The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-26 00:00:00

rrilE AT RE ROYAL. DRURY • L ANE. - 1 Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale erects of Admissi, n for public approval:— Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. (3d., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d s. d. FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 L o wer Gallery - 0 6 I Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. The Public is respectfully informed that the Dramatic , Season will commence en THIS EVENING, DEC. 26ra, On which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakspere's Play of the MERCHANT OF 'VENICE. Dake of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Ba.ssanio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer ; Salarino, Mr. Everett ; Grattan°, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenzo, Mr. Willam Montague; Shylock, Mr. James Anderson; Tubal, Mr. Barry : Launeelot Gobbe. Mr. W. H. Angel; Old Gobho, Mr. W. Davidge • Leonardo, Mr. Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephan, Mr. Eller ; Clerk, Mr. Gough; Antonio's servant, Mr. Frierson; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ; Portia, Miss Laura Afdison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Jessica, Miss Fa^ny Iluddart. After which (First Thnr) 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, Mr.RRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks EO fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 ! 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 kaowswllo, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod w.ll, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenad,rs. The Rounds are the pompesition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superi n tendence of 11.:.di ri me Loni , e. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Bruning,Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Prope, ties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations Invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire, The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Mnuchausen &c., Sec., by &c., &c. MORTALS. Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Auy 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. Johnson ; 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, aad other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Itieh, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Phntomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door?" —Come avid see —" J. Anderson's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will e satisfactory— Poor TA SPLENDID meets with no clemency, so we fly by niglit" to HILL IN TIIE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would sav, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head-but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE • is Introduced, in which the Royal Wig the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! I and the Royal Petticoat I ! ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS 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 spleadour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had levers 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 .Alenqon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Swedeu, lienry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, ". A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGIIT—WIIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the and then"—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-way helm, 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 to say, a rther jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair, i " s 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, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE , As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. It For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must 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 tours," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love SPA end NISH s in war, and the 1 total destruction of THE 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" Peace Congress," and brings all to a eine by making them all change their clothes — The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Lord 13urleIgh that of Pwitaloon, M. J. Dentin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Ameur of Columbine, Madlle. Theodore. . _ All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess ii—Vivat Regina, and eff she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis long since we met I" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE Ag)3 PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAT OFFICE.. Cupid ani Clown—Butter and Butteraicts—linngarian Knock--'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Expio sion —Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Co sAccompts, and Railway King in Tribu lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Gown makes himself Welcome —the Waiters at Fault-1 Transformation--Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of tho Establishment—Police! Police !--aud Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co gress—How to get up a Row—Prosy'Res Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestl3 Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Back no Bills, in case you sbould Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DXNCE." Hea is Win the Prize. SMITHFIELD. Pota'oes all Uot —Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull —P ork versus Tabbies--A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills— N tw Tariff—Gin •reatly Reduced—Warranted sot te Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Pu ff , the Order of the Day—Panch and the City Nuisance—Go It, BLUBRIOU ricks—and Sudden Transful mation to A SAS SP. 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 off, my countrymen, wen you, and and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED ROOM IN LODGING-HO+, SE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son ~ f Mars —Clown's Notion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer —Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ? —Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'lliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATTIER TII A. ES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddybairs Aley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General " Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the 'Resident Director of the " Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Itnmeing. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit 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 hundred more ! 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 boff ; Banished Duke, Mr. Cathzart (his first appearance); Adam, Mr. Cooper; with other entertainments: On Saturday, the Play of THE STRINGER, with other enter , tainments. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. ♦cting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and As , Istants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams , Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville, Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and 31Iss Biggs. B.x-book•keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sete T.essee and Manager, Old Brompton_ THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wiellert, Mr. Howe; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Mar, Mr. IL Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack , (*int Tristan, Mr. C. Kean; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster; lolanthe, Mrs. U. Kean. To conclude with THE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem. THEATER ROYAL; ADELPHI. l'.factrme Celiett. THIS EVENING Will be performed a newdontesiis Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKE NS TE I N ; or, The Model Man. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MI:S. BITNBURTS SPOONS. Mr. Hi4hbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Ve51711. Pelf. Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathe we. THIS EVENING, Will be Performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conk lade with A PRACTICAL MAN. D:ess Boxes Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 1, No half-Price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. Pit LN (JESS'S T KAI mr. J. Br. Maddox, Sole Lessee and 2ilana3er. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DON GIOVANNI. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, harlequin and liagieFildle ROYAL AMIVITHLA.Tgr. Prerrieter, Mr. W. Batty. TALI Mr. BATTY has great pleasare .in announcing that he has sue ceeAle4l in aiming Mademoiselle ANSELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and "Bertram." Mademoiselle Angdle is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap w s IA s n pearance at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. - 1 " The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, With a Grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tour ey of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear; and a grand •." ; A s e Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise 60,3103 in the Circle. wondrous ;, • Box-office open from Eleven till F ot r. Magi Manager, Mr. W. West, ASTLE s THE SUN, COLBURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION. VOL. IX. of TRIERS' CONSULATE' AND EMPIRE, under NAPOLEON, Comprising the period of the War in Spain and Portugal, Is Now Ready at all the Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre: — ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appearance), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basso of the Opera Comique, Paris, h's Ent appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, 31. Buguet, M. Chateaufott, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mettle. 7otti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND TAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Pheatre Francais, Paris (his Arst appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, 3i. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca's, Paris) ; 3ldllo. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, 3idlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Vaudeville) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase); Madlie. Baptiste (of the Theatre de I'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 et the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced is 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 (jeune chasscur 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. Quill, Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieax ehevrier), M. Nathan (their grst appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard , Georgette (cousins de stephan), Mdlle. Cetti; and Rose de Mal (servante de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will he Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Nampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Cald," by the popular composer, Antbrolse Thomas. And also, Auber'a last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of llaydee by Mdli au sten. Other prouuctions will be selected from the following : —Jeanne et Colin, Nicolo ; Le Roi d'Yvetet, Adolph* /dam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, labor ; Le Maco chn, Auber ; Le Sirens, Aaber ; Lnlly et Qui nett, Nicele ; La Perrue, Clapissou ; Le Talet de Charabre, Ca rafa ; Hue Folie, Elehul; with an occasional performane• of MIS of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, Apri. 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 Mlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and sueseseiful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Wile. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has beer attended with her accnstomed and unrivallef; success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin I Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Figeae, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous cerapany. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will coramenee at the end of June, by her appearance in 31. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Leeouvreur," a production whieh has excited more than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel will also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' eelebrated play of " Maderaoisell• de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedie, in One Act, entitled " Le Moineaa is Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," Les Meraces," " Andremaque," and "Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged for the opera last season, inc:uding M. Tolbeque, M. Bonrotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, H. Pilot, M. Vandreland, sf. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the masie and Chet-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Hanisens. 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, /3, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1. St. James-strdet ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The Cox-office of the Theatre will be opened of the lit of January. WATER AT LONDON Istclim4/1. TRU DAY —Morning, 41 min. after 10 I Eyeaing, 14 min. after 11 Te-Mokafor-IJ•zning, 43 min. atter II f Evening, 0 min. after 0 nE WEATH.ER.—SDN °Fmk, Dec. 26. ThEitmostEnnt, Lowest, 30; Highest, 35; Noon, 39 BAROMETER, 30.16. Wien W.N.W.—dull hazy weather. . 11 411011illS LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 184 t Our naval intelligence of Saturday evening con tained another striking evidence of the advantages derivable from the adoption of the screw propeller. From the accounts headed Singapore it will have been observed that, but for fortunately having encountered the Renard (11 guns), the Cleopatra (26 guns), would have remained becalmed in the Straits or Banca without a chance of being enabled to replenish herself with water, of which she had already been some time run short, beyond the changes dependent upon the fluctuations in the weather. It was added, moreover, by the naval correspondent, that the little vessel already mentioned, the Renard, has proved herself capable of traversing in two days a distance which, to a ship supplied with a different motive power, would have required-a period of not less than a fortnight. To ourselves the circumstances re lated in connexion with the Renard are fraught with a remarkable interest, seeing that it is the first vessel constructed on the screw principle that has yet doubled the Cape. For that reason we have been particularly solicitous to acquire the facts of a voyage which, notwithstand ing a violent gale encountered off St. Paul's, has proved singulary favourable. After being sixteen hours and twenty-four days at anchor, and ten hours and ninety- nine days at sea since her departure from England, it appeared on her arrival at Singapore that within that period, it had required only a consumption of sixty five tons of fuel to enable the Renard to traverse the enormous distance of 14,973 miles. Considering that this was the first voyage, as we have already intimated, ever yetattempted in those quarters, we cannot but regard the result as having been peculiarly satisfactory. The occurrence deserved to be consi dered in the light of an eminently successful experi went ; and we trust will be received by the admini strative authorities of the service as justifying an extension of a principle which, in its preliminary endeavours, has proved itself so signally advantageous. Unless this resolution be adopted, the British ships will ba liable to the casualties which threatened to becalm the Cleopatra, and dependent upon the acci dental assistance to be derived from such chance adventures as that of the Renard. What is especially deserving of attention, among the benefits derivable from the employment of the screw propeller, is the fact that the time of any voyage may be pre-calculated with the ..utmost possible particula rity. Even when compelled to take in tow a vessel of larger bulk, the speed acquirable from the steam power acting through the invisible agency of the screw, is far, very far indeed, beyond that to be drawn from any other principle of locomotion. In the case pre viously specified, it was found, for instance, that even while tugging the Cleopatra, and at a season of the year when the heat in the stoke hole was no less than 136 degrees, the little Renard attained an average speed of just 4f knots. It should also be borne in recollection that the machinery in the principle in question is in no comparable degree liable to the disarrangement to which the machinery of other kinds of steam-vessels is subject. Its vulnerable parts are neither so exposed nor so capable of being withdrawn from their intended object as where at intervals a steam-ship built on the ordinary principle is heeling over, with one paddle-wheel immersed to an unconscionable depth i❑ the water, while its companion is spinning round high and dry in the air, at a most useless elevation. With the screw-propeller such a position of the motive force would be alto gether impracticable, the screw effectually working according to its original intention, being only relieved from its natural position when the vessel is laid down upon her yardarms _immediately prior to the catas trophe of foundering. How far the introduction of the principle here advocated into the navy of England would tend to facilitate the labour of our sea captains, and to dimi nish the anxieties and responsibilities of the superior officers, the commanders of fleets and squadrons, it needs not us to particularise. Yet it is possibly deserving of some little more consideration, that while aiding the captains of vessels and the admirals on foreign stations, it would simul taneously decrease th 9 anxieties of the Admiralty, and lessen the responsibilities of the Foreign Secretary. It would carry no inconsiderable allevia tions into the official chambers opposite Whitehall, and into the Ministerial closets in Downing-street. On occasions, say resembling the recent position of affairs at Constantinople, a capacity would have been imparted to the chief command of the Mediterranean fleet to proceed without any appreciable loss of time to the point nt which the principal intrigues of the •• .230 5f c ni • - 14 r • m • ist" LON_DON, European Cabinets are felt to he concentrating, there to enforce by the speedy presence of a suitable power the policy adopted by the British Ambassador. In the instance given, the events which at first threat ened the continent, and more especially the Ottoman empire, with war, happily terminated to general satisfaction. But, supposing that it had turned out otherwise, a conjecture not requiring any very enormous or preposterous stretch of the imagination, the Russian fleet in the Black Sea might have readily crossed the sea of Marmora, and appeared off the Golden Horn long before Sir WILLIAM PARKER could by any possibility have carried the ships undtT his command through the channel of the Dardanelles, and the great city of Con stantinople would have been not under tht protection of England, but wholly and completely al the mercy of the AUTOCRAT, that avaricious potentate whose lust of dominion seems to be directed irresis- tibly to the capital of the enormous empire under th: sway of the SULTAN'CALIPII. Thereupon the more corrupt members of the Divan would have forsake! their chivalrous Sovereign, and Sir STRATFORP CANNING would have found himself in no position to recommend measures of a resolute character. Tilt ultimate effect of the whole movement might, in fact have proved more calamitous than we well likt to conjecture; and all such misfortunes wouk only upon such a reasonable supposition have been preventible by the employment of the screw-pro peller as a means of hastening the progress of out vessels in the Mediterranean. What we have here expressed can in no way be construed into so mucl day-dreaming—it is merely the calculation of com mon sense, and such a calculation as is more speedily convincing than the most logical argu merit. Let the data, therefore, drawn from the ex perimental voyage of the Renard into the seas wash log the southern shores of Asia yield a new and powerful inducement for the more general applica tion of the screw principle to the vessels employed in our maritime service. Let the Admiralty, more over, recognise what is perceived by every one else, that such an application would tend not less to be productive of economy than of any other of the bene fits already enumerated. When the sign manual of "ElmsKu.r.z.)," was affixed to that tortuous and tedious document "The Report of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland," a manifesto intended to substantiate certain charge s against Lord CLARENDON, as well as to defend the Orange institution against what they wen pleased to term slanders and misrepresentations, we believe we clearly demonstrated how utterly the) failed in casting the shadow of a stain upon the high character of the Viceroy, either as a statesman, gentleman, or an impartial administrator of the law. We shall endeavour on the present occasion to examine how far the Orange innocents have beeii misrepresented, and whether their acts do not prove them to be all their opponents charge them to be, a disloyal, and unchristian, and an unconstitutional body. The qualifications of an Orangeman, according to their own report, are the embodiment of every human perfection : " An Orangeman should have a sincere love and veneration for his Almighty Maker, a firm and steadfiw faith in the Saviour of the world." "He should cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kind ness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, loyalty and obedience to the laws. His disposition should be gentle and compassionate, his behaviour kind and courteous; he should love the society of the good and avoid the company of the evil. He should honour and diligently read the Holy Scrip tures, and make them the rule of his faith and practice; he should lore, uphold, and defend the Pro testant religion, and sincerely desire and endeavour to propagate its doctrines and precepts; he should strenuously oppose and protest against the errors and dangerous doc trines of the Church of Rome, he should by all lawful means resist the ascendancy of that Church, its encroach ments, and the extension of its power, but he should abstain from all uncharitable words, actions, or .feelings to.eards his Roman Catholic brethren, Etc., &c." Now we feel convinced the history of Irish Orangeism will demonstrate by undeniable facts, that if any unfortunate man possessing a tithe of these almost angelic qualifications, ever entered the Orange order, and became initiated in its occult absurdities, that his individual virtues were either totally effaced by the unholy contact, or were merged and rendered nugatory in that, confederacy of evil passions ; or, again, if the practice of these Christian virtues, so speciously and pompously set forth in the Orange report, be obligatory on the Orangeman under the aw ful sanction of an oath, it places the wretched Orange man in a still more fearful position, for both by word and deed, we can show that this obligation has been most flagrantly violated, and that if he has sworn to observe towards his Roman Catholic countrymen a forbearance from " all uncharitable words, actions, or feelings," he has, with his other crimes, put perjury on his soul. The report admits that the Orange institution is an exolusive body, opposed to the Roman Catholics. Now, in the name of common sense, we would ask, is it consistent with " kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity," to establish an exclusive order, offensive to seven-eighths of their fellow-countrymen ? Is it in accordance with " dis positions gentle and compassionate," with " behaviour kind and courteous," to parade with weapons of destruction in their hands, in insulting processions which they know are calculated to lead to breaches of the peace, if not to bloodshed and murder ? Was it the spirit of peace, and love, and charity that led them through the steep pass of Dolly's Brae on the 12th of July, when they might have manifest roiretshtthuegihr love, the and d ampaign charity, country—was andforbea marched unmolested by a more conven i en t r anc e i , t _ t a t ' t. ) they sought the conflict on that day of blood, and exhibited Orange gentleness and compassion by com mitting acts at which humanity shudders ? Is it no breach of the mild code of Orange craft to slay the innocent child ?—to burn the feeble old woman ? to drag the unoffending man from his house, and butcher him in the very pre sence of his family ?—to batter in the skull of the poor idiot ? Has the gentle craft over which ENNIS KILLEN presides no penalty for crimes like these ? Oh I no, they were but Papists. Is there one word in this long report of promise to aid the authorities in bringing these wretches to justice ? Is there even an expression of sorrow for such atrocities ? or con demnation of the ruffian homicides ? Have they been expelled the gentle order? No, these wretches have been addressed in the words of encouragement and congratulation as " brave Orangemen." It is boasted that every Orange lodge opens with a prayer. Rusts, the murderer, read prayers while he was planning the destruction of his victims. The Orangemen, in large numbers, in 1824, paraded the streets of Coleraine, each with a Bible in his hand, shouting "To Hell with the Pope." This is a taste of Orange piety and prayer. Now, let us see what claims they have to that loyalty and obedience to the laws of which they so much boast. In 1822 these loyal and gentle beings, in the public theatre, attempted to assassinate th e Marquis of WELLESLEY, the then representative of Royalty in Ireland, and escaped the punishment due to their crime through the instrumentality of Orange officials. This traitorous act was publicly condemned by every good and loyal subject in the country, without exception, save only the loyal Orangemen. In 1823 the Grand Lodge of Dublin issued a proclamation against decorating the statue of King WILLIAM, in College-green, as it might tend to en danger the lives and properties of his MAJESTY'S subjects. In 1824 Orange processions were made in vinlation of the Government orders, and a Dissenting clergyman lost his life in Downpatrick in consequence. In 1826 several innocent persons were shot in Mount Mellick in an Orange row. In 1827 the processions went on in spite of proclamations. In 1828 the Cirstngernen of Dublin assembled in College-green, armed with daggers and bludgeons, smashed houses, and proceeded through the streets to the terror and annoyance of the peaceful inhabitants shouting " To hell with the Pope," and maltreating all who would not join in the unchristian and bigotted yell. In 1829 the disloyalty of the Orangemen was openly exhibited on several occasions. At Aughnacloy a loyal Orangeman was arrested for shouting " D— the king," and was liberated by the local magis trate, who was himself an Orangeman. In Armagh, in the same year, the Orangemen wrecked houses and levelled the Roman Catholic Chapel, shouting " D— the King " as fervently as "To Hell with the Pope." We believe we have cited facts sufficient to prove the quality of the ChristiAn meekness And num- WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, !1349. 'itional loyalty of Orangeism, and we trust Parlia ment will not have met one week Wore stringent measures shall be adopted to put an end for ever to I system irreconcileable with the free and tolerant -pirit of the age, repugnant to Christian charity, sub versive of law and order, ruinous to Ireland, and asgraceful to the empire. ME FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the course of the sitting of the National As 4embly on Monday, M. FERDINAND BARROT, the Minister of the Interior, in reply to a question from 11 LAGRANGE, gave an explanation of the recent infortunate occurrence at Belle Isle. The Minister of the Interior said that the army vas always faithful to its duty, and would always sppose every attempt made against its orders. This is what it had done at Belle Isle, where a very serious attempt at revolt and incendiarism had been liscovered, and which the army had been called on to out down. It did so with the most extraordinary (orbearance, and it was only when absolutely forced to repel violence that it ha 1 acted. As to the con uct of the Government towards the Prisoners en ;aged in the insurrection of Jane, he could :Arm hat it had been masked with the greatest ele neney.—(Loud interruption on the Left.) Here had seen a most dreadful insurrection, in the course of ehich many thousand men lo►t their lives; not less han 15,000 prisoners had been made amongst the insurgents; and notwithstanding the enormity of their ,)ffence, they had been gradually set at liberty, with the exception of 500. Was it possible that the Government must not have drawn from absolute treasures of clemency to arrive at such a result ? (Loud disapprobation on the Left.) But who were hose who still were left in custody ? Men marked oy great offences of other kinds, and whom the Pre sident of the Republic, when he granted his amnesty, sound it impossible to pardon.—(Disapprobation on -he Left.) He (the Minister) had stated that fact in express terms on November 12, when he announced to he Assembly the decision of the President. As to the assertion that the men who still were held in custody had not been tried, he had to observe, that having been taken with arms in their hands, they had been summarily disposed of by the Constituent Assembly.--(lnterruption.) The number now at Belle Isle amounted to 469 ; they were perfectly well treated, and if on one occasion the military were called on to act, the fault lay with the prisoners themselves, who had revolted. The Assembly deemed the explanation satisfactory, and passed to the order of the day by a large ma jority. The Law on Primary Teachers, presented by the Ministry, has been withdrawn. Considerable scandal has been created by the with lrawal of the Bill for the completion of the monu ment of the Emperor NAPOLEON by the Government. It appears that the Bill had been referred to a Committee in the usual manner, and that the Committee had reported on it, bat the report contained certain severe, but not more severe than just, observations on the manner in which the money previously voted had been squandered by the last Ministry of Louis Ynturri, and suggested that a prosecution should be commenced against M. DUCHATEL ' Louis ['mums's last Minister of the Interior, for the recovery of the funds alleged to have been misappro priated. The present Ministry withdrew the Bill, to prevent the presentation of the report. We cannot hut admire the chivalrous conduct of M. FERDINAND BARaoT in thus taking upon himself, for the purpose of screening M. DUCISATSL, the obloquy which must necessarily attach to the withdrawal of the Bill. It is the part of a noble nature to protect the fallen, even when guilty, but when we remember the TESTE affair, and the PETIT affair, and the affair of the sale of the licence to the new_lyric theatre, we cannot out consider the conduct of M. FERDINAND BARROT as almost approaching to romantic, for surely no new discovery could damage much further the political characters of the colleagues of M. TESTE. The Journal du Havre states, on the authority of a private letter from the United States, that the Cabinet of Washington had just admitted the justice of the demand for indemnities made by M. G. T. Poussim, and which was the origin of his dispute with Mf. CLAYTON. The following appointments are announced :—M. Bourie, Consul General at Beyrout, to replace M. de Chastisau, holding the same rank at Tangiers ; M. de Lesparada, Consul at Trieste, to proceed as Consul general to Beyrout; M. Leon Roches, Secretary of Legation at Tangiers, and son-in-law of M. de Chasteau, is appointed Consul at Trieste; M. Villamus, Consul at Porto Rico, is appointed Consul at Venice ; and M. Flory, Consular agent at Girgenti, is ap pointed Consul at Mogador. The Five per Cents. were done in the Passage of the Opera to day at 82f. 35c., being a rise of 40 centimes on the closing pric±s of yesterday. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have been received. The Madrid Gazette of the 18th contains an order from the Ministry of Finance, that in consequence ,)f the new organisation of the Bank of San Fernando, the directing Junta of the department for the issue, paying, and cancelling of notes, shall cease its func Lions. The other journals are destitute of news. The Fomotto of Barcelona, of the 14th, announces that the Company El Veterano has signed a contract with Messrs. TALABoT, of Paris, for the construction of a railway from Barcelona to San Juan de las Aba dessas, uniting Barcelona to San Andres, Granollers, Vich Ripal, and the rich mines at San Juan de las Abadessas. M. PERERA, acting director of the com pany, had left for Madrid, to submit the plans, Etc., to the Government. The works of the Madrid and Aranjuez Railway, which had been suspended for the last three years, were resumed on the 17th, and are to be carried on with the utmost activity. They would, it was hoped, be terminated on the Ist April next. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 19.—Three per Cents were done at 301 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 121 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 12i; the Debt without Interest at 4; and the Coupons at 7i. GERMANY AND FHE NORTHERN STATD.,. AUSTRIA. The accounts of the insurrection in Servia are fully confirmed. On the 20th a courier arrived at Vienna from Semlin, with intelligence that Syrmia, Slavonia, and the military boundaries, were up in arms against the Austrian Government. The Slavonian and Servian boundary regiments have revolted, and have raised the cordon of the Turkish frontier. The Turkish Servians will, it is said, render their support to their brethren. The military force alone of the rebels is estimated at 120,000 men, with 110 cannon ; and if they are joined by the Croats, which appears highly probable, they will have 200,000 men, with 300 cannon. The numbers of the insurgents are daily swelled by de serters from the Austrian regiments in Peterwardein, Esseg, &c. In consequence of the raising of the cordons all the Poles and Hungarians at present in the Ottoman territory, who can escape from the surveillance of the authorities, will have an opportunity of joining the insurgents. A Vienna journal publishes the follow ing letter from Belgrade of the 10th :- BELGRADE, DEC, 10.—In the military boundaries of Syrmia and the Banat great excitement prevails because these are excluded from the Woiwodeschaft. Excesses are of nearly daily occurrenoe in the regi ment of Peterwardein (" Regiment" here means "military district"). Pity that the new organization (of the military boundaries) could not be published in the lower countries at the same time with the im perial patent of November 18th (for the Woiwode schaft); all ground for agitation would have been stopped. The revolution which during the last year has shaken all, has not been without an important re action on the boundaries. Discipline has without doubt suffered, the cordons are not guarded with the former strictness, nor are the lively sympathies to be denied which prevail between the Servians on both banks of the Save. The desertions from Austria to Servia are certainly very considerable. Let us hope that these sympathies will at some future period extend the greatness and the power of Austria. That the Servians are not content with the arrangement of the Woiwodeschaft is plain. The opponents of this measure, among whom is to be reckoned the Russian Consul at Belgrade, LEWEIN, say that all the Servians have won upon the map of Austria is the title (of Woiwodeschaft). That the feeling of nationality should be vehement and ungrateful, be busied only about itself, and know no other respect, has nothing surprising." _ It is said that Russia has been intriguing to get up this insurrection, in order to have both Austria and Turkey entirely dependent on her. The Breslau Gazette says : "The latest accounts from Servia mention that the Russian agitation is growing daily nore open and daring, and that the incredible activity of the agents of that power leads to the conclusion that sanguinary entangle ments will speedily break out between Russia and Turkey. The Prince of Servia has already re fused to pay the tribute due to the Porte of 34,000 ducats, and the arming of all male adults is being carried on with the greatest possible activity, without any one knowing where the arms come from. It is not to be doubted, however, that Russia provides the arms, for the Serviaus received in 1848 several can nons and 10,000 muskets from Russia, wbs•n they were hurrying to the assistance of their brethren in the Banat, This is a most dangerous weapon for the Russian policy to employ, for while it is injurious to the Porte, it is at the same time most dangerous to Austria, as the latter will vt ry soon find, in the growing increase of the in fluence of Servia in Hungary." The Vienna correspondent of the Independance, of Brussels, writing on the 18th, states that he has been informed by a person ordinarily well informed, that " a Russian corps of 15,000 men is on the frontier of Poland, ready to enter Bohemia as soon as its presence shall be considered necessary." The same correspondent states, that numerous move ments of Austrian troops have recently taken place in Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Moravia, and Bohemia• The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna, of the 18th, that the mortality in tie Austrian military hospitals is very great, and that in that of Gratz, where there are 1,600 sick, 16 physicians have died of typhus. The Austrian .Lloy-rs states on authority, that the Austrian Government has finally resolved that no in demnity shall be made to the holders of paper money issued by KOSSUTH, and has so replitd to a commer cial deputation from Pesth. Several political prisoners at Pesth have just been released. Among them are several Deputies of the Hungarian Diet. Count RADAY. a friend of Kossu r who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and Count KAROLTI, sentenced to several months' deten tion, have also been set at liberty : the Litter was condemned to pay a fine of 150 000 florins (375,000 f.), but this has not been remitted. MOO Y ano ‘'riEl - ICIAL CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There is nothing ta rein v. of Cotton or Shares at Liverpool 3 test-el-day. The Corn Market in Mark-lane is steady to-day. The American letters end papers by the Canada are very sanguine still in alluding to the product of gold in California. It is most interesting to note that the hi lief in the probability of a full crop of cotton was gaining ground in America. Mr. T. J. Stewart, a well-known broker at New York, writes:— " The season for ripening the plant, has been extended so far beyond the anticipations aid predictions of par ties interested in an advance iu the article, that a dis position to over-estimate the probable yield is apparent among those who feel disposed to take hold of it as an investment, at what they may deem the auspicious period, and the range of estimates are, consequently, eidely apart. A very few, st 11 pointing at 2,100,000 bales—a very respectable class has now been formed arou!td my estimate, of 2,300,000 bales—and quite a nameer, Insist upon 2,400,000 and 2 500,000 bales— bestng their calculations for this yield, on open winter, and the very close picking, which is looked for as a natural st quence to the very high prices prevail ing. Th.it the ) ield must b.: greatly increased oy an open winter, is too u.nadoub'ed to be disputed. For that, thick I have allowed enough. "A killing frost was apparent in certain parts of South Carolina and Georgia on the 21st and 27th ultimo, and in Louisiana on the 4th instant. Whether general, even at the last mentioned date, we aro not yet advised. At pre sent prices, planters seem disposed to hurry in a portion of their crops, and gladly accept the bids of the day. The disposition to sell, however, seems to cease with one-half of their product, and the summer market is spoken of for the remainder, for which anticipations run high." The weather in Canada, and New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia was very mild. The Miramichi G loaner state:—"W e cannot refrain from speaking of the season. The weather during the last month has been the most extraordinary we ever witnessed, and we question if that respectable individual the oldest inhabitant' ever saw the like. There has not been yet sufficient frost to make a piece of ice on the shore of our river. Persons still continue to work out in the gardens and fields with a spade and plough. Yesterday resembled a day in the latter part of May. The Eliza beth, the last square-rigged vessel in port, passed down on Saturday. Several schooners arrived during the week." A communication from Montreal states :—" The im portation of goods to the merchants' stores have been great during the past week, and the handsome manner in which articles are displayed in the different establish ments indicates an improvement in the taste of pur chasers, as well as in the wealth which induces this mode of consulting their purses. There are quail. cities of goods in Chatham, and notwithstanding the ruin and decay' of the Montreal merchants, we observe some new establishments which seem to attract a 'air share of the business. Our streets have been blocked up at some times of the day with the farmers' waggons, all bearing something to sell, the produce of their farms, dad putting some of the old " residents" in mind that a great change has taken place in the few years since the time they hunted deer and other game over the scene of the present traffic; and we may add that the same old settlers look forward to viewing corresponding improvement in the future, Annexation Manifesto to the contrary notwith standing." The Money Market is in a tranquil condition, and no activity i; to be looked for until the turn of the year. In the meantime there are symptoms of " hardening," and the anticipations are strong that there will be much buoyancy within a few days. The reduction of the rate of interest on Exchequer-bills at Paris has an effect here, and no importance seems to be attached to the Nicaraguan affair, which the American papers have no doubt exaggerated. The Funds have been better, although business is not active. Consols 96 to 96k k for the opening. The New Three-and a Quarter per Cents. have been 971 to t. Bank Stock is worth 202 i. Exchequer-bills are 565. to 595. premium. The attendance in the market is not numerous, but there aro as many as could be expected. Consols now are 96k 1- In the Foreign Market not a great deal is doing, but prices are looking up. Mexican have been done, within the last hour, at 29k and 29k. Spanish Five per Cents. are 19, and the Three per Cents. 38k. French Five per Cents. are 91 25, with the exchange at 25 50. Dutch Two-and-a-Hall p( r Cents. have been 56 to I. Railway Shares have been quiet. North Western have been as low as 9i premium, and Midland have been tilt at 45k to 46. Eastern Counties have realised 68 to 7; North Stafford have been steady at 71; and York and North Midland have bt en firmer at 17 to k. Cale donian have been steady at 10k to 11. French Shares look better. Nothing has been done in Bank or Mine Shares. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 20 2 1 /2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3M per Cent. Anna 97 1 / 2V/4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, MO B V2 8 9-16 . _ India Stock — Do. Bonds, 1000/ 9O 88 p Consols for Account .. .... . 96 96 1 A 1 4 Jrchequer Bills. 1 7 A d. zd. March. June. 1,0691. 5001 — b 6 59 ..: Small — 56 59 p RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK , Vlexican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cent., Csmpons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 8 7 1i Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 50c. Dutch per Cent., 12 Guild BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILwArs. Paa kbe •desn Ditto, Preference A.tubtr., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 3 4 — ...• • to -- :yrshire and (iallsway 4!faSt and County Down .. 28 .. .. - 3erks and Hants Extension `Gt. W P- ,t. 5 ct.) 6 .to (Gt. est. Perpel pert.._ i t m Ingham is Uxtord J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., withouta guarantee... 20 ... - irmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 • irraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... • irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. 4ristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... ail, - ••... to —. sti c kin g hamshire 17% 1 6 14 to .al edonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 7% to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Lester and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference tarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 'it-ea London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — ;unlin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - )undalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ast Anglia, 25/. L. & E., 410 L. & D Ditto, ISI., E. & 1.1 lB ... .. Do, 31. 1.35. 6p. Ct. Pref. 3 1 ,4 — , . . Do, 7/. 175., 7 par Ct. P,ref. 2 - to w,-Isteru Countled Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. p to Do., d 0.... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... .., to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - Do., 5 per cont. .. 50 Ditto,lew 4,itstern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, do, Class B & C...... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . — .. to .ast Lancashire ... . Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares ast Lincolnshire ... 25 , :dinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 4,xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Exeter and Exmouth... 41asg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — .. —. to ;Lwow, Kilmarnock, Is Ayr 50 — to Do. Preference Consolidated —.—. to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 Great Northern 2O — to Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3% to Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. Do.per Cent. Prof. Pref. , 5 xi) 10 5 ...... 0 73. It. Soutn.. .. . treat North of England 100 — • •••• to . Ditto, New 404... ..... .. .. 40 - Ditto, ditto .... 35 ••• • to •••. Ditto, New 301 - Ditto, New 151-- ... l5 ...... . ;mat Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ..._ — . .... to Ditto,Quarter Shares 1 2 1,E 2 ll ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 D0., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 49 Ditto Quarters 23%...... Ditto Fifths Ditte.Thirels ... 16% — ...... to _ & West, (Irelani Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. ( Iludders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . 27 Do., Preston and Pyre ... 25 _ . Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ........ - . to D0.,d0., Prefer., ti per Cent. 3%. ..... to -.- Ditto, ditto.. - Ditto, ditto ..... No. 3 5 .. Do. Pref. Quarthrs, IS i 8... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. London & Blackwell ......11/. 6s. 3d Loud., Bright., & South Coast 100 .. Do., New Si., gua. 6 pr C,1.100 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . De. Preferential, 5 por Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 60 ...... to London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 1 01 %..... to Ditto Preference London & North Western.....loo 10934 ... to 110% Do. New Quarter& Do, Fifths 7 ~..• 7A I / 2 ... to PRUSSIA. It is stated in a Berlin letter of the 21st, that General de STROTRA, Minister of War, has resigned his seat in the Prussian Cabinet ; and it is added, that he will probably be succeeded by General DB WEEDER. A Berlin letter of the 21st states that there is no truth in the reports that have been current of the Governments of Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, and Wurtemburg, having entered into an alliance to oppose the restricted federal state of Prussia. Dr. JACOBY, who was lately tried by the Criminal Tribunal of Koenigsberg on the charge of high treason, and acquitted, has just been elected deputy to the First Chamber of Prussia. He is chief of the Prussian Democrats. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES, Letters from Flensburgh of the 20th instant, in the Borsenhalle, state that the Prince CHRISTIAN, of Gliicksburg, arrived in that city on the 19th inst. He was immediately waited upon by General MALM BORG, and by the members of the Administrative Commission. The Prince of GLUCHSBURG is men tioned as the intended Stadtholder of the Duchies. He is son-in-law to the Landgrave WILLIAM of Hessen, whose wife was sister to the late King CHRISTIAN VIII. We find it stated that the garrison of the island of Alsen has been increased to the strength of 16,000 men, foot, horse, and artillery. The Copenhagen papers of the 18th instant contra , dict the late rumours of a prolong\ktion of the armis tice between Prussia and Denmark\ ITALY. The Roman journals of tile 15th contain a notifica tion informing the public that the Roman bank-notes, to which the Republican Government had given a forced currency, will continue to enjoy that privilege for another year. They will be received in payment at the public offices, the Government reserving to itself a right of reimbursement on the capital of the Bank. A letter from Naples, in the Univers, says : " The fete of December 8 was exceedingly brilliant. The people and the troops manifested in the most enthusiastic manner their sentiments or devotedness to the Porn. There were about 12,000 troops col lected on the public square at the moment that the Pores, after having said mass, gave his benediction. The KING was most gracious towards General BARAGUAT 'MILLIREM, whom he kept by his aide whilst the troops filed off. Fourteen Cardinals were present at the ceremony. Two of them left to-day for their dioceses of Viterbo and Corneto. It appears that there is some agitation at the former place. M. DE RATNEVAL is still confined to bed with gout." The KING of Sardinia has addressed the following order of the day to the National Guards of Turin " Officers and soldiers of the National Guard,—Your presence under arms on the solemn occasion of the opening of Parliament is the expression of my thoughts —namely, the exercise of liberal institutions as the foundation of the happiness of the people. All my cares are turned to this object. You have never refused your assiaiance in maintaining order; you have not ceased to give proofs of affection and devotednes to the throne and my family. My gratitude and affection towards you shall never cease, be sure of it. I address these words to you all who have assembled at Turin. I wish they may be heard by all the National Guards of the kingdom, with whom you form but one family, and in whom I have the same confidence. Officers and sol diers, continue to fulfil your duties as you have hitherto done; let order and liberty be your motto, and I shalt always be with you, as my son is from this moment in your ranks. " VICTOR EMMANUEL. " Given at Turin, Dec. 20," The Chamber of . Deputies met on the 21st inst., under the presidency of its senior member, M. FRASCHINI. The number of elections known was 196, but 14 being double, there were only 182 depu ties returned. Several who were not present at the royal sitting were sworn in, after which the As sembly retired into its standing committees. The Stabil° of Florence has the following letter from Rome of the 17th : " We are expecting a change of policy on the part of the Govenrnent. It seems that even the most ob stinate are yielding to the dictates of commo❑ setts-. We learn from Purtici that the Pope has sent for Car dinal Lambruschini, and offered him the anpreme direc Lion of the state. The Cardinal is reported to have answered that he had been minister under Gregory XVI., and that he was opposed to a Constitution, but that he was obliged to coaleas that now it was impos Bible to refuse it." The Roman Observer of the 15th inst. announces the conclusion of a loan with France. The same journal quotes a letter from Rieti, of the 10th inst., from which we extract the following : "At 10 o'clock this morning our Spanish garrison left La Marittima; one company of infantry has remained to await the arrival of the troops from Umbria to em bark with them. It is probable that Neapolitan soldiers will replace the Spaniards in the Sabina and the portion of Umbria which extends to Spoletto. This, at least, seems to be the consequence of the aecumulation of Neapolitan troops on the Pontifical frontier." The Costituzioizale Toscano publishes the follow ing, under date Leghorn, 18th inst.:— The steamer Madrid hus just arrived from Civita Vecchia. Her passengers mention as cTrtain the con clusion of the Roman affair. The Pope, they say, is to re establish the Constitution, as it existed when he left Rome. The amr_eity is to be extended, and, by a mutual agreement among the auxiliary Powers, 5,000 Spaniards are to occupy Home, 10,000 French Civim Vecchia, and 10,000 Austrians Ancona and the Legations." Letters from Venice of the 17th annmince that the Italian Tyrol is to be united V) the Lombardo-Vene tian kingdom. TO MISS VANDENHOFF, ON THH ANNOUNCEMENT OF HER ENGAGEMENT AT DRURY LANE THEATRE. Chief Priestess of the Drama's stateliest dome— Informing Spirit of its rescued shrine— Ten thousand welcomes to thy proper home, Our best, our own, Antigone divine!-- There be the music of thy voice enspher'd, The beauty of thy mind and features seen; There, where the spells of genius were rever'd, Renew those spells, and reign—our tragic Queen! Thou com'st of one, a Titan of the time, A model of the truthful and the grand— Majestic Creon—and thy task 'a sublime, Daughter and Sire, to re-arouse the land, And of its native Drama's priceless worth To ring the triumphs far o'er Britain—o'er the earth! THE AUTHOR OF " RURAL SONNETS." Inner Temple, December, 1849. IMPROMPTU ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A RAILWAY FRIEND'S PRESENT OF POULTRY AND GAME. Accept, dear George, my Christmas thanks For the turkey and goose, the hare and pheasant. Let's think no more of cooking accounts; Cooking THESE is the way to make things pleasant THE Paucce or W&LEs.—A paragraph has been going the round of the newspapers with regard to an asserted narrow escape of the Prince of Wales at Osborne. We are authorised to state that there is not one word of truth in the whole of the very cir cumstantial narrative. There are no preserves at Osborne, and consequently no battues, and Lord Canning has never been out shooting there under any circumstances. The whole foundation for the exag geration is, that several weeks since, at a shooting party in W indsor Park, Colonel Grey was struck by a stray shot, and Lord Canning was amongst the shooters, and was not very well. All the statement about the hare, the danger of the Prince of Wales, and Colonel Grey's throwing himself baore the young Prince, is pure invention. DE A.TII OF SIR THOMAS GITION CARMICHAEL, BART.—We have to record the demise, at Naples, on the 13th inst., of the above baronet. Tho deceased, who was son of the eighth baronet, and grandson of the late Sir James Gibson, of Thule ' N. 8., was born in 1778, and was twice married; first to Janet, the daughter of the late Major-General Dundas; and, sccondly, in June, 1816, to the Hon. Anne Napier, daughter of Francis eighth Lord Napier. lie succeeded his brother in the baronetcy and family estates in Peebles-shire, in 1803. Ho is succeeded by his eldest son, issue of the second marriage, now Sir Alexander Gibson Carmichael, born in MO. Po. 40i. Sharei.....L. & M 85 to -- De. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 Lo-don and S. Western......, 50 ..... 30!4 to - Ditto, New 504-- . ..... 42%...... - ..... to - Ditto, N', w 40' 34 - ...... to Po., New Scrip, 1848, Prat 7 per Cent - Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares - .. ... to - Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - ..... to - Do., Half Shares 5 swesteff, guar. 4 rer ct 2O - to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - ',ranch Buxton, & Matlock 5 - to - Hanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... - to - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - to - Ditto, 1 4, Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... - - Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 7% - Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - ...... to - Ditto, ditto. ...,..~ l'itto, ditto - - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 26 ...... - - Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 - to - Ditto, Man. ilz Lin. Union 4/. 2s. ... - - Mid1ami........• • .... ........ ...100 - to 46 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - -.... to .-- Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 30 - - )1i dland+, Birm., and Derby...l(X) ... .. 2114 - didland, Consol. 13ristei and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 - te - tiidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. - - Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... .. - - Ditte,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Nlidland, Leices. and Swan- ~ aington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - - V, idld. Great Western (Irish) 47% - to - - diddlcsbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. - to - Selves rle and Carlisle lOO ...... - - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... - .- Newmarket - - Ditto Extension " Scrip... 21. 12s - - Newport Abergy., and Here. 6 N'ewry and Enniskillen - ....•• to -- .Tewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 - ..• tO .... Corfolk - ...... to -- Ditto New 20/. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 _. . Do. Do. 5 1 A per cent....... 5 .. - Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Nrorthern Counties Union 4 STorth British ......... . 25 to -- Ditto Fall Shares...—. ..... 124 ..... - Do. Quarters 6 a •••••• •••••• to Ditto Thirds'..... F}'...... Ditto. Preference - - NrorthiStaflordshire... .. ...... 17 1 4 North Wales, 3 l /2 ..... ...... to -- orth Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton R-mding,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 - Royston and Hitchin - catfish Central . ; 25 ... .. ..... to —* -.cottish Midland .... ....... - Ditto, New...... 2 21 - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 - Ditto. ditto, Class B. 8 - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - •Threwsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .'•hrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. llin. ) Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... .. ...... to -- Ditto, Oswestry lB% — .... to -- Ditto (New)... Ditto t; per Cent. Pref....... 10 ...... 1514 to --- 3hropshire Union 6%..... ...... to --- -outh Devon . - Ditto, Preference ..... ... ... 25 Routh Staflordshire... South Easton): 33; l9 ... .. to -- Ditto, No. 2..... Ditto, No. 3.7 3O - Ditto; Registered No. 4.... 10 • Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole -12effield, Rotherham. and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16 1 4 ...... ... Do. do. (South Div.) 5 swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 - raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. 17 1 ,4 - Vale of Neat . h ... ........... ~. 10 - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... -.. Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47..... - Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, And Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed - Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. ,!West Cornwall Phitehaven and Furness lB ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western—. ... ........... ...... 14 Wilts, Somerset,&Woymouth 45 - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. $ - Do.Hartlepool Irk. & Rly. 100 York and Northldiclland .. 50 .17 to 17ri Ditto, Preference •••• • to ...• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. knglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) Boulogne and:Amiens 2O ..... 8 1 4 5... to •••• Central 01 France (Orleans and Vierzon) ..... 20 Demerara. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Ditto . 2O ..... ...... to Great Indian Peninsular 5 - Do. Do ..... ...... 101 - Louvain ala Sambre ......... 71/2 — ...... to —0 Luxembourg - - Ditto - :Isdrid and Valentia Namur and Lio,-:e......... 2O - Northern of France 11185..... dis ... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. ....• to --' Pans and istleans.. Paris and Ronen Paris &. Strasbourg. ..... ..... 12 - Rouen and Havre ........ -..... 20 Sambre and ;dense Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - Fours & Nantss ... .. .. 18 rournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Han elt 20 ..- — ...... to ''' West Flanders B 4A — ...... to -'"' JOINT STOCK 'BASKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial - Commercial of London. London Joint Stock London and Westminster... 20 _ ... National Provincial of Engld. 85 --...... to Ditto, New National of Ire>land Provincial of Ireland! Ditto, New Union of Australia ...... ...... 25 Ditto, New .. 2% — Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid ......... ..-.. 40 MINES. nglo I ioxican lOO -.......- A.st:nrian .. Australian ... Barrossa Range . ...... to --" Blaenarvon lion and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrio British Iron Brazilian Imperial .... .. ... 2414...... Ditto Cocacs and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 , — ..... Eto Cobra Copper ,general ... .„..... ...... . .... 2€t Real del Monte, Unregistered . Do. Black Debentures _ Do. Red Debentures......... Santiago de Cuba. lO to United Mexican .....- 2B Wa ....t0 •"** LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind a t noon W.N.W. ; jig air and dull hazy weather. A frO o DEAL, DEC. 25.—Wind N.E., squally.—Arrive" oer the River and sailed, Eliza, Hobart Town; Euphrosio, Hong Kong; Ann, ISPLean, Calcutta • C o lumbus, W rie . bay; Ellen, Batavia ; Ada, Cape of Good Hope; jti lope, Tobago; Ada, Jamaica ; I n d e p en d enc e, New x ° l l l ,. Bangalore, New South Wales; Lawrence , Singapore; o u t les tine, Grenada ; British Princes s , New Orleans ; Sob b o y s Cape of Good Hope; Friendship, Penang. The long vbii of the Grindon of Sunderland was picked / morning. 110 PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind N . N.E.—Arrd . / 11 0 , , Klackgeter, New Orleans, for Bremen ; Inc Wendell New York. FALMOUTH, DEC. 24 AND 25.—Wind N. to ti Sld. Ivan, Galin, Valparaiso. flea' LIVERPOOL, DEC. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. La e shire, Headly, Savannah; Mary Bebby, A rc hibs", v l ee rr merara ; Alexander, Newfoundl a nd. Sld. Golden ~ Bahia; Josephine, Havannab ; W a ll ace , N e w Orlea p o sb, WHITBY, DEC. 24.—The Mary Ann, of I r ai llis2 tbil and the Hannah, of Sunderland, ran on the Itoct i t he morning. The former is a complete wreck, an latter has washed up near the Cliff; crew saved. v on DOWER, DEC. 25.—The Columbus, London to Z. el; bay, went on shore last evening, three miles het Dungeness Lighthouse; she had ten feet water in hold this morning, and it is feared has bilged. A l bert COWES, DEC. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Prince Jamaica PE ßLoreas, St. Croix. t 0 13 OFF NZANCE —Neptunus, DJ Boer, 1•1 0--o° from Amsterdam. LWPORT.—SId. Brothers, Wilmington, N. C. W HITEHAVEN.—SId. British Qu ee n, Antigua. A ste KINGSTOWN, DEC. 24.—Wind braon, Davis, Demerara ; Mary and Sarah, . Newfoundlan. And. David, Africa. 'W ot CORK, DEC. • 24.—Her Majesty's steamer Tri cle b t he turned yesterday, without having fallen in wi joil lj ; Cape Packet, which, it i s f ea r e d, mus t h av e goo fo r Arrd. Elizabeth Hastings, Elder, J ama i ca , for Li"' ESCAPZ OF TWO BURGLARS FROM DOVER P ° ),f STATION. —WaIker and Ayres, two men who wer„ e :bnr committal to Maidstone gaol to take their trial N' etit ion, glAry at S w i ng escaped from Dover police• te ie o in Tuesday morning about five o'clock. They e`lbeit their csc2pe by breaking though the ceiling p laster`f; cell, which was composed merely of lath and P to ge After making a hole largo enough to enable thein hAt eet i through, the prisoners crawled along the coping. Ybrol: the ceiling of the cells and the outside roof, 911- of in through the lath and plaster composing the ceiling ji ba adjoining cell, into which they got down. This ce e been left unlocked for the purpose of drying it, o, 1111; of the previous day having made it very dar,,c, the!, utterly unfit to place a prisoner into. Alter '',,",cor; opened the station-house door and made thei r 'OO As yet no clue is known of their lurking place''' . Chronicle. , -01,11 CON` The t , t up to i.ur criarttr: , ; limit i. for ,d 1 Forei;2; , t V inferior Id had a fair but grin , ii w•as in $h currencies livery. E Otherni c atd English Scotch. Irk!' . Foreigu Oor mai have no et means Very lit and price to 3i Gil ; 10!; and SEC( The phi dant is an 15/. 153. or a person Debtors' C Judgmer Ilonnitn si judgment 1 dant's attol Mr. Sad charges w( rules ; 31. Mr. Hon nominal da was for wo request, wl judgment defendant; been nonsu The Lon the jury, a WORS Daniel 1 Artillery-g committing wife, Cath, and who w; sere irjuric PoHems o'clock on 1 lery-grown; and reques that her fa had struck bar. He p in a chair; spoke to he then remar daughter o with a bar Inspector which ther certificate f stated that The pris( DUBLIN, all the bus holiday, vi than in amongst ft being thro: districts, 1 comforts. Christmas tion falls whilst witl be no pub) taking thi ones. citizens. to the illib accom 'nod coerced to in some wi Messrs. tioned as who is, it colonies. circuit, o raid is a y pleader, chilly. I vative Na term. This di evening. THE F for openin 96i ; Pat Great So Bank, Ili CORN course, in Tuesday, ruled as were held prices we A NE company Howse, traduce t Mr. How nagement Brett, or in this c London t This pri public fr the coma strips of the st nd rponsibil most pro got rid o the oper each kp: ltAtter yin This is u Will save ernd , r a' tale, ant Afaitchei