The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY -L ANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for public approval : Private boxes, 31. as., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and 11. ls. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 0 - - 1 0 0 Lower Gallery - 1 i Lower Gallery -0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. J. Ander son ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Laura Addison. After which (3d Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody kaowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the sompesition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. - The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brimning, Jones, WI WI), 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. IMMOITALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Tragely, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron 3dunehansen, &s., &c., by &e., &C. _ _ HOBTALS• Goof Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; any Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Bobby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° ; Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the company. . CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, Bat although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich. 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. Andersen's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will be satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. .. —. . We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out —Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's aothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Qaeen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRIND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat I 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 that she scarcely knew upon which to deale"—and it is an Historbtai 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, Arehdgike 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, " J bunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGIIT—WiIsen. 6 ' Zoming events cast their shadows before"—" Rest thee, soy darting "—Ketehy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the ligit, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy 1"—It can't be said, " he raakes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—th A is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Debby, to whom she sings the following rathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, our 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 course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " competi tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel o n a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, Although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA ! By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their clothes — The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Detain. Lord liiirleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Denlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart done the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Madtio, Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis long sins, we met 1" " Here we are 1" " How are you?" PRISBIWE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE Cupid and Clowa-Batter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knoek-'em- Down% and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Co As Accompts, and Railway Xing in Tribu- lation—Chinio to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS 1 SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Weleome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of tho Establishment—Police I Police I—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Row—Prosylace Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Prenaittm, 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 "NORM' DANCIi.” Heads Win the Prize. SMITHFIEL D. retatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for Oue Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Holloway's Purifying Pills— IT ew 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 Transfoi mation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREBT AND LODGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, wben you, and and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. LIED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements--Geod Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder — Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy ]Tight—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lneantation Extraerdinary—and General Chamber Polka. - -- aIIARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done P—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Toe Sonp—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum— .. Plaisirs d'lliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only gel Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does, FATHER THA OIES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the T,hames, 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 Bighways"—Fearibl Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL Fer California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brimming. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—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 cheer s and a hundred more Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodvrell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants, Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blatnire. — Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Bex-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, lIATMA.RKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, _ . Nctll be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THB LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack ; Max, Mr. H. Vandonhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyrlo Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallask ' Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. _ To - conclude with THE NINTH STA.TIIE ; or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilllam. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL trader the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING • Will be performed a new doraestie Drama, called THB 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; Zansiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewines, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Canny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. SUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbnry 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 WWI& Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes. 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 15.3 NO half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 18, New Bond-street. PRINCE6b'S THEATLCE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Fr.acipal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Corti, Wyrush Mrs. Weiss. and Miss Louisa Fyne. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Pawl° ; Clown, Mr. Flex. mere ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLIITHEATRZ. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. TMS EVENIN t, , Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has suc ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELS, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the thy, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mad emoiselle Angela 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 Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT 01' TIIE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish tr/etiolitliikkilipts 7 7 - , ' , ton,—Lee; - exiled ti.v 1 / 4 : Townapewhis little' 4.'/ : -- 7-' ‘st.o* 0 ':..t.'' B . LIC.g: 4 >3 . gf -Antplqi34 grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by . Nel- LEQLTLN YANKEE DOODLE, rho came to ropy• lee open from Eleven till Fonr. ge Manager, Mr. W. West. _~ L.—Along various parts of the braes ns we have heard of late that a black ; ) y .n noticed, and which, it is supposed, fiten m the heavens—so grea t i n some p l aces ftat oak- .13 shovelled up like a thin coating of snow from the ground. The sheep had, in many cases, their fleeces quite blackened by it.-13reclain Advertiser.- WBATIIEE.--Sun Unncz, DEC. 29. VEIERNOMETER, Lowest, 16; Highest, 27; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 29.57. WIND W.N.W.—fine frosty weather. THE SUN, COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Wansted. Ps.TioN—His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., nosmixT—JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. • 'A A General Court of this Institution was held at the London Ta vern, This Day, December 28, John Masterman, Esq., M.P.. in the Chair, at which an ELECTION of FIFTEEN CHILDREN look place. At the close of the pole the result was declared as follows : SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. BOYS. White, Edmund Homer .62221 Williams, William Robert . 4490 Rowe, Arthur . . . 58901 Jones, Thomas . . . 3902 Harris, Frederick Richard . 660513 ferry, Frank Edward . 3555 Stockdale, Frederick . . 5326 Carter, Alfred . . . 2941 Ridley, William John . 49551 GIRLS. Cooper, Caroline . . 4835 Woolley, Jane . . Ewins, Louisa . . . 3982 Elauxwell, Anne . Bacon, Susannah Harper . 3712 Tweddle, Jane Aan . UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. . 3617 . 338 k . 3206 BOYS. Stevenson, John . . 2200 Patten, Richard Granger . 707 Hacker, William . . 14:-.9 Nash, Henry Newton . 6(i9 Parkins, William James . 793 Owen, Thomas Henry . 4111 Goldfinch, George Arthur . 753iWhittall, Charles James . 203 GIRLS. Load, Louisa Georgiana . 2958 Harper, Elizabeth . Dutton, Emma . . . 2790 Burch, Emily Jane Bloss, Annie Mary . . 2530 Jeremy, Ann Adelaide Standfleld, Edith Jane . 1103 . 923 . 191 . 92 'l7O COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS DRIVING. Your particular attention is called to the very high prices paying at Commercial Inns for Corn; also to the small illegal measures too frequently in use, by which your horses are wrongfully deprived of their daily food. Oats, at sd. per quarter peck, being 535. 4d. per quarter. „ at 4d. ff ft 425. Bd. „ *Beans, at 121 fl it 1281. Od. „ „ at 10d. ft „ 106 s. Bd. „ Average London Market prices, ending Dec. 11, 1849 : Oats, per quarter, 17s. Ild. Beans, 9. 28s. 0(1. Yon are respectfully solicited to examine the measures, and when found not legally stamped, to give notice to the Inspector of Weights and Measures. * Beans being split, increases the quantity, althpugh the same small measure is given out. D RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COUIQUE, 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, lidile. Dehanser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appearance), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basee of the Opera Comique, Paris, fi-st appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, 11.1. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdlle. &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND TAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regular, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca's, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this eountry); M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeaa (of the Theatre Du Vandevil:e) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varletes) ; Mdl' e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. - Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halevy; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters:—Stephan (jeuno chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac ; Le Joyeux (capitaine de mince Franealse et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde-peche du Gave), M. Quills Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux chevrier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Guichard ; Georgette (cousin de Stephan), Mdlle. Cotti; and Rose de Mal (serrante do Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro ductioa will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera in Two Acts, entitled "Le Cald," by the popular composer, Arabroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " llaydee," the character of Haydee by Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannet et Cohn, Nicol° ; Le Rol d'rvetot, Adolphe Adara ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Anber; Le Macon, Anber; Le Sirene, Auber ; Lally et Qui nalt, Nic le; La Penuche, Clapissoa ; Le Talet de Charabre, Ca rafe ; Une Folic, Mehul; with an occasional periormance of so►ee of the most popular operas produced last season. Acceiting to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Raster, on Monday, Aprii 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this eoiatry, and will per form with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage ; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathan° (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, ➢Mlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at tke Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has been attended with her accnstomed and anrivall&l success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Lo Mou lin a raroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fige ac, afdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, If. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of Jane, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Leeouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi:l also perform, for the Crst time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Moincaa de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," "Les Hermes," "Andromaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged fbr the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque , M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. Filet, M. Vaudreland, M. Itemusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of tke masis 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 lot of Jannary next. . _ _ Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1. St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's and llookham'a, Old Bond-street. . . _ The flox-oftice of the Theatre will be opened on the Ict o January. 1:11GH WATER AT LONDON Blil.LniE, Tars DAY —Morning, 4 min. after 1 I Evening, 29 mn. after 1 To-Monnow—Moming, 55 min. after 1 I Evening, 21 min. after 2 eittrtinff LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1849. Divers cruel and ignominious punishments have, from time to time, been abolished—the rapidity of their abolition being proportioned to the humanising progress of civilization. Thus, the farther a nation becomes removed from the days of barbarism, the less are its laws characterised by harshness and fero- city. Thanks to the beneficent permission of th e Divixrrr, and to the lovely influences of Religion, the statute books of a land like England are no longer tarnished by those savage and sanguinary evidences of power which are compatible only with an ignorant despotism, and would be wholly incongruous if ad mitted as a part of the constitution of an enlightened commonwealth. Catapults and battering-rams are happily not more obsolete, as weapons of warfare, than the racl or the scavanger's daughter, as instru ments of criminal correction. The sling and the crossbow have fortunately been not more entirely abandoned, as military projectiles, than the wheel and the thumbscrew as vehicles for the infliction of torture. Even where the brutal decrees of a preced- ing age have, through a sentiment of contemptuous indifference, been retained upon the records of the Legislature, as in the ordinations relating to the highest crimes cognizable by the State, the heinous crimes of leze majest!, the execrable sternness of those decrees is, nevertheless, virtually paralyzed and impotent. The dregs of society may still, it is true, be vomitted forth at intervals from the moral cloaca of the metropolis to exult in the contortions of a strangled assassin, but the ruffianism of the community can no longer feast upon the agonies of an embowelled traitor, or listen with fiendish satisfaction to the shrieks of some wretch expiring at the stake in the midst of the blazing faggots heaped together by the fangs of fanaticism. The bowstring and the basti nado, the gridiron and the cauldron of boiling oil, the cucking-stool and the spiked collars have gra• dually fallen into desuetude as the guardians of politi cal authority, and survive only as among the para phernalia decorating the more sombre recesses of mediaeval romance. Men have at length recognised that bloodthirstiness is not more detestable in the governed than in the governor, in the insulated unit of the population than in the government which is the representative of the population in the aggre gate; and hence it has come to pass that ears are no longer nailed to the pillory at Charing-cross, that noses are no longer split open to the bone on the scaffold at Tower-hill, that the smoke and stench of auto da-fes no longer poison the atmosphere of Smith field, and that the felon, according to the poetical patter of JERRY JUNIPER, is no longer applauded as "A merchant of capers gay " as he dangles from the noose, dancing the dance of death under the Dross-beams at Tyburn. We have grown less bluff and stalwart, it may be, as a people, but we have grown, at the same time, more humane and forgiving. While congratulating ourselves upon the gentleness infused into the laws of England, we still have lamentable reason to bewail the perpetration of much cruelty in various professions and in numerous sec tions of the community. So long as the triangle canahle of be=ing erected in the vicinity of the camp or the barrack, so long as the lash is permitted to descend upon the At:Adders of our seamen, upon those backs which hare never yet turned towards the foes 4 4 ? • 4 • • - us• ' rti . o. - ,: 4 . 4 • Ai ' LONDON, SATURDAY of Great Britain, so long as corporal punishment is ',Aided upon nearly marriageable girls at our charitable (!) institutions, so long will there remain ample room for improvement, and an exi gent necessity for amelioration. It is but too frequently the custom of nations and generations to vaunt their superiority to all surrounding nations and all antecedent generations, it matters not in what, in benignity, intelligence, vigour, or civilization. As with others in this parti cular, so to an extraordinary extent is it with our selves. We imagine as a nation that whether in benignity, intelligence, vigour, or civilization, we are the first and foremost ; the same likewise is our most self-sufficient impression in regard to this be• yond all preceding generations. Yet, in boasting of our benignity, but little thought is given to those mean and execrable punishments retained to the pre sent, amongst us even in our most benevolent institu tions, and our most chivalrous professions; not re flecting that our ancestors would have blushed to employ the same ignominious means of correction had they attained a similar state of prosperity, knowledge, and civilization. Even in the most elementary writings upon the training systems advisable in the education of children, or in the instruction of our military or maritime de emlers, it is insisted with all possible emphasis that flogging, besides being disgraceful to those who inflict it either retributively or correctively, is most prejudicial and irrational, most ineffectual and even brutalising. In the excellent volume of Mr. STOW, a gen tleman eminently qualified to pronounce an opinion upon a subject of this character, it is decidedly main tained that " corporal punishments tend to harden or break the spirit." Having studied most profoundly the science of education, he arrives at the conclusion that nothing can be more barbarous than the employ ment of the rod, the cane, the rule, or the ferula. He says:-- " In Scripture parents are commanded to use the rod of correction, and nut to spare the child for his much crying.' This, of course, is a command to parents, not to schoolmasters. We admit, however, that when a parent delegates his power to a guardian or schoolmaster, he may, if ha chooses, in common with other authority, delegate also the divine right to chastise; but the school master possesees no inherent right in himself to do so. The parent, of course, is not commanded to whip when there is no occasion for it, neither must the master; and it is a question whether the literal rod is always to be used, or the ferule, or cane, or ruler, or kick with the foot, ell of which are common in schools. It is evident that the mere sensation of bodily pain is not punish ment, unless it is understood to be so; for how much pain will a boy sustain from his companions at play without a murmur, certain punishments being the for• feits of the game; and, therefore, he suppresses his torture with the utmost heroism. The understanding of the punishment must bo present, or the mero sensation of bodily pain is no punishment to him. Instead, there fore, of passing into the understanding. through the physic-11 department of the human being, we pet for punishing as well as stimulating by the higher sensibili ties of our moral nature." Beyond this he pronounces the practice of physical castigation to be nothing less than a slovenly way of performing the delicate and responsible duty of tuition. Instead of waiting to investigate a fault, o r to reason with the culprit, or to remove an intellectual incapacity or a moral obliquity of vision, the teacher, according to the old blundering system of corporal punishments, draws forth the instrument of torture, and does the very reverse of appealing to the understandings of his pupils. What was negligence on the part of the child before becomes confirmed into a vice under the hardening influence of stubborness. Besides which, the things that should be rendered loveable are made detestable in the eyes of childhood by the brutality of an obtuse and barbarous custom. Talk as we may, then, of our advancement in civilization, and of our progression in humanity, we have ample Call% for shame at our short•comings, and for anguish at the qualms of our national conscience. While the Protectionists are holding meeting after meeting, at which the approaching ruin of the coun try and a national bankruptcy is predicted—while Mr. COBDEN is fulminating threats and menaces, at Leeds and Bradford, against all who venture to differ in opinion from himself—a still, small voice has been heard from the Midland Counties, which we venture to affirm will have far greater effect on the public mind than the Jeremiads or roarings to which we have alluded. It is a letter from a landlord to his tenantry —from one who, after full consideration, and after accurately weighing the comparative advan tages and disadvantages of a free-trade policy, deliberately abandoned his former opinions, and afforded as complete a proof of the sincerity of his convictions as ever was exhibited by the leader of a powerful party, the Minister of a great nation. When Sir ROBERT PEEL decided on bringing for ward the repeal of the corn-laws he was well aware of the inevitable consequences of the measure. He knew that it would effect the dissolution of his party, of those who had previously followed his counsels and obeyed his dictates with a blind and im plicit confidence, that it would sever former ties and connexions, and convert admiring friends into inveterate and unscrupulous foes. He knew that it would lead to the downfal of his Cabinet, and bring his legitimate opponents, with whom he had been so long engaged in the contest for office, into place and power. He was not, however, deterred by such considerations. Boldly and man fully he proclaimed the change, and sacrificed his own party predilections and party interests to what he believed to be calculated to promote the prosperity and happiness of the community in general. We have already alluded to the admirable address which the ex-Premier has just addressed to his immediate tenantry on the present state and prospects of agriculture so far as they con cern the existing relationship between them. Although some years have elapsed since the destruction of monopoly, and the abolition of the bread-tax, causes have been in operation during that period which render it impossible to calculate accu rately the results, or to fix the allowances which the owners should make to the cultivators of the soil. Sufficient has, however, appeared to render it certain that there is no reasonable prospect of a restoration of the abandoned policy, and to show that " the effect of the recent changes of the law, in respect of the free import of the main articles of subsistence, will be to maintain a range of low prices in average seasons, and to pre vent very high prices in seasons of dearth. In other words, their effect will be to ensure, so far as legisla tion can ensure it, cheapness and abundance of food, as the ordinary rule, to diminish the risk of scarcity, and to mitigate the suffering from it should it unfor tunately occur." Such is the opinion of the Right Honourable Baronet, an opinion in which we fully and cordially concur, and if his judgment be well founded, it must convince even the most sceptical that the Act of 1846 is " ir revocable," and that " neither the present nor any future Parliament will consent to re-impose duties upon the main articles of human food, either for the purpose of protection or of revenue." The questions at issue, then, between landlords and tenants must be decided according to the present state of the law. The losses that will fall on agri culturists must be fairly and equitably apportioned between the parties interested. The pr o p r i etors o f land cannot evade or get rid of their just share of the responsibility, or endeavour to cast the entire burden upon the shoulders of the tenant farmers. At the Protectionist gatherings it has been admitted that there is still an ardent com petition for land, and that rents are fully maintained notwithstanding the general depreciation of the price of every description of produce. The Right Honour able Baronet wishes to show that he does not take such erroneous views, but that he is prepared to enter into equitable arrangements with his tenantry ; and he indicates the principles upon which a final settlement will be effected when the fitting time arrives for that purpose. He will " not refer merely to the diminished price of one article or another, but will take into the account all the considerations that fairly enter into the question, will try to estimate the effect of recent legidation, and of improved means of conveyance in reducing not only the price of produce but the cost of production also—and will compare the disadvan tage to which the tenant-farmer may be exposed from competition with producers in other countries, with the benefit which he may derive if he has ordinary shill and cepi tai from the abolition of the duties on many articles which are, or may be, profitably consumed EVENING, DECEMBER 29, .849 upon a farm." He does "not undertake to make a general and indiscriminate abatement of rent, but aided by good advice, will consider the special case of each farm, and the circumstances under which it was entered upon; and in the instances in which he shall be satisfied that there is a fair claim for an abatement of rent, he will make it with much greater pleasure in favour of an old and improving tenant than in favour of a stranger." But Sir ROBERT PEEL is not satisfied with making these fair and encouraging promises, he does not post pone to a future time the assistance which he feels bound to render to his tenantry. He is ready at once to co-operate with them " in preparing to meet, not foreign competition only, but that competition with domestic skill and capital which will be at least as formidable to those farmers who are insensible to the rapid progress of agricultural improvement and neglect to keep pace with it." He proposes, then, in the case of all tenants of more than ten acres of land who shall, on or before the Ist of February next, pay the Michaelmas rent and discharge any former arrears, "to set apart 20 per cent. of the last half-year's rent, and to apply the amount forthwith under the general direction of his agent, but in concert with the tenant, in such improve ments as may be most beneficial to the farm." He " will give a preference to drainage, the removal of unnecessary fences, and the means of preventing the waste of manure ; on this expenditure no return will be required from the tenants. The same course will be taken with regard to the half year's rent, which will be due at Lady-day." If additional drainage should be requisite he will " exe. cute the work, the tenant drawing the materials and paying four per cent. on the outlay, and will consider favourably any proposals that may be made for effecting other permanent improvements. In cases of longer duration than a year he will con sent to , release the tenant from his engagements on his giving the same notice that would be required in the case of yearly tenancies. And to any who are desirous of improving their farms, and wish for the additional security of a lease, it will be granted if the skill and capital of the tenant be considered satisfac tory, or a written agreement will be entered into, stipulating for reimbursement on account of inex hausted improvements." Such are the proposals of Sir ROBERT PEEL to his tenantry, and it cannot be denied that they are emi nently fair and just. 'We trust that the example will be widely followed. To English landlords, to all who are inclined to act equitably towards those who are connected with them in such a relationship, we would emphatically say, " Go ye and do likewise," and you will have a happy, and contented, and prosperous tenantry, able to encounter any competition, home or foreign, to which they may be disposed. In our notice of yesterday we chiefly alluded to the political bearing of this letter, as showing how vain and unfounded are the empty imaginings of the Pro tectionists, who fondly hope that the Legislature P. nd the country may again be deluded, as in former times, with the idea that British agriculture cannot flourish unless guarded and hemmed round with a,variety of re strictions. This day we have commentedion the goodly example shown by one who formerly occupied the high position of first Minister of the Crown of this mighty empire. He has by this addreks afforded the most powerful testimony that he is fully aware of the "duties" as well as of the "rights" incidental to the possession of property, and that he is as ready to dis charge the former as to enforce the latter. His pro posals will form an admirable topic to be introduced at the various agricultural meetings that may still take place previous to the meeting of Parliament, and constitute an admirable answer to the vague and empty declamations of those landlords who may en• deavour to show that the recent legislation can only affect the tenant-farmers, and that their own class should pass scatheless through the ordeal. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The National Assembly on Thursday passed, by a majority of 321 to 263, the Bill for the reorganiza tion of the Garde Mobile. They are to be reor ganized as a French battalion of Chasseurs. The Minister at War proposes to give to the new corps the title of Chasseurs of Algiers, the Committee that of Chasseurs of Paris. The Minister of Public Works is to attend on Monday before the Committee on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill. The Patric contains the following : " If we are well informed, the Minister of Public Works has submitted to the Council of Ministers a Bill rdative to the railway companies, who are applying for a prolongation of the time fixed for their privileges. A general law will, it is said, grant to all these companies, without distinction or preference, concessions for 99 years, in exchange for a sum to be paid by each to the state, and which shall be fixed in proportion to the im portance of the capital of the company, and the number of years, to be added to its present concession. The sum to be demanded from the companies will be the six• hundredth or the five-hundredth on the capital for each year of the prolongation of its concession. The compa ❑ies in question are six in number, viz., the Northern, Strasburg, Bordeaux, Nantes, Vierzon, and Marseilles. The amount of the sums they will have to pay to the State, if all accept the conditions, will be 45 millions or 54 millions, according to the bases which may be adopted. The following is the detail:— Sums to be paid to the State Capital of Length of accor di ng to basis Companies. Companies. Concession. of 1 - 600. of 1 - 500. Northern...l6o,ooo,ooo 33 yrs. 16,266,626 19,520,000 Strasburg..l2s,ooo,ooo 44 yrs. 11,458,815 13,750,000 Bordeaux.. 65,000,000 28 yrs. 7,691,643 9,230,000 Nantes .... 40,000,060 31 yrs. 4,333,290 5,200,000 Vierzon 33,000,000 40 yrs. 3,245,000 3,933,294 Marseilles., 20,000,000 33 yrs. 2,199,996 2,640,000 Total 45,194,870 54,273,294 It is added that up to this time there is such a great difference between the demands of M. Bineau and the offers of the directors of three of the lines, that it may be considered probable that the Minister will come down to the fraction of a seven-hundredth, in order to secure the adherence of the companies to the con ditions of the Bill ; this seven-hundredth part would put to the charge of the companies and produce to the State as follows : Northern 7„. Strasburg ••• Bordeaux Nantes ••• Vierzin Marseilles ... ... 13 942,831 f. ••• 9,821,405 f. ... 6,592,847 f. ... 3,714,282 f. ... 2,781,425 f. . . 1,885,712 f. Total 38,738,502 f. In order to fulfil their engagement, the companies will be authorised to issue to the amount in bonds, the in terest of which are at 5 per cent., and the sinking fund will be guaranteed by the State, and paid out of the net produce of the lines before any dividend is allotted to the shareholders. Immediately after the passing of this Bill the Minister of Public Works will present to the Legislative Assembly special Bills either by special motives to improve the situation of some companies, or to concede branch lines to several who propose to the Government to execute them on their own account, under the sole condition of a prolongation of their grant to ninety-nine years. In this case grants of money may be made them by the State. We know not how far the account of these negotiations between the Minister and the companies is well founded, but we must admit that at the first view such bases would constitute for the benefit of the companies conditions at least exorbitant; and we shall, therefore, reserve to ourselves to watch and examine the project." The River Plate question was to come on for dis cussion in the Assembly oh Thursday, and several of the journals urge the Government not to ratify the treaty made with RosAs by Admiral Ls PREDOUIt, but to fit out an expedition against the Argentine Re public, The Presse, however, continues to protest against any expedition being sent to the aid of the Oriental Republic, and can see no reason for not ratifying the treaty entered into by Admiral L'AFDova. The Journal des D4ats also advocates the ratifica tion of the treaty: It Says= " Since the treAty signed f,he Dth October, 1846, uy Admiral Mackau, and which has been faithfully exe cuted by Roses, we have not had any direct quarrel with the Argentine Republic. The actual cause of differenne arises solely from the supp9rt,*hlbh *b gife td tfie Ali - risen of Monte Video, and also froth the alliance, offen sive and defensive, existing between ROB4B and Oribe. For sake of establishing peao We hive never dtithanded other than to maintain the independence of - Uruguay; while the claim of Rosas has been to withdraw this province from the preponderating influence of foreigners. Nothing more, then, is necessary than that intervention should cease on the one side as well as on the other. Rosas never has ceased to so propose, and Admiral Pre dour has accepted the principle of the treaty, whose rejection or sanction will be implied in the division on the credit now demanded." Intelligence from Martinique and Guadaloupe have arrived to the end of November. In the former colony the elections at Fort-de-France have been altogether in favour of order and conciliation, the list of the Conservative party having been elected by a large majority. A scene of disorder was attempted on the occasion of a banquet offered to M. BISSETTB, hut it was promptly put down. It appears to have been got up by the democratic party, who detest that gentleman. M. BRUAT, tl a governor of Martinique, pasted the troops of the garrison in review, and after wards gave a grand dinner to the civil and military authorities. During this banquet the ultra party of St. Pierre assembled under the windows shouting out "Five le Gouverneur !" The mayor of St. Pierre and the head of the staff, hastened to put an end to this compromising ovation. The Courrier de la Martinique, the journal of the moderate party, has been cited before the tribunals for attacks made against Al. BRUAT. At Guadaloupe all was quiet ; the Governor, M. FABRB, distributed at a public ceremony , a number of decorations and recompenses to the per sons who had distinguished themselves in putting down the late revolt. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 / 4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 , 4—Dutch Rhenish, l 1 4—Orleans .and Bourdeaux, 3% Paris and Rouen, 22 1 , Rouen and Havre, 91A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 21st hare arrived. _ _ It is stated in some of them that, if nothing of a painful nature should occur in the QUEEN'S health her interesting position will be officially announced on the 14th of January next. A Madrid letter of the 21st states that in the Chamber of Deputies on that day M. SANCHEZ SILVA made a violent attack on the Minister of the Interior, M. SARTORIOUS, for influencing the elections so as to fill the Chamber with his own creatures. To this the Minister warmly replied, and concluded by cha racterising the assertions of M. SLLVA as calumnious, and declaring that he would not dare to repeat them elsewhere. This caused an explosion of murmurs, and the Minister proceeded to give explanations, which he had not concluded when the post closed. It was feared that a duel between him and M. SILVA would be inevitable. The directors of the Aranjuez Railway Company have made a call upon the shareholders to pay up the remaining instalments on their shares, the last instal ment being due on the 10th of April next. The works are to be proceeded with immediately. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 21.—The funds have maintained yesterday's prices. The Three per Cents. e ere done at 30k, and 916 cash, and were 7 1-16 buyers, and 7-16 sellers at the close ; Five per Cents. were done at 13, and were 12k, / buyers at the close; Coupons were done at 8, and were 7i buyers at the close ; Passive Debt, 3 15.16 buyers, 4 sellers. Exchange on London, 50 50. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. BAVARIA. Before adjourning for the vacation, the First Chamber of Bavaria adopted the amnesty as sent up from the Chamber of Deputies. On two previous occasions it had refused to do so, and it was feared that a serious conflict would arise between the two Chambers ; but, on the recommendation of the Ministry, the First Chamber yielded. The Augsburg Gazette declares that there is no truth in the statement recently made, of Bavaria Laving adhered to the protest of Austria against the convocation of the German Parliament. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEV....:. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 10,000 bales. The market closed very firm. —Railway Shares continued to decline in value, and the market closed very heavy. The anticipation which we formed that the Bank of England would have over seventeen millions sterling in its coffers before another week elapsed, has proved cor rect; the weekly statement to the 22d instant, now before us, showing rather more than that sum. Next Saturday we shall doubtless have to record a further addition. The active circulation, on the other hand, does not ex perience any addition, and a slight iucrtase of advances upon other securities, &c., seems to have bee❑ provided for by the extra amount of public deposits, which now stand very high, though soon to be reduced by the usual periodical payments. Compared with the previous week, the following changes have occurred : Notes Issued ... - 30,254,630 Increase ... 147,170 ... 3,114,159 ... 2,567 ... 10,263,704 ... 733,718 ... 9,488,580 440,285 1,069,234 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase ... Other Deposits ... Decrease ... Seven Day and other Bills Increase ... Government Securities Other Securities ... Increase ... ... .. No alteration. .. 10,860,565 .• 57,147 Notes ... 12,481,220 Increase . . 296,660 Bullion ... 17,080,642 Increase ... 89,351 Active Circulation ... 17,803,410 Decrease ... 149,490 The Foreign Exchanges were yesterday afternoon negotiated on the principal Continental cities at firm rates. Paper at 90 days was taken on Antwerp at 25 671 to 72k, on Paris at 25 65 70, on Hamburgh at 13 12 to 12k, on Trieste at 11 30 to 35, on Amsterdam at 12 21 to, and on Frankfort at 1214 to 122. The amount of bullion exported from London this week is 198,825 ounces, all in silver, and principally to Dunkirk and Holland. The accounts received this morning from the manu facturing districts are of a very cheerful character. At Leeds, Manchester, Halifax, &c., an excellent business is doing, and much more than usual during the Christ mas week. There has been a very flat market again for Public Securities, arising from continued sales, which are still attributed to the Scotch banks. It would be most pleas ing to learn that the extra requirements of trade were, as we have no doubt they are, the motive of these sales. Consols have been 964, then 95i, and aro now 96 to Th. New Three and-a Qtarter per Cents. have realised 971 to -a, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 96i to 94. Long Annuities are Bi. Exchequer-bills are 59 to GO; and India Bonds, 88 to 90 premium. The foreign market is affected by the decline in Con sols. Spanish Five per Cents. have receded to 19 and 18-a, and the Three per Cents. to 34. Mexican have been 294- to Equador are 3i 4, Brazilian 88k, and Portuguese Poor per Cents. 36. Dutch Twe-and.a- Half per Cents. have been 56i. Peruvian have risen to 551 and 56. There is no improvement in Railway Shares. On the contrary, they ere all lower. BRITISH FUNDS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 514 per Cent. Amts. 9 7 % 3 / 4% i.ong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 1 3 1,i India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 £B p Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account ... 96% 95% -eitchsquer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. 2d. March. June. -.•• 60 59p 58 p t,i)( )1. mall RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B B l /2 Equador Bonds 3 % 34 Aexican 80ni5,18.16, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 pei Cent 56 55 1 / 2 Ditto Deferred . 18 1 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840 Ditto Account . ...... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 38% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONA O'CLOCK RAlLwayd. PAID. PER Masan. berdoen Ditto, Preference B* ...... dis.... to nibtr., Notting., Boston, &e 6 344 IA .... • to -- kyrshire and Gallaway klfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 4rrningham & OxfordJ unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... iirmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . - Do., without a guarantee... 10 3irnsing., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.140 — - :.iirkenhead, Lancashire. and Choshir. Junction 2O Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds 3uckingharnshire.. — 171,E — 'aledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 7% 1 4% to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 ;hester and Holyhvad 5O ..... ..... . to Ditto, Preference larence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10 Jirect London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ...... ' ,, ,ast Anglia, 251. L. & L, exci L. & D . , Ditto, 18/., E. &LI lB ... .. Do, 31. 08,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3%...... Do, 71. 175., 7 par Ct. Pref. 2 Eastern Counties ..... Do. New Guarant. 6per Ct. 10 Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.13e. 4d .. 3 / 4 pto Do., do N 0.2,6/. 138. 4d... par ..... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, Now ..— ..... .. 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 , :ast Lancashire .... Ditto, New .. Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire ......... ..... 25 H:clinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares • 25 ..... dinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New p0rt..... l5 xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Exeter and Exm0uth.......,. 21s. ..itasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — .. —. to 3dasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Do. Preference Consolidated ..... .. to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 iireat Nertbern ... . Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% per Do. %B 6 Cent. - -- -7% .. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 7%..... to at. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 — to great North of England 100 Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 30/. 3O ... Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 15 ...... , reat Western 100 57% to 57 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 ...... 10 3 / 4 to Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 dull and Selby 5O - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% — .....„ to ...ancestor and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ...... to Ditto, ditto - Ditto Half Shares .... 49 Ditto Quarters 23% to Ditto Fifths lO .... . .... to Ditte. Thirds 16%. ..... ...... to _ Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 — 12% to Do. (Rudders. and Shall) 50 -. ..... to Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do,, half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O .....100 ...... to Leeds and Thirsk so_ - ...... to —a ana _..... ......_ Do. ,do.,Prefer , , f. per Cent. 3 %..... Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No: 3 0 - ...... to Do. Pref. Quarters, 184 e... 9 Liverpool. Crosby, andSeuth port., London & 1i1uckwa11..,...11/. 6s, Dd — ...... to Lend., Bright.,& South Coastloo ..... ...... to •-• Do., New 5/., gua. 6pr Ct.loo Do. Guaronteeds per Cent. 9 . Da. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London =4 Orletwicho.. 121.15 a. 4d... Ditto Preference 29 London & North Western.....loo 117 1 4 108% to 107 1 4 Do. New Quarters. 12 DO. Fifths — 7 ..... 7 to -... ro. 40g. Shares... „L. & M 85 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western .......100 Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42%...... Ditto, New 401 O4 . — to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref 7 per Cent ... 5 .... 6 5 ,i to ...- Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do, nay Shares . ..... 5 Londonderry ::^d Bnniskilien 25 — Do.,llalf Shares ewesteiT, guar. 4 rer et 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 U=6 Buxton, & Matlock 5 danchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto IA Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12 1 ,4 ...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ..... Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. ............ ...... 20 Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 ...... Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... Mid1and......., .... ........ —IOO Ditto, Coruol. Preference...loo Ditto, 5.: , !. Shares ...,. ...... 30 dicliaid, l3irrn., and Derby...100 ... "Midland, Consul. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per c0nt....100 123% to 7- DEN MAR K. We learn from Copenhagen that Count SCHOLTEN, senior general of the Danish army, has been arrested, and is to be brought to trial, for certain acts com mitted by him as Governor of the Danish West In dian islands. Among other things, he is accused of having, by arbitrary and despotic acts, caused the revolt of 1848, and of having subsequently, without the KING'S authorisation, emancipated the blacks from slavery, and accorded them more privileges than they demanded. ITALY. Intelligence has been received frome Rome to the 20th, and although it is probable that the POPE will return during the course of the next month nothing certain is known on the subject. The Roman cor. respondent of the Paris Cunstitutionnel (a journal which, from its Ministerial connexions, is likely to be well informed on the subject) says— _ _ " Nothing more is known concerning the return of the Pope. It is perfectly decided on in prieciple, but the period, although it appears near at hand, is still nude termined, since his Holiness has taken to the B,h January to fix the day. Meanwhile the apostolic palace of the Vatican is being got ready, as it is there that the Pope will reside. The cardinals are beginning to re turn to Rome ; yesterday, Messeigneurs Clarelli and Pianetti arrived here, and workmen are at present basy in repairing the apartments which Cardinal Lambruschini occupied at the place of the Consulta, and which have just been given up by the staff, who were lodged there, to the Cardinal's agent. A move ment has just taken place in the expeditionary army of the Mediterranean. The first division, which occupied the Comarea and the Roman castles, has returned to Rome, and has been replaced by the regiments of the second division hitherto quartered here. Th 20. h and 66th regiments of the line are in a few days to proceed to Civita Vecchia, where vessels have arrived to take them away, the latter to France, and the 20th, it is said, to Algeria. The army will in this way undergo are duction of about 5,000 men, including the sick, the con valescent, and those who have finished their time." _ The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from Rome of the 20th, which says,— " Counts Gabriel and Louis Mastai, brother and nephew of the Pope, arrived here the day before yester day from Portici. Their return adds to the probability of his Holiness's speedy arrival, the precise period of which is not yet, however, known. It is said that the return depends on the conclusion of the loan, which does not appear to have been altogether arranged. The city is in expectation, but calm, except amongst the richer merchants, where much disquietude exists. Ttie only news from Portici that may be accepted without reserve is the announcement of the approaching departure of Cardinal Antonelli on a mission to the four Ca tholic Courts. He is to be accompanied by Mon. seigneur Della Porta, who has just passed a year in Franca and Belgium, The post of Secretary of State, left vacant by the absence of Cardinal Antonelli, is to be confided to Cardinal Lambruschini. A rumour has just been circulated of the death of Monseigneur Cor boli. This prelate was incontestably the one of all the Roman Court most belonging to progress and the future. Although still a young man, he had already filled, with distinction, very difficult posts. Partisan of a c us to ms ' union for the Italian states, he had visited the Courts of Tuscany and Piedmont in the second year of Pius IX., to induce them to acquiesce in this plan. The war of independence prevented its being carried into execution. Count Rossi thought highly of the political capacity of Monseigneur Cerboli. Since the campaign of Vicenza this prelate remained a stranger to public affairs. His death was occasioned by an affection of the lungs." The Osservatore Romano of the 19th devotes a leader to the subject of a new secret society, called " SocietA Christiana," the object of which is to un dermine the Catholic religion. The organization of this society is founded upon a constitution of 33 articles. Persons of different creeds are admitted into the society. Every neophyte is bound to swear on a dagger and crucifix that he will always live a Christian and defend his religion with his blood. The head or regulator of the society is to be blindly obeyed, " because he alone knows the ultimate end, and what is to be done to obtain it." Every member of the society has a right to assistance from his brethren. If he be imprisoned for the cause he is to receive succour, defence, and protection. If he be sick he is to receive medical treatment at the hands of the society ; if he die his family is to have a right to assistance. No member is to betray the names of other members. Such is an outline of the organias tion of this new society, which appears to be fast spreading in the Papal States. The POPE himself has been compelled to do that which himself and his partisans denounced as one of the greatest sins that the Republicans could commit, and from the commission of which MAZZINI abstained. He has laid violent hands on the goofs of the Church. Unable to return to Rome without money, he has been compelled to apply to the Jews of Paris for assistance, who naturally refused to advance money to the persecutor of their Roman brethren except upon unexceptionable security, and Pius had none such to offer save the property of the Church, and accordingly his HOLINESS has hypothecated the pro perty of the convents of Rome as security for the repayment of a loan of 5,000,000 scudi, and the priests and cardinals denounce him in consequence as a Socialist, a PROW:H:ION, a MaSinti. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The (seen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the 81. 4 f).444 The Royal Family tool their usual airing. his Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this tueirnink i. attended by Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours paid a visit this morning to her Majesty and Ilia Royal Hightiesa Pitte Albert i and partook of a luncheon with the Queen and Printdi There is no addition to the royal dinner ptrti► this evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, on Thursday, at Gloucester House. Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, with Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, met the royal party. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Com missioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. HUNG IN BERLIN.—BaIfe is in Berlin, superin. tending the rehearsal of his opara of the Bondman, which is to be produced forthwith. The Berlin papers are loud in their praise of the English composer. Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... Ditto ditto 221.75. tt c,, ErclrnhVal., Pref... 0 - ijdlanJ., Lcices. and Swan- Fingten (8 per ct.gua.)....100 Creat Western(lrish) 47;4 — - iliddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcaty te and Carlisle lOO Ditto Quarter Shares .... 25 ... - Newnan-hot •.. 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. — Ncwport Abergy., and Heret. 6 ...... —to -- Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ••• .. ........w.... 20 . N ... —, ••• to Norfolk loe Oitto New 20/. Vitt° Guaranteed 5 par ct. 90 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ....• - Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - —— to --- Northern Counties Union ... 4 - North British .. .. ... ...... . 25 .... to Ditto Pall Shares-- ..... 12% — - Do. Quarters Di to Thirds.-- Si s ..• Ditto. Preference 5 - North iStaffordshire... - North Wales 314 ....• . •..• to North Western 13% — .... to -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhationton . ... Reading,Guildfd., & Raigatil 15 - Royston and Hitchin scottish Central; .. 25 ... .. 14 ..... to , c,Atish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New... . 22 y — to —..— ......... 2 Shrewsbury and Birmingkara 12 - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 - PittO, New Guaranteed 8 — .., ..... to --. !;11rewsbury and Hereford .. 5 'Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Yin.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... .. - Ditto,. Oswestry lB% .... to Dittc. (New)... - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropekire Union 6%..... ... , outit Devon - Ditto, Preference Sontli Staffordshire B% — ...... to -- South Etstem: 33 t is l9 ..... to 18 3 / 4 Ditto, No. 2. BO - Ditto, No. 3: 3O - Ditto, Reg.stered No. 4.... 10 - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole hefiield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 16 1 %..... Do. do. (South Div.) 5 and Loug - hor and Ca: meren's Stm. Coal ..... . 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 - Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... 17% — - Vale of oath ,.. 10 - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... --to .... Waterford and Limerick ... - Waterford,Weaford,Wieklw, and Dulelin .. IVear Valley 6 pit gent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall Paifehaven and Furness lB —. .. ..... to -- Windsor, Staines, and. South Western..... Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 1 ork, Nevrcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 - Do. G. N. E. Fur, or Pref. 8 - Do.llartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 York and N(rth:Zilidland 50 Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A.nglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian). - -, 2 — Boulogne and:iraiens 2O ..... 7%%... to -- , entrai of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .. I, , ernerare. Dutch Rhenish 8 ...... East Indian - Ditto . - Great Indian Peninsular S •••••• • - - Do. Do Louvain Ala Sambre ~ 7 1 / 2 — ...... to -- Luxembourg Ditto . - Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France........ Orleans and Bordeaux ... - I"ans and Orleans... 2O - Paris and Rouen 20 Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 12 - Rouen and Havre .... 2O - Sambre and Meuse - .....• to ---- Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - Tours & Nantes ... . .. 13 Tourney, Jurbise, Landon, and Hassell .., ........ •••• .. 20 .•..•• -•••-• to ...." Weat Flanders B B /1 — •••••• to --- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 ...... - Colonial - Commercial of London, London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster . •. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland ....... ..... 22 1 ,4 — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland ', ... 25 Ditto, New .... Union of Australia Ditto, New - Union of London ........ ..... 10 Union of Madrid ... ... 40 - MINES. Anglo /lexicon lOO ....•• -- Asturian - Australian ... Barrossa Range Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrin — British Iron -• l2 - Brazi!ian Imperial ..... .. ... 244...... - Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 3. - ...... to -- Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15 Cobre Copper •• ••••••• 40 - General ..... Real del Monte, Unregistered .- .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — - Do. Red Debentures ..... ".. - •••••• to Santiago de Cuba lO - United Mexican ....... ........ 28U, — .... to -- COURSE OF Amster:lnm .......... 12 2% Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 0% Rotterdam •• •• 12 2% kntwerp.• ............ 25 72% Liamburgh .... • •11.8. 13 12% A itona •• Paris, 3 days'sl7,ht • 25 50 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70 gerseilles .• •• •• 25 70 80urdeaux......... • 25 70 Frankfort on Maine..., 122 Petersburgh, Sll. ltble •. 37 erliu.• - • •• • • .• • • •• Vienna, effec. lio• • •• 11 33 Trieste, ditto.... •• 11 • • ........ 49% Cadiz .• • 49% 8i1ba0.... • • Barealona Se Alla.. •• ....•- • • •• • EXCIIANGZ. Leghorn •••••• •• • • • • 31 Genoa, •.•••••• • • • • • • .• 26 h' r yillaa • Venice • •• •• •• •• •• .... Naples t 2 140 % per0z........ Messina ••••••• • •• •• •• 12 ' Li5b0n................ 53A , Jporto • • .. • • b 3% Rio Janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... Hums er BULLION, !EE co' Foreign Gold ia bars.. Z 3 17 9 Portagal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 •Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 :: New Dollars 0 4 Silver in bars 0 0 0 LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA Y• ) LONDON, DEC. 29.—Wind at noon W.N.W., moderato brecz' end fine e!ear frosty weather. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.N.E.; it is blowing gale.—Arrd. Wenharn, Wylie, Baltimore ; E x calsoirg Croker, New York. WHITSTABLE, DEC. 28.—1 t is blowing very hard froP 3 N.N.W.—The M'dge, of London, on entering, ran 0 1 3 the West Bank. The Ch ance , o f S un d er l and, and 0,6 Margaret, of Faversha m , h ave b een i n contact , nu" both have received some damage. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 28.—1 t has been blowing a strong gale from N.—The Cato, of Aberdeen, sunk at he r anchors; crew saved. Her masts, bowsprit, yards, 80" have been washed up. The Eglantine, of Whitby, hi° lost her bowsprit, having struck on the pier. DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.N.W., strong and squeni• —Arrd from the River and sld. Katherine, Stewart' Forbes, Sydney, New South Wales. OFF DOVER, DEC. 28.—Wind w ,Ori Schartle, New York for Bremen. BRISTOL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.E. fresh.—Put back , Lotus, New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—1 t blew a heavy gale all last night and to-day from N.N.W. to N.N.E. with snow and sleet, and tremendous squalls. At seven, a heavy gale at N. by W., with every appearance of its continuing. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 28.—1 t has blown a heavy ga l° at N.W., with a heavy sea, since yesterday morning' —About 100 sail are in the bay. LOWESTOFT, DEC. 28.—During the whole of It night and today it hal blown a heavy gale at N. t, N.N.W. with heavy snow-storms.—There is a large fle e " riding in the South Roads. DUNBAR, DEC. 28.—The commercial packet - Andrews, to Cromarty, was ran on shore yesterday North Berwick, in a sinking state. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 28.—1 t blew a strong gale f ro m N, to N.N.E. yesterday, and continues to-day, with anny l storms and a terrific sea on the bar and coast. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) 00173EINT-GORDZIN. Our market to-day was well supplied with both Fruit and Vegetables for the time of year. al l a e.** , rally speaking. the demand ruled steady. In Prin, we have not the slightest change to not ice English Fruits—Pine Apples, 4a to 6s ; Muscat ( 1 Alexandria Grapes, 5s to 5s 6d; Black Hamburg: Grapes, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per lb; Pears, 58 to los; Eath i ,„fr Apples, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half-sieve; Apples for coolot e 2s to 3s Gd per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 75s per WOW': Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 8d to 1 ", White ditto, 6d to 9d per lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s to 5 :: Walnuts, 3s to 6s ; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4a per P„,e,: Oranges, 3s to lOs ; Lemons, 5s to lOs per 100; Pi",/ celona Nuts, 5s to 8s; Spanish Chesnufs, 3s to 6s; Almonds, 5s to 68 per peck; Spanish Onions, 12s to I' r Gd per bag. Vegetables—Cape Brocoli, 4s to 85 Ir s . dozen bundles; Cauliflowers, 2s to 4s per dozen bps t ° Turnips, 9d to Is; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, 15, 8 '„, 0 2s; Leeks, 91 to Is; Parsley, 1 s to is 6d per O °P - e . bunches ; Onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel ; 1 0 , i s j e ; radish, is 6d to 3s ; Celery, is to Is 3d per bile White Cabbages, 6d to 8d; Savoy ditto, 6d to 9d; ° it Red ditto, is 3d to Is 9d per dozen; Brussels Sprouts, of 61 to is 9d per half-sieve; Endive, is 3d to is 61 P e r score ; Red Beet, Is to is 6 d; Parsnips , 4 d t o So rscl dozen ; Mushrooms, 9d to is per pottle; Spinach, Is i f, to is 6d; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is 6 d per liptits; sieve; Small Salad, 2 s to 2 s 61 per dozen pal l !" is Sage, 2s 6d to 3s per dozen bunches; corn Salo' 0; 3d to is 6d per half sieve; Shallots, 34 to 4d Per otati Per hi 6 s to Bcef Veal, ; p,r Beef, veal, The from 6 loaf. Salm, Br t 4,1 to ii Soles,§l HuhloOl Ceithi)9C Sbrimpi p , biishel; .f i - karke 72ib, 1 t ditto, 3 7 4 to 4 6 ; Hon 6s 6 I; 3 oft • SMITH' ditto, 3/ load. A oUMBE ditto, 3/ load. Ti WHITE Clover, di load. Su BA] for me in m tion; he had now owes t Morton nex had made at fled it was I then advat iron safe in and gold, bu Morton the amount, and it. I said He then br( then advanc both the I was to b gave an him: the sec it 6001. alto! when I got Morton's, w in consequet fraudulently at Hatchard Smart, who gambler, I house to Hat I had known a gambler; 1 the same in in Bennet•sti some money bad discoun would introd me some mo. with Mr. z- z —book. Sine been carrit .gal, for him as a under my ha now there is to employ m, Cross• extu citor—My fa I was then h ness I took i him 751. a j customers, al due to my ceeded to c 300/. and 40 allowed me collected it, for it. For of my own, t what my fatl (The examir BOW Two respi and Dixon, sist ants, and charged wits They were morning, pa manner of " shouting mo policeman th musical, the sarcastic rest The constab] of their insi glass of bran to go home; which the fat lisBtead of through Brc turned into Worts Lt Were suft•ly The two h i