The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

With thetillagaziriet, on the of December, MRS. TROLL OPE'S " 3ESSIE PHILLIPS." A TALE OF .THE NEW POOR-LAW. PART 1., PRICE ONE SHILLING. To be completed in Twelve. Monthly Parts, illustrated by Leech. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . Orders received by all Booksellers. EDITED BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ. Now ready, VRED.ERICK THE GREAT, ,HIS COURT AND TIMES. The Third and Fourth Volumes, completing the Work. HenryColburn, PUblisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, A UTHCIRISED and GUARANTEED by HISII AJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £6O, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l5O, £2OO, £.lOO, £6OO, £6OO, £l,OOO, £l3OO, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. 'Amounting together to 2:7Z170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or,to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. T_lr EINE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi stEnds to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland. Dividends of 25,0001., 18,00eL, 9,0001., 5,0001., and 3,6001. to London ; 3,6001., 8001., and 7001. to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,200/. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900!., 7001., and 600/. to Liver pool ; 9001. to Hull; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. and 600/. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire ' • 700/. to Caine, L ancas hi re; 7001. to Ryde, Isle of Wight; 600/. to Cork ; 6QO/. to Bideford ; and 6001. to Tiradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,0001. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Mousy Dividers& of IL and upwards. Price of One Share, 1/. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 3/.; four Shares, 4/. ; fi ve Shares, 5/. ; six Shares, 61. ; seven Shares, 71 ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Propectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. -THEATRE ROYAL, COY.ENT-GARDEN. . THIS EVENING, DEC. 26, Will bp priesented .Shakspeare's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES Of WINPSOR, Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley; Alaster Slender, Mr. Harley ; Mr. Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Mrs. Ford, - Mrs. Walter:. Lacy ; Mrs. Page, Miss Rainforth ; Anne Page, , Miss Poole; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Orger. After whieh, a New Historical Comicality, called PUNCH'S PANTOMIME ; or, HARLEQUIN KING JOHN, and MAGNA CHARTA. By the Writers of " Punch." King John Mi. W. H. Payne • Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway; Pan taloon, Mr.' Garden ; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway ; Clown, Mr. L-Ridgway. Doers open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.--, , Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. Jd. ; First and Second Circles 53., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Secontl Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets arid Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, al the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to he had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond -street; and of Mr.,Sams, 'Pall Alan. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 26, Will be repeated the New Drama, called GRAND FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a Ilotired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr. Strickland; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap, Mr. Clark; Edwrd Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George Webster ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold ; Susan, (Servant to Langley), Mrs. Stanley. After which Mr. C. Mathews' Burletta of PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To be followed by the Drama of THE BASTILE. Louis Quatorze, .Mr. H. Hell; Fricandeau, Mr. Webster; the Duchess "de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. After which will be produced a Grand Comical Burlesque Barletta, called RIQUET, WITH THE TUFT. Prince Riquet, with the Tuft, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Green-horn thy Great, Mr. James Bland; Prince Finikin, Miss Charles; The Princess Emoralda, Madame Vestris. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This New and Elegant Theatre, fitted up in a style of splendour hitherto unequalled in this country, Will OPEN THIS EVENING, DEC. 26, With an ADDRESS; to be delivet4d by Mr. J. H. Wallack. After which, LASONNAMBULA, Count Rodolph, Mr. W. H. Weiss ; Meseio, Mr. NiealioivLisa, Mrs. T. H. Se *ern ; Amine, Madame Eugenia : 44ll.cm (her first appearance nu the English stage> ; 'Elvin°, VT.: Templeton. To . conclude with a New Fairy iurlesque berletta, entiged THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal - characters by Mr. Oiberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel,lladle. Melanie Duval, anal M. Beneze, who will make fheii-firit appearance in this a ntry in the incidental ballet. P I aces and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and stall e principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 26, Will be repeated the new Bhrletta, entitled THE IVIER, ANT AND HIS CLERKS. The prinCipal - chaticterit Messrs, 'Lyon, Q. Strath, Paul Bectforsl. Wr4l2t. Maigardi eland, Miss. Chaolin, Miss lirafts, iott.hiurs. r : . After which, a New 'Farce, called YANK N4rS ia tt . 1/ '" ENGLISH CIRCULATION. Principal' Cliirteteri Rice (the celebrated representatire d 5 •Ncgic, Chat ter), Mews. Wright, Wilkinson, 3layttari,Mesdames E. P. GrAt: tan, . Beverley,. and Chaplin. • 1 o ( - include with a New Christmas Pantomitne,.called-THE II(LL) REN IN THE WOOD; or, IIoCRLEQUIN.ANII:. N ()BODY. Harlequin, Mr. Frentptin ; Anti •CloyiniAn body), Mr Wieland; Clown, Me..o:- Beverly; - Mr. Sanders Co.u.subine, Misa liqllifs. 7 Boxes, ; Pjt , 3 s. ; Gallery, is. . Paoll GINN atiblaillatie six, commence at seven o'clock. • .. ~d: DAVIDGE'S - 110 - 17X - L SURREY THEATRE. The Grandest Christmas Entertaiutneuts weer „offered to the Public—A lavishing outlay—AA the , yi,rst,ratc Artistes— Everything of the most costly &ficri_p/itin. THIS EVENINCkPEe: 26, Will be produced - a New Drama, entitled RICHARD A VAGE, which Messrs. HisOes, Hieltit, , , , R; 'Bonner, J. Webster, Neville, Smith, Mrs. ;I:fawner, Mn. H. Vining, Miss Terrey, &c., &c., will perform. After Which, a New. Grand FairrPisiltuitiiine, with splendid Scenery, Dresses, Tricks, Mechantear , Chlinges, and Appoint ments, to be called HARLEQUINi:PUCK ; or, THE EN CHANTED STATUE OF THE , CHRISTA', FOUN TAIN. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey;, Clovin, Mr. C. Montgo mery;. Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard;, Columbine, Miss M. 11. Fairbrother. .The effects will exceed everything hitherto attempted. Places and private Boxes to be hattof Mr. J. Kersehncr, at the Box-office, frem eleven to four.:- HtOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.... 4 minutes after 8 i Evening 33 minutes after 8. Government—its only means ofraising an in creased revenue in war, by his injudicious, and unjust mode of collecting it, extremely unpopular. Such a consequence of his conduct seems to have torn from him almost- the last rag of reputation that till now hung around him. _ _ _ His consistency has long been whistled down the wind. He never had credit for being a states man. He was always supposed, however, to be a clever, careful administrator—a nian who never would unnecessarily, and for the attainment of any trifling object, rouse the discontent, and even the wrath, of the bulk of the middle classes• That he has now done. The hostility of the lower classes towards the Government was previously fierce and unmitigable, and he has kindled almost as fierce an hostility in the middle classes by his routine and injudicious mode of levying an In come-tax. In common with many others, we re garded him, till lately, as a skilful hand to work the machine of our government ; but by his tariff—unsettling many things, and taking on himself the blame of falling prices caused by a reduction of the means of consumption—and by his Income-tax, he has proved that he is really one of the least skilful Ministers that has of late un dertaken the management of the national affairs. The only thing that can now be said in his favour is, that he manages the House of Com mons admirably. To make the nation prosperous, contented, and happy, he has no power and no skill ; but he has hitherto ruled and guided the country gentlemen to theirheart's content. He has been the idolised of the squires—those gentle men who commit men to gaol for doing a little of what they do a great deal of. All the boobies who must have something to worship, have worshipped PEEL. Amongst the blinded mono:. polists he has been the one-eyed king. We are not quite sure that his late measures have not couched his blind adorers, and that when he meets them again, they will not pretend to see as far as he can. It is clear that they begin to waver in their faith. The gaffers throughout the land are quite at a loss to understand their oracle. They would have cared nothing about his pro mulgating free trade doctrines; but their rents are falling, and the Income-tax must be paid. In almost every part of the country we hear of gentlemen being compelled to remit ten, twenty, or even thirty per cent., to their impoverished tenants. This they cannot hear, and they hesitate and doubt, till a suspicion arises that they may ultimately break their idol in pieces. When such is the case, Sir ROBERT PEEL will retire from office, with the reputation of the most plausible talker that ever spoke in Parliament, and one of the worst statesmen that ever attained to great eminence. At thisseason of the year, when, in general, the hoarded pleasures of some weeks or months are expected to be enjoyed ; when the country should resound with the sounds of gladness; when, fes tivity should sit around every board in the em pire, there is little more heard than the moans of bankruptcy, the curses of discon tented tax-payers, and the wailings of famine. There is no relief for distress. If mankind are to " read the history" of our present statesmen in the " nation's eyes," if it is their chief duty to " scatter plenty o'er a smiling land," which we do not say, but !which they have most rashly undertaken, the sufferings of our industrious, enterprising people, throughout the year 184, and at this Christmas, will tell a tale to after times that will be read with feelings of the liveliest indignation. The season is beautiful. Nature smiles on man. All seems divine around us save the grasping spirit of monopoly that meets us in every quarter and at every turn, and dooms the nation to bankruptcy, plunder, and famine. The source of hope lies in the people themselves. The spring beams from their looks on the winter of our despair. Deeply touched in their pockets, pinched in their bodies, and pained in their minds, they seem generally to eye the dark and brooding spirit with grow ing dislike, and ere the summer's sun shall ripen the next harvest, we trust that they will for ever have rescued dear old England from its loath autn€ and ruinous presence. . COURT CIRCULAR. : WfNi)gOlt, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual walk about the grounds .Itround the -Castle in the morning, and again in the .afternoon. I; The Prince , of Wales and the Princess Royal were lalten .an airing. Viscount °lnning and Captain Seymour arrived ~at the. Castle, and the Earl of Liverpool took his de parture. --s s _ • - ' s s Prince, Albert went on a shooting excursion, and had good - sport at the Flying Barn, near Virginia Water. His Royal Highness was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Hon. Colonel Grey, Major- General Sir E. Bowater, and Mr. G. E. Anson. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Dow ager Lady Lyttelton, Lady Fanny Howard, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Major-General and Lady T. Wemyss, had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party in the evening. _ _ The band of the Horse Guards was in attendance at the Castle. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Household attended Divine service in the private chapel within the Castle. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess.of Kent attended Divine service in the Church. The Rev. Mr. _Gore and the Rev. Mr. Oaks officiated. The latter gentle man preached, taking as his text the words from St. John, "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper were n waiting on the Royal Duchess. Sir George stopped the sacrament. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has arrived in town from Leeds. His Royal High ness went yesterday to Kew. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, and Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, visited the Earl of Aberdeen, on Saturday afternoon, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town, on Saturday morning, for Cambridge. The Earl of lladdington transacted business, on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. The Ladies Feilding left town, on Saturday after noon, for the U pper Lodge, in' Bushy Park. The Earl of Denbigh, accompani e d b y Vi scount F e il d i ng and the Hon. Mr. Fending, returned to the Upper Lodge, Bushy Park,.on Saturday night, from attend ing the funeral of his late Countess. The Earl of Liverpool has arrived i n town from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castl e . , The Board of Ordnance have given orders to ha ve some of the stalls of the stables of the Horse Artillery barracks at Woolwich, and the Hyde-park cavalry barracks, to be paved with the patent elastic pavement. 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 cense; 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 outlay.— Naval and Military Gazette. TnE WEATHER.—The long tract of mild weather with which we have been favoured was interrupted yesterday morning by a fall of snow. The thermo meter which stood at 50 degrees on Thursday, was yesterday so low as 38. Arthur Seat and th e o th er hills in the neighbourhood are slightly Powered with snow.—Scotsman, 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 fl.-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 71. sterling. 10 Bonds 65/. or fifths for 131. Payable by Bank Notes, Money „ 1201. „ 24/. Orders, or Drafts, Primes mina. 40 „ 2201. „, bursable in Frankfort, Paris, or " "" 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-en-the-Maine. To save trouble, letters and payments will be received at N. A. SCHWARZSCHILD'S, 122, Alinories, America-square, London. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 51 : Noon, 50, BAROMETER, 29.65.—W1ND, S.W. Cb _ .:...., .. .. N - 5,,,, 6 ,,,,,... -.1„ ~\ . w N 16.:-. , :, ..*:i l a r ,4 l :4 l lt ~ -S ) 1 1 iire. _. -,-..;* i .. ' 4,- - ' • ...b • - .... i . ~,T CI, / • 'At. ' t, '";,...,‘,7..TA :4'4,1; 't. , .4: , -6,etappih r & l •: 7 :1 JO; 1 ~.. - • -.. ' .. " *7 7.;r" '::,-, ' , 7`.. ~41M 01 . .._,Frzr,-(.,,t4. _IMIte - io, '• nit 11,t11,, LONDON : MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 26, 1842. The Christmas feast, prepared for the people by Sir ROBF.RT PEEL, is the Income-tax. They do not seem, however, much to relish it, and make sundry wry faces as they endeavour against their' Witl to bolt it. They believe, perhaps, like good Clkildren,"that it is very nice, but to swallow it goes very much against them. What can the Government do, it is asked, without an addition to its i‘evenuep: Simple-minded men—but they are ,noVwortby of consideration—say, reduce its expenditure, draw in some of the many arms Bich it.spreads out to every part of the world, Ova okyiAlichcarries off some of the national strengshq.dry up some of the numerous issues at twomeAsuch as. wasteful pensions, unnecessary coattnßOOnS, unneeded soldiery, from which flow rtikvay oth l vitalkPevver, and restrain many of those Vitus'-itittiee'like Meddling exertions, which pro duce n4_ thing but the exhaustion of the body politic. 'Counsellors of this. policy are regarded as persons wholly, unacquainted with the true nature ‘o€ government ; they look on it as some thing intended'for the public benefit, whereas it is, as actually conducted, for the enrichment of certahl-Classes, and to restrict its revenue would be to ail as to that end. Therefore, as the ex: pense "must be continued, asindirect taxation can• no longer be increased, people reluctantly receive the Income-tax, and with some. lamentation and genie grumbling, they seem to take on the whole -with thankfulness, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ChriStritaS feast. Haviq on principle no strong objection to an IncomeLtax, _properly and judiciously levied, it 'vas our opinion from the first that if Sir ROBERT PEEtilound such a tax indispensable, it was his • business to adapt the law to our present circum 4stanesL'and levy such a tax in a reasonable ~a n it i- ~ We condemned, at the very moment of tha n iumetlrance of the new: law, the plan of mereihr, iit g avu _ ri _ g , with trifling alterations, the bateck iiiin 4 , m6 . tax -thatwasabolished at the close oftlielicateße and Mr. GOULBURN however pursue the retitffigtiNivi e - , and the consecinenet is, that the tax Is 111 , or dtsilked, Old .....rt .. , even before it has come in to MFTation,,than was the old tax. " Explicit says Sir. ROBERT'S most useful advo objec*ps," Ca te,, fipectator, " are taken to the mode of Ow f ev Ang- the `tax rather tha n to . its principle.' ‘‘ Therw , was - an equal outcry against the former incotiekai, - yet thdt very law was tak en b y Si r r 1 .04 4, iiTltr a model, withemt simplification -or ek. 4' ,':k ;;Ii ivement." Other taxes are al readi , ' ,- `terti 4 mpugned, and Sir. ROBERT PEEL has-itYvi I;la., this great financial resource of the .... !)LIP' Sa6,4r, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY INENING, DECEMBER 26, 1842. *ittontlXVition SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. The Message delivered by the PRESIDENT of 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 atthe 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- Thrtunate 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," lie says, " a citizen of high character and talent was sent to Europe, with no better success; and thus the mortifying spectacle has been presented of the inability of this Govern ment 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 front 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, therefore, recommends the Congress to take the subject again into their serious consideration. " Extra vagant duties," says he, " 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, without 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 difficulty may arise for some years to involve the peace of the two countries, he intimates his in tention of pressing a settlement of the ques tion at the present auspicious moment, in order same light , l ig g h r t ou a n n d d s of future collisio n . 'We i t t n o r u removet h t e thatBain Othltt theGovernmentwi llvideifiwfctuhlety of subject - justing 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 the Parliamentary campaign draws on, the genera l cu r iosity increases to ascertain the course o f 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 attention. But nothing oozes out to enable us even to form a guess . on the subject. The Premier, never at any t ime 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 be left in the full enjoyment of this luxury, we cannot of course undertake to say ; but we should imagine —judging from what 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 HALEN 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 Commereio states that GUTIERREZ was to be removed, and M. Imo°, 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 21i at GO days, with the Coupons, and 201 without them, and the Five .per Cents. at 26 for cash, and 26i 7-16 1 lat 60 days. On the 17th the Three per Cents sold for 211 at 30 days, the Five per Cents. at 261 for cash, and 261 1 I 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 19th 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 importanceof 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. DURETIT 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 entrepotind , market of all r9l 3 4 e Sia. As a .maritime station they have a valUe .which .has been appreciated by the numerotui n av igators who have visited fronrseeking - to discourage the:Go vernmentiw. its•effOrts at - maritime exploration and colonisatinti,'We••'Shall allow no opportu n ity t o escape of urgilig it to continue them, and of offering (*assistance— If it be true, as is stat e d, thatsevenGovernment vessels, two of w hi c h are from the'island of Bourbon; .are at this motnept eugageclin forming the bases of a great estabhsh., 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 050 lea gues i n l engt h, and. 110 in breadth.— It contains six millitinS 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 relation's between Europe and Madagascar would be easy and prompt. This island pos sesses the finest port in the world, viz., that of Diego-Swarez, wAlich: 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- Lance 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 ex tent of ground, that, in 1822, the French Government felt it right to send assist ance to this new 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- nisation company, whi c h w ill b e on a l arge sca l e. We cannot too warml y approve o f t hi s pro j ect. If, as we have reaso n 't o thi n k w ill b e th e c ase , 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 comprehend what are the means which can alone create and maintain a great maritime power." The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles, after long deliberation on the projected customs union between 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 aggrandise ment o f b ot h contract i ng p ar ti es , and must be particularly favourable to France. It, nevertheless, expresses its wish that the union may be of merchandise through the two countries. The Ch am ber also speci attended with matured measures relating to the transit a ll y recommends to the solicitude of the Government the i ron w orks and the manufac ture of steam-engines. The Courrier de la Gironde announces a fact which demonstrates to what distress the mer chant navy of France is reduced. g , The Navy Board of Bourdeaux having occasion to forward 215 tons of provisions to Goree, advertised to re ceive tenders for that purpose, when five offers were made at an average of from 19 to 25 francs a ton. None of th ose o ffers having been ac cepted, fresh prop osa l s were ma de, an d the con tract was given to the owner of the ship Suzanne at centimes the ton." W l5 francs i a lay c e s 4 s L e received the Paris papers of Saturday, from which th e • f o llowing are ex tracts : STOCK EXCHANGE, QUARTER TO TWO O'CLOCK.••••• Five per Cents. end of month, —f. —c.; Threes 78f. 700. • • - The iWoniteur publishes the following Report to the King 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.. nent 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 the administration of 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 Chssation—First President of the Court of Ac 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 assemble 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 Due 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 Haien 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 day. 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. PARIS, 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 Halen 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. BOURSEL-Pents, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23. First Highest ..t..owest Last Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 118 90... 119 05... 118 85... 118 95 Four per Cents. 101 ... 101 ... 101 ... 101 Threes 7B 65... 78 70... 78 60.. 78 70 Bank of France 3310 ...3320 ...3310 ...3320 Laffitte Bank 1,000f...1050 —lO5O ...1050 Belgian Bank 1841 1075 —lOBO ...1075 ...LOS() Belgian Fives, 1840 lo3a ... 104 ... 103 i ... 103 i Spanish Active. 24 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 Passive Neapolitan Roman IO4A ... 104 i ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES,. Versailles, L.B ll5 115 ... 111 25... 1 12 50 R.B 275 ... 280 ... 275 ... 280 Rouen Orleans. 615 ... 621 25 611 621 25 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 202 50... 202 50... 202 50 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 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 was dull and heavy. Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, were 41. 18s. 6d. ; Grand. Junction, 189 ; and South 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 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 hi s f e ll ow - c i t i zens 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 w as h eavy, an d d ec li n i ng in price. Stocks were not brisk. From Canada tyre is a report of the fall-sown wheat hating 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 expenditnee. The Funds are very firm, although the attendance of the dealers is but limited. The Government broker has taken the usual amount at 94 for Reduced Three per Cents. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 101 to 1011. Exchequer Bills realise 51s. to 535., and India Bonds, 455. premium. For the opening Consols realize 93+ to 933. Canada Deben tures have not been dealt in. The market for Portuguese Stock is rather better on the favourable accounts from Lisbon, and the quotatiohs have in consequence advanced. The New Bonds are 391 to 40 ; the Converted, 33f, to 33i ; and the Three per Cents. 231 ; Spanish Actives are 18a ; and the Three per Cents. 244 to 245. Colombian Bonds realised 21i ; and Mexican, 31i- to 31-a, being about previous rates. Scarcely a bargain has been done in Railway Shares. South Eastern are 27i discount; York and North Midland, 43 premium ; and the New, 18 to 181 pre mium. National Provincial Bank of Englikand Shares are 1 premium. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. South Eastern alai Dover Ditto Scrip York and North Midland Ditto New Share 5.... JOINT fITOOK BANKS. National Provincial of England„.. 35 - - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGES, 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 20i; Bristol and Exeter, 481. The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday next. MARKET NEWS. (THIS I)AY.) CORN EXCHANGE.—(MONDAY.) Last week the receipts of wheat from our own coasts were on an average scale, and considering the state of the atmosphere, of fair average quality. Fresh up this morning scarcely any wheat came to hand from Essex ; while, from all other quarters the sup plies, coastwise and by land carriage and samples, were limited. Although this was a holiday market, we had a fair attendance of both town and country buyers, who*.rchased nearly the whole of the best wheats of home growth readily, at fully the prices noted on this day se'nnight, but in other kinds a limited amount of business was passing at late rates. We had a good supply of foreign wheat on offer, the transactions in which were of a retail nature at previous currencies. The imports continue scanty. The returns of Barley have been large, but the actual quantity on the stands was not to say great. The best malting parcels realised full prices; but distil lers' sorts were a shade easier. The Malt trade was very inactive, yet we can notice no alteration what ever in the quotations. With English and Scotch Oats we were well supplied ; but the arrivals from Ireland were unimportant. This article moved off slowly at last week's currencies. In Beans and Peas next to nothing was doing. The sale of Flour was dull, and the top price of the best town-made was 455. per 280Ibs. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. ENGLISH WnEA.T....Essex and Kent Red 44s to 52s Ditto White s3s to 59s IRISH WHEAT Red 478 to 503 Ditto, 'White 49s to 54s Old 34s to 463 New 368 to 388 BARLEY Grinding 27s to 29s Malting 3os to 32s • Chevalier MALT Suffolk and Norfolk Brown .. $OB to 54s Kingston and Ware s6a to 62s Chevalier liTs Yorksh & Lincolnsh feed 23s to 24s Potatoo 2ss to 26s Youghall and Cork black 17a to 18s Cork white .. 19s to 20s Scotch Feed 2ls to 23s BEANS Tick 303 to 36s PEAS Grey 3sa to 38s RYE. Maple .. 33s to 34s White 3os to 355 Boilers FLOOR Town Made Suffolk 34s to 38s Stockton and Norfolk FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT .Dantzic 3ss to 42s llamburgh 36s to 403 BARLEY OATS New lss to 173 Feed l4s to 16s 20s to 26s 0 3s to 27s ..American 23s to 25s Baltic 225 to 23t BEANS PEAS }IOU/L. SIVEXTHPZELD. In our market to-day, we had a fair average time of year supply of Beasts, in the quality of which a slight comparative falling off was apparent. Although most of the butchers appear to be tolerably,. well stocked, their attendance was, on the whole, nume rous. For the primest: Beef we had a steady inquiry at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond the prices noted on this day se'nnight, or from 4s 2d to 4s fid per stone, while the value of the middling and infe> rior kinds was mostly supported, and a fair demand was effected by the salesmen. The imports of foreign stock, since our last report, have been again, very limited, those at Southampton having comprised 80 bullocks from Spain, 20 of which were, on offer ( from this morning, but they commanded little attention, from their miserable condition. while at Hull, twenty have been received, per. the Leeds steamer, from Hamburgh, not a single head having come to hand in the Port of London. There was a scanty number of sheep on sale. The primest old Downs sold, in some few instances, at 4s 6d per 81bs., and the quotations of all other kinds remained unaltered. Scarcely any Calves were on offer—so little was doing in them that our figures are almost nominal. The Pork trade was rather firm at late rates. From our northern grazing districts we received about 600 short horns; from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex 110 horned and polled sorts ; from our western and midland counties, 250 Herefords, runts, Devons, and Irish beasts ; from other parts of England, 220 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 70 Scots, the remainder of the supply being derived from the neighbourhood of London. FRO M GERMANY, DURING THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 24. London Hull ..., Beasts. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Total for the week... 15 5 _ Previously this year 1,176 351 284 51 Grand total 1,196 361 FROM HOLLAND. London Hull ... Week's arrival — Previously this year Grand total ....... . 594 204 FROM SPAIN. London . Southampton Margate Ramsgate — Devonport ... — 284 52 Week's arrival 6O 20 Previously this year Grand total PRICES PER STONE OF SLIM., TO SINK THE OFFAL. s. d. to 2, d. s . d. to e. d. Interior 8ea5t5.......... 3 2 3 4 Inferior Sheep .... . . 5 4 3• Second quality ditto... 3 , 6 310 Second quality ditto... 8 8 310 Prime large Oxen 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 310 4 2 Prime Scots. &c 4 4 4 0 Southdown Wethers . 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves 3lO 4 2 Large Hogs 3lO ' 4 4 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 6 Small Porkers 4 3 4 8 Slekling Calves, each 18 0 30 • Quarter old Pigs, ea ch lb U 21 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Roasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pile. 4 I 122 13.180 30 140 NEIXTGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since this day se'nnight immense supplies of both town and country-killed meat have been exhibited for sale, the general quality of which has proved ex tremely good. As might be anticipated, the best kinds have sold somewhat freely, at enhanced prices ; but in other descriptions a limited amount of business has been passing. This morning we had a very-abun dant supply for the time of year, while. the inquiry ' was very slow throughout, at barely stationary cur rencies. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. C a lv es . Pi gs . Scotland .... .... • 3O 564 600 Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk . 8 110 70 Essex Surrey 29 40 115 190 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts Total Previous week's arrival 138 1,362 329 1,384 $0 431 Difference since our last 6 376 At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d.f a d. to s d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 e4' Mutton, inferior S 2 3 4 - middling 8 4 381 ----- middling 3 6 3 8 -- prime large 3 8 3 101 - prime ..... 310 4 2 - prime small 3lO 4 0 1 Pork, large 3 6 4 0 Veal 8 8 4 61 --•-•••••••-811111111 4 2 4 8 33012.017013 C AND SPITALTTELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes, since our last, have not been to say extensive, yet, as the supply on hand is large, and the quantities of green vegetables extensive for the time of year, the demand is dull, at the rates beneath quoted :—Scotch reds, 55s to 60s per ton ; York ditto, 45s to 60s ; Devons, 45s to 50s ; Kent and Essex whites, 40s to 45s ; Wisbeach, 35s to 45s ; Jersey and Guernsey blues, 35s to 40s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents, 45s to 50s. TALLOW. This market is very dull and inactive, both on the spot, and for the spring ; fine Y. C., in small parcels, are to be had at 48s; and th e speculative price for . the spring months not above 47s Gd. The Stock here next Monday will be quite what we anticipated smite. time since ;, viz. 35,000 casks. Although this may be - :considered a• fair quantity for the time of - year, it mast be remembered that the stock of Tallow at the outports is very short compared with former years. Town Tallow, 47s 6d to 48s nett cash, rough fat, 2s 8d per 81b. WOOL _MARXIST. The imports of Wool in the port of London, during the past week have amounted to 1,362 bales, chiefly • from Odessa and our colonies. There has been some speculative inquiry, for the best parcels of both Eng lish and Foreign ; but for actual use, a very limited quantity has changed hands, and prices remain un altered. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. This being a holiday market, exceedingly little business was passing in Hops to-day, and the folloW mg prices are next to nominal :—East Kent inpocket. s, Si lOs to 6/ lOs ; Mid Kents, do, 51 5s to 61; do in bags, 41 lOs to 51 ss; Sussex, 4/ lOs to 51 8s ; Pam hams, 81 to 10l; Old Hops, Sl to 4l 10s. SUMMARY OF AND tittbltc eptittott. " Who runs may read.' ~A~`~ FOREIGN. ,oi - E8 aJ The accounts brought by the packet-ship Indepen- In ieg dence, from the United States, are favourable. Tl lO - .-- 2 10 President in his message to Congress, recommends a. 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-,i g turday morning with the Peninsular mails. There i 4 ,-A nothing of moment by this arrival. , `io 9'- ) = The King of Prussia, on the occasion of thn;, o , 4 ira hundredth anniversary of the birth of Blucher, hai r t o fro, issued an ordon nance b y w hi c h t h e sth Regiment ° 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 Frankfert, Dec. 17, t h a t the P . O " position made to the Legislative Body, for g ivin g, ipublicity to the sittings, has been rejected bAj, JeG mmense majority. MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. bos The markets at Bradford, Huddersfield, Leices 0.0 1 Leeds, and Rochdale, have b een very limited, ands _, during the past week. At Halifax and Huddersfierii there have been more buyers. The trade at Hoti i i, firth was e x t reme l y d epresse d , an d a t Mancheste r there has been very little animation. LAW AND POLICE. The inquest on the murder committed a Miltowil concluded on Friday; when the jury brought verdict, to the eff ec t th a t Alf re d Ly nc h was f ou nd dead with a wound inflicted on his throat by a 5111 " 7 instrument, but by whom is unknown. SPORTING. 1.3 The three days' meetings of her Majesty's- stag, „ licunds, during the past week, have neen numerousit.7 attended : the day s o f mee ti ng f or thi s week are 81.-j tered as follow :—to-day, at Stoke-common ; Th„ 1111 , - day, at Ditton M ars h ; an d on S a t ur day, at Ne w Lodge. ^ .~ .~ COURT-rASHIONABLE. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland has been star, ga r g -Ir ii ,, in g with Mr. Mark and Lady Augusta Milbank° 214 'n"` i " Thorpe Perron. • of , g 1i t 6i The Earl and Cou n t ess o f M a h nes b ur y are Passin g ;—IF)) the season at Heron Court, near Christchurch. . 4 ,„ y/r r i f The Earl and Countess of Tankerville purPe:ge 1 " - `" _ reside some months abroad : they are now at Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Ilawarden have arrive u 1 0 , at Manby Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady W r °" le Y . ' l ' -1 . , The Viscount D uncannon l e ft Cavendish-sq ua re en:.ota Saturday, for Bowood (the Marquis of LansdowneV't 4 .. :,: t i j for Earl Spencer's, and Bro k tt Lord Napier w ill go t o P ar i s on hi s wa y to the Easr: 44 Lord Harry Vane is passing through town. • t'ln ° , 9 l: -. , Lord and Mi ss F o l ey l eave G rosveno r-square ° ll 1 ' ) Wednesday next, for Paris. 10 --r The Count and C oun t ess D'H arcour t are gelle, to . their villa at St. Leon ar d' s , near Wi n d sor , for a ien days. v e lei Lord and Lady Folkestone a n d family ha Farrance's llotel, Belgrave-square, for the Elir l Verulam's seat, Gorhambury Park. The Ladies Feilding left town on Saturday aft er- noon, for the * Upper Lodge, in Bushy Park. The Hon. Mr. and Airs. Grimston arrived On : turday at Gorhambury,. to join the family partY sembled there for the holidays. The Countess Crave n remains at Coombe Abbey . IMISCELLANZOI7B. Among the munerous exhibition s open for the. pleasure of Christmas folks at this season are the. National Gallery and British Museum,',the Chin e " Museum, Exeter Hall, the Polytechnic Instituti o n , the 'Adelaide Gallery, Miss Linwood's Exhibition, Burford's 'Panorama, the Glaciariutn, &c. .rl),ittb..,wbftttoo:‘,..:...-.. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS' There is nothing of interest in the Evening Pare" of to-day, and the transactions in the City have Len of no importance, it having been observed genera ll Y a holiday. THE FUNbS--(CI BRITISH • dUSING PRICES.) FUNDS. • India Stock ....... Pa 3 4; •, Ditto Bonds .......».•. 45 P a Ditto Ditto Old Annuities ..•V - • Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 3i per Cent. Red... 1011 New 3i per Cent — New 5 per Cen' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ..... 12 9-16 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 . Ditto New Annuities ----'''''' Ex, gills, 1,0001....9d• 5 4 0131 . Ditto 5001..... •54 PIA - 4 '. Ditto Small 54 ?lls : ,00 ... Bank Stock for Acct. .....• r I il : it lii India Stock for Opg... ~,, 7. , eg , Consols for Opg v" ." FORM Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... Buenos Ayres6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cubaßonds b 6 per cent -- Danish, 3 per tent — Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Mexican, 5 per cent cent Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. ir FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. --- Ditto, New Ditt0......... • ' Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent..... Ditto, Metallic ..... •••• Spanish, 5 per cent ....•• -I's Ditto, Deferred.... ... French, 5 per cent. --t• Exchange ..... French, 3 percent. —f• -- Dutch, 21 per cent ...... 1041 ,Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid) 26k London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 2.5 a Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... Ditto Scrip (90 naid) LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY ) LONDON, DRc. 26.—Wind this day at noon, W.l light breeze and hazy. t 96. DEAL, DEC. 24.—Wi n d W.S.W. 25. S.W., —Arrd. Thunder, Small, Singapore. • Arrd. from Samuel River Parkfield an d G aze ll e , f or P or t Phillip ; Sarau e Boddington, for Bombay; Camilles, Demerara. OFF DOTER, DEC. 24.—Fortuna, Brag, Fer ns° ,Eii bueo; Poacher, Pether, New Brunswick. OFF DUNGEN ES S, DEC. 22.—Jongo Corw lits io4 Klien, Batavia. 05 ./gli PORTSMOUTH, Disc. 24.—Wind ` •11' Wind fresh and squally.—A rr d. L uc i e , Rotterda m ; for Batavia; Glaphyra, London, for St. K i ° 9l ' David Lyon, Lond on , f or J ama i ca • Eleanor, Lon don, for Barbadoe s . Sld. Phil a d e l p hi a , New York. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Iberia (steli, r n le o r o k with Medit erranean ma il s . Sld. L a dy Mary (steamer), ditto. FALMOUTH, DEC. 25.—Wind S.W , I*-7 ' er Arrd. Ellen, S avan ill a; J u li a, M e . lhuish, foundland; Briton's Queen, Terceira, with lu Sit' s4 ,-mi ib - bulwarks, sta nc hi ons , & c . A rr d. o ff, Ontario, " — * l- t otal ° dish, New Y or k. , -3 a j CLYDE, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Matthew King, 1.40 11 c 19D1 , f 3( Demerara. Ski. Charlotte Harrison, ditto. ei r BANTRY, DEC. 22.—Arrd. I sa b e ll a , Newfoundbsg-ito.2-.0 with loss of foremast, h ea d, &c. 36 4 r0 BELFAST LOUGH, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Bristol, Al A t i ard, Quebec, for Lond o n, s h or t o f p rov i s ions. t !pi idr HULL, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Ellison B roson , Quelou' SHIELDS, DE C . 24.-Sld. Rosanna, Rio Janeiro. c, JERSEY, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Pallas , L glois, 4 11 .0 an • Lo d Ocean, Newfoundland. _ I!>Aalr'frrj AluaroßD, DEC. 24.—S1d. Monkey, Jamaica.:, .. 1,11 11 COWES, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Th omas Leach,. 1 7 40 : 7, ' 1 j worthy, and Louise Caesar Wenke, Rio Janeiro. d LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.--Wind fresh. 25 S V ., ; I/1 ,1', 1b1 S.W. do.—Arrived Rother, Monte Video;_ 1 14 F 1 7 7 P r) Brown, La Guayra; Lucy Little, New Orlealo-00‘;' William Goddard, Mobile; ' Magnet, Quebec garet, Kerr, Calcutta, passed St. Helena 7th, 11 . 1 j 1.4 2 5 d Walter Scott, Weuk, Nassau ; Woodside, Welch .111 41 4 Onico, Drew, New Orleans ; Alliance and Sylvalia,s , Jenkins, Savannah ; Independence, Nye, New lr°rl4. ‘ )ll : 3 -l ' i jerseip .14 sailed 9th ult. ; Jane Lowden, Miramichi; Charlotte, Acadia, Benjamin Hart, Cataragui, a n n Palmerston, all for Quebec. The Bellona Was 2.11- 'lO ashore at Kamouraska, 29th ult. The Gleaner Ws r t , 9"! til ashore at Goose Island. The Magnet, at this p°4 l , „ 3 j from Quebec, experienced a heavy gale ten days in long. 30. During a gale on the night of Bth i •tt - ,-Ai in lat. 42, l ong . 48, a vesse l on fi re was s een sudden ' ) to disappear by the Lucy, arrived here from 1 7' fise i '- Orleans, which bore up and l a y t o in the hoPi,:-(0 1( ` being able to r en d er ass i s t ance . . 3 ifd PoRTASKAIG, DEC. 19.—The Cassandra c ° : 4 4 Dublin to Shields has put i n t o Whit e Failand (Islay), leaky, and must discharge to repair. Isabella Thompson, from Porto Cabello to LiNe' has also put in there with damage and five of the c f e, : 71 ' 1 11 disabled. rs • i s to ef ) LOCIIINDAIJI„ DEC. 19.—Thomas tx l k7iii- . ** 0 ,1; Aliramichi, with damage bound to Belfast. w 1 ,44 ° , OFF MA T DEAD, DEC. 24.—John and +wri" Quet ee.