The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY•L &ICE. - Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for public approval:— Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 125. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 113. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes Boxes - -2 0 Pit - - 4 0 - - - 2 0 Pit - • - I 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. The Public is respectfully informed that the Dramatic Season will commence on THIS EVENING, On whielt occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Ifoore's Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. J. An derson ; Stokely. Mr. Cooper; Lewson, Mr. C. Fisher ; Charlotte, Miss Phillips ; Mrs. Beverley, Miss Laura Addison. After which (Id Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, M EERIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladles with large ruffs, tied round about their necks So fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 I the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Wendel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are b y Locke. The t Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W . Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced ander 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 Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munehausen, &c., by &c., &c. MORTALS. Goof Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Mer Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulin; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Barleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin(); Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other 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 Rieh, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door ?"—Come and see—" J. Anderson's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the questlon"—but the answer, it is hoped, will to satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL I H S TE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence aroso a conspi racy—Sir Walter Ilitiefgh 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 Valet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! ! 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 writhe seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal sple :dour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon wh eh to decide"—and it is au Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES: Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Vrince of Swe len, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alen con, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and tha Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of thes3 "wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that o n her way,' hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMSOR HALL BY MOONLIGUT —Wilson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket3hy—" Put out the light, and then"—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-Way house, the Itobsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oii, Amy !"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, "being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to sa' - , a rather jealous young lady, who in her "deed despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following ;athetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dal to see." And so they do, KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For farther 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 rained 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 hirn they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect ben's, 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, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA! By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a" Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their elothes— The Bari of Leicester puts on the motley garb ef Harlequin, M. Deulin. Lord Bunleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amonr of Columbine, Madlle. Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and if she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tic long singe we met !" " Here we area" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WA E. REHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFIC Cupid and Clown—Butter and Butterflios--Tlungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Diseount —Clown Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu- lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS:. SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. Tko most approved way of Costing a Goose—Clown mates himself Weleome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled —Caine Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Poli EXETce ! Police l —and Change to ER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Row—Prosylite4s Beware--Huaibug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, In case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT ".NOBBY DANCE." llca.ls Win the Prize. SMITH KIEL D. Potatoes 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 Pius — X ew Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneols Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Pench and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transformation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LODGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, women you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Sevafortable Quarters —Lola and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clewn'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 Niglat—Clewn and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done 1 1 —Boy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ise 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, whieh 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 tho Resident Director of the" Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH YESSMIL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by lirunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Vis't to Ireland, showing the following points of interest Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needl is—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 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 hotr; Banishei 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. 11. Rodwell. Loader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunei g, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams , and As sistants. DetOratiTil Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. PAlmer and Miss Biggs. Box -book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mx. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; MIMI, Mrs. p. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENIO'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with THE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Mttnyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPEEL Under tho direction 41f Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called TIIE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN' ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, bliss E. Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called ants. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Bighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. lilunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Veatrlf. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathe WS. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To comiud• with A PRACTICAL MAN. D ass Boxes 5;.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Celery, Is., No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond -street. THEATEE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING►, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Corti, Wynn ; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddi e Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clewn, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLE t"S ROYAL AMPHIH y TH E ATRE. Prorrior, Mr. W. Batt. THIS EVENINt., Mr. BATTY has great pleasure In announcing that he has suc ceeded it, engaging Mademoiselle ANGELI:, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angel. 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. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sevin, with a new Grand Spectacle of TILE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST; FEW,: 1.. ~qr, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. " t _r,t, he followed by a brilliant display of Batty',; peerless scenes of --Sheprcle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish- Meta. TOConelnde with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Neb. s op Vee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, rho came to Voin two his little Pony. BOX-office open from Elaven till rots. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 7 THE SUN, NOTICE. T HE HON. C. STUART SAVILE'S NEW NOVEL, LEONARD NOR3IANDALE ; Or, THE THREE BROTHERS. Is NOW READY at all the Libraries, in 3 vol;. 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 appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Besse of the Opera Comique, Paris, his erst appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Boyer, M. Deevaux, Madame Mancini, Mdr.e. Cott', &e. FOR THE COMEDY AND VATJDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Vaudeville) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halm'; the Libretto by M . De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters:—Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac ; Le Joyeux (capitaine de milice Francaise et recrnteur), 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 (Timm ehevrier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard Georgette (cousine de Stephan), Mdlle. Cotti; and Rose de Mai (servants de Theresa), 'Mlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Consiglio, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Twit Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Haydee by Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following : —Jeannot et Colin, Nicole; Le Rot d'Tvetet, Adolphe Adam; Le Cheyal de Bronze, Auber ; Le Macon, Auber ; Le Sirene, Auber ; Lulls et Qui nett, Nicole ; La Penuche, Clapisson ; Le Valet de Chantbre, Ca rafe; 'Jae belie, Itehul; with an occasional per,ormance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arras sements the representatlon of tile Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, it'Al March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, alter Easter, on Monday, April 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of malting his first appearance in th's eountry, and will per. farm with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the mast 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 accustomed and unrivalle:: success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Figs ic, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, mad a mime: ous 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 ; Mdlle. Rachel veil also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedie, in One Act, entitled "Le Moinean de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Maraca," " Andremaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pre fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deioffre, H. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, K. Pilot, M. Vatuireland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &e. Director of the 11111.510 and Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Henssens. Subscribers of the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the lot of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1. St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's and Uookham's, Old Bond-street. The Box-office of the Theatre will be opened on the let of Tannery. tittill WATER AT LONDON BRUME. Tnli DAT —Morning, 4Z min. after 11 1 Evenlng, 0 min. after () TJ-Voartow —Morning, 12 min. after 12 I Evart a 4, 37 min. after 12 rah WEATHER..--Star OFFICE, Dm 27. rnxnxolymrzn, Lowest, 34; Highest, 41; Neon, 37 BAROXETER, 29 52. WIND N.N.E.—fine, clear, cold weather. ~,.. ~...„?..... 441 ..• 1,. , •• 4 cie, _ ,' . ' 4 .: _ ~,T VI •II 3 .. , ... ".. _.,... 41 cf‘ i -._ . _ ...__.,„,., . 4 r•M 0* P LONDON, that fall from the official table, are indignant at the mere suggestion of a course that would remove the "back stairs" intrigue, the toadying and servility, that in former times obtained lucra tive offices for fawning sycophants and mock agitators ; while an honest but mistaken section, who indulged in a day-dream of Irish nationality, and believed it practicable to render Ireland a separate and distinct kingdom and to advance the glory of the Irish name, were equally opposed to a project which would remove every cause of discontent, and thus prevent the possibility of the realisation of their Utopian visions. Dublin tradesmen also fear that it would remove some of their best customers and con summate the ruin of which there are already so many threatening indications. There is, therefore, a com bination of many different sections of the Irish community against a project that would really afford the most auspicious prospects of that " prosperity to Ireland" which is so often enthusiastically toasted at festive meetings, but which there are so few practical efforts to attain. But there are many more calm and judicious observers, who behold with prophetic eyes and far-seeing foresight the vast, the incalculable advantages that would result to their native land from the adoption of so wise and states manlike a policy, that would render her a real participator in the glories and the power, the colonies and the commerce of Great Britain. In the profession itself there is a large and influential section—men who look for advancement and promotion to their own attainments and qualifications, and not to the supposed interest of their relatives and connexions, or their readiness to barter their political integrity for the "loaves and fishes"—who regard the matter in a very differeut light, and who strongly support the proposed amalgamation. We have received many communications from persons of every shade and variety of opinion on the vexake questioncs, some containing the most gross and virulent abuse, while others take more temperate and judicious views, and argue the points in controversy with considerable ability and judgment. Two of the latter will be found in other parts of this day's im pression, for which we would bespeak the mature and attentive consideration of our readers. We gladly give insertion to those communications, If the writers and ourselves are mistaken, let our errors be shown by sound reasoning and fair argument. Truth will never suffer from full and searching investigation and complete discus sion. But let not the opponents of the proposed alteration suppose that they can stiAe kquiry or shelve the unpalatable question by gross and malignant vituperation, or by vague and empty declamation. It is a matter that affects the in tegrity and the welfare of the empire. It i s not to to disposed of on personal grounds. or evaded by a cavalier and contumelious pooh poobing. The most eminent legal reformers of the present century have strongly advocated the amalga mation of the Bars, and that long before the rec-nt legislation, which iT calculated to deprive the Irish Bar of so great a portion of their business. Lord CamruELL, who for a brief period held the highest judicial office in Ireland—and who we trust will speedily occupy one of the most exalted stations in .he administration of justice in this country—declared his unqualified approbation of such a course. The following Extracts from the evidence of the Noble and Learned Lord before a Parliamentary Committee, w ill show how fully his mind was made up on the matter. In answer to question 3,869, he says— " My own opinion is, that there ought to be one bar for England and Ireland ; that a barrister who practi.es at the English bar should be . entitled to practise at the Irish bar also." "3871. A n interchange of Judges would, I think, be highly beneficial." " 3874. Do you think it would be advisable that English Judges 1-bould, from time :to time, go t h e Irish Circuits, and Irish Judges the English? I feel that go strongly, that I have several times proposed, in the House of Lords, that the system should bs adopted. Lord Wellesley was of opinion that it would tend very much to benefit the United Kingdom if there were one oar for England and Ireland, and that there should be an interchange—that English barristers should be ap pointed as Irish Judges, and Irish barristers should be appointed as English Judges." 3375. It has been stated to this Committee that there is considerable difference as it respects both the law, and the practice of the law, between the two coun tries, would that at all interfere with this interchange ? I do not at all agree in that. They are essentially the same; the difference between them is quite trifling. The common law of England and Ireland is the same, and there la no material difference in the practice." Lord BROUGHAM fully agreed in these sentiments. He saw " no objection to Irish barristers and English barristers being allowed to practise reciprocally in both countries.. " He added, to Question 3,808 '• It might tend very much to correct the Irish prac tice. lam a great friend to sending over, from time to time, an English Judge to preside on the Irish bench, and I should see no objection whatever to bring over an Irish Judge occasionally to this country. I see no ob jection whatever to the interchange;" while Mr. PIERCE MAHORY, a gentleman who would naturally be desirous of advancing the interests of his native land, declared (2,535) " I bore that' I will live to the time when English barristers will be made Irish Judges, and Irish barristers English Judges. The more the distinctions of country are broken, the better for the United Kingdom." With such powerful and unimpeachable testimony in favour of a project, which the enactment of the law "to facilitate the sale and transfer of incumbered estates in Ireland " has rendered a mere act of justice to the Irish Bar, a case is, at least, established for inquiry —for a full and searching investigation as to the probable results of the proposed alteration. ['HE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the Assembly on Monday the withdrawal of the Bill for completing the tomb of the Emperor NAPOLEON, and the report of the Committee impli cating M. DucnA.TEL, were the subject of an animated discussion. M. DESMOUSSEAUI DE GIVER complained of a note published in the Moniteur, which he said con veyed an insinuation against a report of a Committee of that Assembly. M. FERDINAND BARROT simply declared that he had withdrawn the Bill for the finishing of the monument, as was his right ; and that it was therefore useless to discuss a docu ment which was then of no consequence. After some discussion, the Assembly, notwithstanding the opposition of M. FERDINAND BARED; resolved that the report of M. ALBERT DE LUYNEB should be printed, together with the report of the Cour des Comtes, and some other documents necessary to throw light on the subject. In the course of the discussion, Generals FABVIER and LEERETON hinted that the reseaches of the Committee had brought out facts of a very compromising nature as regarded certain persons, and that it was necessary the inqui ries should be followed up. The illoniteur contradicts, from authority, a rumour given by the Assemblte Nationale of an in • tended modification in the Cabinet. Some disturbances have occurred at Ceret and at Arles, in consequence of the dismissal of the Sub- Prefects of those places by the Minister of the Interior. The disturbances were suppressed by the military. It Would appear that the Solons of the French dockyards are not one whit behind those of our own in the art of b uilding unserviceable vessels of war. A letter from Brest of the 21st inst. states that the ship of the line Volney, of 120 guns, built in that port, hail been ordered by the Minister of Ma rine to proceed to Toulon. When at sea, however, she proved to be so unmanageable that it was found necessary to bring her back to Brest. This vessel was commenced in the year 1837, and cost 5,000,000 f. Several ships of the Meditterranean squadron are to be dismantled at Toulon on their return from the Levant. The Bourse was animated yesterday, and the price of public securities improved. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 20c. and closed at 92f. 40c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 26. Boulogne and Amiens, B(A—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13%—Dutch Rhenish, I Paris and Rouen, 21%. et tidy% - yrvt t LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1849. On the first day of the present month we directed the public attention to a very able pamphlet, which bad then recently appeared in Dublin, under the title of "Ireland Imperialised." The views of the talented author appeared to us to be eminently worthy of mature and attentive consideration. He pointed out forcibly and clearly that the regeneration of that unhappy land can never be accomplished until the partial union, which has existed for the last half century, be rendered complete and effectual, until Ireland be constituted an integral portion of the British Empire, and entitled to a full participation in all the advantages of British power at home and abroad. He declared his belief that, "if the merely insular resources of Ireland were developed to the highest point, the condition of her people would be still provincial and paltry ;" that, "so long as the thoughts of Irishmen are confined to Ireland alone, their condition will be mediocre and restricted ;" and that so long as " this system of provincial ambition is continued, so long as the Ireland for the Irish cry' is encouraged, so long will there be poverty, and indolence, and intrigue, aye, and agitation, in Ireland." _ _ Among the means by which these great desiderata might he achieved, by which Ireland might indeed be rendered the right arm of Great Britain, a vast addi tion to her real strength and power, in place of being the "great difficulty of her Government," and a fertile cause of dissension and disagreement in the Legisla ture, two points were chiefly dwelt on as being abso lutely indispensable, without which the " vestiges of a pseudo-nationality" could not be eradicated :-Ist- The transference of " the Government of Ireland from Dublin Castle to the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department;" and, 2.11 y. "An amalga mation of the Bars of England and Ireland, with a full and fair participation of all Imperial advantages in England, in India, in our colonial pos sessions, awarded to the intelligence of Ire land, whether it be professional, agricultural, or commercial." Many cogent reasons were assigned in support of these propositions that can scarcely fail to convince a disinterested and unprejudiced inquirer, which show that such arrangements would be mutually beneficial for both countries, but that Ire land would unquestionably be the chief gainer by their adoption. There was so much truth and justice in these opinions, so much calculated to promote the real wel fare and prosperity of a nation, in whose melancholy and almost unparalleled sufferings we have ever deeply sympathised sufferings which appeal not merely to our compassion, but to our justice, and which demand redress the more powerfully because they have in a great degree be en occasioned by Eng lish misgovernment in past ages, that we unhesitatingly gave them admission to our columns, and earnestly commended them to the consideration of those competent to form a sound judgment on the subject. The amalgamation of the English and Irish Bars appeared peculiarly worthy of notice, and to that part of the project more especially we gave our strenuous and zealous support. It would be alike beneficial to the profession and to the suitors, to advocates and to clients. It would enable the former to enter into the fair and honourable com petition which every man, conscious of his own powers and possessed of that bold self-reliance which is the most essential qualification for success, will never desire to evade or shirk ; to the Irish barristers it would offer new prizes, more brilliant than any which their wildest and most sanguine imaginings could venture to anticipate, and it would render to the suitors the services of the best men in either country, and remove one of the causes that has hitherto prevented the iniux of En glish capital into Ireland. That amalgama tion would not by any means render necessary the removal of the Irish Law Courts to Westminster. Although we have little doubt that after a brief ex perience of the beneficial results of the new system, all classes, professional and non-professional, would be desirous that it should be fully and fairly carried out, and that, while an improved and more convenient distribution of the local Courts were made for the trial of minor cases, the superior tribunals should alone sit in the metropolis of what would then really be the metropolis of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The opinions thus promulgated, although chiefly for the benefit of " Ireland and the Irish," are, it ap pears, most unpalatable to some classes at the other side of St. George's Channel. The jobbers and hunters after patronage, the seekers for the crumbs SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. The Herald() of Madrid of the 20th states that the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the propo sition relative to the importation of iron, bad delibe rated thereon, and that it was divided in opinion, some of the members insisting on the establishment of protective duties equivalent to prohibition, others that moderate duties only shall be proposed. The Heraldo expresses the belief' that on this question the Legisla ture will act in the same spirit as that which it displayed in the recent modifications in the tariffs. A Madrid letter of the 20th says :—" It is stated that a contract has been entered into by the houses of ROTHSCHILD and BARING to advance a sum of 50,0001 sterling to the Government, on security of the iuture produce of the mines of Almaden. This sum is destined to pay the half-year's dividend in the Three per Cents. in London and Paris. The Funds THURSDAY EVENING, DEVEMIMER 27, 1849 show a tendency to decline, owing to recent realizations of yrofits." _ _ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was an active demand% for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, the sales being 10,000 bales, of which 5,000 were taken by speculators. Compared with Friday's rates, prices are iu favour of the sellers, American sorts being Ad. per lb. higher. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 2,000 Brazil, at 6/d. to 6id.; 200 Egyptian, at 6: 4 1 :l. to 93.; 1,500 Surat, at 4/d. to 44d.; and 160 Sea Island at 110. to ls. ld. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull. It has been decided that the Colonial produce markets shall be re-opened next Wednesday instead of Tuesday, as originally intended. The particulars with regard to the Mexican Debt, which 'Will be found elsewhere, bear us out in what we stated at the -time of Mr Robertson's meeting, and it would have been a better proof of the activity of the committee if, in a matter of such interest to the bondholders, they had sent out even a summary of the information on Monday afternoon, within en hour or two after the letters reached town, and which they might easily have done. At any rate, however, there can be no reasonable justification fur delaying to forward the informa tion until lorg after five o'clock last evening. It is unbusiuess-like proceedings of this class that give a handle to many to complain of the constitution as well as of the inertness of the committee, 'The sum stated by Colonel Facio, the agent for Mexico, to be now in the Bank of England available for a dividend is 319,993 della' s, and this is besides the amount which Messrs. Schneider hold for the liquidation of the balance of the last dividene. It is reported from most of the Continental stock and produce markets that business was quite inert owing to the holidays. The order issued by Mr. Tidd Pratt to the trustees of savings banks, requiring depositors to send in their books for examination, is judicious, though i; may seem almost like " shutting the stable after the horse is stolen." The strong feeling in the City is that the trustees of the Rochdale Bank are bound morally, as they should be legally, to refund to tho depositors every penny purloined by Mr. Haworth, and men of business will not for a moment hear of the excuse, that such daring and protracted frauds were difficult of detection. Every one feels, on the contrary, that an examination weekly of the office books must have brought the deficiencies to light, and that the great aim with Government—if the whole savings' banks s) stein be not revised, which for many reasons we could show to be necessary—should be to provide for the liabi lity of trustees. As to expecting the simple and inex perienced depositors to investigate the position of every bank, it is purely ridiculous. The English Funds are flitter, and there has been some supply of stock. This is in the absence of any particular cause, and the decline is partly fostered by a temporary demand for money in the Stock Exchange. Consols have been 96* to 4 for account, and are now 96* to f. the New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents 978 and the Three per Cents. 96* to 4. The premium on Exchequer hills has been firm at 595. to 61s. East India Bonds are masked 88s. In the Foreign Market there is very little doing, ex cept the carrying over of Mexican bonds to the next account. The confidence felt in the future induces many to do this, but there are also strong parties who will make payment at once, and take the stock out of the musket. The prices have improved to 294 Peruvian Bonds have been steady at 54k. Brazilian Small have realised 88. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 19, the Three per Cents. 381 4, Lind Portuguese Four per Cents. about 36 to 37. Dutch Bonds have aot been dealt in. Railway Shares have been heavy again, the North- Western being conspicuous in this respect, and still on account of tic rumours about the dividend. Caledonian also are flattcr. Midland have declined to 454, South- Wvstern are now quoted a 3 1001. stock, and are at 61. B.:hlogne and Amiens are steady. We give the weekly receipts of some of the lines of railwey:- 1849. 1848. North-Western... £46,650 £15,741 Caledonian Brighton Midland 22,468 23,676 South-Eastern 81i1TISH FUN rttl DAI AT ONE O'OLOCA. (From the Official List.) 3 par Cent. Reduced Annuities `l6 l/L; l A. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Amts. 97 1 / 2N,X Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, S 9-Ite 8 1 A India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ BB p Consols for Account ... 9 6 14 ler a , Fachsquer Bills. I l A i d. 2d. March. Jane. LOGO?. 500/ 6B 61 small t RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Small iXexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent... 5 4 1 ,2 Spanish Bonds, .5 per Cent,lB4o ... 19 Ditto Passive Bonds 4 bpanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds ... Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. BrSIIIESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pax SEARS. ki,erdeen Ditto, Preference .. Nrancr., Notting., Boston,&c. b % — . to kyrshire and Gallaway BL,:fast and County Down .. 28 .. 3erks and Rants Extension (Gt. West. Ferpet. 5 per et.) 6 - - ij The Foment() of Barcelona of the 18th announces the arrival in that port of another division of the expedition to Italy. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 20.—Three per Cents. 301 paper ; Five per Cents. 131 paper. Exchange on London, 50 50. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The New Oder Gazette states that the Austrian, soldiery in Gallicia, both officers and soldiers, are in the daily habit of committing the greatest atrocities upon the unfortunate inhabitants. The folliiwing is one of the latest exploits of these worthy diieipleisiof HAYNAU and IVINDISCHGRATZ At Zolkiewilr o taVern keeper named CWIKIEL declared to his custom ers that he could no longer afford to supply them on credit. Some Austrian officers, who already owed him 800 florins, required that he should withdraw his notice and continue to supply them on credit. The tavern keeper, who had no security for the payment of the debt already due, and who was perfectly aware of the shortness of memory of officers in the Austrian service, where debts due from themselves were concerned, refused to supply the officers and these valiant heroes thereupon killed him on the spot, and this atrocious murder has been suffered to go unpunished. There are, we believe, several scions of the English aristocracy and squirearchy who still hold commissions in the Austrian service. It would be well that the names of these comrades of assassins should be known, in order that honest people may avoid all communication with the associates of the RUSHES and MANNINGS of Austria. Will the King of SAXONY confer the order of St. Henry on the murderers of the tavern-keeper CWIKIEL ? The Post Gazette, of Frankfort, states that the Austrian Government has charged the banking house of RETIINIAN N and Co , of that city, to pay henceforth the coupons cf the the Austrian metallics, at the price current of Frankfort. No such mode of payment has been made since July, 1848. The Austrian Government has announced to the authorities of Rive, and other places situated on the Lake of Garda, that no private steamers shall hence forward he allowed to ply on the Lake, but that the commercial operations shall be carried on by the Im perial war vessels. The Austrian Government is causing to be built at Trieste a steam frigate of war of 640 horse-power. 4irin in guar & Oxford J unct., calla duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... 21% to i3irmingham,Ye r ol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., `Vol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshir. Junction.., 2O Bristol and Exeter . 92 Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... `Ali ;:;ucking,hainshire.. — 17 1 , 'aledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 7LA ..... . to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 heater and Holyhead... 5O ..... 9: 3 / 4 %to Ditto, Preference ,;larence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27 1 ,1 — L..1:: - .,t Anglia, 25/. L. & E., said.L. & D „. ,. 25 Ditto, I Q., E. 67. Li ls ... .. Do, 3/. 10,5.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3 1 A Do, 7!. 175., 7 poi Ct. Pref. 2 - Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Ni - Do. Extea., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. p to Do,, do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... par ..... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New .. Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 . Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 21 rtast Lancashire ... 25 Ditto, New .. 25 Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares •• ••• Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New porL. ... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - .. .. to - Exeter and Exmouth... Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 63.8 d - .. -. to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - to - Do. Preference Consolidated - ..... - .. to - Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 Great Northern 2O - ... .. to - Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3M to - Do. 14 B 6 per Cent. - Do., b per Cent. Pref. ... ... 10 ...... 7 3 / 4 30i to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 - to - Gr..)at North of England 100 ...... - . .... to - Ditto, New 40L.......... - 40 - to - Ditto, ditto .... 35 Ditto, New 301. - - Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 15 - . ... to -. Great Western 100 .. ... - - Ditto, Half Shares 5O - to - Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 17/. l5 .. - ..... to - Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - . .... to - Ditto,Quarter Shares .. 12% - ...... to - Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 - to - Do.. Thirds - ...... to - Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 - to - Ditto, ditto ... 98 Ditto Half Shares ., 49 - to - Ditto Quarters 23% - to - Ditto Fifths lO .... 2 3 / 4 . .... to - Ditto. Thirds 16% ...... - - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 - to - Do. (Budders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... - - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - to -. Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... - ..... to - Leeds and Think ...- 5O Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..„ - ..... to .... Ditto, ditto... No. 2 7%. 2%34— to - Ditto, ditto ..... No. 3 5 - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool,Crosby, andSouth port . London & 81ackwa11......111. 6s. 3d 3%...... to - LAW., Bright.,& South Coastloo .... - ...... to - Do., New 51., gua. 6 pr Ct.loo Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 - Dl,. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - _.. to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - - London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - - DIM) Preference 2O - t o - London &North Weetem.....loo llO 109% to 110% Do. New Quarters. ...... 12 - Do. Fifths 7 ..... 7 3 A %.„, to -- DO. 10t. Shares.....L. & M 85 - to - Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western ".....100 - Ditto, New 501....... . ..... 42%...... - - Ditto, New 40/. 34 - ...... to ... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Fret 7 per Cent - Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - ...... to -- Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. - .. ... to -. Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - ..... to - Do., Half Shares 5 -...-- to ... w. we,,,fl, guar. 4 per ct 2.0 - to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - Uanch Buxton, & Matlock 5 bianchr, Sheffield, and 1400 0 I. Ditto IA" Shares (No. 1) ,25 ...... ..... to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... Do., New 101. Prefarence.. 10 ..... Ditto, Grim y- & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. ...,...... 2O Ditto, ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Line. Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 Di go, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... 1Vid1and........ , .... ........ —.IOO ... t o Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 130 Ilidlanci, Won., and Derby-... 100 ..... 20% to g.idiand, Consol. 131 - istoi and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - *lidland, Bristol and Glcue. 42 ... .. Ditto ditto 221.75. ... .. Dittr.,ErewasliVal., Pref... 50 Ilidland, Leices. and Swan- aing - ton (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Si i d Id. Great Western (Irish) 47;6 — Aiddlesbro' and. Rodcar. 6 per cent. guar.......... .. .., 50 Awes ette and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... '25 ... .„ ?.;.Tewna arl-: e t ...... ... ........ .. 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. — Newport A berg,y., and Heret. 6 gewry ant; Enni:ll;illen - ....•• to N r ewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... ............... 20 , Torfolk lOO . to Ditto New `201.. l5 ...... to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 - Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 lorthern Counties Union .., 4 'Torth British .. .. ... Ditto Pall Shares, ..... ..... 12%..... Do. Qusrters 6 Lig "".• Ditto Thirds:.... .. . 8. ..... WAN to Ditto, Preference ...... 5 , :ortilStailordshire... .. ...... 17 1 ,4 gorth Wales gorth Wcstern ••..... 13 3 / 4 - .... to —. xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton R iiding,Guildtd.,SE Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin •"'cottith Central"; 25 ..• .. ..• .. to icatish Midland ..- ....... - 25 Ditto, New.. - Shrewsbury and Biriningl , aim 12 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 __ _._ Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - .11rewsbury ..nd Hereford .. 5 ihrewsbury and Chester (Nor. Vi. klin.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ••• •• Ditto, Oswestry lB% — ••• • to ..... Ditto (New)... ___ . . Ditto 6 per Cent. Prof...—. 10 3hropshire Union Qouth Devon .. ... 5O ...... Ditto, Preference .. ... 25 =oath Staffordshire.... Sli 5 south Earterv: ... .. ... 33 1 / 8 — ... .. to Ditto, No. 2. - Ditto, No. 3: Ditto, Registered No. 4 10 ...... to Ditto, Scrip N 0.4.. tenth Wales iouth Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole . zheffiel , l, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16% —t,. Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - wans. and Loughor and Ca- zneron's StEn. C0a1......... . 7 - raw Vale Extension ........ 8 rtlami.s Haven Dock and Railwa7 ,, 17 1 ,4 — Vale of l' , ,cath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 4714... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear 'Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - - Do. do. do. ... Do. do. do. - West Cornwall Whitt - haven zncll'urness lB ..• •• Windsor, Staines, and South Western ...... 14 ___ vVilts,Soinerset,&Weyrnouth 45 ..... ...... to fork, Newcastle, andßerwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. I'ur. or Pref. 8 Do.Hartlerool Dk. & Ely. 100 fork and North'Milland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAY& &nglo Italian (late Italian and Anttrian) E I ,2 — doulogne and; .miens 2O .. "• 8 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Damerara. Dvdcb Rhenish East Indian Ditto .. 2O .. .. - Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do los. Louvain A. la Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg .. . 7%...... Ditto ... 10 .. ... Madrid and Valentia . 2 Namur and Lioge Northern of France 14185..... 11' 8 dis to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Orleans... Paris and Bonen 20 — to Paris & Strasbourg .......... 12 - ... to Rouen and Havre ........ -..... 20 9,ambre and Meuse Strasburg and 8a1e........... 14 -- fours & Nantcs ...... 13 fourriay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasp()lt •• ...... ••-•• 0 20 .•...• •••••• to -- West Flanders B% to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australa.sia British North American .... 80 ...... Colonial Commercial of L0nd0n....... 20 ...... ...... to London Joint Stock ~.- ..... 10 ...... ...... to Lordon and Westminster... 29 ...... National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — ... - to Provincial of Ireland,` 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 Ditto, New .. 24 — to Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid 4O - MINES. Anglo zlesiean .. 100 •••••• Asturian Australian ...... Barrossa Range - Blaenarvon Iron and Coal - Bolanos Scrip - British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 241 i...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Dal Rey ... 15 Cobra Copper ....... ~.. .„.... 40 General .. . . Real del Monte, Unregistered . Do. Black Debentures — _ _ Do. Red Debentures ...... to Santiago de Cuba......, lO ...... ..... to United Mexican LLO YD'S SHIPPI/S G--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 27.—Wind at noon W.N.W., fresh bret ze and fine clear weather. DEAL, DEC. 26.—N.W.—Arrd. Harnsburg, Mathews, Boston. Arrd. from the river, Amity, Demerara. Arrd. from the river and sld., Jane Fornes, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. James, Martin, Prince Edward Island; Carib, Demerara; Clarence, Pictou. Sid. Meteor, Sierra Leone; Com merce, Trinidad; Twenty-ninth of May, Porto Rico; Susan, Vera Cruz; Washington, Mobile. Off port, Os manli steamer. PLYMOUTH, DEC, 26.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Amity, Hall, Adelaide, South Australia, and Port Philip, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind N.—Sld. Rembrandt. WATERFORD, DEC. 24.—Wind N.N E.—Sld. Marc Anthony, Flemay, Newfoundland. DOVER, DEC. 26.—The Columbus, on shore at Dun geness, is supposed not to be bilged, is discharging, and has considerably changed her po s itio n . BRISTOL, DEC. 26 —Wind N.W.—Arrd. Rolviner, Martin, Rio Grande; Fanny (reported to be) Demerara. PILL,—SId. Lotus, New 'Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. G. H. Hopely, Breen, Charleston, for Liverpool; Eliza John stone, Donaldson, Macao. SHIELDS, DEC. 26.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Daniel Ross, Hong Kong. _ _ _ HULL, DEC. 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Denea, Foster, St. Domingo. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. " NZWGELTZI AND LICADMITEIALL. These markets were heavy to-day on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 35 10d; Veal, 35 2d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 48 per albs. by the carcase. MEAT Manzzirs. SOUTHALL, DEc. 26.—We had a very dull market to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 10d; and Pork, Sa 2d to 3s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, DEC. 26.—Our market was heavy for each kind of stock. The general quotations were somewhat easier. Beef, from 33 2rl to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 33 2d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 19s to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 17s to 225; and Mach Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each. LEWES, DEC. 24.—Very little business was transacted here te-dsy, and prices were barely supported. Beef, trom 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3z 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Moniteur has just published the Bill which reduces the potige on letters in Prussia. On and after the Ist of January, a single letter, half an ounce weight, sent to the interior, a distance of ten miles German (about forty• eight miles English), is to be charged a silver groschen (12i-c ), from 10 to 20 miles German, two groschen, and beyond that dis• tance 3 groschen. The Post•oflice is charged to pre pare postage stamps for the use of the public. DEN 31A R K. The Berling Gazette of Copenhagen of the 18th says that it is not true, as has been stated, that the artni,tice between Denmark and the Duchies has been prolonged. BAVARIA. The Bavarian Chambers have been adjourned to the 7th January. HESSE-DARMSTADT. Two members of the ex-German Assembly of FranKfort, Dr. HELDMANN and M. BOGEN, were arrested at Darmstadt, on the 23d, on the charge of high treason. SAXON Y. On the 20th the deputies of Carlowitz presented a memorial to the Chamber praying the Chambers to invite the Government, first, no, to give effect to the reservations which it has made relative to the treaty of the 26:h May; secondly, that they may be again represented in the Administrative Council by a pleni potentiary; and, thirdly, to take measures that the deputies of the Saxon nation be admitted to the Par liament at Erfurth. This memorial, in consequence of its urgency, was referred to a special committee of five members. OLDENBURG. The State Gazette announces the dissolution of the Diet.- The writs for the new elections will be issued immediately, and the Diet be convoked for the 16th February, 1850. There will be a change in the law of elective franchise. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Assembly at Berne was prorogued on the 22d to the 4th of April. ITALY. We have no news from Rome of any interest. On the 16th General BARAGUAT D'ITILLIEES passed a review on the Piazza San Pietro. In consequence of further disturbances and out rages which have taken place at Leghorn, the following notification, dated the 17th, has been published by Count FOLLIOTT DE CIZENNEVILLE, Austrian Commandant of that city : " Any person who shall offend an Austrian or Tuscan soldier of the line, police-force, or any other body, whether alone or patrolling, whether in the performance of his duties or not, by word or deed, or by signs of con tempt, or by acts of violence—and any person guilty of uttering insults or expressions of ridicule against the persons of his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke and his family, or against the repre sentatives of the Tuscan Government, or any other authority, shall be placed under the Austrian military jurisdiction. The inhabitants are further informed that henceforward the Austrian military authority, taking advantage of the powers it possesses in virtue of the state of siege, will act according to its own laws against all conventicles, meetings, or crowds, which have not evidently a legitimate cause. The notification of May 11, in virtue of which the wearing of cockades or other tri coloured signs is forbidden, is again put in force." The Nazionale of Florence, of the 18th, states that the Tuscan Government intends convoking the Chambers about the beginning of February. The Minister of Finance has decided that no more Trea sury bonds for the new loan shall be sold under 90 per cent. This decision is to be attributed to the offer of a great banking establishment to buy all the remaining bonds at that price. The same journal states from Bologna, 17th inst., that the municipal artillery-men of that town have again been allowed to wear their swords, and that a number of muskets is to be distributed to a sort of urban guard, which is to replace the civic guard, and whose officers are to bear the title of Knights of Malta. A letter from Milan states that the Borromeo family are going to leave their country, and are selling their estates, to the great sorrow of the Milanese, who revere in them the memory of St. Charles and Cardi nal Frederic Borromeo. THE CHIEFS OF INDIA. 3, Gloucester-gardens, Dec. 14, 1849. MY FRIEND Runco BAPO.NEE,—I have received a copy of The Sun to-day containing an article on the Sattara case, and thank you for it. I was not aware, until I read your letter in the same paper, that the Herald had answered your excellent address to the native chiefs of India. There can be no doubt that the spirit which pervades men in high places is to dispossess the chiefs of India of all power, and when they have done this they will be dispossessed them selves ; for, slow as the natives of India are to act, they will certainly be roused from their inactivity when a common danger stares them in the face. But the case of the Sattara Raja is not worse then that of the Mysore Raja, who is deprived of his territory for the sake of the patronage which it affords. We hold India now not for the benefit of the people, which is the object of all government, but to enrich our selves, and in doing this we have impoverished the country wherever we have planted ourselves. So litudinem facimus, pacem appellarnus. There is an old French proverb, "Aide tot et la del t'aidera." I do not counsel the chiefs of India to rise against the British Government, but I would counsel them to unite and combine for their safety; this they may do without violating the law, and without resorting to any measure which an honest mind would disapprove of. I wish that every nation would resist oppression, and take the legal way of removing from power their oppressors. The chiefs of India should engage as their agents some Members of Parliament to advocate their interests. 'Unless they lo this they will, ere long, find themselves awkwardly situated. The Court of Directors, that is, the ma jority, will do whatever the Ministry wish, in the hope of baronetcies, G.C.B.'s, and so on. The people of India will be the last considered in any measure of justice. We have in our Indian rule verified the fable of the wolf and the lamb—we have always found a pre text when we wanted to plunder a neighbouring country. There never would have been a disturb ance in the Lahore country if we had not shown a determination to take it. The same of Sinde, and there would have been no conspiracy against Sat tara if we had not wanted to take possession of it. You may make any use you like of this letter ; it might serve as a helping warning to the Chiefs of India.—l remain your Friend, To Rungo Bapope, &c. &c. M, LEWIN. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — Notices of an intended application to Parliamew have tmn given for a new tekgraph corepa.:iy, to be callcd Life".th•Ltisl, Liectrie Telegraph Company." The extension of the telegraph to Preston is now completed. HAT IYgAItZLETE. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31. Bo; Clover litto, 31 Os to 41 7s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per load. Both Hay and St raw moved off slowly, at our quotations. C UMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover litto, 3/ Os to 4/ 6s; and Straw, 11 35 to 11 85 per load. Trade dull, at late rates. WniTrcuarEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8, to 31 8 3 ; :lover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 112 s to 118 a per oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 20. 1849, made up from the Returns of the inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. ! APT,V4.! OATS. RYE. I REAM. I PEA'.I 2 , 4 " I I "" 27a hd I 285 lid DUTIES ON FOREIGN COIN. CHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. 1 "8. I BEANS. PEAE. la Od Is Od la Od la Od Is Od Ila Od CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIEF, DIMWIT-LANE THEATRE, lEVIVA L OF THE LEGITIMATi; DRAMA. At length Old Drury is itself again. The star which Keroble, and Siddons, and Kean trod, is longer desecrated by wild beasts, or tame horses, foreign dancers. Old Drury is no longer either • menagerie, or a circus, or a casino, or a place of es . more questionable character. The intruders who la for a while polluted the shrine by their presence be been ejected—the temple of the drama has be purified, and is now restored to the worship Shakcspere—and the public gratitude is in an espec ' manner due to Mr. James Anderson for the spirit: manner in which he has come forward to reste to the legitimate drama this, its legitima . home. Mr. Anderson commenced his manager career last evening, and so crowded an audience b seldom been assembled within the walls of old Dru as met together there last night to give Mr. And , son a housewarming. Long before the doors we opened a crowd was assembled at each of the which reminded us of the palmy days of the dran and wit Lin ten minutes after the doors were open the theatre was crammed to :suffocation in every pa and several hundreds were sent away from the dot • • unable to obtain admission. The play chosen for t opening night was the Merchant of Venice, in wbi Mr. Anderson appeared as Shylock and Miss Lau Addison as Portia; but no sooner had the curt"; s dawn up than " the gods" commenced " a dread pother o'er our heads," by stamping, whi ling, and vociferating with Stentorian lun, " Pantomime, pantomime " It was in vain that t performers attempted to make themselves heard. Ey that always distinct and most audible of actors, Jo: Cooper, failed on this occasion to Ins himself beard, and the first act of the p 1 was mere dumb show. The noise seem somewhat to lull when Mr. Anderson ca. forward to address the audience, and he was listen• to with something like attention. He thanked tin fur the magnificent housewarming they had giv• him, regretted that they should have experienced a' inconvenience from the crowded state of the how and offered to return the money or to give tickets • another night to those who suffered into nience. Ile was appleusled, but the vocifes tines of " Pantomime, pantomime," were resum with greater energy than ever, and the play it: for the first three acts was, in consequence, pant mime and pantomime merely. It was in vain V Mr. Anderson repeatedly addressed the disturb(' sometimes in deprecatory, sometimes in command' mood, the only effect produced was to render I gods mischievous, and they tore down draperies of the lower gallery and threw them i' the pit. At length the drop drew up for the foul act, it was the trial scene during the earl portion the uproar continued, but when Portia co; menced the mercy speech the noise was stilled ; by magic of Miss Laura Addison's acting ; the riot' were fascinated into silence, and richly were rewarded for that silence. Never have we heard tl celebrated speech so beautifully, so perfectly (1 claimed as it was by Miss Laura Addison—ne' have we seen the trial scene so excellently act There was a majesty, and at the same time a worm' feeling about the acting of Miss Laura Addison in t` , scene which we have never seen surpassed, it was t perfect union of "dignity and love." The Fee ended, the uproar was renewed, and continv throughout the whole of the fifth act, and at conclusion Mr. Anderson again came forward address the audience, and as the pantomime was 11 . - :. within sight he was listened to with attention. ' thanked the crowded audience for their support, ' gretted the unpleasantness which had occurred , A declared his object of giving the drama a central h°' while he admitted the merits of the suburban dire tors. In managing the noisy h o liday folks e Anderson had a difficult task to perform, and he e' tainly got through it with much firmness and also ts' ' much good humour. The pantomine, one of the P that has been produced for years, is from the P ;.; of the author of Bluff King Hal, is entitled Harlequin and Good Queen P e . ; The opening scene is admirable. Old Father Cor r mas applies to the spirit of John Rich the origli inventor of pantomimes, for a pantomime to celehrs the re-opening of Drury- The genius of traged99 more property speaking, the genius of the g'` , unacted, presents a tragedy on the subject of CZLI , Bess to Rich, who forthwith puts it into his p a ntornly. cauldron and therefrom issues "the pantornill?' The opening scenes were full of rich exaggerated fi n 's We have the dressing, the dancing, the flirting' rt the courting of Good Queen Bess, w ho folio $, most grotesque representative in Mr. R. Romer ; extravagant dandyism of Leicester, acted by M. Deal with a true Pavneish spirit; the deep, deep woe Amy Robsart, and the dancing and squalling of " beautiful babby," the rage of the rejected suitor s ; Queen Bess, and the rage of the Queen when she fi n that she herself is rejected, that Amy is the wife t Leicester—the whole winds up, like the trageci.Y.',,, Mr. Puff, with the destruction of the Sea n r, Armada, after which the transformations is ri place, and the harlequinade commences, , certainly Mr. Anderson has secured the lie vices of the most agile Harlequin (M. De ° the most graceful Columbine (Miss Theodore), ti., most lively and active Clown (Mr. C. Stilt), and best Pantaloon (Mr. J. Deulin), that we have ee for many seasons past. Mr. Seymour, who acte d u t i part of a sprite, is ene of the most suprising of nos, t p ii : maaters, and little Stilt, who a pp ea r e d a s the joYe sf , Clown, and went throu g h a s e r i es of wondet L 4 performanc es w ith hi s f at h er , w ill rival Risleys in popularity, as h e does ahead,: 0 ,,F gracefulness and activity. The tricks were all ruirable, the harlequinad e n ever fl agge d, a nd the ' cot at the follies of the day were excellent, and told 1 11 4 effectively. The whole concluded with a grand mov i l et Diorama (painted by Brunning) of the voysge of hic h Majesty from the Isle of Wi g ht t o Cork, w" le • is one of the most be au tif u l ever ex hibited , i s calling to the memory of the old playgoer the " when Stanfield lent the magic of his pencil to the lustration of the Old Drury pantomime. (From the Times.) id Mr. Anderson, w h o comes f orwar d t o res tore ° h p Drury to its pristine glories, was honoured lastntBol with a real boxing night a u di ence o f th e old se " 0 ° ,4 —a set of jovial souls, determined not to hear a l y be of the play, but to reserv e a ll th e ir a tt en tion for ttivit pantomime. At first Mr. A n d erson , finding ear , not a syllable of his Shyl oc k cou ld rea ch allY o , came forward, and taking a good-humoured vi e un the case, said he was pleased at th e " house-w 3, r t ee ing." Then, observing the cro w d e d c ondition w o e. gods—indeed the whole house was crammed to " is cation—he stated that the numbers of his suPr i r j e ii, showed they meant him well, th oug h, be Au it, they had rather an odd way of showilig tbe ir The occupants of th e ga ll er i es continued ,0, vociferations, expressi ng , by di vers idiomatic reread their belief that they were too densely throngeut e l o g adding practical for ce t o th ose remar k s by teP, it down the drapery withi n th e i r reac h an d pitelli% o d into the pit. The noise at last became tiresome, jo elicited two more speeches from Mr. Andersorhtes which he stated that he had given orders to return e d admission money to the inconvenienced, and pro" t he that he would raise his prides if the gentry i n u o gallery did not reform their manners. The only P h is in the uproar was in_ the trial scene, when, r oe, Laura Addison, who played the -Character of . 1 : -° o ne came forward as the advocate of the oppressed Allt ° o3 - The audience gave her a round of applause, to d w e ees sented to hear this principal scene of th e play- "dis the curtain had fallen Mr. Anderson re-apPearen tie plain clothes, and in a very goo d sp i r i t set tl e d a" differences of the evening. (Prom the Chronicle.) , 10 0 Mr. James A n d erson , th e t rag i c ac t or , has i t ' t bot Drury -lane Theatre for a period of three year s ' he may make one effort more to reinstate the Or, stio s drama in this:its ancient san c t uar y. Remem ber the discouraging, and som e ti mes disastrous r e t i e e, that have attended former attempt s i n this dire c hhe re and looking at the vastness o f th e un d e rtakiag• cannot be a doubt that Mr. Anderson, were it f or erg boldness and enterprising spirit alone, deserves C possible and reasonable encouragement fr° ll / b teft theatre-going public. Nor do we entertain the sligat, doubt that Mr. Anderson will re ce i ve this suPr te es notwithstanding a certain querulousness 01 the observable in the advocates of a restoration °' ba d legitimate drama, as if they th oug ht that 0 0 ,,y been treated with an undeserved neglect. If sye e rse° judge by the few words a dd resse d b y Mr. An d jet , to the audience at the close of the play las t , - 0 11efl . he does not himself participate in any such le le a' On the contrary, after a very handsome stek° °lr e ose d ment of the enterp r i se o f o th er managers , he exPr o for his conviction th a t th e o th er th eatres no w or b a c' the "legitimate" drama did not afford ennog j e olc commodation for the public, which does no t eie° very like a want of patronage. If any confir r : of this hopeful view o f th e p ros p ec t s o f the ne to be dertaking were required, .it certainly was ea he' found in the aspect of Drury-lane Theatre t ee fore the drawing up of th e cur t a i n last e v io n e'' crammed as it was to the ceili ng . It vt' n i e iefi present be premature to off e r any . (4- on the probabilities of Mr. A n dersen's pa" mate success, because he has not Y e n t n atO forth the full strength of his present eoineuee, and, as he stated last night to the au a . b lish: the present arrangements of other esi; o 4ell; ments precluded his availing himself of ntherwi'e engaged. But anov, inn' l" eu ter difficulties the dramatic portion of last night ' 5 , tainment, as far as the noise made from first to la b s the " gods"—according to their prescriptive PD these rxtretry Venice, Addiso .I‘lr. F. boards. anee p. lessee h propitie by offei all was quiet— at last c carry IN season, arra igE a new I the Jet , ment p: friends. the two seemly there 11 trary, ordinar which were Ili perior rr became bestowe properl triumph is the cinatinB decorun blage ct audienc, lack we applause bestow(' play bil; story re. Alasnan well sui have, i adhered of the fa is the " father's cess, ani national though I (Mr. J. watch a him in conceale ance of Musyar grotto, enough an ir.exl statues, ported I ninth pc all this • but that more the and that sition. involved " ris: give hi Zeyn sh young 1 respect. uncomm magic man wit The r was an entitled subject ►Shelley' nishes tl man Ga of Krac drinking toursini wont to certain ter of a nerandl by her Wright and a anythin (Miss of the and re 'spouse Seams deaux tamed less fi 'ion ; Man, he is 1 ation. -viz, ginal to th autho what whicl iness The ItiU:~i