The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

, ROYAL LYCLUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam:. Pettis. sole Lessee, Mr. Cherie= Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be nerformed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To con lude with A PRACTICAL MAN. D ess Boxes 54. Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No halt-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S M. J. M. Maddox, Kole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING W;11 be performed Be:llM's Opera, entitled LA SO NI NA 3IIIUL A. Coant Rodolph, Mr. Weiss; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; ♦ losio, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, Madame Peron ; Liza, Miss Julia Bleaden ; and Amina, Miss Louisa Pyric. 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 AMP/111 ERATRE. Protrietar, 3fr. W. Batty. TAIS EVENIN, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has suc ceeded In engaging 3f adetnoiselle ANGELE, from Ike Hippodrome, Paris, and whu is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly-- trained Steeds, " Senora" and "Bertram." Mademoiselle Angela is the sane Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Marc, "Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap p?.aranee at'Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven. with a new Grand Spectacle of TILE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The'Tournay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be to lowed 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 ;rand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Town upon his little Foley. Box-offica open from Eleven till Your. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THEATRE ROYAL. - DRURY LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON, The Lessee respectfully be,,s to submit the following scale of Prices of Admissi,n for public approval:— Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. Gd., 21. 25., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each s. d EIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRIC E. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - - 2 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery -1 0 I Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, WIR be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, ShaksPere's Play of the MERCHANT OF VENICE. Dake of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassani°, Mr. C. Fisher . ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer ; Salarino, Mr. Everett ; Gratiano, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenzo, Mr. William Montague ; Shylock, Mr. James Anderson ; Tubal, Mr. Barry : Launcelot Gobbo, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Davidge ; Leonardo, Mr. Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephan, Mr. Eller ; Clerk, Mr. Gough; Antonio's servant, Mr. Priorson ; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ; Portia. Miss Laura Addison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Jetsica, Miss Fanny Huddart. After which (21 Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; Or, M KRRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks to fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. O (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 koowswho, 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. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and tants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W . Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. ISISSOISTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munehausen, &c., Sec., by Ste., &c MORTALS. Cool Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Ba ,- )by, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Dculin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin; Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other sores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—bat 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 lu.ocking 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"—bat 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 Histerical 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 Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat 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 Ruff! ! the Royal Blushes ! and the Royal Petticoat I! I I will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS ea deshabille, as she is represeuted in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS In all her royal sple,idour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon wh'ch to deckle"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spa'n, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Altaigon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Piekering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A. hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOIt HILL BY MOONLIGHT—WiIson. "Coming events cast their shadows before"—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket.ihy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of - Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-way hou , e, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " 01,, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones abut* it"—They part, more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—tint Is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her "deep despair," introduces her Lovely Ilabby, to whom she sins the following ;:athetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dal to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasioa of Good Queen Bass's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queon 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 admire 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 teurs," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more prowwly 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 AIiMADAI By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy hail now done hie worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a "Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their elothcs— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Devlin. Lord Rurleigh that of raitaloon, If. J. Deulln. The Earl of Essex that of Clowu, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Rubsart dons the Robe d'Amour Of Columbine, kadlle. Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is —Tivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, 011 Friends, 'Us Ion; since we met 1" " Here we are :" " How are you?" PRESERVE AN D PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE Cupid awl Clown—Butter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discoant—Clown Co ks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu- lation—Change to TN CERIOR Or CATACOMBS! SIIIPSON'...3 DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand The most a:mroved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes bimsolf Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown ruzz'ed —Call's Head for Ono—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Poliee ! Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co-gress—H)w to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestl Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DA.NCE." Hes is Win the Prize. satrnmEr.,!b. Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull-1 ork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Sm!thlleld Market —Holoway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin ureatly Rcduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Dsy—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go It, Bricks —and Sudden Transfoi mation to A SLLUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO )DING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, when you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars —Clown's Notion of Warm and 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 Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAH{ ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England I—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'lliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THA. VIES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddybail'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 Ilighways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand _ _ _ _ Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH TIILSSIL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by firunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's 'Visa to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddysto:le Lighthouse—Passing the Land's }nd at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more I Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. On Saturday, the Play of THE STRANGER, with other enter tainments. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. fiuitcal Director, Mr. 3.11. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artista—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and As.litants. - Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Pore,. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, dole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Zs 111 be perforMed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe ; Rosen. Mr. C. Kea❑ ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandeuhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entiled KING BEN E'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir G,otfrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with THE NIXTII STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Muny ard, Miss P. Gorton, Mrs. L. S. - Budd , gham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. THEATKX WEAL. ADELPHI. urzer tie urrett,,rt Mataine Celeste . THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. B.d. ford, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. • i l i' r whEth FILINICENATEIN ' • or, The Model Man. Cream. ate Mr. Wright ; the What is It? Mr. P. Bedford; Minnie, Mr. 0. Sm ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chap ,i n ; Agatha, Miss Ceveny ; Undhie, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBUBY'd SPOONS. Mr. Illghbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Uunbtery, Mrs. F. Mattbevrs ; Mrs. 1114hbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. THE 14 U NOTICE! THE WrEW NOVEL—THE WILMINGTONS By the Author of " Emilia Wyn 4ham," " Two Old Men's Tales," &c. will 1, , e ready at all the Libraries, With the M igazines, December 31, in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Pu basher, 13, Great Marlborough-strz,+. THE NEI7 WORK ON CANADA. Now ready, in 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations, 21s. SIR JAMES ALEXANDER'S AGADIR ; Or, SEVEN TEAKS' EXPLORATIONS in CANADA, &c. "Replete with valuable information on Canada for the English settler, the English soldier, tend the English government; with va rious charms of adventure and description for the desultory reader." —Morning Post. " No other writer on Canada can compare with the gallant author of the present volumes in the variety and interest of his narrative." —John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre: — ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIie. Charton, Mdlle. Dehaaser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris. his first appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Besse of the Opera Comique, Paris, h's first appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mae. Guichard, M. Baguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdl.e. Cott!, lkc. FOR THE COMEDY AND VAUDITILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Mtille. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca's, Paris) ; Mdlie. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country); M. Lafont, Mdlie. Figeac (of the Thealre Du Vaudeville) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Vaxietes) ; Mill e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madile. Baptiste (of the I Theatre de i'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlie. 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, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halevy ; the Libretto by M Da St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters:—Stephan (jeune chassear des Pyrenees), M. Lac ; La Joyeux (capitaine de milice Francalse et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Satuniin (garde-peche du Gaye), M. Quill. Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux cheerier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country); Theresa (fermiere du Yal d'Andorre), Mdlle. Gotthard; Georgette (cousine de Stephan), Mdlle. Cotti; and Rose de Mat (servants de Theresa), Mdlle. 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. Su!Jsc quently will be Liven, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le CIO," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Aaber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Ihydee by Mdli Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following : --Jeaanot et Colin, Nicolo ; Le Roi d'Tvetot, Adolphe Adam; Le Cheval de Bronze, Amber; Le Macon, Aubor ; Le Sirene, Anber ; Lally et Qui nalt, Nic lo ; La Ferruche, Clapissoa ; Le - Valet de Chazabre, Ca rafe ; Uxe Fele, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most poplar operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation 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 Raster, on Monday, A pri. 1, 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 most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently M. Bernier and Mdlle. Nathalle (Loth artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently prodneed in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee • attended with her accustomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear In several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin 3 Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaadeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Figs +c, 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 Leeouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi I also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de lie ;" and a new Petite Comedie, in One Act, entitled "Le Moinean de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les I.loraces,' Andromaque," and "Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pre. lessors engaged for the opera last season,• including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. filet, M. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, 31. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Di. ector of the music and Chef• d'Orchostra, 31. Charles Hanssens. Subscribers of the past seas'm are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the ist of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be mule at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers s and Hookitam's, Old Bond-street. _ The ttox-otllee of the Theatre will be opened oa the Ist of January. AT Fat Al LONI)UN TIII4 DAY orning, 12 min. after 12 I Evening, 37 min. after 12 To-Ni °MUM c,,a1., 4 min. after 1 I Evening, 29 min. after 1 i. WnArli.Elt..--Sen OFFICE, Dim 28 r4PI3.3t , 'WETEIt Lowest, 20; Highest. 40. Noon. 21. BAROMETER, 29.38; the mercury is now rising, having gone down about an inch since Wednesday. WIND N.N.W.—very sharp frost. Heavy snow during the night, and stormy weather. It is now fine sun shine, with a keen northerly breeze. LONDOIg, but that competition with domestic skill and captal, which.will be at least as formidable to those farmers who are insensible to the rapid progress of agricultural improvement, and neglect to keep pace with it. "I have not the presumption to offer you advice as to the practical management of your tarms—but I may try to impress upon you this truth, that if there be any of you 'who product, on the average, not more than eighteen or twenty bushels of wheat per acre, and if there be other farmers who, in not more favoured posi tions and on land of equal quality, produce forty—and if they produce this, not by expensive farming, but by wise economy—by the command of adequate crpital— by the application of scientific skill—by the liberal em ployment of labour—by the saving of every particle of manure, and the restoration to the earth of those ele• meats of fertility which are withdrawn with every crop —I may, I say, without presumption. try to impress upon you this truth, that there is no amount of pro tection from foreign produce, no abatement of rent, which would enable you to meet the competition of your own countrymen." Not from without but from within, not from an arbitrary enactment productive only of temporary quiescence, but from "a clear stage and no favour," comes the true protection of industry. All legislative interference here only encumbers, while it seems to defend. Viewing it solely as a question of protection to British industry—(a fine sounding sentence so dear to the " farmers' friends !")—we say again, that the free trader's is the true protective system, tending, as it does, to develope and invigorate our agricultural resources, whereas the fruits of monopoly are artificial but most evanescent prosperity, and rapid and inevitable , ruin. But, important as are our agricultural interests, the question of Free- trade versus Monopoly has a yet more momentous import. The price of food vitally concerns not one class but all classes of the community. The great destroyer of the corn-laws, he who by that deed has earned (as he desired) a continual and grateful remembrance " in the abodes of those whose lot it is to labour"—Sir ROBERT PEEL, in his recent letter, thus alludes to the beneficial effects of the abrogation of the (so-called) protective duties : " There can, I think, be no_ question that the effect of the recent changes of the law in respect to the free im port of the main articles of subsistence, wi!l be to main tai❑ a range of low prices in average seasons, and to prevent very high prices in seasons of dearth. In other words, their effect will be to ensure, so far as legislation can ensure it, cheapness and abundance of food as the ordinary rule—to diminish the risk of scarcity—and to mitigate the suffering from it should it unfortunately occur. It is because I believe that this will be the effect of the changes to which I have referred that I look upon them as irrevccable, and that I advise you to dismiss altogether from your calculations the prospect of renewed protection." Thus, in a double capacity—as the manifesto of a landlord and as the declaration of a free-trader—the letter of Sir ROBERT PEEL to his tenants is emi nently satisfactory. The true interests of landlord and tenant are identical, and high rents purchased by unnatural " protection" are, in the long run, ruinous to both, whereas mutual co-operation to develops all the available resources of the land, after the plan adopted by the landlord of Drayton and other true farmers' friends, is only productive of mutual good, to say nothing of the public benefits accruing from such a plan—a plan founded on common sense and e)mmon justice. The communication from Mr. MUNTZ, which appeared in our impression of Monday, was doubtless received by many persons who have long respected the Hon. Gentleman as an independent, honest, and unflinching free trader and reformat of our monetary code, with pleasure equal to that with which we gave it insertion. We never for a moment supposed that the Member for Birmingham had seen reason to alter the liberal and enlightened views that had recom mended him so strongly to the suffrages of the constitu ency of the metropolis of the midland counties, that he should abandon his uncompromising hostility to the iniquitous monetary code that has produced the most fearful distress and suffering among the industrious classes, and brought the country to the verge of ruin; nor did we imagine that he would lend his assistance to the re-imposition of the corn-laws, or desire to increase the price of food to those who earn their daily bread by their daily labour. We gave him full credit for the integrity of his intentions, and felt the most perfect confidence that there would be no tergiversation On his part. His speech, however, at the annual meeting of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Agricultural Association might easily 'Live been misconstrued by superficial reader. Ile declared himself to be "an advocate for that protection that would protect all classes equally, fairly, justly, and honestly; that would equally protect the manufacturer and the igriculturist." He did not, however, as we have already stat€d, explain the nature of that general protection that would benefit all, except the " idle money interest, the few " fruges consumere nati," to whom the labour of the great body of the people is mortgaged—that would stimulate production and provide ample employment for all who were able and iiling to work. He did not denounce our system of currency as the real fountain and origin of all the evils we have encountered, under which merchants and manufacturers, as well as agriculturists, have suffered so deeply and so severely. His sentiments might, therefore, easily have been mistaken, more especially as many of those who enlightened the farmers at the various bucolic gather ings throughout the country declared themselves friendly to "protection to every description of British industry," although it was manifest that the only protection they really desired was a tax on food, which would enormously enhance the prices of the necessaries of life. The reactionaries might, there fore, possibly have claimed the Hun. Gentleman as a convert to their doctrines were it not for the ex planation elicited by our notice. Again, it might have been imagined that Mr. MuNrz advocated the impo‘ition of a moderate fixed duty on foreign corn, that he considered it an unob jectionable mode of raising the taxation. This erro neous impression will, however, be removed by his letter. He says, "I see that you object to raise revenue upon the importation of corn, and so do I." Nothing can be more explicit or satisfactory than this declaration. The Hon Gentleman, however, goes further. He says, " But so long as you raise revenue upon the - importation of manufactures, there is no valid or reasonable objection why you should not do so on corn also." Now on this point we differ toto ccelo from the Honourable Gentleman. We could easily show, if desirable, that heavy and we grant unjustifiable taxes on articles of luxury, or even of comfort, are by no means so injurious to the great body of people as duties upon articles of primary ne- cessity. But it is useless to enter upon the discussion, for as Mr. MUNTZ agrees with us in thinking that every species of indirect taxation should be abolished, it follows that improper taxes should not be levied for the purpose of creating an equilibrium, and thus, perhaps, perpetuate the obnoxious and objectionable system. The exertions of every true reformer, and we believe Mr. MunTz to be worthy of the name, should rather be directed to the removal of the impolitic and inequitable taxes than the imposition of others fully as injurious, if not more so. We must also dissent from the opinion of the Hon. Gentleman, that " the price would not be as much higher as a low duty." Let us suppose, exempli gratia, that a fixed duty of six shillings per quarter were imposed on foreign corn, in place of the present rate of one shilling ; the result would be an immediate rise in the price of corn of 53, per quarter, and perhaps something more. At present, taking the cost price of production, and the expenses of freight, carriage, brokerage, storage, and other charges to which the foreign grower is liable, the commodity can be brought into the market in round terms at say 403. per quarter, and that would to a certain extent regulate the price of the home-grown article of a similar quality. If, however, the additional duty prevented the foreigner from sending his into the market at a lower price than 453 , the Englit.h farmer would demand and receive the some rate for his produce. Indeed, if such were not the case, he would derive but little benefit from the change. There is, however, but little use in disputing about minor details with one with whom we so fully coincide on all the points of real importance. The ccnfession of political faith with which Mr. Mus:rz closes his communication we heartily and unequivocally adopt as our own, and we should indeed rejoice if it were fully and fairly brought before the nation on every possible opportunity. We quote his own words : "I should prefer that all import duties should be 4,4 r di S S yt• . m - h 01:0 5 • . re(vb - plitina t "'nit _ LONDON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1849. WILA is Protection ? What is the literal meaning of that much-used and much abused word ? "To protect," says the dictionary, h " to defend, to save, to shield." But this definition is far from solving the difficulty, for then comes the question as to how the said defence, salvation, or shield is to be obtained There are two protective systems, it would appear, the one diametrically opposed to the other in practice, and yet, if we believe the advocates of each, both identical in principle. In such a case what can dis passionate inquiries do but fairly compare the contra dictory arguments. The decision is embarrassing, for never did doctors disagree as these doctors. Does a cautious man wish to " protect" his health (luring this inclement season, the one party (Protec tionis•s par excellence) solemnly assure him that the one, only, infallible means for so doing is to avoid the rough touch of the frosty air, and remain in warm coverings and close rooms, in a continual state of siege, surely " protected" and safe fr3m harm. At this the op• posing party indignantly exclaim that by so doing, instead of protecting, he will weaken his frame, and inevitably fall a victim at the first real trial. On the contrary, say they, the true protective sys tem is from within, not from without. So far from avoiding danger, learn to overcome it! Freely encounter the rough blasts of winter, instead of harming you they will strengthen and develope your physical energies. Does a timid Sovereign wish to protect himself from the assassin's dagger, similarly opposite courses are pointed out to him ; the one side recommending the defence of strong walls and armed guards, and continual seclusion ; and the other advising a frank reliance on popular love, accompanied, of course, with such a system of government as to render such a reliance a sure safeguard. Does a parent wish to train up his children in virtue, again two systems of protection are suggested to him. He is counselled to . guard them sedulously from every companion, from every book, from every whisper even likely to familiarise them with the wickedness of the world, and on the other hand he hears that such a course will render them easy victims to temp tation. Do your best to develop your children's moral strength, say these latter counsellors; make them virtuous—that is the true protection against rice. And so on, in innumerable instances. Now which of these protective systems is the more con- sonant to the dictates of reason ? Which is best corroborated by the teaching of experience ? Is pro tection from without or from within ? This is the difficult question—if it be a difficult question— which we commend to the attention of all would. be protectionists—a term which, in this instance, we do not confine to the party who conventionally mono• polise it. In our opinion, inclining, as we do, to the belief that protection is from within, not from with out, we are disposed to regard as the true protectors of British industry, not monopolists, but freG-traders. As an evidence of this assertion we may cite the admirable letter of a great free-trader, which will be found in another column. Sir ROBERT PEEL was once regarded on mistaken premises as " the farmer's friend," but when, we ask (and the question ialinits of no reply), when did Sir ROBERT, the " Protectionist," ever express senti ments so well calculated to promote the true interests of the agriculturist GS those contained in the letter of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the free-trader, to the tenant farmers on his estate ? Although addressed to his own tenants individually, the document is interesting and important to the public generally. In the first place, it holds forth most encouraging expectations to that great multitude who are so nearly interested in the question of cheap food ; and, secondly, it affords an example worthy of imitation on the part of landlords generally. Sir ROBERT does not say to his tenants— " Go, make your land more productive ;" but he cheerfully exclaims, "Come, let us co-operate for our mutual benefit " I am prepared without delay to co-operate with you in preparing to meet, not foreign competition only, FRIDAY Fl 11 IN Dr cr,mr.nrn 2O, 1840, abolished, and the whole revenue be collected by a tax en property. As to protection, which I eta confident our heavily-taxed industry requires ngainst the lightly taxed indtrttry of the rest of the woritl, that can only he jusly obtained by stc;it an equitable ulceration of our monetary system as will protect our industrious classes egaiust our idle classes • I have always been v . ; opinion th.l.t manufacturers and agriculturists have an equal right to live, tuid those of either class who think to live long upon the other will find themselves egregiously mistaken." These are, indeed, o z ,inicns which we have long and zealously advocated on fiscal and monetary affairs. We rejoice to find Mr. MUNTZ expressing his adhe sion thereto in a manner so unequivocal and straight forward. We cannot conclude our notice without assuring the Hon. Gentleman that, notwithstanding any minor differences, we entertain the most sincere esteem and respect for his character and abilities, and earnestly hope that he may long be spared health and strength to labour for the benefit of his fellow subjects, as the chosen representative of his native town. UHE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. There was a grand military parade in Paris on Wednesday. The whole of the garrison, with cannon, &c., marched through the principal thoroDghfares of the city. There were upwards of 40,000 men under arms. The Papal Nuncio had a long interview with the PRESIDENT of the Republic on Wednesday. It is said that the parti pretre and Legitimatists have determined to oppose the Ministezial measure on education, and to insist on the passing of the Bill brought in by M. DE FALLOTJX for giving to the priests the exclusive control and superintendence of all educational establishments throughout France, a plan which its proposers facetiously designate as tt Liberty of Instruction." MM. FAUCHER, PISCA TORT, and several other members of the majority sup port the Ministry; and there is, therefore, reason to hope that the apologists of the Inquisition and their leader, M. DE MONTALEMBERT, may find themselves in a minority. A considerable sensation way produced in Paris on Wednesday by the announcement that a discovery had been made of gross frauds, which had for a series of years been committed in the administrations of the hospitals of Paris. The officials of the Paris hospitals are all appointed by the Government, and those alleged to Lave been guilty of the frauds were, the greater portion of them, nominated to office by the GUIZOT DUCHATEL-TESIII Ministry, Letters of the 20th from Algiers, announce the arrival there of Air. JAMES RICHARDSON, the African traveller. The Moniteur publishes a decree signed by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, appointing Jules de Lasteyrie, President, and MM. Louvet, Etienne, Boulatiguier, Masson, De Gourheret, Matin, Thomas, and Esquirol, members of a Commission to examine the Ministerial accounts for the year 1849. The same official journal announces that the directors of the Bank of France have declared a dividend on Bank Stock of 52f. per share for the half-year ending the 31.tt of December, 1849. A grand dinner was given by the Minister of Marine on Wednesday, at which the PRESIDENT of the Republic was present. A letter from Marseilles of the 231 instant an nounces the arrival iu that city of M. DE CORCELLES from Portici. Th.?. Bourse was crowded yesterday, and business corium-need with every appearance of a rise in the price of public securities. Towards three o'clock, however, a reaction took place, and the Five per Cents., which opened at 92f. 40c. and rose to 92f. 65c , fell to 92f. 35e., at which they cloEed. Three per Cents., 561. 55c ; Banque de France, 24001. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDOIN STUCK-EXCHANUE, Ds e. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 t4—Northe!n of France, 1 3 % dis. —Orleans and Bourdeaux, 35i—Paris and Rouen, 2l_. Sambre and Meuse, 2 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. The Clamor Publico says that a royal order has been transmitted to the directors of the Treasury, by which it appears that a new contract has been made with the firms of BARING and ROTHSCHILD of 12,000 quintals of quicksilver belonging to the products of the forthcoming year 1850. According to the sti pulations of the contract the Government will deliver to each of these houses an order on the Government official at Seville, who is employed in packing up the quicksilver in the iron phials. The individual will deliver into the hands of the porters of these orders the 12,000 quintals of mecurv, in iron flasks of three arrobee weight each. Each house is to receive equal quantities, and the quicksilver is to be given as fast as it is received from the mines, the Government en gaging to give in the whole by the end of June. In exchange for these Government ord,rs, and with re ference to other payments in advance by the same firms, the contractors will pay the sum of fifty thou sand pounds sterling in letters of exchange upon London, to be applied to the payment of the interest of the Three per Cents. These sums will be reckoned in the account of payments in advance in January, 1850 (payments for quicksilver by the Treasury), at a discount of 6 per cent. ant 1 per cent. commission a year. It is said that NARVAEZ has been negotiating with OLOZAGA for the formation of a Progressista Ministry, of which NARVAEZ is to be the head. Since the discovery of the Fulgencio intrigue, NARVAEZ has felt that he cannot trust either CHRISTINA or the parti prctre. 4iONZALES 13aavo and Mos are now the constant associates of CHRISTINA, and are busily engaged in intriguing against NARVAEZ. On the 19th General PAVIA, who is acting with More and GONZALES BRAVO, gave notice in the Senate that he should move a resolution to the effect that the forma tion of the army of reserve was inexpedient, dan gerous, and expensive —a notice which has highly incensed NARVAEZ, as it is in fact a vote of censure on his conduct as Minister-at-War. They write from Barcelona that the magnificent regiment of Grenadiers at Corunna, and which has not yet been embarked, i 3 in Italy in a very sickly state, owing to having encamped in unwholesome localities. her right to the marriage portion was thereby forfeited. Recourse having ag,!in been made to the ceuris of kw, and these having again pronounced judgment in favour of Mrs. C., the widow appealed, in last resort, to the Council of Stag, or rather to its administrative section, composed of five members, by whom, owing to score influences and considerations, which I have reason to believe Mr. C. Will soon make known to the world, the judgments of all the tribu. nals were rever=ed, and it was decided that the regis• tration could not be made without first summoning to appear in court the Baron de 8., who has been in his grave upwards of two years ! MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREA'. The :ales of Cotton at Liverpool yeaterday were esti mated 1 - .lt, 8,(1)0 bales, of which 1,000 America N, 1,000 Bz.hir., 500 I:343ptian, 2,000 Surat, and 200 Sca Island w( re ;a1 ,:,re on spe•culatlon. The sales comprised 3,500 Arneri:an, 800 Pornam, &c., at Gid. to 6:;d.; 1,200 Bahia, chiefly at 6f1.; 800 Egyptian, at 6FI. to 7sl; 2,500 Surat, at 41d. to 41d.; and 250 Sea Island, at Is. 3d. to Is. 6d. per lb. The market closed firmly, and prices of all kinds except Surat were I. per lb. higher. —Railway Shares were dull, and prices tend downwards. In Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of Foreign Wheat were 11,240 quarters; of Barley, 10,210 quarters; and of Oats, 11,570 quarters. Privately there is a demand for low sorts of Congou, for Cotton, and for Coffee. A great deal has been said and written of the import? ance, in a political as well as commercial view, of mil -1 way communication in India, but there is another eaten , sive tract of country under British sway which feels yet more severely the want of similar facilities—we mean the North American provinces. The elaborate report drawn up by the Government Commissioners who con ducted the special survey has, unfortunately, like most Blue Books, attracted very little attention in England. In the colonies it is far otherwise, but the ability to carry cut any great undertaking requiting a large out lay dot s not exist there. The aid of the mother country is indispensable, if only to inspire confi dence, and the most desirable medium of afford ing this is by the enterprise of capitalists, secured to some extent by Government. W e are told that in the country lying between the Restigonche River and Halifax, the inhabitants, who will be near to the Quebec and Halifax Railroad, will amount to about 100,000 ; making the population either upon or near to the line, including the two termini, 250,000 persons. But if the total population be taken within the area which will be benefited by and become contributors to the line, then it may be estimated at not less than 400,000 souls. In a report of the directors made upon the New York and Erie Railroad, in 1843, when the question of proceeding with that line was under consideration; one of the data upon which its future receipts was calcu lated was derived from population and relative distance, and using the data obtained from the working of one portion which had been completed and was in operation, it was calculated tha0531,000 persons, on a line of 425 miles in length, would return, iu net earnings, to the railway, 1,343,500 dollars, or 2i dollars nearly per head, equivalent to 10s. sterling. As the railroad is not yet completed, the true result cannot yet be seen, but applying the same ratio (of 103. per head) to the 400,000 inhabitants NI ho are within the area, and likely to be come tributaries to the Queb ec an d Halifax Railway, it would give 200,000/. as its probable revenue. The great staple of trade of New Brunswick is its timber. For this all-absorbing pursuit the inhabitants neglect agriculture, and instead of raising their own supplies, they import provisions in large quantities from Canada and the United States. In the year 1846, New Brunswick paid to the latter, for provisions alone, 216,000/. sterling, whilst in return the United States only took from them 11,000/. in coals and fish. Of Nova Scotia the great staples are timber and the products of the fisheries. The inhabitants import pro visions largely. Canada is an exporting country, and capable of supplying the demands of both. In the win ter of - 1847-8, the price of flour at Halifax and St. John was at 40s. the barrel, and it was being imported from the chief ports in the United States, even from as far as New Oilcans, in the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, at Quebec, the price of flour was only 255. per barrel, a very great difference, which, had the railroad been in existence would not have occurred. Another great source of revenue likely to be developed by the railway is that of coals, to be derived from the Great Cumberland Field. Quebec and the upper country would, no doubt, take large quantities for their own consumption. Halifax the same for its; lf, and also for exportation to the United States. Considerable returns would arise from the fisheries and from the products of the forest lying contiguous to the line, which would find their ray by it to the shipping ports. The country through which the road will pass possesses, therefore, in itself, elements which, when fully deve loped, cannot fail to realise large receipts. But there are, exclusive of these, other and highly important sourt , s fur productive revenue. Halifax may be consi dered to be the nearest great seaport to Europe. Passengers travelling between England and the Canadas would adopt this railway as the shortest and best line which they could take ; emigrants would do the same. no grand desideratum is political tranquillity and the co-operation of the Colonial Legislature. Letters both from liadrid and Barcelona announce that the new tariff was giving a great impulse to busi ness, and that the Customs departments had not been so active for years. This, considering the tardiness with which the reforms were undertaken, is certainly very gratitying. In the Amsterdam Bourse on Wednesday there was no particular change. Dutch Stock maintained its value. The English Funds are looking up, but there is still comparatively very little doing. Consols have been 961 to and are now 961 I; New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. 97 4, and Reduced Three per Cents. 96k to Exchequer-bills are steady at 595. to 605., and India Bands at 88s. to 91s. premium. In the Foreign Market a good deal has been done in Mexican Bonds at an improvement to 29i for money, and 293 a tor account. Brazil St( ck has been quoted Bsf. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 364. Spanish Five per Cents. are 19 to *, and the Three pct. Cents. 3SI to 38-k. Railway Shares have been fiat again, but the busincss done has been restricted. Thin following is an additional statement of railway receipts : _ 1R49. Great Northern ... £2,71.7 Lancaster and Carlisle 2,843 Blackwall Lancashire and_Yorkshire York, Newcastle and Berwick 11,604 York and North Midland 6,702 Great Western ... ....... Bristol and Exeter South- Westet n 9,427 10,213 ONE tA, 6 V P 2. , - -.1. ti , T:l TT NI), ,: O'CLOCK. RI('F.S, 3 er Cent. Reduced Arns ..,..... 96% V., 1 4 96 ti t g.-w 3 1 .4 per Cent. Ann 5......... 57% 97% Long Arms, to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 9-16 • die BondA, 1,0004 'onsols for Account 96 1.4%% 96% x chequer Bills. 1 1 / 9 0. & 2d 1,0001. June 6O 5) p 5001. June ...... 60 59 p Sm:all. June .. 60 59 p PRICES OF FOREIGN 'IMO& £2,465 572 11,134 11,1 5 755 ONE .:1.0.413. O'CL KIK TRIES razilian Howls fit tA 88 1 4 Ditto, -New, 1829 and 1839 Equador Bonds ~le x i can , s per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account i'ortaguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. -panith 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 414 per Cent ......•. , utch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B5 55 1 A 2 304 187 f, 196 38% PRICES OF PAID. ,BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN• , AILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE: berdeen 5O — .. 11 Do. Preference tuber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 4.... •• kyrshira and Galloway.. 7% — 3elfast & County Down 28 Berks & Ilants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 H ° td armingbam ant_ Ox ford J unct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Wolverh'ton, and D . idley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 Do. a about guarantee 10 B rming..Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... •iirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 ..... . ........ qristol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds 3uckinghamshire 17% Caledonian Ditto, New 101.. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Ciarencb Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 — jundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 ,$ — ............ ast Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ............... Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18 ..... — ... Do., 31. 10s., Pref... WA ..... ..... Ditto, 71.175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 astern Coumies... ..... 20 Do. New, Gua sy 8 ...... . per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 - 10N, 1% . per Cent., No. 1. ...... 61.135. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ... "' Eastern Union, Class A ... (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - •••, Do., Class B & C 25 — Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 „. Elst Lancashire •• •• ••• NMI •• Ditto, New ...... Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 ,4 — Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ..• 6% — East Lincolnshire ...... 25 .• Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...., .. ....... Ditto, Half Sharea ... 25 .. .. _ ....... EdinburghandNorthern 25 ...... Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... h'xater,Yeovil, & Dorch. 25, _ ..... ......... Exeter and Exmouth-. 21a• Gcs . ,:ow, Dunifria, and - % P Carlisle Glasgow,Bilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. ...... .... .. ...... , Gloucester &Dean Forest 11 ...... - Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred Do., I ,i B 6 per Cent... 7% .. Do., 5 per Cent. Prof. I 0 ...... 7%. 7sii PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 21st. There had been no change in the Ministry up to that date, although it was thought that the THOMAR Ministry would nut be able to stand, notwithstanding the support given them by the QUEEN, v, ho is the most decided Cabralista in the country. On the 11th instant a petition, praying the QUEEN ICI dismiss Count Tuomaa from her councilF, and bearing the signatures of the Marquis of Lounz, Counts DAS ANTAS, DE MELLO, and VILLA REAL, and Messrs. IJEANCAMP and SAMPAIO, was presented to Her ALt.rEsTr. The petition dwells at great length on the corruption of which THOMAR is alleged to have teen guilty, in selling an order of knighthood for a splendid carriage and horses. No answer has been returned ; and as the petitioners are all of the Opposition, perhaps the prayer of the petition would not have been regarded as of much const-quence, had not the Duke of SALDANIIA come forward to back them, and to recommend the immediate dis- missal of THOMAR, and the appointtaent of PALMELLA to the Premiership. TIIOMAR has in the meanwhile created nine new peers, in order to secure a majority in the Senate. A disagreeable affair has occurred in Lisbon, in which justice has been refusid to a British subject at the instigation of the Count DE Tuontas. Lord PALMERSTON has, it is said, already interfered, and is determined to obtain redress for Mr. CROFTS, the gentleman alluded to in the - following narrative, which we extract from the columns of a morning Con temporary I; the year 1834 Mr. C., an English gentleman resident here, married a Portuguese lady, the only child of Baron 8., a man of immense wealth for Portugal, being worth upwards of 150,000/. The Baron verbally promised to give his daughter a por. Lion of 20,000 L, but a disagreement having occurred some time after the marriage between him and his son in law, he refused to fulfil his promi3e. Thence arose a suit, the result of which was that the lady was declared to be entitled to the promised portion, on condition that if it should exceed that share of her father's property to which she would be law fully entitled at his death, she should register or manifest such excess in the manner prescribed by law in such cases. As Mrs. C. was at the time the only child and sole heiress of the Baron,. and her marriage portion instead of exceeding, fell far short of her expected inheritance, the requirement of the law did not apply to her case, aad no such manifestation could, therefore, be made. Some time after, however, the o ld gentleman married a young wife, upon which C., judging that the proper moment had arrived for comp!ying with the required formality, came forward to do so, but the Court to which she 2pplied for the purpose decided that it could not be done until after the death of her father, as, con sidering that his wife W 23 young and likely to have a fninily of childnn, it was only then that it could be knov.-n what her share of the inheritance would be. This deei,ion was cordirined by a superior court, and finally approved by the Supreme Tribunal o f JuAce. In 1847 the Baron died, leaving two c hildren, and Mrs. C. then again came forward to im.ke the required registration, but was stopped at once by an objection set up on the part of her step mother, on the ground that it was too late, and that the required condition not having been p er formed during the lifetime of her father, GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Intelligence has been received from Vienna to the 22d. The news from Servia was of such a serions character that WELDEN bad prohibited the journals from publishing it, or from making any:allusion to it. The suspended journal, the Presse, is about to re appear at Brunn, which is, out of the rayon of Vienna, but WELDEN, in the Wiener Zeitung of the 20th, publishes a proclamation, reminding the inha bitants of Vienna in general and the subscribers to the Presse in particular, that Vienna is still in a state siege, and that all subscribers in Vienna to the ob noxious journal will subject themselves to trial by court-martial. The unpardonable offence of the Presse was its praise of Lord PALMERSTON. The Government of Austria is now completely in the hands of the Jesuit Camarilla. All the telegra phic wires terminate in a central room in the Palace, so that all intelligence is received in the first place by the Camarilla, and " cooked" before being forwarded to the Ministers, who are thus reduced to the position of mere cyphers. The Hungarian Bishop LONOVICS has been libe rated from his prison at Pesth. NYAILY is still in confinement. The March constitution was to be pro claimed on the morning of the 26th in the Town-hall. The high district commissioner at Presburg, Count CZIRAICY, has resigned his place. Twenty-one sentences by the Arad court-martial were published on the sth. Five are sentences of death, commuted by General lIAYNAU to sixteen yeA.s' imprisonment in a fortress. In Hungary the passive resistance of the Msgyars still goes on undiminishe d. No means is neglected to show their silent scorn. The ladies wear bracelets which are entirely compact of the little silver six kreuzer pieces of KOSSUTH with a ducat of the same coinage set in the middle. WIRTEAIIiERG. The Chambers were dissolved on the 22d Decem ber. The SCRLAYEE Ministry has resigned. PRUSSIA. WALDECK has received addresses congratulating him on his acquittal from no less than 86 towns. BRUNSWICK. The Brunswick Chambers have adjourned to the 14th January. ITA L Y. A letter from Rome, of the 20th inst., announces that the period of the POPE'S return to his capital is still uncertain. His HouNEss had adjourned his decision until the Bth of January. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. (SECOND BATCH.) YOUNG TROUBLESOME ; or, Master Jachy's llolidays. Designed and Etched by John Leech. Glorious John Leech—the " bottle imp" of Punch — has just issued his Christmas volume, magnificently embellished. But that we remember the adventures of the immortal " Briggs," we should certainly pro claim " Young Troublesome " to be the artist's mas terpiece. Let all who enjoy a good laugh, or love fun and drollery, obtain this illustrated narrative of " Muster Jacky 's Halidays"—it will prove as provo cative of merriment as the berries of the mistletoe, when put to their right use, and will shed a gleam of fascetiousness around, as odd and fantastic as that cast by a bowl of snap-dragon. The characters of the story, told here with such a felicitous pencil, and painted in such brilliant colours, are no mere automata, but living and breathing existences—people that we all know intimately, not -us mere bowing acquaintances on the Mall, but as friends and familiars. Here you have Master Jacky, " supposed to have arrived per railway (grown out of all knowledge)," Rugg'es, the domestic, grinning his welcome on the door-step. Here you have Young Hopeful teaching Jane and Cary to fence, the two wee little morsels of girls drawn as only John Leech can draw little children. Here you have Jacky " celebrating his arrival (to the disturbance of Mr. Phoenix) with various athletic exercises"—the father's irritation and the little scapegraces' romp appearing in admirable contrast. Here you have Young Troublesome " on a wet day bored to death"— witness him balancing the chimney ornament on the end of the poker at the tip of his nose ; see him, surrounded by a voluminous library, protesting "he has read all the books in the house ;" observe him lounging in disgust and ennui on the sofa, or worry ing his elder sisters so entirely beyond endurance that cne is ceremoniously conveying her needlework, scissors and all, to another part of the room in high dudgeon. Here you have him "in pursuance of a bright thought playing at cricket in the drawing room"—the cricket ball, to the dismay of the little ones, and the horror of Ruggles, smashing a co-tly vase of alabaster, the little bay in the foreground being an inimitable conception. Here you have the arrival and progress of the "Theatre Royal Drury-lane in miniature, up to the grand evening rehearsal of the Miller and his Men, and the terrific explosion in the Housekeeper's Room "—the old lady in the door way being a superb sketch of senile amazement. Mr. Pncenix delivering a lecture to Young Troublesome, with his mother gazing down upon him with a half-serious, half-amused expression of countenance, form a capital picture; but not half so capital as that in which is pourtrayed the arrival of that dear, little, old, crabbed, frost-bitten Mr. Worm• wood Scrubbs, delightfully unconscious of the paper pigtail appended to the collar of his spencer by that mischievous varlet, Master Jacky. Here you have "old Bradshaw" come to stop a week—no mere fancy portrait, but a veritable daguerr eo t y p e f rom th e crown of his head to the soles of his clarence shoes. Here Mr. Phoenix, indignantly sniffing on the door mat of his bedchamber, in exquisite dishabille, hopes " that Bradshaw isn't teaching him to smoke," whereas, in the next group, you have a representa tion of " old Bradshaw" under the influence of tobacco in a state of ashy, dreamy, dizzy, sickly stupefaction. Here you have Mr. Maudlin Grooves, M A., plump and sentimental, wishing young Jacky at Jericho in his hopeless anxiety for a tete-a-tete with the object of his affections. Here you have a grand tableau of Jacky bolstering "old Bradshaw" over the head of Mr. Wormwood Scrubbs, who has evidently tugged down the bellpull in his indignation at the hubbub. Here you have Young Troublesome endeavouring to entertain himself, while his honoured parents give a dinner party and he is waiting for dessert, bonnetting Ruggles with a silver dish• cover, and subsequently embellishing the legs of that domestic with a burnt stick—Ruggles soon afterwards adjourning to the kitchen, and there re lating to his fellow• servants what that " ere boy has bin and done." Here you have him privileged to leave the dining-room with the ladies, dancing the schottische with a beautif u l g i r l, whom he subse quently kisses under the mistletoe, shamefully "taking an undue advantage of his delightful position." At " the end," which we are rej ,iced to see is only " for the present," you have him " presiding over a j uvenile party at the clo_e of the holidays, and hoping to meet the present company again in good health and spirits, this time twelvemonth"—an aspiration which elicits amazing cheers from Mr. Wormwood Scrubbs. Saving and excepting, of course, the hero, Young Troublesome, this Mr. Wormwood Scrubbs and that capital " old Bradshaw," are the happiest creations in the volume—a volume drawn to the very life by the master hand of John Leech, the Democritus of the pencil. MANNERS AND CVSTOMS OF YE ENGLYSHE, Drawn from ye qvichby Rychard Doyle. To which be added some extraets from Mr PIPS HYS DIARY, contrybvted by Per cival Leigh. A reprint of one of the most felicitous and most humorous serials ever published in the pages of the London Charivari cannot fail to be r:ght welcome to the lovers of fun in these merry days of Christmas. Hence the present volume, extracted from the seventeenth volume of Punch, will 13a hailed with general satisfaction. The success of Mr. Percival Leigh's parody oa the "Diary of Samuel Pepys" has already elicited the commendation of the Quarterly Review, and the fantastic genius of the son of H. 8., the inimitable Richard Doyle, is universally apprt c . ated ' throughout the country. Perhaps the drollest thing to our thinking that has yet emanated from his ec centric brain, a sketch worthy of the hand that has pourtrayed "Ye Manners and Cvstoms of ye Eng lyshe," is the little tail piece to the volume of Punch just completed, representing the letters END Or VOL. 17 as furnished with the legs of horses, and gallopping in full career under the direction of Mr. Peach him self, who handles the ribbons with the science of a first-rate whip. We are sanguine that the present volume, besides affording delight to the present age, will he turntd to with curiosity by remote genera tions, as affording glimpses into tha manners ani customs of our contemporaries. re. , ,f :'et:Vi. tilf.i West. (Irc'pnd) . . r :acN orth of Er , giand.loo ......230 ... Ditto, New, 401 4O Dittm, ditt0......... ..... 35 •••• •••• Di tt o, Yew, 'AO/ 3O 9itt-,;. ~ ; el, -, 15'.. Great 'Western 100 Ditto, 1 . `?bares 50 Ditto, -!‘ Shares Ditto, Fifth* ... 20 Ditto, New 171_ ..... 15 ... .. • •••••• Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..—.. Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... —• ..... ....... .• Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,4 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... ........ Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo 54%. Ditto, ditto • Ditto, % Shares ...... 49 ..... Dn. Quarters ... ...... 23% — ......«...... Do. Fifths... lO " — •••••• Do. Thirds .............. i5q..... Do. Ntw Guarantied 6 per Cent ..... lO ...... —, ...... ........, Ditto (Huddersfield and Shot) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 4 Shares (A)... 10 ..- — ... Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds and Thirsk Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3 1 ,/ 4 ...... Do., do. No. 2 7 1 ,4. — Do., do. No. 3 5 ...... . ........ .. Do., Pref. Quer , 1818 9 ...... ...... Liverpool, Crosby and South! ort L indon & Black wa1i...111. 68. 3d — ..... . L , ndon, Brighton, and South Coatt... .. 100 Do., New Si saran- .1., .4.• a, gin .- teed 6 per Cent..... 100 -- •••.. Do. Guarant. 6 per ct.. 9 - Dv. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto 1852 50 . ... - 1.. ndon and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... - .., ..... . „.. Ditto, Preferenee .. . 20 ...... - L ::.eien and N. Western 100 10 9 10,4 110 109 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 I).:to,Fitt, .... ..... 7 Do. - 4 .01.8 h t.re(L.M.) ::5 - Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., 1 34 2 1%)1... Lond. Sr S. Weat:rn .....100 .. ... 60% 69 60X.. Ditto, New 501....... 42 % - Do. New 401. ... 84 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 - .... .... Do. % Shares .. .. 5 - ........ ••••••• r_ondonderry and Ennis kilen..... .- ........ .. 25 - ... .. ...... ... Do. 1 ,4 Shares...... 6 - Lowestoff guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... - Ditto (6 per et.) II anche,t, r.Buxton,and Matlock 5 - •• liancti , ester, Bmalield, and Lincolnshire...loo - .... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 - ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% - ••• Do. New 101. Pref lO ...... 7% Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 60 - •,,,...s ...... Ditto ditto . .......•• 20 ....•• - ••• ...... boss •• Ditto ditto - •"•... Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ... -- Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... . - Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union. ....41. 2s. ' - .. .. .•• 1111 land ..... .... . . ....ICC, -.... 45 44% 1 4 .. ... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ••••• Do.. do., 501. Shares 30 ••• •• 71k.. ......•....• Do. Birm., and Derby 1( 0 ...... 21 ...... ...... •• Do. Consul. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et. -.100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 - Ditto ditto Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 - Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nin g ton, 8 per et. guar•loo - Midland Great Western Irish - .. Middlesbro' and Itedear, 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastle and Carliale.loo - Do. Quarters 25 Nl%wmarket - Do. Extension - ewport, Abergaveiany, .:rid Hereford 6 ...... - Newry and Enniskillen 7 owry, Warrenpouat, and Rostrevor 2O - .. ••• Norfolk . lOO - Do. New 201. .. . 15 - Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 - ..• Do. Guaranteed 5 1 , , , k pc. 5 - Do. do. W aveuey V al. 2 - Nurthern Counties Union 4 ...... - .... North British ••...... •• •25 .•... 11 ...•• ........ Ditto, 11.1ves .. - Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Thirds ..•• .• ... si - ..• ... Ditto Preference 5 - •• North Staffordshire".. 17% 7% , orth Wales . 3% - North-Western .... 13%...... - ... )xlerd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 - i'. ceding, Guildford, and Reigate :oyston and Hitehin ... 4 LA I .. - .............. -cottish Central icottish Midland - O. ..... •• •• •• Ditto, New - - •••••••••••• hrewa3nry andßirns l2 ...... - Ditto ditto. Class B 8 - .. Ditto, New Guaranteed $ 9,71 i ••• ••••• ::direw ,i)ul - 3 , and. lienetd. 5 ....... - B:irewsbery & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - ... Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... - Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 1 ,t - Ditto New Do. S per Cent. Pref lO - •• •..•• ihropshire Union .. .... with_ Devon - De. i'r,.erence 6outli Staffordshire B% - •••... youth East,/ 33 % - ••• .••••• ..... Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 - Do., Registered No. 410 ~ ... ...- ... Do., Scrip No 4 • 10 ...... - B..uth W ale) - ...... .. ,uuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 - .ihsffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% - Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... .- ........ "wails. & Loughor & Ca ineron's Stm. Coal. ••• 7 - •.. .. ...... ... .aw Vale Extensi on ... 8 - H. •........... i'ltames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 1 , e - ~ a le of Neath lO - - atertord ::rid Kilkenny 20 . V -tertord and Limerick 47 1 ,E - % ateita,Wx(rd,Wieklw and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. - Do. do. do. ... 25 - Do. do. do. ... 15 „.... - ..... ... , 4 est Cornwall t hitehavee & Furness 18 - indoor, Staines, and ,South Western ..... ... 14 ...... - ...... - ‘ ilts,Sonters,,t,ni Wey mouth - i ork. New:ins:le. aria Berwick. ............... 25 Do. Newcastle Pattern 20 Du. G.N.L.Preleronne 8 1)0. Hartlepool Dock anti Railway .. 100 -.-... ......... Vora eno kitirtii Midland 5:. t .- Prefer. nee ...-- 10 - x °REIGN ItA.IL WA Yb. krr.t. , Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5%...... - ioulogne and Anaisas... 20 ...... VA ...... 7% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou)... 20 -• Demerara 17% - Jutch Rhenish ......... 8 »•• .... 1 1 4 :est Indian - •• Ditto .. - ..lreat Indian Peninsular S - Do. Do. ... ..... 10s. ..... ••■ ,ourain hla Sambre ... 7 1 4 — "' _.uxembourg Ditto OA Soo. ..... _ Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...., Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France l4/. 85... dis . Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... .. ..A I Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 217 i 22% ...... 22% Paris and Strasbourg • . ... •• ••• '''.. Rouen and Havre 94 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ••• ..... ..•.•• Strasbourg and Basle l4 fours and Nantes ...... .. 13 ....~ -- Tournay, Jurbise, Lan_ den, and 11a55e1t...... 20 83 / 4 .. ••• --' ....., MINE. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com— 15 Australian.......... ........ 4 llassora Range ... 28s. •• • • MINIM Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... British Iron ......... 12 Brazilian Imperial .... 24% BrazilianCotaeACuiaba 30 :— Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 28.—1 t commenced blowing a very strong gale last night, a.t about midnight, with violent squalls and snow. Wind at neon N .W. to N.E., fresh bre( ze and snow. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W.—Acrd. Sea, Callao. Arrived from the River, and sailed Jul lundur, Adelaide, S. A. ; Widmer Castle, Madras Malacca, Bombay ; Clauden, Demerara ; Charles Walter, Boston. The Colombus, London to Bombay, has put into the Downs very leaky, and will proceed to the river. LIVERPOOL, , - DEC. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. trate, Crompton, Old Calabar ; Brothers, Dron, Maccao; A. F. Moore, Owen, &vanilla; Enterprise. Syms, New York ; Albert, Co rk, Pugwash; Breadal bane, Shippigan. The Pearl, Newry to this port, was in contact, this morning, with one of the Steam Tug Company's Lumps, and soon afterwards filed; has since been towed into the St. George's Basin. DovEkt, DEC. 27.—Wind N. to N.W.—Atrd. Asar Ilavannah, for Hamburgh, aL d p u t i n i n come quenee o f the ice in he Elb. LONDONLEARY, Dze. 26.—Sld. Cybele, Rio de la Hache. PLYMOUTH, DEc. 7.—Win I N.W.—Sld. Trafalgar, Adelaide, SOlit2 AU:alias 604 Qugn, ditto; Amu* Port 11114. 59 p 59 p 59 p NEWCASI to-day. LOWESTO: the north PI tlarnagt exp , Tted mu Ma RI CORI This bein buyers was Whe:st, cow confined to 1 sample were filled with SI for all desct prices. Tln tity of foreig come in thi! rattily suppli without alto] of which was rates. So li was on the it best Oats at other at tick English •• • • • • Reotch•• •• • • • • Irish •• •• •• •. Foreign •..• •. The supp were seventy sea in the p , middling qu limited, the day's quotati small tor the the wants of at prices bar( which a cleat supplied witl dull, at unali steady at lat nothing was 14/ to 181 eac Inferior Beasts. Second quality Prime large Oat Prime elects • • Large coarse Ca Prime small (Hit Suckling Cslves Inferior Sheep Bin til. 541 Beasts. 140 Beasts. NEW Although general dema: Beer,inferior... middling • primelarge prime smal Vb 51:.......... 131 Our marks good Hops ot are in steady kinds very lit! cline to noti New Mid a New Weald o ditto, 5/ 15s Yearling Ket to 31 17s; 010 The market only trausacti favour. Sug: TEA. —The Cougou at al nese has been TALLow.— COTTON.--' held for fuller GREEN FR good. Two cal Keeling and obtained befo reduced to a flay be quot cbeannts quit, Illi d Brazil in , grapes being ceded 23 to 3s have taken p 1 confectioners. SECON (U This was a bill of exchst but did not ap entered of COU DISCHARGE who have sere SECONDARY ci their punctual Which hal thr fellow-jur3 me filet a fine or them on the li bad hitherto Would cause notice, and if be fined in erg Serving on from serving Queen's Bencl BOW- A young w, felony. The compla that as he was square, the p fine cold night upon she gave had been a vs that he would her to some gi Walked with I hurriedly bad 4 in g her oondu for the cause right-hand trc containing thr Sing. lie im overtook her, her into custa dropped the p The prison( the complaina purse in the s She was ful MARLBI A VIXEN.— brought befor disturbance at lug a pane of Mr. Louis ,J stated that be evening, the p ha served with sacrificing too refused to sere QM, and crest t) call the w outside the dc smashed a sqt 15s. to have r violence, he c durance vile. The prisons really could n M 6. HARD would restore time accordin COMIVI The half- i took place, Masterman, Mr. SAUL directors, every depi condition; Less and m Past half yei health. Thl arrived whe fund for a rented at V requirement the commerc to this prop . The halal receipts up balance 1 rs) have been deducting t the purchasf The repot officers were awarded to to the elect Institution r election of t SUING A Court this d P , Trand, z t it iderable am porting that for ten year statement. 1 4 1 4 house, a tiff said it vv hetho• he W(Juld grail accordingly and he knee else than in - 57% 5414 39% MINI 3% 12% 7% 1% iSIA; 6% 75 44% 7% 21 7% ...... 9% 16% 11 , 4 SA 17.4 7% 134 14 10%