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; -7" ! r : INTERESTING NEW HISTORICAL WORK. —.%Novr ready, in 3 vols. small Bvo., with Esc-simile Autographs, &c., - ''' price 31s. 6d. bound, • 3 -• ft. LETTERS OF ?,..., •. i OYAL AND ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES -V y - ',' OF GREAT BRITAIN. >,,„__-::__ ? 3 <,./ 7,; Edited, from the original, with Introductory Notices, - 121,_ : -..- 4 BY MARY ANNE EVERETT WOOD. --A P Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. '1.44X._%1 *- 4 l• Now ready at all the Libraries, in three vols. post Bvo., M ARGARET CAPEL A Novel. By the Author cf " The Clandestine Marriage," &c. Richard Bentley, New Barlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the First Act of THE DAUGHTER OF ST. ARIC. Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moneenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courey, Mr. Harrison; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth. At the end of the Opera Professor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. Ater which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE Ib?..VIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Brett's, Mdlle. Flora Fabbrl, Mdlie. babas (of Um Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. IL Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Fantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture and Music by Mr. It. Hughes ; the Tricks, Transformations, and Decorations by Mr. Blamire ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. INTERIOR OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, 1845—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Honicastle ; Ge leral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, but causing a great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale. " Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thurab, As soon as I come, I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale. The Genius of Pantomine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"), Miss A. Pa) ne.—How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a peg`or two—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision in a manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. _ Scene 2. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LlLElPllT.—Discovered ♦.D. 109. "After a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predicament), Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up. up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb. and leaves Gulliver to asto nish the Lilliputians ! l'easants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy ; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the way, Push-a-long, Walk-on, &c.; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mr. Hot-i,:rth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is BOUND over to keep the peace ; and how, "by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," he is carried away to the coast of the Emperor Lii liput. . _ _ " And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?" Old MSS. in the British MaSeum. Scene 3. HALL OF SCIENCE IN THE PALACE OF THE Knro or LA pt TA.—His Majesty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome try—vide, Flappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chamberlain 'Equilateral (fund of " Figures," especially number " )fie"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages, Ste. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and how, having lost her G--, the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF TUE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT.—MB " High" Mightiness Golbas to Momaren Molly Ully One, Emperor of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High 'Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high est" families In the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions, &e. lice.—How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not only pockets the affront, but two policemen in the bargain. How he kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputian Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and is only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re gains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on tire. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which he does by t eking a hop, step, and a jaw bite Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BROBDIGNAO.-I,OIIgOSITeIChO sub stantial itrobdignag fanner, and member of the Brobdignag Agri cultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss H. Payne ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very line family) Mrs. Redbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver medal from the Brobdignag Cattle Show), Mr. Snout. How Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and :.;ets the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to the " great-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Scene 6. BEOBDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND NURSERY.--Brobdignag " Gemini" (Anglice twins), NI asters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Kitten, Mr. Pussey. For further particulars of this scene apply personally to the principal performers, who can be seen iu it every evening till further notice. Scene 7. COAST OF TIIE ISLAND OF LILLIPITT (as Scene 2), and re-ippearatice of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance, the Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. Harlequin .. Pantaloon • • I Mr. Wieland. Clown • ... • . Mr. T. M a tth ews. ....Mr. Howell. Columbines .. Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. Scene 8. END OF COVENTRY-STREET, PICCADILLY.—Writing In Eight Lessons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom paniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Wenham Lake Ice. Sliding made easy. A great Fall in Provisions—viz. fish, fruit and vegetables. Scene 9. CLOWN'S LODGINGS.—Bed and Window change sides, and Clown " goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a blan ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation '• Carried out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down " heads." Scene 10. EXTERIOR OF GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE MER CHANTS' Snors.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask Dr West India Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum, Putting up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re peated. Great change on the premises, and " business removing." Scene 11. 111Cm:re-nut, with extensive view of the neighbour hood of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand Railway' Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines from all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." Off they go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a " dis rsolutlon of partnership." Scene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, Tinman's, and Railway Printing-office. Railway Prospectus and Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any azmunt punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great liattue of stags ; " they come—they come." No thoroughfare. The ehortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among the crockery. Scene 13. EXTERIOR or TITS BOARD OF TRADE, and Probable Ge- Itaileray Terminus. Scene 14. WATCHMAKERS' AND BOOKSELLERS' SHOPS.—Teaching the young idea how to shoot. Illustrated Lond on N oose. A " p i nch of curry powder." Watch on a now movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, And all eyes directed to Scene 15. ThE CITY OF COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, immediate application should be made to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAILKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrell ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Stuar ; Charles Sur face, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Teazis, Mrs. Seymour. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. TILEATIsE ROYAL, &DELPHI THIS EVENING Will he repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS Mr THE NORTH, or, The Prieoner of Shlusselbourg Alexis ilomanouski, Mr. Webster; Tripteierriuo Kroat, Mr. Wright ; Eliza beth, Madame Celeste. TAfter which, THE CRICKET ON THE MEATITIL John Peery tingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert & Tackleton, Mr. Culienford ; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwillitun; Bertha, Miss Woolgar; May Fielding, Miss Taylor, To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan ( gwime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEIVANG FLIMEEDSEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG; or, The Xing of the Cannibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss l'lcming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr, Mitcheeson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM Immense Success of ‘' The Cricket oR the Hearts"—Tremendous of " The Enchanted Horse." THIS EVESIATO WILL BE YEEFORMED THE CRICKET ON TILE IIEARTII: A FAIRY TALE Or' HOME, The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Ur, Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley, gm. Woollidge, Miss Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Mtn Turner. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, sntitied TILE NC ANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz &hal of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Wig y, ,Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; an, alnes Keeley, Villars. Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-WftEET. THIS EVENING will be produced THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. The l'rhicipal Characters by Messrs. Ryder, C.ompton, Leigh Murray, o urtney, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Marshall, MO, Fosbroke, Miss Brentnell, and Hiss Somers. To be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitlsi JEAMEA, VIE nAILIZOAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames 3lr, Compton. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF TIIE KINGDOM; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. II Harvey ; Columbine, Miss ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE - 7.. 40LE LESSEE AND MANAGERESS, MISS KATE HOWARD THIS EVENING Will De presented a Domestic Drama of powerful interest, entitled THE LADY OF ST. TROPEZ. George Maurice, Mr. J. Browne; count D'Aubrieve, Mr. Brookes ; Hortense (the Lady of St. Tropez), Miss L. Melville. To be followed by the MARRIED BACHELOR. And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee . n d grandeur, called PORTEN ATILS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Fortnnatus, 31iss Hamilton ; Prin ce Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Fanythers ; Pantaloon, air Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferint ; Columbine, Miss Laicilaw. r !A,Y'S ROYAL AMPIIITrIF.ATItE OF AlitTS PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. MR. w. itxr. r - Extraordinary Treat to the Holiday Visitors. • • THIS EVENING Wlll be performed the novel Drama of TIIE PYRENErs which 3f. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, Wh o , * ,„ . mr ll . formanees at the Cirque Olympique, Paris, has drawn crowded li , aises for the last nine months. . New scenes of the Circle, combining tke talent of the Frenck and English Artistes. After which will he repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA ; .r, Sancho Panza, and Du'eines. of Teboso, with new Scenery, presses, Mechanical Changes, &c. VIDGP"g ROYAL SURREY TURATRE. The Greatest Hit eva made at the Surrey Theatre—The New Dr tma and l'antoniime triumphant—Hurrah! THIS EVENING Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Ileslop ; Mesdantet H. Vining, Martin, int Daly. After which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD 'WITCH OF TEDDINGTON sr, The Golden Days of Good QUetn Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormaek; Co►umbine, Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Anderson ; Sprite, Mr. Stilt. - x' t t • • ~~ ~~~ -, , ~. q ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Another Triumph for the Victoria in the immensely successful Pan tomime of " Tippitywitchet"—With the Extraordinary Feats of Professor Hemmings and his Two Surprising Infant Sons. THIS EVENINeI. RICHARD PLANTAGEN ET, in Three Acts, supported by Messrs. Os b a ldiston, E. P. Saville, T. Fredericks, ni gg i e , Dale, Herbert, ,Searle, and Misses Vincent. Richardson, Eliza Torrey, Mrs. 0. Lee. After which, Professor HEMMINGS and his SONS will give more nnpigallelect feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has been ex hibited; and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To eohrlude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, called TIPPITY. wiT cHET ; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN and the COMICAL wr f eu Es of LANCASHIRE. Ilaflequin. Mr. Chapino ; • Cohm i . tote. iss L e ;rite ; the Two Clowns , Ik .srs. E. Blanchar d and ,'Donald ; the Two Pantaloons. Mr. Frankttn add •• he veteran Toni of Pantomime and Prince of Pantaloons. landlord, the very Kiin • spoRTING INTELLIGENCE. r ESTER...-TrKsoAy. BETTING AT citE TZF C" • b 500 to 10 on the field. 6 to 1 apt DERBY. Lord E. Russell's Sting 15 to 1 agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm 30 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklarn's Fancy Boy 23 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser. Quotations merely nominal. LVDESDALE COURSING McIETING, DEC. 26 AND 27. The Douglas Stakes, for 33 dog Puppies of 1844, were on by Mr. A. Pollock's Caliban; Lord Eglinton's Rufus r.ln up. The Eglinton Stakes, for 23 bitch puppies, wer e won by IL-. A. Pollock's Skip ; Dr. Brown' s Ob scur i ty ran up, We hear that Lo.ed Howard de Walden, who ha s for many years our Minister at the Court of Lisbon, is likely to resign his diplomatic post, and return to this coun try, having succeeded to the title and estates of his father, the late Lord Seaford. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 31. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND W., fine. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 111 ;Thing 5 minutes after 4 1 Evening .. 31 minutes alter 4, - riir t I .4 1 tr ; -:, ~ A A , . .... •ts 2 • Vilk . ... , ' 'Z' P l ik cl- \ - i 4`A 11111.14 , i'fg 'V A . A4 b s l'; , tim All ett . 11;1 r's . 1141 W ' W ;lINIA - • --, ' .7.1.3.4 v, . THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY MORNJNG, JANUARY 1, 1846. fib rain - - b - Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1846. Lord ELLENBOROUGII, though the fact has not been officially announced, is, according to the new Cabinet arrangements, to be appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, in the place of Lord HADDINGTON, who has filled the office for the last four years. We have no fault to find with the Scotch Lord, farther than that his health did not fit him for the laborious and responsible situation, and that in a case of emergency he might be found, when too late, un equal to the task. No personal considerations in a case of this kind should be allowed to have the smallest weight, and though the Noble Lord, when a Member of the House of Commons, and during his whole career since, has invariably adhered to what is called the PEEL party, it became the imperative duty of the Minister to forget his own feelings when they might interfere with the vital in terests of the country. Sir ROBERT PEEL, to his ' credit, has acted on this principle, and has substituted for this consistent, though never very efficient states man, a nobleman both younger and disposed to act with more vigour in any department. Notwithstand ing the sulky objections of the East India Board to Lord ELLENBOROUGH, and his imperative and mys terious recal from India by that powerful body, the public in general entertain but one opinion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S administration in the East. It was distinguished by great energy, by a laudable at tachment to the army, and a regard for their rights, privileges, and comfort. He found affairs in a desperate condition ; Sinde almost at open war with the Indian Company, the troops in Affghanistan still in great jeopardy, and several of the tributary states making preparations for open rebellion. What was the result ? The dispersed troops of the Affghan expedition marched triumph antly to Caubul, avenged the fate of their comrades, and returned in triumph, after marches and battles unexampled for difficulty and danger. Sinde was subdued, and finally annexed to oui Indian empire, and the whole of our vast possessions so completely restored to security and peace, that Sir Hinsar HARDINGE found nothing to do till the unsettled state of the Punjaub began to threaten disturbances on our frontier. The result of Lord ELLENBOROUGII'S mi , sion was highly honourable to his abilities, his energy, and skill, and we therefore confidently trust that in his new department he will show the same spirit, and adopt similar measures for restoring the English navy, furnishing seamen able and willing to fight in defence of their country, attaching them, by good pay, kind treatment, and suitable pensions, to their native land, and thereby correct the fatal errors committed by so many of his predecessors. Though we are probably on the brink of war with the United States, and the causes have been foreseen for years, the smallest possible preparations have been made for manning the navy, and rendering it fit to contend with hostile fleets. The greater part of the American navy is manned by the best English sailors, and at this we cannot wonder, though we must deplore the fact, for they are better paid, better treated, and in every respect have advantages which must counter balance their patriotism, great as it is, and lead them, much against their will, to fight in the fleets of enemies, and thereby lend their aid for the purpose of defeating their own countrymen. Such a ruinous system cannot be allowed to exist for an other session without manifest and imminent danger; and we, therefore, trust that Lord ELLENDOROUGII will take no the subject in a national spirit, and rouse his colleagues to measures absolutely necessary for the public safety. A pamphlet on " Manning the Navy" has just been published by Lieutenant HOLLAND, R N., which throws much light on the subject, and suggests many valuable improvements. Can anything be more absurd or more ruinous than the system briefly described by him in these words?— " At the present moment we are educating about 7,000 individuals (ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys), most of whom, after some six years service, are, by the exertions of their officers, rendered first rate seamen. These men are, however, nearly certain to be lost to the British service, because whilst in the merchant service they can earn with ease 2/. ss. per month, whereas the royal navy will only afford them 1/. Bs., even if they are advanced to the rating of an ordinary seaman. If left on the books as a first class, his pay will not exceed 15s. 6d." Can any man wonder when he learns that all these first class men either go into the merchant service, or self themselves to America? Lieutenant HOLLAND says such a system would appear to resolve itself into the following heads : " Firstly.—What are the inducements to be held out to seamen to enter and to remain in her Majesty's ser vice ? " Secondly.—What is the smallest naval force which should be permanently maintained for the general ser vice of the country, and for the especial protection of our extensive line of sea coast ? "Thirdly.—What are the probable numbers which would be immediately required in the event of war ? What the means of obtaining them, without having re course to the objectionable measures formerly adopted, and with the least possible injury to commercial in terests ? " Fourthly—What would be the probable expense of the proposed measures, as well on their immediate adop lion, as on their continuance ? In regard to the first query, he suggests that the able seamen of the navy should be divided into four classes. The first, on entry, and for three years, to have 22/. 4s. per annum ; the second, after three years, 24/. ; the third, after six years, 25/. 45.; and the highest class, after five years' service, 26/. Bs. Thi3 we consider not to be sufficient ; hut, in the meantime, pass over that point, With regard to the second query, he says, " that in the event of a war 30,000 men would be required to be added to the home station. During the last war, from 1798 to 1815, inclusive, the average num ber of ;amen and marines annually voted ex ceeded 123,000; of these 41,000 may he pre sumed to have been employed on the home station." Ile, therefore, recommends a comprehensive plan of registration, including all seamen, boatmen, fisher. men, the numbers of whom , a ccordin g to the last ce nsus , exceed 300000 ; SO that to ma ke u p the compliment o f a0,000,,0n1y one in ten would be re quired. With such arrangements, he considers that in a very few day s 30,000 able seamen could be raised, and at an expense not exceeding 290,000 1 . But the expense, in fact, is nothing compared interests at stake, and the cou ntry would grurlge , no nGovernment expeso in such a cause. The are to blame, and we therefore trust that t h e new only First Lord of the Admiralty will take up the question with his usual spirit, and thereby save ua from a miserable system of truckling, and from humiliation and defeat. The last few days have shown a decided —and the more satisfactory, because, though decided, not vio lent—tendency to reaction from the railway-panic There it a time for everything—a time for looking backward, ands time for looking forward—a time when fears will prevail, and a time when hope will resume its sway; and it was inevitanie tl;t the ap proach of the 30th of November should bring specu, lation to a standstill, and make every one think of standing Orders, and see nothing but difficulti6A where, when 016 day was distant, no difficulties were dreamt off. A panic was sue f,.ome. Let no panic-mongers R 4 ttertheir own vanity by supposing they made thel4A - tiL, tbough their ill-applied industry may have aggravate,l its 1np1:1,45 effects. And now the 30th Xoyember is a ni:,7lth vbl, nn the 31st 6f Veeinber, when railway projects will have passes their second great ordeal, or be for this year fallen. The meeting of Parliament is apprniictiog, p,pd the railway publia will begin to turn their heads forward; and already there are signs of life and hope. We hare never given into the iii ,r 4 pf indiscrimi nate abuse of railway speculation. " There may be a superstition," < s y s Lord bAorT, " in avoiding su perstition ;" an:: ]l7 is not necessarily h9oeoy which will dr aw no lit,' !)vtiveen railway speculation and railway gambling. 'We have not failed to lament the excesses or reprove the abuses of the late railway excitement. But, without speculation, how would our existing railways have been constructed? The fact is of speculation as of agitation, that within due bounds it is a wholesome, if not necessary, stimu lant to the body social; and the evils lie entirely in the abuse. And even when speculation breaks through the thin partition that bounds it from gambling, while we admit that all efforts should be made to bring it back within its proper bounds, we should be disposed to look leniently on errors and excesses belonging to a movement so full of promise to the material, aye, and moral, prosperity of our country as that which now holds out to every ♦illage and every cor ner the prospect of railway communication with the great centres of industry, and commerce, and civi lisation. Parliament has always hitherto treated railway enterprise as a matter of speculation; and it will be too late, therefore, for Parliament, even if it were disposed to hearken to the recommendations of purists on these matters, to turn round upon railway specu lators as deserving of indiscriminate censure. Here are one or two striking instances of the spirit in which railway companies have been treated, from the transactions of only last session. Lord RSDESDALE is giving evidence before a Committee of the House, and is asked—" Supposing the case of the promoters of a railway scheme, who have gone to an immense expense, and have lost no time in promot ing their object, and they are defeated by the mere efflux of time, and by the peculiar circumstances of the present session, do not you think that that con stitutes a case of hardship so great, that the Legisla ture ought to do something to relieve the parties from it?" Now hear his Lordship's answer:—" I have no great feeling for them, speaking for myself." That is, they are a set of speculators, and they must rough it as Lest they can. A Committee sat last year in the House of Lords on the subject of compensation by railway companies to landowners. The Duke of of RICHMOND, chairman. Here is an extract from their report : " The Committee are of opinion that many cases occur in which it is necessary to consider the land, &c., not merely as a source of income, but as the subject of expensive em bellishment, and subservient to the enjoyment and recrea tion of the proprietor. " Public advantage may require all thee private consider ations to be sacrificed, but as it is the only ground upon which a man can justly be deprived of his property and enjoyments, so, in the case of railways, though the public may be considered ultimately the gainers, the immediate motive to their construction is the interest of the speculators, who have no right to complain of being obliged to purchase, at a somewhat high rate, the means of carrying on their speculation." To be sure this is landowner logic, and not very sound political economy ; but we must not be too nice with a Committee of Peeis, with the Duke of RICH MOND at their head. A rigid political economist might expect some consideration to have been given to the saving of capital—might suggest that the sum which is to go to increase the country squire's unproductive expenditure might more profitably remain with the speculator, to be by him applied to other speculations from which the country would derive an increase of wealth. But, as we said before, s e must not be too nice with a packed committee of noble landowners ; and, after all, we had rather that the funds of railway companies went to pay excessive compensation than in inordinate bills—such as some of the dissolving bubble companies have lately exhibited—of jobbing solicitors and projectors. In the report of yesterday's proceedings of the Lan cashire and Eastern Counties Company, which was projected in the autumn, and is now to be dissolved, the solicitors' bills are stated at 3,731!., besides 2,356/. to local agents. Up wards of 6,0001. to solicitors in less than six months ! It should be known that the Attorneys and Solicitors' Act of 1843 (6 and 7 Vict. c. 73), gives a power of taxing a solicitor's bill, in cases where no business has been done in any court of law or equity, by application to the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls. We recommend the subscribers to the dissolving railway companies in slimes where the solicitors' bills show such unreasonable amounts, to insist on taxation. The proceedings on Tuesday evening at the anniver• sary festival of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society reflect the highest honour on the general body of the commercial travellers of the United Kingdom. Energetic, shrewd, active, and honour able they have ever been; humanity and benevolence, too, have ever characterised the commercial travellers of the United Kingdom. To these we may now add foresight and prudence. We rejoice that this impor tant and influential body of men have taken up the subject of life insurance, and that they are now become as alive to the permanent interests of themselves and their families as they have ever been to those of their em• ployers. The Society is, it would appear, in a most prosperous condition ; indeed, we know not how it coukl well be otherwise, seeing that it is supported by, perhaps, the most influential body of men in the kingdom, the individual members of which come into daily and hourly contact with every merchant and trader in every part of the empire. Another very pleasing feature of the proceedings of last evening was the announcement, by Mr. CUFFLEY, that a school for the education of the orphan children of commer cial travellers had been founded. Four gentlemen bad originally subscribed ten guineas each towards this excellent charity as a beginning. The school was to be established as soon as 100 subscribers at ten guineas each should be obtained. Undaunted by the sneers of the faint-hearted, who treated the scheme as chimerical, Mr. CUFFLEY set to work, like an enterprising and energetic man of business, as he is, and obtained not one hundred, but two hundred and fifty subscribers to the school Well, might he exclaim with honest pride, " that such was the power of the commercial travellers, that if they embarked in any enterprise with energy and zeal it was impossible for them not to succeed." As long as they display their energy and zeal in the furtherance of such enterprises of charity and benevolence they will enjoy not only the triumphs of success, but the heartfelt satisfaction of feeling that their success has been well deserved, and that every right-thinking man rejoices at it with them. We have received Madrid papers of the 23d, but they bring no news, if we except a statement in the Gazette, giving an account of the capture of forty eight smugglers and a considerable quantity of fo reign merchandise in the first week of December. The Three per Cents. closed on the 22d at 361 at CO days, and on the 23d, at 36i for cash, and 36 11-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents., at 2.11 at 60 days, with .1 premium. The accounts from Paris of the state of the funds, and the prices of railway shares, continue highly favourable. During the last week all kinds of secu rities advanced, and railway shares in particular had shown a marked improvement. Paris and Orleans had risen in the course of a few days about GBf., Avignon and Marseilles 57f., Rouen and llavre 45f., Northern 40f., Boulogne 32f., and many others in like proportion. The Three and Five per Cents., had advanced a franc and a half each. This buoyant state of the money and share-market is attributed to the prosperous condition of the country, the royal Speech, the adjudication of i:nportant lines of rail way, and the rise in the English funds, 0 11 Monday the Chauiber of Deputies met to elect the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secre taries, Two candidates were proposed fur the Pre sidency—M. 8413zET, the President of last session, and M. DUFAURE, supported by the Opposition; and the former, as anticipated, Was elected by a con siderable majority. The number of Members present was reckoned at about 4'qq__, a very full House. At half F,azt three the ballot for. Preside, eomMeneed, and at five the following result was declared:— For M. S tnzet 213 M. Dufaure M. Dupin M. tkiiton Tlar,:ot 3 Majority in favour o f ; y the --66Ministr I Previous to the election of President the at a privaie sit4r.g, proceeded to appoint the mem bers of the nine standing committees, and in eight of these the Government cindidates were elected, apposition of course had only one, M. DE Sanm. Of the eighteen presidents arid seeretariek, of these committees, sixteen are supporters of the q u e r n m ent, and only two belong to the Opposition. The GUIZOT Ministry, ii,eiefcre l appears to he stronger than at the meeting of any ferrueF session since itS forunltiori, The Siick.gives the foliowirig account of the arrangements made by the Opposisin for the election of President :—" It was M. ODILON 13Aintorr in the meeting of the Left, and M. THIEItS in that of the Left Centre, who proposed to their eci:eagues M. DUFAURE as candidate for the President's. chair. Both after wards addressed the meetings, fer the purpose of impressing on their political friends the necessity of an accord, intimate, complete, and per manent, amongst all the fractions of the Constitu tional Opposition. They clearly showed that this accord ought to take place for the double purpose of raising the Government of our country, now so deeply humbled, and of realising all those reforms the justice of which has been recognised in Pailiamentary dis cussions. The dispositions of the two meetings re sponded perfectly to the two speakers, and, in con sequence, the approbation was general." We regret to find that the Minister of Commerce will he opposed by the three Councils-General in reference to his proposition for the admission of S edish iron free of duty, and that a great majority of the Councils will declare against the measure. The French monopolists are not at all prepared yet for making any concessions. On this subject, their organ, the Presse, says : " At present it is a fact well demonstrated to all those who have examined the question with attention, that the proposal to introduce on more favourable conditions that description of iron is not justified by any valid re,.- son. No person complains seriously of the existing duties—neither the producer, who finds in France all the eh merits necessary for the manufacture of steel ; nor the consumer, on whom the proposed measure would confer no advantage. It is, m , reover, well ascertained that this measure could not be carried into effect as far as regards Swedish iron, inasmuch as the 36,000 quintals produced in that country are monopolised for many Tears in advance by the English manufacturers, who not finding, like ours, on their own soil, the materials neces sary for producing steel, are compelled to seek elsewhere the means of production of which they stand in need. Sweden consequently is not interested in the matter. Sweden has no iron to offer us, and consequently it is useless for us to confer on her a privilege which she does not demand. Whoever is, well informed on the proposed measure need not be that under the name of Sweden, and that under te . sr of boisterous de elamation in defence of public ge attered by a certain party, are concealed motives of private interest—in• terests which arc no doubt respectable, and which we do not wish to deprive of the right to place thernsi Ives in a ludicrous position, but which it is necessary to re duce to their value as soon as they attempt to usurp, under the protection of the Government, that solicitude and those favours which the latter owes only to the country, considered in its fullest and most legitimate ex pression." On Monday the French Government received the distressing intelligence of the total loss of the Papin war-steamer off the coast of Morocco, near Mogadore. and it is feared that out of 150 passengers only 76 have been saved. The Papin was of 160 horse power and employEd to carry M. MAREY MoNoF, the French Consul recently appointed to Mogadore in place of M. HELLOTE (TORRE', to his post. It is not ascertained whether the Consul was among those saved from the wreck. The Ambassador from Mo rocco, lately arrived at Paris, paid a visit to M. GUIZOT at the Foreign-office on Sunday. The Journal des Debuts gives the following particulars respecting this persi:,n age : " The Ambassador from Morocco is entirely satisfied with his journey, and has not for a moment departed from those distinguished manners, that uffibility, digni fied simplicity, arid religious liberality of character, that from the first won him the favourable opinion of all who became introduced to him. The larges'es left by hint for the attendants of the several hotels at which he stopped might have had an appearance of ostentation, and a desire to buy favour in men's eyes, but his ready generosity to the poor shows a heart earnest in its desire to fulfil that part of the law of God which recommends charity as the chiefest of virtues. He has brought with him to Paris eight followers. Sy Lebredi, dirt clor of the Customs, the Hadji el Arbi, and the young savant are alone admitted to sit at table with him. All the other officers take their meals separately. The hierarchy established among these different persons is shown by the manner in which they salute the I'acha every morn ing. The three, personages who have the privilege of being seated in his presence merely pronounce the simple words of salutation, the two Kaids kiss his forehead, a=ql the three other officers embrace his knees. Whenever he leaves his apartment, these officers form a double line for him to pass through, and bow before him, wishing him health and prosperity. The seven other persons of his suite did not leave Marseilles till three days after him ; and, a, they accompany the presents destined for the King, they will travel by shortstages." ' • 'We subjoin miscellaneous extract 3 from the papers : " An Algiers letter of the 20th contradicts the report of the death of Bou Maza, but states that he has retired in con-equence of a quarrel with some of the Chi, fs of the Flittas, and this, it appears, had led to the report of his having been murdered." The 7'oulomois of the 25th inst. announces that Marshal Bugeaud, who had quitted Tiaret on they sth inst. to proceed amongst the Chott-el-Cheuriqui, met a consider.ible number of emigrants, who were !lying from General Youvsoulf. Having sent forward his cavalry, he captured the entire —men, women, children, numerous flocks, and an immense booty. No further accounts had been received of Abd-el Kader." A letter from Lousanne, Dec. 25, says A great number of Vaudois families have gone to Geneva to celebrate there the religious fet, s c f Christmas, without running any risk of being troubled in their devo tions. President Druey has been gravely insultel at the theatre by the public of the pit and gallery. We are in expectation of a communist disturbance, w hich it is not likely that the Government, divided as it is, can l resist .the ash Counc illorthe Presid ent Druey, is designated as th e h ea d o f th e move went, the personal adversary of man whom th e cons pi ra t ors i n t en d head of Eytel, of the new revo l ut i onary G overnment. "Teann g at nd t The transport of arms and ammunition continues. Un easy as to the feelings wf the National Guards, the Council of State is privately farming into corps men known for their devotedness. Our authorities, who are at present on bad terms with Zurich, the directing canton, reckon in case of danger on the: aid which they may receive from Berne." " A Swiss journal states that the Government of Lu cerne has not only seized on the property of 1)r. Steig.r, but also on the personal property of Madame St,iger, notwithstanding that the court of law of the district had con:wilted to admit a protest from the accused, and that it had been proved that Madame Steiger had brought place, M. r, who has the furniture of her fresidencero r ib i u n r gL, Lucerne. c h e e r r n e b . i r t i h n - addition been employed for some mouths in getting in the money due to the doctor, has been arrested." " It appears by a Vienna letter of the 22d, that the report of the palace of Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg Gotha, in that capital, having been sold to Baron de Rothschild, was utterly unfounded. The property in question is inalienable." On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 821. 00c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,238 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,025 E ; Havre, 8101. ; Avignon, 955 E ; Vierzon, 685 f. ; Bordeaux, 651 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 5501. ; Troyes and Montereau, 435 f. ' • Bade, 9 50 f.; Great Northern, 757 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 40%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Definitives), 627 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg' (Definitive), ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 520 f. • Ditto (Lecointe), 517 f. 50 c. ; Ditto (Corn pagnie Meridionale), 507 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 5021. 50c. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; Charleroy (Kysaens), 4951. LYONS, DEC. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 900 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,20011; Paris and Rouen, 970 f.; Orleans and Vierzon, 650 f. TIIE PRINCE CONSORT'S HARRIERS. Major- General WernYss and a large field were at the meet of the Prince Consort's harriers on Tuesday, which took place on the farm of Mr. Edward Mason, at Slough. A couple of hares were put on foot, and afforded excellent runs. The first kare, which was found on Mr. Mason's land, took away in the direction of the Great Western Railway, on to Salt-hill, where it doubled round to the seat of Granville Penn, Esq., and was killed at Stoke Park Lodge, after a very fast fifteen minutes' run. The pack was then taken to Chalvey-fiel s, where the second hare was hound on a pies',‘ of fallow land, making away t .wards Willow Brook and Eton, over Clial vey• ditch, and on to Eton Wick; thence it doubled to the ri. , . 4 ht to Cipp nham and Dorney, on t Mr. Pocock's farm, near the Maidenhead station, where it circled hack to Dor ney, and was kill d on Mr. Truinper's farm, after 4 gallant run of nearly three-quarters of an hour. It is expected, should the weather be fine, that the Prince Consort will hunt with his Royal Highness's harriers to-Jay. It is expected that most of the Cabinet Ministers will return to town in a few days, for the purpose of attend that ing the Court to be held a t W indsor C astle on Patiirdav next, day having heer! aPpointed by her Maje s t y f or rece i ving the petition of the Lord Alayor and Corporation of London on the subject of the corn-laws. POOR-LAW UNIONS (IRELAND).--A Parliamentary return was issued on Tuesday, respecting the number of per sons holding land in the Poor-law unions in Ireland. A good deal of information is afforded on the subject of one hundred and thirty unions in Ireland, showing the extent of land occupied by the tenants. The return is a somewhat lengthened one, and has been made out in the office of the Poor-law Commission at Dublin. The population of the 130 unions is stated at 8,174,029, The Earl of IMlor4ilogton has taken the seat of Mr. Sehoiey r t t Wanstead, .saes (not Oak Hall, as has been stated), It is understood to be his Lordship's Intention to extend the park into a portion of his own woods adjoining, and to preserve the covers. The Noble Earl owi.s most of the manors in the neightourhood, and is warden of the Epping and llainhault forests, in which the deer c i iid taaber h hve been in a great and Injured during the last few ears; want of proper care. EW WORKS OF THE SEASON.-I\re are requested to state that Mr. Bentley, of New Burlington-street I fisher in Ordinary to her Majesty), hkis_ clay pi.ihkslied folio` new works, which' n r iay now be had of all book sellers, Atid at all the libraries:—l. The Picturesque An tiquities of Spain, by Nathaniel A. Wells, Esq., imperial Bvo., handsomely bound, and printed and embellished \V numerous splen lid engraving., pr i c ;, (inc t~uinua `('lndia Ir' o f s, 11 . 1 13- 64. ) A tliltbry orNew South Wales, by Thomas Henry Braim, Esq., Principal of Sydney College, &c , '2 i gvo., w i th ill ustrat i ons-3, Margaret C ape l ; a-Novel, by the Author of " The Clandestine Marriage," &c., 3 vols. Also, in f p e u w oil da o y f s lh t e h `44(1 late'Maitra and'Clilef Cook Co hEr 'Majesty-,' one ye:. Bvo., with upwards of sixty illustrations. c c ei ll e, lo r d zt e e r a n Ch:tripa Limu kONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Son of Last Night.) In the Liverpool market yesterday about 4,000 bales of Cottan were solo, all to the trade. Prices generally were . .er I!). higher, and Cotton was not very freely offered , ) at advance. Railway Shares were not quite so brisk. Le :date of affairs at the Cape of Good Hope, as noticed in ree.!it accounts, is certainly, politically speaking, tot sa tisfact,ry; but there is reason to believe that the colonial authorities are exercising more vigilance in respect to !he Natal settlement and the country beyond the old colonial boundary. In agricultural and trading resources the Cape never was richer, and it is much to be desired that all our subjects should, if possible, be rendered politically happy. The fol. lowing letter explains, however, the feeling of the farmers : " Orange River, 3d Oct., 1845. " Thank goodness I have once more arrived safe at the co lonial side of this river, after an absence of some weeks in the country occupied by the emigrants, where matters are any thing but in a prosperous state : in short, I fear evil conse quences are likely to arise from the very unsettled state of society. Many of the Caledon River emigrants have treked further into the interior, and those at Windburg are actually talking of attacking the Griquas, to reccover their cattle and sheep, which have been captured and given over to the Griquas, The state of things is certainly bad, and unless some decisive measures are in stantly taken to restore the declining co fidence toward= the Britiel, depend upon is another military' force wid be re quit ed to take active steps to enforce due obe ience. The emierants at Windbmg say they are determined to have their own laws and form of government, which they are capable of administering themselves, and have memorialised the Colonial Government to be allowed to do so. They say they will not make any open opposition until all thcir remonstrances have been declined. And those emigrants residing near the River, who swallowed the oath of allegiance, and pro mised to behave like good boys in future, and evinced a wil lingness to pay a trifling quit rent for their farms, and every thing else which ,they had been coaxed to do, are now talking in a very different tone of language; they com plain bitterly of the daily thefts of the Griquas, and their arrilgant attitude towards them—no protection whatever granted them ; and the chief Adam Kok says he will inquire into the cases, but the culprits are allowed to go away, and never in one single instance has a case been noticed. Such want of justice and protection has rekindled that animosity formerly existing between the emigrants and the Griquas, and ere long we may look for another irruption. unless a person is speedily dispatched to settle all the disputes in question. The Griquas are trying every measure to upset the emigrants' rights to farms which they had hired to them; and I hear themagistrate, who is at Philippolis, has decided several cases in favour of the emigrants. The uncertain tenure underwhich the emigrants held their farms is another source of complaint. A report has got afloat that 3,000 morgen is the extent, whereas they hired from the Griquas twice that quantity. And they say, if the Government intends taking from them what they hired and bought from the Griquas, they will consider they have very little justice to expect at thehands of the British Govern ment, and therefore, like many others, will be necessitated to trek further into the interior, and thus avoid all future in terference on the part of Government. With such sentiments and feelings as these, I dread the evil consequences should they attempt to trek, for land they will and must have to graze their flocks, and consequently will not be over particu lar as to the mode by which they obtain it. " When at the Modder River a report had just reached the emigrants that Masselkaats was advancing towards that part of the country, joined by a vast number of Dingaan's Zeolas.—that the natives were flying before him in all directions, and the emigrants at Magaliesberg were retreating from that part in great panic ; so I may almost say, the whole territory between the Orange River and Delagoa Bay was in a blaze, and the Govern ment will have to keep a watchful eye, for the country over the Orange River will and ever must be an anxious burden. Nothing less than a line of military posts from Orange River to Port Natal will keep the country in subjection—and such eventually must be done." The Flinds are steady to-day but there is not a great deal doing. The most active securities are Bank Stock and Re duce7lThree per Cents. The former is worth 20414 to 203, and the latter 95 1 / s to The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents are worth 974 to %. On Exchequer-bills the premium is 265. to 28s. The Foreign Bonds have not varied much. Spanish Five per Cents are a little firmer at 29 1 4, and the Three per Cents at 40. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 31 1 / 8 to 314. Chihan are 9S, and Peruvian 41 1 A to 41%. Russian Stock is quoted 11 Belgian Four-and-a Half per Cents are at 96, and Dutch Four per Cents at 94 to . Shares are generally better again to-day. ONL O'CLOrIC CLORING ritICES. lvrnena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Hiding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedr)rd. 22. 1 3 / 4 p Leicester and Tamworth 425. Liveri,. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .• Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birminghmloo 223 221 221 Do. Thirds - Do. ii,i Shares Ditto Fifths .... 2 ...... ... ..... ..... Ditto Extension ...... i London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 9 3 4 1 A 9V I Do. New „ . Ditto Extension ..,... 3.- . — Lo,idoi. and Brighton... 50 69% 69 70 68V. 68% Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Sixtks London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9,-.. 23% 23 24 24 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford - London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d Londcn Hounslow. and Western Lond. & S.Western 4116 s 10d 77 Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 23% ...... . ondon and York ...... ••• 2%...... 41% 4% London and Windsor ... 1 - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 2%. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil 1,, n don cl erry & Coleraine 5 lem 'onderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 Manchester and Leeds .. 76 136 138 l3B Ditto !,::. Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths - 1 .... 14 .. l4 Do. Sixteenth* ..... ... 5 1 % Manches!er and Birmrn. 40 Do Quarters ... 4 ..... 12% 12% Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction ...... 1% 1%% l% Manchester. Buxton,and Matlock 42s. Manchester, Birm., and Mould Rinction .• ... — — Manchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland 100 .....157 158 156...... 156 Do. Fifths 2 Do. No .v Midland, Ilirin., Derby...100 Midld. & East. Counties 2% ...... Midland Great Western ~ ( Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 —. ewc.i.stle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..... ... 61% Do. New Brandling... 20 N , ..woasi lc and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Newport& Abergavenny 2% New Ross and Carlow.. 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% — ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. . .. 2%..... 2% 3% ..... ... 3% Norfolk Extension 2 North British ... ..... ... 17% Do. Half Shares ..... 3% B l4 . 7 3 / i 8 1 / 2 ... 8% 1)o. Exten. to Carlisle iv, 3 14 % 1 / 8 3% 3 3 /4 Dc). Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto N ix. it Devon North of Norfolk 2 3 /q — ... .. ......... Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover VA"... 3%% •• • •''" North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 4 1 / 4 p North Wales .. 3% — North and South Wales and Worcester 1 Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon l6 Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 2 l /8 •• Not tingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester... 1% — .._ ..... Nottingham and Mans- field - — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, . and Cheltenham.. Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 •••• Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 — Preston and Wyre Do. 1 4 Shares ..... ... 2% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester ....... . Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,aad Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester.. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. Extension ... 1%...... Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%..... 514..... ..... Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Heretord 2% — Shrews., Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordsl.. June. 2% Sligo and Shannon l% ...... Somersctshire Midland 2% 2%.... ... 2 , ; 8 South Devon — South Midland 425. South & Midlands J une . 42 s — ... % dis. South StatfordshireJunc. 2% 3 l /2 3% south Ea-tern & Dover 33! 2s 4d... 40 .... ...... Do., No. 1 l2 Do., N... 2. Do., No. 3 Do.. Ns. 4 Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... - Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shrop s hi re 2 3 / Solt. Wales ..... -.... ... 2% 4 14 43 4% Taw Vale Extension ... Tean and Dove Valley 1% 1%...... l% Trent Valley 5 ..... . 21 1 4 2 1 14 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2%...... Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 3 Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,ltixfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentina Waveney Valley 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall ..... 2 ... .. • West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 , West End and Southern Counties .. ll/x...... Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth - Worcester,Hereford,Ross ' and Gloucester 425...... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow O 3, -• /4 Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Unio n .... 1% ..... Worcester and S. Wales 42& Worcester,Warwick,and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 234 ••-•• ••••••• - York and Lancaster 2% 1 ork and North Midland 50 Dittv 14 Shares .. 25 - Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby - ..... ..•••..••• Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYs, Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 10 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cettt (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. .. Do. ( Espelete's) .... 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders - ••••• Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... —..............— Central of Spain ... Ceylon . • .. .... ss. Demerara 2% . . Dendre Valley Dijon and Atulhouse - Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ....• •••• s s. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted . .. 5 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... 55....... 4 Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 •••••• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey - - Louvain and Juneppe... 4 ... . 21 A 24 Lyons and Avignon...... 2 Luxembourg. Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... :11 auritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orkans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... 174 18 lB Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 12 ... l9 Over Yssel 4! 3a 4d — — Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) 3 Paris &Lyous,(Calon's) 2 ~.... PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. Bank Stock _ . 204 1 ,4 203 204 204 _ 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 1 i per Cents Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 10 1 /0 9-16 10 9-16 Ditto 30 years,Oct. 10,1859 India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,000/. 3 3 33 C(.ns is for Account , x chequer Bills, 1,0001., PAd. ... 26 28 pm. 28 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small oNE CLOSIN RICER OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRIcES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... . ...... 98 98 'anish Bonds. 1825, 3 per Cent 874 871 A Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2l 21 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 31% IA 31 1 / 8 Ditto, Account — 32 Ditto, Deferred • . 18 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4 l l /2 41% Ditto, Account 41% 41% Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... .. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 6O Russian Bonds - .... 112 3 / 4 112 1 / Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account ' 291: 29 29 1 4 Ditto, Passive - Ditto. 3 per Cent 4O 40 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent . 96 96% :etch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 par Cent. Certificates 94 1 941, PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING i , . U. WA Y SHARES AT ON V O'CLOCK. PR ICES. 1 , berdeen Aberdeen,Bariff, &Elgin DA — sg Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ... 1% — Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2 1 / 2 — Bideford andTavistock...l% — . ~.. Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 - Ditto New l7 Birmingham and Ox ord Junction iiirminghain & Leicester Direct 42s. Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 225. Bridgewater &Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Brktol and Gloucester... 30 -.... 57 ... .. Bristol and Liver. June . 2 1 / 2 ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension 91A- 31, E .. 3 3 / 4 Cambrian & Grand June 42s ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 /. .... 3% ... 3% 00. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — • .... Canterbury and Dover.. 1 Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... 1% Chester and I lolyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltezham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester I IA Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter I )erby and Crewe Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby . 1%...... - Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%..... — Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's)...... 5 1 4. 4% % 4I,E Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Armagh 1%... „. • Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway... .- 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% EastertiCounties...l4/. 16s. ...23% 2214 234 22 3 / 3 22% Ditto New 61. 16s. 8 % 3 /4 p VA P Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... % P N P East Dereh'in andNor'eh 1 {astern Union — Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 4 Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 1 1. .... . East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 19 Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 14 — .. ••• -- Edinburgh and Perth.„ 1% Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ...... _ Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21/f Eisex and Suffolk .. ... 1% Exeter. Dorchester, and Weymouth ....... ..... 425. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 Gloric„A.beiystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... 1% l% Goole and Doncaster .. 425. GranclJunction ....100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 - Grand Union l% l% l% Great Eastern &Western 21 4-- ......... —•— GreatCiripashy andShef• fieid Great South. and West. ((Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 12% — Great Mu ns t er 111,4 . . Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 great Northof England..loo .220 Ditto New Do. New .... ""«<... .........2 ...... _ great Western 6O 165 164 166 166 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Ditto V, Shares 2% lB% 1874 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... .. Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto 1 ,, , Vaiires . 12% — ... Do. Hiff Shares Inverness and E1gin...... 1 - . Ipswich, Norwich, an d ••••• ......... Yarmouth tl ..,..• ... ••. ...... .. Irish North Mid1;,15,4 . . firt— -10.9, 4.4. - .4. - Coinie ...... KillarneY Junctions ...... 114 4 — ....... --- ....... ,•••• •• Kendal and Windermere 11 ...... Lancaster and Catiisje... 30 ...... i•14 1 . 1 1i 13.0:4it, and Bal- , .. Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orlearm 2O .50 49 , 4 49A Pans and lloiu-n ........ 20 4l 40 ...... 4 ° ..... i'aris and Strasbourg (Ganneron'A) Do. (Corn pe de L'E3t) 2 - Do (Avmard's) Paris and St.Quen tin ... 2 ...... Rouen and Havre •• ••• . - oval North of Spain ... 2 Sainbre and Meuse . 6 ...... - Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan.- den, and Hasseit....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ... ...... ...... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 \Veit Flanders .. 4 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. United Mexican °a 2s. . JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Ti LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30. Anglo-Belgian , Madrid and Valencia... Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 11 3 A Namur and Liege 6 Bordeaux &Mediterran !North Jamaica - -- Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon"... Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2 ( Mackenzie's) — Callao, Lima, and Pa cific Coast .•• Orleans and Bordeaux Over Yasel Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) 2 71 Ditto (Ganneron's). 37' Central of Spain .. Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley Dutch Rhenish ... ...... Bth Dieppe & Paris Janet. Dijon and Malhotue ... East Indian Fampoux & Ilazebrouk Grt Northern of 'France Ditto (Caltes).... ••••• Ditto (Sud Est) Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen . 404 Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) !Do. (Cotnpe de L'Est) Do. (Aymard's) Paris and St. Quentin - - di Rouen and Havre alp Constituted l5 Do. Pepin le Ilalleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. AI id. Junction Do. North Midland — Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse .... 574 Strasburg and Bale .... Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ... Tours and Nantes , t / (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg Do. ( Lefebvre's) Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... ••" West Flanders 5 [ADVERTISEMENT.] RAILWAY INVESTMENTS quickly make or mar man's fortune. To be successful, needs not only full knoll ledge of resources, but earliest information of each mode meat. Advice given, or the most conscientious opinion se o per return of post, to country correspondents, in replY ti , statement of question, containing P. O. order for 7s. 1 1 structions how to buy and sell to greatest adv an tage AT, given, and the interest of principals carefully w a tched Parliamen , ary Committees, &c. Fee 7s. Messrs. Walton sill Co . 26, Newington-crescent, Newington-butts, Londoo.; Hours from Eight to Eleven, A.M., prior to assembling Parliamentary Committees, Stock Exchange, &c. Cash PP vanced on approved scrip. LYNN and ELY, ELY and HUNTING ' DON, AND LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWA Y COMPANIES. A meeting was held yesterday at the London Tavel Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of h ear i ng th e terto upon which it was proposed to amalgamate the lines. Sir W. B. Folkes was called to the chair, and 0 ' secretary read the advertisement cilling th e mee ting and the purposes for which it was called. The CIIIIRMIN then stated briefly what these objec t were, and the terms upon which it w as pr o posed 0 1 _, amalgamation should take place, and whi c h were 11 ' follows Terms of the Amalgamation of the Lynn and Ely, Ely Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Col panies, agreed upon by the Directors of those Cunig nies, subject to the approval of the respective Prop O tors. " The three Companies shall be amalgamated as from the Ist day of January, 1846. " The extension capital about to be raised by the LI B and Ely and Ely and Huntingdon Companies shall be it portioned among the Shareholders in the three Compani.dr at the rate (or as near thereto as possible) of one new shy ' for every original share. " The capital of the three Companies, and also the exler sion capital above referred to, shall be taken at par. "Inasmuch as by the terms of the Act of Parliament, i ll ; corporating the Ely and Huntingdon Company, interest the rate of 31. 10s. per cent. per annum is payable on sums called up on the shares in the capital of that Comps% but no such provision is made in the Acts i ncorpora ti n g t" Lynn and Ely and Lynn and Dereham Companies, inter the rate of 3/. 10s. per cent. per annum shall be paid all sums called up on the shares in all the three Compani e t l ij from the date of the payment of such respective calls the three lines shall be opened for working. "Provision shall be made in the Acts authorising the e l tension lines above-mentioned, for payme n t o f l u t e; set,, s , 3/. 10, per cent. per annum on all sums ca ll e d up o n t' shares in the capital raised for such extension. " An Act for carrying the amalgamation into effect s h - 111 :1 1 be applied for as soon as the regulations of Parliament vi; permit, at the joint expense of th e th ree C ompan i es , and such Act it shall, inter alia, be provided that the three Co% panies shall constitute one Company, by the name of ' Eats Anglian Railways Company.' " That such Act shall contain all such other clauses 0 4 , stipulations as the Directors of the three Companies shall,'" their discretion, think proper." The CHAIRMAN, hi proposing the adoption of above, alluded to the desire expressed at a meetit i s held in August last for the amalgamation of the Co lli ; panies whenever the time should arrive when such e measure could be deemed practicable. That time he i now arrived, and the proprietors had already beardre7 the terms upon which that amalgamation was propose' and he would be glad to hear any observations that AN Hon. Proprietor z,hould deem it necessary to offer. ie answer to a question from a Shareholder, he said tP works of the lines were in a very forward state. The terms having been agreed to, the meeting the: changed its name, and became, pro forma, a meetil i r' of.the ELY AND HUNTINGDON COMPANY. • Mr. LACY took the chair, and after having made few prefatory observations, read a series cf resolution'A which were to the effect that the shareholders approv e ,' of the amalgamation. At this stage of the proceeding' and before the reso utions were put to the vote, Captain PORTER rose and made an observation rel V tive to " Mr. Henry Bruce, of Mincing-lane." The CHAIRMAN reminded Captain Porter that the ity troduction of the subject at that meeting was quite ire' gular, and begged he would not persevere. Captain PORTER said he was aware it was irregtl l3 4; but he wished to intimate that it was hi s i n t en tion ' bring the subject forward upon a future occasion. he A good deal of irregular di scuss i on f o ll owe d upo n t-, topic, which had no reference wh a t ever to th e mat t e r f°,' the discussion of which the meeting had b een con vent' and during which a debate ensued as to the policy of 0 34/ reporters' publishing that portion of the proceeding!' Mr. Bruce at the same time declaring that if Captal Porter's observations were published, he (Mr. Bruce,/ would insist on his right to reply. The reporters having declared that they could give no pledge, Mr. Bruce 00 : tered into an explanation of his reasons f or signing,' certain petition; and the matter ha v i ng a t l eng th bee" brought to a close, The CHAIRMAN requested that Captain Porter not make any further observations; the subject droprl the business of the day was resumed, the re so lution' were put and adopted, a vote of thanks passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. RECENT WILLS. The late Sir Alexander Ferrier, K.G.H., her Bit tannic Majesty's Consul for South Holland and Zealant" who died at Rotterdam, in the kingdom of Holland, o i j the 17th of August last, at the age of seventy-two, bit.' mlide his will there, in the year 1841, in the Duty language, which was registered in Rotterdam imlne: diately after his decease, by which instrument, as th e translation runs, he nominated and appointed as IT sole and universal heirs his joint children, and grand children to each, such share to which they are entitle' by law. Sr Alexander, from weakness in his sigh t ' was unable to write or sign his name. A notatie,i translation of his will was proved in London on the 2 3 of December, 1845, by the executors, Sir James Hear; Turing and Willem Mattheus Hop, Esq. The property belonging to Sir Alexander, within the province of Cs 1 1; terbury, is of small amount, his estates lying in Holland' where, for the last thirty years he has been pertne newly domic led and resident, carrying on business as merchant. The deceased was Knight of the Order 4 ? Guelph of Hanover, and Defender of the Scotch Frill' leges at Veere. The late John Ryley, Esq , of High Elms, Watford who was for nearly thirty years a magistrate for 01 county of Hertford, and formerly of the Bengal Ci!' l Service, was possessed of considerable property in Inc*, and by his will has left the sum of 85,000 sic:ia rupee' standing in his name in the funded stock at Calcutta, td be divided between his wife and three sons, equally, ¢a his estate and mansion at High Elms, also his estate o' Fortune's Farm, Watford, the copyhold at St. Stephen ' Herts, his shares in the Lancaster Canal and in tbe European Insurance Company, he has left to his We e sons, as well as the 2,6001. under his marriage settlemes w and leaves some presents to his sister, the Hon. lgre; Leeson, residing in France. There being no executor of res iduary legatee appointed in the will, administran t / with the same annexed was granted to his sons Bober. Ralph Ryley, and Edward Charles Ryley. The d° ceased died at High Elms, on the 13th of last Novetnbet• in his 73d year.—Yos t. We learn, from private sources of information, el° the re-construction of the Cabinet has been the result of compromise between the Premier and those who were or, posed to his original proposition, which is understood to hall been sweeping and radical in the extreme. It is now ss„ l _,' that the project to be submitted to Parliament by Sir P' Peel is, that wheat in future should be liable to a fixed duti of twelve shillings a quarter, such duty to be decreased 1 1 two shillings aquarter in each succeeding year ; so that the end of six years it should be adinitted free. This state - ment we submit to our renders Just as it has reached our selves —observing that it comes from a source to which have been frequently i.iebted for early and authentic in for mation.—Dublin F.:ening Mail. Early n est year it is intended to send mail 1) 00 _, I from Lou" to Portsmouth six times a day, and we shiT consec,ientiv have six daily de , iveries.—Hampshire T e legrap; ELGIN CATTLE MARKET -At thi s mar k e t, on th e 17th inst., there was but a small s h ow of c attl e . There IT, a number of fat cows in market, which sold b rrs kly at fro' 71. to 101, according to size. There were on 'y a very PI lots of other cattle shown. Mr. Cruickshank, Granary, s c. :* a lot of two year-old Highlanders at 81. a-head. There tits a fair supply of horses, and a few sales made—prices higb! Ross-shire Advertiser. 3% Y 4% p 33/ 24% 4 1 4