The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-31 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. Le3see and Manager, air. JAMES ANDERSON. The_ Lessee respettfully be t s to submit the following scale of FriceS of Adanssi n for public approval : - Private boxes, 31. 35., 2i. 12s. bd., 2/. 25., 1/. lls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each a. d FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes • - -2 0 l'it - - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, WM be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Comedy of THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. Dornten, Mr. Basil Baker; Harry Dornton, Mr. Anderson; Mr. Sulky, Mr. W. Da vidge ; Mr. Silky, Mr. Emery; Goldfinch, Mr, F. Vining; Widow Warren, Mrs. Winstanley ; Sorhia, Miss Baker. After which (sth Time) a New Grand Historical, Pfetaphoecal, Allegorical, aid Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal,' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, Air..RRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladles with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, ' Would ;rubble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod- Well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Bruning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and AsFistans. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamte. • The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Trage iy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen, &c., &c., by &c., MonTALs Cool Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer; Any Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; He, Lovely B&iby, M aster Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Dentin; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rashcr Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, ➢dr. Chapin(); Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other sores, by the rest of the company. CHRIST ALAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, Bat although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. . . This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door?"—Come and see—" J. Andersen's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will i,e satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex. loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Rale'gh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact,' that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Buff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat I ! ! I will unite their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS ... _ en deshabille, as she is represeated ix a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen —.--- GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which_ to dectie"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them, THE REJECTED ONES: Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the-King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archdake Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen. Bess appoints a meeting of these " woaderous proper men" at Kenilworth, bat declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGUT —Wilson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my .darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket Put oat the lignt, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth- He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her "deep despair," introduces hsr Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my bobby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Tour naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and ' paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admirs his wondrous generosity. for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true lave never did run smooth," for here.• he meets with some twenty " competi tears," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, snore properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH AItHADA I By Warner's Fulminating Bloiv-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings ull to a close by making them all change their clothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Detain. Lord litarleigh that of Pantaloon, .L J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amoar of Columbine, ifacille. Theodore. AR we have further to say for Good Queen Bess Is—Virat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, long since we met l" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE, Cupid and Clawn—Butter and Butterfiles--Hungarian Knoek-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Rallway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Co •.ks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clo . wii makes himself Welcome—the N.e.hers at Fault—a Transformation—Clown rumled —Calf s Head for One T -AKitten Wanted—Save the Credit of tho . . _ Establishment—Police 1 Police I—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co.igress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domelnc Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNHIGiIT "NOBBY DANCE." Heals Win the Prize. SMITHFIELT), Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork ►ersus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Holloway's Purifying Pills—. N aw Tariff—Gin wreatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City a uice—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO,GING•HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little nse to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, w en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-11017SE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notion of Warm an' Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors —A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an Intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A. Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Eatrsordinary—and General Chamber Polka.- CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but Lin only gel Skate, which he finds rather tough; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, , Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General " Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent Highway s"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITII VESSBL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, Resigned and painted entirely by Rrunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest : —Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needlos—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystoie Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last, THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Andersen; Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. 0.11. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J: W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. lirunning, Janes, Wilson, C. Adams, and • As 'istants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. MachliVst, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sete Lessee and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENING, Will be pertbrmed an entirely new aid original Play, entitled THB LOVING WOMAN. Wieliert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. O. Kean. After which THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Tiolanto. Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with THE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, MLsa P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. der the II reot , r , ` aflame Cele** THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW , orst:. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. 13Lcl ford, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENATE IN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Lamle], Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woeigar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MKS. B u NBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Hlghbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam.: Vest-is. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charley Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 59.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. AU applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New:Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATt.i , .. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Role Lessee and..tanager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Cord, Wynn; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Lou`sa Pyne. To conclude 'With KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bo:ogna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL ADIPIIII HEA.TRA. Prorrietza, Mr. W. Batty T;lis FNEN; s,, • Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has suc ceeded In engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from tke Hippodrome, Pari,, and who is the first Equestrian of the diy, with her highly trolned Steeds, "Senora" and "Bertram." Mademoiselle Angele is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearance at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. Reappearance of Madile. Cadone. A Grand Juvenile Night on Thursday, commencing with the Pantomime. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT 01' THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love, In which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be toilowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, w ho came to Town upon his little Pony. - Lox-wilco ~ pon from El4ven till For r. • • 7 tAtge T'efanager, Mr. W. West. RETIREMENT OE M. BOUFFE,—.The hahitUe.4 of the French plays will regret to hear that Bouffe, the favourite actor of the Varietcs, has been ordered by his physicians to retire from the stage at present. TILE griN,, LONDON, NOTICE ! Now ready at all tho Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T HE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NOVEL, " COUNTRY QUARTERS." With Portrait, and Memoir ef her Lad) ship by her Niece, M ss rowcr. Also, now ready, MISS PARDOE'S FLIES IN AMBER. 3 vols. NAPIER'S SOUTHERN AFRICA. 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations. " the fullest, clearest, and most satisfactory account of everything relating to, or connected with, the Cape, that we have yet seen." — Naval and Military Gazette. William Shoberl, Pub'isher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully tp announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre, which will commence on • MONDAY EVENING NEXT, Jan. by the production of a new Opera, in Three Acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDORRE._ _ Principal characters by 3ladlles. Charton, Guichard ; Messieurs. Chollet, Lac, Killy Leroy, and Nathan. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, 3f dile. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce). M. Lac (Frei:lller Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, Lis first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basse of the Opera Comique, Paris, his tMst appearance), M. Killy Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Millie. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateanfott, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdl e. Cott", &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND TAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the The Are Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, 3fdlle. Nathalte, (artists of the Theatre Franca's, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country); M. Latent, Mdlle. Figeac (of the The A' re Du YaudeviLe) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Itarletes) ; Mill e. Constance (of the Theatre da Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de I'Odeon). 1 An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements:—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 18.50, by the production of a New Opera, it three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Cernique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Thea'res of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halevy ; the Libretto by M De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jeune chassear des Pyrenees), M. Lac ; Le Joyeux (capitaine de mince Francalse et recruteur), 11. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde-peche du Gave), M. Kill, Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux chewier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val a'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard , Georgette (cousine de s,tephan), Mdlle. Cotti; and Rose de Mal (servants de Theresa), Mdile. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Anibroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " Ilaydee," the character of Haydee by Charten. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannet et Conn, Nicolo ; Le Rol d'Yvetet, Adolphe Adana ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Amber; Le Macon, Auber ; Le Sirene, Aitber ; Lully et Qui salt, Nic le ; La Perruche, Claplssoa ; Le Talet de Chambre, Ca rafa ; Use Folle, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of semi of the most popular operso produced last season. According to present arrangements the representat!oa of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, April I, M. Samson (of the'Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the mast popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced In Paris. At tke end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at tke Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, bas bee attended with her accnstomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Alen lin d Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville trill be supported by M. Lafcnt (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fige le, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a 'numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited more than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi 1 also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Berle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedie, in One Act, entitled "Le Moineaa de Lesble," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for oce night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Ileraces," " Andromaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, 31. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. Pilet, M. Vaudrelaud, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, 31. Larkin, M. C. Harper, Al. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. \Wright, &c. Di ector of the ma:ie and Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles llanssens. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made nt Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street; Ebern's and ilookhatn's, Old Bond-street. _ The flox-efllee of the Theatre Is open daily from Eleven Five. wATEIR AT LoNDON Tim DAY ,orning, 48 rain. after 2 I Evening, 13 min. after 3 To-Mossow —Morning, 40 min. after 3 Eveatrw, 6 min alter 4 IVa'fflEtt.—SON OFFICE, Dzc. 30 THERMOMETER Lowest, 28; ffighezt, 34, :.' , ;oon, 30. BAROMETER, 30.22. WIND, N.N.E.—cold fine weather. DEC. 31. TaEnmomETER, Lowest, 2?; Highest. 34 Noon. 32. BAROMETER. 30.61; still rising. WIND N.N.W.—fine frosty weather. inaugurated their government with the sublimest acts of beneficence, returning the glah'e of revolution to the scabbard at the first gleam of good fortune, and marking the era of their propitious des tiny by the formal abolition of ccpital punishments. In the oth:r case, the sovereigns have celebrated their return to the sway of the sceptre by the scourging of women, by the imprisonment of children, and by the destruction of hecatombs of warrior prisoners. The weapon of their beneficence has been the knout, the instrument of their magnanimity the guillotine. The blood of females has been the libation poured out by them on the scene of their successes in homage to the GOD of battles. The shrieks of the relicts of Patriotism have constituted their Te Deum for their victories. In obedience to their mandate the nations have been again moulded into subordination by the bloody hands of the executioner. This has been the nature of their proceedings on the resumption of authority, and this it is which has deprived their rule of vitality. The gore reeking down from the scaffold and flooding round the foot of the re-erected thrones, has infused the pricciple of decay into their very foundations, has infected the very atmosphere respired by the continental monarchies with corruption Their demoniacal passions, their lust for slaughter' their insatiable appetite for vengeance, while clothing them with the sackcloth of opprobrium, and strewing their heads with the ashes of infamy, are drawingdow n upon them inevitably the inexorable blade of their Nemesis. So confident are we upon this point, that we feel assured the approaching year will not have expired without unfolding the horrors of their ulterior expiation—their expiation for treachery and barbarity, for women tortured by the lash, and heroes hung on the gibbet, for the devastation of whole provinces by invasion, and the desolation of great cities by bombardment. Throughout all the principal territories of the Eu ropean Continent, these sanguinary battles of the Counter-Revolution have raged with almost equal fero- c:ty ; and, alas:! that we should say it, have proved almost in every case equaly advantageous to the reactionists. In France, happily for the new-born Republic, order has in 1849 been re-established without any infraction of the new Constitution, or without, indeed, any disloyalty to the Demo cratic Government. The honesty and capacity of the President Louis NAPOLEON, aided on the 29th of January and the 13th of June by the mili tary genius and civic audacity, of CHANGARNIER, preserved Paris from a recurrence of those sanguinary engagements which, in the preceding summer, had threatened the revival of infidelity and terrorism. In Prussia, the royal faith was successively broken with the Local Legislature of Berlin and the Central Par liament of Frankfort-on-the-Maine. In Portugal the revival of the CABRAL Ministries, and in Spain the perpetuation of the NARVAEZ Administration, have threatened the Peninsula with a re lapse into the calamitous miseries of in ternecine battles. In Italy the hopes of the restoration of Italian independence and of the accumulation into one concrete nationality of the various states of that classic peninsula, have gradually evaporated—owing, we most profoundly believe, to a lamentable and (in the first instance) a causeless misunderstanding between the . people and their patriot princes —out of the general misfortunes arising such supreme calamities as these, the flight and exile of Plo Nosto, the abdication and death of CARLO ALBERTO, the expulsion of FEUDS.. NA ND SECUNDO, the defeat of Sardinia, the conquest of Sicily, the subjui.,ation of Lombardy, the sorrows of Leghorn, Purina, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Bologna and Florence, the panic at Turin and Mantua, and the terrific bombardments of Rome, Genoa, and Venice. In Schleswig-Holstein the lawless incur sions of Prussia led to the heroic defence of Frede ricia, and enabled the " crimson wing" of conquest again to flutter the royal banners of Denmark. In Germany, from one extremity to the other, the roar of war was audible until the revival of a kingly coalition brought about the investiture of Landau, the overthrow of Radstadt, the seizure of Baden, and the simultaneous paralysis of Berlin, Munich, and Vienna. Nevertheless, horrible and numerous as are the misfortunes already enumerated as having befallen the European continent, in consequence of the daring exploits of the Counter-Revolution, the chief cause of sorrow to all the lovers of Democracy, in their remembrance of 1849, yet remains unmen tioned, namely, the downfal of that illustrious race whose feats of arms, whose constancy of purpose, and whose magnanimity of goverment have been the admiration of the world, not only now-a•days, but during many bygone generations. ;Crushed by -an overwhelming superiority of numbers, and delivered over into the grasp of her adversaries, by a detestable traitor, Hungary has afforded us reason to weep for the greatness and the stress of her national calamities. The siege of Comorn and the storming of Buda, the attack upon Temeswar and the bombardment of Peterwardein, were occasions on which the last blaze of Magyar glory became visible in all its pristine resplendence before the treason of GEORG ET had placed the victory in the hands of the Austrian EMPEROR and the Russian AUTOCRAT, abandoning the orphans of Hungary to HA.TN ALT, and her widows to PA SKIEWITCH, driving h e r bravest and noblest sons into banishment, and directing the thunderbolts of the CZAR against the unprotected Cabinet of the SULTAN-CALIPH. Now that the brute force of Despotism has temporarily succeeded over the moral strength of the opinions of Democracy, it is insinuated by the apologists of the regal terrorists of the Continent that Hungary was cajoled into her recent movement by her demagogues. In the name of that sacred and sublime cause in which KOSSUTH raised the standard of the Hungarian Revolution, by the memory of the glorious patriots, their brethren, who fell in the struggle for the emancipation of the Magyars, for the sake of BATTHTANNT shot, and of all his renowned companions butchered on the gib bet, we appeal to the survivors of the conflict— calling upon them to require, from the people of that great but unfortunate country, a demonstration that the late rising was no contrivance of a few conspira tors, but the general ebullition of a popular yearning for independence. Thus, before Milan, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Flo rence, and Buda-Pesth has Revolution been overcome by brute force : thus, in Germany, in Italy, and in Hungary have the nations been compelled to bow for a time before the recent hurricane of Counter-Revo lution. The proceedings in the Portarlington case, before the Commissioners for the Sale of Ineumbered Estates in Ireland, afford the strongest illustration of the practical working of the new law, not only as to the facilities given for the disposal of the estates of the em barrassed, but as to its effects on the interests of the legal profession—barristers and solicitors on the other side of St. George's Channel. Any person at all acquainted with the tardy and enormously expensive nature of Chancery proceedings will be surprised to hear that an estate producing a clear and well-paid income of no less than 32,000/. per annum, and charged to the extent of 700,0001. sterling, has been ordered to be sold within a period of less than two months from the time of filing the original petition which brought it within the jurisdiction of the Court, and at an ex pense of less than the one-fourth-hundredth part of that which would inevitably have been incurred in obtaining a final decree in the Court of Chancery, and that on the application of a puisne incurnbrancer, whose only claim consisted of a judgment debt for 3861. 16s. 6d., with an arrear of interest which in creased the claim to 5781.—in other words about one sixty-fourth part of the annual income of the property, and about one fourteen-hundreth part of its actual value. It is perfectly clear that in the olden times such a person could never have succeeded in obtaining a decree for sale without sacrificing many times the amount of his debt. But, although all persons having early cburges, those who come within the first 500,0001, were perfectly willing that the sale should be postponed until there was a prospect of better prices being realised, and although Lord PORTARLINGTOI4 himself, who not only represented the inheritance, but was himself a creditor to the extent of more than 220,0001. sterling, opposed the prayer of the petition, the conditional order was made absolute at a single sitting, and at an expense not exceeding the costs of a common motion in the Rolls' Court, not the one•twentieth part of what a motion respect ing . the same estate cost, before Chief Justice , 44 *44 „1:: oir “4 6 A ILV i • , T 5. -44 0INV . ;"! -41. • Ntos • Ottrnina 741 m ON DON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1849. Another year being now on the eve of its comple tion, a political panorama of profound intricacy and extraordinary magnitude naturally reveals itself to the consideration of the reflective journalist. Two perspectives of enthralling interest spontaneously present themselves for our contemplation—one shall to day be the theme of our commeats, the vista of the past; the other being reserved for remark to-morrow, the vista of the future. In estimating the character of 1848 we had to designate it the Year of Revolu tion—in estimating, at the present moment, the character of its successor, 1849, we have to regard it as the Year of Counter-Revolution. Almost every where throughout the European continent the war of races and castes has raged with terrible ferocity and persist ence. During the last twelve months, nations and classes have been arrayed against each other ; and after a temporary success on the part of certain heroic nationalities, the peoples of Europe have found themselves ground down under the heel of military despotism. In reality the contest has been one car ried on between brute force and opinion, between the soldiery and the populace. For a while the victory has remained with the former ; for a while the holy cause of Democracy has been vanquished by an unholy Coalition ; lOr a while, owing partially to the concen tration of large bodies of armed men upon diffe• rent points of the movement, and partially to the enervating remorse consequent upon certain unhappy excesses committed in the first paroxysms of popular vengeance, the evil vigour of tyranny has been predominant, and the development of demo cratic institutions retarded. Flushed with the grandeur, the brilliancy, and the magnitude of the achievements gained by them in 1648, the people of the continent doubtless opened to their adversaries the opportunities invariably consequent upon over confi dence. Their rapid acquisition of power induced them to believe possibly that its retention was too secure to give them a moment's cause for anxiety. They had drawn the sword of freedom, and the mere terror of that glorious brand had palsied the arms of their antagonists. They had raised the gorgon buckler of Democracy—with a LAMARTINE for their PERSEUS and Liberty for their ANDROMEDA—and the pomp of royalty had been frozen by the spectacle of that golden Egis, the shield of civilization. They had lit the torch of Republicanism, and the last fragments of the old feudal constitutions had melted away like wax before the flames of Freedom. Such was the progress of occurrences during the Year of Revolution ; since then, namely, during its successor, memorable as the Year of Counter-Revolu- tion, the Reactionists have risen again, slowly, fiercely, and resolutely, and, after a struggle, which has proved as bloody as it was ferocious and pro tracted, hare beaten back their conquerors with the overwhelming and tremendous strength imparted to them by the inspirations of despair. The blow stricken by Liberty against Despotism has recoiled, it is true, yet terrible as its impetus has proved it is, happily, in no respect comparable in energy to that imparted by its originators. On the 31st of December, 1848, the Democratic move ment was still triumphant, and its success was of a nature so complete and effectual that, though for a time it might be baulked in its efforts at ulterior conservation, the forces of feudality could never again acquire their ancient prestige and superiority. On this the 31st of December, 1849, the Aristocratic movement is glorying in the recollection of its victories, though, that.ks be to the GOD of heaven, its triumph is only of the most partial and evanescent description. If for no other reason the vanquished peoples are stronger in defeat than the successful despots in the hour of their ovation, for the mere virtue of their contrasting remembrances. The conquering republics of 1848 will go down to future ages with the memory of their moderation and mag nanimity. The conquering monarchies of 1849 will be doomed to everlasting reprobation and abhorrence from the knowledge of their stupendous turpitude and diabolical inhumanity. In the one case the peoples MONDAY EVENING, BLACKBURNE, when Master of the Rolls, some six years since. Baron RICUARDS, the senior Comtni6sioner, in pronouncing judgment, declared, with the full con currence of his Learned Brethren, that the Court " had no jurisdiction to interfere and prevent a bone fide creditor from trying to have the property disposed of under the Act." This broad rule will show that any person having a legitimate claim, no matter how trifling, in proportion to the value of the estate chargeable therewith, may institute proceedings for a sale, and that at an expense so mo derate that it cannot deter any party from obtaining effectual redress. After the conditional order had been made absolute a new question arose as to the person to whom the car riage of the order and the management of the sale should be intrusted. The solicitor who obtained the carriage of a decree under the Court of Chancery, respecting a property of such value, would have realised enor mous profits. The question was, therefore, frequently contested with the utmost energy, and heavy expenses incurred, which were generally made what was termed "costs in the cause," or, in other words, would be thrown upon the unrortunate inheritor. There had not as yet been any practical experience of the working of the new tribunal, and con sequently the carriage of the order was stoutly litigated—the solicitors of four different parties contesting for the prize, viz., Lord PORTARLINGTON, in his double capacity as inheritor and creditor ; Mr. BLOUNT, who represented debts to the amount of 400,0001.; Colonel DAWSON DAMER, who was the devisee of one of the estates producing about 3,0001 per annum, and who was also a creditor for a small judgment debt of 3181., of which he had obtained an assignment, after the conditional order had been made ; and, finally, the petitioner, to whom about one - fourteen - hundredth part of the value of the estate was due. After consi derable argument the carriage of the order was given to Mr. BLOUNT, Lord PORTARLINGTON having withdrawn his claire', it being his Lordship's intention to bid for the estate at the sale. Although the motion was important to the parties themselves, and as indicating the future practice in similar cases, it was only rendered interesting to the public by the observations that fell from the Learned Commissioners in delivering judgment, which show their full deter mination to prevent the accruing of any large or unnecessary costs, so that the entire proceeds of the sales that may take place will be available, with very trifling deductions, for the benefit of the cre ditors and proprietors. Baron RICHARDS declared that he " could state that the costs to be incurred in the execution of the Court would be, indeed, very trifling, for the Court would not allow the accumu lation of any costs that could be avoided." Dr. LoNo- FIELD, however, entered more into detail. He said, " He wished it to be understood that there was no such thing as giving the whole of the carriage of pro ceedings in court to one person, as in Chancery. Who ever had dccuments which would facilitate the sale should bring them in, whether he had the carriage of the order or not. In that case everything necessary had been done by Mr. Blount's solicitor (Mr. Palmer) or those acting for Lord Portarlington, so that if the peti tioner got the carriage of the proceedings the costs in the transaction would not amount to twenty pounds.— (Laughter.) In feet it wan the Court who had the carriage of the order, and after that was made the Com missioners were similar to the sheriff who had to sell property under execution. He could demand informa tion on the suf.j, ct from any one who could render it. He might employ any person to conduct the sale, if he thought he ceuld do so most advantageously, whether he had interest in the estate or not." And Mr. Commissioner HARGRAVE fully concurred in what had been stated by the Learned Commissioner "as to the costs and keeping down of expense in carrying out the order for sale." Under such circumstances it is clear that what has hitherto proved a great source of emolument to the legal profession in Ireland will henceforth be removed. If the carriage of the proceedings for the side of an estate of 32,0001. per annum can now be conducted at a cost of 201, which formerly' would have amounted to nearly as many thousands, it is manifest that the goose with the golden eggs has been destroyed, and that the emolu ments of the Irish bar will henceforth be restricted within very narrow limits. If the proposed extension of the jurisdiction of the assistant-barristers should ba adopted next year, a further redaction of profits will take place, so as to render the profession not worth following by nine tenths of the present practitioners. Under such circumstances, then, we ask, is it not a matter of justice, as well as of expediency, that an amalga mation of the professions in both countries should take place, and that Irish barristers and Irish solicitors, in return for the advantages of which they have been and are about to be deprived, should be permitted the privilege of practising in all parts of the United Kingdom ? And we fearlessly ask the par ties more immediately concerned whether those who advocate the full and complete amalgamation are not actuated by a more sincere desire for their true interests in demanding forensic reciprocity than the so-called nationalists, who would still desire to keep them in a state of paltry provincialbm, ac .d to debar them from any chance of obtaining the high prizes ppened in this country to every man of merit, industry, and learning ? AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. The North American mail steam ship Europa has arrived with advices from Boston to the 19th instant. The Hermann arrived at New York on the 15th from Southampton, and the Hibernia on the 17th from Liverpool. The repeated failures to elect a speaker continued to prevent the organization of the House of Repre sentatives ; consequently no President's Message had been delivered. On the 15th instant the 47th ballot took place, but, as on each former trial, a sufficient majority could not be obtained to secure election. The Free Soilers, who hold the balance of power between th• two great leading parties, refuse to vote for a candidate who is not pledged to their views on the quetion of slavery. The contest has produced great excitement, not only in the contesters, but through out the country. In the progress of the struggle several remarkable scenes have occurred, arising out of the excitement under which many of the members laboured. The Senate have announced to the President that they were ready to proceed to the transaction of business, so far as was in the sphere of their separate capacity. The reply of the President stated that a communication would be made to that body on Monday, the 11th. - This communication does not, however, appear to have been made on that date. The coroner's jury in Boston, on the remains of Dr. Park man, have rendered their verdict, declaring that be came to his death by the hand of Professor Webster. We have received papers from Mexico to the 29th tilt. A proposition had been made for Congress to ailjourn on the lst of December, and passed prepara- tory readings, but had not been -discuss- d, owing to the failure of Deputies to attend. It had been very difficult to get a session of the Chambers, and it was said that this frequent absence of the Deputies was intended as a plan to discredit the Republican system. The Minister of Finance had been authorized by the two Chambers to negotiate in advance 1,500,C00 dollars on the American indemnity due in May next. The discount, it is said; would be 2 per cent. The reception at New York of the Hungarian exiles had been most enthusiastic. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Youk. DEC. 18.—The failure of the House of Representatives to elect a Speaker has had a depressing effect upon the stock.•market, the uncertainty as to the wants of the Treasury, and course of policy hki ly to be Pursued by Congress, causing capitalists to retire from the market. Government securities and the leading stocks have not, however, suffered to any extent. as will be seen upon rch=rence to our quotations :—United States Sixes of '6B have stood their ground, and closed at the same rate as noticed by the last steamer. The non-arrival of the Hibernia until this evening has diminished the business in foreign exchange. By this packet the exchange on London is drooping, and cannot be quoted over 1071 to 1084, the latter paid for choice bills; on Paris, 5 3u -to 5 2fi; Amsterdam, 40; Hamburgh, 35 to 35k; Bremen, 78 to 78k. Cotton—Scles since our last, per Canada, of the 11th ins.t., amount to 3.225 bales. The business done has been chi, fly for home use, shippers preferring to wait the advices of the Hibernia. As yet her accounts have not transpired, though the telegraph this morning reports her arrival at Halifax on Saturday, at 10 4.. x. Prices have been unsettled throughout the week, and sales effected at a decline of i_c. on the quotations last advised. Indeed, it is v. ry difficult at the present moment to give cornet quotations. A decline to to l is anticipated by the Hibernia, and also by the steamer of the 15th inst., consequent on an increased estimate of the crop advised during November, and the heavy re ceipts at the shipping ports. Occasionally extreme esti mates-2,300,000 to 2,400,000 bales, are still advised, but the majority agree on 2,200,000 to 2,250,000 bales. nprF M nr n n,lwo We quote this day as follows:—The inferior, 94 to 94; ordinary to good ordinary, 9 to 104, 91 to fq ; middling to good middling, 101 to 101, 101 to ; middling fair to fair, 11 to 1111, 10,i to 11; fully fair to fine, 114 to 111. Freights—To Liverpool, 3-16; to Havre, 3- seat. Breacistuffs—The ir=ket has been generally steady, with fair activity. The navigatiosi of the Erie Canal is clo,ed, and supplies are nearly all at hand. Some re c,!ipts will come to hand eluting the close of the naviga tion by the Erie Railroad. Western Canal flour is 4 621 c. to 5 dolls.; southern description, 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 25c.; Indian corn meal, 3 dolls.; Indian corn, 58c. to 60.. per bushel; wheat, 115 c. for good white; southern 123 c. to 126 c. for Genesee; Canadian, 105 c., in bond. Corn is in moderate supply, and very firm. Wheat is not plentiful, excepting Canadian. Freights are rather dull. To Liverpool,. cotton, 7.32; flour, is. 6d. per barrel; grain in bulk, 44d. to 44d. per bushel. To London, 2s. per barrel for flour, and other articles in proportion. To Havre, cotton, Fr. per lb. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 16.—The sales of cotton yester day were barely 1,300 bales. Prices were steady. Rio I coffee moved to the extent of 1.000 prime new, at 12c. Whisky has improved, with sales at 251 c. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday: Thu Committee on the Bill for the re organization of the Garde Mobile having proposed certain altera. tions in it on the subject of promotion, and the Assembly having at the invitation of General BEDEAU adopted those alterations on Thursday, General D'HauTpouL, the Minister of War, at once declared that he could not accept the measure, and called on the Assembly, after having passed every one of its clauses separately, to reject the Bill; and on a division the Government had a majority of 379, the numbers being, for the Bill 115, against it 494. The result of this division demonstrates more clearly the great strength of the PRESIDENT and his Ministry in the Assembly than any event that has occurred of late. None but a Ministry conscious of strength would have ventured to have called upon an Assembly to at once rescind its own decision. On Friday and Saturday the Assembly was occu pied in discussing the La Plata question, and the dis cussion was adjourned over to Monday. On Satur day the Minister for Foreign Affairs explained that the intention of the Government was to endeavour to bring the affair to a pacific termination by enter ing into negotiations with Rosas. It would require, he said, an expedition of at least 10,000 men to drive ORIBE out of the Monte-Videan territories, and, having driven him out, was France prepared to occupy Monte Video ? If she were not ORIBE would return immediately after the departure of the French, and the present state of affairs would be renewed; and if they permanently occupied it they would have another Algeria •on their hands, and he, therefore, proposed to endeavour to obtain concessions from Rosas by means of negotiations. The Courrier Francais says—" We are assured that Admiral DUI3uURDIEU, appointed to the com mand of the French force at La Plata, in place of Admiral La PREDOUR, has also been named envoy extraordinary of France to the Argentine Republic. He is to unite in his own hands the direction of the military forces and the widest diplomatic powers." It was rumoured in Paris yesterday, that the Spa nish chieftain CABRERA had been arrested on Saturday, while attending a secret meeting of Legitimatist conspirators in the Rue de Sausy. M. TRIERS has been appointed president, and M. M. BOCUER secretary, of the Committee of Inquiry into the circumstances connected with the tax on fermented liquors. The Committee will sit three times a week. The iloniteur publishes a decree for calling out 80,000 men of the class of 1849. The Earl of ABERDEEN has arrived in Paris. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDOi STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 5 / B —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 1 ,4 Luxembourg, 2% Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen, 22,,A. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cceton at Liverpool on Saturday were over 10 ; 000 bales, nearly pelf of which were token on speculation.. The market was firm, and full prices were paid. The sales comprised 6 ; 000 mer.can, 3,000 Biszl, at 6 3 Si. to 61d; 400 Egyptian, at 611. to 811; and 2,600 Surat, at 34d. to 4 4 1 -1. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull, and prices have further declined. The demand for English Wheat in Mark lane has been steady to-day at Is. to 2s. advance. It is stated upon the subject of the iron trade in Aris' Birmingham Gazelle of today as follows: " We are informed that the proceedings of the late preliminary meeting of this trade, held at Wolverhamp ton last Thursday, were characterised by perfect unanimity of opinion, and resulted in a determination to abide by the present nominal scale of prices, namely, rods and bars, 61. per ton ; hoops, 61. 103. ; sheets, 71. 103. per ton. " Much of the excite's:rat that prevailed about a month or six weeks since subsided when it was understood that the leading houses would not en courage any attempt to advance prices ; and it then soon became apparent that the increased inquiries resulted more from an expectation of what might take place than from any actual bond fide im provement of dem and—A feeling encauraged, if not created, by the representations of astonishing progress in the amount of exports. Of the correctness of these reports there seems no room for doubt, as they are obtained from official sources ; and yet we are far from enjoying the corre sponding advantage here that might naturally have been expected. The most active branch of our trade is still that of reds and smell rounds, for the use of the chain and nail manufacturers in our oen districts; while the demand fur more bulky descriptions, of which the chief of our exports consists, is comparatively languid. Had it been equally lively, there would have been very little hesitation in adopting a different course at the late meeting. In rails but little is doing, as the low prices of Welsh con tinue to attract the chief attention, notwithstanding their supposed inferiority. We are sorry to acknow ledge that, both in rails and merchant iron generally, much room has lately been afforded for complaints of quality, as regards the produce of Stafford shire. Against this error, however unavoidable in the present system f competition, repeated cautions have been given, and, it persisted in, it will eventually be found the most injurious to the iute rests of the districts, if not the entire destruction of its prosperity, for the only rivalry that can be succ ssfully maintained against our more fortunate neighbours ecu sig.:, nut in cheapness of production, but in the supe riority of our metal for strength and durability. " In reviewing the transactions of the past year, we are sorry that we cannot offer a more congratulatory report, but have upon the whole to chronicle a retro grade movement, iron being now of less value than in January last. At that time our prospects seemed brightening, both as to the home consumption and increasing opportunities for foreign business; 61. 10s. was the nominal price of Staffordshire bars, and before the end of tha quarter an advance of 20s. was adopted, and confirmed at the preliminary meeting in March; but unfortunately this advance was not well supported, nor very punctually insisted upon during the April meetings, and, therefore, was followed by unfavourable effects; indeed, from that date a depression began to set in." There are numerous arrivals from the colonies, in cluding Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, &c., but the dates are not later. Accounts from Antwerp state that the number of emigrants who have left that port during the present year is 10,260, in 61 vessels, of which latter 43 were American, 3 English, and 7 Belgian. There were 55 destined for New York, and 6 for New Orleans. In 1848 11,075 persons left Antwerp. The commercial markets at Antwerp were tolerably active last week, considering that it was so near the close of the year. A statement of the foreign trade of Belgium shows that there has during the first eleven months of this year been a great increase in the imports of raw cotton. The exports show a decided augmentation in the quantity of iron manufactures, glass, cotton, and woollen goods. There had been very high tides at Antwerp, and an exceedingly heavy fall of snow. We learn from Hamburgh that the firm of Meinhold and Co. had suspended payment. This house did a large business, and enjoyed considerable credit, and it is feared will involve other parties. An idea of the extensive operations entered into may be gleaned from the cir cumstance of the losses during the present month alone having amounted to 200,000 mares banco. The steamer Europa has arrived, but the letters are not yet delivered, and there was still no Speaker elected fur the United States Congress. In the Amsterdam Bourse on the 29th inst. business was not so animated. Mexican were higher. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., 55 5.16 to 11. At Vienna on the 25th inst., the Metallics had risen to 95k, and con currently there was a fall in the exchange on Frank fort, Hamburgh, &c., which makes the rise the more decided. Although the Stock market is exceedingly quiet, it has improved upon Saturday's rates, and an influential broker has bought to some extent. Consols have been 96 to i e and are now 961 I; Reduced Three per Cents. 96 to I; and New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. 978 to 97k. Exchequer-bills have been 594. to 615.; and India Bonds 88s. premium. Very favourable anticipa tions are formed of the forthcoming revenue returns, and money is so abundant that the Lombard-street firms have serious intentions of further reducing the allowance tor money on call, which they wcutd do to a very sensible extent but for the impression that the Bank of Eog laud would still follow in their wake, and actively com pete with them. Bills of the first class can be aiscounted now at 2 and 21 per cent., and as a proof that the glut of capital is not confined to the metropolis, we find the Sheffield Bank availing itself of a clause in its deed to return no less than 10/. a share to its proprietory. In the Foreign Market there has been a sudden rise in Peruvian bonds, which have touched 57i and 58. Mexican, on the other ham], are flatter, having receded from 291 to 28i and 29. The reason assigned is the alleged difficulty of getting a sufficiently full Congress to transact business, and probably the sittings would be postponed until January. Authority had been given to the Government to burro w upon the security of the next instal ment of the American indemnity money 1,500,000 dollars, but this cannot affect the foreign creditors, as there are 4.500,000 dollars to be paid next May. Brazilian Small Bonds have been quoted 88. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 36i to 1; Spanish Three per Cents. have been 38g. Russian Bonds have been firm at 1101. Railway Shares have been a shade better, but not much has been doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 par Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anas.....s. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1660 Bth India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ ... 86 p Consols for Account x& chequer Bills. I ,4d. 2d. March. Jane. 1,069/. Small 59 61 p eRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto, Small Mexican Bonis,lB-16,5 per Cent., C.,supons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent.. — Ditto for the Account... 5 7 , 4 1 /2 58 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cant. Ditto for the Account 3 6 ,4 1 / 2 Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent II O IA Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ...... Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHIRES AT ONR O'CLOCK RAILWAY/. PAID. Yza SHARE. .berdeen - Ditto, Preference Ei . 1 14% din. to 1 / 2 rninr., Notting., Boston, &c. 6. 1 /i — .... • to . . --- - -- 1 y rshire and Galloway da !fast and County Down .. 28 .. .. -- 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 ..... to girmingham & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 . — - Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14a — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.., 2O Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ... ..... ... Ili ;3uckinghamshire.. — 17% ..aledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ... 7% % ... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 .. — - )hester and Holyhead.— ..... 50 Ditto, Preference - ;larence. - Do., lot Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 ...... to " direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D .. 2b Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ... .. - Do, 31. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3 1 4 — Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2 Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten.,s perct.No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. p to Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... .. .. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per mt. Ditto, New .... . 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Claes A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 - •...•• to Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 , Ditto, do, Class 13 & C 25 — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 tCast Lancashire ... Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 14 — to East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exmouth... - Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd — ..... to -- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated to -- Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 Great Northern 2O ...... to Do. % A Deferred ..... 12 Do.. B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 10 7% ... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22 I have arrived. The evening ministerial journal the Popular has the following on the alleged differences between Spain and the Pore We have already stated that the insinuations of certain journals respecting an alleged difference between the Sovereign PONTIFF and the Government of the Peninsular were totally devoid of foundation. We repeat that the best pos sible harmony has not an instant ceased to exist between the Roman Cabinet and ours; that the nego tiations relative to a concordate between our Ministry and the Pore's Nuncio are proceeding satisfactorily, and that no circumstance has occurred to authorize the Court of Rome to show itself unreasonable, unjust, and inconsiderate." A Madrid letter of the 22d states that seconds had been named for a duel between M. SARTORIUS, Minister of the Inteior, and M. SILVA, owing to the violest attack made by the latter in the Chamber; but it was hoped that the affair would.be arranged. In the course of his speech M. SILVA said that the Ministry had emplo3ed men who had filled low positions, and he referred to a deputy, who, he said, had occupied the humble situation of concierge. In the sitting of the 22d, M. CONSECO, private secretary to the President of the Council, said he was the person referred to ; it was true that in the days of adversity he had been compelled to tuke the place of concierge, but he had done so to give bread to his mother. The speech of M. Coeseco excited great emotion in the Chamber, and drew forth marks of sympathy from all parts. M. SILVA. himself ascended the tribune, and made public excuses to that Hon. Deputy. Some Members, however, signed a prdposition for passing a vote of censure on M. SILVA, and this had been referred to the bureaux. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30i- for paper; the Four per Cents, at 12k; the Five per Cents., 13 for cash; the Debt without Interest, at 4, for paper; and the Coupons at 8, for cash. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Duke of BORDEAUX arrived at Vienna on the 22d by railway. During his journey he fell from the carriage and knocked out several of his teeth. On this subject the Gazette de France says:— " We know that a letter written by the Prince him self arrived on Thursday in Paris. He states that in going to the railway he fell on the ice, and received some contusions on the lace; but Monsiegneur adds that it is only a slight accident, which will bare no disagreeable result." Letters from Vienna of the 21st, in the Breslau Gazette, state that great agitation prevailed in Synnia, the Banat, and Baeska. , In the military hospitals of Prague, Graetz, and Klagenfurt, the typhus continues to make great ravages; in the latter town it has been necessary to prohibit all communication between the hospital and the inhabitants. According to the Cologne Gazette the CZAR has written to the Emperor of A usTßlArecommending him to treat the German question amicably with Prussia. P RUSSIA. It was rumoured at Berlin, on the 30th ult., that Prussia had been invited to interfere in the affairs of Meckleliburgh. VARIA. The Amnesty Bill received the Royal assent on the 20th. DEN 31ARK. A letter from Hamburg, of the 24th, states that part of the Danish army, 15,000 or 16,000 strong, with a formidable artillery, is concentrated on the island of Alsen, and that another corps is on the Schleswig frontiers, under the orders of General DB MaZA. ITALY. The Giornale di Roma publishes a notification of the Provisional Municipal Commission, dated the 18th, in which, after reminding the people of !tome of the gratitude they owe to the French, and other foreign troops that had contributed to the pacification of the country, it is stated that the Municipal Commission has neglected nothing to procure the foreign troops every possible comfort, but that the enormous expenses it has hitherto incurred oblige the Commission to im pose new taxes on the citizens for that laudable pur pose ; that it has therefore been decreed, with the consent of the superior authorities, that the land-tax shall be increased by 1.5 centimes, except on vine yards; that wine, vinegar, and beer, shall pay 56 centimes per barrel; brandy, spirits of wine, ram, and liquors, shall pay at the rate of sf. per barrel; and that the three mineral waters called Vergine, Felice, and Paolo, shall be subjected to double their present tax ; these measures to be put in vigour on and from the Ist of January. Advices have been received from Turin to the 24th. The Chamber of Deputies had been completely occu pied up to that date in verifying the returns. The case of MAMMIANI had not yet come on for dis cussion. We are authorised to state that l'irliament will meet for the dispatch of business on the 131st January, 1850. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH Li FE.—The nuptials of the Hon. Sarah Elizabeth Copltly, e'dest daughter of Lord Lyndhurst, and Mr. Selwyn, only son of Mr. G. Selwyn, of Down Hall, Essex, are to be so lemnized in the course of the ensuing month. North of Elighad 100 . 40 Ditto, ditto ... - • Ditto, New 301 . BO ~. .. ...,... to --• Ditto, New Viii......... l5 ....„ , „. to rest V - 1 ,- ,F tern... . ... lOO ...... 56%.„... to -- Ditto, Halfaares ...... 50 - ..... to -- Ditto, Quartin• Sharca 23 -- ...... to -- Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. NOW 171 - ..... to :hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 •••••• . .... to ••-• Ditto, Quarter ShsreP 1 2 1,4 — •••••• to --- '..ancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - Do., Thirds • Lancashire and Yorkshire —IOO Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares ... 49 - Ditto Quarters 2 3 14 — to Ditto Fifths - Ditto, Thirfls — ..... . 16%...... - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (Iludders. and Shia) 50 Do.; West Riding Union.... 10 .... . 2% ---- to -- Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O .....100 ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...-.... - ..... to -- Do. , do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,( — ..... to ..... • Ditto, ditto... - Ditto, ditto ..... .... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarter!, 1848... 9 Liverpool,Crosby, andSouth port. - •• •• t 0 -... London & 81ackwa11......111. 6a.M — ...... to -- bond., Bright... 34 South Coast 100 ..... -- ...... to -- Do., New IL, gua. ti pr Ct.loo Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 - ..... to -- D,. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 121.152.4 d... - Ditto Preference 2O - London to North Western.....loo .llB 107% to 1118% Do. New Quarters.. l2 l2 - Do. Fifths 7 - to 0. to , . Shar.%... L.. c_'.:-. M 35 - Do. 101.... Di. and B. (C.) 1 - 1 % 3 / 4... to -- Loacoo an i z.). NV esters....... 100 iitto, New 501......., - Ditto, New 401 .. 34 'C., New Scrip,lB4B, Pre 7 per Cent - Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - Do. Half Shares 5 - .• •.. to -- t.ondoneerry and Enniskillen 25 Do.. Half Shares i...vestoff, guar. 4 ler et 2O - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - ilancli Buxton. & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - Ditto 4 Shares( No. 1) ... 25 ...... - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - Ditto, ii Sharer; (No. 3)... 12%...... - Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... 7% - Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - Ditto, ditto. .....-........... 20 - Ditto, ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ••• ... - __ --- Ditto. Grimsby Dock ...... 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Mid15nd........- .... ...... .. —lOO 43% 42% to 43 Ditto. Consol. Preierence...loo Ditto. 50/. `hares..... ...... SO Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. , to 11idland, Consol. Brietei and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - ~ lidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .~ Ditto ditto 224 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 - Midland, Leices. and Swan eington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 471,4 — Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newct a' le and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ,.. 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 2s — - Newport Abergy., and Heree, 6 - Newry and Enniskillen ewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... .............. 20 - Norfolk - Ditto New 201. l5 ...... ...... to -- Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ..... Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... 25 ...... - Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12% — - Do. Quarters 6 14 ...... ...... to -- Ditto Thirds .. Si s ••• Ditto. Preference ..... 5 .--- North Staffordshire... North Wales - ' North Western I3 3A Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... . Itsading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and }Malin Scottish Central; 25 ... .• 14 ..... to 13 Scottish Midland .... ....... - Ditto, New 2 2 1,4 — Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ...... ... Ditto, ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 :— ..... to --• •=lrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. VS , . ,tain. ) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry 1 8 1%..... .... to --• Ditto• (New )... - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref..-- 10 — - ltropshire Union 6%... .. ...... to -4-* - -outh Devon Ditto. Preference South Staffordshire,.. . .. B4 — ..... to '--• South Easton' 336 Wis..... t) 19 Ditto, No. 2. 3O - Ditto, No. 3. 3O - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - Ditto Scrip No. 4.. - outh Wales 3.tuth Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole . hefileid, Rotherham. and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16% — ... .. to -' Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ....„ - vans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stec. Coal ..... .... . 7 aw Vale Extension l'hames Haven Dock an ItailwaT . 17 1 ,4 — ....... to to ante of N eath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 471..... Waterford, W exford,Wicklw, And Dublin Wear Valley 6 rat Cent. Guaranteed .. . Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. ..... .. 15 ... . West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness lB ... .. ...... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western... .. ........... Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 — to --- York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 2 Do.Hartlepeol Ilk. & Ely. 100 York and North:Midland .. 50 ...... 17 - Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A.nglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 81 ,2 _ - Boulogne and:Amiens 2O ..... 7356... to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ......... Demerara. Dutch Rhenish 010.• 8 .•...• -- •...•• to --- East Indian Ditto . . . - Great Indian Peninsular S •••• •• - Do. Do lO5. - Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to -' Luxembourg Ditto - If adrid and Valentia Namur and Liege . 2O ..... ...... to -•-• Northern of France 141 85..... 1%% die to --- Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ...... Paris and Orleans... 2O '"'" ...... to r Paris and Rouen .., 2O . to --• Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 12 Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ..-.. 14 , — Fours & Nantes ... .......• .. 13 Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Hassell .. «•• # 28 ...... -- ••.... to West Flanders B% — ...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 ...... - Colonial Commercial of London 2O ...... London Joint Stock ..... lO ...... London and Westminster... 20 ...... --. National Provincial of Engld. 85 ...... Ditto, New National of Ireland ....... ..... 22% — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland: 26 - .....• to --- Ditto, New 10 .. ". Union of Australia 25 •••••• - Ditto, New .. 236••.... --- Union of London ....... ....... 10 - Union of Madrid 4O .....• MI/MS. Anglo Mexican t 100 ...". •—• .....• to " 1 " . Asturian ........ ........ IS ...... —. . to .."' Australian Barrossa Range . Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip — — to ... British Iron • Brazilian Imperial .... ..... 244....... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... IS Cobre Copper ......... ••—••• 40 - ...•• t0 .... ' General ..... .......... ...•••..... 20 Real del Monte, Unregistered —. „.... —. ...„, to •"" Do. Black Debentures —.— ...... to Do. Red Debentures ..... .... -- .•.... to Santiago de Cuba 10 ...... „.... to - United Mexican 2 8% ..• •to - LORD BROUGH AM .—A l e tt er f rom C anne s, 0- r the ho os 19t1 , „ in the Monit eur d u S o i r , says :—" L or d 13roug'bt has been making some i n t eres ti ng exper i men t s on I, l " i it here, which a r e jus t term i nate d. At eleven o'cloc k of night on the 14th, four members of the Royal Societ/ London gave to our population a ravishing spoota cl 7, l ; o of the top of the towers of the Noble Lord the apro ll eo t 0 the electrical li g ht was pl ace d, an d at t h e same in." - r ite i t luminous point shone f r om th e Il e S a i n t e Mar g ie and its brilliant rays displayed t o all eyes the bea nt- Ids that enchanting site. The same rays were aftel o or directed on the magnificent scenery of the Concur and on the picturesque roadstead o f A g a. The se d: (cell at such an hour was so beautif u l th a t applonsefArn denly broke forth from all parts. The next daY Ic ier Brougham, in the midst of a numerou s an d chosen C l i ve gave a detailed and very interesting ac cou nt of ilia e riments on light." • Oil REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH NOTTs...--It 3° 4, 0 , that, in cons( quence of the ill-health of Mr. Br z°!" 0 0' vacancy will shortly be declared in the r e preientstl, 030 this division of the county. Several candidates P* Protectionist interest are already talked a LLO YD' LONDON, bre, z 3 and DEAL.. DI blowing a g snow. At rd Queenibery, York. ArrC South Wales Zealand. LIVERPOO. Cowper stew York; Eglio Lima; Ann, Hay ti ; Josef Penn, Phila New York. WnITSTAI took fire thi cabin find ea RAMSGATE Seahatia to I morning. 2 crew drowne MILFURD, N. to N. N. W Albert, stean pumps choke °vet board. BRIDLING' reuortcd to t last night. on the beach Lion. The J beach, eight come a wreel yesterday at the N.E. A the coast. It washed up ab • PORTSMOW betimes, Pat,: garet, Osterbi PLYMOUTII Bodilingt6n, Nestor, Chili GLOUCESTE DOVER, D: don, an, run morning, by t 'to the water's lying near, al with six feet v GRIMSBY, drove on shot 28th of Ikceri been got off, RAMSAY, I Ranter, Lim: struck hekvilj LOWESTOFT at N., with SD having been i latter procee, E.N.E., the C field Flats, an SCARBOROU Dundee for N during a heav schooner, sup] day near the to pieces. OFF DOVE] Philip. OFF THZ W PILL, DEC. leans; Polka PWLLHELI, night last wee' Two logs of yi and iron bolt: yesterday. SHERRINGH " Geo. Clubby up here. MARK] CORN-] Nearly the Saturday were the quotations malting Berle: dear. All oth vices from Nel nests was doing at full prices. the near contit lately taken p last week the from Ireland a we received 11 Barley, 12,465 ditto of Peas, 1 552 ditto R apes of Flour. The to this month)! Cambridgeshir shire and all of full average qu receipts were scantily suppy and the iuereal demand ruled white sold witt prices of Mond and Interior ki parcels realize. clearance was e business. The s with toreigoWl the widen , . 2 in them, no im however, wee floating cargos importers are •ery moderate That of toreigt moved off steal tilling sorts At last weir supply and The quantity The total qua some time pass other kinds slc very few trans The sale for prices had a dl were much nel inferior foreigi • CURRE Whaat—Essex 8 Red, Fe , Ditto,Wlaite, Norfolk and coln, Re( Ditto, White Irish, Red.. Ditto,Wlaite Rye—Old .• • • . • New. • . •• • • Barley—Grindini Maiting . • • Chevalier • • lialt—Suffolk an folk .• • • • • Brown ... . • Kingston and Clover Seed last week's cp currencies. I ply of which place. Cakes Turnip,White,pe Red aid Ore Mustard, Brown • White .• • • Tares, New Wixl 01a........ Canary, per qua' Rye grass • • • • • Clover, Red En; White •• • • Foreign Red NVh Trefoil .... • • .. The total i last report Ea and 25 ditto Wool at this is small, but what extensil a s'uggish sts for the manuf The severi produced a foreign stock arrival, inclut has amounte ponding weal+ period in 184 DIPOI From Vigo Rotterdam Antwerp ... Harlingen .. Ostend... Total Corresponding week in 1848 Same week in 847.. Scarcely any outp:irts, ant With foreigr day; neverth up to our 132 fed Beasts v while the gi ance of buyf all breeds of tations. Ti 4s 2d per 81 The princip, from the no Sheep were the wants of full prices. sluggish inq Inferior Beast! Second quality Prime large 01 Prime Scots • Large coarse I Prime small di Suckling Ca ly Inferior Sheep Beast*. 3,039 Beasts. 28i _.a,,,