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y . r cks yesterday, under the charge of Sergeant-Major nadrill, and embarked for service in the Enterpi ise. O n e sergeant, one corporal, and six privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, were brought down by the sergeant-major, and went on board the Salsette receiving ship, to embark in the Investigator the moment she is taken out of dock. The Retribution steam -frigate will be undccked on the 27th inst., and taken to the East India Dock to be refitted with her machinery by Messrs. Penn. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Hope, C. 8., has taken on board the large brass screw for the Hogue steam guard-ship, and willleave Woolwich on the 26th or 27th instant, and after having her compasses ad justed, will procised to Devonport to be paid advance and wait further orders. She is to call at Portsmouth to take on board supernumeraries, and her ultimate destination is at present to join the squadron at Lisbon. THE X'IRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Levee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully be. s to submit the following scale of Prices of Admissi n for public approval: — Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 125. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 115. 6d., and U. Is Stalls, Is. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. I SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - - 0 Pit - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallcry - 1 0 L ow er Gallery - 0 6 Upper Galley -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery. The Public is respectfully informed that the Dramatic Season will commence on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26th, which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakspere's Play of the MERCHANT OF VENICE. eke of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassani*, Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer ; Salarino, Mr. Everett ; Grattan*, Mr. F. Vining ; Lorenzo, Mr. William Montague ; ,hylock, Mr.Vames Anderson ; Tubal, Mr. Barry : Launeeld Gobbo. Mr. W. 11. Angel; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Davidge ; Leonardo, Mr. Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephan*, Mr. Eilr ; Clerk, Mr. Gough; Antonio's servant, Mr. Priorson; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ; Portia, Miss Laura A dison ; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett ; Jessica, Miss Fa•my Huddart. After which (First Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, evict Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESi ; or, Me BRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round abOut their necks FO fast, Wot Id gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 ! the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry he the memlry of Good Queen Bess." —Old Song. The Overture and no t e entirely new, composed by Nebodf knowswho, .is-ist-d by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod w I!, !lapin, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. 'I he Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Bruntilag, Jones, Wilton, C. Adams, 5.. , (1 Assistants. The PropertLs, Magic Triclo, aid Transformations inverted and executed by Mr. W. lilamlre. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produc: , l under the Direction of Mr. T. Tkompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie The Spirit of High Trage y, Mt. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Manchausen &c., &c., by &c., MoaTaxs. Goof Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Ausy Rebsart, 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 Batton, Mr. Chapin° ; Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons , a nd other Bores, by the rest of the somp my. CHRIST NfAS 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 Rieh, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knecking at der door ?"—Come and 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 ire satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID lIA QU LL IN N THE ES PALACE OF GOOD EE BS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would sac, " Let tts 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 put out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND LIIOCESSION OF THE TOILET - PR is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royai Petticoat ! !! ! 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 he a pLeure at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal spleedotir.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" hail levers so many that she scarcely knew upon wif ch 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 Alengun, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, henry 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 " woaderous 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 CUM NOR HALL BY MOONLIG - 1T —Wilson. " coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my dariing "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket-hy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Enrl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— Its stops at Love's half-way hou , e, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " 01„ Amy !"—lt can't be sail, " he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorro v, than in anger," but, " being none, Amy is herself again "—th it is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Bobby, to whom she sings the following rltthetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me Well go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dal 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 Itess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and paid the pip,r." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, hut must admirl his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—halt-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that th course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meats with some twenty " compett teurs," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove par feet bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel n a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, vrhielt, Ithough beginning in love, en Is in war, and the total destruction of TilE SPANISH ARMADA! By Warner's Fulminating Itiow-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 close by making them all change their clothes — The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlogutn, M. Deulin. Lord leurleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Denlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Madlle. Thesdore. All we have further to say fur Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, an I off she goes." " Welco ne, Old Friends, 'tis long since we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Butter and Bntterfiles—Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Co lati in A— ks ccompts, and to Railway Kin in Trani- Change INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—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 1 Police I —and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Rew—Prosylites Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domesti: Tableau ofthe Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND 51101 . TO LET. ~'Stick no Bills, in case you shiuld Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "NOBBY DANCE." Heals Win the Prize. • SMITH FLEE" Fots'oes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin .ireatly Reduced--Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Panch and the City Nuissnce—Go it, ALUB Bricks RIOUS SPOT —and Sudden Transfot mation to - A S. 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, w , en yon, and 1, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HO' SE, Comfortable Quarters —Lola, and the Gallant Fon f Mara—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 STRA`4D. What's to be done ?—Buy the La,dy's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE - THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent flighways"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATER, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAM) -, IOVING DIORAMA, • designed and painted entirely by Pram:Ling. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following po►nts of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needi,s—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 i 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) Shaliespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Nlsbett ; Orlando, Mr. James Anderson ; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Jacques, mr. Vanden hoff ; 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. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer; Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. B.dlet Mistress, Madam. Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Asititants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Bex-book-keeper, Mr. J. Posey. THEATRR ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lomee and Manager, Old Bromptoll. On WEDNESDAY . _ _ will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Hows ; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. U. Vandenhoff; °Willa, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled XING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; loianthe, Mrs. C. Kean- To conclude with TIIE NINTH STATUE; or, The jewels and The Gem. THEATRU ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame C. 1004 On WEDNESDAY, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MKS. BrTNIIITRY'S 1.,n 0 1_045k" , Mr. llighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, air _Wrt ;invite, Job ziitn, Mr. 0. Smith : Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. - I ~atthusy s irs. lllghbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. 0 EUTAL LYCE3III THEA.TUE. .. a the Management of Madam:. Vestrii Lattice. Mr. Cnartw mathe On WEDNESDAY, in) 1; NOT A - BAD JUDGE. Aftet. 6 14 ;1043 ..: ;I med b/THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To oolktiudt wU A FRACTICA.I4 MAL THE SUN, LONDON, PRINCESS'S THEATttE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Kole Lessee and Manager. On WEDNESDAY, Will be performed DON GIOVANNI. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle ASTMS Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENIN Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has suc ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELS, frem the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angels is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearance at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. Tha performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a Grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, er the Tour ney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear; and a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. I he attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise wondrous Scenes in the Circle. Box-office open from Eleven till Four•. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 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 appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Besse of the Opera Comique, Paris, hs trat appearance); M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mae. &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND TAUDTILLE.—M. Samson, of the fhe itre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Netball°, (artists of the Theatre Franca s, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell ea gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the The xt re 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 Trees dierne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1550, by the prodaction of a New Opera, is 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 great st success. The Music by M. F. Halevy ; the Libretto by 11 De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters:—Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capitaine de milice Francais° et recruteur), 31. 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 (vieux chevrier), M. Nathan (their Irst appearance in this country) ; Theresa (feriniere du Val a'lndorre), Ildlle. Guiehard ; Georgette (cousins de Stephan), Mdlle. Cetti; and Rose .le Mal (servanto de Theresa), Mdlle. Chatton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, In Three Acts, " Zampa," In which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Tire Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Amber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Haydee by Mdlle. Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannet et Colin, Nicol° ; Le Rol d'Tvetet, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Auber; Le Macon, Auber; Le Sirens, Auber; Lally et Qui nail, Nfc le ; La Penuche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de Chantbre, Ca rafe ; Use Folio, Mehul ; with an occasional per,ormanee of some of the most poplar operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the mouths of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Raster, on Monday, April 1, M. damson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per. form with 3fdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee.. attended with her accnstomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Melt lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse do Lally, Bth. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by 14. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Figs to, Wile. Con stance, Mollie. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Ildlle. 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 Moineatt de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for oae niglat only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les lioraces," " 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. Ilourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. Pilot, M. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, 11. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, 11. T. Wright, Btc. Director of the music and Chel-d'Orchestra, M. Charles 'Janssens. Subscribers of the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the let of January next. Arrangements for season. subscriptions may be rrytde at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street; Ebere s and Hookhanes, Old Bond-street. The nox-office or the Theatre will be opened on the Ist of January. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. 1 his Evening, Dec. 24, the entertainments will commence with a new Grand Spectacle of THE IC-NIGHT OF TIIE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a Laughable Farc3. Box-office from eleven to four. NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo , THE NV ILMINGTONS By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," " Two Old Men's Tales," " Ifordaunt &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great, Marlborough-street. .IA'I9 A r Tnui Div orning, 20 min. after 8 I Everiag, 48 min after 8 To-Mormon . 31 mm. after 8 1 Evening, 7 min. after 10 AfEALUE.II.--ticN OFFICE, DEC 23. frIERMO3IE7ER Lowest, 26; Efighocr. 34: Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 30.61; still WIND N.N.E.—fine, clear, frosty weather. DEC. 24. TaERMOMETER, Lowest, 24 ilighwit 32; Noon 33. BAROMETER, 30.41. kVIND, Morning, S.W., rain and sleet; since which it has veered round to the N., with every appearance of a continuance of frost. to whose extreme civilization she mainly owes her ruin. Our object now—the object of all the sup porters of the emigration scheme is, to interpose a saving hand and arrest the sorely-tempted ones yet struggling on the abyss. Let them ponder well this view of the question, they who are disposed to chide its advocates as deluded enthu siasts. If to desire the preservation of the unprotected, and not satisfied with so desiring to extend a hand to their succour, be enthusiasm, then GOD preserve such enthusiasts say we. The scheme, however, so far from being visionary, is most practicable and likely to lead to practically beneficial results. Those who fear that it will not be so have the remedy in their own hands, as we have already said. Let them add to the subscriptions, so that the largeness of the amount may enable it to be beneficially invested ! This most logical in ference we commend to the candid consideration of the opponents of the Emigration Fund. The manner in which the unfortunate "casualb" who have to seek refuge even for a single night are treated, in too many of the metropolitan workhouses, has frequently been noticed and strongly commented on. The officials connected with the various esta blishments seem to regard poverty as a crime of no ordinary magnitude, and to believe that they are authorised to treat the paupers placed under their control with any degree of cruelty and oppression that may gratify the caprice of the moment. The " heads" of the wretched victims are the parts chitfly selected for operations. A pauper has, it appears, no right to retain his hair or whiskers, if that high functionary, the Union barber, should choose to order their removal. Many causes may induce that important official to direct the operation. Time may hang heavy on his hands, and a little job in the shaving department may raise his depressed spirits, and afford the necessary amusement. But surely there are at all times chins enough to be scraped, so that the barber need not long remain idle. Chins, however, would not by any means answer the purpose, for, in the first place, the shaving, so far as they were concerned, would be rather grati fying than otherwise to the "shavee," and one great source of innocent recreation, the chagrin and vexa tion of the "casual," would be wanting, and, secondly, the barber would in such cases be a mere gratuitous operator. No extraordinary fee would be gained by shaving in its ordinary meaning. A fixed salary or stipend is usually paid, for which the duty must be performed. But hair cutting or shaving human heads are extras, for which additional remu neration is received. To use the language of those functionaries, shaving beads or cutting hair " does pay," and in some degree makes up for the scanty price allowed to the " shave beggar" by his regular contract. Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile, dulci. The , Union barber, we beg pardon, "hair dresser," com bines business with pleasure by earning considerable fees for himself, filling up his leisure time in an agreeable manner, and also disgusting the paupers, so that they will not again subject themselves to such treatment, if it can possibly be avoided. It is well known that there is no part of the prison discipline so distasteful to the enterprising young gentlemen who got themselves entangled within the meshes of the law, as the close cropping which is technically termed " the county cut." It remains for some time a con clusive evidence of the punishment to which they have been subjected, and as a caution to the public against the parties thus despoiled of the flowing honours of the crown, "famum habet in cornu.' , A distinguishing mark is placed on , the head of each, that reveals the nature of his character and pursuits to the observers at a single glance; so that a certain degree of retirement is necessary until the hair has grown to a respectable length. A governor of one of the Houses of Correction tried the experiment of cropping persons imprisoned under county court warrants in a similar manner; but a verdict with 251. damages established the illegality of that prac tice, and the expensive nature of the amusement. Paupers, however, supplied a new field for such ope rations, which it was supposed might safely be in dulged in. A case which was heard before Mr. Alderman CARDIN at the Mansion-house on Wednesday affords the strongest illustration of the system, and the extraordinary powers confided to the officials in matters in which they are themselves personally interested. An Irish family, consisting of husband, wife, and five children, were brought up charged with mendicancy. The children were sent, on the arrest of their parents, to the West London Union, to be kept for a single night, until they should appear before a magistrate. After the case was disposed of, the worthy magistrate's attention was directed to the condition of the wretched children. Their heads had been that morning shaved, with the exception of a slight line of hair that would just appear outside their bonnets or caps, and the report says that they,presented " most pitiable objects when their heads were exposed ;" and that "in court there was a murmur of suppressed indignation that they should have been subjected to such treatment." The Alder man very properly determined to probe the matter to the very bottom, and to ascertain how it was that such acts could be committed in a public establish malt. He directed that the matron should be sent for, but that lady did not choose to attend, although at the workhouse. A certificate was accordingly sent with respect to her indisposition, but Mr. LEAD, the hairdresser of the union, appeared in her place. He it was who recommended that the heads should be shaved, whereupon the matron, without any further examination or investigation, gives the order in accordance with the report of the hairdresser. It came out in the course of the inquiry that Mr. LEAD undertakes to shave the entire establishment, from three to four hundred persons, for 7s. 6d. per week, and that he received a further sum of 6d. each fur shaving children's heads, and Id. for cutting their hair, which he admitted "did pay." This, then, is the temptation to that functionary to act in so truly barbarous a manner. The situation, in fact, would not be worth retaining but for the practice on the " casuals." Can this system, however, be tolerated or sanctioned ? Must not a close and searching investi. gation take place, and the parochial Corneys and Bumbles taught that they cannot be permitted to play such fantastic tricks with impunity, although the victims may be merely casual pauper children, who have no legal claim upon the union. CHRISTMAS KISSING. There's no great favour in a kiss Which one may get today— That any man may have from Miss Who woos the proper way MINISTBRIAL HOLIDAYS.—The Lord Chancellor has left his mansion in Park-lane for his seat in Surrey. The Noble and Learned Lord and family have been placed in mourning by the demise of the Hon. and Rev. Sir Henry Leslie, Bart. The Lord President of the Council will remain at Bowood, Wilts, until the close of the second week in the ensuing month. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness have had a numerous circle of distinguished visitors at their princely seat, the guests including Lord and Lady John Russell. Vis count and Viscountess Palmerston, who are at Broad lands, his Lordship's seat near Romsey, will receive a succession of noble guests during the Christmas holidays. The Marquis of Clanricarde left town on Friday for Brighton, where the Marchioness and family are re siding. The Earl and Countess Grey are expected to leave town,on Monday (to -day), toimake a series of visitsduring the Christmas holidays. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey is to return to London the same day to suc ceed the Noble Earl as Secretary of State in town. The Right Honourable Sir F. T. Baring left his 'official residence at the Admiralty on Friday for Stratton Park, Hants. The Right Hon. Henry La bouchere left Belgrave• square yesterday for Stoke Path, near Windsor. The Right Hon. Sir J. Cam Hobhouse will pass the Christmas at Erlstoke Park, Wilts, until he comes to town for the Parliamentary session. Lord Campbell has left. Stratheden House for the holidays. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood will remain at Mickleton Park, Yorkshire, until the 12th of the ensuing month. The Earl of Mint() is not exp e cted in town from Minto, North Britain, before the 14th of next month. Lord and Lady John Russell, and a nu merous and distinguished party, are expected to partake of the hospitality of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford at Woburn Abbey this Christmas. The Right Hon. Fox Maule has left town unit atter the Christmas holi days. The Earl of Carlisle was to have left the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland's seat in Staffordshire yes terday for Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Lord Eddisbury, Under• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has left town for Chesbire for the Christmas holidays. Mr. Tufnell, M.P., Secretary of the Treasury, is staying with Lady Anne Tufnell, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Beds.— Weekly Chronicle. The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Satur day for Ratchford, Surrey, on a visit to the Earl of Ellesmere. . , ~. al 4-k , .. , • l OAu - mil - 7 -- * t ,74f :i . i r \ , 4.1 , ' 4' • ; -4 1 • ' PI 'h. ..- iliati. 1.• . ', it. Oxenin aitit :NDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1849, We congratulate Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT and his committee in particular, and the benevolent public in general, on the large amount already subscribed to wards that most practical of all philanthropic pana ceas—the Female Emigrant Fund. The sums already received amount to about ten thousand pounds, and foremost on the list (as we announced on Saturday evening), is a donation of 5001. from her MAJESTY and the PRINCE. Great as is the amount of the latter subscription, its intrinsic value is less important than is the further evidence which it affords of the liberality and kind heartedness of the QUEEN. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT may justly pride himself upon the golden harvest which his kindly sympathy has produced, but the large amount ce subscription confers an additional responsibility upon the members of the committee of management. Rightly employed this Christmas bounty may prove of inestimable benefit to thousands yet unborn. The charge is not a light one, yet it could " hardly have devolved upon better hands, or have met with a heartier support from public sympathy. One fact we beg to suggest to all who, on learning the largeness of the present amount, may draw their purse-strings and think enough has been already obtained. On the contrary, the greatness of the sum received is only an additional reason for augmenting it. Had a few thousands only been collected, that would merely have sufficed for some trifling and perhaps temporary benefit. As it is, however, if the subscriptions con tinue aC, they have commenced, enough may, in all probability, be amassed to prove of lasting service to the community. Let all persons therefore who are doubtful as to the actual value of the scheme do their best to render it actually valuable—by helping to make it large enough to enable the committee to con summate the undertaking worthily. We have heard complaints against the proposed emigration on the the ground that it is unfair to send off the refuse population of the mother-country to demoralise the colonies. Such an objection arises from very mis taken views, not to say prejudices. The unhappy class in whose behalf we plead are, we apprehend, on the whole, as virtuous as the charitable donors to the Emigration Fund. We use the epithet advisedly, cal ling to mind that beautiful definition of virtue— " Innocence brought to trial and found not guilty." The gentle daughters of our aristocrats, tenderly reared and sedulously guarded, are pure; and innocent as SHAKSPERE'S Miranda. But shall we place them higher in the moral scale than the mothers and maidens who have withstood the stern ordeal of adversity—to whom honesty was too often synony mous with starvation, and sin but another name for bread ? These women, to our thiLking, truly deserve the name of virtuous, and these are the very women whom we are called upon to help ! Are we not justi fied, then, in rejoicing at the large amount of the subscription list? Are we not justified in feeling gratified at the appearance of the name of the higher t Lady in the land at the head of a scheme so calculated to prove a blessing to thousands of English women ? The easy and rapid descent to "Avernus" has passedinto a proverb. But - what proverb can do justice to the terrible nature of that slippery path on the brink of which the unfriended female totters ? One step, and she is the Pariah of civilized society—of that society MONDAY EVENING, DECEMNER 24, 1849. l'llh FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. An interesting discussion took place in the As serably on Friday, on the presentation of a Bill authorizing the Bank of France to increase its issues from 452 millions to 525 million of francs. In the course of the debate, M. Fould, the Minister of Finance, said that the Bill would not have been presented at all, had it not been absolutely called for by the necessities of the moment. The public demanded notes as more convenient for business than specie; and, in consequence, as the metallic reserve had increased beyond measure, it was found neces sary to favour the increased circulation which was now required to suit the general convenience. The Bank hitherto was allowed to issue 452,000,000 f. in notes; by thetpresent Bill that sum was to be increased o 525,600,000 f. Was that to be done under circum- stances of danger for the Bank ? Not in the least, since the metallic reserve was at present somewhat over 420,000,000 f. There was, therefore, no danger for the Bank, whilst there would be very con- siderable advantage to the public. The Honourable Minister then referred to the twosums of 50,000,000 f. each, advanced by the Bank of France to the Go vernment after . the revolution, and asked where could the State hope at present to procure money on such favourable terms ? The first of these sums lent against Bens du Tresor was given at 4 per cent., and the other, forming part of the loan of 150,000,0001., at 5 per cent. Could the State find anywhere better conditions ? He then referred to the circumstances under which the money bad been advanced, when, in consequence of the dreadful period which succeeded the revolution of February, the Provisional Govern ment would not have had money to carry on the public service had not the Bank come forward to afford its aid. He theri pointed to the conduct of England in 1847, when the Bank was permitted at a moment of crisis to go beyond its legal issues in order to afford relief to the commercial classes. Yet the sum now demanded for the Bank only amounted to 73,000,000 f., certainly only a small increase, when the immense amount of capital in its coffers was taken into consideration. He believed firmly that the in creased issue now demanded would have the effect of imparting activity to business, and he had little doubt that the Assembly would look at the matter in his point of view. M. Sainte-Benve thought that, if the present Bill were adopted, the decree of the Provisional Govern ment, giving a forced currency to its notes, ought to cease to be valid, and he should, in consequence, propose an amendment to that effect. He looked on the fact of the Government borrowing money from the Batik as an unwise step, as by such step it did nothing less than authorise the Bank to make paper money.—(Murmurs of denial.) Assignats were marked by three characteristics —they were in paper, were guaranteed by no amount of specie, and were the same as the present bank-notes. The State gave a piece of white paper to the Bank, which returned it with a stamp and a signature, and took 4 per cent. interest.--(Agitation.) In two years more it would be necessary to renew both the legislature and ex ecutive power ; and the nearer came that period the more would the agitation of the country increase. Was it with such a prospect that sound financial tra ditions were to be departed from ? The Honourable Representative then argued that a forced currency could never be a sound or safe one, and must lead to depreciation. When paper was good, it was taken, he said readily, without requiring to be imposed on the public. He concluded by reading the amendment of which he had spoken, and calling on the Assembly to adopt it. M. Leon Faucher said that what was now asked was to continue what the Provisional Government had before done ; namely, to give a forced currency to bank-notes ; and that had been done for the interest of commerce as well as for that of government. The only question to be considered was, whether the neces sity for such a measure still existed. In his opinion it certainly did. It was, no doubt, easier to establi,h a forced currency than to put an end to it when in existence; for, after it had been long in use, it be came a kind of necessity which it was difficult to re move. An immense void had, he said, been made in the circulation by the financial situation of the coun try ; it was not improbable, he thought, that a milliard had disappeared from circulation since the revolution of February. If the forced currency of bank-notes was done away with, the Bank would be compelled to double its capital ; and that, it was evident, it could not effect. The Government had, he said, made an excellent bargain in its last contract with the Bank, for it had borrowed money at 4 per cent. which it could not get elsewhere at less than 6 per cent —(Cries of "La cloture ! la cloture !") As far as his opinion went, there could not be any valid objection brought against the present Bill. It ought never to be forgotten that the signature which M. St. ,Beuve appeared to treat so lightly in fact represented the capital of the Bank of France." The President—The tribune is to M. Raudot against the cloture. M. Raudot: considered that the question now under discussion was one of great importance, and he re quested from the Assembly permission to say a few words on the subject.—(Loud cries of " Enough ! enough !" " La cloture !") Tne Assembly consulted, and decided on the dis cussion being continued. M. Ney de la Moscowa argued that the issues of the Bank of France, far from being exaggerated, were altogether insufficient. M. Raudot again ascended the tribune, and ex pressed his apprehensions that the situation would be found exceedingly critical. For his part the preseet Bill appeared to him nothing more than one of a series of expedients which would in the end lead to bankruptcy.—(Enough ! enough !) The Minister of Finance repelled with energy the fears expressed by the last speaker. The situation, he said, though tight, was not alarming; no deficit Was announced, and nothing whatever led to the idea of bankruptcy, so often in the mouths of Hon. Gentlemen.—(Cries of " La cloture 1") The debate was then adjourned, and resumed on Saturday, when the Bill was passed by a large majority. The Refornie has the following : " Yesterday morning a commissary of police, accom panied by three agents, presented themselves at our affic(s with a warrant to search for letters, purporting to have been written from Belle Be, but which, it was said, were fabricated. After a strict examination, the com missary retired, taking with him a document which had been deposited with us, and which was a protest, signed by 98 of the transported prisoners who remained at Bele Ilea against the term ' repris de justice,' which had been applied to them." The Ordre, the organ of M. ODILON BARROT, publishes a letter from a person on board the French fleet at Ourlac of the 6th inst., mentioning the arrival of the steamer Prony, with orders, as reported for the recall of the fleet. The steamer had continued her route for Constantinople. The writer regards the recall of the fleeet as an error in policy, being calcu lated to offend England; who does not intend to with draw her fleet until all differences be finally settled, which he thinks is far from being the case. Russia seems determined, on the one hand, to maintain an army in the Danubian provinces, while Turkey is edually determined to repel such pretension, even at the hazard of war. In conclusion, the writer thinks that General AUPICK will not sanction the recall of the fleet, but will send home energetic remonstrances against the execution of any such intention. The jury of the Gironde have acquitted eighteen persons accused of being members of the Solida rite Repullisaine. • It is considered probable that an expedition will be directed to the River Plate against Roses, whose resignation of the Government is a farce, which, says the Delats, has been annually repeated. the Committee on Finance, in its report on the supplementary credit demanded for paying the sub sidy to the state of Monte Video, thus speaks of the state of relations between France and the States of the Plate : " That the present state of things cannot be main tained ; that our situation in the Plata is onerous, undig nified, and cannot lead to any result ; that the treaty of Admiral Le Predour contains clauses which cennot be secepted ; that there is little hope of obtaining any mo dification of it by the pure and simple means of negoti ation; that the new arrangements will not contribute to raise our moral authority, or our influence; that it is necessary to decide on a plan of action, either to abandon all or to replacelthe present:mode of intervention, the pay ' ment of a subsidy, by a more efficacious and different one; that it is for the Government to examine and decide on such measures as are most comformable to the public interests, and to present them to the Assembly. [ La Patric announces that it is the intention of M. Dirsams to convoke without delay the conseils gineraux of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. The last convocation of these councils took place at the end of 1840, under the Ministry of M. CuNIN Gar- DAINI. The lioniteur of yesterday contains the decrees appointing the several new ambassadors. General CASTEL BAIAC is named Envoy Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburgh, vice General LAMOBICIEBB ; M. DB LA COUR to the same post at the Court of Vienna, in the room of M. DE BBAUMONT. M. DE PERSIONT is appointed to the same post at Berlin ; but being a member of the Assembly, is described as such on an extraordinary mission. M. DB BASSANO hitherto Ambassador of Baden, is appointed to the imbassy of Wurtemberg. M. BERNARDO D'HABCOURT, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, is appointed Ambassador at the Court of Baden. M. MARESCALCUI is apt ointed First Secretary of Legation in London, and M. MONTMEROT Secretary of Legation at Madrid. The Toulonnaise of the 17th announces the de ; parture ofsteamera for Civita Vecchia to take troop:, —some for Algeria and others for France—so as to reduce the army of Italy to 20,000 men. The Worme says— The candldatu, te of the Prince de Joinville, at the approaching elections is much talked of. This candi dature is to be proposed and patronised by a celebrated journalist, who, independently of a large morning journal (La Pr esse), publishes in the evening a small one (L' Evenernent), in which he intends to advocate the claims of the Prince." The Three per Cents. were done yesterday in the Passage de I'Opera at 91f. 70c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LUNDO STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEV. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Namur and Liege, 676 Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 t 4— Luxembourg. 2 t /B —Northern of France, 1 3 / dis.—Paris and Rou n, 213,s —Rouen and Havre, 9 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th inst. have arrived. The Guceta contains a notification that the interest n the Three per Cents. falling due on the 31st inst., will be paid on the 241 January. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 17.—Three per Cents., 30 13 16 account; Four per Cents., 12 paper; Five per Cents., 12i; Coupons, 74 paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 81 paper; Exchanga on London, 50 35. G.ERMANY AND I HE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Breslau) Gazette says that intelligence of a very grave character was received at Vienna, on the 16th. In the Tyrol at Salzburgh, an obstinate con flict took place between the troops and the National Guard, occasioned by the attempts of the former to disarm the latter. The troops were repulsed. In the Slovack country the agitation is constantly on the increase, and the greatest animosity exists against the newly instituted Gendarmerie. The latest accounts from Vienna are to the 20th ; on which day intelligence was received of the out break of a military insurrection in Servia, in conse quence of the attempts Made to reduce the pay of the troops. Several lives had been lost. It is said that the Servians and Croats, having discovered how they have been deceived by the Austrian Government, are en deavouring to enter-into some arrangement with the Magyars whom they had assisted Austria to crush ; and the military outbreak in Servia will, it is said, be the signal for the rising of the Czechs in Bohe mia. In. Italy also - an outbreak is expected, and Austria, by sending 60,000 Ilonveds to be incorpo rated in the army of. RADETZKY, is obligingly for warding reinforcements to the Italian Liberals. RADETZILT is, it is said, offended at the neglect with which the army of Italy has been treated, while honours have been showered in profusion on the army of Hungary, which was invariably defeated, and which, but for Russian assistance, would ere this have been annihilated. "But for the victory of Custozza where would Austria have been ?" asks RADETZILY ; but the courtiers tell him that he only saved the empire, while HATNAU saved the dynasty, and the EMPEROR iS of course of much greater importance than the empire. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on &our(ley were estimated it 8,000 bales, including 3,000 taken on spe culation. The sales comprised 6,000 American 600 Pernam and Maranham, at 61-1. to 6} 1,; 600 Billie, at s*d. to qd.; 100 Egyptian, at 7d. to 71d.; and 600 Surat, at 4d. to 411 per lb. The market was rather excited, and prices of American were nearly *A. per lb. dearer.—Railway Shares were dull, at lower prices. The Corn market is steady to day. The steamer Dee has arrived from the West Indies, but at the hour of our writing, her letters, &c., are net in town. It appears that she has nearly two millions of dollars in specie, including 65,998 for the dividends. The outline of the intelligence makes us aware of the continued determination of the Jamaica House of Assembly to effect reductions of salaries, &c. The re ports of the crops are favourable from all the windward islands as well as from Demerara, and at Havannah, likewise, the prospects were good. Cape of Good Hope accounts, of November 3, have been received by the ship Essex. The transportation q uestion still threw every other into the shade. The criminal sessions, with a population of 30,000 persons, were over in about four hours. Efforts were making to resuscitate the Chamber of Commerce, which had almost ceased to act. The Hamburgh mad of Friday brings the quotation for bills on London, at 13.9, being * lower. Not much was doing. Money was still in request. Stocks were firm, and coffee had again been very active. From St. Petersburgh, under date of the 13th inst., we learn that owing to the want of snow, the inter course with the interior was difficult. Very little busi ness was doing either in Russian products or imports. The Antwerp letters advise several shipwrecks be tween that place and Dunkirk, and one or two English vessels had suffered. The quantity of sugar on the Ist December in first hands, in Holland, Belgium, Hamburgh, Trieste, Havre, and London, was 3,231,000 cwt., including all descrip tions, against 2,869,000 cwt. at the same date last year, and the price of British West and East India Mascovado is 265., against 225. in December, 1848. The stock of coffee in the places named is 911,000 cwt., and on the Ist of December, 1848, was 1,297,000 cwt. The price of Jamaica is 425. to 505., and last December was 28s. to 31s. per cwt. The following are some particulars from Messrs. Witherby and Hanson's report of the present state of the dried fruit trade:— " The clearances of currants of late for home can sumption at this port, and at Liverpool, have been nearly the same as last year. At London, from the 20th ult. to the 15th inst., they have reached 1,750 tons against 1,720 tons in 1848, and against 1.550 tons in 1847 (at both which periods currants, particularly old fruit, were cheaper than at present), and against 850 tons in 1846, when the article was 20 per cent. dearer. At Liver pool the clearances of the four weeks, ending the 11th inst., were 725 tons against the same quantity in 1848. "The summary of our reports for currants since Sep tember amounts to this fact, that we have received as yet 950 toes less of new fruit than to Christmas, 1848, and that the clearances of the eleven last weeks have been about 100 tons more than those of the correspond. ing weeks of 1848. As the stock of old fruit was about the same at the commencement of both seasons, the pre sent London stock will be found to be about 1,000 tons less than at the close of 1848. "As regards raisins there is a deficit in onr importation into London so far this season of 1,750 tons, snd a deficit of 200 tons and 600 tons, as compared respec tively with the two previous seasons. Of currants and raisins together we have as yet received 2,700 tons less than to the 21st December last season. The ar rivals of Valentias at Liverpool have not been far short of those of 1848 season. " There has been since our last more animation and excitement in Valentias than has been expe rienced for some years past, and the price ad vanced from 465. to 48s. before the end of November. It has since gone back to 475., at which there are sellers, but no purchasers to any extent. The arrivals of Turkey fruit have been limited to boxes. Elemes are held at present quotations. Muscatels con tinue scarce, and are likely to be so through the season, with high prices. Black Smyrna Raisins are held at 365. " It is needless to remark, with a large diminution in the supply of Valentia Raisins, and, as we confidently affirmed two months ago wculd be the case, a moderate direct supply of Turkey fruit, and with but little falling off in our clearances, the stock of Raisins in the port of London is very different from that at the close of 1848, when of Valentias alone the stock at the wharfs was 1,600 tons. There is, therefore, both as regards raisins and currants, ample room for any supply which might possibly reach us in consequence of the alteration in our navigation lawss, which will come into force on the Ist January next." The English Stock Market is very quiet, and the paucity of business prevents either fluctuation or elas ticity, and may be expected to continue throughout the week. Consols have been 96 to 96* i; the New Three and-a Quarter par Cents. 97* i; and the Three per Cents. 96 to je Bank Steck is firm at 202} to 203 k. Exchequer-bills have been 555. to 58s; and India Bonds 88s. premium. In the Foreign Market also there is decided flatness, and from the same causes. Spanish Fire per Cents. have been 18i and Portuguese Four per Cents. 361. Equador Bonds are 3i, and Peruvian have been 54i. Stexican Stock is 28i to 28k. Danish Five per Cents. have been done at par, and Dutch Four per Cents. at 80 to 85. In Railway Shares there is very little doing, and they have not sastaieci any particular changes. Certain holders of the Canal or Preference North Stafford Shares have, by circular, announced a meeting to be held at Stafford, on the 24th instant, "for the purpose of taking into consideration an opinion given by comae), which will be laid before the meeting in favour of their c'aim to the full dividend, as stated in the last half-yearly report of the directors to be then pay able; and of deciding whether any, and if any, what steps shall be taken with a view, to obtain the full dividend." tiIi,ITISH FUNDS THIN DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 202% 203% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anas. 97 1 / 2 34 ..ong Annuitiem, Exp..] an. sth, MO B l /2 8 9-16 India Bonds under 1.0001.. Uonsols for Account ... 4achoquer 13i11s. 1 qd. 2d. March. June. 55 58 p i 5 58 55 58 p ,060/. 5001. Small RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. Cuba; 6 per Cent 9B Dan.sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent Equador Bonds 3 3 /4 Mexican 80ni5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 51% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lß4o Ditto Account . Ditto Passive Bonds 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONB O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. berdeen Ditto, Preference .. .... ..... 8i ..eibtr., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 % —. ..„ . t o - yrshire and Galloway '.4lfast and County Down .. 28 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 sirmingnam & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... .3irmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 3irming., WOl., & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Ftirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 20 dristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 28i 3uckinghamshire..• 17% to Jaledonian •• •• -,... Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 73‘; V... to - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - „tester and Holyhead... 5O ..... 11 3 / 4 to - Ditto, Preference - to - 'larence. - •••••• to Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - • ... to - D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 ...... - to - Direct London & Portsmouth 5% - to -- Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27 1 - to East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., sad L. & D 25 - ••. • • to .... Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... .. -. - Do, 31. 10x.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% -, - Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 - to Eastern Counties .... 2O - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - - Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. - p to - Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... - .. - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cont. - ...... to - Ditto, New ...- ..... - 43 . .... - „.... to - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... - 25 - •••••• to - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 . -- - Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... - - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 - .., •• to - e.ast Lancashire .... - •••••• to - Ditto, New ... .......... ...• . 25 - to - Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares - East Lincolnshire 25 - ..... to •-- - .(linburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares s;dinhurgla and Northern ... 25 ...... - - Ditto, New p0rt..... l5 - •••••• to •-• Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - ..... to - Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. - ... .. to - 4iasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 63.8 d - .. .... to - flasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - to - Do. Preference Consolidated -.-. - to -. Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3 14 to ..... Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. - Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 10 . - • ••• to - '3t. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 - ...... to - 3reat North of England 100 ...... - . .... to - Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. 4O - ..... .to - Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 ... 80 ... .. - - Ditto, New 151.......... ..... 15 •••••• - . .Ireat Western ............. . .... 100 ...... 57 1 4 to 58 Ditto, Half Shares . .'. ......... 52 - to - Ditto, Quarter §hares PRUSSIA. On the 20th the Upper Chamber resolved not to demand the liberation of TEMME, one of its members, at present under arrest on a charge of treason. The Chamber then adjourned to January 4th. The Ministerial memorial respecting the regula tion of the affairs of the Grand Duchy of Posen has appeared. It endeavours to show that the re-organ ization of the province is impolitic; that the mainte nance of the line of demarcation resolved upon by the German National Assembly, and approved of at the time by the Prussian Government, is untenable. The incorporation of Posen into the Prussian monarchy had been most specifically promised, and the assu rances which had been given to the Poles offered no impediment. The Poles had no right to demand the maintenance of the present line of demarcation, or the placing of their province in a peculiar position within the Prussian dominions. In order to remove the unexceptionable and untenable position in which the inhabitants of the districts on the line of demar cation have been placed with regard to the population of the rest of the monarchy, no other expedient offered itself but incorporation into the German Con federation. By this step all those delusions would be removed- which had often in former times given rise to revolutionary movements. On these grounds the Government demanded the consent of the Chambers to the incorporation of Posen into the German Con federation ; but it reserved to itself the power of fixing the period at which the incorporation should take place. RUSSIA. The Paris Journal des .Debats states that Russia is making enormous military preparations. Contracts for the provisioning of two grand armies are con cluded, and the new troops are being exercised with the utmost activity, notwithstanding the intensity of the cold. Russian troops were concentrating on the Baltic provinces, ready to be transported to Schleswig, if necessary. It is noticed in this letter that while the Government of Saxony on the one hand is separating from Prussia, and looking to an Austrian army for support, M. DE SCIILAGER declared in the Constituent Assembly of Stuttgardt, in the name of the Cabinet, that 10,000 Austrians were ready to occupy the kingdom, if necessary, within eight days. HESSE-DARMSTADT. The democrats have triumphed in all the elections which have taken place in consequence of double re turns. The Democrats will be in a large majority in the new Assembly. WIRTEMBURG. The Wirtemburg Assembly hash not been dissolved. The Gazette of Carlsruhc of the 19111 says that the Minister had on that day presented to the Assembly MO Bills—one prolonging the law authorising the collection of taxes, which expires on the 31st, and the other the annual recruiting law. The Assembly, it was said, would not prolong the authorization for collecting taxes for a longer term than six weeks. SAXON Y. On the 17th the Chamber, by a majority of 36 to 5, pronounced in favour of the most extended am nesty to the insurgents of May. The proposed ex tension was opposed by the Ministers. FRANKFORT. At half-cast two o'clock on the 20th the Archduke JOHN, Vicar of the Empire, resigned his office into the hands of the Plenipotentiaries of Prussia and Austria, according to the treaty of the 3d September, pronouncing on the occasion his ardent hopes fur the unity of Germany. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople, of the Bth, state that M. TITOFF has presented a note from M. DR NESSEL RODE to ALI PACHA, in answer to the Porte's applica tion to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, for the reduc tion of the Russian troops to the number of 10,000 stipulated by the treaty of Balta. Liman. This com munication begins by regretting that the Turkish Government should have so precipitately withdrawn its troops, and left so small a force as 10,000 men in the Danubian principalities. Russia, it continues, would be glad to reduce her force in Moldavia and Wallachia, to the amount stipulated in the treaty of Balta-Liman, of 10,000. But she could not possibly leave her frontier on this side unprotected, while the elements of revolution, fostered by the Hungarian refugees, remained at hand. Therefore Russia will not withdraw the excess of her troops above 10,000 from the principalities until the question of the fugitives shall have been fully settled. SWITZERLAND. The Ticino Gazette, of the 19th inst., contains the following : "By a message, dated the 10th, the Federal Council communicated to the Council of State of Ticino a note of the same date from de Thom, Ambassador of Austria at Berne, announcing that Field-Marshal Radetzky had been informed that refractory Lombard recruits were being enlisted in the canton of Ticino for the army of the Sardinian Government, and, as his Excellency supposes, against the Austrian Government. The Ambassador demands an inquiry into the matter, and, should it prove to bs the case, he requires prompt satisfaction. The Federal Council invites the Council of State to prevent immediately all sorts of enlistments for foreign service, agreeably to the decree of the Federal Assembly of the 20th of June, 1649. The Ticinese Government, although perfectly convinced that the reclamation of the Ambassador of Austria is unfounded, bas nevertheless resolved to in vestigate immediately the point in question." ITALY. The greatest uncertainty still prevails as to the time fixed for the return of the POPE to Rome. General BARAGUAY DMILLIERS, who arrived in Rome on the 12th, was, according to one account, about to return immediately to Portici to accompany the PorE on his return, which was to take place forth with; whilst, according to another account, the General had completely failed in his mission, and the return of Pio NoNo was indefinitely postponed. It was rumoured in Rome on the 14th that Cardinal ANTONFLLI had informed General BARAGUAY D'HIL LIERS that the PorE would not return to Rome until he should have procured a loan of 8,000,000 f. The Turin journals announce the appointment of Baron SICONDI to be Minister of Grace and Justice. The following is the result of the elections :—Mi nisterialists 116 ; Left Centre, 19 ; Radical Left, 4 5 . The Duchess DB BERRI was every day expected to arrive at Parma. She left Trieste on the 14th with a numerous _ Ditto, Fifths 2O ..:.,. 11:*i...... to Do. New 171. l5 .. ... 6% ..... to ' Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto. Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to '-- Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 49 ...... ...... to Ditto Quarters 23% 7.. to —_ , Ditto Fifths lO .... 3 1 / 2 . to 16 1 / 2 ...... ...... to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 . Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre2s . _ ... _ _ •••••• - Do:, do., Half Shares (A) 10 — to Leeds and Bradford 5O .. to Leeds and Thirsk 50_ Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,x..... Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and South port.. London & Blackwall --Hi. 6s. 8d — Loud., Bright.,& SouthCoastloo . to Do., New 51., gua. 6pr Ct.loo ......132 1 ,x to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 to Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... to Ditto Preference tinadon & North Western.....loo 110% Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths 7 to Do. 40‘. Shares... ~L. & M 85 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) I London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 42 1 ...... ..... to Ditto. New 40/. 1 0., New Scrip, 1848, Pret -7 per Cent ...... .... ... 5 i.ondonderry and Coleraine... 25 - •..... to -- - Do. Half Shares Condonderry and Enniskillen 25 — ..... to —. Do., Half Shares ewestoff, guar. 4 rcr et.-- 20 — to .... Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Aanch Buxton, & Matlock 5 Nianchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto IA Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... - to - ' Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, I/8 Shares (No. 3)... 12% - N.N. to - Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - ...... to --- , Ditto, ditto. ..........- ...... 20 - ....„ to -. Ditto, ditto ... ... - ....... to ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... - - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... - - Mid1and.......... .... ........ ...100 t/itto, Consol. Preference...loo - •••••• to ..... . Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 30 .iidland, [firm., and Derby...loo - ...... to .-..- Illdland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 - to .... ildland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. - " " to -. Ditto ditto 221. 75. ... - - - Ditto,ErewastiVal., Pref... 50 - .....• to ,-- - Ildland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - .lidld. Great Western (Irish) 47% - to -- 4iddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. . ........ ...... 50 - - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. -- Newmarket ......... ........... 23 - Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s - - iewport Abergy., and Here. 6 - ..•••• to ".' .;ewry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...... to ...- ‘iewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ....,.... 20 - ..• •• to .... orfolk - Ditto New 201.. l5 - to - Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 - ..... to -- Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ..... - - . Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - ......:o •-- inrthem Counties Union ... 4 - to -- \Torth British - - ......... . 25 ...... - to ..... Ditto Half 5hare5........... 12 1 4..... 5 - Do. Quarters 6 , 41...... •••'•• Ditto Thirds,..- - Ditto. Preference - to - North fStaffordEhire... - North Wales 3 1,4 ...•• -- . •••• to ..."' North Western 13% -.. .... to - xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - R;ading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 lioyaton and Hitchin ''cottish Central„ -- 25 ••• so .... ••• •• to '''''. , cottish Midland .... ....... - ...... to -- Ditto, New...... 22% - to .'"'. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ...... 4 1 4% to -.• Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ••••• to --• ihrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .... to - Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W . ixlin.) - ...... to •'-'• Ditto Halves. Ditto 9 ... .. - - Ditto, Oswestry 1 8 1,4...... - .... to --• Ditto (New)... Ditto ts per Cent. Pref.-- 10 - Shropshire Union 6%..... 3 ...... to - " South Devon .. ... 5O ...... - . to -- Ditto, Preference 25 -• ~... ... to •-• south Staflordshire B l% . to - South Eastern: 3 31 - ... .. to -- Ditto, No. 2. BO Ditto, No. 3.: 3O - ...... to -- Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - ...... to --- Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. - South Wales - South Yorkslii: a, Doncaster and Goole l2 - hcffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16 1 ,4 — ... .. to -- Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca rneron'3 Stm. Coal ... . 7 raw Vale Extension - Thames Haven Dock anti Railway ... 17 1 4 — - Vale of Neath ,.. 10 Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ..... .4"atertord and Limerick.... 47 1 4..... Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed . .... 50 ...... -' Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... . West Cornwall Ahitehaven and Furness lB ..... ..... to ...." Windsor, Staines, and South Western •••• Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 ...... , nrk, Newcastle, end Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. Ni. K. I'nr. or Pref. 8 Do. Hartlepool Dk. & Ely. 100 _, fork and North:Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. knglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 51 ,2 Boulogne and:Amiens 2O .. ••• 8 .:antral of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ... 20 Demerara. Dutch Rhenish 8 ..... East Indian Ditto ... ... ... 20 ....• to -'-' k.heat Indian Peninsular Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 108. Louvain 31a Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — Luxembourg ... 7;4 ..... Ditto ...... •.• 10 .. ... 2 Niadrid and Valmtia lamur and Liege 2O ..... ...... to Northern of France 14185..... 1% dis... to --' Orleans aid Boideaux ... Paris and Orleans.... Parts and Rouen 2O — Paris & Strasbourg ......... 12 Rouen and Havre ........ ...... 20 9 14 to --** Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours 8, Nantes ... . ...... ... 13 ••..., to ...• Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell - ...., to /... West Flanders B% — ...... to ...... to ... JOINT STOCK DANK& Australasia British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial ..... .. .. ..... - Commercial of London 2O ...... London Joint Stock ~... lO ...... Loudon and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 ....„ Ditto, New National of Ireland ...... ..... 22%..... ... .. to -", Provincial of Ireland; ... 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia ...... Ditto, New - Union of London ........ ...... 10 - ...... to Union of Madrid ...... 40 - MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...•....- ...... tO Asturian •••.• ••• ..... 15 „.••• ...„. to "". Australian ... Barrossa Range 2Bs. - ...«. to '... Blaenarvon Iron mad Coal Bolanos Scrip — — •••••• to British 1r0n... Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24% — .... to -"' Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 39 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobra Copper ... ...... ....... 40 ' ... .. to General - .... 20 Real del Monte. Unregistered ... .. —. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures. — - „•... to Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. United Mexican 4'6 .....to .." 1 4 LLOYD'S, SHIPPING—( THIS Di - o if lig LONDON, DEC. 24.—Wind at noon - -ht and frost. o sis fr LIYERPOOL, Dxc. 23.—Wind N.E.—Acrd. rtc Sprowell, China, left 'St. Helena 13th ult.; Sir kl e° sel Ferress, New York ; Argyle, Irving, St. J0hn' 00 1 ,41 34 Brunswick. The Neptune, on shore near Lesson° '%es: has got off, and arrived here. Sld. Prospect, Ne ig nellin land; Arexa, Shanghai ; Neptune, Singapore; ',lel, Calcutta; Elisabeth, Mobile; Albion, Aeafachicole iu ; ber' World, New York ; Novelly, Rio Janerio t(t s Finnie, Bahia; Josefino, Havannah ; Huron, Crier,7,oo°' Off port, 24, (telegraphed) Lancashire from Sef,Ty i - d er' OFF DUNGENESS.—Humphrey Perington, ~,„110 New Orleans, for Rotterdam; Joseph Bushby,„Tie China; Stauguard, Richibucto; Celebes, Ryl ; Batavia; Nirichou, ditto, both for Rotterdam. PP": PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Arne.• let, M'Laren, Manilla for London; Nicholas " bef° l Lang, Surinam, for Toxel; Corfu, Shaw, Perna /ise Argentina, Prince, Port-au Prince; Argyle, il f iefi c i Saguenay; pig Ortilus, Demare. New York, for •i" The Churruca, St. Jago de Cuba to Bremen, w il !ao, in here to day leaky, and loss of foremast and " - t ot The Thetis, Newcastle to Constantinople, ha s r leaky, having been aground off Yarmouth. „W A DEAL, DEC. 23.—Wind E.N.E., very strong' d r'd ral pieces of wreck, a gaff with a white burgee ati in the centre, 'a drum of figs and some oran&e°4o' a vessel's stern , and frame, marked " Lord Acw' Cone Liverpt datnagc Packet Ships. le iving reamet latter v Hex' from th shore LONE noplo ti and car, DOTI Catheri Clarke, ' OFF CLYD Smith, lond. Bar bad, KING Q tit} ABEI for Croi crew n( WHII C3Ulltl a (Irani hav bel REDC eO2llO of Cut out Hum 300 ton: at Midd Whgat— Dittc Ilye—Old New Barley----' Cho M alt—Se Cloy , at fall) slowly, Linsee4 Turnip,V Red Mu3tard Wht Tare•, N Old Canary, Rye gra Clover, 1 Whi For Trefoil Owl' the, itni were c fined 1 1848 w 2,834 1 last rel Fron Rotten Harlin; Nieu L Amster Antwei Ostend Tot Correa] week Same i 847 Very sea, It marke the h polis tomer Dlttc }Torii Dittc Irish Mall Bros , King MA CC Intet Seeol 'Prim rem trim ;Avg -uek. Infer