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

) rrilEA'fßE ROYAL. DRURY .LANE. - AL Lessee and 'Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admissicn for public approval : Prirate boxes, 31. 35., 21. 125. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s' 1 s. d. . 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 1 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 which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Moore's Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. J. An ergots ; Stultely, Mr. Cooper ; Lewson, Mr. C. Fisher ; Charlotte, ft 'Phillips • Mrs. Beverley, Miss Laura Addison. After which (2d Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to bi 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 gabble 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, 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 superiatendence of Madame Lease. 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 under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMOBTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Trage'.y, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Ennlee ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munehausen, &e., &c., by &e., &c If ORTALS. Goo' Queen 'Bess, Mr. R. P..cmer ; 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, Wildineu, Dragoons, and other Mores, by the rest of the company CHRIST 'JAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—bnt where is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to tlhe Spirit of John Rien, In the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's tiat knocking at der door r —Come and see —" J. Anderson's my Joe, Joha," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they could —How to snake a Pantomime ?—" that is the grtestion"—but the answer, it is hoped, will Le satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, se we fly by night" to ' A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Bum loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy —Sir Waiter Rele•gli fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, ant Lord Burleigh shakes Isis head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Qacen Bess was assisted at her to:let by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF Tim TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat !I! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD • QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she Is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen • GOOD QUEEN LESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many Via she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an HistonSPlE Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prime of Sweden, Dnke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Eenry 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 " wonderons proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIG - taT—Wilson. "Coming events cast their shadows before"—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—Ho stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna,"• or rather " Ob, 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 bathetic stanza : " Come my bobby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the coarse of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with seme twenty " competi teurs," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes plate, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA ! It) , 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 dose by making them all change their elothes— The 7Sari of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. _ _ Denlin. Lord T3nrloigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, _ _ And Amy Robsart dons the Robs d'Amonr of Columbine, ifacllle. Theodore. All we hays farther to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goea." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie long sine. we met 1" " Here we are 1" " How are you?" PRISERVB AgD PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE, Cupid and Clown—Butter andAtTtleitlics--Hungarlan Knook-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—ltailway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Disoount—Clown Corks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribu- lation—Chinge to INTERIOR OT CATACOMBS t BIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a. Transformation—Clown nuzzled —Coln; Head for One —A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police I Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up altsw—Prosylites Beware—Humbug the 'Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premlatn, 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." Heals Win the Prize. SMITHFIEL Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Boy—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— 'QW Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Trausfimmation 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 oonntrynen, w. en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-ROUSE, 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 Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Groat Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. . CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. 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, whioh he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the" Silent gighways"—Fearfal Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTMAMPTON WATERS, WITH TBSSZL Ter California or anywhere else. GRAND MUTING DIORAMA, designed raid painted entirely by Brunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Tisit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Meet 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 l Seene the Last. THR PALACE OF PANTOMIMIC. On Friday (first time thesei 6117ert years) Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Niebett ; Orlando, Mr. James Anderson ; Touchstone, Mr. W. 11. Angel ; Jacques, Mr. Vanden hoff ; Banished Duke, Mr. Cathcart (his first appearance); Adam, Mr. Cooper ; with other entertainments. On Saturday. the Play of TUE STRANGER, with other enter tainments %tage Manager, Mr. James A.aderson. Asting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Loader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. eezio Artiste—Messrs. Bruning, Jones, Wilsoa, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stags Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Bex-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HATMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Bele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMA)T. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallaek ; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhor; Willie, Mrs. C. Keen. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENH'S DAUGHTER. King Reno, Mr. James Wallaek , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Keen ; Sir Geoffrey, Kr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. 0. Kean. To conclude with THE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeite. THIS EVENING • Will be performed a New domestic Drama, called THE 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; Zaralel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Wdelgar ; Tiddlewinez, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. B UNHURT'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vostris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be Performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To oon.lude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 5e.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, lc, No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes mast be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCES&S TiMATICK. Mr. J. M. Ma THIS ddox, Sole Lessee wad Manage:. EVENIIiG, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs• W. Harrison, Weiss, Cord, Wyn n ; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. To eonclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic piddl e Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Ilex. more; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLE F'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Pre,trietar, Mr. W. Batty. EVENINta. Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has suc ceeded i engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the dry, with her highly trained Steads, " Senora" and "Bertram." Madentofselle Angelo is the same Lady that rude the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearance at Astley's Arnpi.theatre This Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sown, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Touruay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To he followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To eoncladc with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, , aho came to Town upon his little Pony. Eox-office open from Eleven till For r. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE SUN, NOTICE. T HE HON. C. STUART SAVILE'S NEW NOVEL, LEONARD NORifAIsiDALE ; M'THE THREE BROTHERS. Is NOW READY at all the Libraries, in 3 vol Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborovgh•street. FRENCH PLAYS - and OPERA. COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectftilly to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre: — ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.-31dlle. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), 111. Chollet (of the Theatre de I'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basset of the Opera Comique, Paris, his fist appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mlle. Guichard, llf. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Boyer, Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdlie. Cotti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND VAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalic, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mille. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Vaudeville) ; Mille. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mdl c. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Iladlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, ladlle. 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 3fusic by M. F. Halevy; the Libretto by Al 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 recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde peche du Gave), if. Quill Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux ehevrier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard; Georgette (cousine de Stephan), Wile. Cotti; and Rose de Mai (servante de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate Use character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be riven, a new Comic Opera, in Twe Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of ID.) dee by 31.111 Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannot et Colin, Nicolo ; Le Rot d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, lather ; Le Macon, Auber ; Le Sirene, Amber; Lully et Qui nalt, Nicole ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de Chambre, Ca rafe ; Use Folio, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most poaular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representat i on of the Opera Comique will be limited to the m onths of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, alter Easter, on Monday, April 1, N. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, nod will per. form with Mille. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; end subseqneetly 31. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and suecessful Come dies recently produced in Paris. s 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 unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin fi Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &o. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Latent (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Figeac, Mdlie. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Millie. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Loon, 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 Lecouvreur," a production which has excited more than ordinary Admiration ; Mille. Rachel will also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isli ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Molnean de Lesble," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Retraces," "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 N. Tolbeque, N. Bourotte, Deloffre, N. Newoham, M. Barret, Pa. Banmann, Pilet, M. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholsee, M. Larkin, N. C. Harper, Al. T. Harper, M. Campanile, N. T Wright, &a. Director of the music and. Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Hanssens. Sabseribers of the past season are solicited to make known their , desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the Ist of Janaary • 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, Mew Bond-street ; Ebors's I and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. ' The Box-office of the Theatre will be opened on the lot of January. tilGki WATER AT LONDON 11, , 1iLD1+E. Tits DAT —Yarn!al, 43 rain. after 11 l Evening, 0 rain. eta 0 TO-MORR9W —Morning, 12 rain. after 12 I Even*, 37 mm. after 12 WEATHEIL—SUN 017110 E, DEc. 27. rIiERMOMETZTI, LOIVCSt, 34; Highe3t, 41; Noon, 3", DAIIOMETEII, 29.52. WIND N.N.E.—fine, clear, cold weather. 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 sycaphants 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 different light, and who strongly support the proposed amalgamation. We have received many communications from persons of every shade and variety of opinion on the vexata questiones, some containing the most gross and virulent abuse, while others take more temperate and judicious vie yes, 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 stile inquiry 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 be disposed of on personal grounds, or evaded by a cavalier and contumelious pooh poohing. The most eminent legal reformers of the present century have strongly advocated the amalga mation of the Bars, and that long before the recent legislation, which is calculated to deprive the Irish Bar of so great a portion of their business. Lord CAMPBELL: 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 the 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, will 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 practises at the English bar should be entitled to practise at the Irish bar also." " 3871. An interchange of Judges would, I thick, be highly beneficial." " 3874. Do you think it would be advisable that English Judges !should, from time ;to time, go the Irish Circuits, and Irish Judges the English? I feel that so strongly, that I have several times proposed, is the House of Lords, that the system should be adopted. Lord Wellesley was of opinion that it would tend very much to benefit the United Kingdom if there were one bar 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 Judge s. " 3675. 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 cf England and Ireland is the same, and there is 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 Ques!ion 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 MAHONY ) a gentleman who would naturally be desirous of advancing the interests of his native land, declared (2,535) " I hope 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. ~- k ti ...5: ‘ © . 4 % 1 . 4 AL $ , 0 J•iA . 'll' 4 Sr% .Sc,••••„ A s , . i 011. - ' if. 'tiA l : (-„,,,.., ..„ A . t -„, 4. --. ~4•- ~' •-~' , , v. _ Ob. , :,.. to, - jar- - '' '- A.tY.,.... 'At '''. • 1 1 1 , 1 : ...,..1.) _.:-.1h,„. v ., , ~,,..- , -0. ..,,,..-___. , 0,,..-,,i,...., ,„..40,--., 4 , b .,-- . l. ~,,,..4,,0 , .„.,,,,. , ,1.- ...,,, 0. 164 . ..... •,, ..., ...0.: ' •.' 4r iiiei d n t gitlL LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 184 P. On the first day of the present month we directed , the public attention to a very able pamphlet, which had 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 halt 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 be 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 :—lst• 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 been 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 influx 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 shou'•d 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 THE 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 NAponnox, and the report of the Committee impli cating M. DUCHATZL, were the subject of an animated discussion. 111. DESMOUSSIAUX DE Glynis 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 BARROT, resolved that the report of M. ALBERT DE LUTNEs 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 FAIPTIER and LEBRETON 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 Moniteur contradicts, from authority, a rumour given by the Assemblie 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, had 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, VA—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13%—Dutch Rhenish, l Paris and Roucn, 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, had 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 Herald# 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 50,000/. sterling to the Government, on security of the future 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 Pais. The Funds ' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DEVEMBLER 27, 1849 show a tendency to decline, owing to recent realizations of profits." 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 30 paper ; Five per Cents. 131 paper. Exchange on London, 50 50. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was an active demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, the sales bring 10,000 bales, of which 5,00 e wc-ro taken by speculators. Compered with Friday': rates, prices are in favour of the sellers, American sort; being id, per lb. higher. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 2,000 Brazil, at 64d. to 6d.; 200 Egyptian. at to 9d.; 1,500 Surat, at 41d. to 41-d.; and 160 Sea Island at 1 Lid. to Is. Id. per lb.—Rellway Shares were dull. It has been dteided that the Colonial prcduce markets shall he re-opened next Wednesday instead of Tuesday, as originally intended. The particulars with regard to the Mexican Debcwhicla will be found elsewhere, bear us out ia what we stated at the time of Mr. Robertson's meeting, and it would have been better proof of the activity of the committee if, in a matter of such interest to the bondholders, they had sent cut even a summary of the information on Monday afternoon, within an 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 for delaying to forward the informa tion until long after five o'clock last evening. It is unbusiness-like proceedings of this class that give a handle to many to complain of the constitution as KCII as of the inertness of the committee, The sum stated by Colonel Facio, the agent for Mexico, to be now in the Bank of EnWand available for a dividend is 319,993 dolia , s, and this is besides the amount which Messrs. Schneider hold for the liquidation of the balance of the last dividend. - - - - 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 sayings banks, requiring depositors to send in their books for examination, is judicious, though it may seem almost like " shutting the stable after the horse is stolen." The strong feeling in the City is that the trustees of the Wchdale Bank are bound morally, as they should be legally, to refund to the depositors every penny purloined by Mr. Haworth, and wen of business will not for a moment hear of the exeu-e, that such daring and protracted frauds were difficult of detection. Every one feels, on the contrary, that an cxernina'ion weekiy of the office books must have brought the deficiencies to light, and that ti). great aim with Government—it the whole savings' barks system be not revised, which for rrany reasons we could show to be necessary—should be to provide for the liabi lity of trustee s. As to expecting the simple and inex perienced depositors to investigate the position of every hank, it is purely ridiculous. The English Funds are fletter, and there has been some supply of stock. This is in the absence of nny particular cause, and the decline is partly fostered by a temporary demand for money in the Stock Exchange. Consols have been 96k to 9 for account, and are now 96k tot the New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents 97-R and the Three per Cents. 96k to 4. The premium on Exchequer bills has Lean firm at 595. to 6ls. East India Bonds are marked 88s. _ _ In the Foreign Market there ij very little doing, ex - crpt the carrying over of Mexican bonds to the next account. The confidence felt in the future induces many to do this, but tlire are also strong parties who will make payment at once, and take the stock out of the maiket. The prices have improved to 29i 4. Peruvian Bonds have been steady at 54i-. Brazilian Small have realised 88. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 19, the Three per Cents. 38-4 4, and Portuguese Four per Cents. about 36 to 37. Dutch Bonds have not been dealt in. Railway Shares have been heavy again, the North- Western being conspicuous in this reqect, at:d still en account of the rumours about the dividend. Caledonian also are flatter. Midland have declined to 454, South. Wes•ern are now quoted as 1001. stock, and are at 61 BtAilogne and Amiens are steady. We give the weekly receipts of some of the lines o: 1849. 1648. North-Western.. Caledonian Brighton Midland....... 22,468 23,676 South-Eastern ... 9,158 - 8,139 ONE CM'S! r G P.:IL:Xs OF RITISii .' , UNDS O'CLOCK. 2RICEq. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus.— , 96 1 / 8 1 4 96% New 314 per Cent. Anus. .. ... 5 7 ih%% 9714 Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 1 ,4 8 1 ,4 India Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,40. & 2d 1,000!. June 5001. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN 1111.1DS. OITIL OLOSI.N , ; O'CLOCK. PRICES. 'razilian Bonde — Cent. 1845, with Coupons--- 88 a i . s ti i t e t a n o , , S 5 m p a l r e l Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1810 Ditto, Passive 4 4 Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent — :93f. Exchange pAID. ;11IISIN:85 DONN C 2 1. 5 0 f. 51 48 N 576 0 c. PRICES OF 'AM SELARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PKICEtI. hordeen , . Do. Preference inaber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 28 ...... Berks & Hants "Extend. _ (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or w ith a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Binning., Wolverh'ton, and Dndley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 Blrming.,Wolverh'pton , and Stour Valley ..:.•• 13/. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June,.... 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... „ Ditto, Thirds ..»••••• 2 $ iiu,kingham*hire ...... 171 / ,', Caledonian ...... ........ 50 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Cly desdale June 50 Chaster and Holyhead... 50 9 74%••• ..... 9 5 ' Ditto, Preference l5 _ Ciarence Do. Ist C Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...„ _ Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. .. lO ...... Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% — Fazt Anglian, 25/., L. & _ E. and L. and ... 25 Do. 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 314 Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 Emtem Comities—. 2O 6 ...... 67/ s Do. New, Gus_ 6 per ct. 10 Di tto,Fa tension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13a. 4d... par Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A _ (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Clefs A, ditto... 6 - Do., Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ... , East Lancashire 25 - ••••• ••••-- •• Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... •• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6IA East Lincolnshire ...... 25 ...... 28% 2B Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... Exeter•Yeovil, ts Dorch. 2 5,,,, —• Exeter and Exmouth,.. 2le. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ........•• —B/.65. 8d.... ..... — Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Cousol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 Great Northern Do., li t A Deferred ... 12%—... 3 Do., IA B 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,( 2 — .. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. JO Great South. and West. -- ---..— . _ _ _ _ (Ireland) r 4 at North of England 100 ...... ...... ......... Ditto, Now. 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto - 35 - Ditto, New, 301 New .15/ l5 .. .. Great Western 10f ...... Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 6O - Ditto, 1 4 1 Shares ... 23 .. 11 1 -A, 11 Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171. .. 15 ... .. .... ..... — Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 --- Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .....• -- Do. Quarter Shares... 121,4 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... ... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire100 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. .. ..- . Do. Quarters - s• •••9 ....... ..... Do. FifthP 1)o. Thirds ....-. ....... 16 1 ,x,..... - . Do. New Guarantied ... ...... ..... 12% P per Cent....—.... 10 Ditto (Llnddervfield and Shoff.) .. 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... .... • — Do. (Preston & Wy re) 25 Do. I/ 2 Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford SO - Lo ads and Think ...... 50 ••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 V •.. Do., do. No. 2 it 2 % 3A Do., do. . ....No.. 3 5 . .... ... ........ Do., Pref. Quar.,lBlS 9 ...... -- .. . Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . L)ndon &Blackwall...ll/. 68. 3d... 3 1 ,i B% L I.ron, Brighton, and South Coo.lt .... 100 Do., Ntw 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Gua..rant. 5 per et.. 9 10% lO% Dc. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1e52 50 .. . Lw: and Greenwich 12/15a 4d... ..... . Preforwe . 20 ...... L.)ndt,r, and N. Wnitern 1( A', llO 109'y; 110 k J 09.34 Ditto, Now Quarters.. 12 1214:), 12% Diito,Fiff',, - - 73'?...fz•••••••• ••• 7% Do. 461. 1-11r.:%,(r_..rtt.) 35 Do. 101. ( M... & 2 )C. 1 ...... 2 ... ...... ond.?, F. '•,'7,4t,in --.100 ~ .., 6 t .. ....... Ditto, Now r,O/. ...... 42',4...... - D.,. ,',..:ew 4A 34 - - Do.. Nevi Scrip, 184 E, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 .ordendeny&Colerair e,. 25 . — _...... ...... Do. 12 5hare5.......,.... 5 - ........ ..••,.. .ondouderry grid Ennis killer.: .... 4 • ••• ..... 0 e••••• 25 ...••• •-• Do. ii; Shares .owesteff guar. 4 per et 20 ...... Ditto (6 per et.) 'ytanchester,Bullen,and Matlock._ i,[l,lwhlt.,ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire-10.) Do. Quarter:, (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 h — ••• Do. New 101. Pref..— 10 ..... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... Ditto ditto . 0 Ditto ditto Dittq Sliellizld and . Lincolnshire ...... 25 . Do., Gritnthy Dock... 25 ..... Blmichester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 e . 1 ...nd Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 'Ai. Shares 30 •734 8.. . Do. Biro:., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., ner Ditto, Brlst. ez i Glocstr. 42 ...... Ditto ditto 22'. 75... ........ Do.,lirewdshVe.l.,Pref. 5U Ditto, Leieest.Bt Swan uington, 8 per et. guar. 100 1V extern Irish ....... ........ .. 47 .% , liddlik,bro' and Redesr, 6 per cent. guar 5O Newca.itle and Uarlisle.loo +'o. QuArttre v, , tu Ext , rodon Al,Jc.rgavenn,y, 44 73,8 ml .t ieretord - - - 6 .•-•• cowry and Enniskillen 7 W` e.rrunpoint, ..,:iv. lloduttlit.of S -, ,,rt01k ~ ...._ 3 itti -.. 00. New 201, ifto. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 2U Do. Guaranteed s!ti pc. 5 Do. do. War - may Val. 2 N athern Counties Unit-a 4 .....,. Nrorth Briti.sli. Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, („luarters ...,.. tii , ,i — Ditto, Mirth .... .. .. bi Ditto Preference 5 N orth Statiordahire ... 174 v — North Wales . ••• S % - •• • North-Western .... xferd, Worcester, and NV olvzrlntrupton t,:eading, Guildford, ind Reigate .. , oyAon and flitchin ... 41A.. ... .. ••• .. cottibn Central Scottish Midland Ty Ditto, New .ihrewsu.ry- And;Birm l2 Ditto ditto, Ciaas B. S Ditto, NCIV Guaranteed ...... ••• se••• Shrewibliry and tieretd. b , Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) IS Ditto lialres ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oinvcstry Ditto Nc.. , :v 1. co egoa Do. 8 per Cant. I'ref. 10 3hropstursi Union uuth, Devon Do. Preteren.ce South StariOrdshire 8 1,4 5 ••• •• ....... se 7 , .outr. Eastern Do., No. 3 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... ..... Do., Scrip No 4 Stiutii Wales. ,outh Yorkshire, Don caltet, end Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 161,4 Du. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Loughor &Ca meron's Stui. C0a1.... 7 avi Vale Extension ... 8 l'Aames haven Dock - JA and Railway 17 %•••••. *'ale of Neath Waterford and Kilk entry 21/ Waterford and Limerick 47% Watexfd,Wxfrd,Wieklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. G'uaratiLe-! , d Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 West Cornwall er hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Westein ..... ... 14 W Somerset, Way - mouth York, NeweasCe, and Berwieic. ........ 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. U.N.L. Preference 8 ... Dv. Hartlepool Dock and Bally, ay lOO ...... •• York and :I , ;;,rth 51idlnud 50 ...... 17 1 4% r'reteranc ,, FOREKiN RAIL% y ▪ ltAiiiltl (late Ita liaii and Austrian).... 5 1 / 4 duologue arid .J.rurent... 20 Central of Franco (Or leans and Vierzoa)... 20 Demerara 17% Dutch Rhenish 8 ••• •• •• • • ..... •• • • East Indian ... 314 •• Ditto ... Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do. 103. Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg .. Ditto Madrid and Valentia 2 ...... Namur and Liege 20 ... Northern of France l4l. 85... 1 3 A dis. Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 3LAA ..... Paris and Orleans ...... 20 •••• ...... •• Paris and Rouen 2O •e•••• ""°' Paris und Strasbourg Rouen and Havre 20 •••••• Sambr© and Meuse 2O 214 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and ti auto .. 13 Tuurnay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders 6%..... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia ..•• Ditto, New . ........... 2%....., , Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...„„ Union of Madrid ... 40 32% 16% 8)4 i 73 6 ..... 814 214 -T 12A LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Dsc. 27.—Wind at noon W.N.W., fresh hrecze 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, DBC. 26. —Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. James, Martin, Prince Edward Island; Carib, Demerara; Clarence, Pictou. Sld. Meteor, Sierra Leone; Com merce, Trinidad; Twenty-ninth of May, Porto Rico; Susan, Vera Cruz; Washington, Mobile. Off port, Os. me 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.—Std. 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 position. BRISTOL, DEC. 26.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Rolviner, Martin, Rio Grande; Fanny (reported to be) Demerara. PILL —Sld. Lotus, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. G. H. Hopely, Brece, Charleston, for Liverpool; Eliza John stone, Donaldson, Macao. STELES, DEC. 26.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Daniel Roes, Hong Kong. HULL, DEC, 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Denea, Foster, St. Domingo. 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 following is one of the latest exploits of these worthy disciples of HAYNAU and WINDISCHGRATZ• At Zolkiew a tavern keeper named'CWIKIEL declared to his customers 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 he 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 CIVIKIEL ? The Post Gazette, of Franktort, states that the Austrian Governrcent has charged the banking house of RETHMANN and Co., of that city, to pay henceforth the coupons af 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 Riva, and other places situated on the Lake of Garda, that no private steamers shall hence forward be allowed to ply on the Like, but that the commercial operations shall be carried on by the Im perial war-vesels. The Austrian Government is causing to be built at Trieste a steam frigate of war of 640 horse• power. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Moniteur has just published the Bill which reduces the postage on letters in Prussia. On and after the ]st of January, a sirgle 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 (1.21 c.), from 10 to 20 miles German, two groschen, and beyond that dis tance 3 groschen. The Post-office is charged to pro• pare postage stamps for the use of the public, DEN IVIAItK. The Berling Gazette of Copenhagen of the 18th says that it is not true, as has been stated, that the armistice between Denmark and the Duchies has been prolonged. BA VARIA. The Bavarian Chambera 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 233, 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, not to give effect to the reservations which it has made relative to the treaty of the 26th 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. OLDEN BURG. 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 BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS 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 CRENNEVILLE, Austrian Commandant of that city : " Any person who shall offend an Austrian or Tuscan soldier of the line, police-force, cr 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 Borromee 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 Frederie Borromeo. THE CHIEFS OF INDIA. 3, Gloucester-gardens, Dec. 14, 1849. MY FRIEND RUNGO BAPGATEB,—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 than 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 th country wherever we have planted ourselves. So litudinem facimus, pacem appellanats. There is an old French proverb, "Aide tot et la ciel 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 shouldengage as their agents some Members of Parliament to advocate their interests. Unless they do 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 nev e r would have been a disturb ance in the Lahore country if we had mt shown a determination to take it. The same of Si:Y.lde, and there would have been no conspiracy against Sat tara if we Lad 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 Bapoj,:e, &c. &c. M. LEWIN, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Notices of an intended application to Parliament have been given for a new telegraph company, to be called the " British Electric Telegraph Company." The extension of the telegraph to Preston is WAY completed. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NE VTGATS AND Xai.A.DZINECAIM. These markets were heavy to-day on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 25 10d to 3s 103; Veal, 35 2d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per slbs. by the carcase. MEAT ZWARIEETS. SOUTHALL, Due. 26.—We had a very dull market to-day, and prices bad a d ownwar d ten d ency. Beef, from - 35 to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. RONFORD, DEC. 26.—Our market was heavy for each kind of stock. The general quotations ware somewhat easier. Beef, from 33 2d to 43 211; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 10J; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s Rd per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 155 to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 17s to 82s• and Mulch Cows with their small Cult, 151 to 181 each. LEWES, Drc. 24.—Very little business was transacted here tc-dsy, and prices were barely supported. Beef, Crone 3s 4d to 43 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. HAY DIAXZETE. SairrnvinLr).—Meadow Hay, 21 85 to 81. Ss; Clover ditto, 31 04 to 41 7a ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 85 per l o ad. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. C UNE E ALAND.—Meadow Hay, 2i ss to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 31 05 to 41 6s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 B.s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. V.TurrEcr.t.A.rEr..— Meadow Hay, 21 81 to 31 83 ; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1183 per cad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CORN AVERA.CIES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 20. 1849, made up from tilt Returns of the inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eggland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE• BEANS. I PEA.. PRICE .. 1138 s 9d 25s 9d I 153 9d 22s 9d 273 5d 283 lld DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 RABBET. I OATS. BM 1 BEANS. I PEAS. is Od is 04 is 04 15 Od 18 04 is 04 CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. DEURY-LANE THEATRE. REVIVAL OF THE LEGITIMATE DRAMA. At length Old Drury is itself again. The stage which Kemble, and Siddons, and Kean trod, is no longer desecrated by wild beasts, or tame horses, or foreign danccrs. Old Drury is no longer either a menagerie, or a circus, or a casino, or a place of even more questionable character. The intruders who had for a while polluted the shrine by their presence have been ejected--the temple of the drama has been purified, and is now restored to the worship of Shekespere—and the public gratitude is in an especial manner due to Mr. James Anderson for the spirited manner in which he has come forward to restore to the legitimate drama this, its legitimate home. Mr. Anderson commenced his managerial career last evening, and so crowded an audience has seldom been assembled within the walls of old Drury as met together there last night to give Mr. Ander son a housewarming. Long before the doors were opened a crowd was assembled at each of them, which reminded us of the palmy days of the drama, and within ten minutes after the doors were opened the theatre was crammed to :suffocation in every part, and several hundreds were sent away from the doors unable to obtain admission. The play chosen for the opening night was the Merchant of Venice, in which Mr. Anderson appeared as Shylcck and. Miss Laura Addison as Portia; but no sooner had the curtain dra.,vn up than " the gods" commenced " a dreadful pother o'er our heads," by stamping, whist ling, and vociferating with Stentorian lungs, " Pantomime, pantomime." It was in vain that the performers attempted to make themselves heard. Even that always distinct and most audible of actors, John Cooper, failed on this occasion to make himself heard, and the first act of the play was mere dumb show. The noise seemed somewhat to lull when Mr. Anderson came forward to address the audience, and he was listened to with something like attention. He thanked them for the magnificent housewarming they had given him, regretted that they should have experienced any inconvenience from the crowded state of the house, and offered to return the money or to give tickets for another night to those who suffered - inconve nience. He wes applauded, but the vocifera tions of "Pantomime, pantomime," were resumed with greater energy than ever, and the play itself for the first three acts was, in consequence, panto mime and pantomime merely. It was in vain that Mr. Anderson repeatedly addressed the disturbers, sometimes in deprecatory, sometimes in commanding mood, the only effect produced was to render the gods mischievous, and they tore down the draperies of the lower gallery and threw them into the pit. At length the drop drew up for the fourth act, it was the trial scene during the earlier portion the uproar continued, but when Portia com menced the mercy speech the noise was stilled ; by the magic of Miss Laura Addison's acting ; the rioters were fascinated into silence, and richly were they rewarded for that silence. Never have we heard this celebrated speech so beautifully, so perfectly de cl.4imed as it was _by Miss Laura Addison—never have we seen the trial scene so excellently acted. There was a majesty, awl at the same time a womanly feeling about the acting of Miss Laura Addison in this scene which we have never seen surpassed, it was the perfect union of "dignity and love." The scene ended, the uproar was renewed, and continued throughout ebe.whole of the fifth act, and at the conclusion Mr. Anderson again came forward to address the audience, andos the pantomime was new within sight he was listened . to with attention. I - 1* thanked the crowded audience for their support, re gretted the unpleasantness which , had occurred, and declared his object of giving the drama a central home while he admitted the merits of the suburban direc tors. In managing the noisy holiday folks Mr. Anderson had a difficult task to perform, and he cer tainly got through it with much firmness and also with much good humour. The pantomine, one of the beet that has been produced for years, is from the pen of the author of Bluff' King Hal, and is entitled Harlequin and Good queen Bess. The opening scene is admirable, Old Father Christ mas applies to the spirit of John Rich the origiral inventor of pantomimes, for a pantomime to celebrate the re-opening of Drury, The genius of tragedy, or, more property speaking, the genius of the great unacted, presents a tragedy on the subject of Queen Bess to Rich, who forthwith puts it into his pantomini , e, cauldron and therefrom issues " the pantomime. The opening scenes were full.of rich exaggerated fills- We have the dressing, the dancing, the flirting, and the courting of Good Queen Bess, who found a most grotesque representative in Mr. R. Romer ; the extravagant dandyism of Leicester, acted by M. Deulin with a true Payneish spirit; the deep, deep woe of Amy Robsart, and the dancing and squalling of her " beautiful babby," the rage of the rejected suitors of Queen Bess, and the rage of the Queen when she finds that she herself is rejected, that Amy is the wife of Leicester—the whole winds up, like the tragedy of Mr. Puff, with the destruction of the Spanish Armade, after which the transformations take place, and the harlequinade commences, and . certainly Mr. Anderson has secured the ser vices of the most agile Harlequin (M. Deulin) the most graceful Columbine (Miss Theodore), the most lively and active Clown (Mr. C. Stilt), and the best Pantaloon (Mr. J. Deulin), that we have seen for many seasons past. Mr. Seymour, who acted the part of a sprite, is one of the most suprising of postur e masters, and little Stilt, who appeared as the juvenile Clown, and went through a series of wonderful performances with his father, will rival the Risleys in popularity, as he does already in gracefulness and activity. The tricks were all ad'. mirable, the harlequinade never flagged, and the hi" at the follies of the day were excellent, and told m ost effectively. The whole concluded with a grand moving Diorama (painted by Brunning) of the voyage of Her Majesty from the Isle of Wight to Cork, which is one of the most beautiful ever exhibited, r calling to the memory of the old playgoer the day when Stanfield lent the magic of his pencil to the lustration of the Old Drury pantomime. (From the Times.) Mr. Anderson, who comes forward to restore Old Drury to its pristine glories, was honoured last night with a real boxing-night audience of the old school — a set of jovial souls, determined not to hear a word of the play, but to reserve all their attention for the pantomime. At first Mr. Anderson, finding that not a syllable of his Shylock could reach any ear, , came forward, and taking a good-humoured view a the case, said he was pleased at the " house-warm' ing." Then, observing the crowded condition of the gods—indeed the whole house was crammed to suffo cation—he stated that the numbers of his supporters showed they meant him well, though, he added, they had rather an odd way of showing it' The occupants of the galleries continued their vociferations, expressing, by divers idiomatic remarks , their belief that they were too densely thronged, and adding practical force to those remarks by tearing down the drapery within their reach and pitching it into the pit. The noise at last became tiresome, and elicited two more speeches from Mr... Anderson, in which he stated that he had given orders to return the. admission money to the inconvenienced, and protested that he would raise his prices if the gentry in the gallery did not reform their manners. The only pan" in the uproar was in the trial scene, when Miss Laura Addison, who played the character of Port carne forward as the advocate of the oppressed Antonin' The audience gave her a round of applause, and con sented to hear this principal scene of the play. When the curtain had fallen Mr. Anderson re-appeared in plain clothes, and in a very good spirit settled all the differences of the evening. (From the Chronicle.) Mr. James Anderson, the tragic actor, has taken Drury-lane Theatre for a period of three years, that he may make one effort more to reinstate the British drama in this its ancient sanctuary. Remembering the diseouraging, and sometimes disastrous results that have attended former attempts in this direction , and looking at the vastness of the undertaking, tbese cannot be a doubt that Mr. Anderson, were it for We l boldness and enterprising spirit alone, deserves every possible and reasonable encouragement from th e , theatre-going public. Nor do we entertain the slighte st doubt that Mr. Anderson will receive this suppor t ' notwithstanding a certain querulousness of tone observable in the advocates of a restoration of the, legitimate drama, as if they thought that it 1)0 been treated with an undeserved neglect. If we may judge by the few words addressed by Mr. Andersen to the audience at the close of the play last nigh t ' he does not himself participate in any such feeling' On the contrary, after a very handsome acknowlel rnent of the enterprise of other managers, he expresee his conviction that the o th er th ea t res now o pen te r the "legitimate" drama did not • afford enough p c ,: commodation for the public, which does not 1 0 °' very like a want of patronage. If any confirmati o n of this hopeful view of the prospects of the new ne: de rtaking were required, ,it certainly wa s to be found in the aspect of Drury-lane Theatre long ,h e ' core the drawing up of the curtain last evening' crammed as it was to the ceiling. It would at present be pre mature to offer any opinie. n On the probabilities of Mr. Anderson's it mate success, because he has not yet 1 3 `' forth the full strength of his present company and, as he stated last night to the audien ce ' the present arrangements of other establi' et ments precluded his availing himself of much Wei!. now otherwise engaged. But allowing for the; difficulties the dramatic portion of last night's ent er tainment, as far as the noise made from first to las t '4 the " gods"—according to their prescriptive right " these Chri2 Pxtremel ti Venice, wit] Adlison as lir. F. Vit Imards. A. ance passed lessee had s propitiate tl by offers of all was in quiet—they at last came carry Mr. 11 seaFon, till I arra igemen The Loy a r.e w fairy the Jewels 4 ment proviC friends. C( the two firs) seemly calls there was a trary, Olyn ordinary b( which preci were not o perfor med. became into bestowed wi properly 1 triumphs ol is the on( magic mirrc roan with an 3 into it. A ' 1 Products of ~and e rCeted; the preienae of . c* o f the 6 patticular to named Mobs falls over hem the damsel an the Genii is carries her ofi deposit her c sequently fine expected. ( trough have burlesques tt stage. The running fifty Bland, as the fitted him to Vitzwilliam, to the utmost reception. I " grotto of st long-continue " statute fair, characters at I not mar the F will derive ix beforehand wl they will hea Plentiful enou &taut exercise The new pi Was an extra' entitled Fra: subject is dei Shelley's nov wishes the ma man Gasthau: of Krackenja drinking Rhe coursing of tl Wont to do ui certain AgatE ter of an adj 12-erandblitzen by her lathe Wright), wh and a great anything but (Miss Woolg of the aforesa and resolves, bride. In th, Upon a model Ledford), wh and for whom him by Zami Purpose from monster walk Maker and a grand fête in Marriage, wl albeit uninviti Is to elope aft drank one cu assembled ; tl delight and L Making a me: What is it" b smasht females, scar Castle, which an eye ; not, Pompiers, Petticoats, a the tail of a Ruishing the 1 nymph Undi the young 1( freak s of the quently Fran the Herr Bat for the misdf innocence, th sPouse rush teems that, deaux, in thl tamed " The Less fife, pre !Len ; and promis he is bound ation. The " the Rinal legend to the store authors' ow . what they which, hone Hess at ail." but it flags I not half as i Itlde, if tht The scenery scene and tl water scene- Portion of t hooks!' AI s uccess of .1 Wright and Ellen Chap . general rest thusiasm t N t ogether to eonsiderei A pretty ch Program me, r eceived mo Performers. named Brox d ramatic vv( Pieces, Th tr il3 S " authenc very order],