray that every moral and pacific means which her Majesty's Government can employ, with a view to terminate the horrors of this unequal conflict, may be at once and vigorously used ; and that her Majesty's Government will especially seek to obtain, by firm, but peaceful means, the acknowledgment on the part of the French Government of the full and entire independence of the Society Islands, and that if the Queen of Otaheite may not be permitted to re turn to her rightful dominions, such of her subjects as may be inclined to do so have full liberty to leave the island, and settle themselves elsewhere, where they shall not be required to acknowledge the authority of French rule, which it appears a very large proportion of them are unwilling to do. And your Memorialists' &e. Signed, on behalf of the Committee, JOAN JEFFERSON, Secretary. Peac3 Society, 19, New Broad -street, London. Dec. I, 1846. SPORTING INTELLIts,'ENCE NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY. THE ALL-AGED STASES. Mr. Nash's Cloak beat Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk. Mr. Miller's Mischief beat Mr. King's Rachael. Mr. Foster's Highland Lassie beat Lord Stradbroke's Maxse. Mr. Fyson's Figaro beat Mr. Mare's Minus. Mr. R. Bagge's Fortune-teller beat Captain Wyndham's Wildfire. Mr. Miller's Magic beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck. Mr. Inskip's Probity beat Mr. Anstruther's Cast-ofil Mr. Foster's Lucy Bertram beat Mr. Vipan's Vanguard. Mr. Inskip's Jericho beat Mr. Arabin's Firefly. Mr. Bennet's Wish-you• may-get-it beat Mr. Nash's Swallow. Mr. B. Smyth's Spinster beat Mr. Finch's Brighton. Mr. Squire's Ohien beat Mr. Finch's Planet. Lord Stradbroke's Mawworm beat Mr. Dobede's Dutchman. Mr. B. Smyth's Silesia beat Mr. Gillett's Goldfinder. Lord Stradbroke's Miles beat Mr. Fyson's Fenella. Anstruther's Farmer beat Mr. It. Bagge's Theorist. TfIE PUPPY STAKES. Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight beat Mr. Mare's Bracelet. Mr. Fyson's Farmer's Boy beat Mr. Miller's Magog. Mr. Bennet's Whisky beat Mr. Batchelor's Merlin. Mr. Foster's Thoresway Lass beat Mr. Moody's Rodney. Mr. I)obede's Daisy beat Mr. Arabin's Ales. Mr. Anstruther's Clementina beat Mr. Smyth's Kite. Mr. Vipan's Vesta beat Mr. Gillett's Goody. Mr Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Squire's Orange Flower. A splendid day, fine trials, and satisfactory decisions. NE ye BALLAD. THE ROMANCE OF THE POST-OFFICE RECTORY FOR 1846. Aut—" The Old English Gentleman." We hear of days long passed away, and glorious times of old, And how Young England's sons affirm we're getting dull and mid; But yet romance is not quite dead—in common daily life She still exists ; of which great fact you'll find examples rife In the Post Office Directory all of the present year. (Chorus dependent upon the convivial or musical propensities of th e listeners.) note a goodly band, Of Knights, though chivalry trade d-street, to chemists to the Queen, From selling Penny Magazines, ha From fishmongers In Clevelat l t h the we e s to P tr a . o s r e s s 'd t e e ' v r e s ry in t heS e tr r a e n e d ee ; And 'Squires, too, a stalwart cr ., Post-Office Directory, &c. y li nfi c h ne - do s m t ; rbe combined, e d, deeming it nosin, ' cheese, an4 and keep aCross keys Inn ; .Monks And ?ages sell ieni print g e rs and,aKent-road, and lithograph; nt trrdo ea dh, Nuns, too, New iuiport tobacco to our land - the N :m b w o e , e i m ; u t ' y h e e W e r , e l And in the Post-Office Directory, ' Strand. sec. And there are cells of Ablfots in John Milton, as a tea- In the ealsnt,thhaesis,toosrte-os ffiofcpeetinsiraenctdorq3u.:llB::. ham and beef, and Butler deals in pills, The mighty minds of e d v e e a r l y er a , g i e h y: i u e ' r l y l And Samuel Johnson makes brass rules, and Fielding vends the nms s, Aid lllsoagaacrNtheVaodnes in And Pope sells coals ; and Dryden, law ; and Spenser, boots and shoes; And Reaumont's a solicitor; and Fletcher pulls out teeth; And Godwin will supply you with an artificial wreath, From the Post. Office Directory, &c. Of those who flourish'd long ago the course is not yet run : Mars sells and dresses leather; Bacchus keeps the Rising Sun; Mark Anthony's a silk-weaver, and lives in Spitalfiehls ; And Tully's skill to Drury Lane a well-trained chorus yields, Though not in the Directory, &c. The virtues altogether form a tolerable train ; There's Prudence has a loan fund, and we hope ho may remain; There's Faith at Lloyd's—Rope in the Temple ; but it ill may sound That Charity just now is not in London to be found, Nor in the last Directory, &c. But noted thieves of olden times are here the same as then, With this exception, that they are "all honourable men." Dick Turpin dressing,-cases makes; Jack Sheppard sells wax candles, And Duval trades in gold ; but always 'tis his own he handles. In the Post-Office Directory, &c. In fact, there's nought or nobody the keen compilers spare, And all we have immortalised are, bona fide, there : Just turn to the last copy, and y ou'll find Mein all forthwith, Unless you chance to lose yourself amongst the tribes of Smith, In the Post-Office Directory, all of the present year. M. Tom Puiwrs.—This veteran of genuine English song (the uncle of Mr. Henry Phillips) took his usual annual winter dinner in the stateroom of the Guildhall Coffee-house on Friday last; Barnes, Esq., in the chair; the beneficiaire on his right hand—Pro fessor Tayl or , the Gresham lecturer on music, on his left. The latter, in adding to the Chairman's proposal of Mr. Phillips's health, said he had known his friend, Mr. Phillips, for nearly half a century, and passed a most glowing eulogium on his abilities as a vocalist— " the best and last," said Mr. Taylor, "of the true Incledon school." Mr. Phillips was in excellent voice, and sang " The bold Arethusa" and his new ballad of " Douglas Bay," with all the vigour of early youth. The veteran was then requested to sing l)ibdin's " Lovely Nan;" when Mr. T. Williams (the founder of the Dibdin Club), after paying a warm tribute to the memory of " the sailor poet," gave some beautiful selections from the songs of the nauticayyrist, which drew forth much admiration. Mr. Waite., served up the dinner, and furnished the wines in excellent style, and the evening passed off with the utmost hilarity. CONVERSION TO ROME.—Mr. Cox, of Exeter Col lege, Oxford, was received last week into the Roman Catholic Church at St. Mary's College, Oscott. _ _ We understand that the Rev. R. W. Sibthorp has lately been on a visit to his Roman Catholic friends near Birmingham. ROBBERY IN livDE-PARK.—lnformation was re ceived by the police on Monday, that between 9 and 10 o'clock a gentleman named Miller, residing at Kensing ton, was proceeding across the western part of the park, towards Kensington, when, at a lonely part, he was attacked by two men, who knocked him down, and robbed him of his purse containing six sovereigns and eleven shillings in silver, with which they made their escape. 21 p 60 1 A 78% 74 233 k - 16% 33 3 / 4 31/ 2 1% 8% 1% 12% 4% 1% 13 1 % 4% - 3v, 3 3 / 4 1% p 13:!,', . . . - 34 3 1 / 2 101/8 474 273 A 113 e LITERATURE. LUCRETIA; or THE CHILDREN OF NIGHT.- -- 3 Vols. By Sir Edward Rawer Lytton: 2 On the publication of his romance entitled " The Last of the Barons," Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton announced his intention of therewith terminating his career as a novelist. That determination he has rot relinquished ; he has yielded again to the dominant influence of his imagination ; as he himself hunicure ously observes in his apologetic preface, "bad habits ig are stronger than good intentions. Never, we w undertake to say, has a half-pronaise--b een broken a manner more to the satisfaction of the lovers ot literature. We should, indeed, have had sufficient cause to grieve in the event of such a man proving obdurate in such a resolution. We should have grieved that a mind so eminently distinguished for its capacities, a mind so peculiarly creative and sYlnPs' th t __ec, a mi n d so esse ntially wsthetical in its character, so prone to the adoration of the beautiful and gods could have lapsed into a mute and inglor ious lu.. lence. We should have grieved that that imaginal° remained idle, or incommunicative, which had . 0° vividly revived to our imaginations the domestic 111- `erests and civic pomps of Herculaneum, t h e strur files of the last Tribune for Roman liberty, t h e s olemn and pathetic mysteries of the Rosecrutians, thebrillientt but ominous youth of our third Richard. It was,°ll conceivable to us, however, that an intellect ail" had hitherto evinced such an inexhaustible fertilitp and such an assiduous inventiveness, coul ha e:n°...ll altogether unoccupied. We felt assured frnll' its germination of thought (a germination wilich as spontaneous as it was prodigal, and as mobile as it as spontaneous), that mind would continue to IT ,vas , quire some medium for its effusion ; that if the ol d channel were dammed up, a new one Wola.o n ., opened ; that there would be an increase of J on. petuosity in consequence of that temporary reteru' h Sir Edward Bulwer almost acknowledge s so aneoo. ot the observations prefixed to his present prodne:'the He confesses that in resigning the costume att. romancist, he aspired to the wand of the dra ° a He was sated with the triumphs of a Boccaecio,After yearned for the popularity of a Terence.,.. 0 it various " unpublished and imperfect attemP'A be Edward abandoned his new ambition. I fount% I says, that my conceptions were too wide, or tha iia wanted the faculty of concentration. Theft i ntro' avowals remind us somewhat of that pleasant„ l , n er to duction written by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, e"'" her e his tragedy of lon or of the Athenian Captive, w t he that master-poet shrives himself to the public en ter, score of his futile attempts as a school -boy T 1 11335 ti st ID With Sir Edward Bulwer, however, the failtue have arisen more from fastidiousness than ine e llf ol ial Of this his admirable contributions to our n i e s be drama are a su ffi cient testimony. Neve rthe ' es r ' s 0 avouches his dissatisfaction with his recent laboubodi a playwright, and his final determination to e t il i c I , be his ideas in " that species of composition to w h ich 8„a was familiar." When we remember the eloqUe n ic r he impassioned poetry of his Richelieu, we sh r o t almost inclined to regret this ultimate res oluto A ; n os for our remembrance of the more eloquent s ll .`! a nd impassioned prose of his " Days Last of f°lllP h ent elb °f " Rienzi." We should regret his r elinqu":„,, re the stage for the publishing-office, if, whilef;dy of membered the grace and tenderness of T he „tilos ° } l Lyons, we did not remember likewise the PifsatlS:!" . "Night and Morning ;" the melancholy of " 7pr, vers," and the charming discursiveness of tl' e fof owned." 'We should scarcely feel coluP ensa t bat W e ' the have not oss forgotten g another h play e wit like o f !aut . o l e ito energy of " Eugene Aram," and ''retihheaulles's tclhibsellsfialavoile; lanies of "Paul Clifford." We could give t° •„ s e tead °f a million dramas: like; the Sea Captai.nt the gioSt one volume of such a work as " Zanonl" Altoge th g e ir ri exquisite romance of m o dern times. - o f therefore, we are rejoiced at the final decision nre eell Bulwer Lytton, and we gladly receive otbleijretia fiction as a guarantee of his sincerity. ---it I partial ) ! is a most loathsome and repulsive story eve r 1" the most loathsome and repulsive story' W e it with; but it is inculcative of the holiest tr i n t t u h e ' , is illustrative of the angelic whiteness ° f v a r the In°, t dictated by a love of the purest moralitY 7those ev m° genial benevolence. We are not e rs '...,l - infonY. re e,. conceive that the ortral of vice 's" ost grog."' l w ae h e o ( l i ly i - le p r r o ej es ud a i n c d ia , an d w ho rega rd them a an lheroines, Lord ur conte n t hat Harlowes, as the only fit subjectf6ifroltrbileo'eruCiarPlsis: think tion. We cannot induce ourselves u t ac ° virtue requires t be puffed like a q k P ill °r ly s rig ht charlatanical oin o tment. It is, if we rem em be r &ion Mr. Dickens who, in his preface to t he third l o st of " Oliver Twist," impugns these cavillers .6X'sri. the representation of criminals as hypocrites Oa l e ; t i o n sees. Why—not to speak it irreverently —if th e° ben of sin and depravity were to be regarde d as reP re -I.f , the sible, the holiest book would be discarded . narration of enormities were to render a sor l ‘ i , e i - be crable, all history, ancient and modern, w° ll- 4il comprised in the expurgatory index." If the " A ; ings and atrocities of nasyikinct .. were never to 1) , ,;r: pieted o ,,oui 'views of life would be partial and u, t : sided, we should be liabje to endless disappointm e n t ; there would be no salutary warnings against.teuirr: tion. It can never be repeated too frequently t‘i the danger of such productions'exists—in the not in the matter, in the deductions not in the d:: in the clothing of the vice, not in the vice itself. Sir Edward has beautifully said, parapfirn eing ill couplet of Fletcher's, "Every human act, valor th; is an angel to guide or to warn ; and the deeds ciao worst have messages from heaven to the listening ci ao of the best." It is because they have cl othed sin as an aspect of fascination, and painted r uffiani v s ert ed heroical, that the French novelists have Per more their high capacity, and rendered their vvritingslevity dangerous than panders and procuresses. is the t ol d of Charles Paul de Kock which invests his brillieo inventive genius with an air so peculiarly perni jt °4 och is because profligacy is rouged and padded w i da l ve rous ionsummate art by George Sand, that its nu , ro de's• and distorted hideousness is forg o tt e n by herhich this No more striki ng examp l. e o f the extent to sc c " ed tlnia vile deception may be carried can he ach e death o .a• f iA t En h dt e rorr vicious n c nts i h o ,c, u a ap s reld b noo u fvt t i liaefit nsai eloquent ctneednaern drEidnuseeegiecinvicepti seductive i o eurn n eblie n t f ii t xea; dal it e de : m i s tosans as St. Jerome is said to have been u in the form of beautiful o VVhil tem pted l eve r, we rsoye e t maintain that it is well for w us to conternPA`erTitie, but as surrounded, not only by goodness sou' 00 0 . 16 : a l so by evil and crime, we cannot but af 'mo st 1 ° that there are deeds of such enormous spa t !, o f their conceivabl e atrocity, that the mere possibinv s u ch $ perpetration should never be even hinted tit' wards the deed is the incestuous act mentioned O utter a nd til e the conclusion of " Tom Jones," ante of which is a lasting disgr ace 0 t he immortal memory of Fielding. 1/P°oostienf verge of such another enormity did the lur e best ° of Sir Edward B. Lytton hover when, to ta r _ nee in our recollection, he hinted at a similar occu " f i l tb• " Alice." By avoiding such pitfalls, andsedboYf sal fully depicting society as variously compo don' and criminals through all the intermediate g rotty. the the novelist may best fulfil his mission ; he -Lt-literfr hope to add his own adornments to that light in ture which our eminent author has apostroP..o car this work as—" that grace and flower Wising halo", w i th lure, that best philosophy of all, huma 11 ' the • - through tete gentle art, making - us wise humorus, elevated through the Pa ssi lo s ) der in the affections of our kind !" (Vol. ii• 4 ;ribiog acting thus, morever, they are merely tra P :u s t 6 %., faithfully from the book of Nature, for be ni quisite saying never forgotten (vol. iii. 2 80 au thor is the shadow of good !" In " Lucretia the, c oo has endeavoured to exemplify the infamy f Ol t the divine excellence of virtue, and the folly ° r 0 0 0 he has designated " the principal vice" of °ll O tbs it . generation—lmpatience. " I hold," he Or', OP the greatest friend to man is labour' were knowledge without toil, if posEible, viiedge worthless ; that toil in pursuit of knf ite cos . : is the best knowledge:we can attain ; tha t itself; tinuous effort for fame is nobler than fan' • de' chat it is wealth suddenly acquired wh-,, ,iU serving of homage, but the virtues whir a i,llo exercises in the slow pursuit of wealth—°e; in i l l so called forth, the 'self-denials so iroP° se- s : clio° l. word, that Labour and Patience are the fro! dona ill masters on earth." There is a profound vvi s b ition 6 those sentences, and it is well that in thi s l i f o rotle ll age there is one mind adventurous e noug,h r ealli, those unwelcome truths. The necessity vwc.deoceo exists for toil and patience is most forcibly 0400010 in this fiction, but it is evidenced through be iv more repulsive and more monstrous than t . a morbid imagination could well conceive. gr t i y vi i, cliff never delineated characters so extravagl l oo re lainous, Monk Lewis never described deeds °,idi odious darkness, than the characters and deeo e clis are contained in "Lucretia." `fie should 1 10,1 itf carded the book as a detestable caricature of ha nl 2 l3 the but that Sir Edward solemnly assures took preface that the crimes therein related " t°" is r the within the last seventeen years." So vases we infamy of the chief personages in the stors, - r species' conclude its perusal with a shudder these n ire , of In tracking the hideous careers of these uo r u d " gern ed Night we are baffled at the total and IT . e_ 3, blackness of their natures; we cannot .nls7 l „ the their historian himself remarks, vfoel"!.. A the monster vanished into the mortaltrou_"psture phenomena that seemed aberrations nf f ro m h are e r n e arreaxtpeldaiinnett'i's romance ee hecifrecuunindseae..u.cpe2so, stialib-ictisfil —and we have the author's guarantee that m ac a t r u k all A y vh t i li eh e caseh—as u s ever.Y rke never quits the world —it surrounds . i s m ore 1 , The heroine, herself, Lucretia Clavering, hell-born. Lady Macbeth has the p „ r ico. 16. ."e'lesecwahnerive eulltt:rlPtrheahtelldirobligetrereecii a demon in the form of a woman thancuosnrimiaieoth.cilgic;i:eoso:t and the gentleness of a seraph, ghoule At its repast could not be . a x . ,t. 1