The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY , LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully bets to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for public approval:— Private boxes, 31. 35., '2l. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. Its. 6 d., and 11. Is. Stalls, 51. each. s. d. I s. d. FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Bexes - -I 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery -1 0 1 L o wer Gallery -0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. The Public is respectfully informed that the Dramatic Season will commence en WEDNESDAY. DEC. 26TH, which occasion will be esented, by of her Majesty's Servants, Shaksp pr ere's Play MERCHANT OF VENICE. ulte of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Itassanio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer; Salarino, Mr. Everett ; Grattan°, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenzo, Mr. William Montague ; Shylock, Mr.'James Anderson; Tubal, Mr. Barry: Launcelot Gobbe. Mr. W. H. Angel ; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Daviclge ; Leonardo, Mr. Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephan, Mr. Ellar ; Clerk, Mr. Gough ; Antonio's servant, Mr. Priorson, Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ; Portia, Miss Laura Addison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tel'ett; Jwsica, Miss Fanny Hucidart. After which (First 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, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunnins, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W.Blamire. Th• Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced ander the Direction of Mr. T. Tkompssn. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. I. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, GuiliTer, Baron Manchattsen, &c., &c., by &c., &c. MORTAL!. Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Ansy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Jsluison ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino ; 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 althougk ke comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Riah, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Anderson's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's snore than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will l e satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, se we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Histo - rical 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 Bees, 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 TOILETTI is Introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff! ! the Royal Blushes I! ! and the Royal Petticoat !!! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trast to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alencon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, rienry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, ailed 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 CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIG4T—WiIson. "Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the ligkt, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lt can't be said, " he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Tour naughty dad to see." And so they do KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the piper." Thia, 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 love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " competi tetiks," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears. or, snore properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tier for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA! By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a ' 7 Peace Congress," and brings all to a dose by making; hem all change their elothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, K Devlin. Lord Burlelgh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, ♦nd Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Madlle, The adore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie long since we met t" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid an Clown—Butter and Butte;ilies—Uungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo 'lon fta 'way Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Co Is Accornpts, and Railway Kin in Tribu- . . lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SDIPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goole—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation--Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Police :—and Change to EXETER HALL. 3feeting of the Peace Co , gress—Thw to get ❑p a Row—Prosy!Hes Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, In case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies-1 Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Tio'loway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin tireatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Peach and the City Nu:since—Go It, Bricks—and Sudden Transfos mutton to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LODGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling oft my countrymen, w' en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM I N LO DOI NG-HO USE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mare—Clown's Notioa of Warm and Convenient Arrangements--Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an Intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—blown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CFIARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?-11ny the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh. the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacoarum " Plaisirs d'Hiver--Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THX.VIES' RETREAT, 1, Tlddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocler. 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 Vie Forces—Grand Attack. and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Yis't 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 Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundredmore ! Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. On Thursday, Moore's Tragedy of THE GAMESTER, with other entertainments. On Friday (first time these seven years) Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett ; Orlando. Mr. James Anderson ; Touchstone. Mr. W. H. Angel ; Jacques, Mr. Vanden hot!'; Banished Duke, Mr. Cathcart (his first appearance) ; Adam, Mr. Cooper ; with other entertainments. On Saturday, the Play of THE STRANGER, with other enter tainments. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. ♦cting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Bodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. BAllet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—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. Povey. THEATRE ROTAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Bee Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. WaLlack; Max, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff; °Willa, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketeh, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with BOX AND COX. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Colette. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a ism domestic Drama, called TBIE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celesto, and Miss Woolgar. _ _ _ _ To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grimly. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURT'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbnry Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bee Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Nola Lesisee and Manner. THIS EVENING, W:11 be performed DON GIOVANNI. After which, the Extravaganza *f THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. ♦STLEY'S ROYAL ..kMPOITITF.ATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENINi Mr. BATTY' has great pleasure in annoucelng that he hag suc ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELI, (rem the Filppodreme, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, "Senora" and "Bertram." Madereoiselle angel• is the memo Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase mare " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in annenneing that be has engaged Madlie. Codoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in Eurepe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a Grand Spectacle and wondrous Scenes in the Circle. The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise a grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear; and a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. rAtuse Manager, Mr. W. West. - 0 4 INlAlisioN-lionsz.—The Lord Mayor entertained last evening at dinner the Common Council of Bassishaw (the ward which his Lordship represents) and come of bis corolituents. C'f`;~,,r~, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1849. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwi, k Railway Company will be held at the De Grey Rooms, in the city of York, on TCESDAT, the eighth day of January, 1850, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of considering the terms and condit. , ns on which the purchase of the Great North of England Railway is pro posed to be completed, and of approving, altering, or modifying such terms and conditions, or of substituting other terms and conditions in lieu thereof, and also for the purpose of authori , ing the Directors of the said Company to compound, settle, adjust, or arrange certain debts, claims, and demands of the said Company upon and against George Hudson, Esq., and of adopting such measures reL.tive thereto as shall be thought proper. Dated this twenty-first day of December, 1849. GEO. LEEMAN, Chairman of the said Company. JOHN CLOSE, Secretary of the said Company. cgOCIAL REF ORM LEAGUE, ►. 7 FARRINGDON HALL, BOTTOM OF SNOW-HILL. The public is informed that ROBERT OWEN, Esq., will LEC TURE at Eleven o'clock TO-MGRROW, DEcEmsEa 23d, on the " NECES'SITY OF A NEW ORGANIZATION OF SOCIErT." Mr. LLOYD JONES will Lecture, at seven o'clock in the evening, on EMIGRATION CONSIDERED AS A REMEDY FOR NA TIONAL DISTRESS." Admission, 2d.; Reserved Seats, 4d. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to alinounee the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. Ja•nes's Theatre:— ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Choilet (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 Basse of the Opera Comique, Paris, ifs first appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, I►l. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdl!e. Cott!, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND YAUDTILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell ea gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeae (of the Theatre Du Vaudevire) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre do Varietes) ; Mdl's. Constance (of the Theatre du Glymnase) ; Madlle. Baptists (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commenee on Monday, January 7, 1860, 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. De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters: —Stephan (Jenne chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capitaine de milice Francaise et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde-peche du Gave), M. Quilly Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux slimier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard ; Georgette (cousin° de Stephan), Mdlle. Cetti; and Rose de Mai (servante de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will he Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Choilet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be Liven, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Awber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Ilayiee by Mdll=. Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannot et Colin, Nicolo ; Le Rol d'Tvetet, Adolphe Adam; Le Cheval de Bronze, Anber; Le Simon, Inbar ; Le Sirens, _Luber; Luny et Qui wait, Nic -le ; La Ferruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de am:abr., Ca rafa ; Use Folie, Mahal ; with an occasional periormante of seine of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the mouths of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, en Monday, .April 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 Heine. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of . the French stage ; and subsequeutly M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the melt modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, wham re-appearanee at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee attended with her accnstomed and anrivallezl success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le lieu lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Luny, ke. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by H. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fig. le, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, IL 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 , l also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Moineaa de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for owe night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Menaces," " Andremaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro• fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. Pilet, M. Vaudreland, H. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, K. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Hanssens. Subscribers of the past season 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 made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street; Ebors's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The tsox-office of the Theatre will be opened on the Ist of January. EIIGB WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAt orning, 30 min. after 6 j Eveatag, 51 min. after 6 To-Meaaew -M ,:nuag, 18 min. after T I Evening, 48 rain- attar 7 THE WEATHER.—Sue Orrice, Dec. 22. razamomeTzz, Lowest, 27; liighc%t, 33; Noon, 32. BAROMETZE. 30.56. Wrifn E.N.E.—dull cold weather. pressing emergency, and it is not exactly prudent to cast aside such potent auxiliaries. Where has the appearance of reaction been ex hibited in Ireland, save in the recent election for Cork,? and many causes there conduced to the triumph of the Protectionist candidate. Had Sergeant MVRPHIC, the tried and faithful representative of the citizens—the man who in 1811 had headed the poll by a large and decisive majo rity, and who, while he remained in Parliament, had earned for himself the approbation of persons of all shades and varieties of religious and political opinions —had he, we say, gone to the hustings, he would have been again returned. But Mr. M'CARTPIT bad divided the Liberal interest ; he had, by attempting to evict the late Mr. CALLAGHAN from the seat he had so long occupied, excited the animosity of the nume rous friends of the deceased gentleman, and subse quently by his peremptory refusal to let the leaders of the Liberal party weigh the conflicting claims of Sergeant Muarur and himself, he effected a disorganization and disunion as complete as that which separated the Protectionists. If a va cancy should again occur, and Sergeant MURPSIY should appeal to the suffrages of his fellow-citizens, we have no doubt that the result would show how premature and unfounded were the vauntings of the reactionaries with respect to the state of public feeling in the " beautiful city." Mr. COBDEN should not then contemn and despise Irish aid, or insult a people at all times sufficiently excitable, but whom recent sufferings have rendered peculiarly sensitive. He should not have spoken of the " bankrupt, beggarly, degraded landlords of Ire land," or threatened to make an example of the " con spirators." A man who has appealed so strongly and successfully to public opinion, who has claimed the ut most privileges of Englishmen for his own party, should not be intolerant of the opinions of others, or estab lish the precedent of proscribing those who differ from himself, or silencing them by the power of what then indeed might be termed a tyrant majority. If such tactics had been adopted in the commence ment of his own career he would not now have been enabled to boast of a bloodless victory. He should not cast aside the weapons that proved so effective in the former contest, resort to those of despots and oppressors, and expose himself to the charge of arrogant self-sufficiency. We would direct the particular attention of our readers to the interesting proceedings at the annual soirée of the 'East Riding ,Union of Mechanics' In - stitutions, which was held on Wednesday evening at Beverley, a report of which appears in another column. The speech of the Rev. J. ASPINALL is particularly worthy of attention. It is one of the most eloquent and most convineing vindications ever presented to the public of the proceedings from first to last of the champions of the holy cause of Popular Education—that cause, the successful prosecution of which after ages will consider as the distinguishing glory of the nineteenth century, which, to use the eloquent words of Mr. ASPINALL, " found the fabric of society based upon the ignorance, and will leave it resting upon the intelligence of the masses of the people." TUE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Th.s National Assembly on Thursday adopted the first clause of the Government measure on the wine duties, which abrogates the decree of repeal of the 19th May last by a majority of 379 to 230. M. DILLON, the French Consul at the Sandwich Islands, has had interviews with the President of the Republic and with the Minister of Marine. The Patrie says,— " By a decree of the 14th inst., issued in council by the President of the Republic, and on a report of the Minister of Finance, the Council of State has had sent before it a Bill on the savings banks. This Bill, drawn up by an Administrative Commission, will be very shortly presented to the Assembly. Its object is to re gulate, conformably to the decree of November 21, 1848, the mode to be followed with regard to the com pensation granted to the holders of books of deposit, and to determine the future conditions of the deposits." The Committee appointed to consider the demand of the Finance Minister for a provisional credit of three-twelfths of the budget for 1850 has reported unanimously in favour of the measure. The National Assembly has adopted in its entirety the Ministerial proposition for re-enacting the tax upon wine by a majority of 179, the numbers being for the motion 418, against it 245. The Archbishop of PARIS has suspended the Abbi CIIANTOME from the exercise of his clerical functions in consequence of his having undertaken the direction of a democratic journal in Paris. The Porn, in a letter addressed to the Archbishop of Pains, has approved of the measure adopted by his Grace. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has given orders to all Consuls and diplomatic agents on leave in Paris to return immediately to their post. The drawing of the lottery for the benefit of the French artists took place on Thursday at the Jardin d'Hiver. The first ticket drawn was No. 514, which entitles the fortunate holder to the statue of Sappho by PRADIEB, of solid silver, and valued at 20,000 f. M: LEON FAVRE, brother of M. JULES FAVR➢, and late Consul at Genoa, has been appointed Consul- General of the French Republic to the Government of Bolivia. The Three per Cents. clo3ed on the Paris Bourr.• on Friday at 561. 30c.; the Five per Cents. at 91f. 70c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 765 f.; Rouen, 547 f. 50c. ; Havre, 240 f.; Great Northern, 4611. 25c. ; Avignon, 2151. ; Vierzon, 332 f. 50c. ; Basle, 1231. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4061. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3581. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 276 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dsc. 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 I ,—Namur and Liege, 64_ Orleans and Bordeaux, 3t,i. SPAIN . Madrid journals of th e 15th h ave arr i ve d. ___. The Gcrceta announces the adjudication, - by public auction, of 23,585 quintals of quicksilver, belonging to the Government, and now deposited in London. The adjudication of the quicksilver mines of Alma don is to take place on the sth of January. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 15.—The Three per Cents. were done at 301 for paper; the Four per Cents., at 152; the zFive per Cents., at 12i for cash; the Debt without Interest, at 3 15.16 for paper; and the Coupons, at 71. ITALY. On the 12th General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS returned to Rome, and the Pops, it was expected, would return on the 20th. A new amnesty was talked of. The Nazionale states that the Pontifical Govern ment had succeeded in negotiating a loan of 6,000,000 of scudi, and that all the paper money would be with drawn from circulation on the Ist of January. Upwards of 150 persons had been expelled from the Ministry of Finance. The Legge gives the following as the result of the elections inyiedmont :—Conservative Deputies, 116; Deputies of the Left Centre, 19 ; Deputies of the Left, 45—in all 180. The elections of Sardinia, which returned twenty-four members, would, it was expected, reinforce the Conservative majority. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) ,Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) DAKIN, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. BROW N - AND ANOTHER. This case, which was part-heard yesterday, was re sumed this morning. It will be remembered that it i an action brought by the widow and administratrix of the late Mr. Dakin, the eminent tea-merchant, of St. Paul's Churchyard, to recover a compensation in damn ges for the loss of her husband, in May, 1848, by the ex plosion of a boiler used by him in the roasting of coffee, which was furnished by contract by the defendants. After we went to press yesterday, in addition to the facts which we gave in our report, Mr. Edward John Jefferies Dixon, on the part of the plaintiff, proved that he was manager of the Royal Bengal Slate Works, and an in timate friend of Mr. Dakin. Frequently saw the coffee roasting machine in question when it was being 'put up at Mr. Da.kin's down to the day of the accident. First drew Mr. Dakin's attention to the machine. Mr. Henry Crace superiatended the putting up of the machine at Mr. Dakis's. Saw a trial of the oven on the 2d of May with hot water, Crace saying it was perfect. It was found, however, to be defective, there being a leakage at the plugs. This oven was not the one on which the action was brought. Mr. Crace said he had another oven at the works which he would substitute for the defective one. That was on the 2d of May, and on the sth of the same month the substi tuted oven was put up. Tbat was the day of the accident. The only workman of the de fendant's there on the day of the accident was the mason, who was finishing the work. This was at half past ten in the morning, and about half an hour after wards one Hannigan came and lighted the fire. Wit ness and the deceased, Mr. Dakin, went to the ware hcuse together, and remained there until about one o'clock. There was a thermometer in the oven. They left about one o'clock, and went to St. Paul's Church yard, where witness left Mr. Dakin. Witness returned with Mr. Dakin to see the machine about three o'clock. Witness remained until the time of the accident. Han nigan took out the internal thermometer, and gave witness the heat as 483 degrees. Witness examined the external thermometer, which indicated a heat of 262, and he noted down at intervals, upon a pillar in the warehouse, the difference between the two thermometers. One of them rose two or three degrees, whilst the other remained stationary. They proceeded to roast some coffee, during which witness frequently examined the machine, but did not notice that the brickwork was damp. Observed an escape of water when the coffee had been in about 25 minutes. The water appeared on that part of the cylinder which had been punched on the day before. On that occasion the heat was got up, and there was a small escape of steam at one of the plugs, which was closed by a workman with a centre-punch. Witness objected several times to the use of the centre-punch. The punching stopped the jet of steam, and Mr. Grace then declared the machine perfect, and ordered it to be bricked up. On the day of the accident witness never left Mr. Dakin's side, and during the whole time Hannigan never said anything as to the unfitness of the work. The escape of water re ferred to was about three or four minutes before the accident. There was a hissing noise, such as a jet of steam would produce. Witness was standing close by the side of Mr. Dakin, there being only one person between them. Mr. Dakin was much alarmed by the hissing noise, and called out twice " What's that ?' and simultaneously the explosion took place. A large part of the roof was blown off, and the place was tilled with dust and steam. As soon as they could see they found Mr. Dakin lying apparently dead. He had fallen backwards, and there was a hole in his forehead. Witness sent for a medical man, and he pronounced Mr. Dakin to be dead. The explosion took place at the same spot in the oven where the water had previously escaped. In cross-oxaminatien witness said Mr. Dakin gave no directions on the day of the accident as to lighting the fire. All that was done was dose by Hannigan and his assistants. The explosion took place about half-past three o'clock. Mr. Dakin expressed his anxiety to roast coffee on that afternoon. He had not bet witness a bottle of wine that he would roast coffee on that afternoon, but ho had bet witness a bottle of wine that the roasting would not take more than three-quarters of an hour. Mr. G. Waterhouse, sen., the father of the plaintiff, proved that she was about 33 years of age. She had only one daughter, who was between eleven and twelve years of age, but Mr. Dakin had another daughter by a former wife. He was about 45 years of age, and a fine healthy man. Mr. George Nasmyth, a civil engineer, pronounced the piece of iron blown off the oven at the explosion to be badly cast. It was spongy and full of air-holes. This was the purport of the evidence given from the time of our. going to press yesterday, and the rising of the Court. • On the appearance of the parties in court this morning, Mr. Sergeant Wimuris, counsel for the plaintiff, sail he was happy to say that an arrangement had been come to which would relieve his Lordship and the jury from the trouble of proceeding further with the trial, a verdict for the plaintiff, with 8001. damages, having been agreed to. Mr. WATSON, the defendant's counsel, coming into court at that moment, said he was exceedingly happy to hear the arrangement which had been come to; and he had to apologise to his Lordship for not being in court at the time, but he had been preparing himself for a speech of three hours' length. His clients were exceedingly sorry for the sad accident which bad resulted in the loss of Mr. Dakin's life, and the melancholy bereavement his wife and children had consequently sustained; and without taking to themselves any blame for any want of skill or caution in the matter, still, with a view to exonerate themselves from any blot which might otherwise rest on their character, they had consented to the arrangement mentioned by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. His LORDSHIP said he was sure the jury, with himself, would coincide in that view of the case. Lawyers all knew that there was a case in the books very similar to this, in which it appeared that though there was no want of caution or skill proved against the parties who had constructed an engine, an explosion, nevertheless, took place, and caused the accident for which the action was brought. A verdict for the plaintiff, for 8001., was then recorded by consent. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Three young men, the ruddy hue of whose nasal organs betrayed the secret of a previous night's de bauch, were charged with being drunk and making e noise in the street. Police-constable F 116, stated that he was on duty in Bow-street early this morning, when he heard a noise in one of the neighbouring courts, and on going to see what was the cause of it, he found one of the prisoners addressing his two companions and a number of prosti tutes in an oracular strain. He requested them to go away and they did so, but by and bye he found them again wrangling and disputing with the women. Upon this occasion he repeated his request that they would go quietly home, but instead of doing so they grandilo. quently told him that they were friends of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the City Police Commissioner, and , they would not be interrupted in their sports by a mere constable. The officer told them that their being friends of the Commissioner was no justification for their con duct, and they must either consent to depart in peace or be conveyed to the station-house. They, however, did not take this friendly advice as it was intended, but rambled into Bow-street and began quarrelling with a cabman about a dog, when the officer thought it high time to put a stop to their proceedings, and accordingly he took them into custody. Mr. JARDINE asked the prisoners what they bad to say in answer to the charge ?—The spokesman of the three replied, that what the officer had stated about their being inebriated was quite correct. The fact was they were tin-plate workers employed in the same establishment, and they determined last night to commence spending a merry Christmas. - Mr. JARDINE told them that they ought to do that without making a noise in the street. The spokesman reminded him that they had been locked up all night, and said that this occurrence should not happen again if his Worship would look over it. Mr. JAZDINE said it was not very pleasant to be locked up, and as they appeared to be respectable men he would take their promise and look over this ease. They were accordingly discharged. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert have been graciously pleased to contribute five hundred pounds towards the Fund for promoting Female Emigration, which is now raising under the auspices of the Right Hon. Sidney Her bert. The liberal donation of the Queen and Prince was communicated, we understand, in the most cordial terms. CAPTAIN SIR JAMES Ross.—The First Lord of the Admiralty, appreciati ng th e em i nen tl y distin guished services of Captain Sir James Ross, both as one of our most successful Arctic and Antarctic ex plorers, has awarded to him a vacant captain's good service pension of 150/. per annum. CORONER'S 'marEsr.—This morning, at nine o'clock, ari inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the King's Arms, Castle-street, Long-acre, on view of the body of i Maria W a ll, age d 63, w h o di e d i n conse quence of injuries alleged to have been inflicted on her by Catherine Edwards. The witnesses, who were ex amined at Bow-street, repeated the evidence which they had given, and which has already appeared in The Sun; and Mr. Ely, the surgeon, stated that he had made a post mortem examination, and found an extensive fracture of the skull on the right temple, and an abscess had formed on the brain, resulting from violence likely to have been inflicted by the stick produced. The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Catherine Edwards. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS ' CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 Isles, at full prices.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was done, at rather higher quotations. The weekly return of the Bank of England to the 15th instant is very important again. The bullion, as we expected, fast verges upon seventeen millions, an unpre cedented amount, and this in the face of constant ex ports to the Continent. The employment for notes, nevertheless, has been but little extended, and the extra accommodation granted on other securities seems to have been provided for by the increased deposits. The Bank had no less than 12,184,560/ in unemployed notes, sod altogether is in a position such as we never before remember to have seen it in. The comparison with the previous week is as follows: Notes Issued ... ... 30,137,460 Increase ... ... 153,505 Rest ••• ... 3,111.592 Increase 2 905 Public Deposits ... ... 9,529,956 Increase ... ... 598,737 Other Deposits 9,928,865 Increase ... 408,911 Seven Day and other Bills 1,069,216 D.Trease 24,315 Government Securities .. ... 14,350,880 Increase ... 11,907 Other Securities ... 10,803,418 Increase ... 787,103 Notes ... 12,184,560 Increase . . 122,270 Bullion 16,991,261 Increase ... 218,463 Active Circulation ... 17,952,900 Increase ... 31,235 The total circulation of notes in the United Kingdom during the month to the Ist instant was 32,737,3151, a decrease of 698,2741. on the previous montb. The Foreigh Exchanges were rather more favourable yesterday afternoon, being negotiated for three months' bills as follows :—Antwerp, 25.65 to 70 ; HamGurgh, 13.12 to 12; ; Paris, 25.60 to 65 ; Trieste, 11.45 to 48 ; Frankfort, 1211 to 122; Amsterdam, 12.2 to 24. Many useful compilations for the man of business are issuing from what we may term the City press just at this period. The Diaries in every form and shape, by Messrs.Letts and Son, stand foremost, and the " Banking Almanack" is specially to be commended to the class for whom it is intended. The accounts received to-day from Manchester state that an increased business was doing, and that the Indian letters had given a stimulus. At Leeds and Bradford, however, the markets were dull. There are acccounts, of Oct. 92, from Rio de Janeiro. The Exchange on London was 27k, and the Six per Cent. Stock was 88i. Freights to London were 435., and to Liverpool nominal. The revolutionists of Per nambuco had again been detected in designs to disturb the public tranquillity, but the Governor was well pre pared to crush them. The Hamburgh nail of Tuesday brings the exchange on London without alteration, via., 13-91. Money was in rather more demand. Stocks and Shares had been more dealt in. A severe thaw had set in and the ice was partially breaking up on the Elbe. The exports of the precious metals from London during the week ending Thursday last were as follows : —Silver coin to Rotterdam, 14,000 ounces, and ditto bars, 56,900 ounces ; to Dunkirk, 133,000 ounces ; and to Belgium, 17,800. The English Funds have been firmer, but quite inac tive. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 971 I, and the Three per Cents_ 961 Bank Stock has been at 203 k. Exchequer-bills have,been quoted 555. to 575. pre• miuna. The value of Consols has been 96k k, and is now 96 to 1. In the Foreign Market there is very little doing, and prices are heavy, simply from that cause. Mexican 28} to 29k; Equador, 3/; and Grenada Deferred, 31 , . Brazil Bands are 89. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 361, and Spanish Three par Cents. 381. Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents have realised 56, and Russian have touched 109 k and 110 i. The Railway Share Market has been heavy, but not lower generally. - ONE OLOsII , G PVClcti OF I‘RITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. FRICES. oink Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms. 9 6 1, 4 14 96 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... .... 97%% 97 Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 tv dia Bonds, 1,0004 Consols for Account 900,11 96 1 ,E Exchequer Bills. 144 d. & 2d 1,000/. June 55 57 p 57 p 500/. June 55 b 7 p 67 p Small. June 55 57 p 57: p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE (LOSING O'CL , JCK. nucEB. Brazilian Bond. B9 89 Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Account Equador Bonds .. 3 3 /4 3 3 / 4 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto.Passiva. 334 3% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . 38% 38 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 56 PRICES OF .BUSINEBS DONE CLOSING AMWAY SHARES. `:" ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 28 ...... Becks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox f,rd J unct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarao teo 20 ... .. Birming. Wolverh'ton, and D , alley, calls duly pd, er mitt guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 irming.,Wolverh'pton, - and Stour Valley 131. 14e ... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... ~ _ Ditto, Thirds •........ 213 i ...... ... Buckinghainchire - ...... 16 Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... Lhester and Holyhead... 50 ...... Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- month Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 108., Pref... 3% .... —. Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... VA X... .... Do. New, Gua.6 perct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p — p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ... 5O ...... Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 - ...•.......... -- Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A _ , (lats E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B& C 25 — , . Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ._ East Lancashire 25 - Ditto, New - Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 ,4...... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6IA ...... .......« — East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 25 1 , 2 28% Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. - ....... •••••• ... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport — FAreter.Yeovil. Is Dorch V R - - - Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... ..8/.65. 5d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 — Do.Preferenee Consol. Gloucester &Dean Forest 11 tireat Northern Do., ' l2 A Deferred ... 124...... Do., I B 6 per Cent... 7% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. IO ireat South. and West. __ ( Ireland) - Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 401 Ditto, ditto B5 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, Now ,15/ l5 .. .. Great Western ..«..100 ...... 58%...• 57% ...._ Ditto, I ,i Shares 5O ...... ... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... ...... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 7 .... ..... ...... 7 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 •••••• - .. •• Do. Quarter Shares... 1234 — ..... - Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... ... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Quarters .... ..... 23 Da. Fifths... ........ .... 10 Do. Thirds ...... ..... ... 164..... 634 534 Do. New Guaranteed 6 i er Cent. • .... ..... 10 .•..•• ...... .•••••••• Ditto (liniddersfield and Sheff.) Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 - Do. s (Preston& Wyre) 25 Do. IA Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O 100 Leeds and Think ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 8 4...... Do., do. No. 2 5 Do., do. ......No. 3 5 Do., Pref. Quar.,lBl3 9 .....• ... ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .. 10 London &Blackwall...ll/. 61. 3d — Llndon, Brighton, and South Coast... —.lOO ...... 79 1 4 76% 78 3 % Do., New 5!., guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 Do.(ittaia.nt. 6 por ct.. •••••• •••■ Do. Prefer. 5 per cent 50 Ditto ditto..:... r.dqions.ndGreenwich 12/! 5s ..... Ditto, Prefer.:-. , . . 20 L and N. W.ntern 103 ll o li ... 110 1 A Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... D:tto, Fift`• Do. 40/.Shares(L.M..) :35 Do. 10/. & B.) C. 1 Lond.&S Wtstlrn ..... 50 . ..... . .... 30 Ditto, New 501. ...... 4254...... -- Uo. New 401. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. I A Shares ....... ~... 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...•.. Do. U. Shares Lowestcff guar. 4 per ct `:.O ...... Ditto (6 per et.) 31anahe&ter,Buxtcn,and _ Matlock. ibnchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 10/. Pref lO Ditto, GLGrimsby b 0 Ditto ditto • •••...... ..... •••• ••• Ditto ditto Ditti? Sheffield and Lincolnshire ..... 25 . ••• Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.28. — ...... ••• Mi quid ................100 46%46 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ••• •• 7% ....... 15 1 ,4 Do. thrm., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto Brig.. & Glocstr. 4 2 , . _ Ditto ditto .... 22!. is. •• .... ... — Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieestik Swan-, nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great W extern Irish Middlesbro' and itedcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters Nswmarket - Do. Extension ... 2l. 125.... - N ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• ••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk .......... ....... ....100 - Do. New 20/. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 , i pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 ..... ..... Ditto, Halves .. - Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8} .. .. ....... — Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 1 North Wales . 3% North-Western . 1 3% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton fteading, Guildford, and Reigate Aoyston and Hitchin ... ~4 1A..... -- ..... ...... ... 4% Sciatish Central Scottish Midland - Ditto, New - ..... ... Shrewsbury and Bate— 12 ...... ~.... .. ..... Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 ...... .. Ditto,New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herald. b ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Uawestry ...... 18 1 / 2 — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 kihropshire Union Juuth Devon Do. I'reitrence South Staffordshire B% — ••••• 4 0000000 south Easttru ........... 33% 19%.. ...... 18% Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ...•••• •••••• 30 .•..•• Do., Registered No. 4 10 1)o., Scrip No 4 ...... 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Bh3ffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — . ... MM. Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 ...... ...... Taw Vale Extension ... 8 Blames 1141 en Dock and Railway Vale of Neath .. lO N aterford and Kilkenny 20 . W atertord and Limerick 47 1 ,4 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Duolni Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 .. West Cornwall ..... 6 N hitehaven & Furness 15 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 N ilt6,Somerset,6; W - . _ mouth - eeeeee •••• ••• - 1 ork, Newcastle, and Berwick. ... .. too. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Pretercnce 8 ... ~. ..., — Do. Hartlepool Dock anu Rail Way .. 100 ...... ...... York and North hiktland 50 ...... _ .:.t . Preterenc* ...... 10 6 411 , , 'l,‘ • ' - ' - I s tr. , , Q.v.. , _ • 4 4' ,•%ri A .4,,, , 1,4 1-3.4 OV t i ..-; • - 4 \ %a& . . 4 . -AI„ , a ' l ' . rs ..,.. ~, A, , ~;) Irt: :.. ~,*. ~A.l7 . ' ' ' "' 4 -,-:: .!ht .. . -.. , .... , Oltening 51tliCe .ONDON, SATUR OAT. DECEMBER 22, 1849. Mr. COBDEN was at home on Tuesday. He met his constituents on that day at Leeds, the very heart of the wide-spread manufacturing district of which he is the chosen representative. It was not merely to render an account of the manner in which he had dis charged the important duties confided to his hands that he addressed the electors of the West Riding. He had also to receive their assurances of sympathy and support in the arduous contest upon which he had entered. He had to take their opinions upon many points of the moat vital consequence to the welfare and prosperity of the country, and to receive the tribute of respect and approbation to which the faithful and conscientious discharge of his Parliamen tary duties entitled him. The subjects brought under the consideration of the meeting would appear to have been sufficiently ample to absorb its entire attention during a single sitting. Financial and Parliamentary Reform, the Land and Building Society movement, the cultivation of the spirit of peace, the reduction of warlike establishments, and the settlement of international differences by friendly arbitration, were the topics immediately alluded to in the resolutions and in the advertisements convening the assembly. Mr. COBDEN, however, was not con tented to restrict his eloquence within such narrow bounds. He touched upon every one of these matters, but the greater portion of his oration was directed not to the encouragement of his friends, but as a warning to his opponents—not for the promotion and furtherance of the objects desired by the party of which he is'one of the leaders, but to deter his adver saries from attempting to regain the po3ition they had lost. The occasion was one upon which a spirit of exultation might naturally have been indulged in, a complete victory had been achieved over an enemy of no ordinary powers, possessed of no trifling advantages. A hostile majority not merely in the hereditary branch of the Legislature, but even among the representatives of the people, had been compelled to yield to the pressure from without, and to respect the voice of public opinion. The great and powerful party that had sustained the corn-laws, and opposed the progress of Free-trade doctrines, were broken and disunited. No rallying-point remained. The triumph was, indeed, decisive. Under such circum stances, it should be enjoyed with moderation, and the vanquished foe should be treated with respect. But Mr. COBDEN appears determined not to give the slightest quarter to his opponents. On Tuesday evening he returned to his great battle field, on which he fleshed his maiden sword and accomplished feats that shed an undying glory on his name. Like the Macedonian, he was intoxicated with his extraordinary success— " He fought his battles o'er again, And thrice he' conquered all his foes, And thrice he slew the slain." He scalped his fallen enemies, and executed a war dance over their prostrate remains. He did not attempt so much to convince the reason as to excite the fears of his adversaries. He breathed the lan guage of defiance ; threats, and menacc , s, issued from his lips, in place of sound argument and persuasion. As if the work in hand, the extension of the suffrage, and the reduction of expenditure were not sufficient, he invited and provoked a new contest. fie repudiated Irish assistance, and flung the whole body of repre sentatives from the sister kingdom en masse to the Protectionists. This was neither just nor wise. He should not have forgotten that the Irish Brigade rendered knightly service in the hour of danger, that they turned the tide of battle in favour of the Free traders, and that a large majority are still in favour of progress and of the full development of free trade principles. The Hon. Gentleman was, therefore, ungrateful, as well as ungenerous, in slighting and despising the aid that proved so beneficial during a GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Archduke LEOPOLD arrived in Vienna on the 14th from "Venice. The division of the corps d'armee under the Ban Jsizscutcn has received orders to advance to the frontiers of Bosnia, and reinforce the cordon stationed there. The chief of the Bosnian rebels who wete recently in arms against the Porte, was the cousin of JELLACHICH. Is the Ban sent to the frontiers to en courage his cousin in his rebellion? Such a mission would be quite in keeping with the crooked policy that has been adopted by the Austrian Government. There has been such heavy falls of snow in Bohe mia that all communication by railway with several parts of the empire, and of Prussia, have been cut off. The cholera is on the decline in the province of The Austrian Lloyd's announces the outbreak of a serious oneute in the Circle of Brunn, in Moravia, occasioned by an attempt on the part of the authori ties to disarm the inhabitants, which the latter resisted. Troops have been ordered to the spot. BAVARIA. The King of BAvAIIA has announced to the Prussian Government that he adheres to the Austrian protest against the Erfurth Parliament. HOLLAND. Tan HAGUE, DEC. 19.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General on Saturday, the Minister of the Interior gave some explanation respecting the adhesion of the Netherlands to the temporary treaty concluded between Prussia and Austria on the 30th of September. He declared that, in consequence of the reserva tions made, no apprehension :need be entertained of the supremacy of those States, and that the mode in which the adhesion of the Netherlands had been given was such that it might at any time with draw with honour, should any disturbances be ap prehended. The cholera has broken out again, and with great intensity, at Groningen and Lenwarder.—Journal du Commerce. HAM BURGH. 'IAMBI:AGIT, DEC. 18.—The crust of ice covering the harbour has moved so considerably, that we ea• pect every hour to see the whole mass float away. The harbour will be quite cleared to-day by the workmen, and this part of the Elbe will again be navigable to Wilhelm burgh and Harburgh. There is a good deal of floating ice about. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday it the Colonial-office. FOREIGN RAILWA Am,;,, , Italian (late ha lian and Austrian). ... 51 / i Boulogne and Amiens... 20 .....,,, .... 7% (.antra. of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ...... ...... ...... 17 Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ... .. East Indian .... ...... •.... _3 1 4 — .. Ditto .. Great Indian Peninsular i Do. Do. ... ...... 1os. Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7 1 ,E Luxembourg Ditto ......... Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France l4l. es... die l% dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... .. Paris and:Rouen ... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Ilayre .......20 ..- 9% 9 l,‘ Sambre and Meuse - ... 20 ...... .... —ll Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes l3 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell...-. 20 West 'Flanders 8%.... .m.• .o.= MINES. Anglo-Mexican Asturian Mining C0w... 15 Australian.... 4 ••• •• .... - Bagsora Range ... ... 2Bs. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 BolonosScrip ...... .... — — British Iron .. . l2 ...... Brazilian Imperial - BrazilianCocael&Cuiaba 30 t. Do. St. John Del Key 15 ...... Cobre Copper - 40 General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Dei)entur - es ..... .•• • Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de ..... 10 United ..texican 28% JOINT STOCK BANKS. A , stralasia _, 4O tiritish North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto New.............. 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.; light airs and frost. DEAL, DEC. 21.—Wind N.E., strong and squally.— Sld. Gloriosa, Calcutta. FILDIOUTY, DEC. 21.—Wind N.E.—Off port, Wen. ham, Byle, Baltimore, and proceeded for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—Wind E.—Arrd. Emma, Williams, Macao, ald. 21st Nov.; Queen of England, Cawkett, Calcutta. Sid. Forfarahire, Valparaiso; Gra titude, Demerara; Asia, Barbadoes; Creansore, New foundland; Andes, Brazils; Naomi, New York; Ply. mouth Rock, Boston. The Oak, Adelaide, South Aus tralia, to Swansea, was abandoned in lat. 6 N., long. 24 W.; 14 of the crew landed at Pernambuco. WIVENIIOE, Dsc. 21.—The Harmony, of and from South Shields for London, was wrecked on the East Barrowes yesterday; crew saved. A brig was seen on shore at the same time about a mile distant, with loss of fore-topmast. BOSTON, DEC. 21.—The Caroline, of and from Lynn to Hartlepool, was i n contact, 19 t h , with the sloop William and Mary, of Hull, off Trusthope, and imme diately sunk; one man drowned. PORTS3IOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Union, Swinthill, Porto Plata; Cato, Fox, St. Vincent, for London. Sld. Charles Brooke, St. Vincent; Jeanne Catharine, Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Rackerr, Neelson, West Indies. Cowxs, DEC. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Solide, Wee. termark, Rio Janeiro. Sid. Dorothea, River Plate. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind E.—Arrd. El Dorado, Thompson, Quebeo for London, leaky. Sld. Abel, Harannah. PILL. DEC. 21.—Wind N.E., fresh.—.9ld. Sovereign, Hong-Kong; Glenelg, St. Vincent; Ocean Queen, Wil mingion . KINGSTOWN.—Arrd. Joseph Porter, Read, Richibucto BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 2 I.—lt has been blowing a gale all day at E., and several vcssels have put in from the roads. Reatwicil, DEC. 21.—The James Freeman, London to Hartlepool, has put in with damage from contact with a steamer, on the night of the 16th inst., off the Sunk Light. GRIMSBY, Dm. 21.—The Endeavour, from Hull, has put in leaky, and cargo damaged, having struck on Telney Sands. The Betsy, Liverpool to Newcastle, has also put in leaky, &o. MILFORD, DEc. 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Mary Ann, M'Neil, Manilla. Sid. Phobus, Wilmington, N.C. OFF LIVERPOOL,—St. George, Ferres, New York. CLYDE.—Arrd. Elizabeth Margaret, Newfouadland. Agcy 21 ,—wind 14.E.—Arrd. Douglas, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick; Fergus, Wharton. tliramichi. Sld. British Princess, New Orleans. The Lady Sunleys, Shanghae to London, was spoken Oct. 2d, in lat. 11, long. 116 East, with bowsprit sprung and loss of chief mate; intended to call at the Maurititv. The Pearsons, Middlesborough to London, sunk this morning i❑ the River after being in contact. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Full average supplies of Vegetables were on title he e to-day, while the demand for them ruled steady, at oar quotations. In Fruit a good business was doing at f3ll prices. The show of Christmas decorations were large. English Fruits—Pine Apples, 4s to 65 ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 5s to 5s 6d; Black Hamburgh Grapes, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per lb; Pears, 5s to 101; Eating Apples, 2* 6d to 3s 6d per half-sieve; Apples for cooking, 2s to 38 Gd per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 755 per 100.135. Foreign Fruits—Black .Hamburgh Grapes, 8d to Is; White ditto, 6d to 9d per lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s t 0.5; Walnuts, 3s to 63 ; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s per pe_k; Oranges, 38 to 10s ; Lemons, 58 to 105 per. 100; Bar celona Nuts, 5s to 61; Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s; and Almonds, 5s to 68 per peck; Spanish Onions, 125 to 17s 61 per bag. Vegetables—Cape Brocoli, 4s to 8s per dozen bundles; Cauliflowers, 2s to 4s per dozen heads; Turnips, 9d to Is; Carrots, 25 6d to 48; Greens, is 8d to 28; Lc. ks, 91 to Is; Parsley, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches ; Onions. 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel ; Horse radish, is 61 to 3s ; Celery, is to is 3d per bundle; White Cabbages, 6:1 to 8d; Savoy ditto, 6d to 9d; and Red ditto, is 3d to Is 9d per dozen; Brussels Sprouts, la 6 1 to Is 9,1 per half-sieve; Endive, Is 3d to Is 6d per 'core ; Red Beet, Is to is 6d; Parsnips, 4d to 8d per dozen ; Mushrooms, 9d to is per pottle; Spinach, is 3d to Is 6d; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is 6d per, half sieve; Small Salad, 25 to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Sage, 25 61 to 3s per dozen bunches; Corn Salad, Is 31 to is 6d per half sieve; Shallots, 3d to 4d per lb; Potatoes, 70s to 1208 per ton; ditto, 2s Gd to 35 61 per bushel; Sea Kail, 25 6d to 3a per punnet; Asparagus 6s to 8s per 100. NEWOATN AND _ LEADZNHALL. Turkeys, 78 Od to 26s Od; Geese, 55 6d to lOs Od ; Ducks, Is 9d to 3s Od ; Tame Rabbits, is 0,1 to Is 9d; Wild ditto, 6d to Is ; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Roasting Pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 75 6d to 128 Od ; ditto Chickens, Is 6d to 7s Od ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s od to 6s od per couple ; Fresh Butter, is to is 2d per ib ; English Eggs, 12s od to 14s Od ; and French ditto, lOs Od to Ils Od per 100 ; Pheasants, 2s 61 to 4s Od ; Partridges, is 6d to 28 Od; Hares, 2s Od to 38 Od ; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Woodcocks, 28 6d to 3s Od ; Grouse, Is 9d to 25 6d; Ptarmigans, is 6d to 25 Od ; Snipes, 9d to is Od; Teal, 6d to 9d; Wild Ducks, Is 6d to 28 3d; Widgeons, Is to is 6d; and Plovers, 6d to 8d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s; Veal, 3s 4d to 38 10d ; and Pork, Ss lid to 41 4d per 81bs. WEITEOHAPZZ. Beef, from 2s 10d to Ss 10d ; Mutton, 2. 10d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3. 10d; and Pork, 2. 8d to 41 par Sibs. BILLINGSGATIL Salmon, is to Is 3d per lb ; Turbots, 41 to 149; Brills, 3s Od to ss; Cod Fish, 33 6d to 9s Od; Whitings, 4d to 10d; Lobsters, 10d to 23 Gd; Crabs, 4d to 2s eacb; Soles, 6d to 2s Od per pair; Eels, 4d to is per lb.; Large Haddocks, 9d to Is ; small ditto, 5d to 8d each ; Crimped Skate, 8d to 9d; and Prawns, 2s to 24 9d per lb. Shrimps, Is 4d to 2s Gd per gallon ; Bloaters, Is 3d to Is Gd per dozen; Common Oysters, 103 to 15s; Scotch Pearls, 16s to 20s ; and Best Natives, 42s to 60s per bushel; Flounders, 9d to is; and Smelts, 13 to Is 6d per dozen. BREAD. The prices of Wheitenßreaci 'in the Metropolis are from 64d to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41be loaf. SIDE MAREET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 2d to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 2id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3to 3141; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3 1 d to 3id; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s Od to 3s; ditto full, 5s 6(1 to 6-; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep; 5s Od to 6s sd; Runts and Half-breds 4e Od to 53 3d; Downs, 35 Od to 4s Od. NAT PiLELICILETII. SKITIEMELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31. is; Clover ditto, 111 Os to 4/ ><s ; and Straw, 11 Ls to 11 8s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. CusenEßLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 Is to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 6s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9s per 'oad. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECINAPSL. Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 88'; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to li 7s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. VAST FLOODS IN NORFOLK. (FRO3I A CORRESPONDENT.) INUNDATION OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND Durine the last few days the backs of the Rivers Wensunr, Yare,Waveney, and Bure have overflowed their banks, and laid under water vast tracts of meadow and arable land, sweeping away stacks of corn, hay, &c., drowning sheep, destroying the young growing wheats, tarts, &c., forcing the game from their natural covers, b-sides doing infix nice damage in gardens, homesteads, &c. In those parts lying on the level in the parishes of Reedbam, Blundell, Thorpe, Buckenham, Somerleyton, Mutford. Haddiscoe, Stokesby, Filby, Caistor, and throughout the hundreds of East and West Flegg, so great a flood has not been witnessed since the opening or the railway from Nt r /rich to Yarmouth and Lowestoft—the line but just peeping above the expanse of waters. Great sod increasing exertions are ,bring used night and day to keep the trains in their track, and to prevent the rails being washed from their proper position. Many extra hands are en's . gaged to watch, and to be ready if such should occur, and to do all in human power to prevent any accident.. More time is taken in passing and repassing over the flooded parts, so that the trains hate been necessarily behind time. Up to the present time pro ♦identially not the slightest accident has occurred, and it is hoped that the increased diligence of the railway company will prevent such. We heard or several losses in the parish of Reedhant; , one graz'er had 25 sheep drowned, and another 10 sheep, several stacks washed away, and the sheaves floating on the water. All the flock-masters for miles around have had to send their beasts and sheep to graze on the high lands, or to take them into their farmyards and home sheds. In several parishes in the same district some : thousand acres of young wheats are under water, and in • the parishes of Beckenham, Bendel!, and Mutford, for miles in different directions, ricks of wheat, oats. hay &c., are to be seen standing in the midst of the rising waters, now full four feet in depth, which cannot be removed or even approached only by a boat. Cottages and dwellings of larger size, with barns filled with thrashed and unthrashed corn ; granaries and malt' houses entirely surrounded, the inmates imprisoned, and forced to live in their upper apartments. Gardens, where floods were never before known to reach, are now inundated to the depth of several feet, washing away the soil, potatoes from their pits, and destroying all that is planted therein. Through the whole districts between Norwich, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft (a circuit of more than forty miles), nearly two-thirds of the land is nog lti ing under water, passengers travelling by the railwe/ appearing to be running over interminable limpid streams. RAILWAY RETURNS Rsitwair TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail' ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which tn. respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the sato' weed: in the previous year:— ..,;$. Week Last 1: 4 , 4 ; i ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. Z 0 Zi o ,) U.! .£ X Dec. 18 Aberdee n .. •• • • .... •••• • • • • 600 375 - Amiens and Boulogne ............... - 1,21 15 Belfast and Ballymena •• ••••••• • •• •• 392 346 16 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 739 673 16 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 413 282 16 Bristol and Exeter 9 Caledonian.... ...... ... .. .• 16 Chester and Holyhead. • ... • ..... •• .. 1,213 1,236 13 Dublin and Drogheda. ••• • • ••••• • • •• 595 596 18 Dublin and Kingstown -•• • • • ... •. • • 551 596 13 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ 969 901 16 East Anglian.. ..... . ................ 580 653 15 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•.• .. • ..... 2,981 3.109 15 Edinburgh and Perth •..• •• •• •• •• 2,200 1.520 16 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 15,115 13,622 9 East Lancashire •• • ....... --- - - 2,126 1,462 16 Eastern Union•• •• •• •• .• •• .. •• -•• .. 1,555 1,123 15 Glasgow, Kiltnarnock, and Ayr • • 15 Glasgow and Greenock.. •...... .... 873 791 9 Great Northern and E. L.•......... 2,616 _- 15 Great Southern and Western ........ 3,6,2 3,33 6 16 Great Western, &c 18,256 18, 4,62 16 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ...... .... 11.134 9, 95 7 4 9 L L e a e n d c s as an te d r l a , n h d irs C k ar . li . s . i . e :. • .• .......• .• ............ 2, 5 8 7 3 6 9 1_,7 5 : 9 16 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .• 76 • 5 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen.. - .. 117 ' 11 : 16 London and North Western, tic 40,024 37,7 5 : 16 London and Blackwell .• •••••• • • • • • • 638 pis 15 London and Brighton . • ... • 16 London and South Western .• • 16 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,3 , :8 2, 64 ' 16 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham 20,389 90,4 64 16 Midland Great Western (Irish) 15 Monklands ... • ••••••••••••••• 820 81 2 16 North British • ... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 2,898 2,21 i 15 Paris and Rouen .••••• • • • • • ........ 6,101 4,. 07 15 Rouen and Havre .. •••••••• • • • • •• • • 2,329 3,16 2 ;6 Scottish Central ...• .• •• ...... •• ..•• 1,1 , 93 rl7 15 Scottish - Midland ••••••••• • .. • • • • • • 363 240 16 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • • • • • 1,324 1,309 16 Shropshire Union .. •• • •• • 333 .. 15 South Eastern and Branches •• .• .... 8,300 7, 1 i. 9 South Devon.. ••••••.•••• • • • • • • • • • • 1,275 i,061 15 Taff Vale ••••• • •• • ..... ••••• • .• .... 1,457 1.72,778 - Waterford and . Limerick............. 26 1 9 Whitehaven Junction ............... 194 17 0 16 York and Newcastle • .............. 11,989 13, 409 .1 16 York and North Midland • ...... •• .. b,959 7.31 BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDBNT INSTITUTION AND 1 / 1 " TREAT.—On Thu: sday evening a meeting of the director° and members of the above institution was held at th e committee-rooms, in Paternoster-row, for the transactio n of general business. The report stated that the affa ir ! of the institution, in a pecuniary point of v i e w, CO nued to progress favourably ; the last audited acconn'' showing that the permanent invested funds amounted to nearly 18,0001. in the hands of the Commissioners f° l. the Reduction of the National Debt. The income of th e past year from donations, subscriptions, and interest 3 0 1 stock was 1,2891. 16s. The ext nditure (including i in nlief whi ch had been afforded to a number of si c . 0 and distrease d booksellers end assistants, as well as " their widows) left a balance of 621. 17s. 2d. In O n ; nexion with th e atone there is a " retreat" for aged a er n' decayed members situate at Abbots Langley, B t, ' where four individuals are domiciled at present. A DRAWN BONNET.--A lady says that t h : prettiest drawn bonnet she knows, is the bonnet dray after a quarrel, out of your husband.' By-the-bP talking of drawn bonnets, we believe we are reveslit,4 no particular secret in stating that Slice is the artist generally who draws them.--Punch's Almanach. The iireetef Sultat the app lipprnpr degree title pa ; upon h eastern year, w• caleulat Ilowert the pE an a n , who &re of the z ceedin within i number Prep ire( Purpos e utility o Is obvic nothing than to preriow encount, site who! to seem prizes " Perim' Il ltaufactut krticles co W hilst the ° ''ssaries a ~ ta l i a ly tr 4 s r o t i I grove Cre rinity therefore 14 1 for th 'ere; and °ltrr)ing it ," Cleani **Li" an d h •ittlies, trindi, g; 41411 ufaetui W ood-woti kott profii With Taxa ra nk as a t e t Present 0 the mai ° Pon arms A J