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THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COLLEGE LIFE By J. HEWLETT, M.A. Late of Worcester College, Oxford. Author of " Peter Priggins," " The Parish Clerk," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN OF 25 MILLIONS FLORINS, C.M. To be reimbursed with 51,331,170 Florins. G RAND DISTRIBUTION on the FIRST of FEBRUARY NEXT at VIENNA. 1;600 Bonds, gaining together 1,457,360 fl., in lots of 250,000-40,000 fl.-18,000 IL-12,000 fl., &c. Smallest Prize 600 fl. 10 florins are equal to 11.—a trifle more or less as per day's Exchange. Price of each Bond (which may be had in fifths for 1/. Bs.) is 7/. sterling. 10 Bonds 65/. or fifths for 13/. Payable by Bank Notes, Money 26 „ 1201. 24/. Orders, or Drafts, Primes reira burnable in Frankfort, Paris, or 40 „ 220/. "" London. Lists of the Drawing will be immediately forwarded to each Shareholder. For Prospectuses and Bonds, apply to I. A. SCHWARZS CHILD, Banker, at Frankfort-sn- the-Maine. 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Price of One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31.; four Sha res , 41. ; fi ve Sh ares, 5/. ; six Shares, 61. ; seven Shares, 7L ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT -GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Will be produced Dr. Arne's Opera of ARTAXERXES. Artaxerxes, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Arbaces, Mr. Manvers ; Ar tabanes, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mandane, Miss Rainforth; Semira, Miss Poole. After which, Mr. Bunn's Comic Interlude of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. Cooper ; Mr. Brown, Mr. Meadows ; Mr. Smith, Mr. Bartley ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with a New Comicality, called PUNCH'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN kING JOHN, and MAGNA CHARTA. By the Writers of " Punch." King John, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway ; Pan taloon, Mr. Garden ; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Drees Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond- s t ree t ; M r . Mitchell, Old Bond -street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Will be performed Congreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699. Sir Wilfull Witwoud, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining; Marwoud, Mr. Stuart ; Witwoud, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Petulant, Mr. Buckstone ; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil lamant, Madame Vestris ; Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover. To be followed by the Drama of THE BASTILE. Louis Quitorze, Mr. H. Holl ; Frieandeau, Mr. Webster ; the Duchess de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. To conclude with a Grand Comical Burlesque Bar letta, called RIQUET, WITH THE TUFT. Prince Riquet, with the Tuft, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Green-horn the Great, Mr.-James Bland; Prince Finikin, Miss Charles; The Princess Emeralda, Madame Vestris. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Win be repeated an English Version of Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. W. H. Weiss ; Alessio, Mr. Walton ; Liza, Mrs. T. H. Se vern • Amina, Madame Eugeni a G arc i a (h er fi rst appearance on the English stage); Elvino, Mr. Templeton. To conclude with a New Fairy burlesque burletta, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr. Oxberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, Madle. Melani e Duval, and M. Deneze, who will make their first appearance in this country in the incidental ballet. Places and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which, a New Farce, called YANKEE NOTES FOR ENGLISH CIRCULATION. Principal Characters by Mr. Rice (the celebrated representative of Negro Character), Messrs. Wright, Wilkinson, Maynard, Mesdames H. P. Grat tan, H. Beverley, and Chaplin. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, called THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD ; or, HARLEQUIN AND NOBODY. Harlequin, Mr. Frampton; Anti .Clown (No body), Mr Wieland ; Clown, Mr. H. Beverly; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders Co umbine, Miss Bullin. Boxes, 4; ; Pit,2 s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Grandest Christmas Entertainments ever offered to the Publie—A lavishing outlay—All the First-rate Artistes— Everything of the most costly description. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled RICHARD SAVAGE, in which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner, J. Webster, Neville, Smith, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. H. Vining, Miss Terrey, &c., &c., will perf o r m . After which, a New Grand Fairy Pantomime, with splendid Scenery, Dresses, Tricks, Mechanical Changes, and Appoint ments, to be called HARLEQUIN PUCK; or, THE EN CHANTED STATUE OF THE CHRYSTAL FOUN TAIN. Harlequipleklr. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. C. Montgo mery; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard ; Columbine, Miss M. R. Fairbrother. The effects will exceed everything hitherto attempted. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. THE WEATHER ,—SU N OFFICE, DEC. 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 51 : Noon, 50, BAROMETER, 29.65.—W1ND, S.W. _______ = ,_____...___ lt._ .„_ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY Moining l5 minutes after 9 ! Evening ...... 56 minutes after 9. *.l) • au: A i , • 0111F41--"111101 .. C(' NY l * -141" %k 4 : 8% ; • m s .r 17137, Ztt int LONDON : TUESDAY,MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1842. The Journal des Debats of Thursday last con tains an extract from the first lecture of M. MICHEL CHEVALIER, at the College of France) some statements in which are worthy of a moment's attention, as an exemplification of opinions across the water. He says of credit, for example, that "its object is to render the pro duce of previous labour useful or profitable to present labour." That is, at best, only one object of credit. When a man borrows on his bill the sum of 501., that he may complete a house he has begun to build, he is enabled by the loan to command a certain portion of the products of previous labour, by which he completes the task he has in hand. But when a man breeds and rears cattle which he cannot dispose of for three or four years, and during that time lives on his own credit, or the credit of others, something different takes place. He cannot approßiaTeTo the end of rearing the cattle the produce of pre vious labour through the whole three or fbur years, because the bulk of such produce is an nually created and annually consumed. One harvest is always nearly eaten up by the time the other is about to be gathered in. We hold M. MICHEL CHEVALIER'S description, therefore, to be incomplete, and as the principle on which credit rests seems to us of importance, we shall state it for consideration. We lately adverted to the general fact, or principle, that all commodities are produced in unequal times, in order to elucidate the natural and necessary dependence of the farmer, whose produce requires a year to complete it. That principle pervades all society, and is the source of credit- - ---those W h ose works are completed in long' if periods- ft r rowing from t h ose w h ose work is completed iii shortertime.Th e catt l e b ree d er, to pursue ourstration, knows th at at the end of three or foitr;' , years, when h e will be enabled ta sell his stock; that it will be 'worth az.-onsiderable in his ne ighbourhood know ponied classes Awn. know that as well as lie does, and on th a t k now- , edge he can at any time borrow, and they will at any time lend him something like the value of his stock, to enable him to go on rearing them year after year. The same principle applies to a merchant who sends goods abroad, and cannot look for his returns in less time than a twelvemonth. He can borrow nearly to the amount of his goods to enable him to subsist in the meantime and complete his bargain. It is, we believe, the case with the greater number of merchants, ma nufacturers, and agriculturists, whose produce or ventures can only be realised in long periods, to borrow largely on the faith of the commodities they will hereafter have to sell. The money borrowed, whether paper or metal, is immediately disbursed in paying wages, or in paying for work, or in subsisting the indi vidual. He obtains by that means the services of men whose labour is completed, or whose produce is brought to market in much shorter periods than his own. This may, and does go on, ad iqfinitum, so that there is a perpetual bor rowing by' those who have commodities on the way to the market pf those whose commodities are already completed. Credit is plainly the means by which the latter and the former are made useful to each other; and the end of credit is to make the products of these different classes of producers, as M. SAY will tell M. MICHEL CHEVALIER, the market one for the other. If there were no credit, no commodities could be exchanged but those that are produced in equal times, and there could be little or no trade in the world. Credit, like every part and portion of social and combined production, has its root in a great natural fact; and that fact, in its case, is that commodities are produced or brought to market in inequal times. The object, or end, of credit is to enable all the various productive classes to assist each other ;-and the monied man whb gives a hand to each, and whose money is continually returned to him with interest, as payment for the valuable purpose it serves, is the means by which their products are made mu tually available. M. MICHEL CHEVALIER also says that " Eng land exists under singular conditions. She is insulated, in the widest extent of the term. In dustry is there carried on differently from what it is on the Continent. Everywhere else agricul ture has the first rank. England gives herself up in preference to commerce and mannfactures." The truth, we believe, is, that England has merely preceded other nations in developing manufactures and trade, till they have become preponderant in the empire, for most other coun tries have at the same time been acting in the same manner. There is hardly one of them in which the products of other arts have not gra dually gained on those of agriculture. That is the necessary consequence of the progress of mankind ; men were always fed by some means or other, and it is only in an advanced stage of civilization that they get well and comfortably clothed and lodged, and surrounded, in doors and out of doors, with a great multitude of luxu ries and conveniences. That manufactures and commerce should grow faster than agriculture, is natural and necessary; but England preceded other nations in this career. At present, far from being insulated or exceptional, the fibres of her trade connect her with all the nations of the globe; she syMpathises with them all, and they are all eager and desirous to become as she is— commercial and manufacturing. France, unfortunately, has preferred war to the cultivation of commerce, and she now finds herself almost cut off from trading with other nations. No person can more deeply regret this than s regret it, for the multiplied connections of trade are the surest guarantees of national peace. The French were wont to pride themselves on their ships, colonies, and foreign trade. To the begin ning nearly of the eighteenth century, they were as far advanced, or further, than England. HUME, and several writers, have noticed how much they had preceded us, and how many arts England had borrowed from France. Here is a passage from BOLINGBROKE'S Letters on the study of history, to the same effect : The soil, the climate, the situation of Prance, the ingenuity, the industry, the vivacity of her inhabitants are such ; she has so little want of the produce of other countries, and other countries have so many real or imaginary wants to be supplied by her, that when she is not at war with all her neighbours—when her domestic quiet is preserved, and any tolerable ad ministration of Government prevails, she must grow rich at the expense of those who trade, and even of those who do not open a trade with her. Her baubles, her modes, the follies and extravagances of her luxury, cost England, about the time we are speaking of (1660), little less than 800,0001. a-year, and other nations in their proportion. Till that time and subsequently, England im ported largely from France, and imported be sides wines, baubles and luxuries. Now mat ters are changed; and France, having persevered in carrying on war against her neighbours, to the neglect of domestic quiet, she supposes that she is obliged to bar out English and other pro ducts by a tariff, which isolates her—and, by pre venting commerce and manufactures from in- creasing faster than* agriculture, makes her an exception to the general progress. IVe have long ago remarked in this Journal that Puseyism sprung more from political than moral causes. It has its origin mainly in the recognised disability of the Church to satisfy the religious feelings of the people, and render them contented. with • the State. The early Christian Church and the' Romish Church had such effects, and hence the idea that the Church can now only be made efficient as an ally of the State, and as the teacher of religion, by becoming what the early Church, or the Romish Church, was. Hence, too, we find the Puseyites recom mending the abolition of pews, the revival of imposing ceremonies, and the re-establishment of numerous festivals and holidays, as they still prevail in Spain and Italy. Strongly recom mending these latter, Lord JOHN MANNERS has lately published a pamphlet, which does much more honour to his good intentions than to his wisdom. Like the Noble Lord, we wish that our people had more festivals ; we wish to see them at leisure to . be joy ous ; b ut that the Church can now be the means of working the desired reformation is not to be credited. To hope such great things from her again as she effected in ages, is like expecting as m uc h from a man after he has been tried and found utterly the early incapable, as when he first comes before us pro mising to achieve wonders. When the Church deserved the name of the poor man's Church, she actually stoodzbetween him and the oppressor. In the early ages of Christianity, the then enlightened priesthood, inheriting all the knowledge that was preserved of Rome, and composed chiefly of Romans, was the opponent of the barbarians, who overrun the empire; . and it was by using their religious cha racter to protect the people that they gained their confidence, and wonderfully increased their own influence and power. England, like the nations on the Continent, was inhabited by a con quered and a conquering race; and here, as there, the priesthood often stood between the people and their oppressors. THOMAS A'BECKETT was the first man of Saxon blood who filled the See of Canterbury after the Norman conquest, and his quarrel with the King is briefly depicted by THIERRY, as a quarrel of the races, in which the Church appeared as the defender of the conquered Saxons. Is there any chance of the Church now assuming that character? Will it take up the cross to defy the landlords as BECKETT did to defy the King? Will it lay aside its worship of wealth to take part with labourers at six shillings a-week ? Will it protect the bumbled peasantry against the squires ? At present the Church in_England has no independent charac ter. It is the creature of the law, and the land lords make the law. It is the servant of the State; it looks most obsequiously to the Crown for the protection of its enormous wealth; it has no longer any inherent power, and it never can b e , as in the early ages, till it wholly changes its character, the protector of the people against the aristocracy and the State. It never .can, therefore, acquire the confidence of those whom it seeks to win and reform, and, however closely the Puseyite propositions may bring the Church of England to coincide with the Church of Rome, they will fail in gaining for it that power over the people which the priesthood possessed in the early ages. Temporal benefit it can no longer confer on them; its promises of moral advantage have now been refuted by the expe rience of several ages. It is of great consequence not to make a mis take as to the mode in which improvement can be effected. All classes are now agreed as to the necessity of an extensive reformation, either political, commercial, or moral—they differ only as to which it shall be. Holidays and leisure, which all desire, must grow from the circum stances of society, and from the general ease. Days on which all persons should suspend their labour, however suitable for a pastoral or an agricultural people, would be wholly out of the question in a nation intersected by railroads, and sustained by commerce and manufactures. In our society there must be plenty ofmeans of leisure, for great numbers of persons are supported in total idleness, but unfortunately leisure-like property is very unequally distributed. Holidays in England must now be local and partial, and to keep the great machine of combined production, by which all can be easily supplied, perpetually and uniformly in motion, there should be always some at work, and some enjoying them selves. Play days in England must now depend less on Church festivals than on establishing relays of labourers. If Lord JOHN MANNERS were to study the habits of the present genera tion more, and the canons less, we think his good intentions would grow into some theory more useful than a recommendation to increase the number of Church festivals. The Message delivered by the PRESIDENT 0 the United States, at the opening of Congress, refers to three subjects of considerable im portance to this country, as well as to America, namely, the Boundary Line, the New Tariff, and the total loss of credit brought upon the Republic by the bankrupt and " repudiating" States. On the last subject the PRESIDENT dwells with great earnestness, and points out the disgrace which overwhelms the country; but we regret to find that he seems more distressed at the results than at the disreputable conduct of American citizens, who obtained vast sums from Europe to make internal improvements, and now, like heartless spendthrifts, turn round upon the un fortunate creditors, and tell them to do their worst. As a proof of the reckless and fraudu lent system carried on, he states that in 1831 the total bank-note circulation was 61,323,898 dollars, while in 1837 it amounted to 149,185,000 dol lars, having increased not less than 88,000,000 dollars (or about 18,000,0001.) in seven years. Since that period there had been with drawn from circulation more paper currency than was created during the five preced ing years, thereby causing a universal panic, and destroying the fortunes of thousands, In this state of things, by the decline in trade, and a consequent diminution of revenue, the public exchequer could not meet the ex penditure, and a State loan was resorted to, but without effect. The attempt was first made in America, but not a dollar could be raised. The contrast drawn between the credit of European Governments which observe good faith, and that of a new, wealthy, and powerful republic, which can pay, but will not, is somewhat instruc tive, and we therefore give it in his own words : —" After a failure to raise a loan in the American market," he says, " a citizen of high character and talent was sent to Europe, with no better success; and thus the mortifying spectacle has teen presented of the inability of this Govern " " ent to obtain a loan so small as not in the whole to amount to more than one-fourth of its ordinary annual income,: at a time when the Governments of Europe, although involved in debt, and with their subjects heavily burdened with taxation, readily obtain loans of any amount at a greatly reduced rate of interest." " But I cannot conclude," he continues, " without ad ding that, for a Government which has paid off its debts of two wars with the largest maritime Power of Europe, and now owing a debt which is almost next to nothing when compared with its boundless resources, a Government the strongest in the world, because emanating from the popular will, and firmly rooted in the affections of a great and free people, and whose fidelity to its engagements has never questioned,—for such a Government to have ten dered to the capitalists of other countries an opportunity for a small investment of its stock, and yet to have failed, implies either the most unfounded distrust in its good faith, or a purpose to obtain which the course pursued is the most fatal which could have been adopted." This is a lamentable condition for a great country to be placed in, but it is only a natural and a just retribution for one of the most remarkable instances of bad faith ever exhibited by a State. Spain and other bankrupt States, it is true, can not pay either principal or interest, but they have never adopted the " repudiating " system now prevalent in that land of liberty. The new tariff, we are glad to find, gives little satisfaction, and the PRESIDENT, therefbre, recommends the Congress to take the subject again into their serious consideration. " Extra vagant duties," says be, "defeat their end and object, not only by exciting in the public mind a hostility to the manufacturing interests, but by inducing a system of smuggling on an extensive scale." It did not ,require six months' experience to know these facts. In connection also with this subject, he recommends the intro duction of the warehousing system, which has proved highly beneficial in other countries, in order to protect the market alike against redun dant or deficient supplies of foreign fabrics. His remarks on this subject, as well as on the danger of throwing all the import trade into the hands of a few capitalists, by adhering to the system of cash payments at the Custom-house, are of some importance, and we therefore refer them to the attention of those interested. The communications respecting the late treaty with England, and the slave-trade, are generally satisfactory. A squadron is to be forthwith or dered to the African coast, to assist England in putting down this abominable traffic, for main taining which an annual vote of 250,000 dollars is proposed. A similar arrangement by the other great Powers, the PRESIDENT justly ob serves, could not fail to sweep from the ocean the slave-trade, with Out the interpolation of any new principle in the maritime code. The only other subject of interest relates to the claims of Great Britain to a portion of the Oregan territory on the Pacific ocean, and though no dificulty may arise for some years to involve the peace of the two countries, he intimates his in tention of pressing ft settlement of the ques tion at the present auspicious moment, in order to remove all grounds of future collision. We trust that our Government will view the subject in the same light, and that the difficulty of ad usting the Eastern Boundary line will be a warning not to defer the settlement of this for even twelve months. As the time appointed for the opening of th e Parliamentary campaign draws on, the general . curiosity increases to ascertain the course of policy that Sir ROBERT PEEL will adopt with respect to some of those great questions—such as the Corn-laws, for instance—which are now engrossing public attent,on. But nothing oozes out to enable us even to form a guess on the subject. The Premier, never at any time re markable for his communicativeness, is as close as wax ; and his subalterns also, taking their cue from him, are all as stubbornly taciturn as if they had graduated in the school of HARPOCRATES. Meanwhile, though we may be in doubt upon other matters, and utterly in the dark as to whether or not the Right Hon. Baronet will play fast and loose with the Corn-law question, on one point, at least we can be in no possible state of dubiety. It is as " clear as mud"—to quote one of the late Lord CASTLEREAGH'S felicitous tropes-- that we have all got to pay an Income-tax, which is an addition to our stock of Christmas pleasures, for which we feel we can never be sufficiently grateful to our respected Premier. How long we shall b e l e f t i n the full en j oyment of this luxury, we cannot of course undertake to say but we should imagine judging from what THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1842. we have hitherto seen and felt of Tory legislation —that unless we resolutely declare our minds on the subject, and convince Sir ROBERT, by a strong popular demonstration, that the Income-tax is by no means a Christmas-box after our own hearts —unless we do something of this sort, we should imagine that the Income-tax will not only be continued for the full term of five years, but much beyond it. The intelligence from Madrid is to the 17th inst. General VAN HLLEN has been superseded in the post of :Captain-General of Catalonia by General SOANE, and General FERRAZ, Inspector of Cavalry and of the National Guard, had suc ceeded the latter as Captain-General of Madrid. The Eco del Commercio states that GUTIERREZ was to be removed, and M. INIGO, the Political Chief of Valencia, was to be appointed in his place as Political Chief of Barcelona. The REGENT was expected towards the end of the month. The Three per Cents, were done on the 16th at 211 at 60 days, with the Coupons, and 201 without them, and the Five per Cents. at 26 for cash, and 261 7.161 lat 60 days. On the 17th the Three per Cents sold for 211 at 30 days, the Five per Cents. at 26k for cash, and 261 1 & 11-16 at GO days, and the Certificates of the Debt bearing no interest for 51 at 60 days. We have intelligence from Lisbon to the 10th brought by the Iberia steamer, which reached Falmouth on Saturday. She left Gibraltar on the 15th, Oporto on the 20th, and Vigo on the 21st inst. It is stated that the Government, by adopting a system of strict economy, will be able to make a reduction in the public expendi ture of 40,0001. a-year. The floating debt was to be reduced, and the payment to sinecurists diminished obout one-half. It was understood that their MAJESTIES would participate in the general views of economy, by voluntarily fore going 100 contos per annum. The Government was very strong, as nearly all the late elections had gone in their favour. The only article of interest in the Paris papers relates to the occupation of the Marquesas Islands, by Admiral THOUARS. It appears in the Presse, and as it points out the object of the Go vernment in making a settlement in the Pacific, as well as in other quarters, we give it at length. "We perceive with regret," says the Govern ment journal, "in several journals a tendency to depreciate the importance of the new possession acquired by France in Polynesia. Some persist in stating falsely that it is intended to form a penal colony there ; others state, what is known to all the world, viz. that the islands on which M. DUPETIT THOUARS has planted our flag are neither very large nor very thickly populated. To the first we reply, that their supposition is altogether gratuitous, and that the projects which led to the occupation of the Marquesas are very different from those of which they speak. To the second we would observe, that the impor tance of a maritime and commercial position does not depend on the extent of territory or the number of inhabitants, When Sir THOMAS RAFFLES thought of creating the establish ment of Singapore, that island was scarcely inhabited, and half under water. The enter prise was thought ridiculous by some beaux esprits of journalists even in England, where questions of this nature are generally better understood than elsewhere. These sarcasms, however, did not prevent the establishment of Singapore from becoming in a few years one of the most magni ficent entrepots of commerce, and from rivalling with the finest ports' of India. In the present day, the finest productions of the world are to be found there; all nations have their interests and their representatives in that place. It is one of the most solid elements of the commercial power of England, which has not to repent of having regarded as serious the colonisation of a patch of land which had served only as the nest of about a hundred Malay pirates. An equally brilliant. destiny awaits the Marquesas, if it be known how to profit by the possession of them. They will infallibly become one day the entrepot and market of all Polynesia. As a maritime station they have a value which has been appreciated by the numerous navigators who have visited them. Far from seeking to discourage the Go vernment in its efforts at maritime exploration and colonisation, we shall allow no oppo r t un ity t o escape of urging it to conti nue t h em, an d of offering our assistance. If it be true, as is stated, that seven Government vessels, two of which are from the island of Bourbon, are at this moment engaged in forming the bases of a great establish ment at Madagascar, we sincerely approve of the project. Madagascar may become an admirable colony. The resources offered by that country are immense. The island is 350 leagues in length, and 110 in breadth. It contains six millions of inhabitants, and is separated from the African continent only by an arm of the sea. It is certainly one of the most important parts of the globe. Now that the route of Suez is generally preferred to that of the Cape of Good Hope, the relations between Europe and Madagascar would be easy and prompt. This island pos sesses the finest port in the world, viz., that of Diego-Swarez, which is situated at the north, and is capable of containing thou sands of vessels, and would be more easy of defence than the port of Brest. As to its pro. ductions, everybody knows that they are varied and abundant. All vegetables common to warm and temperate climates flourish there; the sugar-cane grows in a natural state, the vine yields excellent grapes, and timber is abundant. If we had an establishment on this point, Bour bon would no longer be to us a lost island in the Indian ocean, and our trading vessels which visit that colony would not be compelled, during five or six months of the year, to seek at the Mauritius, which is now an English posses sion, a refuge from the tempests which lash the rock of Bourbon. Three French factories al ready exist in a corner of the island of Mada gascar. In 1820, M. FORTUNE ALBRAND founded a new establishment on a small island at. a dis tance of three leagues from the eastern coast of Madagascar. With the aid of a single companion he achieved wonders. He cleared, planted, and cul tivated such a vast extent of ground, that, in 1822, the French Government felt it right to send assist ance to this now colony. Unfortunately, these efforts have been too isolated for serious results to be expected from them. It is time to act with more energy. If the reports in circulation as to Madagascar, therefore, be true, we must congra tulate the Ministry ; for the affair will show that they have the maritime and commercial interests of the country at heart. On the other hand, we know that at this moment there is organising at Nantes, thanks to the zeal of a few good citizens who have recently visited Madagascar, and ac quainted themselves with all its resources, a colo nis:io cannot n companywhich will be on a large scale. W Warmly approve of this project. If, as we have r eason to thi n k w ill b e t h e case , t too the concurrence of the Government and the Chamber should be applied for, it will doubtlessly be liberally granted. People in France are be ginning to cor n which can al prebend what are the means one create and maintain a great maritime power.” - The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles, after long deliberation oti the between projected customs union France and Belgium, has come to the following conclusions : The Chamber is of opinion that a customs union between France and Belgium can only turn to the profit and aggrandisement of both contracting parties, and must be parti cu l ar ly f avoura bl e to France. It, nevertheless, expr esses it s w i s h th a t th e union may be attended IN also•th specially matured measures relating to the transit of merchandise through the two countries. The Chamber rec ommends to the solicitude i , ture of steam-en g i nes. The COurrier de la Gironde announces a fact of the Government th e i ron wo rks and the manufac which demonstrat es t o w hat distress the mer- chant navy of Prance is reduced. "The Navy Board of Bou r d eaux h av i ng occas i on to forward 215. tons of Provisions to eoree, advertised to were tenders f or t h at purpose , w h en five offers made at an average of from 19 to 25 francs a ton. None of those offers having been ac- cepted, fresh proposals were made, and the COll. tract was given to the owner of the ship Suzanne at 15 francs 461 centimes the ton." We have since received the Paris papers of Saturday, from which the following are ex tracts : STOCK EXCHANGE, QUARTER TO Two O'CLOCK.— Five per Cents. lend of month, —f. —c. ; Threes 78f. 70e. The Mom' teur publishes the following Report to the IKing dated 23d inst. from the President of the Coun cil :—" Sire, It is of importance to the dignity of the throne of your Majesty, and to the authority of our institutions, that the men who have rendered emi.• neat services to the King and the country, should remain bound by their position as well as by their duty to your Majesty, and that you may, on occasions when you think it fitting, call them towards you, and avail yourself of the light of their experience. This object is endeavoured to be obtained in all well ordered states by the formation of a Privy Council, which, without taking any part in th e a d m i n i s t ra ti on o f public affairs, or in the action or responsibility of the King's Government, may be rallied round the Crown, whenever it requires the advice of men of honoured names, and nothing is more suited to promote the interests, as it is to the dignity of the State, than to insure to men who have served it well in its most important affairs a position respond ing to the rank they have filled, and to which the King may recal them. To be unmindful of past services is ill becoming a great nation, and a wise Government. They do honour to themselves by ho nouring with impartiality merit and devotedness in their servants. The cruel experience in times past imposed upon the King and upon France has excited, under these grave considerations, the solicitude of your Majesty's Ministers. The measure I have the honour to propose appears to them a natural and use ful consequence of the law on the Regency. If the King deigns to approve of it, I shall intreat his autho rity for presenting to the Chambers, in the course of the ensuing session, such financial measures as may be necessary for carrying it into execution. " Marshal Due de DALMATIE." This is followed by a Royal Ordonnance, in these terms : " Louis Philippe, King of the French.—To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. On the report of our President of the Council of Ministers and Minister Secretary of State of the War Depart ment, we have ordained and do ordain as follows : "Art. 1. Those who have rendered to the State, in high public functions, eminent services, may receive from us the title and rank of Ministers of State. " Art. 2. No one can be appointed a Minister of State who has not been a Minister Secretary of State —Chancellor of France—President of the Chamber of Peers—President of the Chamber of Deputies—Mar shal of France—Admiral—Ambassador—Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour—First President of the Court of Cassation—Procureur-General at the Court of Cassation—First President of the Court ofAc counts—Procureur-General of the Court of Accounts —Vice President of the Council of State—Governor of the Invalides—Governor-General or Commander in-Chief of an army—Superior Commandant of the National Guards of the Seine—First President of the Cour Royale of Paris, or Procureur -General of the Cour Royale of Paris. "Art. 3. When we shall think fit to as3emble a Privy Council round our person, it shall be formed of —First, Princes of our family, having attained their majority in age ; secondly, Ministers Secretaries of State in office; thirdly, such Ministers of State as we shall call upon by special summons. "Art. 4. Our President of the Council of Ministers and our Keeper of the Seals, are charged with the execution of this Ordonnance. " LOUIS PHILIPPE. (Countersigned) " Marshal Duc de DALMATIE." The Chamber of Commerce of Nantes has sent two delegates to Paris, with an address to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce on the sugar question, ex pressing in terms equally positive as those of the ad dress from the Chamber of Bordeaux, on the impossi bility of a co-existence of home-made and colonial sugar, and insisting upon the suppression of the first with an indemnity. The Madrid Patriota of the 17th, a Ministerial organ, mentions the departure of General Seoane for the head-quarters of the Regent, and states that he was to be replaced as Captain-General of Ma drid by General Ferraz, but does not say that Ge neral Seoane has been appointed to succeed Van Halen at Barcelona, although this is assumed by the other journals. The Patriota gives the number of troops in Catalonia at 40,000, and adds that the Re gent is doing everything possible not only to main tain order, but also to cast into oblivion the un happy scenes of which Catalonia has been witness. The Eco del Comercio repeats the rumour of the intended dissolution of the Cortes, and mentions one that all the Government agents whose zeal in the approaching elections cannot be relied on are to be dismissed from office, under a pretext that they were connected with the rebels of Barcelona, and that the dissolution was resolved upon by the Regent without consulting his Minis ters, who are to be dismissed on his return to the capital. The bare mention of such a rumour showed the virulence of the hostility of the Opposition press of Madrid to the Regent. It is stated from Barcelona, Dec. 17, that the Mu nicipal Elections were to take place on the following dap the St. Petersburgh Gazette specifically contradicts all the reports disseminated in France as to French prisoners having been detained in Siberia, and only lately made their way back into their own country. This article has been brought forth by the accounts given in the French journals of the return of a man named Simon Mayer to the department of the Moselle. Palm, DEC. 24.—The accounts from Barcelona are of the 17th. The Regent was to make his entry on the following day, and to set out four days after wards for Madrid, whither he would go by way of Valencia. He had already engaged two diligences for himself and his suite. It was said that Espartero, before he left Barce lona, would grant an amnesty to the persons who are still confined in that citadel. The municipal elections were to take place on the 18th. In a preparatory meeting M. Gobert had re signed the office of first Constitutional Alcade, this choice not being agreeable to the Government; and it seems Van Haien has found no better means to hinder the election of M. Gobert than to have him arrested, on the pretext that he had figured in a club of ill disposed persons. The whole city is indignant at this arrest.—Le Commerce, Dec. 24. BOURSE-PARIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. First Highest I.owest Last Price. Pries Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 118 90... 119 05... 118 85... 118 95 Four per Cents. 101 ... 101 ... 101 ... 101 Threes 7B 6g... 78 70... 78 60.. 78 70 Bank of France 3310 ...3320 ...3310 ...3320 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1050 ..105() ...1050 ...1050 Belgian Bank 1841 1075 ...1080 ...1075 ...1080 Belgian Fives, 1840 lo3k ... 104 ... 103 i ... 103 k Spanish Active. . Passive 3i ... 4 ... 3i 4 Neapolitan ..... 106 35... 106 35... 106 35... 106 35 Roman - RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.B ll5 ... 115 ... 111 25... 112 50 R.B 275 ... 280 ... 275 ... 2430 Rouen Orleans. 615 ... 621 25... 615 ... 621 25 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 202 50... 202 50... 202 50 BELOI AN FUN ..3.—BaussELs, Dgc. 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , — Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lO2 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 93 Three per Cent --.-Thlrty-seven Milli, ns, ditto .. _ . _. i 23 ----- (l 8411) l(3 Lean of City, 1832, Four per Cent 97 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 77 National Society .... Exchange on London (short) ••••••••••••••• .... —Brussels Papers, Lee. 24. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dec. 13, Five per Cents. Metalliques .. 109 c Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents... 77 Bank Shares ... ...... - ..... .........—......... 00000000 sow. leis Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 20. The crime of desertion has, of late years, enor mously increased. This is a fact admitted on all sides. Several inquiries have been instituted, with a view to ascertain the cause and apply a remedy ; but as yet nothing has been done with success to remove the evil. By many it has been affirmed, that the decrease of pension is the cause ; by others, that the suspen sion of corporal punishment for desertion is the rea cause; while a third party states that desertion has increased on account of the long colonial service demanded of the soldier. We firmly believe that all the foregoing have some influence in producing desertions, but only among a small number of those who fill the columns of the Hue and Cry. The opinions generally enter tained by the Captains of the army differ from the above. We have taken pains to inquire, and the result is, that those officers who come into closer contact with the soldiers than others all are of opinion that desertion chiefly arises from disgust with the service, caused by the state of debt in which every young soldier is placed in consequence of the bounty (falsely so called) not being adequate to supply the recruit with his kit. When a young soldier finds that during the most arduous period of his drill, he has scarcely the means of existence, and not a penny to spend in recreation, he becomes discontented, and soon falls into the hands of some ill-adviser who suggests to him the sale of his regimental necessaries and desertion. It would well merit a trial, to give only a bona-fide bounty on enlistment--no matter if only 11.--and to supply a complete kit to the recruit on joining his regiment, thus letting him commence his service free from debt, and in the receipt of his regular daily pay. We have full confidence that this system would ulti mately be found less expensive than the present one, taking into account the charges for new bounties, charges for escorts, apprehensions, and rewards, and the cost for support in prison after trial, without any return in the form, of service for all the out l ay.-- Naval and Military Gazette. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, MONDAY EVENING. There was an almost utter absence of business in the City this afternoon, those branches of trade ex cepted which contribute to the due observance of the festivities of the Christmas holidays. Most of the wholesale houses were closed, and enjoyment seemed to be the order of the day. The appearance of very many in the streets soliciting alms bore, how ever, ample and distressing evidence that the new tariff has yet failed to effect that improvement in the condition of the poorer classes which was so san guinely anticipated by the Premier and his colleagues, when Sir Robert Peel brought forward his commer cial alterations, now not far short of ten months since. The Public Securities bore all but nominal quota tions this afternoon. The Exchanges were, in fact, almost entirely deserted, and shut entirely at two o'clock. The last price of Consols for account was, ; of Exchequer Bills, 54 premium ; of India Bonds, 47 premium ; of Spanish Actives, 18i-; of the Three per Cents., 24-; and of the Portuguese Five per Cents., 40. Mexican was last done at 31k, and Colombian at 21i.. The alteration in Shares this afternoon was too trifling to require special notice. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was very animated, and prices were extremely steady; sales 8,000 bales. There was not much inquiry for Railway Shares, and the market w as d u ll an d h eav y. Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, were 4/. 18s. 6d. ; Grand Junction, 189 ; an d S ou th Eastern, New, 17. The President's Message has formed the universal topic of conversation in the City ; and it has given much satisfaction to find that the non-obtainment of a loan in England for the United States Go vernment, while European States are borrow ing with facility, at a much lower rate of interest, hurts the pride of the highest Executive officer in America, although it is little better than a piece of dishonesty on his part to ascribe the circumstance to any other cause than the extension of the abominable "repudiation" doctrine, instead of inferring that it is some deep laid scheme to injure his country. This is surely not the way to make his fellow-citizens ashamed of suspending payments when they have full assets at command. In reference to the Bombay question, the Message is favourable, but the Exchequer allusions savour of more finance tinkering, which we heartily hope will not again dis turb the course of legitimate trade in the United States. The warehousing, or bonding system, as a relief to the payment of cash duties, will be a material boon if adopted. The slave trade is an unmanageable subject, but it is hoped, as the Pre sident intimates, that we shall not quarrel on that score. Trade in America was much the same, and corn still low. Cotton was heavy, and declining in price. Stocks were not brisk. From Canada there is a report of the fall-sown wheat having suffered materially by rust. Employ ment seemed abundant, for in a Montreal journal we observe an advertisement for 200 labourers. The London and Westminster Bank continues to pay the drafts of the Yorkshire Agricultural Bank, and it is therefore hoped some arrangement will be made for the continuance of its business, or its transfer to some other establishment. Although not a positive holiday in the City to-day, the Bank of England and all the public offices remain ing open, most of the wholesale warehouses are closed, and towards the afternoon the merchants and stock brokers are expected to " clear off," so as to curtail the usual period of business by many hours. The news from Lisbon is considered very favour able, as extensive economy is being introduced into every branch of the public expenditure. The Funds are very firm, although the attendance of the dealers is but limited. The Government broker has taken the usual amount at 94f for Reduced Three per Cents. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1011 to 1011. Exchequer Bills realise 51s. to 535., and India Bonds, 455. premium. For the opening Consols realize 93i to 93i. Canada Deben tures have not been dealt in. The market for Portuguese Stock is rather better on the favourable accounts from Lisbon, and the quotations have in consequence advanced. The New Bonds are 391 to 40 ; the Converted, 338 to 334 ; and the Three per Cents. 23-; Spanish Actives are 18a ; and the Three per Cents. 241 to 24i. Colombian Bonds realised 218 ; and Mexican, 312 to 318, being about previous rates. Scarcely abargain has been done in Railway Shares. South Eastern are 278 discount; York and North Midland, 43 premium ; and the New, 18 to 181 pre mium. National Provincial Bank of England Shares are 1 premium. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 24.—We have had a firm market to-day, with a more general inquiry for Railway Stock. Eastern Counties, 8 13-16 ; South Western, 62 ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 20 and 20k; Bristol and Exeter, -481. The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday next. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 54 om Ditto 5001 54 Tut Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. 93L FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent....., Ditto, Metallic..... Spanish, 5 per cent lBl Ditto, Deferred.... . French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f —c French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2} per cent Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 1004 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons.... 3i per Cent. Red... 101 i New 3i per Cent — New 5 per Cen'.. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 .. Oct. 1859 ...... Jan. 1860 — FOREIGJ Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, b per cent Brazilian Bonds... 7li Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 — Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent — Danish, 3 per sent — Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 77 --_ SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid) 26 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 62 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)...,,,,., Ditto Scrip (20 paid) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting yesterday was just what might have been expected on the day following Christmas, i. e., flat and unimportant. A list of the engagements booked on the Derby will suffice : DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Murat —taken to 601. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken to 101. 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Progress colt.—t 1000 to 15 agst Lord Exeter's Lucetta colt—t G times 2000 to 30 agst Major Yarburgh's Dumpling —do. 500 even between Blackdrop and Oygen colt—taken Mr. James Bland, one of the few surviving proffes sional turf speculators, of the old school, died in Picca dilly on Sunday night. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off th e Custom-house:yest er d ay w i th the hitch Mail. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Our respected Mem ber, E. R. Rice, Esq., with Captain D'Aeth, Mr. llodges, and another gentleman, visited th e Shak speare . and Abb o t' s Cli f f Tunnels last week, when they expressed themselves highly gratified with their appearance, as well as the progress made in the Ab bot's Cliff Tunnel, nearly one-third being completed. On their return they were further gratified by having a view of a blast of two barrels of gunpowder, as a specimen of the manner in which many tons of the cliff over the sea-wall have been brought down within the last few months, and in which it is in tended to bring down the Round-down. We are happy to hear that all the persons who lately received injury on these works have, with very few exceptions, returned to their employment, and that none of the accidents have proved fatal to life or limb, save in the case of the poor boy Lorden, some three or four months back.—Dover Chronicle. PECULIARITIES OF SOME NATIONS AS TO FOOD.— Other nations abstained from eating parts of certain animals, as well as the Jews, from a religious princi ple ; neither the Assyrian, nor the Egyptian, ate any fish, and the Priests of the latter nation used no meat nor drink imported from foreign countries; and, as to the product of their own, exclusive of fish, they ab stained from beasts that have a round foot, or divided into several toes, or that have no horns ; and birds that live upon flesh. The Egyptians accounted, espe cially swine's flesh, unclean ; whosoever touched one, though in passing by only, washed himself and his clothes.—Mayer's History of the Jews. BIGAMY.—A FAMILY COMPLAINT.--A young man, named William Bowden, was brought before a county magistrate on Tuesday, at Stockport, on a charge of bigamy. It was proved that he was married to Mary Holland, at the parish church of Ashton-under-Ly ne, on the 17th of May, 1835, and in July, 1839, to Betty Holland, at Almondbury, near Huddersfield ; both of whom are now living. He was committed for trial ; but, on the application of Mr. W. Vaughan, who ap peared on his behalf, bail was accepted for his appear ance at the assizes. Strangely enough, the prisoner's mother, Hannah Bowden, who, on hearing of his ap prehension, had come to see him, was also taken into custody, under a warrant which had some time been out against her on a similar charge. She was also brought before a county magistrate the same day, when Mr. J. S. Barrett, deputy constable, stated, that a few years ago the prisoner was married to a person named John Smith, of Stockport, her first husband, Josepla.Bowden, being then and now living at Shef fkid. Smith is also living at the present time ; but the prisoner and he had separated some time ago, and she had lately baen residing with a man named Joseph Lockett, near Huddersfield, to whom, it was supposed, she hal also been married. She was re- manded. SUPA '- ARV OF NEWS AND Vetbitc iz futon. Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. The accounts brought by the packet-ship Indepee' dente, from the United States, are favourable. The President in his message to Congress, recommends modification of the new tariff; and proposes a vote of 250,000 dollars for maintaining a squadron on the African coast, to check the slave-trade. The Iberia steam-ship, relating to the safety of which reports of a distressful character were circu lated by the last arrival, reached Falmouth on Sa turday morning with the Peninsular mails. There 0 nothing of moment by this arrival. The King of Prussia, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Blucher, has issued an ordonnance by which the sth Regiment 0 Hussars, of which that General was Colonel up to the time of his death, is to bear the name of the Hussars of Blucher. We learn from Frankfort, Dec. 17, that the pro position made to the Legislative Body, for giving publicity to the sittings, has been . rejected by an immense majority. MONZY-TR.A.DE-COMMERCE. The markets at Bradford, Huddersfield, Leicester , Leeds, and R oc hd a l e , have been very limited, and still during the past week. At Halifax and Huddersfield there have been more buyers. The trade at Holm firth was extremely depressed, and at Manchester there has been very little animation. LAW AND POLICE. The inquest on the murder committed at Miltown i concluded on Friday, w h en th e j ury b roug ht n verdict, to the effect that Alfred Lynch was fount' dead with a wound inflicted on his throat by a sbarP instrument, but by whom is unknown. SPORTING. The three days' meetings of her Majesty's stag hounds, during the past week, have neen numerousl,,9 attended : the days of meeting for this week were aP tered as follow :—yesterday, at Stoke-common; Thursday, at Ditton Marsh; and on Saturday, at New Lodge. COURT-PASEIZONABLE. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland has been de:: ing with Mr. Mark and Lady Augusta Milbank° I' Thorpe Perron. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury are passing the season at Heron Court, near Christchurch. 4 , The Earl and Cou n t ess o f Tankerville pulrse reside some months abroad : they are now at Paris- Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden have arrive' at Manbv Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Worelei• The Viscount Duncannon left Cavendish-square O Th Saturday, for Bo woo d (th e M arqu i s o f L ans d o wneVt for Earl Spencer's, and Brockett Hall. Lord Napier will go to Paris on his way to the East' Lord Harry Vane is passing through town. Lord and Miss Foley leave Grosvenor-square to' morrow, for Paris. The Count and Countess D'Harcourt are gone to their villa at St. Leonard's, near Windsor, for a feW days. Lord and Lady Folkestone and family have lel Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave- square , for the Ear l ° Verulam's seat, Gorhambury Park. The Ladies Fending left town on Saturday after noon, for the Upper Lodge, in Bushy Park. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Grimston arrived on S iv turday at Gorhambury, to join the family party as" sembled there for the holidays. The Countess Craves remains at Coombe Abbey. MISCELLANEOUS. Among the numerous exhibitions open for the pleasure of Christmas folks at this season are the National Gallery and British Museum, the Chinese. Museum, Exeter Hall, the Polytechnic Institution, the Adelaide Gallery, Miss Linwood's Exhibition, Burford's Panora ma , th e Gl ac i ar i um, &c. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DE C . 26.--Wind this day at noon, S 3/1.4 • light breeze and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 24.—Wind W.S.W. 25. S.W., fresh —Arrd. Thunder, Small, Singapore. Arrd. fro m """i River Parkfield a n d Gazelle, for Port Phillip ;Sa mue Boddington, for Bombay; Carnilles, Demerara. OFF DOTER, DEC. 24.—Fortuna, Krag, Pernata buco ; Poacher, Pether, New Brunswick. OFF DUNG ENESS , DEC. 22.—Jonge Cornelia', Klien, Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind 25 Wind fresh and squally...---Arrd. Lucie, Rotterdautt for Bat av i a ; Gl ap h yra , L on d on, f or St. NM's; David Lyon, London, for Jamaica ; Eleanor, London , , for Barbadoes. Sid. Philadelphia, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Iberia (steameat, with Mediterranean mails. Sld. Lady M a ry W r 7. 0 .11 (steamer), ditto. FALMOUTH, DEC. 25.—Wi n d S.W. moderate. - Arrd. Ellen, Savanilla ; Julia, Melhuish, Nen ) foundland ; Brit o n' s Q ueen , T erce i ra, w i t h loss bulwarks, stanchions, &c. Arrd. off, Ontario, 8 r1i. 4 dish, New York. „; 14/ CLYDE, DEC. 23.—Arrd. M a tth ew Ki ng , Londo n' ; Detnerara. Sid. Charlotte Harrison, ditto. BANTRY, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Isabella, Newfoundla nd, with loss of foremast, head, &c. BELFAST LOUGH, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Bristol, CO W • ard, Quebec, for London, short of provisions. st HULL, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Ellison, Broson,Queb ec.. ",P SHIELDS, DE C . 24.—Sid. Rosanna, Rio Janeiro. JERSEY, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Pallas, Langlois, Ocean, Newfoundland. MILFORD, DEC. 24.--Sid. Monkey, Jamaica. COWES, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Thomas Leach, - 1 " 5- worthy, and Louise Cwsar Wenke, Rio Janeiro. a LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Wi n d fresh. 25. 1111 . j, S.W. do.—Arrived Roth er , Monte Video; 113 P 1 • Brown, La G ua yr a ; Lucy, Little, New Orl?n i ' William Goddard, Mobile; Magnet, Quebec ; garet, Kerr, Calcutta, passed St. Helena ith u 'Walter Scott, We u k, N assau; W oo d s id e , Welc h lin o s Onico, Drew, N ew O r l eans; Alli ance and Sy l _,va k Jenkins, Savannah; Independence, Nye, New V r sailed 9th ult. ; Jane Lowden, Charlotte, Acadia, Benjamin Hart, Cataraguii and Palmerston, all for Quebec. The Bellona was .„," ashore at Karnouraska, 29th ult. The Gleaner " ort Miramichi; Jers e i t i rt ashore at Goose Island. The Magnet, at this P oo from Quebec, experienced a heavy gale ten days r st. , in long. 30. During a gale on the night of fithU ll o ! ) , in lat. 42, long. 48, a vessel on fire was seen suddenly to disappear by the Lucy, arrived here from o f Orleans, which bore up and lay to in the hop e being able to render assistance. ` I PORTASKAIG, DEC. 19.—The Cassandra, Cron) Dublin to Shields has put into White Failand he (Islay), leaky, and must discharge to repair. Isabella Thompson, from Porto Cabello to Liver r e - o r has also put in there with damage and five of the cr disabled. LoctuNDAUL, D EC . 19.—Thomas Gunton, Miramichi, with-damage bound to Belfast. Orr BRAY HE AD , DEC. 24.—John and M er i t Quebec. CORK, Dm. 23.—The Barbad oes , from London t Prince Edwards'lsland, h as p u t i n here with cons ider ° able damage, out eight weeks. FALMOUTH ' DEC. 24.—A ship, w ith painted P r e t :: poop, top-gallants, forecastle, and a full-length fig u ' ofi g head, lying to under close-r ee f e d span k e r, mut t * gone by the board, and bowsprit carried await % s od jury foremast rigged with a y ar d across , was on the 11th inst. in lat. 42, l on . 41, d ur i n g a F" - N.W., by the Ellen, arrived here. n' The weather, which has b een f or so me cisig tI usually mild and genial, b ecame h ars h an d tev e l ..„ to; an early hour this m orn i ng , w h en th e w i n d veer ed a, ,. the north-east, accompanied by a heavy fall of sr j : i f,' which whitened th e hill s an d moun tains. At do past one o'clock to-day it b ecame so d ar k that nini noo were required —snow fell also—but it cleared 01 ) s— afterwards.—Linzerick Reporter. On Thursday last, an elderly lady named wood, was buried in our churchyard. It is reon! r et t able of her that she was born on a Thursday, baPtisra, on a Thursday, married on a Th urs d a y, and, ac on ing to her desire she died on a Th urs day, 11114 Z s e Thursday was buried ; and, what is better than n o t remarkable coincidences , there is reason to hope t ,. e t on that day she entered a better world.—S° lse " County Gazette. We understand that Miss Sabilla Novello is 00 en i ; gaged as principal singer at D rury L ane , and is s era , to appear in an English versi on o f L a Gazza la o , This young lady is the da ug ht er o f M r . Vincent e f vello, and the sister of Miss Clara Novello, on e the most distinguish e d voca li sts o f t h e pre sent A "N Miss Sabilla. Novello is j us t re t urne d from t i / e i where she has b een pursu i ng h er mus ical sta. (11!s, under the tuitio n o f th e Ch eva li er Mi c h ero ux the i s o tinguished ma s t er o f M a d ame P asta. She has a ir been engaged by Si r H enry Bi s h op f or th e apPr °3c • o n ing Annual Concert at Edinburgh, in emninenioratio, of Gene ra l R e id, th e Founder of the Musical Fr fessorship in the University of that city. Queev PooLE.—On S a t ur d a y l as t, h er M a j es ty the ffer Dowager honoured this town with a visit. ble Majesty, availing herself of the extremely f e youra vo state of the weather, was i n an o p e n carriage, d, rii i ; e r by four h orses , an d was a tt en d e d by se veral 0 1 4; he Majesty's suite, al s o i n an o p en pon y carriage. 'street, Royal party dro ve s l ow ly th roug h th e High - n ce round the Quay, and along the west shore, wh e i . o t they returned to Canford H ouse . H er Majesty , w il " e ii we rejoice to say, looked qu it e well and ri f i t ho pleased, was received with ever y d emo nstration o most loyal and respectful attention. The bells in out church tower were rung in celebration of the in% bestowed upon the town.—Somerset County Gaz,r oo p A bright little fellow on being asked by his sc d, ma'am—" What is a bridge ?"—promptly rer " A thing for vessels to sail under.