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cks yesterday, under the charge of Sergeant-Major Hadrill, and embarked for service in the Enterprise. One lergeant, one corporal, end six pr:sa*ea of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, were brought down by the sergeant-major, and went on board the 3alsette receiving ship, to embark in the Invcstigator the moment she is taken out of dock. The Retribution steam-frigate will be undecked on the 27th inst., and taken to the East India Dock to be refitted with her machinery by Messrs. Penn. The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Hope, C. 8., has taken on board the large brass screw for the Hogue steam guard-ship, and will leave Woolwich on the 26th or 27th instant, and after having her compasses ad justed, will proc?ed to Devonport to be paid advance and wait further orders. Sheds to call at Portsmouth to take on board supernumeraries, and her ultimate destination is at present to join the squadron at Lisbon. r HE ATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully be, , s to submit the following scale of Prices of Admissi , n for public approval : Prir ate boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - It 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery -1 0 I Lower Gallery -0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. The Public is respectfully informed that the Dramatic Season will commence on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2ran, which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakspere's Play of the 'MERCHANT OF VENICE. eke of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassanio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer ; Salarino, Mr. Everett ; Grattan°, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenzo, Mr. William Montague; Shylock, Mr: James Anderson; Tubal, afr. Barry : Launeelit Gobbo. Mr. W. 11. Angel ; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Devito ; Leonardo, Mr. Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephano, Mr. Ellar ; Clerk, Mr. Gough ; Antonio's servant, Mr. Priorson; Gaoler, Mr. Bovvtell ; Portia. Miss Laura Aldison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Jessica, Miss Fanny Hullart. After which (First 'rime) 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 Fo fast, World gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 ! the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod w.ll, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the compasition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. 'the Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, a. d Assistants. The Properties, Magic Trick., and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. ltiamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie The Spirit of Hizh Trage y, Zr. 3 J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Ennice ; Spirit of Moiher Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen &c., &c., by &c., &i. MORTALS. Goal Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; A ny Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Ilex 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 Hasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smouiy Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. 3fanderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino; Mails of H ,nour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, . . But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rieh, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. . _ - _ This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door?"—Come and see—" J. Anderson'■ 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 t e 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 sac, " 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 Bale'gh fears his pipe will be put out -B.tcon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, what. , ver they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which tho Royal Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! and the Royai Petticoat I! ! ! will mite their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN ItESS . . . en deshabille, as she is represe,ted in a pi..nure at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly fellow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS n all her royal sple:,dour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Gool Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to deci,le"—aud it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES: Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " Iligh Horse," the story gallops on to C lIMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGIIT—WiIsen. "Coming events cast their shadows before"—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket.;hy—" Put out the ligkt, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth— He stops at Love's half-way hou , e, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lf can't be said, " he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herielf again "—that is to sac, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Bobby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, 'Your naughty dad to see." And so they do KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Ress's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen (less paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and " paid the pip,r." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must adinir , his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " compiti teurs," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel n a grand scale, a sort of " tiff tbr the million," takes place, which, ithoagh beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA! By Warner's Fulminatinz Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rica 11 ruling that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a" Peace Congress," and brings ull to a close by making them all change their clothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M, Deulin. - Lord Rurleigh that of Paltaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Madlle, Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess le—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." Welcome, Old Friends, don; since we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE A•ZD PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Butter 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 Co ks Accompts, and Railway Kiag in Tribu- latlon—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS! SIMPSON'S DIVIN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation--Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Police I—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co , gress—How to get up a Revr—Prosylites Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domesti 3 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. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all Hot —Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One fenny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies--• Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Holloway's Purifying Pills— New Tariff—Gin 6reatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks —and Sudden Trinsfoimation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO ,GING-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, en you, and J,andall of us : fell down."—Shakspere. BED-Itoo3l IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son ref Mars—Clown's Notioa of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'fllver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only gel Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though be does. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR. 01 EMILIA. WYNDHAM. Just really, in 3 vols., post Bvo , THE WILMINGTONS By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," " Two Old Men's " Mordaunt Hall," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great, Marlborough-strecl. ATEK AT LONDt)ti ----- Tim DAT °mine, 20 min. after 8 I Evening, 58 min. after 8 To-Mosnew —M •rnkn., 31 mm. after 13 Evening, 7 min. ails? 10 WP.:ATIIER.—Surt OnrICE, DEC 23. CHERMoMETER LOIVOIt, 26; Efigho3t, 34. soon, 3 BAROMETER. 30.61; still rising. WIND N.N.E.—fine, clear, frosty weather. DEC. 24. TLIERMOMETER, Lowest, 24 Highest, 32, Noon 33. BAROMETER, 30.41. WIND, Morning, S.W., rain and sleet; since which it has veered round to the N., with every appearance of a continuance of frost. FATHER THA. UES' 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 Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand _ _ Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTMAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by.' running. illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needlis—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse —Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more ! Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. -- _ On Thursday, Moore's Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. with other entertainments. On Friday (first time these seven years) Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett ; Orlando, Mr. James Anderson ; Touchstone, Mr. W. H. Angel ; Jacques, Mr. Vanden hoff ; Banished Duke, Mr. Cathcart (his first appearance); Adam, Air. Cooper ; with other entertainments. On Saturday, the Play of THE STRANGER, with other enter tainments. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson ♦cting Manager, 31r. _ . W. - Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Bsliet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Poiey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, kale Lessee and Manager, Old BromptoU. On 'WEDNESDAY wiu be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOPING WOMAN. Wieicert, Mr. Howe ; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack ; Max, Mr, 11. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new L 3 ric Dramatic Sketch, entitled RING ItENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. Jame s W ailack , Co:mt Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean- To conclUde with TILE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gem... THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL radar Ste of fadaTrte Celesta. On WEDNESDAY, Wlll be performed a sew domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters ty Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. B,d ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After whieli FRANKE NSTE I N ; or, The Model Man. To coneladc; with a new slippery' sketch called MRS. BUNBITRT'S SPOONS. 'Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. O. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. XOTAL LYCRUM THEATRE. the Management of Madam:: Vestrl , , Sole Lessee, Mr. Charts. mothowe. On WEDNESDAY. Will be performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with 4 PRACTICAL MAN. 5U7,76 __LONDON, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. On WEDNESDAY, Will be performed DON GIOITANIII. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, harlequin and Magic FLldle ASTLE Y'S AL AMPILITHEATIM Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVEN I N , Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has sue ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angele 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. Ihe attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise wondrous Scenes in the Circle. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre : • ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdllc. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his drst appearance), M. I,ac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Client, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basse of the Opera Comique, Paris, his first appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyet, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdl e. Cotti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND VAUDN'ILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his Arst appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Latont, Mdlle. Figeac (of tke Theatre Du Vat:devil e) ; Mdllc. Page (or the Theatre da Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trace diecne, 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, is Three Acts, entitled " Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halevy; the Libretto by M De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters:—Stephan (jeune 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), M. Quill! Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux clievrier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard Georgette (cousine de st, , phan), Mdlle. Cotta; 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 the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Suhse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Arnbroise Thomas. And also, tuber's last new Opera of " Haydee," tke character of Haydeo by Mdlle. Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following:—Jeanne' et Colin, Nicole ; Le Rol d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adana ; Le Cheval do Bronze, Auber; Le Macon. Auber; Le Sirene, Auber; Lully et Qui malt, Nic. le ; La Perruclae, Clapisson ; Le Valet de Charabre, Ca rafa ; tine Fo!ie, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Laster. At the re-openi^g 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 Mdlle. Derain (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 at.pear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee, attended with her accustomed and anrivalleii success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, Ace. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by IJ. Lafunt (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fige so, 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 June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi I also perform, for the first time, _ _ in Dumas , celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Be le-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedie, in One Act, entitled "Le Moinean de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one nigit only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Horaces," " Andromaque," 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. Deloirre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. filet, M. Vaudreland, M. T{emusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nichelsom, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Di: ector of the muiie and Chef- d'Orchestra, M. Charles llanssens. Subscribers of the past seas in are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the Ist of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The Cox-ofilce of the Theatre will be opened on the let of January. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. this Evening, Dec. 24, the entertainments will commence with a new Grand Spectacle of TIIE KNIGHT OF TIIE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love. To be toilowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish. ment. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. Box-office from eleven to four. Oltening rNI)ON, MONDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1849. We congratulate Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT and his committee in particular, and the benevolent public in general, on the large amount already subscribed to wards that most practical of all philanthropic pana ceas—the Female Emigrant Fund. The sums already received amount to about ten thousand pounds, and foremost on the list (as we announced on Saturday evening), is a donation of 500/. from her MAJESTY and the PEIXCE. Great as is the amount of the latter subscription, its intrinsic value is less important than is the further evidence which it affords of the liberality and kind-heartedness of the QUEEN. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT may justly pride himself upon the golden harvest which his kindly sympathy has produced, but the large amount of subscription confers an additional responsibility upon the members of the committee of management. Rightly employed this Christmas bounty may prove of inestimable benefit to thousands yet unborn. The charge is not a light one, yet it could hardly have devolved upon better hands, or have met with a heartier support from public sympathy. One fact we beg to suggest to all who, on learning the largeness of the present amount, may . .draw their purse-strings and think enough has been already obtained. On the contrary, the greatness of the sum received is only an additional reason for augmenting it. Had a few thousands only been collected, that would merely have sufficed for some trifling and perhaps temporary benefit. As it is, however, if the subscriptions con tinue as they have commenced, enough may, in all probability, be amassed to prove of lasting service to the community. Let all persons therefore who are doubtful as to the actual value of the scheme do their best to render it actually valuable—by helping to make it large enough to enable the committee to con summate the undertaking worthily. We have beard complaints against the proposed emigration on the the ground that it is unfair to send off the refuse population of the mother•country to demoralise the colonies. Such an objection arises from very skis• taken views, nut to say prejudices. The unhappy class in whose behalf we plead are, we apprehend, on the whole, as virtuous as the charitable donors to the Emigration Fund. We use the epithet advisedly, cal ling to mind that beautiful definition of virtue— " Innocence brought to trial and found not guilty." The gentle daughters of our aristocrats, tenderly reared and sedulously guarded, are pure . a- d innocent as SUAKSPERE'S Miranda. But shall we place them higher in the moral scale than the mothers and maidens who have withstood the stern ordeal of adversity—to whom honesty was too often synony mous with starvation, and sin but another name for bread ? These women, to our thinking, truly deserve the name of virtuous, and these are the very women whom we are called upon to help ! Are we not justi fied, then, in rt joking at the large amount of the subscription list? Are we not justified in feeling gratified at the appearance of the name of the higher Lady in the land at the head of a scheme so calculated to prove a blessing to thousands of English women ? The easy and rapid descent to . " Avernus" has passedinto a , proverb. But what proverb can do justice to the terrible nature of that slipper! path on the brink of ' which the unfriended female totters ? One step, and she is the Pariah of civilized society—of that society ttl It - 14 .' 4-7IP ), 4 ' • ,olicuo•in, . ' 0 - : :i' . (0.,_,.,.... - . , :; - e Z, ' . .", '•' ie.' ....., :iv ,„,..5. .:,_, N • „, ~ . . . . ..,,...,- ,: ~ , r•,... , ....,,,,,...• „, : t.' ,- ',.-- , MONDAY EVENING, DECEIVINP,Irt 24, 1840, to whos t extreme civilization she mainly owes her _ ruin. t )ur object now—the oll,ect of all the sup- TUE FRENCH IMPUr.I3/ A porters of the emigration scheme is, to interpos e a saving hand and arrest the sorely-tempted ones yet struggling on the abyss. L e t them ponder well this view of the question, they who are disposed to chide its advocates as deluded enthu siasts. If to desire the preservation of the unprotected, and not satisfied with so desiring to extend a hand to their succour, be enthusiasm, then GOD preserve such enthusiasts say we. The scheme, however, so far from being visionary, is most practicable and likely to lead to practically beneficial results. Those who fear that it will not be so have the remedy in their own hands, as we have already Said. Let them add to the subscriptions, so that the largeness of the amount may enable it to be beneficially invested! This most logical in ference we commend to the candid consideration of he opponents of the Emigration Fund. ~- - We have received the Parii journals of SAturday and yesterday.. An intereqing discussion took place in the As sembly on Friday, on the presentati on o f a Bill auther;zing the 1 . 3an1; of Prance to increase its issues from 452 millions to 525 million of francs. In the course of the debate, M. Fould, the Minister of Finance, said that the Bill would not have been presented at all, had it not been absolutely called for by the necessities of the moment. The public demanded notes as more convenient for business then specie; and, in consequence, as the metallic reserve had increased beyond measure, it was found neces sary to favour the increased circulation which was now required to suit the general convenience. The Bank hitherto was allowed to issue 452,000,000 f. in notes; by thelpresent Bill that sum was to be increased to 525,000,000 f. Was that to be done under circum stances of danger for the Bank ? Not in the least, since the metallic reserve was at present somewhat over 420,000,000 f. There was, therefore, no danger for the Bank, whilst there would be very con siderable advantage to the public. The Iloeourable Minister then referred to the two sums of 50,000,000 f. each, advanced by the Bank of France to the Go vernment after the revolution, and asked where could the State hope at present to procure money on such favourable terms? The first of these sums lent against Bons du Tresor was given at 4 per cent , and the other, forming part of the loan of 150,000,000 t., at 5 per cent. Could the State find anywhere better conditions ? He then referred to the circumstances under which the money bad been advanced, when, in consequence of the dreadful period which succeeded the revolution of February, the Provisional Govern ment would not have had money to carry on the public service had not the Bank come forward to afford its aid. Ile then pointed to the conduct of England in 1847, when the Bank was permitted at a moment of crisis to go beyond its legal issues in order to afford relief to the commercial classes. Yet the sum now demanded for the Bank only amounted to 73,000,000 f., certainly only a small increase, when the immense amount of capital in its coffers was taken into consideration. He believed firmly that the in creased issue now demanded would have the effect of imparting activity to business, and he had little doubt that the Assembly would look at the matter in his point of view. M. Sainte-Beuve thought that, if the present Bill were adopted, the decree of the Provisional Govern. ment, giving a forced currency to its notes, ought to cease to be valid, and he should, in consequence, propose an amendment to that effect. Ile looked on the fact of the Government borrowing money from the Bank as an unwise step, as by such step it did nothing less than authorise the Bank to make paper inoney.—(Murmurs of denial.) Assignats were marked by three characteristics—they were in paper, were guaranteed by no amount of specie, and were the same as the present bank-cotes. The State gave a piece of white paper to the Bank, which returned it with a stamp and a signature, and took 4 per cent interest.—(Agitation.) In two years more it would be necessary to renew both the legislature and ex ecutive power; and the nearer came that period the more would the agitation of the country increase. Was it with such a prospect that sound financial tra ditions were to be departed from ? The Honourable Representative then argued that a forced currency could never be a sound or safe one, and must lead to depreciation. When paper was good, it was taken, he said readily, without requiring to be imposed on the public. He concluded by reading the amendment of which he had spoken, and calling on the Assembly to adopt it. M. Leon Faucher said that what was now asked was to continue what the Provisional Government had before done—namely, to give a forced currency to bank-notes ; and that had been done for the interest of commerce as well as for that of government. The only question to be considered was, whether the neces sity for such a measure still existed. In his opinion it certainly did. It was, no doubt, easier to establish a forced currency than to put an end to it when in existence ; fur, after it had been long in use, it be came a kind of necessity which it was difficult to re move. An immense void had, he said, been made in the circulation by the financial situation of the coun- try ; it was not improbable, be thought, that a milliard had disappeared from circulation since the revolution of February. If the forced currency of bank-notes was done away with, the Bank would be compelled to double ite capital ; and that, it was evident, it could not effect. The Government had, he said, made an excellent bargain in its last contract with the Bank, for it had borrowed money at 4 per cent. which it could not get elsewhere at less than 6 per cent —(Cries of " La cloture I la cloture 1") As far as his opinion went, there could not be any valid objection brought against the present Bill. It ought never to be forgotten that the signature which M. St. ,Beuve appeared to treat so lightly in fact represented the capital of the Bank of France." The President—The tribune is to M. Raudot against the cloture. M. Raudot considered that the question now under discussion was one of great importance, and he re quested from the Assembly permission to say a few words on the subject.—(Loud cries of " Eeough ! enough I" " La cloture 1") The Assembly consulted, and decided on the dis cussion being continued. M. Ney de la Moscowa argued that the issues of the Bank of France, far from being exaggerated, were altogether insufficient. The manner in which the unfortunate "casuals'' who have to seek refuge even for a single night are treated, in too many of the metropolitan workhouses, has frequently been noticed and strongly commented on. The officials connected with the various esta blishments seem to regard poverty as a crime of no ordinary magnitude, and to believe that they are authorised to treat the paupers placed under their control with any degree of cruelty and oppression that may gratify the caprice of the moment. The " heads" of the wretched victims are the parts chiefly selected for operations. A pauper has, it appears, no right to retain his hair or whiskers, if that high functionary, the Union barber, should choose to order their removal. Many causes may induce that important official to direct the operation. Time may hang heavy on his hands, and a little job in the shaving department may raise his depressed spirits, and afford the necessary amusement. But surely there are at all times chins enough to be scraped, so that the barber need not long remain idle. Chins, however, would not by any means answer the purpose, for, in the first place, the shaving, so far as they were concerned, would be rather grati fying than otherwise to the "shavee," and one great source of innocent recreation, the chagrin and vexa tion of the "casual," would be wanting, and, secondly, the barber would in such cases be a mere gratuitous operator. No extraordinary fee would be gained by shaving in its ordinary meaning. A fixed salary or stipend is usually paid, for which the duty must be performed. But hair cutting or shaving human heads are extras, for which additional remu neration is received. To use the language of those functionaries, shaving beads or cutting hair " does pay," and in some degree makes up for the scanty price allowed to the "shave beggar" by his regular contract. Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile, dulci. The Union barber, we beg pardon, "hair dresser," coin bines business with pleasure by earning considerable fees for himself, filling up his leisure time in an agreeable manner, and also disgusting the paupers, so that they will not again subject themselves to such treatment, if it can possibly be avoided. It is well known that there is no part of the prison discipline so distasteful to the enterprising young gentlemen who got themselves entangled within the meshes of the law, as the close cropping which is technically termed "the county cut." It remains for some time a con clusive evidence of the punishment to which they have been subjected, and as a caution to the public against the parties thus despoiled of the flowing honours of the crown, "fenum habet in cornu." A distinguishing mark is placed on the head of each, that reveals the nature of his character and pursuits to the observers at a single glance; so that a certain degree of retirement is necessary until the hair has grown to a respectable length. A governor of one of the Houses of Correction tried the experiment of cropping persons imprisoned under county court warrants in a similar manner; but a verdict with 2.51. damages established the illegality of that prac tice, and the expensive nature of the amusement. Paupers, however, supplied a new field for such ope rations, which it was supposed might safely be in dulged in. A case which was heard before Mr. Alderman CARDEN at the Mansion-house on Wednesday affords the strongest illustration of the system, and the extraordinary powers confided to the officials in matters in which they are themselves personally interested. An Irish family, consisting of husband, wife, and Sve children, were brought up charged with mendicancy. The children were sent, on the arrest of their parents, to the West London Union, to be kept for a single night, until they should appear before a magistrate. After the case was disposed of, the worthy magistrate's attention was directed to the condition of the wretched children. Their heads had been that morning shaved, with the exception of a slight line of hair that would just appear outside their bonnets or caps, and the report says that they,presented mostpitiableobjectswhen their heads were exposed ;" and that "in court there was a murmur of suppressed indignation that they should have been subjected to such treatment." The Alder man very properly determined to probe the matter to the very bottom, and to ascertain how it was that such acts could be committed in a public establish ment. Re directed that the matron should be sent for, but that lady did not choose to attend, although at the workhouse. A certificate was accordingly sent with respect to her indisposition, but Mr. LEAD, the hairdresser of the union, appeared in her place. He it was who recommended that the heads should be shaved, whereupon the matron, without any further examination or investigation, gives the order in accordance with the report of the hairdresser. It came out in the course of the inquiry that Mr. LEAD undertakes to shave the entire establishment, from three to four hundred persons, for l's. 6d. per week, and that he received a further sum of 6d. each fur shaving children's heads, and id. for cutting their hair, which he admitted "did pay." This, then, is the temptation to that functionary to act in so truly barbarous a manner. The situation, in fact, would not be worth retaining but for the practice on the " casuals." Can this system, however, be tolerated or sanctioned P Must not a close and searching investi gation take place, and the parochial Corneys and Bumbles taught that they cannot be permitted to play such fantastic tricks with impunity, although the victims may be merely casual pauper children, who have no legal claim upon the union. M. Raidot again ascended the tribune, and ex pressed his apprehensions that the situation would be found exceedingly critical. For his part the present Bill appeared to him nothing more than one of a series of expedients which would in the end lead to bankruptcy.—(Enough I enough !) The Minister of Finance repelled with energy the fears expressed by the last speaker. The situation, he said, though tight, was not alarming; no deficit was announced, and nothing whatever led to the idea of bankruptcy, so often in the mouths of Hon. Gentlemen.—(Cries of "La cloture 1") The debate was then adjourned, and resumed on Saturday, when the Bill was passed by a large m jority. The Reform has the following:— " Yesterday morning a commissary of police, accom panied by three agents, presented themselves at our offices with a warrant to search for letters, purporting to have been written from Belle Ile, but which, it was said, were fabricated. After a strict examination, the com missary retired, taking with him a document which had been deposited with us, and which was a protest, sigred by 98 of the transported prisoners who remained at Bele Ile,l against the term repris de justice,' which had been applied to therm" 'The Ordre, the organ of M. ODILON BARROT, publishes a letter from a person on board the French fleet at Ourlac of the 6th inst., mentioning the arrival of the steamer Prony, with orders, as reported for the recall of the fleet. The steamer had continued her route for Constantinople. The writer regards the recall of the fleeet as an error in policy, being calcu lated to offend England; who does not intend to with draw her fleet until all differences be finally settled, which he thinks is far from being the case. Russia seems determined, on the one hand, to maintain an army in the Danubian provinces, while Turkey is equally determined to repel such pretension, even at the hazard of war. In conclusion, the writer thinks that General AUPICIE will not sanction the recall of the fleet, but will send home energetic remonstrances against the execution of any such intention. '1 he jury of the Gironde have acquitted eighteen persons accused of being members of the Solida rite Republicaine. It is considered probable that an expedition will be directed to the River Plate against Rosas, whose resignation of the Government is a farce, which, says the Debate, has been annually repeated. The Committee on Finance, in its report on the supplementary credit demanded for paying the sub sidy to the state of Monte Video, thus speaks of the state of relations between France and the States of the Plate : CHRISTMAS KISSING. There's no great favour in a kiss Which one may get to day— That any man may have from Miss Who woos the proper way 1 MINISTERIAL HOLIDAYS.—The Lord Chancellor has left his mansion in Park-lane for his seat in Surrey. The Noble and Learned Lord and family have been placed in mourning by the demise of the Hon. and Rev. Sir Henry Leslie, Bart. The Lord President of the Council will remain at Bowood, Wilts, until the close of the second week in the ensuing month. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness have had a numerous circle of distinguished visitors at their princely seat, the guests including Lord and Lady John Russell. Via.• count and Viscountess Palmerston, who are at Broad lands, his Lordship's seat near Romsey, will receive a succession of noble guests during the Christmas holidays. The Marquis of Clanricarde left town on Friday for Brighton, where the Marchioness and family are re siding. The Earl and Countess Grey are expected to leave town:on Monday (to-day), to:make a series of visits during the Christmas holidays. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey is to return to London the same day to suc ceed the Noble Earl as Secretary of State in town. The Right Honourable Sir F. T. Baring left his official residence at the Admiralty on Friday for Stratton Park, Hants. The Right Hon. Henry La bouchere left Belgrave square yestkrday for Stoke Palk, near Windsor. The Right Hon. Sir J. Cam Hobhouse will pass the Christmas at Erlstoke Park, Wilts, until ho ores to town for the Parliamentary session. Lord Campbell has left Stratheden House for the holiday , . The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood will remain at Mickleton Park, Yorkshire, until the 12th of the ensuing month. The Earl of Minto is not expected in town from Minto, North Britain, before the 14th of next month. Lord and Lady John Russell, and a nu merous and distinguished party, are expected to partake of the hospitality of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford sit Woburn Abbey this Christmas. The Right Hon. Fox Manic has left town until atter the Christmas holi days. The Earl of Carlisle was to have left the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland's seat in Staffordshire yes terday for Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Lord Eddisbury, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has left town for Cheshire for the Christmas holidays. Mr. Tufnell, M.P., Secretary of the Treasury, is staying with Lady Anne Tufnell, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bede.— Weekly Chrohicle. " That the present state of things cannot be main tained ; that our situatiou in the Plata is onerous, undig• nified, and cannot lead to any result ; that the treaty of Admiral Le Predour contains clauses which cennot be accepted ; that there is little hope of obtaining any mo dification of it by the pure and simple means of negoti ation ; that the new arrangements will not contribute to raise our moral authority, or our influence; that it i s necessary to decide on a plan of action, either to abandon all or to replace:the present,mode of intervention, the pay ment of a subsidy, by a more efficacious and diff.rent one; that it is for the Government to examine and decide on such measures as are moat comformable to the public interests, and to present them to the Assembly." La Patrie announces that it is the intention of M. Dumas to convoke without delay the conseils generauz of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. The last convocation of these councils took place at the end of 1840, under the Ministry of M. CUMIN The Moniteur of yesterday contains the decrees appointing. the several new ambassadors. General CASTEL BAJAC is named Envoy Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburgh, vice General LAMORICIERE ; M. DE LA Coua to the same post at the Court of Vienna, in the room of M. DE BEAUMONT. M. DE PERSIGNY is appointed to the came post at Berlin ; but being a member of the Assembly, is described as such on an extraordinary mission. M. DE BASsANO, hitherto Ambassador of Baden, is appointed to the Embassy of Wurtemberg. M. BERNARDO D'HARCOURT, Secretary of Legation at Madrid, is appointed Ambassador at the Court of Baden. M. MArtu,scALcui is eprointed First Secretary o' Legation in London, and M. MONTILEROT Secretary of Legation at Madrid. The Toulonnaise of the 17th announces the de parture ofateamera for Civita Vecchia to take troops The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Satur day for Ilatehford, Surrey, on a visit to the Earl of Ellesmere. —some for Algeria and others for France—so as to reduce the army of Italy to 20,000 men. The Refornw says— The eandldature of the P.•icce de Joinville, at the approaching elections is much t.dlied of. This candi dature i 3 to be proposed and patronised by a celebrated journalist, who, independently of a large morning journ (La Presse), publishes in the evening a small one (L' Evencinaz.9, in which he intends to advocate the claims of the Prince." The Three per Cents. were done yesterday in the Passage de l'Opera at 91f. 70c. MONEY am] COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool ou Saturday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 3,000 taken on spe celetion. The sales comprised 6,000 American 600 Pernana and Maranham, at 64(1. to 6/41,; 600 Bahia, at 5-P. to Cid.; 100 Egyptian, at 7d. to 7id.; and 600 Surat, at 4d. t 441. per lb. The market was rather excited, and price:, of American were nearly p. per lb. dearer.—Railway Shares were dull, at lower prices. The Corn market is steady today. The steamer Dee has arrived from the West Indies, but at the hour of our writing, her letters, &c., are net in town. It appears that she has nearly two millions of dollars in specie, including 65,998 for the dividends. The outline of the intelligence makes us aware of the continued determination of the Jamaica House of Assembly to effect reductions of salaries, &c. The re ports of the crops are favourable from all the windward blends as well as from Demerara, and at Havannab, likewise, the prospects were good. Cape of Good Hope accounts, of November 3, have been received by the ship Essex. The transportation q ucation still threw every other into the shade. The criminal sessions, with a population of 30,000 persons, wore over in about four hours. Efforts were making to resuscitate the Chamber of Commerce, which had almost ceased to act. The Hamburgh mail of Friday brings the quotation for bills on London, at 13.9, being lower. Not much was doing. Money was still in request. Stocks were firm, and coffee had again been very active. From St. Petersburgh, under date of the 13th inst., we learn that owing to the want of snow, the inter course with the interior was difficult. Very little busi ness was doing either in Russian products or imports. The Antwerp letters advise several shipwrecks be tween that place and Dunkirk, and one or two English vessels had suffered. The quantity of sugar on the Ist December in first hands, iu Holland, Belgium, Hamburgh, Trieste, Havre, and London, was 3,231,000 cw t., i nc l u di ng all descrip tions, against 2,869,000 cwt. at the same date last year, and the price of British %Vest and East India Mascovado is 265., against 225. in December, 1848. The stock of coffee in the places named is 911,000 cwt., and on the Ist of December, 1848, was 1,297,000 cwt. The price of Jamaica is 425. to 505., and last December was 28s. to 31s. per cwt. The following are some particulars from Messrs. Witherby and Hanson's report of the present state of the dried fruit trade:— " The clearances of currants of late for home c3n sumption at this port, and at Liverpool, have been nearly the same as last year. At London, from the 20th ult. to the 15th inat., they have reached 1,750 tons against 1,720 tons in 1848, and against 1,550 tons in 1847 (at both which periods currants, particularly old fruit, were cheaper than at present), and against 850 tons in 1846, when the article was 20 per cent. dearer. At Liver pool the clearances of the four weeks, ending the 11th inst., were 725 tons against the same quantity in 1848. " The summary of our reports for currants since Sep tember amounts to this fact, that we have received as yet 950 tons less of new fruit than to Christmas, 1848, and that the clearances of the eleven la:t weeks have been about 100 tons more than those of the correspond ing weeks of 1848. As the stock of old fruit was about the same at the commencement of both seasons, the pre sent London stock will be found to be about 1,000 tons less than at the close of 1848. " As regards raisins there is a deficit in our importation into London so far this season of 1,750 tons, and a deficit of 200 tons and 600 tons, as compared respec tively with the two previous seasons. Of currants and raisins together we have as yet received 2,700 tons less than to the 21st December last season. The ar rivals of Valentias at Liverpool have not been far short of those of 1548 season. " There has been since our hitt more animation and excitement in Valentias than has been expe rienced for some years past, and the price ad vanced from 465. to 48s. before the end of November. It has since gone back to 475., at which there are sellers, but no purchasers to any extent. The arrivals of Turkey fruit have been limited to boxes. Elemes are held at present quotations. Muscatels con tinue scarce, and are likely to be so through the season, with high prices. Black Smyrna Raisins are held at 365. " It is needless to remark, with a large diminution in the supply of Valentin Raisins, and, as we confidently affirmed two months ago would be the case, a moderate direct supply of Turkey fruit, and with but little falling off in our clearances, the stock of Raisins in the port of London is very different from that at the close of 1848, when of Valentias alone the stock at the wharfs was 1.600 tons. There is, therefore, both as regards raisins and currants, ample room for any supply which might possibly reach us in consequence of the alteration in our navigation laws, which will come into forco on the Ist January next." The English Stock Market is very quiet, and the paucity of business prevents either fluctuation or elas ticity, and may be expected to continue throughout the week. Consuls have been 96 to 96h- i; the New Three and-a Quarter per Cents. 97/ i; and the Three per Cents. 96 to f. Bank Stock is firm at 204 to 203 i. Exchequer-bills have been 555. to 58s; and India Bonds 86s. premium. In the Foreign Market also there is decided flatness, and from the same causes. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 181 and Portuguese Four per Cents. 361. Equador Bonds are 3L and Peruvian have been 544. Mexican Stock is 281 to 281. Danish Five per Cents. have been done at par, and Dutch Four per Cents. at 844 to 85 In Railway Shares there is very little doing, and they have not sustained any particular changes. Certain holders of the Canal or Preference North Stafford Shares have, by circular, announc.d a meeting to be held at Stafford, on the 24th instant, " f or t a purpose of taking into consideration an opinion given by counsel, which will be laid before the meeting in favour of their claim to the full dividend, as stated in the last half-yearly report of the directors to be then pay able; and of deciding whether any, and if any, what steps shall be taken with a view to obtain the full dividend." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 22. . . Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Namur and Liege, cg Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 '44 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon ), 13 Luxembourg, 2 nof France, dis.—Paris and Rou n, 21 —Rouen and Havre, 9 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17ch inst. have arrived. The Guceta contains a notification that the interest on the Three per Cents. falling due on the 31st inst., will be paid on the 2d January. MADRID BOLSA, DSc. 17.—Three per Cents , 30 13 16 account; Four per Cents., 12 paper; Five per Cents., 12 . i; Coupons, 7,1 paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, Si paper; Exchangt) on London, 50 35. GERMANY AND ThtE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Breslau) Gazette says that intelligence of a very grave character was received at Vienna, on the 16th. In the Tyrol at Salzburgh, an obstinate con flict took place between the troops and the National Guard, occasioned by the attempts of the former to disarm the latter. The troops were repulsed. In the Slovack country the agitation is constantly on the increase, and the greatest animosity exists against the newly instituted Gendarmerie. The latest accounts from Vienna are to the 20th, on which day intelligence was received of the out break of a military insurrection in Servia, in conse quence of the attempts made to reduce the pay of the troops. Several lives had been lost. It is said that the Servians and Croats, having discovered how they have been deceived by the Austrian Government, are en deavouring to enter into some arrangement with the Magyars whom they had assisted Austria to crush ; and the military outbreak in Snvia will, it is said, be the signal for the rising of the Czechs in Bohe mia. In Italy also an outbreak is expected, and Austria, by sending 60,000 Honveds to be incorpo• rated in the army of RADETZKY, is obligingly for. warding reinforcements to the Italian Liberals. RADETZKY is, it is said, offended at the neglect with which the army of Italy has keen treated, while honours have been showered in profusion on the army of Hungary, which was invariably defeated, and which, but for Russian assistance, would ere this have been annihilated. "But for the victory of Custozza where would Austria have been ?" asks RADPTZKY ; but the courtiers tell him that be only saved the empire, while HarisAu saved the dynasty, and the EMPEROR is of course of much greater importance than the empire. ONE :1,. ,t-. 1 r• a ritICE OF RITISii FUND:, O'CLOCK. PRICES. wank Stock .................. .. ....„ 202 1 / 2 203 1 / 2 203 1 / 2 8 ;:er Cent. Reduced Anns 96 v 6 ,4 96'4 New 314 per Cent. Anns.... 9 7 1 / 2 . 7% 97 •N Long A nns. to expire Jan. 1860 - S 3 li,dia Bonds, LOOK ....... Ditto under 1,000/ .... ..... 88 p 88 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 11,4 d. tk 2d 1,000/. June 55 58 p 500/. June Small. June 55 58 p oirE O'CL 00E. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 58 p 58 p 53 p OLO:;!Ilk ?RIC ES 98 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... ... 98 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds .. M ex i ca n, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... 28% 28% Ditto, Account Peruvian. Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account P.otuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. panish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive 3% 4 4 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . — 38% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 1 4 G 6 14 Ditto. 4 per Cent. 'Certificates 84% 85 84 1 ,E 84 1 / 2 rItICES OF , AID .BUSINESS DONE OLOSIN:• , AILWAY SHARES. ' • AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. • berdeen 5O Do. Preference A mber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 ..—. kyrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (GLlVest. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox f,rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 ...... iirining, Wolverteton, and Dridley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14e ... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 _ . _ _ ........ ...„.. 3ristol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds .... . . ... 213 i ttuckinghamilire Caledonian .......... 50 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 ...... 7% % Di tto,Clydesdale June 50 hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Clam, 6 per CL 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 Per Ct. 10 ...... -- Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports month Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 ,E ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & 11.... 18 .... Do., 3/. 108., Pref... 31h Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... ...... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Di t to,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ...... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A 54% 25 3 4 11 73% 9 3 / 4 - OA _it (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 01.1 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 _ East Lancashire . . ....... 25 Ditto, New ... 25 ...... Ditto, New Quarters 61 , 4 — .. ..... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- , ference Quarters ... 6 l A __ _ ......., East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch 25, — ..... ... Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. GlRsgow, Dumfries, and l•••• •• -- C............ 81.65. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Do-Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 •.. ... ...- Great Northern Do., I /2 A Deferred ... Do., 1/, B 6 per Cent... 7 1 ,¢ Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 reat z-r.ontli. and West. w. 2 0. 4% ( Ireland) re at. North of Eng] and 100 ...... - ... Di i t..i, New, 40/ 4O - ••• •••• Ditto, ditto - ...••••••• •• Ditto, New, 301 3O - Ditto. New .15/ l5 .. - Groat West ern 100 57% 58 ... Ditto, I ,‘ Share, 50 ..... Ditto, 1, Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ..... 64.•••••••••••••• Hull and Se:by ~ ...... 50 ..... - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... - ...... - Do. Quarter Shares... 121 - .... ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 5'3 ...... - .... ... - Ditto, Thirds - - Lancashire & Yorkshireloo ..... - 41.• Ditto, ditto • Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ... .. - - Do. Quarters ......... 23% - .. ..... ...... DD. Fifths... Do. Thirds ...... ..... ... 16% - -• Do. New Guarant:ed 6 ler Cent . Ditto (Huddersfield and Sl' eff. ) 5O - •• •• . ..... Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 - ..... ~. ...... -- Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - _.- Do. l h Shares (A)... 10 ...... - -. Leeds and Liradtord 6O - •••. ..... •••••10 ...".. Lek-ds and Thirhk Do., Prefer., G per Ct. 8 1 4 - ....« -, - Do., do. No. 2 . 7% 2% 2% Do., do. No. 3 5 ..•••• - ••• ........ •• - Do., Pref. Quar ,18-13 9 ...... ••••• — Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . lO - •••••• L indon & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d... - ....• London, Brighton, and South Coast... .. . 103 - • ......... •• •• Do., New 5/., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 132% Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 ".... - De.; Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 18fi2 50 .. - L. •n don and Greenwich 12/1554d - ... ..... .... Ditto, Prefore.e. .. . 20 - Unadon and N. Western 100 ll o ls 110 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 - Ditto, Fifth, ... Do. 401.Shares(L.M.) 35 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lond.& S. Western ..... 50 .. ... 29% 30 1 4 . Ditto, New 501.....« 423(....... - - Do. New 40/. . 34 - Do., New Scrip, 1848, ref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 - ..... - Do. 1 / Shares ~... 5 - .............« - Londonderry and Ennis= kil l tn 25 ....... .... - Do. ~', Shares 6 ...... - Lowestcff guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... - - Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 - - • ••• Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 6 - .. -•• Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - ... - D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 LA _.-, -- Do. New 101. Pref lO ..... $ Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 69 ' - - Ditto ditto . .••...... 20 ••••... -- ..•••••••••••••• .-- Ditto ditto - ...... .....•••• .- Ditto Sheffieid end Lincolnshire 25 . ••• ..- Do., Grimsby Dock.- 25 - • • • 000 00 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union. 41. 28. 11 1 4 thy, 7 79% 18214 110 1 4 30 2 Midland ... .. --le nu.... 45 3 4 46 45%... 46 Do. Consolidated Pref.lUt - Do., do., 501. Sheres St Emu 8 7 3 / 4 8 3 Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.C9nsol. Bristol 2r d Birming., 0 per ct.... 100 -• Cleo. OW. 0. ."" Dlte, tirlSt. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto 22?. 75... ... ... 4..... Do.,ErewaShVal.,Pref. 60 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo - Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and itedcar, 6 per cent. guar. - ... male Newcastle and Cerlisle.loo um. Do. Querters Ni wmarket .. Do. Extension 24 12&... N ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• ...... .... Newry and Enniskillen 7 — ... ..... .... Newry, Warrenpoint, and RostreVor 2O - .. ........ .... ---, Noriolk ........... ...100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - •... ... --- Do. Guaranteeu o%pc. 5 Do. do. W aveney V al. 2 - N,:rthern Counties Union - 4 ...... .... North British ..........--20 ....., 5 ..... ........ 5 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, thirds .... .. .. 81 .. .. ...- Ditto Preterence - North Staffordshire ... 17% 7% North Wales ... . ... 3 - 7%5A North-Western ..... 1 3 % . ...... ..... Oa ,i u, Worcester, anti Wolverhampton I.esaling, unit...llord, and .dmiguce iwy.to•• and Hitehin ... 4%..... 4% ••••••••• 416 , cottlan Central :"..CUttle.ll Midland Ditto, New ;,hiew:suu.y audßilni.... 12 Ditto uitto. Uass B. 8 — Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 .7 , lirt-Wsbury and Herod. 6 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Uswestry ... .. ISLA — - Ditto New - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 3hropsihre Union >outh Devon - Vu. l'reierence ... ... . . South StatDirdshire...... 854 — ..... 4% Sos-tai Ea_tora - .• ...• -- Do., No.:-0. - Do., No. 3 ........ 30 ...... Do., Regittered No. 410 .. ... — .., •... 1)o., Scrip No 4 ~. South IN aies - South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Boole l2 - Sh 3ltield, Rotherham, oz. Goole (N. Div.) Gua rauteed 5 per cent. ... 1654 1 — Do. do (Sou. Div.) 5 ...) •••..• Swans. & loughor &Ca meron's Stmt. C0a1.... 7 Taw Vale Extension ... Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........ 17 lA t - Vale of Neath ...... 10 Waterford And Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Limerick 47 — Wsteifd,Wxfrd,Wicklw - and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. 6O Do. do. do. 25 ... 257 k ...... 25% Do. do. do. ... 15 - Iv - est Cornwall ......... 6 ... ry hitehaven tk Furness 111/ Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 ...... Wilts,Sornersel,B/ W ey mouth 1 ork, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 ...... 11 4.....• lig Do. Cr.N.E.Yreferoace 8 3LA 354 Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... York sat Nuth Midland 5U 17 161 1 17% .. 17% Preierence 10 ...... . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Angj, Italian (late Ita lian and Austran).... 5%...... -.. Boulogne and Anuens... 20 ...... 8 8% g Cenctal of France (Or-... leans and Vierzon)... 20 ..... . 13 Demerara ...... ...... ..... 1VA...... - uu_ch Rhenish ......... 8 ..... F,, ,, i Irdian Ditto ... Great Indian I eninaular i __ ..., •••• 0000000 Nall Do. Do. ... ...... 1 03... - Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Dit,o .... Madrid and \ alentia... 2 - - Namur and Liege ..... 20 Northern of France l4l. 85... 1% A dis l% di' Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ... .... ...... .. '"" Paris ard Rouen 2O so.. - Pune and Strasbourg ... 12 ••••• Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ..-.. Vi 9!di Sambre and Meuse 2O •.... 2k . . 2% Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 13 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt .. ».. 20 West Flanders 8%.• ... 4..... •••• MINES. BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 ...... 10,6% 1 4 l O l4 Do. St. John Del Key 15 ...... Santiago de Cuba......... 10 United Mexican 28% 47 ........... LLOYD'S: SHIPPIN G-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 24.---Wind at noon W.S.W. O light air and frost. LITERPOOL, arc. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Mensieir Sprowell, China, left ;St. Helena 13th ult.• Sir Georges Ferress, New Y ork; ' Argyle, Irving, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Neptune, on shore near Leasome Light, has got off, and arrived here. Sid. Prospect, New Zvi' land; Arexa, Shanghai; Neptune, Singapore; Dads Calcutta; Elizabeth, Alobile; Albion, Apalachicola; Net World, New York ; Novelly, Itio Janerio ; Robe)! Finnic, Bahia; Josefino, Havannah ; Huron, Charlestollsk Off port, 24, (telegraphed) Lancashire from Savannah. OFT MAGENESS.—Humphrey Perington, Gwen', New Orleans, for Rotterdam; Joseph Bushby, Sparks, China; Stanguard, Richiucto; Celebes, Ryl; Batavili Batavia; Nirichou, ditto, both for Rotterdam. _ POILTBMODTH, DEC. 23.—Wind d. Hod' let, M'Laren, Manilla for London; Nicholas WitseV, Lang, Surinam, for Taxa]; Corfu, Shaw, Pernambunnf Argentina, Prince, Port-au Prince; Argyle, Devisee. Saguenay; Ortilus, Damara. New York, for AntwerP: The Churruca, St. Jago de Cuba to Bremen, was tows.' in here to .day leaky, and loss of foremast and sails, 140 ' The Thotis, Newcastle to Constantinople, has put 10 leaky, having been aground off Yarmouth. DEAL, DEC. 23.—Wind E.N.E., very strong...4o' ral pieces of wreck, a gaff with a white burue and nall, in the centre, a drum of figs and some oranges, part 0 ,; a vessel's stern, and frameosarked Rodesdolor PRUSSIA. On the 20th the Upper Chamber resolved not to demand the liberation of TEMME, one of its members, at present under arrest on a charge of treason. The Chamber then adjourned to January 4th. The Ministerial memorial respecting the regula tion of the affairs of the Grand Duchy of Posen has appeared. It endeavours to show that the re-organ ization of the province is impolitic; that the mainte nance of the line of demarcation resolved upon by the German National Assembly, and approved of at the time by the Prussian Government, is untenable. The incorporation of Posen into the Prussian monarchy had been most specifically promised, and the assu rar,ces which had been given to the Poles offered no impediment. The Poles had no right to demand the maintenance of the present line of demarcation, or the placing of their province in a peculiar position within the Prussian dominions. In order to remove the unexceptionable and untenable position in which the inhabitants of the districts on the line of demar cation have been placed with regard to the population of the rest of the monarchy, no other expedient offered itself but incorporation into the German Con federation. By this step all those delusions would be removed which had often in former times given rise to revolutionary movements. On these grounds the Government demanded the consent of the Chambers to the incorporation of Posen into the German Con federation ; but it reserved to itself the power of fixing the period at which the incorporation should take place. RUSSIA. The Paris Journal des Debats states that Russia is making enormous military preparations. Contracts for the provisioning of two grand armies are con cluded, and the new troops are being exercised with the utmost activity, notwithstanding the intensity of the cold. Russian troops were concentrating on the Baltic provinces, ready to be transported to Schleswig, if necessary. It is noticed in this letter that while the Government of Saxony on the one hand is separating from Pru!sia, and looking to an Austrian army fur support, M. DE SCIILAGER declared in the Constituent Assembly of Stuttgardt, in the name of the Cabinet, that 10,000 Austrians were ready to occupy the kingdom, if necessary, within eight days. HESSE-DARMSTADT. The democrats have triumphed in all the elections which have taken place in consequence of double re turns. The Democrats will be in a large majority in the new Assembly. WIRTEMBURG. The Wirtemburg Assembly hasj not been dissolved. The Gazette of Carlsruhe of the 19th says that the Minister had on that day presented to the Assembly two Bills—one prolonging the law authorising the collection of taxes, which expires on the 31st, and the other the annual recruiting law. The Assembly, it was said, would not prolong the authorization for collecting taxes for a longer term than six weeks. SAXON Y. On the 17th the Chamber, by a majority of 36 to 5, pronounced in favour of the most extended am nesty to the insurgents of May. The proposed ex tension was opposed by the Ministers. FRANKFORT. At half-Fast two o'clock on the 20th the Archduke JOHN, Vicar of the Empire, resigned his office into the hands of the Plenipotentiaries of Prussia and Austria, according to the treaty of the 3d September, pronouncing on the occasion his ardent hopes for the unity of Germany. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople, of the Bth, state that M. TITOFF has presented a note from M. DE NESSEL RODE to ALI PACHA, in answer to the Porte's applica tion to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, for the reduc tion of the Russian troops to the number of 10,000 stipulated by the treaty of Balla- Liman. This com munication begins by regretting that the Turkish Government should have so precipitately withdrawn its troops, and left so small a force as 10,000 men in the Danubian principalities. Russia, it continues, would be glad to reduce her force in Moldavia and Wallachia, to the amount stipulated in the treaty of Balta-Liman, of 10,000. But she could not possibly leave her frontier on this side unprotected, while the elements of 'evolution, fostered by the Hungarian refugees, remained at hand. Therefore Russia will not withdraw the excess of her troops above 10,000 from the principalities until the question of the fugitives shall have been fully settled. SWITZERLAND. The Ticino Gazette, of the 19th inst., contains the following : "By a message, dated the 10th, the Federal Council communicated to the Council of state of Ticino a note of the same date from de Thom, Ambassador of Austria at Berne, announcing that Field-Marshal Radetzky had been intrated that refractory Lombard recruits were being enlisted in the canton of Ticino for the army of the Sardinian Government, and, as his Excellency supposes, against the Austrian Government. The Ambassador demands an inquiry into the matter, and, should it prove to be the case, he requires prompt satisfaction. The Federal Council invites the Council of State to prevent immediately all sorts of enlistments for foreign service, agreeably to the decree of the Federal Assembly of the 20th of June, 1849. The Ticinese Government, although perfectly convinced that the reclamation of the Ambassador of Austria is unfounded, Las nevertheless resolved to in• vestigatc immediately the point in question." ITALY. The greatest uncertainty still prevails as to the time fixed for the return of the POPE to Rome. General 13kRAGUAY D'IIii.I.IERS, who arrived in Rome on the 12th, was, according to one account, about to return immediately to Portici to accompany the POPE on his return, which was to take place forth with ; whilst, according to another account, thy► General had completely failed in his mission, and the return of Pm Norm was indefinitely postponed. It was rumoured in Rome on the 14th that Cardinal ANTONFLLI had informed General BARAGUAY D'HIL LIERS that the POPE would not return to Rome until he should have procured a loan of 8,000,000 f. The Turin journals announce the appointment of Baron SICONDI to be Minister of Grace and Justice. The following is the result of the elections :—Mi nisterialists, 116 ; Left Centre, 19; Radical Left, 45. The Duchess DE BERRI was every day expected to arrive at Parma. She left Trieste on the 14th with a numerous suite. and a have wa DovE !uulc 21. 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