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

.THE ANRE ROYAL. DRURY •L AN E. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAM ES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale o: Prices of Admission for public approval: — Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lls. 61 ., and 11 . Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. B. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. The Public is respectfully Wormed that the Dramatic Season will commence on THIS EVENING, DEC. 26TH, On which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakspere's Play of the MERCHANT OF VENICE. Dake of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassanio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanie, Mr. Grattan, Mr. F. Vining ; rac er; Lore, Mr. William Montague ; Shylock, Mr.games Anderson; Tubal, kir. Barry : Launeelot Gobbo. Mr. W. H. Angel ; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Davidge ; Leonardo, Mr. Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephan, Mr. Eller ; Clerk, Mr. Gough ; Antonio's servant, Mr. Priorson ; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ; Portia, Miss Laura Aedison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Jessica, Miss Fanny Huddart. After which (First Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. Me scenery painted by Messrs. Bruning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamlre. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. L. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. ImmonToLs. 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., &c., by &c., &c. MORTALS. Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Any Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. 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, Bat although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is ho 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.aad 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 be satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE 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 arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out—Bacon dots quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF TUE 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 " nasal indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represeuted ix a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had levers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Ruperli, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anion, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, ]tenry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR nail, BY MOONLIG4T—WiIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketthy, ketchy, ketehy—" Put out the ligkt, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a-rather jealous young lady, who In her "deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they de. 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 ruined him ' • there fore we pity his fate, but mus t admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that tha course of true love never did run smooth," for here be meets with some twenty " competi tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, or, snore properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort a " 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 "P eace findin even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Congress," and brings all to a dose by making them an change their clothes— The Bari of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Dean. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Ameur of Columbine, Madill. Theodore. _ . All we have further to say for (Toc7l - aneen Bess 13—Yirat Beiwo aid o ff she goes." " Welcome, Old Frienis, 'Us long since met 1" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLEOFF IC WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY E. Cupid and Clown—Batter and Butterflies—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 Ccok s latl on— Acc Chanomptsg, Klig e and Railway in Tribu to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. . . The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clovrn makes himself Welcome —the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT " NOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. SMITH NIEL 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 Pills— Hew Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Panch and the City Nuisance —Co it, Bricks—and Sudden SPOT Transfotmation to A SALUBRIOUS . STREET AND LO OGING-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 you, and and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BEDROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters —Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder — Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy lcight—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordluary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England l—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough it R ETREA T , go do, though he does. FATHER VIA 11ES' Rwn 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 Highways"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brunaing. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's 'Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Neecllos—The Royal Yacht passing throt4h the Fleet at Portsmouth —The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more ! Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. On Thursday, 3loore'S Tragedy of THE GAMESTER, with other entertainments. On Friday (first time these seven years) Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett ; Orlando, Mr. James Anderson ; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Jacques, Mr. Vanden boff ; Banished Duke, Mr. 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. Falwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thlrlwall. Ballet Mistres3, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and As.istants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Biamire. Macbintst, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Meivillu. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. rovey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole LeMee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EV, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean; Berman% Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. n Rene Mr. Jam Wallack , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean; Sir Ki Ge g offrey, , Mr. Webs e te s r ; lolanthi, Mrs. U. Kean. To conclude with TIIE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPTIL Under the direction of rtfadame Celleste. THIS EVENING '. Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. H‘d ford, 0. Smitk ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURTS SPOONS. Mr. llighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Sunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. lllghbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEITM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam:. Vends" Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathe ws. THL% EVENING, Will be performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To contlude with A PRACTICAL MAN. D ess Boxes 54.; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit. 2s. ; 0a11457, Is. z No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. YKINCESb'S TIIE.ATuE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DON GIOVANNI. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMFHITHEATICZ. Procrietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENIN. Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that ho has sac ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELS, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds," Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angelo 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 Sewn, with a Grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tour ney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear ; and a grand - Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise wondrous Scenes in the Circle. Boa-office open from Elwell till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE SUN, LONDON, COLBURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION. VO Is i l / 41s . IX. of TIIIERS' CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, under NAPOLEON , Compris the period K the War In Spain and Portugal, Now Ready at all the Booksellers. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboreugh-street. J I iiRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQ UE, 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 appeaaence), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, Lis first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basso of the Operas Comique, Paris, • Ilret appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil Parts, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. foyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdlie. "jotti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND VAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; • Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francals, Paris) ; Aidlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the Them re Du Vaudeville) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnstse) ; 3ladlle. Baptiste (of tho Theatre do rOdeon). 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. Haley) , ; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jeune chassear des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capitaine de rallies Francaise et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde-peche du Gave), M. Qullly Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux shevrier), M. Nathan (their fret appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Yal d'Andorre), Guiehard , Georgette (cousins de Stephan), Mdlle. Cott ; and Rose de Mai (servante de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " ASIMpa," 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 Comte Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Asher's last new Opera of " liaydee," the character of Maples by Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannet et Colin, Nicolo ; Le Rol d'Yvetet, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Aaber ; Le Macon, Anber ; Le Sirens, Amber ; Lully et Qui nlan, Nicole ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de Chambre, Ca rafe; TJae Folie, Mehul ; with an occasional per.orme.nee of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representatioi of the Opera Comique will be limited to the mouths of January, February, and. March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, April 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Wile. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At tke end of May, Wile. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bees attended with her accnstomed and anrivalle:: success, will ap pear in several new vaadevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fiesta, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of Jane, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Leeouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel will 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 Moineaa de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Ileraces,' " Andremaqae," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. inlet, K. Vaudreland, M. Iterausat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, Sec. Director of the music and Cbet-d'Orcheetra, M. Charles Hanssens. Subscribers of the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the lit of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 53, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, Mew Bond-street ; Ebers's and Hooleham's, Old Bond-street. The Box-office of the Theatre will be opened oa the Ist of January. WATER AT LONDON BULDOE. Thu Ilia —vorning, 41 min. after 10 Evening, 14 min. after 11 Tn.:llol.mm —Morning, 43 min. after 11 I Evening, 9 min. utter 0 WEATEIisIit.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 26. riTERMOMETEA, Lowest, 30; Ilighezt, 35; Noon, 39 rAROMETER, 30.16. WrsD W.N.W.—dull hazy weather. European Cabinets are felt to be concentrating, there to enforce by the speedy presence of a suitable po,ver the policy adopted by the British Ambassador. Ia the instance given, the events which at first threat ened the continent, and more especially the Ottoman empire, with war, happily terminated to general satisfaction. But, supposing that it had turned out otherwise, a conjecture not requiring any very enormous or preposterous stretch of the imagination, the Russian fleet in the Black Sea might have readily crossed the sea of Marmora, and appeared off the Golden Horn long before Sir WILLIAM PARKER could by any possibility have carried the ships under his command through the channel of the Dardanelles, and the great city of Con stantinople would have been not under the protection of England, but wholly and completely at the mercy of the AUTOCRAT, that avaricious potentate whose lust of dominion seems to be directed irresis tibly to the capital of the enormous empire under the sway of the SULTAWCALIPH. Thereupon the more corrupt members of the Divan would have forsaken their chivalrous Sovereign, and Sir STRATFORD CANNING would have found himself in no position to recommend measures of a resolute character. The ultimate effect of the whole movement might, in fact, have proved more calamitous than we well like to conjecture; and all such misfortunes would only upon such a reasonable supposition have been preventible by the employment of the screw-pro peller as a means of hastening the progress of our vessels in the Mediterranean. What we have here expressed can in no way be construed into so much day-dreaming—it is merely the calculation of com mon sense, and such a calculation as is more speedily convincing than the most logical argu ment. Let the data, therefore, drawn from the ex perimental voyage of the Renard into the seas wash ing the southern shores of Asia yield a new and powerful inducement for the more general applica tion of the screw principle to the vessels employed in our maritime service. Let the Admiralty, more over, recognise what is perceived by every one else, that such an application would tend not less to be productive of economy than of any other of the bene fits already enumerated. When the sign manual of "ENNISKILLEN" was affixed to that tortuous and tedious document "The Report of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland," a manifesto intended to substantiate certain charges against Lord CLARENDON, as well as to defend the Orange institution against what they were pleased to term slanders and misrepresentations, we believe we clearly demonstrated how utterly they failed in casting the shadow of a stain upon the high character of the Viceroy, either as a statesman, a gentleman, or an impartial administrator of the law. We shall endeavour on the present occasion to examine how far the Orange innocents have been misrepresented, and whether their acts do not prove them to be all their opponents charge them to be, a disloyal, and unchristian, and an unconstitutional body. The qualifications of an Orangeman, according to their own report, are the embodiment of every human perfection : " An Orangeman thould have a sincere love and veneration for his Almighty Maker, a firm and steadfast faith in the Saviour of the world." "Ho should cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kind ness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, loyalty and obedience to the laws. His difpositit n 'Should be gentle and compassionate, his behaviour kind and courteous; he should love the society of the good and avoid the company of the evil. He should honour and diligently read the Holy Scrip• tures, and make them the rule of his faith and practice; ho should love, uphold, and defend the Pro testant religion, and sincerely desire and endeavour to propagate its doctrines and precepts; he should strenuously oppose and protest against the errors and dangerous doc trines of the Church of Rome, he should by all lawful means resist the ascendancy of that Church, its encroach ments, and the extension of its power, but he should abstain from all uncharitable words, actions, or feelings to,vards his Rowan Catholic brethren, &c., &c." Now we feel convinced the history of Irish Orangeism will demonstrate by undeniable facts, that if any unfortunate man possessing a tithe of these almost angelic qualifications, ever entered the Orange order, and became initiated in its occult absurdities, that his individual virtues were either totally effaced by the unholy contact, or were merged and rendered nugatory in that, confederacy of evil passions ; or, again, if the practice of these Christian virtues, so speciously and pompously set forth in .the Orange report, be obligatory on the Orangeman under the aw ful sanction of an oath, it places the wretched Orange man in a still more fearful position, for both by word and deed, we can show that this obligation has been most flagrantly violated, and that if he has sworn to observe towards his Roman Catholic countrymen a forbearance from "all uncharitable words, astions, or feelings," be has, with his other crimes, put perjury on his soul. The report admits that the Orange institution is an exclusive body, opposed to the Roman Catholics. Now, in the name of common sense, we would ask, is it consistent with " kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity," to establish an exclusive order, offensive to seven-eighths of their fellow-countrymen ? Is it in accordance with " dis positions gentle and compassionate," with " behaviour kind and courteous," to parade with weapons of destruction in their hands, in insulting processions which they know are caleulated,to lead to breaches of the peace, if not to bloodshed and murder ? Was it the spirit of peace, and love, and charity that led them through the steep pass of Dolly's Brae on the 12th of July, when they might have marched unmolested by a more convenient road through the champaign country—was it to manifest their love, and charity, and forbearance, that they sought the conflict on that day of blood, and exhibited Orange gentleness and compassion by com mitting acts at which humanity shudders? Is it no breach of the mild code of Orange craft to slay the innocent child ?—to burn the feeble old woman ? to drag the unoffending man from his house, and butcher him in the very pre sence of his family ?—to batter in the skull of the poor idiot ? Has the gentle craft over which ENNIS KILLEN presides no penalty for crimes like these ? Oh I no, they were but Papists. Is there one word in this long report of promise to aid the authorities in bringing these wretches to justice ? Is there even an expression of sorrow for such atrocities ? or con demnation of the ruffian homicides ? Have they been expelled the gentle order? No, these wretches have been addressed in the words of encouragement and congratulation as " brave Orangemen." It is boasted that every Orange lodge opens with a prayer. Rusn, the murderer, read prayers while he was planning the destruction of hie victims. The Orangemen, in large numbers, in 1824, paraded the streets of Coleraine, each with a Bible in his hand, shouting "To Hell with the Pope." This is a taste of Orange piety and prayer. Now, let us see what claims they have to that loyalty and obedience to the laws of which they so much boast. In 1822 these loyal and gentle beings, in the public theatre, attempted to assassinate the Marquis of WELLESLEY, the then representative of Royalty in Ireland, and escaped the punishment due to their crime through the instrumentality of Orange officials. This traitorous act was publicly condemned by every good and loyal subject in the country, without exception, save only the loyal Orangemen. In 111123 the Grand Lodge of Dublin issued a proclamation against decorating the statue of' King WILLIAM, in College-green, as it might tend to en danger the lives and properties of his 11IeaesTy's subjects. In 1824 Orange processions were made in violation of the Government orders , a nd a Dissenting clergyman lost his life in Downpatrick is consequence. In 1826 several innocent persons were shot in Mount Mellick in an Orange row. In 1527 the processions went on in spite of proclamations. In 1828 the Orangemen of Dublin assembled in College-greem armed with daggers and bludgeons, smashed houses, and proceeded through the streets to the terror and annoyance of the peaceful inhabitants shouting " To Hell with the Pope," and maltreating all who would not join in the unchristian and bigotted yell. In 1829 the disloyalty of the Orangemen was openly exhibited on several occasions. At Aughnacloy a loyal Orangeman was arrested for shouting "D— -the King," and was liberated by the local magis trate, who was himself an Orangeman. In Armagh, in the same year, the Orangemen wrecked houses and levelled the Roman Catholic Chapel, shouting "D the King " as fervently as "To Hell with the Pope." We believe we have cited facts sufficient to prove the quality of the Christian meekness and uncon- , • f-7t 1 CP , ' , IA • 4 0 e „„ .7. . . . ty. • %Mr' ' 1111 %k • j!",. 4 r . • Nip . • P 5 4, y. • Ii A , Lll :77 4 i I LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1841, Our naval intelligence of Saturday evening con tained another striking evidence of the advantages derivable from the adoption of the screw propeller. From the accounts headed Singapore it will have been observed that, but for fortunately having encountered the Renard (11 guns), the Cleopatra (26 guns), would have remained becalmed in the Straits of Banca without a chance of being enabled to replenish herself with water, of which she had already been some time run short, beyond the changes dependent upon the iluctuations in the weather. It was added, moreover, by the naval correspondent, that the little vessel already mentioned, the Renard, has proved herself capable of traversing in two days a distance which, to a ship supplied with a different motive power, would have required a period of not less than a fortnight. To ourselves the circumstances re lated in connexion with the Renard are fraught with a remarkable interest, seeing that it is the first vessel constructed on the screw principle that has yet doubled the Cape. For that reason we have been particularly solicitous to acquire the facts of a voyage which, notwithstand ing a violent gale encountered off St. Paul's, has proved singulary favourable. After being sixteen hours and twenty-four days at anchor, and ten hours and ninety-nine days at sea since her departure from England, it appeared on her arrival at Singapore that within that period, it had required only a consumption of sixty-five ton' of fuel to enable the Renard to traverse the enormous distance of 14,973 miles. Considering that this was the first voyage, as we have already indinated, ever yet attempted in those quarters, we cannot but regard the result as having been peculiarly satisfactory. The occurrence deserved to be consi dered in the light of an eminently successful experi ment; and we trust will be received by the admini strative authorities of the service as justifying au extension of a principle which, in its preliminary endeavours, has proved itself so signally advantageous. Unless this resolution be adopted, the British ships will be liable to the casualties which threatened to becalm the Cleopatra, and dependent upon the acci dental assistance to be derived from such chance adventures as that of the Renard. What is especially deserving of attention, among the benefits derivable from the employment of the screw propeller, is the fact that the time of any voyage may be pre-calculated with the utmost possible particula rity. Even when compelled to take in tow a vessel of larger bulk, the speed acquirable from the steam power acting through the invisible agency of the screw, is far, very far indeed, beyond that to be drawn from any other principle of locomotion. In the case pre viously specified, it was found, for instance, that even while tugging the Cleopatra, and at a season of the year when the heat in the stoke hole was no less than 136 degrees, the little Renard attained an average speed of just 41- knots. It should also be borne in recollection that the machinery in the principle in question is in no comparable degree liable to the disarrangement to which the machinery of other kinds of steam-vessels is subject. Its vulnerable parts are neither so exposed nor so capable of being withdrawn from their intended object as where at intervals a steam-ship built on the ordinary principle is heeling over, with one paddle-wheel immersed to an unconscionable depth in the water, while its companion is spinning round high and dry in the air, at a most useless elevation. With the screw-propeller such a position •of the motive force would be alto gether impracticable, the screw effectually working according to its original intention, being only relieved from its natural position when the vessel is laid down upon her yardarms imte.ediately prior to the catas trophe of foundering. How far the introduction of the principle here advocated into the navy of England would tend to facilitate the labour of our sea captains, and to dind- nish the anxieties and responsibilities of the superior officers, the commanders cf fleets and squadrons, it needs not us to particularise. Yet it is possibly deserving of some little more consideration, that while aiding the captains of vessels and the admirals on foreign stations, it would simul taneously decrease the anxieties of the Admiralty, and lessen the responsibilities of the Foreign Secretary. It would carry no inconsiderable allevia tions into the official chambers opposite Whitehall, and into the Ministerial closets in Downing -street. On occasions, say resembling the recent position of affairs at Constantinople, a capacity wuuld have been imparted to the chief command of the Mediterranean fleet to proceed without any appreciable loss of time to the point at which the principal intrigues of the WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, ditional loyalty of Orangeism, and we trust Parlia ment will not have met ci:e week before stringent measures shall be adopted to put an eEd for ever to a system irreconcileable with the free and tolerant spirit of the age, repugnant to Christian charity, sub versive of law and order, ruinous to Ireland, and disgraceful to the empire. the same time most dangerous to Austria, as the latter will Na ry soon find, in the growing increase of the in tiaenee of Servia in Hunpry." The Vienna correspondent of the Independaznee, of Brussels, writing on the 18th, states that he has been informed by u person ordinarily well informed, that "a Russian corps of 15,000 men is on the frontier of Poland, ready to enter Bohemia as soon as its presence shall be consl,]ered necessary. " The same correspondent states, that numerous move ments of Austrian troops have recently taken place in Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Moravia, and Bohemia. ' The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna, of tle 18th, that the mortality in the Austrian military hospitals is very great, and that in that of Graetz, where there are 1,600 sick, 16 physicians have died of typhus. The Austrian Dotes states on authority, that th. Austrian Governmeril has finally resolved that no in demnity shall be made to the holders of paper money issued by KossuTut, and has so replied to a commer cial deputation from Pesth. Several political prisoners at Pesth haw just been released. Among them are several Deputies of the Hungarian Diet. Count RADAY. a friend of KOSSUT a, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and Count KAROLYI, sentenced to several months' deten tion, have also been set at liberty : the latter was condemned to pay a fine of 150.000 florins (375,000 f.), but this has not been remitted. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE, Thera is nething to rc ,rt of Cotion or Shares at Lv;,rpooi 3 ester day. The Corn Market in Mack-lane is stcady to-day. The American lettora and papers by the Canada are very sanguine still in alluding to the product of gold in California. it is inorit interesag to note flat, tie belief in the )rcability Gi a fd,i crop cit cotton was gaining ground n America. Mr. T. J. Stewart, a well-known broker at New Ifork, writes:— " The season for ripening the plant, has been extended so far beyond the anticipations and predictions of par ties interested in an advance in the article, that a dis poaition to over estimate: the probably yield is apparent among those who feel disposed to take hold of it as an investment, at what they may them the auspicious period, and the range of estimate& are, consequently, widely apart. A eery few, still pointing at 2,100,000 bales—a very respectable class has now been formed around my estimete, of 2,300,000 bales—and quite a namber, insist upon 2,400,000 and 2,500,000 bales— basing their calculations for this yield, on open winter, and the very close picking, which is looked for as a natural sequence to the very high prices prevail ing. That the yield must be greatly increased oy an open winter, is too undoubted to be disputed. For that, I think I have allowed enough. "A killing frost was apparent in certain parts of South Carolina and Georgia on the 21st and 27th ultimo, and in Louisiana on the 4th instant. Whether general, even at the last mentioned date, we are not yet advised. At pre sent prices, planters seem disposed to hurry in a portion of their crops, and gladly accept the bids of the day. The disposition to sell, however, seems to cease with one-half of their product, and the summer market is spoken of fur the remainder, for which anticipations run high." The weather in Canada, and New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia was very mild. The Miramichi Gleaner state:—" We cannot refrain from speaking of the season. The weather during the last month has been the most extraordinary we ever witnessed, and we question if that respectable individual the oldest inhabitant' ever saw the like. There has not been yet sufficient frost to make a piece of ice on the shore of our river. Persons still continue to work out in the gardens and fields with a spade and plough. Yesterday resembled a day in the latter part of May. The Eliza beth, the last square-rigged vessel in port, passed down on Saturday. Several schooners arrived during the week." A communication from Montreal states r—" The im partation of goods to the merchants' stores have been great during the past week, and the handsome manner in which articles are displayed in the different establish ments indicates an improvement in the taste of pur chasers, as well as in the wealth which induces this mode of consulting their purses. There are quan' tities of goods in Chatham, and notwithstanding the ruin and decay' of the Montreal merchants, we observe some new establishments which seem to attract a fair share of the business. Our streets have been blocked up at some times of the day with the farmers' waggons, all bearing something to sell, the produce of their farms, and putting some of the old " residents" in mind that a great change has taken place in the few years since the time they hunted deer and other game over the scene of the present traffic; and we may add that the same old settlers look forward to viewing corresponding improvement in the future, Annexation Manifesto to the contrary notwith standing." Tho Money Market is in a tranquil condition, and no activity is to be looked for until the turn of the year. In the meantime there are symptoms of " hardening," and the anticipations are strong that there will be much buoyancy w ithin a few days. The reduction of the rate of interest on Exchequer-hills at Paris has an effect here, and no importance seems to bo attached to the Nicaraguan affair, which the American papers have no doubt exaggerated. The Funds have been better, although business is not active. Consols 96 to 964 4 for the opening. The New Three-and a Quarter. per Cents. have been 97 to 4. Bank " , cock is worth 2024. Exchequer-bills are 56e. to 595. premium. The attendance in the market is not numerous, .tut there are as many as could be expected. Consols now are 964 4. In the Foreign .Nlarket net a great deal is doing, but prices are looking up. Mexican have been done, within the last hour, at 294 and 29k. Spanish Five per Cents. are 19, and the Three per Cents. 384. French Five per Cents. are 91 25, with the exchange at 25 50. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 56 to 4. Railway Satires have been quiet. North Western have been as low us 9' premium, and Midland have been flat at 45i to 46. Eastern Counties have realised 64 to 7; North Stafford have been steady at 7i; and York and North Midland have b<en firmer at 17 to 4. Cale donian have been steady at 104 to 11. French Shares look better. Nothing has been done in Bank or Mine Shares. VIE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the course of the sitting of the National As sembly on Monday, M. FERDINAND BARIWT, the Minister of the Interior, in reply to a question from M. LAGRANGE, gave an explanation of the recent unfortunate occurrence at Belle Isle. The Minister of the Interior said that the army was always faithful to its duty, and would always oppose every attempt made against its orders. This is what it had done at Belle Isle, where a very serious attempt at revolt and incendiarism bad been discovered, and which the army had been called on to put down. It did so with the most extraordinary forbearance, and it was only when absolutely forced to repel violence that it had acted. As to the con duct of the Government towards the prisoners en gaged in the insurrection of June, he could affirm that it had been marked with the greatest cle mency.—(Loud interruption on the Left.) Here had been a most dreadful insurrection, in the course of which many thousand men lost their lives; not less than 15,000 prisoners had been made amongst the insurgents; and notwithstanding the enormity of their offence, they had been gradually set at liberty, with the exception of 500. Was it possible that the Government must not have drawn from absolute treasures of clemency to arrive at such a result ? (Loud disapprobation on the Left.) But who were those who still were left in custody ? Men marked by great offences of other kinds, and whom the Pre sident of the Republic, when he granted his amnesty, found it impossible to pardon.—(Disapprobation on the Left.) He (the Minister) had stated that fact in express terms on Novemter 12, when he announced to the Assembly the decisisn of the President. As to the assertion that the men who still were held in custody had not been tried, he had to observe, that having been taken with arms in their hands, they had been summarily disposed of by the Constituent Assembly.—(lnterruption.) The number now at Belle Isle amounted to 469 ; they were perfectly well treated, and if on one occasion the military were called on to act, the fault lay with the prisoners themselves, who had revolted. The Assembly deemed the explanation satisfactory, and passed to the order of the day by a large ma jority. The Law on Primary Teachers, presented by the Ministry, has been withdrawn. Considerable scandal has been created by the with drawal of the Bill for the completion of the monu ment of the Emperor NAPOLEON by the Government. It appears that the Bill had been referred to a Committee in the usual manner, and that the Committee had reported on it, but the report contained certain severe, but not more severe than just, observations on the manner in which the money previously voted had been squandered by the last Ministry of Louts Palmeri?, and suggested that a prosecution should be commenced against M. DUCIIA.TEI„ Louis PHILIPPIR'S last Minister of the Interior, for the recovery of the funds alleged to have been misappro priated. The present Ministry withdrew the Bill, to prevent the presentation of the report. We cannot but admire the chivalrous conduct of M. FERDINAND BARIKOT in thus taking upon himself, for the purpose of screening M. DUCHATEL, the obloquy which must necessarily attach to the withdrawal of the Bill. It is the part of a noble nature to protect the fallen, even when guilty, but when we remember the TESTE affair, and the PETIT affair, and the affair of the sale of the licence to the new lyric theatre, we cannot Lut consider the conduct of M. FERDINAND BARROT as almost approaching to romantic, for surely no new discovery could damage much further the political characters of the colleagues of M. TESTE. The Journal du Havre states, on the authority of a private letter from the United States, that the Cabinet of Washington had just admitted the justice of the demand for indemnities made by M. G. T. POUSSIN, and which was the origin of his dispute with Mr. CLAYTON. The following appointments are announced :—M. Bourie, Consul General at Beyrout, to replace M. de Chasteau, holding the same rank at Tangiers ; M. de Lesparada, Consul at Trieste, to proceed as Consul- General to Beyrout; M. Leon Roches, Secretary of Legation at Tangiers, and son-in-law of M. de Chasteau, is appointed Consul at Trieste; M. Villamus, Consul at Porto Rico, is appointed Consul at Venice ; and M. Flory, Consular agent at Girgenti, is ap pointed Consul at Mogador. The Five per Cents. were done in the Passage of the Opera to day at 82f. 35c., being a rise of 40 centimes on the closing prices of yesterday. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have been received. The Madrid Gazette of the 18th contains an order from the Ministry of Finance, that in consequence of the new organisation of the Bank of San Fernando, the directing Junta of tke department for the issue, paying, and cancelling of notes, shall cease its func • tions. The other journals are destitute of news. The Foment() of Barcelona, of the 14th, announces that the Company El Veterano has signed a contract with Messrs. TALABOT, of Paris, for the construction of a railway from Barcelona to San Juan de las Aba dessas, uniting Barcelona to San Andres, Granollers, Vich Ripal, and the rich mines at San Juan de las Abadessas. M. PERERA, acting director of the com pany, had left for Madrid, to submit the plans, &c., to the Government. _ The works of the Madrid and Aranjuez Railway, which had been suspended for the last three years, were resumed on the 17th, and are to be carried on with the utmost activity. They would, it was hoped, be terminated on the Ist April next. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 19.--Three per Cents were done at 301 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 121 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 123; the Debt without Interest at 4; and the Coupons at 7i. GERMANY AND THE NORTHER.N STATES AUSTRIA. The accounts of the insurrection in Servia are fully confirmed. On the 20-..1a a courier arrived at Vienna from Semlin, with intelligence that Syrmia, Slavonia, and the military boundaries, were up in arms against the Austrian Government. The Slavonian and Servian boundary regiments have revolted, and have raised the cordon of the Turkish frontier. The Turkish Servians will, it is said, render their support to their brethren. The military force alone of the rebels is estimated at 120,000 men, with 110 cannon ; and if they are joined by the Croats, which appears highly probable, they will have 200,000 men, with 300 cannon. The numbers of the insurgents are daily swelled by de serters from the Austrian regiments in Peterwardein, Esseg, &c. In consequence of the rais'ing of the cordons all the Pules and Hungarians at present in the Ottoman territory, who can escape from the surveillance of the authorities, will have an opportunity of juining the insurgents. A Vienna journal publishes the follow ing letter from Belgrade of the 10:h : BELGRADE, Disc. 10.—In the military boundaries of Syrmia and the Banat great excitement prevails because these are excluded front the Woiwodeschaft. Excesses are of nearly daily oc;currenoe in the regi ment of Peterwardein ("Regiment" here means "military district"). Pity that the new organization (of the military boundaries) .could not be published in the lower countries at the same time with the im perial patent of November 15th (for the Woiwode schaft) ; all ground for agitation would have been stopped. The revolution which during the last year has shaken all, has not been without an important re action on the boundaries. Discipline has without doubt suffered, the cordons are not guarded with the former strictness, nor are the lively sympathies to be denied which prevail between the Servians on both banks of the Save. The desertions from Austria to Servia are certainly very considerable. Let us hope that these sympathies will at some future period extend the greatness and the power of Austria. That the Serviana are not content with the arrangement of the Woiwodeschaft is plain. The opponents of this measure, among whom is to be reckoned the Russian Consul at Belgrade, Lzwxiu, say that all the Servians have won upon the map of Austria is the title (of Woiwodeschaft). That the feeling of nationality should be vehement and ungrateful, be busied only about itself, and know no °their respect, has nothing surprising." It is said that Russia has been intriguing to get up this insurrection, in order to have both Austria and Turkey entirely dependent can her. The Breslau Gazette says : " The latest accounts from Servia mention that the Russian agitation is growing daily nore open and daring, and that the incredible activity of the agents of that poser leads to the conclusion thnt sanguinary entangle ments will speedily break ou t between Russia and Turkey. The Prince of Sel:via has already re fused to pay the tribute Atte to the Porte of 34,000 ducate, and the arniin g of all male adults is being carried on with the greatest possible activity, without any one knowing whem the arms come from. It is not to be doubted, however, that Russia provides the arms, for the Serviana receiv A in 1843 several can nons and 10,000 muskets from I iussia, wh6n they were hurrying to the assistance of their brethren in the Banat, This is a most dangerous weapon for the Russian policy to employ, for while it is injtjliQl us to the Porte, it is at PRUSSIA. It is stated in a Berlin letter of the 21st, that General de STROTHA, Minister of War, has resigned his seat in the Prussian Cabinet; and it is added, that he will prGbably be succeeded by General DX WEIMER. A Berlin letter of the 21st states that there is no truth in the reports that hare been eurrent of the Governments of Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony, and Wurtemburg, having entered into an alliance to oppose the restricted federal state of Prussia. Dr. JACOBY, who was lately tried by the Criminal Tribunal of Koenigsberg on the charge of high treason, and acquitted, has just been elected deputy to the First Chamber of Prussia. He is chief of the Prussian Democrats. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Flensburgh of the 20th instant, in the Borsenhalle, state that the Prince CHRISTIAN, of Glticksburg, arrived in that city on the 19th inst. Ile was immediately waited upon by General MALm- Bona, and by the members of the Administrative Commission. The Prince of GLUCKSBURG is men tioned as the intended Stadtholder of the Duchies. lie is son-in-law to the Landgrave WILLIAM of Hessen, whose wife was sister to the late King CHRISTIAN VIII. We find it stated that the garrison of the island of Alsen has been increased to the strength of 16,000 men, foot, horse, and artillery. The Copenhagen papers of the 18th instant contra dict the late rumours of a prolongation of the armis tice between Prussia and Denmark\ ITALY. The Roman journals of the 15th contain a notifica tion informing the public that the Roman bank-notes, to which the Republican Government had given a forced currency, will continue to enjoy that privilege for another year. They will be received in payment at the public offices, the Government reserving to itself a right of reimbursement on the capital of the Bank. A letter from Naples, in the Unicers, says:— " The fete of December 8 was exceedingly brilliant. The people and the troops manifested in the most enthusiastic manner their sentiments of devotedness to the Pope. There were about 12,000 troops col- lected on the public square at the moment that the POPE. after having said mass, gave his benediction. The KING was most gracious towards General BARAGIJAY D'HILLIURS, whom he kept by his side whilst the troops filed off. Fourteen Cardinals were present at the ceremony. Two of them left today for their dioceses of Viterbo and Corneto. It appears that there is some agitation at the former place. .M. DE RATNEVAL is still confined to bed with gout." The KING of Sardinia has addressed the following order of the day to the National Guards of Turia : " Officers and soldiers of the National Guard,—Your presence under arms on the solemn occasion of opening of Parliament is the expression of my thong —namely, the exercise of liberal institutions as the foundation of the happiness of the people. All my cares aro turned to this object. You have never refused your assisiance in maintaining order; you have not ceased to give proofs of affection and devotedness to the throne and my family. My gratitude and affection towards you shall never cease, be sure of it. I address these words to you all who have assembled at Turin. I wish they may be heard by all the National Guards of the kingdom, with whom you form but one family, and in whom I have the same confidence. Officers and sol diers, continue to fulfil your duties as you have hitherto done; let order and liberty be your motto, and I shall always be with you, as my son is from this moment in your ranks. " VICTOR EMMANUEL. " Given at Turin, Dec. 20," The Chamber of Deputies met on the 21st inst., under the presidency of its senior member, M. FILASCEIINI. The number of elections known was 196, but 14 being double, there were only 182 depu ties returned. Several who were not present at the royal sitting were sworn in, after which the As sembly retired into its standing committees. The Statuto of Florence has the following letter from Rome of the 17th : " We are expecting a change of policy on the part of the Govenment. It seems that even the most ob stinate are yielding to the dictates of common sense. We learn from Portici that the Pope has sent for Car dinal Lambruschini, and offered him the snpreme direc tion of the state. The Cardinal is reported to have answered that he had been minister under Gregory XVI., and that ho was opposed to a Constitution, but that he was obliged to confess that now it was impos sible to refuso it." The Roman Oilerver of the 15th inst. announces the conclusion of a loan with France. The same journal quotes a letter from Rieti, of the 10th inst., from which we extract the following : "At 10 o'clock this morEing our Spanish garrison left La Marittima; one company of infantry has remained to await the arrival of the troops from Umbria to em bark with them. It is probable that Neapolitan soldiers will replace the Spaniards in the Sabina and the portion of 'Umbria which extends to Spoletto. This, at least, seems to be the consequence of the accumulation of Neapolitan troops on the Pontifical frontier." The Costituzionale Toscano publishes the follow ing, under date Leghorn, 18th inst. : " The steamer Madrid has just arrived from Civita Vecchia. ller passengers mention as certain the con clusion of the Roman affair. The Pope, they say, is to re establish the Constitution, as it existed when he left Rome. The amnesty is to be extended, and, by a mutual agreement among the auxiliary Powers, 5,000 Spaniards are to occupy Rome, 10,000 French Civita Vecchia, and 10,000 Austrians Ancona and the Legations." Letters from Venice of the 17th announce that the Italian Tyrol is to be united to the Lombardo-Vene tian kingd)m. TO MISS VANDENHUFF, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HER ENGAGEMENT AT DRURY LANE THEATRE. Chief Priestess of the Drama's stateliest dome— Informing Spirit of its rescued shrine— Ten thousand welcomes to thy proper home, Our best, our own, Antigone divinel— There be the music of thy voice enspher'd, The beauty of thy mind and features seen; There, whew the spells of genius were !Treed, Renew those spells, and reign—our tragic Queen! Thou com'st of one, a Titan of the time, A model of the truthful and the grand— Majestic Creon—and thy task 's sublime, Daughter and Sire, to re-arouse the land, And of its native Drama's priceless worth To ring the triumphs far o'er Britain—o'er the earth! THE AUTHOR OF " RURAL SONNETS." laner Temple, December, 1849. IMPROMPTU ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A RAILWAY FRIEND ' S PRESENT OF POULTRY AND GAME. Accept, dear George, my Christmas thanks For the turkey and goose, the hare and pheasant. LeL's think no more of cooking accounts; Cooking THESE is the way to make things pleasant Tun PRINCE or WALES.—A paragraph has been going the round of the newspapers with regard to an asserted narrow escape of the Prince of \Vales at Osborne. We are authorised to state that there is not one word of truth in the whole of the very cir cumstantial narrative. There are no preserves at Osborne, and consequently no battues, and Lord Canning has never been out shooting there under any circumstances. The whole foundation for the exag geration is, that several weeks since, at a shooting party in Windsor Park, Colonel Grey was struck by a stray shot, and Lord Canning was amongst the shooters, and was not very well. All the statement about the hare, the danger of the Prince of Wales, and Colonel Grey's throwing himself before the young Prince, is pure invention. DEATit OF SIR THOMAS GIBE,ON CARMICHAEL, BART.—We have to record the demise, at Naples, on the 13th inst., of the above baronet. The deceased, who was son of the eighth baronet. and grandson of the late Sir James Gibscn, of Durie, N. 13., was born in 1778, and was twice married; first to Janet, the daughter of the late Major-General Dundas; and, sccond'y, in June, 1816, to the Hon. Anne Napier, daughter of Francis eighth Lord Napier. He succeeded his brother in the baronetcy and family estates in I'eebles•shire, in 1803. H.! is succeeded by his eldest son, issue of the second marriage, now Sir Alexander Gibson Carmichael, born in 1820. El t on THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES ONE „,.„ ;-, 43 Pal° 66 Ur ,RITRSii iUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. ank Stock 3 psr Cent. Reduced Anns .. . 96 96% 96% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna.— ..., 97 ',4%d4 97% ~.ong Anne. to expire. Jan.1860 ;r.dia Bond, 1,0001. Consols for Account 96 96 1 ,4 1 4 96/s F.X.ChOqUar Bills. 1 %d.:ar 2d 1,0001. June 56 59 p 500/. June Small. June 56 59 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. meat O'CLOCK. Iho h PRICES. 88% 3razilian Bonds &lexicon, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons.— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... ...... 28 7 % 29 29 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ••••• ••• 54 1 4 Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 l9 Ditto, Account . Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Deferred ••• Dividends on the above payable in London French Itentes, 5 per Cent ... ... 91f. 25c. 91f. 25c. Exchange Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent., 12 Guild. 56 56;4 56 1 4 PRICES OF PAID. • BUSINESS DONE CLOSING IrAILWAY SHARES. A T ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. ekberdean ... 50 Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 63/ Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Exteus. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 Bit ming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... Ditto, Thirds Nuckinghamthire ...... 17% Caledonian ...... ..... 50 Ditto, Nev 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Uhaster and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence . Do. let Clam, 6 par Ct. 10 Do. 2,1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. .. lO Direct London & Ports mouth Uublin and Belfast June. 40 — Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% — ast Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & IL ... 18 Do., 3/. les., Pref... 3% Ditto, 71. 17e., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 6% 7....... Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... Ditto,Extensicn, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... p ...... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ...... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O - Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto—. 6 ...... ..., Do., Class B& C ..... 25 .•••..••• Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 .. _ East Lancashire - Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 , ...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 61A - .. ..... . East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... . Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. Edinburgh andNorthem 25 — Ditto, Newport Exetera r eovil, & Dorch 23 a — ..... -- Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasyow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ..... ..8/. Gs. 8d — Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Do.Preferenee Consul. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 ...... Great Northern Do., Y/2 A Deferred Do., %B 6 per Cent 7% 4 1 / 8 . Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 G-eit.'.ouch. and W est (lreland) Great North of England.100 Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto. New ,15/ l5 .. Great Western 100 Ditto, I ,i Shares 5O ...... 24• 1 /4% Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171_ 15 ..... Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Sharer Do. Quarter Shares 12% 21% ...... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 / a Shares Do. Quarters 2,; Do. Fifths.. •• •S 10 ..... • Do. Thirds . 16 ' Do. Now Guaranteed 6 per Cent. •,•••• ..... 10 .........», - - - - - - 1 8 49. Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) Do. (W. 'hiding Union) 10 .. ... .Z,,, .. ._ . ...... Do. (Preston & W3 - re) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 . , 27 4 C La-d, trAf Bradford - 50 Leeds and Thirek ...... 50 Do., Prefer., G per Ct. Do., do. So. 2 7 . Do., do. No. 3 5 . ........ ' Prct. guar ,IS ; S 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . lO - •••••. Landon &Black wa11...11/. 88. 3d — L )ndon,Brighton, and _ _ The tip too q man f r 1 Y)rrig it rericl had a f but gri. Was h South C0a. , t... .... 100 Do., New 5., guaran teel 6 per Cent....,100 D0.t.;;;;.!./;•n!... o per c.t... t.) ..,... _ Do• Prefer. 5 per cent. Sc) - Ditto ditw....:. 1K.2 !if) .. ..... .. London anci G remwich 12/15s 4d lO `,4... ..... . ... Ditto, l'rd'i.rc ,-, 0 .. • 20 L ~,;10,:, and N. N'.'it.o.-n liiii 10974 110 A Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 - . ..... ... Ditto, Fiftfi: ..... ...... 7 ... Do. 40/.Sh.tres(L.M.) Z 5 — Do. 101. (M. & 11.) U. 1 — ... Lond. &S. W...si.4;:pn ..... 50 .. •., 30% - ....... .... Ditto, New 50/. ...... 42 1 4.-- Do. New 40) 24 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pre. 7 per tAmt. ... 5 ...on.londerry&Colerairt. , 25 Do. 1 ,4 5hare5............ 5 L.ondonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... - •• • ....... 3••• Do. N. Shares 5 ...... •••••• Lowestoft' guar. 4 per et 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) eurrenc livery. ()therm 110% 12Li 71/4 English Scotch.. Irish .. Foreign Our hare ric means 1 ••• Very and p 6 to 3 6 10,4 so andlr,A6r,BUX tor.,and Matlock... Aanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshi-ri 100 _ _ The 1 data is 151. 153, a 'mac Debtors Do. Quatters (No. 1) 25 .••• • • 000000000 Ditto ditto (No. '2)— 25 — Do. V s Shares (No. 3) 12 1 ,4 — Do. New 101. Pref lO ..... 77i, Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... b 0 Ditto ditto . ......... ' A - .............. Ditto ditto _ Judge HORDE., judgraet dent's a Mr. charges rules ; Ditb Sheffield and Lincoln6hire 25 . ••• Do., Grimsby Dock 25 Do., klanchester and Lincoln Union 41. 2a Mi ......... Do. Consohdatcd Prei.loo Mr. I] nominal wee for request, judgmer defends' been not The ] the jury ido., 501. Ein:res SO •• Do. Itirm.. and ll,,rbv 1 fie Do.Consol.Bristol and Burning., o per ct.... 100 Ditto, Brist. & Giocstr. 42 Ditto ditto ... 22'. 75...... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 60 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Niidland Ureat Western Irish - 47 •••••• _ _ WOR sllddlesbro' and Itedcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carli6le.loo ...... Danie Artiller; con:mitt wife, CE and who Tem injt: Do. Quarters :it•vv - rnarket Do. Extension ewport, Abergavonny, and Ileretord 6 ...„. — , gewry and Enniskillen 7 Police o'clock o lery-gro and requ that hor had strn bar. HI in ti the Warrenpoint, and Itootrevor 2O Norfolk lOO Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 , Apc. 5 Do. do. Waveney V al. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...„. — , North Britirja .... .... ... 25 ..... . Ditto, Ll.ilves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. E 3 .. .. ..... Ditto Preicrence . 5 •• X ottli Siatiordenire ... M,,, 7% orth Wales . ... SEA — :';i_. I" 11- W e f.,tern ....:, .... 13 , 34...... afird, Worcester, and Vir olvaliampton Reading, Uutlword, and Reigate spoke to thto rerr dahhtei with a b, Insoc whitl tl certigeat itatal th The pi titry.riton and Hitchin 4 (2 , uitrail ;3cottizli Midland - • Ditto, - 1. , 4,w 12 ...... . Ditto ditto. Ciasz B. 8 Duni, all the holiday, than is amongst being the districts, comforts Christm tion fall whilst w be no pu taking t ones. Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 blirew bury and llerctd. 5 Shrewsbury & Chestsr (Nor. W. Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto U2weAry 18 1 / 2 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pal lO i.ViiropAnre Union 3outli - k Devon LA, Preference South Litattordshire 8 :(..L.l "A.A.' Do., N D. 4. Du., No. 3 ...see.. en.••• 30 •••••• •••• , Do.. llogietered No. 4 10 .. ... ...... Do., 6crip No 4 ••• ific•nth Yr ales _ . _ 7,eutit Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 6heffield, Rotherham, rc Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16 1 ,‘ — ......... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stn. Coal. 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 ••• •••••1 I"Aames R aven Dock and Railway 17 1 / 2 iale of Neath . . Naterford and Kilkenny 20 W.tertord and Limerick 47 1 / 2 Waterfd,Vixfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. de. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. 15 „ West Cornwall ......... 6 , hitehaven tit Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 ...... W onaerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ....... 25 Do, Newcastle Enten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 3y e Do. Ii rtlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... receives paid all when pr for the perpetra of unfot ration p continue citizens, to the it accomrr coerced in some York and N orth Midland 50 Preferencs ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAY 6. Nrisz.k , Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian)._ 51, 4 i Boulogne cnd Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara 1 7 1 %e — Dutch Ith‘nish East Indian Ditto ..... ..... 20 Great linFan Peninsular I Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain dla S'ambra ... 7 1 / — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege 20 ... ..... Northern of Francs l4/. 85... dis.... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 .••• Paris and Rouen .... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 • OS •• Rouen and Ilayre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes l3 ..... Tournay, jurbise, Lan den, and Hasseit 20 West Flanders 8 34.. MINE 6. dill , ..., •••••„, •••••• ••• 21°A ••••••.... ••••••••••••• ao. Anglo-Mexican IOO United Mexican 4. , ' I !g Ir') LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DA LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind at noon W.N.:W. ; J i g air and dull hazy weather. OO DEAL, DEC. 25.—Wind N.E., quail y.—A r rived , r the River and sailed, Eliza, Hobart Town; Um phrogf li : Hong Kong; Ann, M'Leitn, Calcutta ; C o J uin bus, 80 0. bay; Eden, Batavia; Ada, Cape of Good E lope, Tobago; Ada, 1 1 1maica; Independen ce , Di e w xo. r o ; Bangalore, New South Wales; Lawrence, Sir g spore; 0 , lestano, Grenada ; BIWA Princess, New lea] ; S° bl eol Cape of Good Hope; Friendship, Penang, 7 he louglio of the Grindon of Sunderland was pick dup Mess tioned who colonie circuit, raid is pleader cially. vative term. morning. 1 ; 1 0 PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind N.N.E.—tik.md..l o „e 11 Klackgeter, New Orleans, for Bremen; In .3pentie n " New York. FALMOUTH, DEC. 24 AND 25.—Wind N. to Eom --. Sld. Ivan, Galin, Valparaiso. n eO l LIVERPOOL, DEC. 25.—Wind shire, Headly, Savannah; Mary Bebby, Are hibald, 1 9 ) 0 0, merara; Alexander, Newfoundland. Sld. Go Nen Fi e , Bahia; Josephine, Havannah; Wallace, Ne% r •Oriell ° ll9 - WHITBY, DEC. 24.—The Mary Ann, of - Yarili °° ,olo and the Hannah, of Sunderland, ran on th e Rock i llo morninv. The former is a complete wt.( ck , latter has wa,hed up near the Cliff; crew savei voei DOVER, Drc. 25.—The Columbus, London to bay, went on shore last evening, three milt 's Dungeness Lighthouse; she had ten feet wait, er 1 0 hold this morning, and it is feared has bilged. lbef i COWES, DEC. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Sid. Prim Jamaica; Boreas, St. Croix. A : KINGSTOWN, DEC. 24.—Wind rrwbso braon, Davis, Demerara; Mary and Sarah, -a ile ° Newfoundland. Arrd. David, Africa. „ lo t C h 6; CORK, DEC. 24.—Her Majesty's steamer Tr tr, turned yesterday, without having fallen i n • not!: Cape Packet, which, it is feared, must have got , °,, r po" Arrd. Elizabeth Hastings, Elder, Jamaica, for L Thie evenin THE for ope 961; Grlit Bank, COR, course, Tuee.di ruled were 11 prices ,rllllO. , • ESCAPE OF TWO BURGLARS FROM DOVE! e STATION.—WaIker and Ayres, two men who we t e r bu d to 'Maidstone gaol to take their trial f .o o l o d glary at Swingfield, escaped from Dover polio .3 e ffe e he i( on Tuesday morning about five o'clock. They o f fr o (' their cscvpo by breaking through tho ceiling f o cell, which was composed merely of lath and t r o tov€o After making a hole large enough to enable the b el°, o , l‘e through, the prisoners crawled along the coping, j the coring of tho cells and the outside roof', an 4 0 10 ' through t he lath and plaster composing the ceilir adjoining cell, into which they got down. This oe' o o o , been left unlocked for the purpose of drying it, ri po s e of the previous day having made it very dar utterly ur.fit to place a prisoner into. After ! "eV, opened the station-house door and made therc .As yet no clue is known of their lurking place: r Chronicle. . 60 p L 9 p 59 p 38 16 1 4 _ 91,4 % P P _ 28 1,(3 30 4 57 1 4 27.!,4 111% 21% 12 10,4 i 7J I • 11•111, .. ..... .. 46 I • .. 21% •• .....• ••••• lee .... 1•• MOM 0.. I W. ... If • • lON .••• PION 1111••• MOO. - ii% 1L 5 % 16 4jg am. 414 - 154 - 19 .-- ..... le •••••• 2 5 / 6 le eeeee • ••••• . ' .00 l a 4 5.4 04 14 is',i , SEI