The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB. The anniversary meeting of the members of this club w as held on Friday morning, in the committee-room at th e Bazaar, Baker-street. The attendanee of members was more than usually numerous. The Duke of Richmond, president of the club, occupied the chair; and among those present we O sl bsrve ... (l the Hon ., urableH. W. WiLeon, Mr. P. Pusey, $. Smith Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Hillyard, Mr. Ellman, Mr. S nlitit (of Burle The business , Mr. Brandreth, Mr. S. Bennett. &c. t o of the day was almost exclusi‘ ely confined 4'Ot c u tine matters in c on n e xion with the club. Among r an nouncements made by the Secretary, Mr. B. T.randreth Gibbs, was one which appeared to give ver) geeer „ a', satisfaction, viz , that the committee had corn ' te ted a renewal of' the lease of the Baz tar with the pro tietor, and that the future exhibitions of the club for t ne years to come would take place in the very conve thitie, t, well arranged premises at present occupied for ia --4 , - eP tir Pose. The only ()Orr matter worthy of notice 5 '"c proceedings of the day was a notice of motion for reco nsideration of the prize sheet, with a view to car -3.4ng out some important alterations, both in the classi fication of the anAnals and the mode of feeding them. WssAte On this subject some discussion arose, but the motion ult' Tea imately agr ee d t o i t em. con. ordinary financial operations of the club having i ry ti n formally submitted to the meeting, the same were ►ote anitnously app rove d, an d t h e business closed with a , of thanks to the Noble Chairman, and to the secre -6 tar} l e d ' _Yr : 13. T. B. Gibbs, both of whom briefly acknow iiru the cumplitnent. tit th i : I , o Yal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived i n „, isazaar just as the proceedings of the above meet e exshiubitli terminated. for the purpose of inspecting h Hon on. The Duke of Richmond, accompanied be . W. Wilson, Mr. P. Pusey , M.P. and other t me't'ers of the committee, and attended by Mr. Gibbs, and hi s Royal Highness at the entrance of the yard, His 11 01 ,, i e , e ftpanied him round the several classes. . press io n seemed to agree with the general im %led ea as to the excellence of the present exhibition,n k e lp his 4 e h speci ally complimented the Duke of Richmond o near an hou r . After remaining in the exhibition ati. Highnessbed with Ro3 il left, apparently much gr llis his visit. Si \• i toYal Highness Prince George, accompanied by ine r y in . l ain Massey S tan l e y, visited the exhibition dur e afterno on. T he E ar l D e l awa rr, and the Hon. °tile r acl ','llio W es t, Vi scoun t Torrington, and several Th e " °u 'ernen were also present yesterday. sales of stock continue very dull. Qn THE DINNER seeke r p rid e THE la.Y evening the members of the club dined to- Th e t the Freemasons' Tavern. °t l the I ''s of Richmond occupied the chair, supported 1 4.1", - ,,, r ,,ight by the Earl of Warwick, Colonel Sibthorp, 1)42 ; , , -- General Wemyss, and on the left by Mr. 9 0 11 t ,7 4 „r., Mr. Frewen, M.P., and Mr. Brandreth. Wood f ` L uo at down, the company including Mr. John kr, j• n ken airman of the Customs), Mr. Samuel Webb, Plin a ; a n Webb, M r . W. Trinden Mr. Painter, Mr. ur eedel an d many other agriculturists and stock -631 -- 6 314 r th e usual loyal toasts had been proposed, fie result o l Il broke up, evidently much gratified with the f the meetn. Y„ P L ,„ SHANNON STEAM-PACKET. ' l 4 4tal on — "! l l, DEC. 10.—M os t of the passengers from an d Southampton in the Sh'tnnon steam-packet .uuk e ei e r ° ll Monday for Falmouth and Dublin by the kr ew. °J. Cornwall, Captain Kempston. The Rose, 6 -P t r° P ell er, has been taken up by the British and 7ere t°_ packet Company, and is expected to call 'to% th - uaY for the Falmouth and Dublin goods saved k ana e fire on board the Shannon. Mr. Astle, the fro% f; ng director of the company, arrived yesterday nPon the to superintend the arrangements consequent O n accident. ue 'daY, Mr. W. B. Cuming, Lloyd's surveyor, Pee au experienced shipowner, and Mr. Clark, the e_uhrannt.neuattrhAoyeadg,eannt,d made an official inspection of the 2 h re d °Q . The forward beams and flooring of her cabin her mainmast and aft pumps partially ! t ern, ' watt-hole was cut in the cabin floor near the \ho p , N itti '' here although the upper part of the cargo Vf e l f were uninjured 'by fire, the goods, which were th a e t red, had set tl e d near l y two f eet , i n conse quence f lirr ling of the forward and lower portion. The 2,,lffere,,raine bel ow h er water be ar i ng a pp ears to have g obli n 50 little that it is contemplated to take .her to Dai r i„ . (Wher e h er proprietors possess an extensive te giviti,„%estahlishment) for complete renovation, after fstitnat~Er a temporary repair Here. It is difficult to all the e n ti re cost of these repa i rs, b ut th e y cann ot de stro l l h short of' 1,000/ Her cabin furniture is partly T ht ?';( l , and t h e rema i n d er i n j ure d . 10 ,00 0 ;'unage to the cargo will, it is feared, range from gnod s to 15,0004 There is about 30 tons of wasted ric e ~,,t'a ta lly destr o y e d, compr i s i ng t e a, tobacco, coffee, P 'as. vet c h see d , fruit, hops, pimento, perfumery, a rY Clothi ng. stationery'', envelopes, elegantly bound s'ox a nd forei gn b oo k s , & c . Among the rest is a corltap.able o f h olding 12 bottles, on l y two o f which, thi s d rl ulg aqu a f ort i s, are perfect . S ome have imagineimaginedlttaringerous li qu i d to have or i g i nate d the fire, parti- Vtes Y t a ' no flame of any consequence appeared long `ialotija,' com mencement. Her cargo included three very Popli n, Le bales of raw yellow s ilk i n s k e i ns , f or an Irish larean,__, lnan ufactory, the w hole of which is considerably n ar r . ° , About 20 cas k s o f b ran dy an d w i ne f or Dub tp,o_ saved, and seven boxes, containing 2cwt. each of c harge valued at 5 ,0004, have been safely lodged in the ( 4 th e l i Mr. Affords, manager of the Plymouth b r an c h t 'onsi s jak of England. A large portion of the specie Pay of fourpenny pi ece s, destined f o r I re l an d, to 'wuttrers and others on the railway works: SPORTTIN TELLIGENCE, N AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. t, AThere were not i- more G C r the Derby, thal half a dozen speculators present r - LaY, and not a bet ma d e. . 8 to 1 was offered on the field and 50 to 1 C heAter Cup. LYTHAM CHAMPION In small sums en the field for the COURSING MEETING. after two This meeting commenced on Wednesday, and, . days' coursing, uue variety, and xampled for excellence, , t having quantity, terminated on Thursday evening, the fro ?eudered a division of the stakes indispensable,. The follow lug is an outline of the results • Mr. The Great Clifton Cup, 48 if; was divided between Craven's Canino, Mr. Temple': Topsail, Mr. Sampson's ier ?ewn, Mr. A. Graham's Conciliation, Mr. O'Grady's Y ?own, and Mr. Craven's Clarina. The T Mr. E. G albot Cup, 32 dogs, was divided between Blanches Heresy, Sir T. Heskett's Hope, Mr. Robinson's hind% a r. Coupe's Handy. Th e Mr. Ball's 1 Lytham Cup, 32 dogs, was divided between Darling, ~,r ee ae• Mr. E Taylor's Blue, Mr. Gardner's Grace ''''d Mr. Jebb's Christabel. 'pane Vete ran S takes, 24 dogs, were divided b etw een Mr. Mr. Jain kip Beauty, Mr. A. Graham's Sir Edward, . r. h ° : L ess Dress ma k er, Mr. Ely Hornby's Hill Coolie, M tillth's Topper. and Mr. Bake's Birdlime. o. yr,. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Lord Wi„, ,Yyndharn's hde. meet Wed., Mitchell Park, near certon's; Fri., Tortington Lodge-11%. i ll °r d Redesdale's hds., Wed., Bradwell Grove ; Fri., Bled t.°n Hall ; Sat., Blackheim. . ' hrrs.,Little Milton Emeline. .._ It oo e r r . k and Ainsty hds., Tues., Dringhouses ; Thurs., Pill )3' Sat, Skipwith Bridge-10%. *--40 48 Ws. Wed Hatton Conyen • Fri., Peppar Hall 1 4 , ~ , t i j rw erth hds., Tues., Northallerton ; Sat., Low Middleton. eeland hds., Thurs. Upleatliam-10; i . Lord Parker's hds., Tues. Thame Park; Fri., Cave End, .V . r. Drake's lidsTues.,' Soulden Gate ; Thurs., Chilton Vosg Sat., Warden Kennel. 11 1 4 Berkshire hds., Wed., Cokethorpe Park; Fri., Watch -. 4 ''''ijrNV,,•l:l•, Tues•;Bibury ; Thurs., Swindon; Sat., Crudwell. 443.1._. • L owndei's lids Sat., Stoke Hammond-11. - --yliscla •l ' " 111. orth • Broughton Farm "•••12. e s hrrs., Tues., assw , tor k ai el Elcho's lids,, Tues., Preston by Dunse ; Wed., West 111 118 `v ri., Haggerston ; Sat., Wordington-10%. 0 Dlir'„tson's lids., Wed., Linden ; Fri., Clifton-1 I : Ite eto 'u n ai County lids., Tues., Mainsworth ; Thurs., Lon g Rah, ',Fri., Great Stainton-10 1 / 9 . Id-10%. kr '' ""a., Wed., Windlestone • Fri, Walkerfie . Guide Itsaost---10%. " LI, Rothschild's staghds., Thurs., Wing-11. _ __ ziil. Brand'ston ds, Thurs. Sutton ; Sat., Brineton- 101 4 /'• B, I , Aa hds_,. Fri.' Broadwater-10i. u av 40 ~ Fri., Pelern 'Cross-10 lA. Clough. 11ciero4r,1,d,. Wed., Th p al • Sat., Capon's * ' tailestoo- -a ' ir e hds., Thurs. ra-w , ° Ruc'khall Wood; Sat., Fifth eon the Pro o , •i d-10i• , ev hds ,„ roe's-hill-road-10 s-ht -roa near ze dford - -.1 -'' urs , Crantield , Sat., Putnoe Farm, Peckerid4 toh I l • Tind all ge hds, ‘ir d. Quendon Street ; Sat., Walton-10i. big a lads., Thurs., Shortflatt Tower-10%. 11 Zin r. ee 's hds W d Village • Sat., Womwe , - -gston , e., Holbeton, Sir li e--10. -‘lo4 . e nrY Seal e ' s hds., 'rtes., Slapton Village; Sat., Brian North Si ~ Huish hrrs Wed B ckland Tout Saints; Fri., atm Gate -10. " " u SoUth s.. li or . Virold Hunt, Mon., Raithby by Louth ; Tue tL in g„.t°tl Mill ; Thurs Burgh ; Sat., Greenfield- 9i .. tee-",,Aent lads, Mon., " Elham Park ; Wed., Sellinge 4; F ri.' Swanton -1. DOW r• beacon's hrrs Wed., The Thorn, Roborough ' S 'h .% W h .' it-, S eeps Torr Village-10. law n Weigh hrrs., Mon., Knackereknowle ; Wed., ttendon Ball-10.. e therst 1 t Village Wed., 13h u . one Bridge'; Fr Cong es on u ttenton Fri., Muxtock Castle ; Sat., Cross 8 Toll Gate—ii. LORD - - - .uu SA E t LORD CHAMBERLAIN AND THE MINOR bee n 4 2 l !Es•—A correspondecce has for some time past loi h . 6 "leg on between the Lord Chamberlain and the a 'gets of some of the minor theatres in reference to ilordFr from the Lord Chamberlain against the recent eretton of prices of adunis.sion. Mr. Cooper, of the th e Y ." London Theatre, was told that if he persis - ed in to e duction of prices the Lord Chamberlain would h. "e, and M r . Cooper consequently closed the house. Inanagers say that it is unfair to interfere with them li, e n the dramatic performances at saloons and other of Itstsd places are left uncontrolled. with the power also Nv a selli ng wines and spirits. The last communication Pl letter from the Lord ChamberlaWauffice. desiring 'Y bills 'rum all licensed places to be sent there every 4.k. A on AL ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAy.- ; 4.1": rvednPsday an inquest was held at the Hall Car jot,l, Sheffield, before Mr. T. Badge, On the body of s pointstnan in the employ of the Midland rl;ii,-aYeoliipanv. It appeared from the evidence that Tay morning last an engine was returning from ereeuth he new tunnel which unites the Midlands the Sheffield and Manchester lines. The engine hail god wh e (I wtt to the point opposite the Hall Carr Hotel. frlckeeast-d stepp,d across to uncouple the tender e . s. _ the luggage trucks, and ill so doing his head was 4tught between the buffers, and his skull was completely n, t " h ' - d, %bleb of course caused instant, death. It wa. , "ree,,ed's duty to uncouple the carriages, as the Plen ty p h the propi-r p194,:5! to do * so. T___he-re . was Qom ; tunnel at the tame. Verchet 7 - k Accident:lgde 40 1 - . HAMBURGH MAIL. FRONTIERS OF GALICIA, Nov. 28.—1 t is affirmed in Cracow, th.tt Russia writ obtain r , m Austria great com mercial advantages, with !aspect to its commerce with Cracow. Cracow has obtained the right to establish in future -magazine of goods, the produce of the States of the Union. From this circumstance, it may be conjec tured that the earnmercial r. lations of Cracow and Pod gorze. where the population loses its privileges, stipus lated by the act of the Vienna Congress, in consequence of the incorporation of Cracow, will be regulated by a separate convention. In the rest of Galicia tranquillity everywhere prevails ; but the nobles and peasants are animated by the tries' deadly hatred to each other. The nobles are, in the most literal sense of the expression, beside themselves at the incorporation of Cracow. CRACOW, Nov. 30. —The greatest vigilance appears now to be ex- rcised in respect to travellers. At the barrier which they had to pass, on the way to the Prussian frontiers, the diligence was yesterday stopped by an Austrian police officer. The diligence was sur rounded by soldiers, the passengers obliged to alight, and to follow the police officer into a room of the Cus tom-house. Here their papers were demanded, and mi nutely examinel. A Pole, in whom the police officer thought he recognised the person whom he sought, was arrested. We afterwards learned that, some days ago, the Prussian diligence was stopped, not however at the barrier, but at the last stage before Cracow, likewise by• a police officer, but on that (evasion no one was arrested. STocKHOLM, Nov. 28.--The Aflonblad corrects, to day, some part of the statements in the account given by itself, and other papers, relative to the circumstances of the attempt of Von Platen. It was not Col. Beyron, but an artillery officer, who wrested the first pistol out of the hands of the madman. The King himself came ,just at the time when the assassin was surrounded and arrested by the guard ; and as soon as his Majesty was convinced that no person was injured, he immediately retired to his apartment, leaving the further investiga tion to the War Department, and an hour afterwards took airing in a droschki. The King had declined to receive several deputatipns, which the elders of the citizens, and some other corporations, intended to send to him, because no personal danger had occurred to him in that affair. STOCKHOLM, DEC. I.—The day before yesterday their Majesties, with the Duke of Upland and the Princess Royal, visited the theatre, where, after the first act, the national hymn was called for; and again at the close of the performance, and sung amid enthusiastic exclama tions of " God save the King." For some days past the snow has been sufficiently deep for sledges ; and we learn, from all quarters, even from the west coast, that the cold winter weather has fairly set in. In the very industrious seaport town of Gefle, a new society has been formed, in which the citizens of all ranks are invited to concur in deliberating on " pro moting the principles of free trade." BERLIN, DEC. 2.—The German powers of the second rank are said to be in part very unfavourable to the in ( orporation of Cracow. (With respect to Bavaria the conduct of the Bavarian papers, the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung indeed excepted, seems to confirm this conjec ture.) A Berlin correspondent of the Weser Gazette, which had reported that the negotiations for the incorporation of Cracow had been conducted at St. Petersburgh, b' the Prince of Prussia, now affirms that that Prince took no share whatever in the negotiations for the incorpora tion of Cracow. and had even manifested an opposition with re,pect to this question. LEIPSIC, DEC. 3.—The principal merchants here on the firs information of the changes of Cracow, made representation to the Government, concerning the in terests of the trade of Saxony. The Government had already taken steps in conformity with these representa tions. The business done with Cracow at our fairs has greatly diminished, and it is probable that it will not exceed in manutaetured articles one million. BERLIN, DEC. 3.—We understand that the superior authorities are engaged on the means of regulating the relations of the Catholic, Evangelical, and of the Jewish dissenters. Legal measures in this respect may be very shortla expected. MUNICH, DEC: 3.—lt has lately been announced in several papers that the intended notice of the termina tion of the treaty of the 2d March, 1841, between Eng land and the Z 'therein States, has bten chiefly occa sioned by a Government of southern Germany. We can confirm, on the most unquestionable authority, the accuracy of this view. The preparatory measures are so far advanced that the official notice may be given within four weeks. Newport& Abergavenny 2% Newry and Enniskillen 7 -- Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor OO 5 Norfolk ..• 100 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension Northern Counties Union 2IA l% North British ... ... ... 25 Do. Half Sh ams Do. Fifths Do. Quart ers _1 5 % 15. •• • ..... 14 3 : 34 Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 —•-• 3 % Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (i ss d . 5 d i s.) 45 Do. Quart er Sh ares... 12% — 8 Do. New ......• ......... I North Staffordshire 5 ...... 81 44% North Wales .. ........ 3% _.— • Northern and. Southern North Western. .......... 2% — Oxford, p ox C r f t oornmdn Portsmouth ucti Wolverhamptonn Worcester,gi p tn i re. Direct...,,. t and .a . . tt. . .. d. 1 3 72 : 5 : 1-2 N . Roystonßl Richmond iecC Prestonah d h mi Cheltenham..,. e ,a n nG h du a I m iivd f . ; or . r . e d i . and ... I % 4 1 ,:; 25 Do. % Shares ......... 6% Reigateo id n n dc l n eoo. n d . iiv i t :ll s . r i a .. : ii i i rc i te :: e h . : j.e . n el :in s. . .tnifeo!, Shares... : . 10041 11 12, 25 1 L; .. . ......... . . . . . . . . . . . 74 4 Scottish Midland ......... 12% •• S S e4 h Dp e t o fl o t . i . j e: •• * Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Shrewsbury and Birth... 3 .... Shropshire Uni on ...... 42& 44 dim ...... **" •• • Shrews., W o l ver h amp., &S. Staffordslf. , Tans. 21/ - South Devon... ~,• . ... 40 — South StaffordshireJunc.. 2% -,outh Eastern & Dover. 33% Do., No. 1........ .. .... 20 Do., Na . 2 ............ 12 Do., No. 3 ............ 1.5 ' — ..... ••• - •••• Do., No. 4 ............ 2% — ••• ..... "*" ' St.Alban's, Hatfield,sind Hertford Junction ... 425. Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% South Wales ... .. ..... ... 5 ... N .— .....• .• • • Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 ' ....., ... ...... .. Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ...... 1 Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 ..... Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 22%...... ... — Warwick and Worcester 423. f.... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 ...... Waterford and Limerick 22% Waterld,Wxfrd,Wickl w , •.• and Dublin Wexford, 1r aterford, and V alentia - Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 ...... -- welsh Midland West Riding Union 423. ...... -•-• West Cornwall Nexford and Carlow - "' mouth York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 ...... .. York and Newcastle. . .. . .. Ditto New 5 ...... 12 Do. Preference 'ork and North Midland 50 ...... Ditto 1 ,4 Shares ..... ... 25 Do. Selby 4O ...... Do. Extension 2O ...... 384% 38 Ditto, Preference ...... 2 ...... 124 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... ..-• Barbadoes • 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 21 4 ...... Boulogne :Ind Amiens... 16 ...... 1314 ..•• Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) . 2 .... Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Callao,llr 1) Lima,ou r . a . . n . . d . p . . a . c . . i . ft . c . 73. .... . . _. and COMM R (JAL NEWS. MONEV ?he Sun of Se ,tutda The sales of y (From lotto n at LiT'l ?001Yes'.erday were 22,000 `l3tl 7* to We re both taken on bales. Surat ttn""". rates . bh . Ires were somewh a t speculation at ad, firmer. at Liver p oo l t hi s wee k h ave Th e sales of cott, '3l vaer IS s till d ue . am T o h u e nt G ed re t a o t t v 2 v l, es o t o e o ro lb m st r)lrectorr ; gl s a o nd have diminished th e %xtent e again this week , and i w s t T u h e h i s o e o ß f a a notes to Eg tonht m •oulat ion h as b een circum scribed to the extent of abt 'lit 350,0001, althou g h the bullion has increased nea r l y f ,0001. Is this pr e p a r a • i the el, tory to making money scarcer ti and raising the terms for accommodation in Threadnee fie street? The features in the return from the 28tt tdt. to the sth inst. are briefly these: — Notes ssued .... Decreas 9 ...... ••• • • • Rest decrease ....... .• Other Deposits increase ••• Public Deposits increase ..•••••••.. Seven Day and other Bills cres t s e Other Securities increase.... Notes increase NEW ARRANGEMENT OF POST- OFFICE SALARIES. Within the last few days, and since the introduction of Mr. Rowland Hill to the control of the executive de partment at St. Martin's-le-Grand, several valuable im provements in the way of new arrangements have been made with respect to salaries in the executive depart ment of the Post-office. On Saturday a deputation of the stampers in the es tablishment mi t Mr. Robert Smith, the superintendent president of the London District Department, for the purpose of representing to that gentleman the claims of this class of mini, who stated to him that their scale of pay was far below the slim to which they were entitled in consideration of the duties they were compelled to perform. Mr. Smith entirely agreed with the nature of the petition presented, but still he thought it would be better if the applicants made no mention of the decision granted by her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury with re ference to the General Post office, lest the comparison might appear invidious. The men consequently agreed to withdraw their memorial for the purpose of amending it. 2.1 r. Smith stating that if they did so, he would forward it to Mr. Rowland Rill, who now has complete control over such matters. After thanking the superintending president for his kindness and urbanity, the deputation withdrew. During the last few days several applications to Mr. Hill have been made by the different officers of the de partment for an advance of pay. The claims of the clerks have been admitted, and a new scale provided and accepted, of a most liberal character, by the Lords of the Treasury. The following are the terms agreed to :—Each clerk, upon his appointment, is to receive 801. per annum ; at the end of three years' servitude ten pounds per annum more are to be paid ; and so on for every successive three years, until th e o ffi, er , by v i r t ue of servitude an d seniority, is entitled to 4501. per annum. We are glad to state that a similarly liberal scale is pro posed for all the other classes in the establishment, and that the new scale throughout the department will take effect from the sth of January, 1847. It is understood that the claims of the London district post letter carriers will be considered in the course of the ensuing week. £28,269,105 44,440 47,764 285,132 164,928 3,128 290,390 76,555 Bullion Decrease 15,002,873 5,259 The transfer books being nc tvvclosed, there is but little scope for business in the E! tglish securities, and the market is dull. The New Tree-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 96 to ; and th e `Three per Cents. 94k-. Bank Stock is worth 206 k 20 7 ; and India Stock 258. Exchequer-bills have been 11, s• .to 14s. premium, being well supported. The Foreign Bonds i l ntve be en quite neglected. Mexican are at 231 for the A ctives, and the Small Bonds have been rnarkei 24. Span ivh Stock is nominal, and Portuguese is called only .30 6 ) 371, at which rates, however, there have been no Liktr gains. Brazil Bonds are 87. Shares are steady this =mini ;, but with limited sales or Th PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. 0' CLOCK Bank Stock ......... ...... ..... 2C E; 4 /. 207 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 9 pm New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 9 V.i Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 1 la Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Stock 258 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1 1 ,ld. ... 11 - 14 p 14 p I &to, 5001 Ditto. Small .. 11, l4 ;-- p 14 p nrE CLOSINt, RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 0' C CE ••• LOCK PRIS Brazilian Bonds 87 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ..... 95% 95% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account . Ditto Small Russian Bonds • ••••• CLOSIN G TRICES. 207 94% 96% 9 7 / g 9 11-16 258 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCI ETY OF ENGLAND. . . - On Saturday the annual meeting of the members of 1 1 this society was held in the society's rooms. Hanover square ; the E arl of E g remont, president, in the chair, ' supported by. Sir H. Price, (;art., Sir J. Godrell, Bart. Messrs. Pusey , M.P.. Brampton, M.P. , Hobbs, Barker, Smith, Kinder. and Hylyard, the Rev. R. James, Colonel Austen, :M.P., Colonel Challoner, &c. Mr. JAMES HUDSON read the report, w h ic h , after de tailing the succ,s. fill progress of the soc.stating that the Duke f Novinimberland and td enlarhe Marquis theof D owns hire, and Maj or Curteis, M.P., haged prizes for reports and essays on agricultural subject., announced that during the past half-year 302 been 789 had new mem bers had been el-cted, 56 had died, and struck off by order of the council. The society con sisted of 89 life governors, 201 annual governors. 587 life members, 5,532 annual members, and 20 honorary members ; 6.429. The stock in the funds was 7,0001 ; and the cash at the bankers' amounted to 1,3951 . ; the arrears due by members, from 1843 to 1846, inclusive, figured 5.3751. Upon the motlon of Colonel AUSTEN, M.P., the re port was ad .pled, and the meeting shortly afterwards separated. 23% 1 4 24 111% 23 1 A 24 11!1e Ditto, Account lll4 1114 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account ..... ... Dividends on the above pa: 'able in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certifioates 92 %4% 92% PRICES or PAI D. BITS EN "ESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ON) : O'CLOCK. PRICE,. wen:teen Amber.. Not., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2:', ii 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush. . ...... 1% -- -Belfast & County Down 4% - - Birmingham andnudley 425...... - - ,•••• • ..... Birmin. and Gleucester..loo l') 6: Ditto New 17% - - Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2% . Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 225. -- Bristol and Exeter 75 - Ditto, New Bristol andiGloucester... 30 ....... Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 2 1 4....... -- Buckinghamshire ualedonian ' all l2 Ditto Half Shares...... Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s CROYDON A TMOSPIIER IC.—The frost , which set in so very suddenly, cauittig the chermom! ter to sink from 40 to 25 degree:; between Saturday and Sunday, created douhtr as to whether the trains could continue to run, with the same regularity as bofore. The trains (thirty six daily) are still runni ng , an d so f a r as th , trial h as yet pine, the sealing composition is sa id to have serv ed its purpose. The mercury regi s t ere d as :ow as 24 de gryes on TueM , y week. • hester and Holyhead... 27% .— Claurnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltenham and Oxford 2 - • ••• Clarence lOO ..• Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 .. Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO Clydesdale J unction.. 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages - Cork and Killarney - Cork and Waterford :omwall Ditto, Half Shares - Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. J unc. 2% - - Direct Northern - - - - - EAST AND \V EST YOUICSEIDIE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Saturday last, the remaining portion of this line along with the branch of the Leeds and Thirsk line from Star Beck to Ktiaresborough. was let to Messrs. Wilson and Be►,son, contractors and masons, Knares borough, upon very favourable terms for the shareholders. This portion includes the tunnel under the town, and bridge over the river Nidd. The works upon the eastern portion of thsi line are in active progress.—Leeds UirectNorwich Dublin and BelfastJunc 12% — • Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 - Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 'o:astemCounties 141. 16s. 2 2 3 / 4 Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d Ditto ditto. N 0.1.. 61. 13t .i 1 Do., York Extension.. 2 EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 ~ astern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 8N • Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17 , 8 — ......... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2;./ 2 East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... .. 5 ...... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 — East Lincolnshire . 1 1 4 -- 174 2 r4,ast & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...• • • Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,E • Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — •• Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 13% 58 13% Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 ,E — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 4 — Glasgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New .. 15 Do., Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ......... 12% — Goole, Doncaster, kc. .. 2 ...... Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2%...... . Great South. and West. __ (Ireland) Great Munster ... 2%....•. Great North of Scotland 2 th...... ireatNorthof England..loo Ditto New 5 — Ditto, New Ditto, New . l% — Great Wester:. B5 Ditto 1 h Shares Ditto 4 Shares lO Ditto Fifths 2O Ditto, New . 2 — Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby 5O Do. Half Shares Ditto 14 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% Do., do., and Norwich 2;¢ `2% 1 / Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Jo. New Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedfird... 225. ...... Leeds, Dewsbury &c.... 22% _ 211 Mercury. DEXTEROUS ROBBERY IN A BANK.-.-011 Wednes day last a clerk of Messrs. Munn and Co., the well known commission agents in Manchester, went to Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.'s bank, and presented a cheque for payment. He received in payment ten 51. notes and the remainder in gold. As the notes were first tendered him, he put them into an outside pocket of a Chesterfield coat, and whilst he was holding a purse into which the clerk at the bank was to put in the gold, some dexterous knave or other having seen Messrs. Munn's clerk so carelessly deposit them, contrived, whilst the gold was being put into the hag, to extract the whole of the Si. notes, wth which he got clear off. FALL OF A. BRIDGE ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY.— A serious accident occurred on Tuesday night by the falling of a bridge on the Wymondhatn and Dereham branch of the Norfolk Railway, which has jeopardised the lives of about a dozen men. This line was opened for goods traffic on Monday last, and about three miles from the Wymondham station, in the parish of Kimberley, the seat of Lord Wo , lehou,e, there is a bridge over the rail-say. This bridge - was con,idered not to be safe, a sinking haviio taken Otte.. in one of the buttresses; and Mr. M. , -rritt, the , tth e , e.tr...ct-r. was ordert.d to takt it down. 10 removlne ir, +.ho men ,ere kept at work it fc.r dark, :11111 1 0 :iff,rti them tight two fires , were kept burnititt twos, tf eci own ,if the bridge. Late at night, 3% 53% 9% 87 R 2 2% 18% 7% 44 - 53% 24 75 1 4 Do., Branch (13lue) ... ~4 _ Do. Extension(Green) 2% •• ••• Leeds and Thirsk ......... 17% 15%. • Ditto, New ............. 5 ••• Lpool., Mnchstr & N ew castle Junction ...... 2% ...... L .ndon and Bla.ckwall. 161. 13i. 4d. Do. New ............... ... .. •• ••• „ Ditt o Extension . .... 71/2•••••• - .. ......... .. ::: London, Brighton, and South Coast ..... - ..... 50 .. .. W4' 3 Ditto, Fifths .........40 ...... Do. Consul. Eighths.. 10 Do. G,:arant. 5 ver ct. 9 - London andGresnwich 1211554 d Do. Prderance ...ISt 17s 2d ...... London, Hotuislow, and Western ............ ... 2 London and N. Westernloo 193 •• ..... • , ••• ..... 193 2 Do. Quarters .. ....... D D D i o o t . .tO i s F o ift . s , hNhaserwes...;..... J . ......; 2 2 5 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 40 8 ...... Do ...... Do . . 101. ( (M. & B.) A. 5 ...... 1 21 / Do. 10/. (51. & B.) 13. 5 ...... Do. 101. (51. & B.) C 1 ...... London, Oxford, and 15% 58% . , Coast. 1 .. ... ••• Central. of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon .. . .. .... ss. Demerara 2% ~, 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... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 .. Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 1 1 4 1,4 Jersey 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 1 ,E North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon ~;.• 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ...... .... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O — Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 4 1 ,4 Strasbourg and Bale .. • 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic ..... fours and Nantes Con stituted .. Tournay, Jurbise, 'Au den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad ......... 21 , West Flanders ......•••• 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ............... 40 London Joint 5t0ck ...... 10 - ••• ...... ••• • • National of 1re1and...... 221 - ••""' ......•• 14 3 % 74% 12% from the removal of to o chief supprters, the reuudning part of th.• e.ll in, aori al4Out a d zen men, who were at work upon it. tall also into the line beneath, and were mingl4 d with the ruins and fires. Great conru , ion and alarm existed, and several of the men, when extri cated, were found to be seriously bruised and burnt. The paniei found to be seriously hurt were taken to \lr. Rudram's, of limberi7y-hill Lodge, belonging to Lord Wodehouse, where all possible attention was paid them, and there is a hope that none of the injuries sus tained will pr ye fatal. MINES. Cheltenham Long. & S.Western 411 0 10d...... 63 ............... Do. New Consol. Bths 40 ...... -- ........... "*. Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 ndon and York 2% 2% .•••• Do. Extension 5% 4 1 4 5 3 / 4 2% London and Windsor . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &C;ilerain l5 ......... Londonderry and Ennis killen ...... 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Derehain l 5 Nfanchester and Leeds 82 Ditto tb Shares Do. ()neuters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteentlii . 7' 44 Do. Extensioii 42s. — p Do. Liverp and Bury 24 D. eV. Fifths ... 1 Man,the•ster.Liuxton,and • 16 3 / 4 481 A 6% 36% 15 3% 1% 12% 7% - P 28% - 414 Matlock 425....... p --- P Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ....:. 1 1 ,i, PA Midland lOO 12 6 1 ,2 127........ 128 Do. Fifths 2 — Do. New Ditto, New 31 1 6 12 1 4 17% 13% TATION RENrnEw.—Colonel HEPRESI.-- _ Caldw, e t Nle.nber 01 Par h mont fur Ow c,,unty of P.nfeew• in tile room of the late P. M. Ste \A, 4. .used. Them vr tu no opposition. Glasgow Courier of Thursday. % 4% 12 1 0 1/1 ..... 5% 44 1;i,4 - 5% 15 1 4 22 THE SAN, LO. !i_ri.)ON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER LITERATURE. BENTLEY'S STANDARD NOVELS, No. CIL Belford Regis; or, Sketches of a Country Town. By Miss Milford. The series of re-publications of what are termed " standard" novels, is a valuable addition to our lite rature, furnishing, as it does, a collection of the best works of modern fiction, in a convenient and attrac tive form, and at a very moderate price. It is valua ble, moreover, as tending to place such works within reach of the generality of r.2aders. The volume be. fore us contains Miss Mitford's " Belford Regis," a work peculiarly adapted for such a series, because it is calculated, both as regards manner and matter, to afford interest and entertainment to the extensive audience to which its reduced price will now give it introduction. These " Sketches of a Country Town" form a companion work to the deservedly popular work entitled " Our Village." Like it, their chief characteristic and great charm consists in their ex treme truthfulness and close adherence to nature. 'I h") whole appears not a work of fiction, but a chronicle of facts, narrated in the most simple and natural manner possible. In the preface, the authoress most emphatically assures us that she has avoided all indi vidual portrait painting, and that not one word of her sketches must be believed from beginning to end. Such an assertion was indeed necessary for so life-like are all the characters, and so probable all the incidents, that we could readily believe the whole volume to be a cor rect description of the men and manners of her own "country-town." Yet if Miss , Mitford's assertion be correct, if her book contain nothing of the vrai, it is at least vraisemblable—if its heroes "exist only in its pages," they are characters such as most certainly might have existed; if they are not portraits, they might have been ; and herein lies their great attrac tion. For instance, when we regard with wondering admiration the master-pieces of art where the figures seem to live and breathe upon the canvas, what is it that elicits that wonder and admiration ? Is it the beauty of the features, the grace of the figure, the magnificence of the apparelling ?—No, but the ex pression which beams upon those features, the motion visible in that figure, the folds in which the drapery falls—it is not the symmetry otthe form but the life which animat es it. Real living-beings are before us, yet we are told the painting is purely imaginative— granted, yet it is true nevertheless. The picture itself may be ideal, but its component parts are real; and even in the combination, reality has been studied. Individuals may not have been copied, but nature has been followed—portraits have been taken, "not of the man, but of mankind." So it is with works' of fiction (so called) their adherende to nature is their greatest merit, and it is this adherence to nature for which Miss Mitferd's works are chiefly conspicuous. The heroes and heroines of her " sketches,' taken separately, have each an individual char ac t er , clearly defined; while in portraying the various groups in which they are mingled, or in chronicling the adventures in which they take part, by a careful attention to trifling minutiae, by the introduction of numerous descriptions, short anecdotes, awl' appar ently irrelevant particulars, an air of probability is given to the whole, a general impression of truth is conveyed—in the same way as the faithful delinea tion of every trifling object in the back-ground invest the pictures of Wilkie with such an air of reality. The sketches contained in this volume are of varied character—varied as regards matter, for the same easy natural manner pervades them all, We have descrip tions of the town itself, and of its principle inhabi tants from the " Belles of the ball-room," and " the absent member," down to " Mrs. Tomkins, and the Chessemonger," and Stephen Lane, the butcher," the most interesting individual in the whole book. Stephen Lane is a conspicuous character in Belford, conspicuous by his gigantic appearance, good heart, and love of Radicalism and Reformers—" all the Tories hated Mr. Lane." "With that vast breadth of chest and limb assigned, So oft to men who subjugate their kind." He " pushed broad-shouldered on " at the head of the Reformers of Belford, denounc• ing every municipal abuse, and encounter& ing very determined opposition. He had a hard and desperate struggle to maintain, he found (as all reformers must find) how strong is the force of old estcblished evil. However he prospered, he was himself "invested with a little brief authority" as parish overseer, and then being placed in a situation to carry out his own plans, he found (as many a minister has done before) how much more difficult it is to practise than to preach. The difficulties of the good butcher are excellently well described, as are also the many traits of his generosity and good heartedness. But not only are the characters of the townspeople of Belford given ; the volume is rendered more interesting by the relation of many of their his tories, and those of strangers who had visited them; of the latter are "The old Emigre" and the " Young Sculptor," perhaps the most beautiful of all the sketches, both somewhat mournful, but both full of feeling and full of interest. CHRISTMAS in the OLDEN TIME, or the WAS SAIL BOWL. By John Mills. The name and appearance of this little volume are quite in keeping with the season. There is some thing attractive in the title, bringing before us, as it does, the general festivities which were once wont to celebrate Christmas—the gathering in the great hall, the performance of time-hallowed ceremonies, the unaffected mirth, the contagious hilarity—above all, the truly Christmas custom (alas now transient in duration) the mingling together of rich and poor, of high and low, with neither pride on the one hand, nor fear on the other, to raise an impassable barrier be tween them ; " The heir, with roses in his shoes, - That night might village partner choose. Christmas gambols oft could cheer The poor man's heart for half the year." To chronicle the doings of such a time, we could hardly desire a more fitting writer than John Mills, not only because in his " Old English Gentleman," and other works, be manifests a great partiality for old customs—old English customs—but because his writings are more or less filled with kindly and gene rous sentiments, and pervaded in a genial and sym pathetic tone, indispensable requisites for a Christ mas book. Consequently, in taking up this little volume, we felt assured that its contents would be as much in accordance with its name as is the cheerful hue of its gold-be decked binding, or the green holly wreath wound around the title-page—nor in this re spect have we been disappointed, although from some defects in the construction of the tale, our ex pectations have not been wholly realised. The au thor has avowedly had two objects in view, he wished to give us a Christmas moral tale, and also to exhibit " the sports and pastimes of the olden time at this festival period of the year." Both objects are excel lent in themselves, but they have not been well interwoven, or rather they have not been inter woven at all. The book commences and concludes with a description of a Christmas festival in olden times, and the moral tale is introduced only as a story narrated at this same festival, and the fact of its narrator being also its hero, somewhat diminishes from its romance. Nevertheless, the story itself is good enough, and conveys a good moral lesson, il lustrating, by an only too common example, the rapid progress of crime, and the fact of one fault, however trivial its nature, leading the way to many of a far more serious character. An indugtrious and virtuous youth, first indulging in harmless recreation at the alehouse, is gradually led astray by the cor rupting influences of intemperance and evil company, till his character and situation gone, he is reduced to beggary, turns poacher, and is led to the very brink of crime. The moral of this tale is most obvious ; the interest is somewhat heightened by slight touches of the supernatural, but this very ad dition, which is intended to render it more of a Christmas tale, somewhat diminishes its effect, because it invests it with an air of improbability. Not that we object to the introduction of super natural agents (in such a - tale) but only to the manner of their introduction. Part of the story is a dream, and part a very incredible reality, but so con fused is the distinction between the two, that we con clude the book without hardly knowing which is which. The poachers adventures are narrated with much force and vigour; here Mr. Mills is in his element. The scene in which they are betrayed into an ambush of gamekeepers, and %%here, although sur rounded by the enemy, they, by a bold move, escape from ruin, is very vividly portrayed, and is full of interest. The style of the whole volume is very simple and unaffected ; • the dialogues are natural and truthful ; and suggestive reflections are occa sionally to be met with ; among others, on a man observing that he " can't " do a thing proposed, he is answered, " Can't! pshaw ! Man can do more than he ever has done, and will, when he thinks he can." And again—" Unless we profit by our sufferings, un less the pains and penalties with which the past be chequered teach us to avoid that rock-ribbed shore where so many human hopes and joys are wrecked and shattered, of what avail are they ? Trials and heart-aches are not ordained for the mere purposes of temporary anguish ; but as impressions from the hand of stern experience, in tended to warn the wayfarer from the hidden shoal and quicksand. " He who heeds them not must perish." When the evil spirit under the guise of a friendly stranger stands at the elbow of the unfortunate hero urging him to further sin, he tells him that he has only come to him because he has been summoned— summoned not by mysterious incantations, but by " unheeded warnings, broken resolutions, repeated crimes, and postponed repentance, which are, all and each, welcomes." " Men's tongues oftener conceal their thoughts than give expression to them," he con tinues, "and, therefure, in words I put little trust. It* is by their works I judge whether my presence be desired or not." In his description of Blindman's Buff, Mr. Mills his plagiarised (almost to the very r selection and arrangement,of the expressions) from a passage in the "Christmas Carol" of Boz—where old Scrooge is carried by the spirit of the present to the drawing-room of his nephew. As inculcating virtue and good fellowship this little book is right welcome : it will not detract from the fame which the author has already acquired by his "Old English Gentleman." ,ITHE ILLUSTRATED MUSICAL ALMANACK. Edited by F. W. - IV. Bayley. Cheapness has latt er l y b ecome so essential in lite rature that an extraordinary number of publications have been issued so ephemeral in character, so mere tricious in a pp earance, and so meagre in talent as to threaten the deterioration of public taste. This is lamentably apparent in those productions which may be styled "seasonable." Annuals, almanacks, Christ mas stories, Easter offerings, and the like, are espe cially remarkable in this particular. There is so much competition nowadays in the book trade as well as elsewhere that a vast nu mber of periodicals have been palmed upon the people having no higher claim upon attention -than showy decorations, evanescent merits, and moderate price. It is refreshing, therefore, when anything appears possessing intrinsic excellence as well as external beauty—real ability as well as posi tive cheapness—elegance as well as novelty. " The Musical Almanack" is an exquisite production. Without any puffing, without any adventitious as sistance, without a vain glorious announcement of any description, it has been published, and its extra ordinary amount of talent must necessarily ensure for it every success. Its lavish embellishments by the first draughtsmen and its musical compositions by th e first composers o f the day, demand the very highest praise. Among the illustrators are —Pbiz (the inimitable Hablot Knight Browne), Kenny Meadows (the Shaksperian),. Doyle Weigel], Hine (the most comical of , the caricaturi-ts in outline,) Hammerton, Warren, and Crowquill. Among the musical composers are—Balfe, Wallace, Alexander Lee, Crouch, Hatton, and Florimel. With such contributors, guided by the enterprising origi nator of the publication, Mr. F. W. N. Bayley, it is not surprising that " The Illustrated Musical Al . manack " is immeasurably beyond anything of a similar kind hitherto produced. Taking the songs in succession :—" Her Heart is the Prize I will gain ;" written, in four sharps, by Florimel, is a sprightly and agreeable air, with an accompaniment of most appropriate simplicity, The embellishment by "Phiz" is right fanciful, from the centre group, where the gallant is pledging the health of his mistress in a bumper, to every separate figure in the margin. " The Lay of the May," by Wallace. This charming song, in A flat, is daintily conceived. Throughout the music is most happily illustrative of the words, and both are graceful, almost beyond measure, The concluding bars of the first verse are a felicitous adaptation of the idea : " Oh, laugh at the winter gone ! Mine is a melting eye, Smiling at frost till its heart is lost, And its ice goes weeping by." In the concluding verse again there is a freshness and delicacy which is imbued with the very essence and spirit of May. The engraving of "May," by Kenny Meadows is a masterpiece. " I then will breathe my vow," by Hatton, a love song in G major, beginning with an allegretto movement, possesses no marked originality, but is singularly pleasing nevertheless. " Love and Prayer," in B flat, by Balfe, may be almost regarded as a sister melody to " The light of other days." The pathos for which the former writings of our eminent composer are so geneL rally remarkable, is the pervading characteristic of the present, and the words themselves by F. W. N. Bayley, are fraught with sentiment. The most exquisite ballad in the collection, however, the gem of the entire book—the picture by Phiz—the poetry by Bayley—the music by Crouch—is "My Heart will be broken for Erin." This is written in three sharps, commencing dolce, espressivo, as the very title itself would suggest. Every break, every note, every pause, has a beauty of its own ; they seem to be the veritable utterances of a breaking heart. The abrupt swelling and falling of the melody, the transition from force to feebleness, from the crescendo to the piano, from the lamentavole to the declamato, from the espressivo to the lamentavole again, ar: all done with i nfinite art, and yet, be it said, with infinite nature. Crouch has, if possible, exceeded all our expectations in this delicious ballad; he has given us here a companion to his " Kathleen Mavourneen," that song which, deli vered in a musical voice and uttered by Irish lips, has such a ravishing melody. " Hearts may warm the winter," by Alexander Lee, in the key of D major, is doubly welcome, first as an addition to the many , delightful compositions of Lee, and, secondly, as pe culiarly appropriate to this festive and domestic season. The frontspiece, by that distinguished artist, " Phiz," entitled " Love is a Sly Boots," is the most highly finished drawing we re member to have met with from his pencil. Without any disparagement to his confreres, it is immeasur ably the best illustration in the almanack. Those who only know " Phiz " through his masterly little etchings to the works of Charles Dickens, will be amazed at the exceeding grace and delicacy of this drawing;` the grouping is admirable; the counte nance of the damsel with the white plume in her hat is beautiful—no wonder love is a sly-boots! It would be ' impossible to do justice to the profusion of facetious embellishments and fanciful conceits scat tered over the pages, both by the draughtsman and the editor, without encroaching to an impossible ex tent upon our columns. We must allude, however, to the extravagant caricature of the Prime Minister and Sir Robert Peel, the former being represented as squalling at the highest pitch of his voice, "Robert, toi que faime !" The preservation of the likeness upon the distorted face is one of the drollest things imaginable. Mr. F. W. N. Bayley merits every commendation for the admirable manner in which he has performed the very arduous duties of editorship. The almanack would be cheap at six times its price. It is the most beautiful and valuable gift book for 1847 yet published. WHAT GENnTs Is.—A. disorder which, like the pearl in the oyster, destroys the possessor, while it en riches others.—Library of Secrets and Wrinkles. NOVEL SPORT.—OnTriday week, as two gentle men were proceeding along the road from Avoch to Fortrose, their attention was arrested by observing the fins of a large fish which was swimming slowly within a few yards of the shore. Having examined the object more closely, they were persuaded that it was a marine visitor of no ordinary size. One of the party, fortunately, had a gun with him, and advancing cautiously to the water's edge, discharged both barrels, wounding the fish severely on the back. A powerful Newfoundland dog that accompanied the gentlemen, then sprang into the water and seized the fish by the tail, when a furious struggle took place—both combatants disappearing re peatedly ; at last, however, the dog succeeded in drag ging his antagonist towards dry land, when, to the as tonishment of the observers, it proved to be a fox shark, or thrasher, upwards of five feet in length, and supposed to be a year old. As a proof of the tenacity of life possessed by the shark it may be mentioned that, notwithstanding the wounds received from the gun and the dog, it evinced signs of life for nearly an hour after being taken to Avoch. There was another of this vora cious tribe taken at Chanonry Point by Mr. Hogarth's fishermen about three weeks ago. It correwonded in size to the one above-mentioned.—lnverness Courier. EFFECT or RAILWAYS.—On Thursday the Bedford coach, which for above half a century has run on th.• road between London and Bedford, with harness, horse-, &c., was disposed of by auction. The coach was given up on account of the opening of the railway from the London and Birmingham line to Bedford. There were 40 horses belonging to the coach. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BLACICFRIARSBRIDGE.— On Friday an accident of a serious nature took place. ) by which the life of a youth named Michael Malsager, aged 15 years, has been placed in great danger. It seems that he obtained a livelihood by selling pies at the foot of Blackfriars-bridge, on the Surrey side, and whilst standing with his machine at the edge of the kerb, a cart came swift down' the hill, and before the driver could prevent the accident, the near wheel caught the machine, which was capsized on to the unfortunate boy, who re ceived a wound of the scalp and concussion of the brain. He was taken to Guy's Hospital, where he lies in a dan gerous conditioa . Ax EARLY WEDDING.—On Monday week an impatient couple from Dundee, were united at Perth, in the holy bands of matrimony, by one - of our dissenting clergymen at the unwonted hour of six o'clock in the morning. It appears that the gay Lothario—a man of high standing in the faith to which he gives credence, and of fair mark as an enterprising citizen—had previ ously known the sweets of connubial love, but by the fiat of fate, was unfortunately made a widower within the previous month. The bustle consequent upon the fune ral being over, he began to , think himself a solitary man indeed, even although his evening hours were partly en livened by the prattle of three children, " the sweet me morials of his former bliss." Monday passed listlessly ; Tuesday, heavily ; Wednesday, fidgety ; Thursda', restlessly ; Friday, feverishly ; and on Saturday he Wes altogether so out of sorts, that seizing his hat, he sallied forth, and, going directly to the residence of a young lady, whose many qualifications he had previously noted, instantly "popped the question" of immediate marriage. The lady was at first startled : but the wooer being im• per, tunate a bargain was soon made, and the happy couple, in a few minutes afterwards, were rattling in a drosky towards Perth. Arriving here, they instartly waited upon a clergyman, when, to their horrqr, they, found that they had, in their haste, forgot the necessary proclamations of their intention. In vain was the minis. ter earnestly solicited to tie the knot for once without " the lines''—the panting lover was obliged to hurry back to Dundee for the needful. Arriving again on Sabbath afternoon, he now confidently hoped for an in stant realisation of his blissful visions ; but to his un speakable chagrin, the minister inexorably refused to perform his functions on the Sabbath, frankly proffering, however, his willing services by six o'clock the following morning. As better could not be, the bridegroom re luctantly consented to the postponement, when the pro • drastinated ceremony was at length happily solemnized. We believe the friends of the bride followed the trip to, Perth to veto the proceedings if possible, but her afftc- - tions were too firmly rooted to be shaken,—Perthshire Advertiser. Real del Monte lizegd . I•••• EXTRAORDINARY HOAX. During the past week the neighbourhood of Alders gate-street, City, has been the scene of great confusion, owing to the following extraordinary hoax, which was played off upon a highly respectable tradesman, named Russell, carrying on business as a stationer and account book manufacturer, at Nos. 79 and 80, in the above named thoroughfare. It appears that on Wednesday evening last, as the clock was striking the hour of five, seven hair dressers entered Mr. Russell's shop, followed by three other persons, each carrying a wig. Upon in quiring their business, Mr. Russell was informed that they had been ordered to attend at that hour, to dress the family's hair. Before sufficient time bad elapsed to tell the parties that they had been hoaxed, in stepped a butcher's man, with a tray filled with legs of mutton, and sundry other joints of meat ; the man had ro sooner placed his tray on the counter than a fishmonger brought in a stock of fish, and two wine merchants' porters followed, each having a couple of hampers of wine on his back. Mr. Russell, having explained to the people that he knew nothing whatever of the affair, and that the orders must have been given by some evil-minded persons, in came a gen tleman who announced himself as a corn-extractor, and who stated that he had been hired to attend at five o'clock, to operate upon Mr. Russell's corns. A num ber of pastrycooks were the next who entered the shop, .ach bringing an immense number of custards, tarts, jellies, &c., but, judge of the surprise of every one in the place, when the next arrival was announced. It consisted of five beautiful carriages, each drawn by two horses, the coachmen and footmen elegantly attin d in livery. The crowd, when the carriages drew up was very great, and it required the services of the police to keep a space for the duped tradesmen to pass to and fro. Whilst the tradesmen were condoling each other, as a finale to the whole, in carne five chimney sweeps, who stated that they had been ordered to attend with all possible expedition to extinguish Mr. Russell's chimney, which they understood had taken fire. It took Mr. Russell nearly the whole of the night to answ er th e many parties who had been so impos e d u p on . The following night (Thursday), five pianoforte tuners waited upon the same gentleman, and stated that they had been hired to tune Mr. R usse l l ' s i nstruments. A carriage and pair were also b roug h t, as the coach man said, to take the family to the theatre. A great number of other tradesmen were served out in a similar manner, and unfortunately the police have not been able as yet to trace out the guilty parties. ~. REDUCTION Or PRICES AT NIINOR TIIEATRES.— The authorities at the Lord Chamb:rlain's Office are in communication with the managers of those theatres who have lately reduced their prices of admission in order of City of London ; Mr. to compete with the innumerable m us i cal and dramatic sa loons and concert rooms in and a b out the metropolis. On Friday week , Mr. Osbaldiston, lessee of the Vic toria ; Mr. Thorne, Hon nor, r ' lessee lessee of th e P avilion ; Mr. C. J. James, lessee of the Q u een's ; and Me ssrs . J o h nson a nd N. Lee, lessees o f the Standard, were su mmoned to attend at the Lord C ham berlain's office, t o e xplain to his Lordship th e reasons w hich had induced them to alter t h e prices of admission to th e i r theatres. Th ese Richard gentlemen, or their solicitors, accordingly attended, and represented that it was in consequence of the theatrical saloons and concert-rooms being now licensed by his Lordship as places of dramatic entertainment, and pos essiu g advantages which were re f use d t o the theatres. The subject excites c ons id erable interest i n the theatrical profession, and the managers are anxiously awa i t i ng a final communication from the Lord Cham berlain's Office. ALARMING FIRE AT ISL INGTON.--yesterday, be tween two and three o'clock, an alarming fire was ob served on the premises belonging to Mr. H. Edwards, a turner, No. 7, Lower-street, Islin gton. The flames fi rs t showed themse lves in the worksh o p s , at the b ac k o f t h e dwelling house. An instant alarm was raised, and in telligence of the disaster was sent to the engine stations, and in a very short space of time the engines arrived, and there being an abundance of water at hand, the flames were confined to the workshop in which they commenced, but they were not entirely extinguished until. the st wic in trade and building were extensively damaged. The fire. it is supposed, was caused by a spark flying out kof the stove amongst some shavings, Unfortunately Ur. Edwards was uninsured. Do and Derbyloo lO2 101 lOl Midind& East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western Irish :er,tick 20 34% ' Newc3.stle N h Shields ... 25 Neweasti,audearlisle...loo Newrarket &Chesterfrd 5 ....• ........ "". wi4v4s.Ataht ARUNDEL -THURSDAY. Tickets were issueff . by his Grade the Duke of Norfolk, durirg the week, inviting the inhabitants of this place to ew the interior of the castle, and on Thursday last ; r y 500 persons availed themselves of his Grace's ib erality by visiting the supe 7bly decorated suite of rooms, which were fitted expressly for the royal visit. The following is a cppy of the letter which his Grace the Duke of Norfolk addressed to the Mayor of Arundel (E. Howard Gibbon, Esq.), relative to his wishes:— My dear Gibbon, —Seeing the loyalty displayed-by the inhabitants of Arundel, I think it would be gratifying to them to view the apartments which the Queen has honoured me by occupying during her Majesty's visit, and I have given directions for tickets to be issued ac cordingly.—Youis truly, NORFOLK. Arundel Castle, Dec. sth. In addition to the above great boon granted to the inha bitants, his Grace has been pleased to present the whole of the game which was killed during the Royal Visit to the different tradesmen of this town ; and, to those mechanics who did not avail themselves of accepting a portion of the provisions which were given by the in habitants on the occasion of the Royal visit (we believe about 50 in numb( r), he has presented 10s. each. This praiseworthy liberality of his Grace the Duke o' Norfolk will long be remembered with gratitude by the inhabitants of Arundel, an(', we hope, will be an example which will find many imitators.—Brighton .Herald. EXTRAORDINARY STATISTICS OF GLASGOW, To point out to our readers, and especially the younger branches of them, the extraordinary rise and progress of Glasgow, within the last quarter of a century, we pro pose to give them occasionally some statistical returns; and, perhaps, we may interest them by g ving, from time to time, some amusing extracts concerning the ancient city, from documents in our possession. We begin with POPULATION. the . In 1821, it amounted to In 1831, to In 1841, to At the present moment, viz , in the year 1846 we doubt not the population exceeds ........ 147,043 202,426 282,134 350,000 And in ten years hence, at this rate of progres . . sion, it will probasly excr. , ed But if this extra , ,rdinary rise h population of Glasgow, it may mercantile friends to n'atice the s 100,000 tere sting THE GLASGOW SHIPPING Prior to the year 1808, vessels belonging to Glasgow were not permitted to be registered there. But in the year 1808 that port was disjoined from Port Glasgow, the then head port of the Clyde (Greenock was not disjoined thererrom till 1812) ' - and it was not incumbent th a t Glasgow ships sho u ld be registered at Glasgow only till 1826; there being, till that time, the option of doing so either at Glasgow, Port. Glasgow, or Greenock. Those registered at Glasgow were:— In the year 1810, 24 ships, 1,956 tons measurement. 1815, 63 4,922 - - 1820, 77 6,131 1825, 186 31.089 - - 1830, 217 39.432 - - 1835, 316 59,151 •—•— 1840, 403 85,707 - - 1845, 512 130,001 CUSTOMS DUTIES. The customs duties et fleeted at Glasgow— ' , Fur the year 1808, were £469 lBlO lB2O 1825 lB3O 1835 lB4O 1845 .... 589,527 BONDING WAREHOUSES. There were no bonding warehouses in Glasgow till the year 18:8. Of the customs duties collected, the under noted sums were on the delivery of produce from the warchtuses:— For the year 1820 - 1825 1830 - 1835 - 1840 _ 1845 The tobacco delivered from the tobacco warehouse in York-street produces about 170,0001. of duty annually; and the tea from the tea warehouse in same street, about 200,0001. GLASGOW HARBOUR DUES. The river Clyde and Glasgow harbol7r 7 dues were— For the year 1800 lBlO lBl6 lB2O 1825 lB3O 1835 1845 The quay, in 1800, only (Ater:dell westwarft to oppo site York street, on the north side, arid there was no quay of any kind at that time on the south side. The first vessel in Europe that was propelled by steam, for hire, commenced plying on thy Clyde, in 1812, be tween Glasgow and Green , ck. The Custom-house, in 1800, occupied only one apart ment, about twenty feet square, in a half-sunk floor in the south-east corner of the building at the head of Vir ginia -street, which was taken down a few years ago, and on the site of which the Union Bank now stands. The Excise-office, in 1800, was in the back building on the west side of Miller-street, opposite the entry to Virginia-buildings. The Post-office, abt ut the same period, occupied a shop on the south side of Primes -street, opposite the Laigh Kirk-close. The Stamp-office, an apartment in the land at the bead of the White Horse-close. Trongate. The Sheriff•clerk's-office, a small shop at the north east corner of Wilson and Brunswick-street, near the entrance to the present splendid new Public-offices. The Sheriff, or Commissary Court, was opened, the first day of each term, in the Consistory-house, which adjoined the High Church, and which was taken down last year. The Customs' establishment of officers at Glasgow, in 1800, was amongst the most limited in the kingelciat ; but the Lords of the Treasury have, from time to time, augmented the same, and within the last few days have made a very material increase, to meet the rapidly in creasing business ; so that Glasgow is now the first port in Scotland, as well in point of trade and revenue, as in the number of officers borne upon the establishment.— Scotch Reformers' Gazette. ELOQUENCE AND SUBLIMITY.—The light of the lamp was dying away in th e soc k e t, the midnight clock swung heavily aloft, and its brazen tones scunded loudly on the frozen air. It was the hour disembodied spirits walk, and when murderers, like the stealthy wolf, prowl for their prey. The lonely watcher shuddered as be heard a slight noise at the door. Big drops stood on his pale brow ; the door gently opened, and—in came a strange cat I—New York Paper. COMMITTAL Or A POSTMASTER.—John Charles Lockwood, postmaster, was again brought before the magistrates on Saturday last. We detailed the case !ast week, the facts of which are briefly, that a letter, containing a sovereign, posted in the month of January last in London, by Harriet Humphris, had not been re ceived by Ann Stratford, of Lechiade, to whom it had been addressed. The evidence implicating Lockwood was that of Waleot, a letter-carrier, who deposed to seeing the prisoner take the money out a the letter. The only further evidence adduced on Saturday last was a person from London, who proved posting the letter, directed to Ann Stratford. Mr. Lockwood called Mr. Hodges, viralco t raen i s p n e cnke e ti ng prwho thee said h charge he h e h ad ad made conversedag anst w M it r h . wicahrdc—Did r h . e Lo sh ck eu w l o d od no h t ad h n av o e t t r ffle l n w h o i o m d, b w e h fo e r n e W th a e lc° m t ag sa is id tra if te ll s l , thesa d disagreement ny thing b e t w i e t Cn it t w he a m s . jea M l 7. sy M w ill h you ever hear Walcot say that the charge he nbw makes is a false one ? Witness—No. The prisoner was now e died upon for his defence, when he said that he was innocent of the offence imputed to him, and that Waleot had perjured himself. The magistrates informed Mr. Lockwood that they, after maturely considering the case, found it to be their duty to commit him to the as siz -s for trial.— Donca , ter Gazate. FREE Wt:r_ms.—The Board of Customs having had befbn: th , n requf suq..; that itie 1011, wi ng woods mAy be admitted free of v , black c*dar (imported from Porto and Pas de Peroba, or yellow wood, and Sebt.sfino de Art ada, or wood of Se bastino (imported from &Thin, South America), orders have been issued to the officers of the revenue here, and throughout the United Kingdom, to admit all futute similar importations of the descriptions of wood men tioned free of duty accor3ingly. As the orders, ex tending the privileges of the Treasury order alluded to, from time to time, to various newly - discovered or in troduced woods, for furniture manutacturing purposes, precludes the necessity of special application being made on each separate importation to the Commis sioners for their delivery free, they are of considerable importance, and should be generally known to the wood trade. ROME, Nov. 28. THE NEW POPE AND THE JEWS.—The inhabitants of tLe Ghetto having memorial ised the Pope for the enjoyment of equal rights with the other inhabitants of the city, where a father has issue of twelve children from one marriage (in which case he is entitled by an ancient law to special privileges), th e liberal-minded Pontiff not only granted the prayer of the petition, but, in a truly humane sense, ordered that relief should be afforded to needy Jews, as to their Christian brethren, from the funds of the beneficenza.— Jewish Chronicle. FATHER EUSTACE, A TALE OF THE JESUITS, BY MRS. TROLLOPE, 3 VoLs.—The abovr work is published this day, by Mr. Colburn, and may now be had at all the libraries. The folloAing new works of fiction are also now ready :-2. Caesar Borgia, an Historical Ro mance, by the author of " Whiiefriars."-3. The Ro mance of 'War; or the Highlanders in Spin, by James Grant, Esq., late 621 regiment.-4. Men of Capital, by MN. Gore.-5. The Roman Traiter, by HW. Herbert, le.sq., author of "Oliver Cr.miwell."-6. Mqrston, by th 9 auth.q. of " Salathiel," second edition.-7. Adven tures of Captain O'Sullivan, by W. H. M axwe ll , Esq.— 9. (Just ready), Strawberry Hill, an Historical Novel, by the author of " Shakspere and his Friends," " Maids' of Honour," &c. • THE LEEDS DEPUTATION ON THE TEA DUTY.— Mr. J. W. Scarlett, one: of the deputation from this town appointed to wait upon Lord John Russell, with the various deputations from other town , , has addressed a note to the editor of the Times, in which he says, that in the report of the conversation, inserted in that paper, it is k,a,id that the shipments of woolleuq. to Chinu ht--d fallen off, but that he made nu such shternent : what he said was, " that the trade to China had disappointed he hopes of the merchants engaged in it." Leeds Mercury. ) 4-4 1 ...".....!F -1--C.,-,;:t...., .C 2 1 : : : .--,4 Q4-117-' , '*, i . :4' . , ••--,.:' ~ rs` s.: V:7-: , -'• .. 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