The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

NEW STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE. Now ready at all the Libraries. in 3 vols., PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET MAITL AND, OF SUNNY SIDE. Written by -Herself. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "This work has given us much plessure. Mrs. "—AthEnmum Maitland might clay Full with the Rev. Mi ah Balvvhidder.. " Full of gre b a p t power, aid abounding in natural feeling. Its moral will be held precious by all."—Observer. " In every respect calculated to interest and amuse our readers." —Morning Post. "The story creates an absorbing interest by the deep and Masterly touches of nature with whi,:h it atounds."—John Bull. Our readers will enjoy this work—its genuine nationality of one and sentiment, its refined and poetic homeliness, and its strokes of quiet humour. The author may be described as a refined or feminine Galt. In the pathetic element we arc not unfrequently re minded of ' Wilson's Lights and Shadows,' "--Scotsman. Henry Collturn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE a nd RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS through- Out ENGLAND and WALES. Established 1772. PRESIDENT. The EARL of ROIIIOEY. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Lord Kenyon 1 Rt. Hen. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P. TREASCRER—Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Req., M.P., F.R.S. AUDITORS —John Pepys, Esq., and Capel Cure , Esq . At a MEETING of GOV ERNOII, held in Craven-street, on Weenesday, the sth day of Dec., 1849, the cases of 16 Petitionem were considered, of which 7 were approved, 5 rejected, 2 :14.1- mtssible, sad 2 d,s,erred for inquiry. Since the meeting held on the 7th of November, SIXTEEN DEBTORS, of whom 13 had Wives and 23 Children, have been Discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales ; the expense of whose liberation, including every charge connected with the So ciety. was 1351. ss. Bd.; and the following BENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT : Sir Richard P. Glyn, Bart. ••..••• • • • • • • • • .A£2 2 0 The Rev. Sir John Newport, Bart., per Messrs. Hoare •• A. 1 1 0 •The Executors of Miss Catherine Knox, Legacy, per Trea -118 0 1 The Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, under the will of the Earl of Kerry, por Treasurer.• .. Ditto, under the will of C. A. F. Pieschel, Esq., per Trea surer.. •••••••••• • • • • • • . • • • . Ditto, under the will of Mrs. A. M. Stafford, per Treasurer 97 1 8 Ditto, under the will of Robert Sorrell, Esq., per Treasurer 238 16 11 Benefactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the Treasurer, No. I, Brick-court, Temple; also by the following Bankers: —Messrs. Cocks, Curries, Drummonds, Berries, Hoares, Teres ; and by the Secretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where the books may be seen by those who are inclined to support the Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every month. JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. .. 24 i 5 • - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 6ele Lessee and Manager, Old Brorapton. THIN EVEIIINt;,. Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Arayott, Mr. Charles Kean; Lady Evellne Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean. To be followed by the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipether , M rs. Keele y ; Jane Driggi, Miss P. Horton. Atter which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To oonclude with the successful and laughable Farce, called an ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The Box-office is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPILL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by au entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grandy, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To coneittele with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S !MOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright M ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Mrs. F. Matthews ; rs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. Sunbury, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. under the Managemeat of Madame VeMILL 3ole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by DELICA.TH GROUND. After which HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with& AISINGi THE WIND. Dress Boxes ss. . Upper Boxes, 4s. ; 2s. ; Gallery, 15.5 No balf-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft. 15, New Bond-street. risINCE66'S TILEATI.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA Principal characters by Merisrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Corn, Wynn; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. After which, the Extravaganza of TIIE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. ASTLE i'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Mr. BATTY has inn-eh pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Madlle. Codoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in Europr, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of TIIE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in whist' Mr. Edward Gomorsal will appear in his original character of Napoleon. Mer which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA, en!ivened by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jackson, and Wheale. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND lIORSEKEEPING, In which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a long train of moveables, omprising Omnibus, Baroucke, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office upon from Eleven till For r. %tanager, Mr. W West. , - ;A9 ER AT LONDON BBIDOE. Tim DAY —Morning, 49 min after 1 I Evening, 21 min. etc 11 To-Monnow—liforning, 49 min . atter 1 0 1 1 Evening, 0 min. after 0 THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, DEC. 9. TIIERMOYiLTBE Lowest, 33; Highest, 4,5; Noon, 41 BAROMETER, 29.92. WIND S.E.—fine sunshiny weather. DEC. 10. ItERILOYEETER, Lowest, 29 , Highest, 44- soon. 37 BASOIIET - ER, 30.2. WIND N.W.—Dull, foggy weather. 4_76' 75. . l‘ a4 t keY'"' • .`" 1 .+„ T• 31 ti. , DA -1- I Otrtniug 2'41111;5 LONDON, MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 1849. The attention of the public, conscience-stricken by the calamities of the cholera, is, for the time being, occupied with the sufferings of the poor—of the poor in general, and of the unhappy needle women in particular. This latter class, says Mr. SIDNUI HERBEUT, who has deserved credit by his earnest championship on their behalf, has " ari indis putable right to priority—theirs is the most helpless sex, the most intense poverty, the most fearful de gradation." The miseries of this wretched class have before now excited much public sympathy, and yet those miseries are undiminished. At this day 33,500 women a-e engaged in the needle- work trade, and the greater part of them only earn on an average from 21d. to 40. a day. Even were purchasers extravagant in their payments and employers generous in their wages, it would be difficult, or rather impos sible, for so vast a number of hands to obtain ade quate remuneration in one branch of employment. For ourselves we do not, generally speaking, believe in the evils ascribed to over-population. A surplus popu lation, as it is called, is, or should be, an impossibility, seeing that with every additional mouth to consume is, or should be, an additional pair of hands to produce. Thus, if society were rightly constituted, we could never have a multitude of unemployed hands, Z. e. a surplus population. It is idle, however, to dwell upon what might be—let us rather contemplate things as they are, in order that they may be ren dered as they should be. One thing is certain, we have now in this country, practically, a surplus po pulation—the sad effects: of many misfortunes and much injustice The only panacea for this evil which the philanthropist can suggest is—emigration. Beyond the seas there are lands where the labourers are as scanty as here they are numerous—lands where nature requires human aid to develope her abundant riches—lands where the wages are plentiful and the workmen rare. In former times, the children of this country have gone forth, their veins filled with the blood and their hearts fired with the energy of an 'independent retie. Poor men, most of them, humble and unaided, they went forth " the world before them where to choose." Like the first man, for them the earth only brought forth, spontaneously, weeds and thistles, but like the first man they earned their oread by the sweat of their brow. They wrestled with Nature, and she became their willing servant. From those adventurers, those exiles from their mother land, arose great nations which that mother land now contemplates with admiring pride. In all quarters of the world are the footsteps of our Colo nists— " And the young and strong Republic was by these in virtue bred — The young and strong Republic that has filled the world with fame, .And with great praise and marvel of the Anglo-Saxon name." Shall not such things be again ? Notwithstanding the "plethora" of which Mr. HERBERT speaks, the heart of England is still beating with vigorous life; her children, though crushed to the death, are not degenerated. She may lament, and with justice, that she cannot nourish t hem b y her ow n hearth (which, if all her duty ha d been rightly fulfilled, might have been happily acco mplished) ; hut the past, though it be deplored, cannot be undone. LEA her now perform the true mother's part, and send forth the suf ferers for their own good and her glory. Let her send them forth from:death to life—from the death of starvation to the life of labour, from the pestiferous odour of the charnel-house to the healthful _ breezes of the wilds. Let her snatch her maidens from pollution to become happy wives And honest mothers. Let her seize the friendless youth who trembles on the verge of crime, and the wretch who shudders between degradation and despair, and send them out to learn the right use of ,-,, , f . ,tropg hand and the holy happiness of an honest ~, heart. The list defies enumeration. The noisome cellar, where decrepit manhood and wasted infancy languish in idleness and die of want—the naked garret, where through the long day and by the fading light— " Women sit in unwomanly rags Plying the needle and thread," she corners and crevices of the streets, where the infant pickpockets lurk—the midnight thoroughfares , where thousands of the women of England are driven to sin, not from choice, but— " Oh men with sisters dear, Oh men with mothers and wives!"— from the absolute fear of starvation !—these and a hundred other spots are thronged with human crea tures, whose very presence here infects the social atmosphere, but who, in other climes, might live like men and die like Christians. Let us send them forth for their salvation and our own. Let us send them forth to sow and to reap in (for them) more productive lands, and, realising the happy prophecy of Mr. MACAULAY, to give birth to " those unborn millions I who shall cover with cities and gardens the Caffra rian and Australasian deserts." At the same time we are prepared to admit that the remedy is a:violent one, and in the natural order of things emigration should be the voluntary act of individuals. But if the remedy be violent GOD knows the disease is violent also. And therefore, while we are especially anxious that, for the future, a more equitable system may preserve us from a recurrence of the present distress, for the time being we cordially concur in the proposition of those who would give a helping hand to send forth the destitute, the degraded, and the desperate, from sin and suffering, "to Light, to Liberty, to Life.' Who that has the power will refuse to aid in-such a work ? Christiana! these are the missionaries you should send forth—your sending them will be a world-wide attestation of your faith. Legislators ! these are the convicts you should transport—before and not after they are stained with crime, and have laid a heavier burden on your purse and their own souls. Men of property ! here is a true way to pre serve your wealth ; it is easier to convert an idle man into a labourer than to keep him from being a poacher, a rick-burner, or a thief. Mothers and maidens ! here are especial objects for your sympathy—women rendered desperate by the cries of starving children, and girls selling their honour to procure a crust of bread. When we dwell upon these things it appears indeed impossible that help can be withheld by any human band whose owner possesses a human heart. In a recent impression of this journal, as far as our space and time permitted, we waded through the mazy labyrinths of that stupendous absurdity, " The Report of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland." We went sufficiently far on that occasion to prove the utter fallacy of the charges made against Lord CLARENDON, and to demonstrate by their own testimony that his Excellency neither recognized, organized, nor armed the Irish Orangemen. And we think we can convince all dispassionate and rational persons that the evidence does not go even far enough to prove that Captain KENNEDY armed the Dublin Orangemen as an exclusive body, but as part of an available force of loyal citizens to oppose insurrection and maintain the laws. The simple facts appear to be that the Government expected a threatened outbreak of the disaffected, and confided the defence of the city to Captain KENNEDY in such an event. This responsible duty constrained him to seek the co-operation of the well affected of all political and religious opinions, and it would be strange if he could pass over a set of men who . have been eternally bleating forth their exclusive loyalty, their devotions to the house of Hanover and the British Constitution, &c., &c. The negotiations between Captain KENNEDY and the Orangemen were conducted by a Colonel PHA IRE, a gentleman we believe then much in the confidence of the Orangeman, and holding a high position in their society. But whether Colonel PRAIRE was first requested to act :by the gallant Cap tain or by the Orangemen does not appear, but this does appear clearly enough to us, that Colonel PRAIRE had no mission from the Government, as we think will appear manifest from a communication made to the Colonel by Lord EXICISHILLEN, to the effect " that Lord Cnlnimnom, in a conversation with him, Lord ENNISKILLEN, had refused to supply the Orangemen with arms, or give a satisfactory reply to their ad dress." If Colonel PRAIRE had a mission from the Government, it is quite evident he did not require to be enlightened on this point by the Grand Master of the Orangemen. As soon as the Orangemen fancied that they were courted by the Government, as soon as they thought Lord CLARENDON was sufficiently embarrassed to yield to their selfish demands, they at once manifested the true quality of their lip•loyalty. Instead of standing, in the hour of need, by the auiorities, and giving them the generous and spontaneous support of free and loyal citizens, they higgled and huxtered for their own selfish ends ; they drew up insolent resolaCons, and threatened to present an insolent address, if they did not get arms and everything else they required. But Lord CLAREIiDON remained firm, they swallowed the address which they dared not to present, because they were perfectly cognisant of the rebuff with which it would be met. Had they had the manliness and courage to present this address, we should never have heard a word of the silly charges which have been since made, as they would then have been enlight ened as to the true principles on which his Excellency had resolved to administer the laws in Ireland. The important position in which Captain KEN NEDY was placed, the serious duties which devolved on him, naturally made him intensely anxious to secure the services of every 'oval man, orange or green, capable of bearing arms in the city, and, con sequently on his own responsibility, and knowing that the Government had refused Lord ENNISKILLEN to supply the Orangemen with arms, he got up a subscription to purchase arms "for the well-affected amongst the lower classes," and by this means was enabled to supply 600 stand of arms to the brawling Orangemen. Captain liumpy's letter, ons would think, ought to have satisfied them on this point. We extract it verbatim from the "Report :" " Dublin, April 22, 184 g. " Dear Colonel,—l have set on foot, with others, a subscription for supplying arms to the well affected amongst the lower classes, for the protection of lite and property in the city of Dublin; and I take upon mysel/ the responsibility, as far asfive hundred stand, in case the subscription should fall short of that, of furnishing that number. I shall adopt any course you recommend to expedite the supply of those five hundred stand of arms in the shortest time.—Your's faithfully," " J. P. KENNEDY." Surely the English language cannot more clearly or intelligibly express the intention of the writer to avoid all recognition of the Orangemen as a body; yet they had the meanness to take arms from the man who plainly told them these arms were to be pur chased from a fund to be raised ley subscription to supply arms to the well-affected amongst the lower classes; and not specially for the exclusively loyal heroes of Whitefriars-hall. We have very little sympathy for Captain KEN• NEDT I S spooneyism in allowing himself to be dmt out of 6001., which would have been much more worthily bestowed on one or more of the many meri torious charities in the city. A little knowledge of Irish political history ought to have induced the Gallant Captain to hesitate before he foolishly ex pended so large a sum in supplying those heroes with arms. It is not many years since an aggregate meeting was called on some subject distasteful to the Orangemen. Their organs sounded the tocsin, and called on the brotherhood through the length and breadth of the land to attend this meeting, and manifest their strength and gallantry. It was holden in the open air, at a place called the Coburg Gardens. The Orangemen did muster, we believe, from all parts of Ireland ; at all events, from Dublin, Wicklow, and the neighbouring counties. They marched in battle array to the scene, stormed the gates, and made a rush to seize the platform ; it was long before the hour of meeting, and but com paratively few were then" assembled; but the patriotic coal porters happened to be present—they attacked and repulsed the Orange heroes, who gal lantly took to their heels, after a few broken heads, and were chased through the streets and alleys by the " black diamonds," to the great amusement of the military, and in a few minutes there was not a valorous Orangeman to be found outside the threshold of some friendly public house or other safe rendezvous. Had Captain KENNEDY been aware of this heroic sped• men of Orange chivalry, it might perhaps THE SUN, tv.t 14 -~$ LONDON, have induced to turn his money to better account than arms for a set of men wh o wou ld b e to embarrass than a ss i s t regu l ar o . li l li Y tary operation. rntr u troops p su more i r n c and l t a si l n i n f , The commut tications with Sir E. B L A KENEY a n d Colonel BROWS TS prove no part of the c a se ; th ere i s not a tittle of evidence to show that these gallan t officers looked a. the Orangemen in any other light than as loyal ci tizen z , willing to sustain the Execu tive in maiataining the QUEER'S authority. The characters of these well-tried and chivalrous veterans are a sufficient' gly arantee of their incapability to be parties to any *let unworthy their fair fame as sol diers and gently unen. The hearsay twaddle of the sayings and do ings of Major TURNER, Captain KENNEDY, and Cjolonel PRAIRE proves no more than the gullibility of the Orangemen. The second part of the " Report" just come to hand is as great a failure as its lengthy antecedent. Like a drunken fellow in a row, it hits wildly at all within its reach—Lord CLA_ RENDON, Mr. BERWICK, priests, Papists, and Ribandn ten, all have formed one fearful conspiracy to externtinate the gentle lambs of the fold of Enniskillen, and undermine the British Con stitution. " Orange processions were not designed to affront, to intimidate the peaceable of any class, creed, or condition. They were designed to encou rage Protestants, and to warn those who meditate their ruin by a show of loyalty and strength." Yes, they do with a vengeance encourage Protestants, or rather Orangemen, to march like armed bandits through the country ; their gentle warnings are conveyed through their gun barrels, and these peaceful beings exhibit their loyalty and strength by burning houses, wreck ing property, and shooting old women and children• These are the modes in which th• Orangemen mani fest their "brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety," and all other Christian graces. We cannot devote more space at present to this sickening nonsense. We have,'nevertheless, carefully'examined the whole precious document in a spirit of . fair criticism. We owe nothing to the Irish Government, and should to morrow,V we thought them wrong, deal with them as fearlessly and as independently as we have dealt with the Orangemen. But we feel fully convinced, npon their own showing, that the Orangemen have utterly failed to sustain their case. They staked their character on the issue, and have forfeited the stake. They ransacked the palace and the tomb—the living, the dead, the absent—all were put in proof to no purpose. We can account for their giving to the world the evidence of their own condemnation on no other principle than that they were afflicted with that fatal malady which, it is said, precedes destruction. The dread warning of the foredoomed must have been upon them— " Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat." In the name, then, of common sense let them with a good grace put an end to the dark absurdities of Orange craft. Let their silly mysticisms be num bered with the Pagan mysteries of the past, and be remembered but as a myth of their schoolboy days. The exclusive principles of Orangeism are incompa tible with the enlightened spirit of the age. An imperium in imperio is inconsistent with the whole• some administration of the laws. All its tendencies are evil, without one redeeming quality of good. What can these Orangemen want ? They enjoy, in common, with all the subjects of the QUEEN, the protection of British law. They enj oy without let or hindrance the spoils and advantages of conquest. Would they still grudge the unfortunate descendants of the vanquished the poor privilege of living in humble industry on the soil of their fathers ? The days of ascendancy and extermination are gone for ever. Let us hope, then, that these misguided persons will merge into a loyal and peaceful de• niaenship with their fellow-subjects, and, laying aside all bigotry and uncharitableness, remember only that they are, fellow-men, fellow•subjects, and fellow • Christians. Since tie appearance of the interesting corre spondence relating to the line of defence adopted by counsel on the occasion of the trial •f COURVOISIBR, the murderer—a correspondence published and com mented on both in our own columns and in those of our principal Contemporaries—the letters of CHARLES Pfiteerrs and Samuel. W ARRIIN have provoked in one or two quarters a very long, and in some instances a not very well-tempered discussion. Neither at present have we, nor in future shall we, have any intention to revive an argument which we cannot but re gard as having been brought to an incontro vertible and definitive conclusion. Our opinion upon the subject under debate has already, we conceive, been expressed in language sufficiently decisive to be unmistakeable in its tendency. What is our object, therefore, at present in reverting to a matter which appears to have originated so much recrimination, is to protest as journalists against a system more or less adventured upon at intervals, whereby the press would be ultimately rendered the medium of the most gratuitous personalities. That a distinguished member of the bar, like Mr. Pettules, a man who has grown grey in that high and honour able profession, and whose personal probity has been recompensed by his elevation to a post of large judi cial responsibility, a trust reposed upon him succes sively by Chancellor BROUGHAM and Chancellor LYNDHURST, the* man whose character is endowed with such credentials, and embellished with such an tecedents, should be assailed with acrimony for a defence delivered under circumstances of such tre mendous difficulty, must to every honourable and disinterested mind be a subject of deep regret, although (considering the passions likely to be excited by criminal proceedings) it can be no cause whatever for astonishment. But that the course pursued in this transaction by Mr. WARREN should be distorted into an act of hostility against any one, and, more than that, that it should be vulgarly abused as an effort of mere partizanship, is, to our thinking, nothing less than a lamentable and perverse distortion of all that is manly, candid, and generous in the sentiment of friendship. As observers of the discussion, observers alive only to truth, and indif ferent to every consideration in the matter except that of justice, we would protest against such wilful personalities and misrepresentations with an earnest ness in some measure commensurate with our regret and amazement. UNPRECEDENTED DISPITCH.—A copy of the Third Edition of The Sun of Wednesday evening, trans mitted to Mr. Blake, by the manager of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, was in the Athenaeum last night before eight o'clock, being only about twenty-four hours from the time of its publication in London I This we believe to be unprecedented. We observe in the paper an address to Government, signed by about eighty members of both Houses of Parliament, requesting inter ference for the prevention of further cruelties in Hun gary by the Austrian power.—Aberdeen Banner. The first volume of Eliza Cook's Journal is com pleted, and the second is progressing with flying colours and every sign of triumph. This periodical may be considered as having now established for itself a high position in public favour among the cheap publications, and the success is deserved, for it is conducted with considerable ability and judgment. Most of the original writing is very good ; the tales are well told, generally conveying a sound, if homely moral, and often dis playing much literary talent; while the poetic contribu tions of the editress herself are alone worth the price of the whole publication.—Morning Chronicle. A MONTH or RBOOICINGs.—The present month promises to be one of the merriest in the calendar in the northern counties. On Wednesday, the 19th, the Mar• quis of Stafford, eldest son of the Duke of Sutherland, attains his majority, when the happy event will no doubt be celebrated in the extensive county of Sutherland, and over the other wide estates of that noble family. On that occasion, also, will be celebrated the union of the house of Sutherland with the old and noble house of Cromertie, in the marriage, solemnised some months ago, of the Marquis of Stafford and the Hon. Miss Hay Mackenzie. Two days afterwards, namely on the 21st, comes the not less happy day when the Hon Simon Frazer, Master of Lovat, attains his majority. From the popularity of Lord Lovat and the Master of Loyal, who constantly resident, take the greatest interest in their tenantry and in tke improvement of the family estate, there is no doubt that many a bonfire will bler s from the heights of the Lovat country, and that no mark will be omitted of the attachment of the people. The occasion will be observed, we understand, early in the week following the 21st, which falls on a Friday. — Inverness Courier, BALFE.—Our popular countryman is at present at Berlin, superintending the production of his opera, the Bondman. After this Keolanthe, another of his operas, will be produced. Bslfe's most ardent well-wishers could not desire for him a • heartier reception than he has for ' the second time experienced in Germany. His works will be played at the Grand Opera—not at the Italian Theatre, as some have said, of which Signor Orsini is the musical director, and which is of inferior size, resources, and importance.—Musical World. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Charles Marryat, Mr. M'Cblery, and Mr. M'Gregor, had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1849. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The review which was to have tak , :n place to-day, the anniversary of the election of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, has been postponed. The Patrie and the ltioniteur du Soir publish the following official communication : " The President of the Republic has recovered from his indisposition, but the state of his health will not yet permit him to be exposed for five or six hours to the temperature of the season. The review of the National Guard and the army cannot, therefore, take place on Monday next." The National Assembly on Friday rejected, by a majority of 399 to 188, the proposition of M. Faxar to vote a sum of money to assist associations of work men. On Saturday M. SAVATIEit LAROCHR brought forward his motion for the abolition of the punish ment of death in all cases. The motion was warmly supported by M COVJEREL, the Protestant minister, in a logical and eloquent speech, and was opposed by M. CASAIIIANCA and M. MONTIGNY. The motion was rejected by a majority of 400 to 183. The Natierull of Saturday has the following para graph : "At the commencement of the sitting of yesterday M. Ferdinand Barrot withdrew, in the name of the Government, the Bill demanding a credit for the com pletion of the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon. This Bill had been referred to a committee .charged to exa mine, at the samo time, the account of the expenditure which has been hitherto incurred for the same obkct. The committee has terminated its labours, and was to have presented its report yesterday to the Assembly. A rumour became current during the sitting, that among the conclusions of the report was one which laid to the charge of Count Duchatel, Minister of the Interior of the ex-King Louis Philippe, a sum of 1.300,0001. It was on this account, and to prevent exposure, that the Government has, after some hesitation, come to the re solution to withdraw its Bill. The Minister of the In terior will understand, that in such a case, his honour imperiously calls on him to furnish immediately cate gorical explanations as to the motives which have led to so sudden and so strange a determination on the part of the Government." It is said that M. TMIERS has been of late suffering so severely from a disease of the palate of the mouth that he will probably have to undergo a severe opera tion. The Courrier Francais, however, says that " the indisposition of the illustrious orator is not of a grave character, and that it is happy to be able to assure his numerous friends that after a few days of repose he will probably be able to resume his seat in the Assembly." A supplement of the lifoniteur Algerieu, just re ceived, gives the following details of the taking of Zaatcha " ALGIERS, DEC. 2. "We have just received the account of the taking of Zaatcha. On the morning of the 26th of November, at eight o'clock, the three breaches had been made practicable by the cannon, and the same were carried with enthusiasm by three columns of eight hundred men each, having at their respective heads Colonels de Barrel and de Canrobert and Lieutenant Colonel de Lourmel, of the Bth Regiment of the line. A fourth column, under the orders of Commandant Bourbaki, completed the investment which had not been before finished. If the bravery of our troops was admirable, the resistance made by the Arabs was quite what we might have expected from the obstinacy which had kept us for six weeks before the walls of the place. In less than an hour, however, the streets and the terraces were completely occupied; but the capture of the place was not thus completed. It was necessary to attack house by house, and to besiege the ground floors, in which our desperate enemies had entrenched themselves. Many of the houses could not be taken but by blowing them up, with all who were in them. These partial combats cost us as many men as the assault. Four hours after the occupation of the town shots were fired from under the ruins. During this time Commandant Bourbaki kept up a very sharp engagement with the inhabitants of Lichara. The Goums and the cavalry, on their side, kept in check the movements of the natives of Tolgu. Not one of the fanatic followers of Bon Lea demanded quarter, all, to the last man, died fighting. More than 800 bodies were left on the ground, as a proof of the desperate struggle of which Zaatcha has been the scene. Bon Zian, his two sons, and the Claerif Si Mousse, the old agitator of the south of Medeab, who had entered the place, were pursued from house to house, and at last entered that of Bon Zian, where they made a most desperate resistance. A mine at length enabled us to penetrate into their retreat, where they all met their death. In order that no doubt should remain in the minds of the Arabs as to the well-merited fate of those instigators of the insurrections, their heads were exposed in the camp of General Herbillon. We had on our side from 30 to 40 men killed, and 150 wounded. Amongst the killed are M. Lapeyreuzo, of the native tirailleurs; M. Rosetti, sublieutenant of the Spahis; and M. Reynac, lieutenant of the Zouaves. The officers wounded are Lieut.-Colonel de Lourmel, slightly ; Captain Toussaint, of the Ist Spahis. seriously; De Leurencez, chef de bataillon of the Zmaves; Captain Berthien, 38th of the line; Lacroix, captain of the Zouaves; and Levaillant, sub-lieutenant of the Bth batta lion of the Foot Chasseurs." The following were the prices of the Funds at the Passage de l'OpEra yesterday:—Five per Cents., 90f. 95c.; Three per Cents., 56e. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHAlsaik., Disc. _ _ Boulogno and Amiens, 6%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 123k—Luxembourg, %—Narnur and Liege, 6—Northern of France, 2 dis.—Sambre and Meuse, 2 1 , West Flanders, 1 ex int. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d have arrived. The Popular of the 21), says that, as a special mark of favour to General NARTAEZ, the KING and QUEEN communicated to him before any other per son the intelligence of the latter being enceinte. General O'DONNELL had presented General NAE ♦AEZ with a magnificent sword, in the name of the infantry of the Spanish army. The Government had, it was said, resolved to undertake important works for completing the Aranjuez railway and im proving the navigation of the Douro—the latter in conjunction with the Portuguese Government. The Minister of Finances was labouring to procure funds for paying the half-year's dividends, and had had a conference with two English capitalists on the subject. The Herald() publishes a letter from Paris, which it refers to, without however completely confirming it, in which it is asserted that, at the suggestion of Austria, the Pons had applied to the Spanish Govern• ment for the further continuance of the Spanish troops who were to occupy Rome in conjunction with a Neapolitan force; and that Queen IsABELLL had acceded to the lively instances of the Holy Father, and consented that the Spanish troops should remain in garrison at Rome until the Papal army was ccin• pletely re organiz,d, and order and tranquillity assured. The Bolsa was closed on the 2d. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The following is the text of the dispatch addressed by the Government of Austria to that of Prussia, protesting against the assembling of the Federal Parliament at Erfurth. It is published in the Deutsche Allgemeicte Z.itung of Leipsic : " The royal Government of Prussia has expressly deduced from Art. XI. of the Federal Act the right held good by Prussia to enter into a special alliance with different members of the German Confederation ; on all occasions it has given the most positive assurance that it will never cease to respect the treaties on which the German Confederation rests, founded in 1515, and to reserve, with respect to those States that should not be disposed to accede to the restricted federation pro jected by Prussia all rights and priviltges resulting from the said treaties. The guarantees given to us by those solemn declarations constituted the bases of the negotiations which we have carried on with thu Prus sian Government since the month of May, and relying upon those guarantees, we awaited the accomplishment of the promise, according to which the treaty of the 9ith May was to be interpreted in conformity with the federal right, the undiminished vigour of which Prussia had acknowledged. " We never disavowed the difficulties of the task. But, as its accomplishment had been promised to us in so formal a manner, our doubts gave way to the assurances we had received. To our great astonishment, the Prussian Moniteur of the Tid October gave us explana nations of a most astonishing and surprising nature, of the view now taken of this important question by the Prussian Government. This view is expressed in a declaration of the Minister of State, Bodelschwingh, made in the sitting of the Council of Administration of the 17th of October. The principles exposed and developed by that declaration are in open contradiction with those hitherto proclaimed by the Prussian Govern ment. The consequences thereof are so important that it is our duty to reply to them by the most explicit pro test (das wir uns dagegen auf _dos entschiedenste verwehren mussen). To this end we shall endeavour to pass briefly in review this fine-spun specious legal deduction, that we may be the better able to form a correct judgment of its intrinsic value. . "M. de Budelschwingh affirms that the Constitution of the German Confederation has legally ceased to exist, the dissolution of the Diet having been not only the suppression of a form, but of the most essential organic institution of the Confederation, without any individual member having the right to dkmand its reconstruction. lie thence deduces that the now projected federal state cannot be i❑ contradiction with a federal constitution which no longer exists, whilst the rights and obligations of the treaties of 1815, insomuch as they still hold good, are in no manner violated by the constitution of the new federal state, as tho e duties and obligations were ex pressly reserved. "As an anticipatory reply to an anticipated objection, M. (la Bodelschwingh expresses the conviction, which he derives from Art. VII. of the final Act of the Congress of Vienna, namely, that, for the will and action of the Confederation as for the application of the federal right, there can be no other organ than the German Diet, of which the Central Power, instituted on the 12th of July, 1648, can Lot be considered the suc- cessor, insomuch as by the simultaneousdiss olut of the German Diet the very organiz taxi of the Con federation was dissolved; hence the Central Power could only be considered in the light of an authority, created from the momentary necessity of a direction of the general affairs, and provisionally recognised; but of no other more extended signification, even if; by its monarchical form, it was not unfit to be the expression of the Confederation, that is to say, of an association of independent states, enjoying equal rights; and if de prived of the foundations of its existence by the disso lution of the German National Assembly, it had not, de jure, ceased to exist. According to the reasoning of M. de Bodelschwingh, it is not the fedi ral right, as de prived of its organ it perished with it, but solely the effects still subsisting from that right, as well as the conscience of forming part of one common whole, which maintained the states in a community, and pre served Germany from a complete disorganization." (This dispatch, which is of great length, then enters into a refutation, point by point, of the declaration made by M. DR BODELSCHWINGH, and continues then) : It is quite evident that the existence of the Federal Constitution, consequently of the Confederation itself, is not subordinate to the existence of the German Diet; that it has been practicable, by universal consent, to replace the latter by a new organ representing the Con federation in its totalty; that the institution of such an organ is a duty incumbent upon all the members of the Confederation; that each of them has consequently the right of demanding such an institution; and, finally, that there is the possibility of obtaining, by the individual expression of the will of each, a manifestation of the will of all. " This would suffice to prove that the Federal Consti • tution was not abrogated by the dissolution of the German Diet, and that the Confederation itself remains undissolved. In support of our assertion, we may quote the resolution of the Diet of the 12th July, 1848, as also the Convention of the 30th Sept. last. By the resolu tion in question, the exercise of all rights and obligations passed by common consent of all the states to a Central Provisional Power. It is, therefore, inexact to affirm that, in conse queue of the dissolution of the Diet, the Constitution was without an institution to represent it in its totality, and which could be regarded as the con stitutional organ or its will and of its acts. This institu tion was created by common consent, and according to the conditions exacted by the Constitution, it was to remain in vigour until the definitive solution of the ques tion of the new Constitution of Germany. " By the convention of the 30th September, Prussia recognised the Central Provisional Power as the sue cessor of the German Diet, legally invested with its rights and obligations." " After thest, explanations wo may expre3s our con viction : " 1. That the federate state projected by Prussia may find itself in contradiction with the Federal Constitution which still exists de jure. " 2. That it is inadmissible to draw a distinction be tween the Federal Constitution and the rights and obli gations resulting from the federal act, as they are inse parable from it, as they reciprocally balance each other, and that such a distinction can be based only on an erroneous conception of the Federal Constitution, a substitution of the form for the essence, "3. Th4t, consequently, all rights and obligations resulting from the Federal Cons , itution, insomuch as they do not refer directly to the primitive form of the federal organ, and are not, therefore, applicable to the given circumstances, have an object. " 4. That it does not suffice to reserve to the states not included in the alliance of the 26th of May their rights and obligations guaranteed by treaties, if that alliance, by its practical consequences, should endanger those same rights and obligations. " Consequently, it is our duty earnestly to desire ( Wir mussen duher dringend wunchen) that the prin ciples enouneed by the Minister of State, Bodelschwingh, in his official capacity, be rectified by the Prussian Go vernment, insomuch as we could never permit them to be carried out (da wir dieselben nicht zur Geltung gelangen lassen konnen). " Your Excellency will transmit a copy of this dis patch to the Aliniiter of Foreign Affairs, and request him to induce his Government to pay attention to our just desire.—Vienna, Nov. 12, 1849." The Cologne Gazette states that the energetic reply presented to the above by Count BERNSDOREF on the part of Prussia, has elicited a formal protest on the part of Austria, which was presented to the Cabi net of Berlin on the 4th. It coincides in all respects with the prospective announced by Her VON PRO KEscli (the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin), when he communicated the contents of the much spoken of dispatch of the 12th November. It is rumoured that Count BRANDENBURG was about to resign the Premiership of Prussia, and that he would be succeeded by INIANTEusTEL. SAXE-GOTHA. The Diet of the Duchy of Saxe Gotha having been summoned by the Ministry, was opened on the 3d instant, but after a sitting of a quarter of an hour it was dissolved. SAXONY. On the 4th instant the Second Chamber voted, on the proposition of Lieutenant 111cLLan, the raising of the state of Beige at Dresden and Crummetasehau! The Ministry were defeated by a majority of 48 votes against only 7. The First Chamber in its sitting on the sth instant complained that the Ministry had not yet informed it of the present state of the negociations relative to the German question, and called fs,r explanations. HANOVER. Her Royal _Highness the Crown Princess. of HANovEtt was safely delivered of a Princess about inid•day on the 3,1 inst. A salute of 50 guns an nounced this event to the inhabitants of the; city of Hanover. OLDEN BURG. The Diet of Oldenburg has refused, by 22 Totes against 19, to ratify its adhesion to the Federal State. The Ministers have all tendered their resignations, and the GRAND DUKE has prorogued the Diet to the 28th of December. HOLLAND. Tu.z HAGUE, DEC. B.—The sitting of the First Chamber of the States General have been adjourned to the 17th. It is stated that the late Minister of the Colonies, M. VON BOSCH, is to be appointed Commander-in- Chief of the naval forces in the East Indies, a post which he formerly occupied. TURKEY. The Journal des Daats publishes the following letter " Constantinople, Nov. 17. " In consequence of the news from Sc. Petersburgh, which arrived he re on the 3d by way of. Odessa, M. de Titoff sent a note on the 6th to the Porte to make known the intentions of his Cabinet. As I have announced to you, this answer was pacific. The Emperor desists, it is true, from his demand for the extradition of the Polish refugees who took part in the rise in Hungary; but he introduces two new demands, which have given, and will still give, occasion to long and laborious negotiations. Thus, he demands the impris annent at Diarbekir of General Bern and the other Polish refugees who have embraced Islamism, and the expulsion and inter diction from the Ottoman territory of all Polish emigrants, and even of those who are natural. ized, or who are furnished with foreign passports, if the naturalization has been granted without the consent of the Emperor. M. de Titoff has announced at the same time that he would not resume relations until the Porte should have given on these points, an answer which would satisfy his Court. M. de Sturmer, who had, in the first place, announced that he would resume relations as soon as the place of the imprison ment of the Hungarian refugees should hare been fixed upon, has since stated that he will not do so until Russia ahouid have done so also. An incident which it is well to mark is, that Count Zamoiski and General Dembinski are claimed both by Russia and Austria. The latter demands their imprisonment, and the former their ex pulsion. The Porte will wait till they have settled the question between them. Both Z imoiski and Dembinski are provided with French passports. " I announced to 3ou in a former letter, that the English fleet had arrived at the Dardanelles. As the roads of Besika are not very safe, and the south wind was blowing with great violence, the English penetrated into the straits, and advanced beyond the point of Bar bier, outside the forts, but sufficiently near to exchange salutes. The Russians considered this an infraction of the treaty of the 13th July, 1841, on the closing of the straits; and M. de Titoff sent a protest to the Porte, in which he declared that he would not resume his relations with the Porte until the English fleet had retired. This incident, however, has not gone further; for the English fleet had already returned to Besika before Admiral Parker was aware of the step taken by Russia. The French fleet is at Ourla. " M. de Titoff has had several conferences with the Grand Vizir and the Minister of Foreign Affsirs, rela tive to the question of the refugees ; so also has M. de Sturmer ; thus the rupture of relations is not strictly observed. The Sultan has even sent as a pre sent to M. de Sturmer a snuffbox set with diamonds of the value of a thousand pounds. M. de Stunner ac cepted it, on one condition, it is true, namely, that the authorities of the Mint should take back the snuff-box, and give him its value in money, in consideration of the hardness of the times. " The Porte replied, some days ago, to the note of Russia about the refugees. It seemed disposed to send away from its terftories all those who left Hungary to seek refuge there ; there can be no difficulty upon this point. As to the demand of shutting up in Diarbekir Bem and those of his companions who have embraced Islamism, the Porte, restricting herself to the terms of the treaty of Kutchuk Kiarnadji, repels it in the most formal manner. The individuals included in this category are protected both by treaties and by religion; they are now subjects of the Sultan. The Porte no longer knows a General Bern, but only Murad Pacha ; and it at any future period the conduct of this subject of the Sultan may give to Russia any legitimate motives for complaint, the Government will take the matter into consideration, and will take such measures as may seem proper. "As to what concerns the expulsion from the Ottoman territory of all the members of the Polish emigration who may happen to be there, and the interdit Lion of that territory to persons of the came category—as they are all furnished with foreign passports, especially English and French passports—the Porte cannot, without some other motive than the wish of the Emperor, undertake a I;aeiisure which will itttwa the right of those rowers, That, then, is a point on which Russia must comp to an understanding with those other Powers, and especially , England and France. But if individuals who are sub ject to the Sultan, foreigners, Poles, or others, residing on the Ottoman territory, render themselves guilty of acts contrary to the relations of friendship which exist between the Porte and Russia, the Porto does not re nounce its right of police; and Russia has only to point out those acts—to produce the proofs of them—and she will hasten to send away those individuals from its territory. " I do not know whether this answer will satisfy Russia. However, it is certain that M. de Titoff, who is to resume his relations as soon as the Porte shall have given an answer of a nature to satisfy his Cabinet, has not as yet resumed them. He has not even answered the above note; and alleging the rupture of relations, he has informed the Porte that he was going to transmit the note to St. Petersburgh, and that he would commu. cate the reply. " There is nothing besides of any gravity in the pre sent state of affairs. They have negotiated, and further negotiations will take place; but the question has lost all its gravity, and one may be sure that no serious com plication of a nature to compromise the peace of Europe will result from it—at least, unless Russia, awaiting a better opportunity, should wish to keep the question open till the spring, in order to do then a hat her inte rests may prompt. We live in an epoch fruitful in changes, and some event may arrive before spring which will permit Russia to resume her menacing attitude without meeting the same obstacles. " General Aupick has sent the Saverne to Smyrna, with dispatches for the commander of the Fredch fleet. This steamer returned the day before yesterday. "Sir Stratford Canning has left for the Dardanelles, on board the Dragon ; he has gone to pay a visit to the fleet. " Tho packet-boat Telemachus, expected on tho 12th, arrived only on th© 16tb, This delay has been caused by the bad weather which has continually existed fn the Mediterranean. She brought only the news of the 29th October ; but an English steamer which arrived later, brought news from Paris up to the Ist of No vember, and, consequently, the President's manifesto and the composition of the New Ministry." ITAL Y. General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS left Rome for Portici on the 28th, for the purpose, it is said, of announcing to the Ports that if during the course of the month of December his Holiness does not return to Rome and grant a full amnesty and a constitution, the Commander of the French forces will depose the CrArdinal triumvirate, and assume the reins of Go vernment himself. A petition has, it is said, been got up at Bologna to the Emperor of AUSTRIA, praying him to incorporate Bologna and Ancona in his dominions a request to which the Austrian Government, notwithstanding its hypocritical protestations against been supposed to entertain any ideas of territorial aggrandisement in Italy, is_understool to be by no means unwilling to accede. . The Nazionale of Florence says in its correspon dence from Rome of the 29th ult., that the last Spanish troops were to leave the Roman states on the Bth inst. The most contradictory reports were current as to the probability of the speedy return of the POPE. Cardinal MATTE' was daily expected at Rome. The finances were in a worse condition than ever. The Treasury refused to pay bills of a greater amount than 1501., and the Mint was at a stand for want of silver and copper. The Austrians were concentrating forces at Ancona. The Parma Gazette of the 26th ult., publishes a Ducal decree respecting insurances. By Art. 4 . :;a11 contracts stipulated by Parmese subject with the in surance companies of Milan; Trieste, or aey other, whether legally recognized or not, shall be considered null and void on and after the 31st December, 1850, and any new contracts signed after the promulgation of the present degree are declared to be null from their commencement. By Art. 2, a general associa tion of all landlords and proprietors of the Parmese states is established for the reciprocal insurance of their property against damages by fire. Art. 3 fixes the let of January, 1850, for the commencement of this General Mutual Association for all those who are not bound by other contracts. By Art. 4, all landed proprietors, including the Duke himself, shall pay a❑ annual tar, in order to form a reserve-fund to be applied to the purposes of the association. Art. 5 fixes the tax for 1850 at five-thoutandts of the annual revenues. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a Royal decree appointing a commission to examine into, and report on the demands for naturailisation made by the people of the province united to the kingdom, according to the laws of May 27th, June 16th and 21st, and July 11th and 27th, 1848. The KING will review the Na tional Guard of Turin on the 40th of December, the day appointed for opening the Chambers. COUR.I' LARUULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince took an early walk this morning in the grounds at Osborne. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. Lord John Russell left Osborne this forenoon for London. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince, and her R•')yal Highness the Princess Royal, and the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, attended Divine service this morning at Osborne. The Rev. J. Protheroe, chap lain to his Royal Highness Prince Albart, officiated. tier Majesty and his Royal Highness and the younger members of the Royal Fain7ly, walked this morning in Osborne Park and grounds. Sir James Clark arrived at o,,borne yesterday afternoon, and left this morning for London. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester on Friday, at Gloucester House. The Chanccllor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town on Saturday on a visit to Es►rl Spencer, at Althorp Park, Northamptonshire. Lord John Russell returned to Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, on Saturday afternoon, from Os borne, Isle of Wight. _ _ _ Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received on;Saturday, at the Colonial .office. Dispatches were also received on Saturday at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Malta. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.—SATURDAY. THE PUPPY STAKES. Deciding Course. Mr. Rendell's Renown beat Mr. Inskip's Pathfinder, and won the stokes. THE ALL AGED STAKES. Deciding Course. Mr. Ruckvvorth's Bridesmaid beat Mr. Holmes's Rattler, and won the stakes. THE NEWMARKET PUPPY STAKES. Deciding Course. _ _ _ _ _ . . Mr. Gillett's Glauca best Mr. Buckworth's Becswing, and won the stakQs. THE BOTTISHAM STAKES. Deciding Course. Mr. Dobede's Doran beat - Mr. Buckworth's Baron, and won the stakes. THE CHIPPENHAM STAKES. Deciding Course, Mr. Fyson's Fortuneteller beat Mr. Jenner's Pliable, and won the stakes. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cheltenham Stag Lids., Tues., Birdlip; Fri., Cleeve Village. Albrighton Hds, Tues., Himley; Thurs., Chetwynd park ; Sat., Sutton Maddock-10i. South Berkshire Lids., Tues., Thatcham Gate; Fri. Bradfield-10i. Sir John Cope's lids., Wed., Farnborough Station; Fri., Lock's Farm-10i. Craven lids., Wed., Minal Borders; Fri., Crowood, Sat.,r. N. Fellowes's Hds., Wed., Twitchen Villiage; Sat., Knowstone Hambledon lids., Wed., Westmeon Hut; Fri., Pre shaw-house-10i. H. H. Lids., Tues., West Tisted; Thurs., Northington Down; Sat., Windmill-hill -10 ,1. Ludlow lids., Wed., Ashford-bridge; Sat., Stanton Lacy. Mr. Lushingten's lids., Tues., Sharated-bouse; Fri. Leeds Castle-11. Surrey Union, Thurs., Crawley Common; Sat., Kennels. Vine lids., Thurs., Malshanger-house; Sat., Pine Apple-11. Colonel Wyndham's lids., Wed., Littleworth Wood; Fri., Flaken-park-10i. Breconshire Harrs., Wed., Upper Chapel; Fri., Pont Alltarnog— 10. Mr. Okeover's Ham., Tues., I Hartingdun; Sat. Ballidon. Dumtrieshire Lids., Tues., Mosaknow; Fri., Cleara field. THE ROYAL CRAPE Hoon.—The recent order for general mourning must have created some curiosity amongst those unacquainted with courtly forms and customs, more particularly that portion which refers to the " crape hood," the antiquity of which is very great, being mentioned by Chaucer and Froissart (1350 to 1400). Although the crape hood is alone worn as a matter of command by those immediately within the circle of the Court, it is singularly worthy of notice that the cloak, which was its accompaniment at the period referred to, is now the leading attraction in the ideas of the Messrs. Jay, in Regent-street, and is appropriately termed " the Margarita" having been rendered with great exactness from the one worn by the Countess of Richmond, the mother of King Henry VII., and copied from an illuminated scroll of 1493.—P05t. Dr. PETRIE•—We announce with a gratification, that is only alloyed by a consideration of the smallness of the boon, that at length a pension of 1001. per annum has been conferred by her Majesty upon George Petrie, LL.D., the distinguished artist, antiquarian ar d author, es a recognition b!s Eavints to ate and litaature.— Dublin World. iIItkINEY and COIII3IERCIAL NEVV:4. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was rather firmer, and prices were fully supported. The sales w, re estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation.—ln Railway Share s only a limited besiress was done, at rather lower rates, In Mirk lane to-day grain was steady, and at fu 1 prices. Respecting the condi:ion of the Staffordshire iron trade, we have the following in Anis' Birmingham Gazette of this day:-- "An impression seems to b 3 prevalent that the new year will usher in better prospects for the iron trade. Whether or not it may be deemed expedient to declare any advance in prices at the approaching preliminary meeting, great activity is confidently expected in what is designated the spring trade, and an unwonted bustle has already been excited among the consumers of pig iron to supply themselves with stocks of that material. In consequence of the late disputes with the colliers, pigs are rather decreasing, both at the furnaces and in the yards of the various mills and forges, and higher prices have been demanded. Some sales have been effected at from 2s. 6d. to 58. advance, and in wrought iron Lusiness also has been done on improving terms. ' Though it is evident that the general demand for iron is, upon the whole, growing more lively, many of our larger works do not appear to be so well supplied with orders as those of smaller pretensions. During the period of railway hilarity, the steady but limited resources of our district consumption were neglected for the more sweeping and lucrative productions of the sheet mill and the rail mill. The demand for these, especially the latter, is now dormant, and the recovery of old connexions is found a matter of difficulty; hence it is asserted that the leading manufacturers of Staf fordshire show no hesitation in accepting contracts at present prices, and that even upon such terms merchants are not anxious to purchase, that they will decidedly set their faces against any immediate advance, as calcu lated to blight the hopes of securing steady and pro gressing prosperity; while the reports that have reached us from Merthyr, of notices given at the Plymouth and other works for reduction in wages, augur ill for any exhibition of firmness among the manufacturers there. To this is opposed the decided advance that has been established in Scotch pigs, the assurance of improve ment in Welch merchant iron, both at the works in Liverpool and in Manchester, the unexampled progres sive increase in the export trade, the reviving attention to railway investments, the abundance of capit a l, and , ease of the Money-market, the disastrous experience of 1. former attempts to control an evident tendency of feeling, and the unsoundness of the policy .that would foster improvement by throwing cold water upon its incipient symptoms. . _ _ " Under such cerflicting representations it would be rash to offer a decisive opinion, and it seems probable that the ensuing fortnight will be passed in al most similar uncertainty. No doubt the event will considerably depend upon the briskness of demand in the meantime. Some alteration is acknowledged on all hands to be imperatively called for; either the cost of production must shortly be reduced, or the value of iron improve, since, low as our present rate of wages are, it is a matter of notoriety that in to stage of its manures' lure does iron at present realise more than its bare cost of production. " We have noticed an unexpected importation of pig iron from China. As for the resources or facilities for production in the Celestial Empire, we are at present much in the dark; but the reported quality of the sample received is not such as to create just fears of competition, though the fact may serve to correct over sanguine ex pectations of an extensive market for English iron ill that quarter." The accounts from the Continent state that trade go' rally was steady. At Antwerp the commercial marketi were becoming somewhat duller. The Protectionists of Belgium are looking with great interest to the possibi lity of the restoration of a duty on corn imported into England, their own agricultural community being sadly depressed, while the Government of Leopold lean' towards the introduction of free trade. The Belgian journals affect, indeed, to consider a duty of Ss. on wheat so certain in England, that they appeal to the assumed intention of Lord John Russell as a proof that our Ministers are more national and patriotic than their own. The report of the stock markets abroad states that at Amsterdam on Saturday an extensive business was done in Dutch Bonds, several purchases being made ea English account. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 54i. Spanish Three per Cents. were 291. At Vienna on the 3d, Austrian Metallics were 931, and at Berlin, on the 7th, Prussian Three and-a-Halt per Cents. wer e We understand that the Beek of England clerks sre to be liberally compensated for the abolition of the Christmas-box system, and also for increased labour they will be called upon to perform, by being allowed only ono half-an. hour for dinner. The middle of the daY i s so valuable for business purposes that the necessity of a change in this respect has no doubt become Da' perative. Much satisfaction is expressed: at the announced ill' tention of the Board of Admiralty to promote 1 1;1 extended system of steam communication that vr. ensure more rapid conveyance for passengers.anel 1131 " to the Pacific. . There has not been a great deal done in Public Sea' rities this morning, but the tone of the market r. exceedingly buoyant, ani there is an entire recovery from the temporary depression of Saturday, occasioned by the report of a renewed misunderstanding between Russia and Turkey, but arising, perhaps, in reality, from the natural desire to close accounts at the end of the week. The " continuation to January has beer, very high again, no less then a to 7. Mhs per cent., showing a strongly Bullish tendency. It is this feeling which would induce rnsq . to pay even a larger rate of interest, and the 13a1.'"• broker having appeared again as a buyer directly t n ° market opened, caused it at once to assume an elast'v appearance. Consols have been 961 te,97it for Transfer' and 961 and 97 for Wednesday. For January 97 i , Exchequer-bills have been b3s. premium. The tier Three-and• a Quarter per Cents. have been 96/ to 91 and the Three per Cents. from 95i rose to 95g. 114 e Stock has been 2011 to 203. 1 he Foreign S, curities aro looking up again. Spin ish r Five per Cents have been 18k to 161, and the Three Pier Cents. 381 to 39i. Mexican have touched 282 2 8 4 o ic time.. Peruvian have been 53i to 54. Equador t(:)0 has been at 31 to 4, and Vent raela at 29. Br asil Bonds are firm at 88k. Russian Stock has been 101 Bslgian Four and-a Half per Cents. are 67, and DO Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 551 to 56. Railway Shares have been firmer, but with rather I: quiet mareet. Foreign Shares are also held at reO lg fuller rates. 0 it. O'CLOCK. cLOSIO 9;;+ •,F .RITISII b UNI)S TRICS S iL Bank Stock 3 ,: or Cent. Reduced Arms. ni per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 6 14% 97 97% -9 8 9f.L e C , - , Vr 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne.. i" Lo lg Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 84 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% South Sea Stock onsols for Account ...... .....• 96 97% 91 Exc'.c,.i.wi :Ili 13. lIA d. & 2d 53P 1,0001. June ...... .......... 5001. June Small June 53,,50 p .0 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND& ONE OLOP .„ ' - 01. O'CLICit. vac' 5 Brazilian Bonds 83% SS 89 Ditto, Small 4 Equador Bonds ..-• Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred - Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons . . 28%54 28t Ditto, Account Peruvian - Bonds, 4 per Cent — If '.‘ Ditto, Account lt 3 Ditto, Deferred Russian Bonds ..« 10.% e l Bpanieh 5 per Cent. 1840: IB,E IP% g, Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive.... 33i 35 4 Ditto. 3 per Cent ... Ditto, Account •••••• 39W 9 90 Venezuela Bonds, 21ai per Cent ... 29 Dividends on the above payable in London. 0 Beligan, 4% per Cent. ........ ...... 87 6 64 hutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 55 64 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates... 83% % 84 NCI PRICES OF pm ,. BUSINESS AT O DONE crLsOiSci•lo, hAtLWAY SHARES. O'CLOCK. 1 3 k berdt en 5O ... 13 diO' Do. Preference - Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7th — '3elfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly . paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Didley, calls duly . pd, er with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 iirming.,Wolverhipton, . and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... .. . Birkenhead, Lancashire, __ . and Cheshire June-- 20 - ..... Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... Ditto, Thirds ..- ..... 27% — .••.........•. 'mckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 hester and Holyhead... 50 •••••• ......... 404 Ditto, Preference~.... 15 Clarence ..... Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 .... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, •••• 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- - •••• . . 1 171 mouth _ 5 14 00000000 ..••• Dublin and Belfast June. 40 — ............... ..., )undalk & Enniskillen 274 — .. ........... fast Anglian, 251., L. & ..-- E. and L. and D. ... 25 Do. 18/., E. & IL.. 18 - ..... ....- Do., 31. 105., Pref... 34 Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per .... _ !'; , Cent., Preference... 2 . astern Comities— ..... 20 Do. Ncw,Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per ..... Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... ... ........... ' Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ......... Do. North. & Eastern, --- 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent .. ...... ~. Do. New - ••• ........ eastern Union, Class A .... (late E.l. Shares) 25 - ............... ..... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - ......... . ..... ,--- Do., Class B & C DQ ! Scrip (6per cent.) 20 25 .. .. .... : ; ............... ... .......... 1111