The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-24 00:00:00

A NOVEL, EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street , THEATRE ROYAL, DUURY-LANE, ON BOXING NIGHT " And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?" MSS. in te Scene 3. HALL O P S CIENCE IN O T HE THE PALACE OF British THE KlNG Museum. OF LA erre.—llis 'Majesty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome t ry—vide, Flappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews ; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chainberlain :Equilateral (fond of " Figures,' especially number " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages, &c. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and how, having lost her 0 , the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. TiIARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT.—HiII " High" Mightiness Golbas to Momarett Molly Uliy Gue, Emperor of LMiput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (tile " high est" families in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. 6 In. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions, Scs. &c.—How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not kisses ockets tile affront, but two policemen in dile bargain. How he the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputian Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and is only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re gains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on fire. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and Is then obliged to save himself, which he does by taking a hop, step, and a jsmp into Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BROBDIGNAG..—LOIIgOSIMICIIO (a sub stantial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri cultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a ge-cart), Miss H. Payne ; A very round Robin (tile mother of a very fine family), Mrs. Redbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver medal from the Brobdignag Cattle Show), Mr. Snout. How Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and gets the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to the "great-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Scene 6. BROBDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND NURSERY.—Brobdignag " Gemini" (Anglice twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Kitten, Mr. Pussey. For further particulars of this scene apply personally to the principal performers, who can be seen in it every evening till further notice. Scene 7. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LILLIPCT (as Scene 2), and re-Appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs.Gulliyer takes a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our old acquaintance, the Reck, introduces another old acquaintance, the Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. Harlequin ••• • • • Mr. Wieland. Clown .... ••Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon ......Mr. Howell. Columbines ..Miss Hicks and Scene 8. END OF COVENTRY -STREET, PlCCADlLLY. MissLonsdale —Writing in Eight Lessons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom paniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Wenham Lake Ice. Sliding made easy. A great Fall in Provisions—viz. fish, fruit and vegetables. Scene 9. CtowN's LODGINGS.—Bed and Window change sides, and Clown " goes down the middle end up again ;" great virtue in a blan ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation "Carried out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down " heads." scene 10. EXTERIOR OP GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE MER ciusTs' SHOPS.—T'4O active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask of West India Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum, Putting up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re peated. Great change on the premises, and " business removieg." Scene 11. HIGHGATE -HILL, with extensive view of the neighbour hood of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand Railway Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines from all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." Off they go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a "dis solution of partnership." Scene 12. FLEET -STREET DURING TILE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, Tinman's, and Railway Printing-office. Railway Prospectus and Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any amount punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great battue of stags ; "they come—they come." No thoroughfare. The shortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among the crockery. Scene 13. EXTERIOR OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, and Probable Ge neral Railway Terminus. Scene 14. - WATCHMAKERS' AND BOOK3ELLEAS' SHOPS.- , -Teaching the young idea how to shoot. Illustrated LOndon Noose. A " pinch of carry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, and all eyes directed to Scene 15. THE CITY OF COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, Immediate application shonld be made to JOHN PAR:SONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. PROLONGATION OF THE SERIES. SIGNOR SWORE FOR TWO NIGHTS. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that the arrangements for opening the Theatre Royal, Covent. garden, at Christmas for Dra matic Performances, net having been brought to a conclusion, the Proprietors have in the most handsome manner offered him the use of their establishment for a further limited period. M. JULLIEN therefore begs most respectfully to inform those ladles and gentlemen who have been disappointed in obtaining boxes for the past week, as well as the public: generally, that this Series of Concerts will be prolonged for One Month after Christmas. This Evening (Christmas Eve) and To-morrow (Christmas Day), there will of course be no Performance. On FRIDAY, Dec. 26, The Series will he continued, and a Grand Concert, embracing Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, a Solo by Herr Koenig, a Solo by M. Baumann, a New Quadrille, &c. Also a Solo on the Violin by Signor Sivori, who has made arrangements to remain in London until the end of the present week, and will perform both on Friday and Saturday. GRAND BAL MASQUE. the The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Co ncer t s , a dd e d t o t. un iversal admiration expressed by th e b r illi ant assembly on Mon "Y evening last, induces M..Tullien to announce another Masque, NV " hlch will take I •February 2, 1846. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ON BOXING NIGHT Will be ON the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessy Oatland, Miis Julia Bennett. To he followed by the a d m i re d D rama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yarnold; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. A ND 'Do conTHEcIudORANGe with a G rand New E x t ravaganza, entitled TIIE BEE H TRER ; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Charasters by Mr. Hudson, Hr. Jarnes Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Holdout, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ON BOXING • Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, salted THE LIONESS ; OF THE NOR NI, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbourg Romanouski, Mr. Webster; Triptelemus "iron!, Mr. W r i gh t beth, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL . To conclude with an e ntirely New and Original... Christmaa 'ran tamime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGI(I7EWAN G. FLIBEEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG ; or, The King o r the Cannibal Islands. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. FRIDAY EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Fourth Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Wooßidge, Hits Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which will he produced a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fir•uz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; bfes - dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. OX FRIDAY EVENING Will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton. To which will be added THE B RIGAND. To conclude with a New Ch r i s t mas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE RI- GDOSI; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Herts.:loin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Columbine, Miss 1311,1jva j clomp qtr, ritzmoro ; Pautalcros Mr, T. Rill' 'HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLIII., will be published To-maaow. John Murray, Albemarle-street. M ARY HOWITT'I3, GreatghS NEW Marlborou NOVE -street. L THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. Now , TWO ROMANCES. rea B dy y B. DISRAELI, M.P. Author of " Coningsby" and " Sybil." I. CONTARINI FLEMING. 2. ALROY. Isprinted, with the permission of the Author, and comprised in 3 vols., with a Portrait of Mr. Disraeli. Henry Colburn, publisher, 11, Great Marlborough-street. AMUSING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFT, Now ready, price only 12s. bound, E COMIC ANNUAL for 1 A Republication of MR. HOOD'S WHIMSICALITIES, Comprised in One Volume of upwards of Six Hundred Pages, AND CONTAINING 45 ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH, &c. " A more pleasing holiday recreation than this work could not we be concocted."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT. Now ready, imperial Bvo., hanisomely bound and printed, price One (;uinea, THE PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF SPAIN. With numerous Illustrations, engraved in the best manner, representing Gothic and Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals, and other Monuments of Art. By NATHANIEL A. WELLS, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING NEW WORK ON OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. On the 31st, w'th Illustrations oy Day andHaghe, and a valaaVe Map, octavo, CAPTAIN FREMONT'S NARRATIVE Of the EXPLORING EXPEDITION to the ROCKY MOUN TAINS in the year 1842. and to OREGON and NORTH CALIFOR 111i in the years 1843-4. By order of the United States Govern ment. This work, besides containing the most accurate and authentic in formation, from actual official survey, will be found extremely inte resting as a graphic description of novel and exciting scenes and adventures. Also, Gratis with the above, or separate, price 3d., A POPULAR LECTURE ON OREGON. By lion. C. CUSHING, late Minister t• China. Wiley and Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place ; and at all the Booksellers PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. lr READ begs to inform the public that he has u, • (to prevent piracies, which are daily practised spun him) taken out a NEW PATENT for improvements in all his FIRE and GARDEN ENGINES, whieli obtained prizes at the late Agricul tural Shows at Southampton and Shrewsbury ; the valves are so constructed as to prevent the possibility of their getting,9ut of repair, which J. R. will warrant for the term of the patent. The above Engines are adapted for villages, mansions, factories, agricultural buildings, &c., &c. ; will discharge from twenty to seventy gallons per minute, and are so portable as to pass through any common doorway, and may be worked by two-thirds the labour required for other Engines of the same power. Likewise small Engines, that may be kept in a dressing or bed-room, and moved to any room on the same floor, and worked (in case of fire) even by a female with ease. Manufactured only by the Patentee, 35, Regent Circus, Piccadilly, where they may be seen and proved.—N.R. Observe the words, " Read's Patent," without which none are genuine. Will be repeated a Brand Opera, iu three acts, called MA RITA NA, Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazars, Mr. W. liarrisen ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips ; Maritana , Miss Bomer ; Guerin*, Miss Poole. After which, w;11 be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. FRIDAY EVENING, December 26. Her Majesty's servants will perform (thirty-third time) a grand Opera, in Three Acts, entitled MARITANA. After which, a new grand Christmas comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture and Music by Mr. R. Hughes ; the Tricks, Transformations, and Decorations by Mr. Blamire ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Slotnan ; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene I. INTERIOR OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, .A4s—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Horncastio ; Ge , eral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, but causing a great panic In the Giant market), Miss Dale. '• Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Torn Thumb, As soon as I come, I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale. The Genius of Pantomine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"), Miss A. Payne.—How Torn Thumb takes the Giants down a pegtor two—" From words they'd almost come to blows"—Umpire and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision in a manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. Scene 2. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LlLLlPUT. — Discovered A.D. 1699. "After a stonn comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predicament), Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up, up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish tke Lilliputians ! Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy ; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the way, Push-a-long, Walk-on, &c.; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mr. Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man -mountain, is BOUND over to keep the peace • and how, " by a long p u ll, a s t rong pu ll , and a MI altogether," he is carried away to the court of the Emperor Lii liput. UTEST LONDON RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the West London Railway Company will be held at tke COMPANY'S OFFICES, No. 11, Abchurch-lake, in the City of London, en WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of January, 1846, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of confirming the declaration by the Direetors of the Company, of the forfeiture of certain Shares in this undertaking; and of autho rizing the Directors to dispose of the same shares, or any of them, in the manner directed by the Act of Incorporation. (Signed) H. H. GROUNDS, Chairman, Offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, December 20, 1845. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 24. THERDIOXETER, Lowest, 30; Highest, 40; Noon, 36 , BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND, N.N.W., fine. mom WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 4 !ninnies after 9 I Evening 39 !ninnies after 9. - f) L 11.4 kf ' f• se , ^'l • i~~v~ 6,.*; ,?!ReZT Ithe last war. Does he imagine that it would have been in his father's power to have done this had he been robbed of the fruits of his industry by an ini quitous corn•law ? The late Sir R. PEEL certainly was not of that opinion himself, for he, high Tory as he was, vehemently protested against the enactment of the corn-law of 1815, and foresaw and foretold the fatal results of that highwayman piece of legis lation. The wealth, the talent, the industry, the numbers of the country, are now with the League and Sir R. PEEL, who perfectly understands that, since the Reform Act, every Minister who wishes to retain power must adapt his mea sures to the interests of the people, and who, moreover, hath always entertained a wholesome horror of powerful bodies like the League, will not hesitate, if he possess the shrewdness and caution for which every one gives him credit, at once to throw the monopolists overboard, and by a total and imme diate repeal of the corn-laws dissolve the formidable League into its primitive elements. If he pursue this course he will have the firm and unflinching support of the League to assist him in his good work. " This meeting," says Mr. COBDEN, " gives me great pleasure, because from the first com mencement of it, not a word has been said about the changes of the Ministry that are going on every day. It will show every Minister what sup port he will receive from the country, and on behalf of this meeting I may say, with perfect safety, that Sir R. PEEL will have the support of the people of Lancashire if he will but come out and do his duty as a man and a Minister." To secure this support, however, it must be clearly understood by Sir R. PEEL that there must be no shuffling—no vanishing duty —no patching up of scales —no shift ing of taxation under pretence of compensation. The repeal—the simple, total, and immediate repeal of the corn-laws—is the measure which alone can secure to him the support of the League. On those laws the judgment that has been passed, and must be executed, is La mori—sans phrase. If Sir R. PEEL, as the executive Minister, will content himself with carrying that judgment into effect, the League—and the League is now the nation—will support him, and enable him to triumph over all opposition. If he hesitate, " the watchman " will be there, and he will keep his eye on all suspicious characters. " I beg to inform my friends," said Mr. COBDEN, " that it is not the intention of Mr. BRIGHT and myself again to attend public meetings, as we did last summer, be cause I believe we can be more useful in our places in the House of Commons." Owing to the very boisterous weather which pre vailed last night, we have not received the French papers of Monday, nor any continental intelligence whatever. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia... Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 8% Namur and Liege 2 l /4 Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 10% Do. ( Mackenzie's ).. Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 2 1 4 cübe Coast Central of Spain .. Ceylon . — Ditto (Sud Eat) 2% Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... Dieppe & Paris Janet — (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L'Est) East Indian ...... — Do. (Aymard's) — Fampenx & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin — Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre.-- 27% Constituted De. Pepin le }Linear — Sambre and Meuse .... Great Paris and Lyons 2% Strasburg and Bale .... 10 Great Western Bengal Toarnay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt ... Jamaica S. Mid. Janction Tours and Nantes Do. North Midland — (Mackenzie's) — De. Extension Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's) — Louvain and Jemappe.. Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona.... Ln.xembeurg MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—A proclamation has been issued to-day summoning Parliament to meet for the dispatch of public business on the 22d of January next. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his resi dence in Whitehall-gardens this morning from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. It is generally rumoured in the clubs at the west end this morning that overtures have been made to Lord Ellenborough to join Sir Robert Peel's Administration. The Duke of Buccleuch has left town for Scotland. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) There was only one case tried this morning, which was not of interest, but likely to lam the whole day. Great North of England..loo Ditto New .. 5 Do. New .... ........ 2 Great Western BO ......151 160.... Liverp. and Manchester.loo .. Do. % Shares _ Do. Quarters 25 THE SITV, LONDON, WPDNESDAY EVEN_ING, DECEMBER 24, 1845. Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 / 4 ...... 3 Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 11 % 3 1 4 1 /2 Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — Canterbury and Dover.. 1 Central Kent 2 — Chelmsford and Bury... 1% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 Cork :Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,f — . Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 14...... - • Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter I )erby and Crewe — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1% — Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... •• Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 54.— 3. 1 / 4......•. Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Brostley Dundaik & L.lc.iskillen 2% Easterii Counties 141. 16s. 2 0 14 % 1 /2 21 Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2, .. 41. 13s. 4d... 4 p EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... 34 1 ,! 4 Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 / 4 -- Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 71% Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .. Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — ... ....... . Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 — ...... .... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 A 2 — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 Glouc.,Abei ystw ith, and Central of Wales Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% Great Eastern &Western 2%...... •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field - Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster ... 2%...... Great North of Scotland 21 / 2 ...... _ .. 21 - 7 % 1, '4 P 34 1 / 2 71 1 ,4 160 Ditto % Shares 5O Ditto /Shares 2% l7 16 1 / s ... Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... .. Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto % Shares Do. Half Shares 2 — Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland 1 X Isle ofAxholme 2% Killarney Junctions 1 IA Kendal and Windermere 1 1 % — Lancaster and Carlis1e... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal- _ . lvmena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction _ l% _ Leicester & Birmingham 228. Leicester and Bedf3rd... 225....... I/ glh p Leicester and Tamworth 42e. 16 1 , 35 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 2 1% Lpool., Mnchstr, & New eastle Junction London and Birminghmloo Do. Thirds Do. li Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 Ditto Extension ...... 1% • •"••••. London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d — ... ..... .. Do. New Ditto Extension ..- V ..... London and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ... Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 21 1 / 8 % ... ..... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford ---- - - • - .. 103 1/2 P 3 ~ 218 ~ 43 25 1 / 2 25 3% % .• - 64 1/2 - 13 / 4 P .. 2% .. 152 .. 29 1 / 2 ~. 121 23% R 2 % 8 3 /t P 1% 6' -"VA 13 3 4 1x - 31,‘ 3p South Eastern & Dover 33128 4d... Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Stafrordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 South Wales .... 2 1 Taw Vale Extension .. ••• •• ...... Tean and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 .... 17 1 ,E 17 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 54 Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 ...... Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 3 Waterford and Limerick 7 1 A Waterfd,'Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin 11' at erfo rd, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLo.ndon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton %Vilt,, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... WoreestPr,liereford,Ross, and Gloucester 425......425.......— Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2 3 /4 .• Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%... .. Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 , Ditto New York and Carlisle 2 3 /t — .... York and Lancaster 2% Y ork and North Midland 50 Ditty % Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Eitension 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . __ ......_ Anglo- Belgian 4 _ . Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens-. 10 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 1 3 / 4 Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Central of Spain ... Ceylon ss. Demerara Dendre Valley 1 Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 216 Fampoux & Hazebroak 2 - ••••• 000000 .•• Great North. of France Constituted . . 5 l5 14 3 / 4 16 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 - ••• Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 2 1 / 2 ... Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... 4 - ......... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nerth Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 l l 3 /4 12 Over Yssel 41:38 4d 2 dis Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2% Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ( Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre ttoyal North of Spam ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbiss, Lan den, and F1a55e1t....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ..- ..... ...... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's' 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 • Trinidad Verona and Ancona.- 3 West Flanders ...... ~.. 4 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BAN KS. Commercial of London 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 3714 ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF COM MON COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. The election of Common Councilmen for the ward of Cripplegate Within was closed at two o'clock this: day, when the result of the poll was announced as under.— Hoole Brown Smith ll3 Barnard 9B Last Mr. Wilson, the Ccmervative candidate, polling only 79, was of course ousted, his place being supplied by Mr. Bennoch, who is in favour of a total abolition of the corn-laws. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a very moderate scale, and of inferior quality. The show of samples of that description of Grain here was small; hence the demand for most qualities was steady, and Monday's advanced prices were well sup ported. Scarcely any free Foreign Wheat was on ciffer ; nevertheless, the sale for that article was inactive, at previous quotations. The best malting Barley moved off steadily at full currencies. In other kinds, exceedingly little was doing. Malt, the supply of which was by no means large, sold slowly, and prices ruled about stationary. We have had a fair average supply of Oats on offer, while the Oat trade was tolerably steady at late rates. Beans, Peas, and Flour moved off in retail quantities, at but little alteration in value. ARRITALS. Wheat. Earley. English .....• 2811 qrs. 1,420 qrs. Irlsk - 900 Foreign ...... 4,330 - Oat, Flour. 710 qrt. 2,750 sks 19,120 - 2,580 -- Halt. 1.410 qrs. WZITECILELPEL. Although lithe supply of each kind of Meat on sale was large, the general demand ruled active, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; M u tt on , 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Teal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to Ss 4d per albs. by the carcase. LAMBETH-4MM DAY).—This morning Mr. Henry received 10s., sent by the Editor of The Sun, from " A Friend" at Sheffield, for the sufferers by the late high tide at Lambeth. The Duke of Duccleuch left town last eveniog for Dalkeith Palace, where the Noble Duke and Duchess are expected to remain until after Christmas. The Marchioness of Wellesley, who has been stay ing some time on a visit to the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard at Paris, has returned to town, and has since left for Cortessy Hall, the seat of Lord Stafford, where a small party is about to assemble. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at War, left Carlton-gardens last evening, for Wilton-house, the seat of the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, near Salis bury, where a family circle is about to assemble for the en suing holidays. The Right Hon. Gentleman, owing to the pressure of public business, is expectod to return to town on Friday next. Cards of invitation have been issued to several noble and distinguished personages for a grand banquet, which will be given by her Majesty on New l'ear's Day. Their Highnesses Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy have joined the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle mentina Villiers at Middleton-park, Oxon, from Wakefield lodge, where they had been staying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Grafton. The Duke of Devonshire has left Devonshire house, for Worsley-hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, who are surrounded by a distinguished circle at that splendid country-seat. The Marquis and Marchioness of ,Worcester have arrived at Gopsall-ball, Leicestershire, to pass the Christmas with the Earl and Countess Howe and family, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, at Deene-park, near Kettering. Earl and Countess De Grey come to town on Saturday next from Bath, and early in the ensuing week repair to Wrest Park, Beds, where they purpose to receive a succession of distinguished visitors during the next month. We understand that the Earl of Harewood will succeed the late Lord Whamcliffe as Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The late Earl of Harewood was the Lord-Lieutenant of that Riding for many years. The mortal remains of the late Lord President of the Council (Lord Wharncliffe) will be removed from Cur zon -street, for interment In the family mausoleum at Wort ley-hall, near Sheffield, on Friday or Saturday next. The present Lord Wharncliffe, the Hon. James Stuart W or tl e y, the Hon. J. Chetwynd Talbot, and other relatives of the late Noble Lord. will attend the obsequies. REMARKABLE! Shee, the wife of a . respectable victualler, at Enniscorthy, in the sixtv-sixth year of her age, gave birth to a male child on the 27th or 28th of last month, to the surprise of the inhabitants of that locality. Her eldest child is upwards of forty-seven years of age.— Wexford paper. CONSUMPTION OF BUTCHER'S MEAT.—The num ber of cattle and sheep annually sold at Smithfield has doubled within the last century, whilst the weight of the carcase has also more than doubled in that interval. In the early part of last century (1710), according to an estimate made by Dr. Davenant, the net weight of the cattle sold at Smithfield averaged about not more than 370 pounds, whilst calves averaged about 50 pounds, and sheep 28 pounds. In 1800, the net weight of the cattle was estimated at $OO po po un unds and of calves at 140 pounds, and of the sheep at 80 ds: B . OW7STREET.-(THIS DAY. William Kean, a carman, was:placed at th e b ar b e f ore Mr. Jardine, charged with furious driving al.(' man slaughter. ..... _ _ Policeman F 70 said that he was on duty yesterday in Holborn, and saw the prisoner driving a cart at a very furious rate. An old woman, who was crossing the road at the time, was knocked down, and the cart passed over her. Witness stopped the cart, and took the prisoner in charge, when it was found that the wo man was quite dead. He had since ascertained that her name was Elizabeth Lee, that she lived in the Old Kent road, and that she was upwards of 60 years of age. Mr. JARDINE said that he would at present refrain from giving any opinion on the ease. He would remand the prisoner for a week, but he would be liberated on his own recognisances to appear at the expiration of that time, as, in :the meanwhile, he would have to appear before another tribunal. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE TRAFALGAR HOTEL.-- The four waiters, Bowen, Lake, Dancock, and Bulges, were this day brought up for final examination, when the whole of the evidence given on the two former occa sions was repeated. This case having already appeared in the columns of The Sun, it will now be sufficient to state briefly the facts:—Mr. Lewis, a clergyman, of Cardiff, in Wales, was, on the 28th Nov., staying at the Trafalgar Hotel, Charing-cross. On that day he received from his bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Bank of England notes to the value of 1501., in ten SL, five 104 notes, and one 50L note, which he deposited in his portmanteau in the evening, and missed at night. Suspicion immediately fell on Bowen, who was taken into custody, and afterwards made a confession. Some time after Lake made a con fession, in consequence of which, he and two other persons, named Woods and Bailey, were taken into cus tody, but the two latter were discharged for want of evidence. Nearly all the stolen notes have been received at the Bank of England, and several of them have been proved to have been changed by the prisoners Baites and Dan cock. The above facts, which wer-1 not clearly shown on the previous examination, were fully established on this oc casion, and the depositions having been taken at length, the prisoners were committed for trial, Lake and Boven on the charge of stealing, and the other prisoners for re ceiving the stolen notes. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.) Edward Lynch, a stalwart, powerful young man, was charged with street robbery under the following circum stances It appeared that a resp ec t a bl e wor k man, named Ed ward Wheeler, living at No. 2, Lloyd's-court, St. Giles's, yesterday met the prisoner, whom he had formerly worked with at a job, and treated him with some drink. They adjourned to another public-house, and remained there during the afternoon. Between five and six o'clock the prosecutor was somewhat the worse for liquor, and the prisoner offered to see him, home. In passing through a bye court, leading into Wardour street, Soho, the prisoner suddenly and violently thrust his hand into the prosecutor's breast-pocket and grasped the contents, a sovereign, a half-sovereign, and seven shillings in silver. The prosecutor seized his hand on the instant and called police. A violent struggle ensued, and the prosecutor was thrown on his back in the mud, the prisoner falling heavily upon him. The struggle was protracted until the footsteps of persons approaching were heard, when the prisoner forcibly broke away and escaped. The prosecutor, however, retained in his grasp a portion of the prisoner's jacket. Information was given to the police, and in less than half-an-hour the prisoner was in cnstody. The prisoner said the prosecutor did not wish to press the charge against him. He (the prisoner) had friends in the Court to settle it. Mr. MALTESY—Let the prisoner be committed to New. gate for trial, and the witnesses bound over. CHRISTMAS PROVISIONS. —Yesterd ay the various metropolitan markets exhibited a most extraordinary and abundant supply of all descriptions of provisions which have been imported from the country for the entertainment of those who have the means to enjoy themselves at this season of festivity. At no previous Christmas have Leadenhall and Newgate markets presented so fine a show of poultry, the fowls in general being in the best possible condition. Many of the trains had with them between five hundred and six hundred parcels; and one, the Norfolk train, which came in in the early part of the morning, had eight hundred parcels. Several wholesale dealers have forwarded between two thousand and three thousand geese, the supply being required in consequence of the numerous geese clubs in the metropolis, in some of which there are above five hundred members. Turkeys fetched from 3s. to 255. each ; geese from 3s. 6d. to 12s. each ; fowls, from 2e. 6d. to 13s. 6d. per pair; porkers, from 6s. to 16s. and 18s. each; hares, from 2s. 6d. to 55. each. PEDESTRIANISM. - Yesterday the race between Patterson, of London, and Hartshorn, came off near the Roade station of the Birmingham Railway. The distance was over 130 yards, and the stakes were 23/. aside. At the start Patterson took the lead, which he maintained but a short distance, when his opponent challenged him for the goal. Both men struggled for the victory, which Hartshorn obtained, winning . by a yard. 846 etienin, Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1845, It cannot be denied that a very general feeling of satisfaction is evinced throughout the country at the return of Sir ROBERT PEEL to office, and it is a cu rious circumstance, among the many strange events which have occurred within the last fifteen days, that this satisfaction is by no means so manifest among the Conservatives and Tories, as among the different sections which exerted themselves at the last election to keep him still in the ranks of the Opposition. No common observer can he surprised at the result. A change of Ministry at the present time would have been attended with vast inconvenience—nay, it would have led to ruinous effects on trade and commerce. Business, for many months, would have been paralysed—no great commercial enterprise could have been undertaken with security, because the measures of a Whig Government were uncertain, their power was untried, and the most de termined opposition to their policy, however honour able to themselves or beneficial to their country, might have been expected from a certain portion of the Commons and by the great majority of the Peers. There success in carrying a repeal of the corn-laws in the former assembly was at the very best doubtful —in the latter it was considered impossible, without a new election, and even the effect of that would have been inoperative without a general commotion, and that " pressure from without" which triumphantly carried the Reform Bill. But a social earthquake like that (if we may be allowed the expression) cannot be got up every ten years, or every fifty years, and indeed, for the good of the country, should be avoided, except in extreme cases, such as when the lay Peers as well as the spiritual Peers forget their real position in society, look only to their own selfish interests, despise the great body of the people as serfs, fit only to obey their commands and minister to their wants, and obstinately refuse all just concessions till constrained by terror and force. Such a general rising at the pre sent time very few men would consider desirable, and all persons engaged in trade, all subscribers to rail• ways, all who take an interest in our foreign rela tions, and indeed in the general welfare of the country, at home and abroad, are infinitely better pleased that the storm has blown over, and that Sir ROBERT PEEL, who has already done wonders, should be allowed to take the refractory Peers under his management, and make the at tempt to carry out to the utmost those principles of free trade of which he is the un doubted, and perhaps the most able, advocate. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his party have, to their honour, for the last four years, rendered him invaluable assistance in this great work; they sacrificed their own immediate interests, both personal and political, in the cause of equal justice to men of all religious persuasions ; they acted as a body like true patriots, and their refusal to take office at this conjuncture, with such doubtful prospects of success and such certain derangement of vast commercial relations and gigantic internal enterprises, only furnishes another proof that they prefer the good of their country to the ephemeral enjoyment of place and the allurements of patronage and pensions. It is a matter of regret, however, to many, that Sir R. PEEL has not re constructed his Cabinet in a different manner, and that he still retains many colleagues with which both he and the public could well dispense. Lord STANLEY, it is true, is gone, but that is his own work. He and the Premier never cordially coalesced in office:; he was hardly allowed liberty of speech in the Commons, and sending him to the Lords was only a gentle method of laying him on the shelf. He possibly has been offended at last by the treatment, and seized the pre sent opportunity as the most appropriate for making his secession. By this resolve the country is benefited ; for the Government of the Colonies absolutely required modification, and while that aristocratic and obstinate Minister ruled the Colonial Department any material reform was utterly hopeless. Mr. GLADSTONE► will be more pliable. From his natural habits ar►d his peculiar education he can find excuses for change such as that he exhibited in reference to the sugar question ; and a short rusti cation, too, has its effect on statesmen as well as on conceited and refractory scholars. The Earl of ST. GERMANS will also be a useful acquisition to the Cabinet. He is moderate in his political opinions ; he conducted himself with impartiality and kindness towards the Irish nation, and, from all accounts, is a practical man of business, who can think for him self while he is not so bigoted to his opinions as to make their fulfilment, like some statesmen, the only condition in which he can remain in office. Excepting, therefore, Sir Jssuis GRAHAM and Lord ABERDEEN, there is scarcely one Minister that the public care much about. The Earl of LINCOLN de serves great credit, considering his family ties and position in society, for adhering to free -trade principles, and, above all, for consenting to a repeal of the corn-laws, which nearly all his " order " regard with so much horror. But, as for RIPON, and HADDINGTON, and GOUL BURN, the sooner they are out of office the better. Whatever they may have been formerly, they are now of no use. The Minister and the public anxiously desire that their places should be filled with better men. In the meantime, however, all eyes are turned to Sir ROBERT PEEL. He represents the whole Cabinet—he has it, we presume, entirely under his control, and on the manner in which he extricates himself from present difficulties, and reconciles con tending interests for the good of the nation, will depend his futUre fame, and his character as a statesman. Aide toi el Dieu t'aidera is the wisest of political maxims, and upon this maxim the Anti-Corn -law League have acted, are acting, and will continue to act. A meeting was held at Manchester yesterday, in the Town-hall, for the purpose of commencing the subscription towards the Great League Fund of a Quarter of a Million, and before the meeting sepa rated, 59,160/.—yes, FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS sterling, were sub scribed towards the Great Quarter of a Million Fund. This is a demonstration which, in the words of Mr. BROTHERTON, i s well calculated to inspire the free-traders with hope, and the monopolists with alarm. What will the "curry-powder Dukes" say to this ? Do they imagine that " the miserable monopolising minority," which they claim to represent, could raise the sinews of war thus easily ? Let them read also Mr. COBDEN'S promise, and they know full well that Mr. COBDEN never yet made a promise but he fulfilled it to the letter. "In less than three years from this time," said Mr. COBDEN, " I will undertake to unseat a hundred county mono polist Members, and place in their stead men who will vote in accordance with the interests of the people." W e doubt not but that thi s d emonstration will produc e its effect upon Sir R. PEEL. The Right Hon. B aronet is a s h rewd j udge of " the signs of the times," and he must see clearly that the game is up with the protectionists. Should we unfortunately be involved in war, the d eve l opment of our m a n ufacturingindustry can alone enable the country to bear the heavy burde n of additional taxation which must be laid upon us. Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot forget the magnificent present which his father was enabled to make to the country during Cbtrb Zbition MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TMREE. There was a fair business transacted in Cotton at Liver pool yesterday at firm and steady prices. Sales, 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The Share Market was very firm, with a good demand for Grand Junctions. Yesterday's sale, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., went off at better prices, and much more business was done. In fact, there were decided signs of improvement:— Description. Paid Sold for. Chepstow and Forest of Dean ... ... 428 1 6 6 Ditto ditto ... „. ... 1 6 6 Madrid and Valentia ..• ••• ... ... 2 1 1 0 Ditto ditto ... „. _ 1 1 0 Italian and Austrian ••• ... ... •.• 3 119 6 Buckinghamshire .. ... ... ••• ... 42s 2 2 0 Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltenham 2 2 3 0 East Dereham and Norwich Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ... 2% 2 2 0 Northampton,Banbury, and Chelt'ham. 2 2 2 6 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 6 Ditto ditto ... ... 0 18 6 Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 010 0 Ditto ditto ... , s ,. .. _ 0 9 6 Sheffield, Buxton. and Leek Potterie s IN 014 6 London and Manchester (Remington's) 2 3 / 4 114 0 Ditto ditto ._ „. _ 114 6 Over Yssel ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 83s 4d 2 3 6 Manchester, Midlands, and G. Grimsby 1% 1 9 6 Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, &c. ... 2% 3 0 0 Manchester, Southampton, and Poole 2% 015 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 223 018 0 Ditto ditto ... 018 0 Leicester and Birmingham ... .. ••• 228 019 0 Manchest. and Rugby—via Macclesfield 42s 1 2 0 Surrey Grand Junction ... ... ... 136 010 0 Ditto •0 10 0 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke ... 105 s 217 0 Somersetshire Midland ... ... ... 2% IIS 0 1 13 6 Chester and Manchester ... .•• ... 42s 1 3 0 Ditto •• • •• ••• ... •••• 1 2 6 South Staffordshire ••• ... ••• ... 2% 30 0 Ditto ••• ••• •.• ••• ---- 3 0 0 Essex and Suffolk ••• ••• ••• ••• 1% 017 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• 017 0 Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .•• 42s 1 3 0 Direct Northern ..• ••• ••• ••• .. 2V, 115 0 Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham ... 15s 017 0 Northampton, Bedford, and Camb r id ge 42a 1 8 0 N. Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries 42s 5 1 0 Ditto ditto ... 5 2 0 Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, 2% 19 6 Ditto ditto ... 1 9 6 Ditto ditto ... 110 0 Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 010 0 Ditto ditto ... 0 9 6 North Staffordsh., Churnet & Potteries 423 5 1 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 0 Surrey Grand Junction ... ... ... 1% 09 6 Chester and Manchester ... ... ... 42s 1 2 6 Ditto ditto .. ... ... 1 3 0 Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction 2 3 / 4 115 0 Essex and Suffolk ..„ „.. ... ... 1% 016 6 Irish North Midland ... ... ... ... 1% 015 6 Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford 42s 1 0 0 Isle of Axholme, Gainsboro' & G001e... 2% 119 0 South and Midlands Junction .. ... 424 1 4 0 Ditto ditto ... - 1 4 0 East Dereham and Norwich ... ... 1 0 4 0 Great Grimsby, Louth. and Horncastle. 42s 110 6 Nottingham, V. of BelToir, & Granthm. 1% 111 0 Ceylon ... ... „.. ... ... ... ... 5s 013 0 Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ... ... 2% 22 6 Worcester, Herefd, Ross, and Gloucest. 42s 1 9 6 Lincoln & Wainfleet Haven and Boston 2% 1 8 0 Ditto ditto ... 1 7 6 London and York Extension ... ... 2% 215 0 Louvain and Jemappes ... .. ... 4 119 0 1 19 0 London and Manchester (Rem.) ... 2 3 / 4 114 6 Ditto ditto ... ... ... 114 6 Shropshire Mineral ... ... ... ••• 42s 1 8 0 N. Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries 42, 5 2 0 Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junct. 429 2 1 0 Ditto ditto ... 2 1 0 Manchester and Rugby Direct ... 42s 1 7 0 Ditto ditto ... 1 7 0 Great Western of Bengal ••• ••• ••• IA 010 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point ... 7s 0 8 6 Ditto ditto ... 0 8 0 Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cette— Mackenzie 2 116 0 Rugby, Warwick, and. Worcester ... 42s 1 3 0 London and York ... . s . ... ... ... 21, 818 0 3 18 0 Dendre Valley ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 5 6 York and Lancaster ... ... ... ... 2% 112 0 Ditto •.• ••• ••• 112 0 Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .. 423 1 4 0 Mauritius ... ... ... ••• ... ... 1 012 0 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries... 1% 015 0 Direct London and Exeter ... ... ... 1% 0 5 0 Shropshire Union and Canal ... ... 42s 112 0 Somersetshire Midland ... ... ... 2% 112 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22st 017 6 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries 1% 015 6 Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil ... ... 424 015 6 Shro b shire Minerals ••• ••• ••• 42s 110 0 1 9 East Indian 1 1 0 Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• 1 1 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 22s 017 6 Ditto ditto ... 0 17 6 Cambridge and. Lincoln ... . . ... 1% 3 0 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• 3 0 0 Newry and Enniskillen ... ... ... VA 013 0 Dudley. Madely, Broaley, and I. Bridge 2.g 2 0 6 Direct Norwich ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 5 0 Ditto ... ... ... ... — 0 5 0 Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42e 1 4 0 Exeter, Dorchester, and Weym. Coast... 42s 019 6 Ditto ditto ... 019 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock ... ... 2 1 5 0 Ditto ditto ... ... ... ... 1 5 0 Trent Valley. Midland, and Grand Junc. 42s 2 2 0 Ditto ditto ... 2 2 0 Manchester & Rugby—via Macclesfield 42, 1 7 6 Ditto ditto ••• 1 7 6 Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester ... 428 1 3 0 South Union and Manchester Potteries 42. 1 7 0 Ditto ditto ••• 1 7 6 South and Midland ... "' ... ... 42s 14 6 1 5 0 1 Ditto 1 Chester and Manchester ... ... 42s 1 3 6 Birkenhead, Mold, and Rhuabon, &c. 2% 19 6 Ditto ditto •• ••• ••• 1 9 6 Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 010 0 Cambridge and Lincoln Extension ... 42s 1 2 6 Ditto ditto ... ... ... _ 1 2 6 After very mature consideration of the Message of the President of the United States, especially as respects the re commendations of a modification in the tariff, in mercantile circles the opinion is held that vast benefits must accrue to the British trade with America if the proposed changes are made. There is little or no dispute, that as respects the Oregon dispute, the way is paved by the President for its adjustment, by throwing the onus directly upon the Legislature. And thus he will keep friends with those who brought him into power, and be enabled to plead a fair excuse for not going the " whole hog" in recommending war with Great Britain. Thus delicately does the President Polk shift the respon sibility as to the question of hostilities upon the shoulders of Congress. It is worth while to bring this para-, graph prominently to notice. After recommending that the twelve months' notice should be given to England for the termination of the treaty of 1827, President Polk says : " The recommendations which I have made as to the best manner of securing our rights in Oregon are submitted to Congress with great deference. Should they in their wisdom devise any other mode better calculated to accomplish the same object, it shall meet with my hearty concurrence." That there are very remote ideas entertained of a war with the United States is pretty apparent from the fact that there is not a particle of speculation in saltpetre and other warlike stores. At a large sale of saltpetre held this day, there were no biders, all (about 3,000 bags) having been bought in. The accounts received in town to-day from the colonies are not of the least interest. The state of the markets for the Public Securities has been very satisfactory this morning, an advance having occurred of full 1 3 4 per cent., as compared with the lowest rates of yesterday. Consols for the Account opened at 944, and they have since advanced to 941 buyers, which i s the price at the present writing. Bank Stock has advanced 4 per cent. on the lowest rate of yesterday ; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 1 3 / 4 per cent. ; and Exchequer-bills from 21& to Ws. premium. A considerable increase of business is to be noticed in the Foreign Funds this morning, and at advanced pri ces. S panish Consols have reach e d 30 ; P or tuguese Converted, 61 for the Account ; the M ex i can , 31% ; the D e f erred, 18 ; Pe ruvian, 41; the Sp an i s h Th ree per C e nt s . h ave been at 40% • the Chilian at 96 ; an d G rena d a B on gs at 211,x. Altogether the demand is good. Great Western Railway Shares have advanced from 152 to 160, the Hull and Selby from 100 1 ,4 to 102 and 103, and all the other investments of this description, in which bargains have been made to-day, are firm. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ii per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 9-16 Ditto 30 y - ears,Oct. 10,1859 India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... 30 Ditto under 1,000/. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 ,0„, 23 21 Ditto 500/ Ditto Small CLOSING PRIG S, 202 1 / 2 95 96% 10 9-16 10 5-16 30 94% pm. 23 Pm. 21 Pm. 21 CLOSING PRICES oNr; O'CLOCK PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent. Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent.... - 96 Ditto Deferred 53% Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2 I IA Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 31 % 11% Ditto, Deferred .. 17% 8 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4l Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Account — Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 6 0 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 29.34 30 Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Exchange —f. ___ C . 25f. 60c. Belgian 4 1 / per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94!.4 93% 97 531 21% 31% 18 61 6O 401,4 4114 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICEs. Aberdeen .............. Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 21 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%...., Belfast & County Down 2 ..... • Bideford an dTavistock... 1% ...... •• • ...... Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New 17% — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct ................i.... 425. B ••• Boston, Stamfd, & rm. 225. Bridgewater &Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New .......... 2 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... .... 82 3 / 4 71, London and Greenwich 12/ 15W4d Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — London Hounslow, and Western Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 74% 76 ..... Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2% ... London and York .. 2% 4%% 44... London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ............. 2 1 ,E ...... LO idonderry& Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 1 . .... 12%... ..... .... Do. Sixteenths ... 5 1 4 — Manchester and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 2 p Manchester, Bina., and. Mould Junction .. ... — Manchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. & Southampt 2 ...... 2% Midland... 100 .....155 152 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ll6 121 .. Midld. & East. Counties 2%,..... Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2% ... .. Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 55 1 % 55 57...... Do. New Brandling 2O Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport & Abergavenny 2%...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s - •••• ••• • ..... Newry and Enniskillen 2% — ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ... 2%..... ..• •• Norfolk Extension — North British Do. Half Shares ..... 3 1 Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 ... ...... ........ North of Norfolk ... 2% — ... —. ........ Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2 %% • • ...••• North Sta ff ordshire 42 s . ..... 34% 1 A% p... North Wales North and Sonth Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting Ditto New .............. 3 North ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Nottingm., E rews h . V al- "' ley, and Manchester... 1% — ••• Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..„ Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospherie ... 1 .•••••• Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% — Preston and Wyre 5O — Do. % Shares ..... .... 2% Reading, G u ildf or d , an d Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester 2% Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, sad Warwick - ......... ••.... Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester.... ... 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbui7 and Birm... 2%..... 3 3 4 %... ..... •-• Shropshire Mineral 4 25.... ... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Stafforish. June. 2 1 4 Sligo and Shannon O. 6 Somersetshire Midland 2% — ... ..... South Devon South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 425. .. SouthStaffordsbireJune. 2% _•-• THE QUARTER A MILLION 1 3 / 4 FUND. GREAT MEETING or THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE - 1% 29% 114 8% 16 1 4 238 34 11% 2 dis 2% 3% 2% 2!4 AT MANCHEb'TER. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) 4 s by our deeds--ose(LooudlaCkhi e n e g ro tle th r a es n o f ltsel 10" t bei resolutions uroifig ut 4 in words; and as we have on formeoroediebase occasions td fot the cheques which the League has drrawn--up°oll,o.--1* 2,000!., 10,000 i, 50,0001., and—two years es - b 100,0001.—(Loud cheers)—so, now that they 6 0 1 thought fit to draw upon us another checlulbeit 250,000/.—relying upon us that we shall ac cept draft, and that it will be paid when at maturity --( fe cheers)—we will not deny them that confidence ere ha shown on former oc casions.—(Vehement cheern?C Gentlemen, when we think of the very great serving.: t thele ' the League has rendered by their jud u i n ce w s ea a n g e a d in s s truggl i during seven years—with the pre of the greater part of the mercantile and mane facturing classes—with the say, opposition,vh even to w en e p re7, _ j o n : violence of the operatives— lect these things, we must be filled with admir ation we are about to see their efforts crowned with coinel_.ew success.—(Cheers.) And if from the body of th e Le,hg;b.e we turn our eyes to its lead e rs, we must say thet._na sacrifices of time, and he a lth, and every comfort ince, —services which they have never alluded to thetun be —(Cheers)—are such as we cannot, and which 000 country can never forget.—(Ch eers .) If we reflect this, and upon the consummate skill and vpout be ; „ o , of liant talents they have displayed from the begln n t lade. this contest, we must be filled with the deepest g . , 111 ,7, 00 it Gentlemen, this is an important appoal, and "; 0 0re will be met as i 1 ought to be, and we shall then be „ no t of triumph. 1340, Gent/eaten, until that time we "ops not be caught mappings We must not fly from a pv helm, as seine other parties h ave do ne on a late out sion.—(Hear.) It is clear th a t th e t erm ination t r o struggle cannot be far distant ; if any one dou bts o..-- let him put the heartier hand to help it forge I bis (Cheer. 3.) The very uncertainty that prevails o °,, ti st question, and the mi sc hi e f th at resu l ts f ro m it, - t he make every one desire its end. If any one doubl oo e desirability of putting an end to this law, let hi°, s ee at the result of th a t uncerta i nty • let him look Bl o t state of the mon e y mark e t— a t thei panic in 1111 0 0 affairs—(Hear, hear)—let him look at the circue 3 e ui n ot of a famine actually existing in the sister country, in this, and at th e same time the price of bread r" or and the ports th e more firmly closed the more t h b e ro ,) cessity becomes apparent f or o p en i ng them.—(Cl e cle• Let us, then, g en tl emen , st i c k to our stan d ar d, an off pend upon it in a s ho r t ti me t h e w h o l e country -4 interest and every class—will feel and join with you i ; i of call, in one universal voice, for the immediate reg e n ar the corn and pr ov i s i on l aws . —(L ou d cheers.) i've-St. men, I will not detain you longer, but call 111 1 ° 11 Wilson, Chairman of th e L eague , t o g i ve you r h t he stract of the Treas urer ' s account i n connex i o n wl t " 100,0001. fund. eta Mr. WILSON came forward amidst loud cheel*6 said he had been instructed by the Treasurer to PI „. ; e n his accounts ; and as it was desirable, before gel: II I: n - 0 1d committed themselves t o a new su b scr i pt i on , they s '"„ich know what had been done with the money already P i a he would request the patient a tt en ti on o f the ~,Ine et b eo w hile be read the s t a t ement put i n h i s hand. oe read the two statements following : Dr. LEAGUE FUND, £lOO,OOO. January I, 1845. To balance on hand £26,6 75 19 9 December 6. Subscriptions and Bazaar re- 'it 8 I? ceipts to this date 35,6- 4 1, To discount and interest received this year B2O ic 6 .£63,174 214 45)A r 349 i o 21819 Cr. By distribution of tracts, including expenses of distributors, carriage, &c. ••• By expenses of furniture and fixtures ... By deputation expenses, including travelling expenses to attend meetings and Parlia mentary elections in various parts of the United Kingdom By grants to local Free-trade Committees ... By general salaries of office-staff, including all employed in London and Manchester on the general business of the League, weekly wages, &c., &c. By postage-stamps ;and postages, sundry office expenses, petty cash an incidental expenses, including repairsand alterations, coals, cleaning, tec.... By expenses off meetings, including hire of roon - s, erecting hustings, and all other expenses connected with public meetings By salaries and expenses of lecturers, includ lig travelling expenses, &c. By rents, taxes, and, gas including rent of Covent-garden Theatre, house and of f ices, London and Manchester By stamped publications, printing and sta tionery, reporting, &c. &c . By bazaar expenses, including wages of per sons employed during the bazaar, fitting up Covent-garden Theatre, and general expenditure in advertising, printing, tra velling expenses, &c. &c. By expenses of League newspaper, in- , eluding salaries of conductors, editor, and contributors, stamps, paper, and printing Deduct receipts for casual sale 1,227 6 3 10,161 By registration expenses, including salaries o travelling and other expenses of reps/ra tion agents, legal expenses, wages of clerks, printing and stationery, expenses in registration courts, and general expenses on registration business ....... _ Balance on hand........_ 462 12 0 4 1,00 0 17 1,33 6 14 6 1,5 28 1 1,669 1 6 6 2,32 0 4 9 8,9112 . 1 5 6,854 5 5,712 13 4 5 3, 4 1 16 1 1 2 £63,174 3 3 WILLIAM BICKHAM, t Members of the Fin es SAMUEL LEES, s Committee. W. RAWSON, Treasurer. ;xamined and found correct. WILLIAM EVANS, Member of Me Council. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, HALF-PAST FOVI I * Manchester and Manchester men have spokes out nobly on the question of free-trade—in a manner wltic b cannot fail to strike terror into the ranks of the roonopy lists. It will be recollected that two years ago a meeti n g was held in the Manchester Town-hall, when Fourteen Thousned rounds %%ere suhscrthed in a few hours. 112€ Sun wr.s the first to publish that "great fact." 20 -0131 more than/bur tones that amount has been subscribed i a an equal space of time. One of the most influential meetings ever known in a ll° town was held to-day at the Town-hall, for the purP°: of adopting the necessary steps for raising the stun 250,0001. for the purposes of the League—i. e., to " ralise" the county electors. The meeting was held in pursuance of a requisiti° signed by the following gentlemen :—Mr. Cobden, rtf Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. .Marsland, M.P., Mr. Weik el ' M.P.,IMr. Watkins, mayor; Aldermen Kershaw, li y alk el. ' Mayson, Boyd, Armitage, Potter, and Harvey; Me ss°. Bazley, Brooks, Munn, J. B. Smith, Henry, Brickley' Whittaker, Motley, T. Thomson, George Wilson, It' ll Greg, Henry Ashworth, E. Ashworth, P. R. Arrowsin ilb i W. Bickham, W. Rawson, W. Eva ns , T. Whitehead' Taylor, J. Wrigley, J. R. Barnes, Barnes, jun" Barrett, E. P. Thompson, J. Simpson, E. Hall, H. 13 : nerman, J. Acton, W. R. Callendar, Nathan Lees , ' Scholefield, A. Prentice, John Harding, T. B. P 49 1; T. Woolley, R. A. Thicknesse, Wigan; J. Midg ele e Rochdale; W. Mcii - ris, C. Potter, Darwen; J. Gra i l S. L ees , N. Healck T. Bright, E. J. Kay Whitworth , Platt, Staleybrido; E. Grundy, Rusholme; W. Al Warrington; B. e.tuart, 11. Rawson, T. Ashton, W. 1 1; Gallemore, J. Cheetham, J. B° y le ' -I t .tokith, Rochdale; J. Petrie, Rochdale.• ; The meeting, ‘laich comprised many of the merchants, bankers, manufacturers, and traders of ol die cheater and the surrounding towns, though held at early hour of 11 o'clock precisely, was most nunier 9° 0 attended, the spacious hall being densely crowded r i i; rl the very commencement of the proceedings. I to Hyde Greg, Esq., took the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ss i o f Gentlemen, if my feelings meet with any echo in Yo breasts, which I am co nv i nce d th ey d o , you will t2hile with me that we are m e t h ere t o -d ay , i n t his Int ifo , teresting, anxious, and unprecedented crisis of 0 51 rather to back up the resol u ti ons o f th e L eag ue, Wh i too s will read to you, than to go through any fornallc ° oB of proceedings, by making speeches or o thervvise: o' resolutions to which I refer wer e con t a i ne d in a C of which the following is a copy : the " At a special general mee ti ng o f th e COMIC of r National Anti-Co r n-l aw L eague h e ld i n Mancheste r ' Saturday, the 13th o f D ecem b er , 1845 , „ It w a s move d b y H ENRY MARSLAND, r seconded by R. H. GREG, Esq. ; and resolved ;v ibe mously—' That from the alter e d p os iti on o f parties f House of Commons, in reference to the repeal ° r corn-laws, it is desirable to rescind the existing re d 0° lion against petitioning this present Parliament , il k ° 00 this meeting recommend that petitions be sel l ' 0 01 1 1 1 every town and district in the kingdom, as na pe signed as possible, praying for the total and u ncoil abolition of the corn and provision laws. " Moved by JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P.; second." R. WALKER, Esq., M.P.; and resolved until:o°, o lW That a subscription of a quarter of a million se men be immediately commenced to meet the prese nt 10 0 gency. That a call of twenty per cent. thereon „b r io 0 ° with made. That a public meeting be calle d fiber Town hall, Manchester, for Tuesday, the 23d 1; 6 : 40 0 instant, for the purpose of giving effect to the f ° " . resolution.' " yte tive Gentlemen, think you will agree w i t h me that r ot met here to-day, in this extraordinarycrisi 6, 4o rev for the purr-- of br ihm