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The Box.othce is open daily, from Ten ht the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, awl Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. B. WEBSTER. • THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 23. . WIN be performed a New and Original Comedy, in FIT. Acts, gilled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HE A RTS. Colonel Rocket Mr.:Prickland; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathen a • Toin Coke Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buskstone ; J esse R ura l, Mr. ? W. barren; rlse Countess of Ftimpion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lndy Alice Nowthort, Madame Yeetris; Min Rocket. Miss Julia Bennett. -After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Haus Moritz, W. Charles Mathews; Minnie, Madame Yestris... To rell , ,wed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG 4/4GLAND 'Major Martinet. Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James tmley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Pooley ' Mn.s Iluraby. ' Pnyate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each. rickets and Placed to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, fr'sm Fen till Five o'Clock. . . . When Mx: Husiz o deploring , the wasteful impro vidence of the Tory Adniinistrations, of .whiell the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sit.b Ropmer PrEr. were successively at the' head (we speak of that Govern-, ment which terminated. in A 83p ) . and ; of that which, being established in DeceMber; 1834, on Sir Ro- BERT'S return froth Italy, clOsed. its brief career. in .April, 183:5)—when Mr. HUME '1113#cl• to avow his regret that there was a surplus of pnblic income over public exPenditure—his avowal was.listened. to in the House 'of Commons, • with surprise, and_ incredulity. 'lt was to little use that he explained his .meaning to, be, that a deficient revenue would, to a .cer tain extent, compel a greater thriftiness' on the part of the Ministers of the day. This last was a mere hypothesis. In the condition of Circumstances 'assumed by it, the result he Con templatei . might or might not • occur.. It would be "time enough to think, of that," whenever the facts fell out. But to'. regret 'that be -Govermient should have a surplus of iricome—to deprecate so pOsitive, palpable, power-giving, an adiantage, as that of an annual balance of supplies over disbursements, to consider it 'possible that " money ; in both pockets" might be an evil ; this. was a political heresy so novel - andstartling, , that the merest tyro in vulgar arith • metic—green .as transplanted from the halls of Ox ford into St. Stephen's Chap e l—t ur n e d Up hi s , eyes with astoniihment et . iti enunciation ; looked grave, or affected to' sib . dver, the waning powers, of. the Veteran calculator. , Nevertheless we have lived to see the hypothesis of the, Hon. Member for Montrose verified by facts. The theory has , found, if ive d o . not greatly mistake, an exponents in no Other. than the Premier hinbielf. , Thanks to.,. his whol esa l e drafts on nation a l credulity. or .timidity, he has re• established, in_ the six-and-twentieth.year of profound'. peace,. the . most especially constituted war-tax ; and in the third year of its levy, his; " metallic tractors" have conjured so vast an 'amount of `money out of the pockets: John Bull that he Ibia a very large surplus on the, aggregate of income over that .-. of , expen-• diture. Now so long as the , former . was only the equation of the latter—so . long _as the Charges..., of the State absorbed its Receipti, 'Sir Ropiam . must have been comparati ve ly happy . .. No "--:-- good natured friend; in the shape of ,some influential land- owner, could, look ; in..upon him at that inopportnne moment when he was j us t c h uc kli ng over the re dundant receipts of his Exchequer, and hint to him significantly that he might find it very expedient to remit a portion of the heavy malt duty. No hawk eyed 'Maneheater Conservative , could then ruffle his equanimity, and. ruin his breakfast, by a morning call before office hours in Whitehall-gardens,. with the view of drawing the. Minister's attention to the eligible opportunity which had at length arrived, enabling him to remit theimport duty on raw cotton. ; There. were, then, ,no outcries .from the poorer and the poorest classes . for the. remission of the tea - duties. ~. The . • Excise was not assailed' by ,a ' run' of popular demands Upon the 'extinction of 'this - duty, nor the Customs invaded by the -concentrated appeal of thousands fOr the removal of that. Coffee and sugar, less loaded with fiscal liabilitiei, continued to be accessible to the rich, but. to decline the con . sumption of• the. poor, whilst they netted a handsome yearly return into the coffers of ' the Treasury. But now all this state of things is clanged. There Is a surplus. A great fact, this, ,and the cause of a great sensation., ,How shall it be -appropriated ? A great difficulty, and the subject of the most:conflicting re eonimenaations. Friends supplicate; enemies threaten; the Minister is utterly perpleied. "Tillie * off the Malt Duty," cry . , the farmers, "'in the very first place, or we, , who . placed you where you ; are, :will .help to,: remove you . to • the position from whence you came." - " Repeal the duty on raw cotton;! say his vounty-kihdred and policies) supporters, )" or else—" • - " Held !" exclaim the. in dustrial classes, WlosebOntributions represent as much as two:thirds, at least,l of the ,whole indirect taxation • . THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL • - '• • Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 23, Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, ; Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Griblin Story •ef Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. ; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. VVllkin. *On ; Sir Joseph Bo w l e y, Bart Mr. Paul ftedfora ; Will Fern,- Mr. Hudpon ; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Vcck, Miss Fortcscue ;. Mrs. Chickenstalkz.r, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which a . New Drains entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Court Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson Count Venal,. Mr Selby ; Th e M yster i ous S tranger, Madame Celeste; Croquet, Mr. Wright; Chechore. Mr. 0 Smith. . To conclud e w i t h THE UNFINISHED_ GENTLEMAN, in which Messrs. Wright. Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gaunt ; Principal Painter, or Pitt ; Leader of the Bane, Mr. Mellon.-13sx-octice open from Eleven till Four. Private Scam to be bad at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. tHr:ATItE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. the Manarcevoeni of Mrs. KEELEY ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, • Will be produced THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, E. Matthews, Col ier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Mrs, IVoollidge, Miss Grove, and tit's. Keeley. Alter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRA'. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker; Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. IA To conclude with a NeuriGrand—Operatic, Historical, Romantic, Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F.. Matthews, Meadow's, Wigan, Coll-er, Turner, K•nloch. -Yareold, and Keeley; _Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden,' Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Irs Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. neeley. PRICE OF Ai lit.. - .. , luN.—aialcouy ' , faxed 4i., Upper !taxes, 35.; Pit, 25. ; Gall ery, (id . S econd Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, Is. fl. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the ie t.c.my Tier , holding eight persons), Tot • Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Fier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private taxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guir•es. Pre Bruoffice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direct . lea of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent garden Theatre. ellyst attraction *my Evening —Bquiro Batty's Hounds meet This Bening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL A mrMI'IIiEATRE OF ARTS, Trietor and Manager, Mr. W BATTY. HIS EVENING, DECEMBER 23, Will be repeated a New Speztacle, entitled Tf.E ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Herne and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled Natimal Fete.. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and In the Circle by living Fos aid real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. kom Races and other Sporting F ea t ures . Ilew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse. slanship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Throe Conscripts _ cting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoet. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. lessons in the Art el Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to a-quaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compli ince with numerous requests from the country, and by special desire, he has formextar aneentents to pre. lent, during the Christmas Hotid a y s , a S rice of EQUESTRIAN MORNING FECES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCE. to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past Three : consisting of Batty's Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. The first Three Morning Performances will take place on Monday, Dec.3l, Wednesday, Jai,. 2, and Fr dry, Jan. 4. A G'and Comic Christmas Pantomime on Boxing Night. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, Will he produced Two New Dramas, supported by:Messn. Osbal diston, H. Howard, J. T. Johnson, T. H. Higgie. Sekman.,Herb r;, Searle, E. Jones, and Watkins; Mos Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mrs. Rignold. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or. The Little Old Wonsan and the Desaon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vite. THE WEATHER.—SUN Ornck, Dkc. 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 35. BAROMETER, 30 . 3 8.—WRiD; . Eatit. tr. • Nom—The figures which follow the werde" Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest .'and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes 'at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and "Rain" at 29; : but . there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. . HIGH WATER AT LONDOLBRIDGE THIS DAY. 64 minutes after 01 Evening... IS minutes after 1. raised in , this country, " you have lowered prices by your legislation .to a point Which disables our - employers from gi v i ng us remunerating wages. We get less money but' have. More taxation to pay; the charge of which is no longer 'covered in our scanty wages. We work.longer hours to earn diminished _ _ pay.. Make cheaper, therefore, to us, by the remission of the duties you take upon them, those articles of which we are the largest consumers." And then come trooping in a regiment of, demands for repeal of duty on tobacco, and beer, and tea, on coffee, and sugar, soap, and raw cotton, and even on paper. What is Sir 'ROBERT (poor roan) to' do ?-' The " suggestions'"of one body of his friendi are eipressed so emphatically, that they are like the petitions to Gu. BLAB for charity—enforced by the - accidental eloquence of a ,disbanded soldier's. carbine. The "its" of another, somehow or other, have, all of NEW WORK ON INDIA. course he is pursuing, the Right Rev. Prelate pleads Now ready, in !role., small aro., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER, dm' necessity of restoring peace and harmony to the IN THE L. SEJORRVICE OF RITNJEET SINGH. ' Chur c h. W e ac k now l e d ge t h e necess i ty, but BY MA H. M. LAWRANCE, , arum itesteein• ths•Court of Ne t iont, and Late deny the wisdom of th e means t a k en f or b r i ng i ng Assistant to Iho Political Agent its charge of, British Relations about the restoration of good order among the clergy. WU - Lahore. Eterteolbarit, Publieher, 12, Great Marlberongt -street. "It is among my first duties," says the Bishop, "to seek to place on the firmest footing—peace in the Church, which cannot be secured without uniformity in the worship of AIXIGRTY GOD." What flimsy Sophistry is this i How does the substitution of the white surplice for the black Town contribute: to secure uniformity o f wors hi p ? 'The question ii not one of doctrine, but simply one-of form, and therefore is in noway connected with worship. But then, lays the Right Reverend Prelate, I enforce the wearing of the surplice as a means of restoring poste in the Church. The answer to this argument shall, be given in the words of the Exeter Pod :—" In the churches of St. David i SC Sidwell, and many otheri that we could mention, several of , the congregation took their, departure the moment they saw the clergyman enter the pulpit in his surplice.. The, feeling of all Church-goers appears unanimously to, be that , this alleged rubrical. observance is an innova tion that calls for an immediate manifestation of public opinion 1" A change, whose very first effect is to produce such results. 'as this, is certainly one most happily calculated to restore peace and harmony It is as , if a man should fling a big stone into a lake, by way of- keeping its waters in a state of undisturbed calmness. The Bilhop professei to be quite astonished at the uproar excited against his changes in the Church service. . They are -'so triflingso innocent—that it is an ac t positive absurdity to - , priteit against them. " They will be: found so trifling," he tells his correspondents, " that I venture to think you. will be . .almost ashamed to re collect .that you have suffered the arrogant dictation of London newspapers, or the baseleis suggestions of persons nearer honie, to terrify , you with so' mere ` a bugbear." If the, changes in question be reallj so trifling and unimportant, why does Dr•. PuiL4OTTS insist on them with such pertinacity ? Why does he disturb the minds of his laity by enforc ing innovations which he himself directly Acknow ledges to be of no earthly iinportance? Is it worth while to throw a whole 'diocese... into an uproar for a • •• 1110'6:trifle ?, Btit the .Right. Rev. 'Prelate. knows. well—Thatever he may choose to maintain: to the contrary—that the surplice question - is ..no such frivolous one. True, on the first blUsli of *the things it seems to.be of no great moment whether a cleigp man Preaches in a - brick gown Or a white one—for it is his doctrine, and not his dress that is to be regarded; but then, it should be borne in mind that the surplice is a virtual encroachment on- old principles and asso ciations—is, in fact, a revival of one •of the principal symbols of Catholicism,und was ahandoned.as ; stchat the period of the Reformation. It t is ,14 this light_ that the .laity of Exeter seem to. regard it ; and whether they be right or wrong in their view of the , question„ we do think that the 13ishOp 'is bound justice to - make a concession to their 'conscientious prejudidismore especially as he himself admits that the surplice is U chinge of so purely a trifling chat racter as to be hardly. worth • a moment's serious, consiclerstion. We say nothing • of. his charge of ar rogance launched so unceremoniously ,against the " London journals." He should be a good judge ot what is, and what is not, arrogant, for .no man has dealt more largely in. this commodity. than, hiluself ; and we suppose he, is. jealous at seeing --or fancying that he sees—his favourite monopoly invaded by the' Metropolitan Press; We have not yet done with the Bishop of &Bras, for we clearly foresee that for, some time to come he will be constantly. before. the pnblic, in consequence of, popular turmoil which he is exciting AO officiously throughout thi length and breadth of his diocese. them, an alternative : "Do this for us, or something else must be done by us." The Prime Minister must, ere this, have discovered in his surplus a greaten 0 bore" than the Thames Tunnel itself; but one much more likely to be broken in upon. How can he give up less than his surplus, if he give up any - part of it ?. The claim of B is as good as A's, but tbat ofC is no less so. To concede to A, and not to . C and' B, ia to Make two enemies where he confirms one friend. How can he give up more : than his surplus ? To repeats,ooo,ooo/. per annum of malt' duties viould be - siireit . &kin to the poor consninet, a great en couragement to agricultural enterprise; a - great mind for unemployed labour. To remit some twol, millions df tea duties, a million and a half of sugar duties,: two hundred ' and fifty thousand of -duties on-. cotton and other raw material, six hundred thousand 'pounds oti paper, and a million on tobacco, would be admirable relief, no doubt, to existing distreise. But • what, meantime, is to beconie of the serAce of the State, and ttt piSrment of pie interest on the deb 4 Which absorb all the revenue short of the surplus pre diked by the iiieOnie4ax ? We will tell the-Premien how -to emancipate himself from this dilemma, and satisfy all parties, by tingle act: -Let him restore the currency to the basis from which he so 'rashly moved it in. tBl9. • These effects Would imniediately By means of an expansible ciiculationiand the principle (if you will retain it) of the convertibility of sYmbolic, money or paper issuesbeing restored to gold at its market value, instead . of its' Mint price, out manufacturers and producers would be enabled to include the taxation cost ; in -the: general'prices of their commodities; the induitrial 'classes throughout the country would. re-_ ceive wages also. covering their contributions to spy 'indirect taxation ; property of all kinds would tiPly its power of representation, and be developed, to an indefinite extent With that pOweri domestic *aide and foreign-conitherce would revive to full Vigour and activity; pauperism wOuld rapidly decrease, owing to the 'enlarged Mark e t s opened for labour; . Tbe process' of "reducin g the NationallDebt, which was .carried on. on 'so vast and successful a scale between 1815, when peace was established, and 1819, whim its natural results were !frit 'paralyzed 'b'y rzies ' Currency Bill; would be' resumed. .Had that reduction of 20,000,00.01, of debt :'per annum been confined till this time (as it well might :have been, 'but for-the 'disorganiiation" and 'Mischief pro duced by that measure), the whole - Debi WObidliiie been ' , now= • of 29,000;0001. - of interest Which is' the . charge` - upon 'it, to be 'min - Wry :Met, there would have - been buts; Comparatively, trifling amount to be provided for, out of taxes and duties, the burden of which would have declined . in a natural 'and:corresponding: ratio. , Doe -Sir ROBERT PEEL calculat e on 'p ay i ng o ff twent y: 'million - 1 bf debt,.under his gold currency system, in as many YeArilf.ho.ai..iM one year to wipe.off that arnoun t under, our More ancient and legitimate system.- 1 To restorethe latter .would be better for.the country ; than any amount of surplus revenue he can ever com mand whilst the Bill of 1819 is nurepealedl,. , We.havetrectited Madritijoirnals of the 13th, MA' they eentain'ilb riesFsi- The Chambers had not met -for several days, and'for onot we are 'wed the pain Of announcing more ,execntione., :MAintrn - 893343'4 Discaunast 13. 7 -Three per Cents.: 3 21 at sixty ,days.: -Five per Cents. (same period) 22 ;- and Floating Debt,lBl.at fOrty-fiVe day,e • • The : leading articles - in. , the Paris journals are not of much interest to the English -reader, if wii except `a`-short and a 'very Well-drawn Cherieter "or_ the Jesuits, which-lippeits in the - .7:onrnal dei Debbie: The Writer seises the opportiiiiityof the latemelati 'choly ; • disturbance at ; Lucerne for the, purpose:. of pointing out to the French people, the daniermis tenets 414'01e : sect ; and Warning-them- against . theWli croachniente-which the Jesuits in the Gallic' Church are meditating- both against' liberty and the present systeris ofeduc*tion in Franc*. The article is themore iniportant . as it applies with equal foree to; other churches; ancC to, none more than . the. Puseyite Church of -England. Were the- tenets-of Punt, Newstsis, Wian; and Co. and. we, may- add, the: tenets of a majorittof our' Bishops, to become' dominant in this country, the' glo -rims system' of liberty which' England enjoys, and 'which she owes to the Aeforiners—especially the cry, lUmniated kuritims- 7 --wouldin a few short y ears b e scattered .to .oe, Tina. It is a • melancholy trutb i .which cannot be controverted, that with a :very' few exception., those ohnrehes, to whom the education of the people have -been entrusted, have been mere anxious to increase by that means their despotic power than the moral and pure.' religiotts,education of the peOple.. It appears•frorn the , article to Which we'refer;that the .Government of Lucerne; , in:a-fit of- blindness,' had , invited - the. Jesuits into -the country, ind for this the unhappy people now suffer. f‘ There is'a fatality," says the Journal des Debate, "-attached to this Order since .its origin,-, that whereyer it appears, discord arises in the _ State and, in the Church. Were the Jesuits even as inoffensive Se they pretend to. be, their aid would be too dearly. purchased at the price of the blood of the citiaena 1 - , prieits, influenced by a verit able spirit of .Cherity; would have stopped short before ..this ,blood whiCh Was ready. to flow;' they would hive:said, We will not' enter' 'amongst you over, the-. dead-bodies of. your • brothers 'We pa ril •cularly disapproveof the Grand Council of Lucerne's having invited the Jesuits to assume the, direction of the _Episcopal , School. , ThiS was intimating wish . to ..have ' all .the clergy Jesuits; and to favour the pretensi - ons -Of , this Order; which. aspires; to absorbing:. 'the" . Church - itself. 'Deep 'politicians as they- are, the -Jesuits willingly - yield to 'Others the external klot and apparent rights attached to ecele 'siastical dignities. . They : care little about not being enr6; or.bishops, provided there 1;e•no cure or bishop who :14,1 not passed through their bands.. What they want is the- direction of , the- 'ecclesiastical schools, 'great or small, .They 'mow well that he' world iS governed by education, and - that - the master of the child remains in. geperal . the master of the man. .When once placed in possession of the ..ecclesiesti c al schools, they wouM f orm - a , 'clairgy- , which would-o nly recognise -their maxima. By-this clergy they would lord it. over the Whole orthp Catholic world, andmbve kingdoms It would'nn longer be permitted to any one who is not a J esuit .to call himself a Christian. And God 'only, knows, what would then becomd of this liberty, to .which they. make. an arm of to arrive at domination! Simple indeed are' they sehi imagine that liberty is the last word the Jesuits . will Pronounce I. • When Fe demand lib er ty , o f con science we demand it a s,, the. right of man ; for the . Jesuits a means.. ;.Their empire. 'once re-esta-' blished, you shall seehoW:they will respect liberty," The National -has' 'a 'ioi* - 'artiale• on the decay' of French commerce, wnich, it says, 'is Menaced with speedy destruCtion, unless men engaged in trade wil struggle coursgeqUalY with th eir .competito r s in ton sop, -Berlin,. and Beaton. '.l:he French Funds continued. firm on Thiusday. The-Three per Cents. closed at 85f.; tho New Loin at 86f. 70c.; the Five per Cents. at 120 f. 55c., Or 'leans Shares,l,l4of. ; Rouen, 1,00 f.; Havre, 815 f.; Avignon, 9401.; Strasbourg, -313 f. 75c.; Versailles (right bank), 517 f. 50c.; and Ditto (left batik), 3921. 50c. Spanish Actives, 331 ; Three 'per Cents., 37t; Passive', 6; end Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., (2f. 60c. :D - . . Right nonOurable Robert Peel, Bart.; gave an e n tertainment ' at the m a n or . on. Uondey last, .to a party of aboie forty -of hii prinei pal tenants, mostly in the occupation of large firms cis his estate, Dr. iluckland, Dr. Pliyfair, and Mr.• Smith, ;is s i s t e t d o .t t h h e e .ctimghpt44.,, fli.onoDurr.shplle?,lßfaariroodietiivaefrteedr: of Deaeston,-th well•known Scotch agriculturist, who dwi e n r ne r 9il ad a d an cliiquent discourse' on the' different descriptions 9 4 . manure, and the most appiOied Systems of manniin, land, to which the' estembled' tomer!' seemed 'federate the greatest attention. "It was after .- eleven when the circle broke•bp,' the tenants retiring with eirpresiiions of their high sense of their esteemed landlOrd's hospitality,. , . JOHN. HARDY,- ESQ.' M.P. 'Fon BazAbriinn.-.-Nre regret to -bear that , this venere:le gentlenien bas 'beep ,suffering from sever* illness during: he -week---having sustained, a fit of apoplexy ; but; according. to the latest accounts, we :are glad tug ,say he is decide ly. better: 7 - Brd4ford Observer. . • : COLONEL MAXWELLS AD TENTHEES.—Atuol l igst the,nunierous distinguished porsonages introduced into these amusing memoirs, are the following.:—The peroi Napoleon—The icings and Queen of ,Spain.,-The King of SiCilyct —lCing . .ToaChiin of - Naples. and his 4 4 eei l —The King : in -Queen- of Sardinitf-:-The king *rid Queen , of EtruriaLOnis • .X17,11.1=:-Queen 'Caroline of Englana-;.-Pope -Pitts VII-Prindeaie 'paulinePeince Lucien' Bonaparte—Prince Leopold;- , Prince'Esterikaay — The , DulaeoffmieCoburgls-The Duke and DUebess, of 'Bodfortl , -!-Lord Aniherst—Lord Colond „Nail Canwhell7-L..Lotxl..Elpbinstone”-Lord month4-7JOrd Stewart--tord Duncan,--Lady.charlotte Campbell - Sri , . S .Gel,6-lifsidacga de Steel—Marshal Bertrand--;-General 'Dr - met—The Prince of Dionagg-xo Cardinal racel3oriptilzi, ace. • ;Jr,: ' • • yy ( • • *-• di • t st^ ..""'" 0* c v =4,710 *NA '"N• "it , •4 ; t 'AT: m 0 .4 0 1 ;* • rk,.. infir int att-It* LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBiR 23, 1844. The Bishop 3 Oft fr x 7 n.raz, like 'another Juxius, seems resolved, to create a popular ferment ,by his Letters. Scarcely is the ink dry with which he penned his two former.ones, when he issues a third "addressed to the churchwardens of two parishes in Exeter. This last epistolary communication breithes precisely ; the same spirit as. its .predeeessors. The language is studiously courteous—the tone firm and unbending to a degree. "The voice 'is the voice of JACOB, but the hands are the hands of ESAU." Like old GEORGE the THIRD, the Bishop sticks firm to hi s Prerogative. He will not tolerate even the slightest murmur of remonstrance against his decrees. He is a more rigid martinet than even Colonel MARTINET himself,, the notorious disciplinarian in the days of the Grande Monarque. He has ordained that there shall be changes in the Church service throughout his diocese, and changes there shall be, no matter how distasteful they may be to the great , body. of 'the Devonshire laity. lie ac k now l e d ges that the change s are of no great moment--that s o m e of them are even o f a trifling character —hut hist,fiat respecting them h as gone forth, a nd like the . liars of the Medea and Persians—that sovereign Sat must be held immutable. In justification .of the arbitrary ONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1344. SUMMARY -0F NEWS r . AND Pubitc eptnton. ," . 41rho ruits - may roaiL" romatim. .• On Wedneidaythe Diplomatic Corps waited upon the King of thlat ehch his MajeAy, end the , Royal familyion the marriage of the Duke d'Auniale, On the seise • day the-Arab chiefs:were pres e nt e d t o th e King by_ Marshal Souk.. Night robberies still continue frequent in Peris and the :auburhs.' A,number of suspicious characters were ar rested on Sunday night and. Monday, in the neighbour ing.uf ..Montmertre, the. Berrien des Mertyrs; and the Hallos. Nearly 40 persona ; who had formed part of the lands-of -robbert.that have been lately - broken up; or who were sought for hy the police .for various offences ; were taken, into. custody. Five of them belonged t o ' Fournier. band,' and a number of others were con denzned, by defeult, in the trial of Courtaut and Leudet (the Faubourg St. Antoine bend). - he different military corps are rivalling, . each other incharity, The Municipal Guard has now , followed the' good example of the Line ; and ordered that ;10 rations of sonp And meat be given out daily to the poor at each of ,its barracki r . on the preduction of a ticket from the Miyor of the arrondissement. -- Last week the officers of justice proceeded from Caen to Sallenelles, to effeet the exhumation•of the body of a , female, named Alexandre, the wife of an ex-mayor of, that, commune. Her death,had taken 'plate fifteen months before, and suspicions have arisen that her husband had poisoned her. He was arrested, and, after being inter mated,. was lodged in the gaol ottaen. The Royal and:. Central SOciety . of Agriculture on Wednesday field its final sitting for the year. The chief subject *Ought before the' Members ;was. ;the, epidemic — a — miiii - gitliornerliettle; now raging ialthe north of Ger many. The epiPotic disteniper;•sevoral: of the gentle `inen Preient declared, .differed altogether from the malady which - has for a length of time, been perceived in some departments of the east of _Prince he former being a sort of contagious typhus,,whilst the latter is a Contagious peripneurnonia; The Society appointed a commission to-inquire into the precise character of the French' malady Just alltided to ; and to report thereon. The late - severe Weather had the effect of forcing the wolies in 'several parts of :France. to Wave their lurking,. 0 1 i0 - se and come nearer than usual to - human haibitations in search of food. Clbse to Marseilles, two persons who 'lived et La Pliiiie found their jaisige barred by an 'enormous Wolf... They at once fled towards the Bou evard Chive, Aid escaped. The animal remained All night 'in the neighbourhobd, prowling` - abbut a stable of cows and ,goats, but withoUt being able •to commit my d!rprede tion... .wood of Montpineon (Calvados) Marshal de Grouchy's gemekeeper killed' not leis than three Volves-in• two days. • „ ' . The Afeeiorial .of Pau'Mentions a. shook of an eirth , quake Which 'wee - felt there on the morning of Wednesday last; which extended to the Vale d'Ossau' and Oleren. It was shout a quarter before six, and lasted about three seconds,: being preceded by alew rumbling noise ' A letter 'from St.•P e t ers b u rgh, of ;Dec. 4, st a t es t h at the Emperor having ordered-the Minister of-the Interior to urge on the works of the railroad between that city and-Mescowoilready commenced on the St. Petersburg side, a considerable -number of additional workmen have `fieen•pUt•on ' Tend naiasuree taken tor the onibiencement of the-weeks - st•the MOW,* end , 'lt is even:_iiid that - the Works are to Be pursued hy torchlight. In, all moo. . :hnbility. the part 44 this line' between St;'Petersburgh and Novegerrxl (180 verstes) "wilt be completed ,ab ou t• 1 the-beginning of next autumn. - 1 • , • = • saw . saga "7/POLTC7B4 • ,!The Asiiies• for the cattily of Lincoln have cote silenced before Mr. Justiee 'Pat-tem:mi. In the 'calendar t-there are the nines of 17'prisoners, of •whom , two are 'charged Murder, • one for :arson, one' for, highwiy robbery; two , for concealment of birth, tiro rot. rape, one ftir biganiy,'T two 'for • being,foirid armed with intent to ileitroy game, the remainder being the tuntairtiti - Of petty .. ;Af the -Central . Criminal 'deist; Benjamin.- Ewen, butler, convicted: of • feloniously'steiling a "sitrettert-pot, value c(, - thelWriperty of the : 'Duke ofitichinond, was sentenced •to twelve menthe: imprisonment with hard the New Court three ineit•iismed Sanders, Sail*, and Prieitly, convicted of stealing 14011* Of'quinksilve"r, werereieh sentenced to - Aven , years transp or t at i On. A.. man imnied Robinson, *hoeirfts indicted: with them " was eeqeitt e d. - LA, , t 4 , Ebeniz_er Paren Kingston, the' prosecutor of Dr. Todd, the- Professor of Physiology at Kingee College, 'sees On Friday reMinded from Bow-street, on a charge of steal ' ing a coat and: other articles, the property of one of the students,at the College. . Mr. Stapleton, th e mus i c p u bli s h er , was fined 51. a t Marlborough -street, for haiing neglected:to send a copy 'of i'pieee of music to the British - Mitieum within one month of its publication, as required by the Copyright ~At Greenwich, Absolom Davis, the master Of the Be nevi:dent Schopl Institution, of Deptford, appeared before the sitting - Magietrate, charged by Mr. James &Pith, builder,.of - New 'KMg-street, Pepttord, ..foi.th haring ai saulted in a most *Went Manner' his son Charles &pith; aged seied. years. TheopoOr lad is a scholar' in the in atitution, and the defendapthad chastised him.ipthe most brutal meaner with a thick.rope. His 664 was covered ' With praises.- Mr. Grove said he had never heard of a More disgraceful . proceeding daring the time .lio had a seat upon the bench.. It was highly disereditable to the defendsnt,.and he considered him • tOtally,Utifit for the situation he' held. As the school Committee met that evening, ho shOuld for the present defer judgment. , The Magistrate then ordered the . case to stand over until Friday next, the 27th inst., on Which day he should be Prepared to deal with the case. • - COMM? —I NUIZZOMILISSIL. . • . • It is new. posithely.stated that the accOucliemeat of her Royal Highness the Grand D uc h ess of Mecklenbargh Strelitz will take place at Cambridge House. Viscount and 'Viscountess Villiers bare arrived at Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peal, from Upton House, Warwickshire. Lady Fuller • h as also arrived at Drayton Manor, fromkarclunont House, Berwickshire, where her Ladyship had been staying the last month with Sir H. H. ind• Lady Campbell. The Duke and Dticbess of Roxb,urwhe have arrive at Flours Castle,.ltaburghshire, (Finn aieenhill . Tke DoWager'DUchess of Cleveland is not expected to return to &emote-place, Cu m in-street, until February or : March next. - The Earl and Countess of Mulgrave beats been on a Tilsit to her Gram , - -••-••• , Earl antl , Countess of Erroliaml-the:LadiiiAinee r and. Alice Hay are expected to leave , Clargeptstreet, on Tuesday next,-on a visit to Lord and Lady seampden; at Barham Court, 'Kent, for the recess. The.Nohle Earl and Countess are expected to return to town the first week in January, to., be, present at. the marriage of 'the Rev'. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence with Miss Gordon.' The recent 'reports of the Duke. of Portland's illness •have been greatly exaggerated. His GraCe has for some weeks'entitely recovered. ' The Nike is 'surrounded at the present time by 'a numerotii=lamily circle at Wel beck Abbey, *lifts- • • ' • The Duke of Richmond and family are at GOodwOod, where a select patty will assemble during the holidays; The Hon. W. George Grey, - . Earl Grey's youngest .son, deft England -last week for Vienna, where be is ap pointed Attachf to the embassy of Sir Robert Gordon, British Minister at that Conn. The Counte” Ptclotsati and , the • Ladies Auguit a an d Hotioria.CadOgan, are staying etfa vfait to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea, Beaudesert. The lion. Fred.-Cadoganhas joined She circle assembled . at Earl : Watford, 4. l4erts.' The. Bon. Clarenddn's; at the Grov e , • Capt. Geo._Cadogan has obtained leave of absence front, his regiment, the Grenadier Giardat and proceeds on JP; continental tour. Lady Rolle, who has been on a tour of visits, ex pected ap the family,mansion,:aleton-Houa e; Devon, for the Christmas holidays. • . Sir Henry F o tti nger ' s v i s i t to.the city; of . Glasgow. is not expected to take place before next - INEZJ I MILIiiiiI4I4OIIIIIIII. , „ • The . colossal, state of . his ,lata Majesty, Will** the Furth, in the Cif', n'orteompieted,. the upper . part of it , hivi ng fi e en - 'axed on 'Friday - morning.. It is con sidered.* good likeness. ! • his said . tibat' Vice-Arlmiral Sir Win: Parker, Bart., will succeed Vice-Admiral Sir Cr Oivenoll.C.4., 46 COMeltuidet-im43hiefin.the Mediterranean. 7 'Friday the perfermanees at Drury-lane Theatre were appropriated to the benefit of Oh'sring-cross Hos pital, in consequence of the unusual degree of suffering and sickness caused' by the inclemency of. the weather. The new opera, Ile Daughter of St. Mai& .was the first piece, and the h ouse was.well and ; feshionably attended. In.refereuee to the Act for - the registry of seamen it is important that 'should . be generally knoWn by seamen in the merchant service that, by this, Act, every seama n roust be provided with- a register ticket, in pursuance of the directioascontained in the Act of Parliament above quoted, by the first of Jaanary nekt, and every - master of a vessel,whO, after that 'date, takes ' man' into his ser - ' withput fi r at c a lli n g on - to produce-his ticket, will be liable tick a Onalty of- 10t for-each offence: The tickets are now being issued, and, may be' had on appli catibii.to the Registrar of Merchant Seamen's :office in London, and at the customhouses of the different out port, tree of all charge. The examination' of:candidates for the King's scho larship; by a board of prot . eieors; took place on Friday at-the Royal-A c ide m y 'of Mimic,' but the !vault . lips not .been made•public ;- the Successful candidates (one female and twamales) will receire gratuitous -musical iastruc tioas for two years,. at 'the institution, which is princi pally indebted for its present iionriehing pigeon' to the unwearied exertions of the Earl of Westindreland. Kineetipg of the general practitiOneri resident in the horoegh,of Finsbury. was held 4 few days since, when it 'was resolved that a. public meeting should be called l eirlAin the ensuing year, fOe the purpose - of memo- Tialiving the Legislattire on the Bill recently introduced bilhe Heine Secretary, for the rigulatiou .of ' DEATR Orl GitTToN.—On Pticley efterpoon IKr. Bakes' held an inquest at the Black Dog, Chatch•ate:t, Bettmali.green,.bn the of William Blocus, aged fifty , (years. It appeared by the evidenCe that decestied Would frequently totally abitain•from food for a great number Of houra-at,a time, hi order, as he exPresSed' himself, that he. mi g ht h ave the thorough • lenloyment of it. hearty meal. On Wednesday last he had, in pursuinea of biz pito; fasted the whale ofethe :day ; until bet Ween eleven it id twelve, o'clock at night, m i lieu he , : partook, of his supper, which ' c on s is t ed Of half a•loar of bread, fish, pa latoes, yid' a large qtaniity. ,of ,plum pudding—Oter gating Which he retired to his r00m.,, On the,:followilg morning he was fOund on the floor quite, dead, .haying the whole of hiaday elOthes on, w ith thee4Ceptiolt of his boote. ,—Verdicb--Irottns desd. '. • . , ' • -.. ; ~,. • MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS PRICES OF IRISH' STOCKS, Die. 1% ,S.r Coos. Consols ame •••••••••••••. 00000 ••••••••••••• it to .N o ney....•••••••••••••••• •• 0000000 ••••••••••• 00000 110 pez Cent, Reduced Troe an d a Quarter SSOCk.sw o , i« •••••••••iimpeei l‘aney • Dabentv- SU•per cent. .. 'tures .LiatAnnuities ~:..j , " - • Bank_Stock • • , . ltdial Cal?al 510 ck.........: • •' ' —• ,• Grand canal 5t0ck„.......... . .... .. 444 . ... ; . ...„ ...., . . . '' ' G rand Canal Debentures.i . per Cent.. ,•;• r. Dirtcr4 perCerit • - • ' ' ‘ '• . ..... — . 4 per Cent. City Debentures .....•«iioi..i..:4:' NM , 4 per Cent. City Debenture • • New . i —. •• $ per Cont. Ballast oMce Debentures.... • —.: 4 per Ce nt - Pipe.Watet,....... — Magstonn Railwayilebentirres......." 102% . . .•.. . pAST piticEs OF Intsit SHARES RAILWATIL rain. Pea axial. Dublin andit. Itailway ........"........ 100.. w •. 110 . - Drogheda Ditto". 60 "..„.•. 74 Great Southern We5tern... 4 , 4 . 4 3 ...... 3% ! Ditto Scrip." - ... .... . . ' , - 2 4 . 4 5 Ditto Extension Dublin and Belfast .1nneti0n........ ..... 4 -Dublin and Cashel ditto ....... • 214.... ..... -- .I(ullingar and: Athlone Railway .4 4 - 234 .... 1% Belfast and Ballymena. - 2 "».. 3 . .. Waterford and Limerick ......: ,:....• • •-2 .. -..... 3 • .. • Dundalk and Enniskillen:" . : ... " • .2 .... -2% ,Nexford and Carlow ........ ..... .. ' , • Hibocnian itnak.............................. 2534 ".... •33 • - • .loyai Sank .....•...... ............. ...".. !10 ' ....... 13h, 'National Bank ....... . . ....... '1g . ...-. 16 National Insurance ... .... .... 25 .... ..... 3S ' Patriotic ditto ............ ...... ......... 10 .......... log , - gibilisgCompmay of 1re1and....,..", 7 ......... •14 Wldltlow Copper Mines ................ 3 ..«..... 19 Fit'7 D n i is t f o ublin D S in tearti oi 1030 C0n=2. :... ... : 15000 ............. 5 i ..r1 ..Steam-Ship Building Company ..... 52 ""'•'» ss • Ditto Ditto • ••' /trifle - firm& Irish StettriCenipiny ,so • .... 14 • Liraerlck.Extension Railway .... ... - Peninsular and Oriental ditto. ........ Irish Great Western. Dublin tol ..„ • Galway • - - -Ai ...... 3' - Dubiln and Glasgow Stearn Conapany„. 1504"..... '44 • • .. . . 6 _._ ~,, • ffidiNCiftSTEß OTOCX .c4C/1,4.1‘cr, DBC.-20.—Our mar ketis,Arithout any material change.; there it a gopd demand at full prices :—Eastern Counties, 14i ; LondOn and Birmingham, 321: Shares, 39} ; Midland Railway .Consols, 112 ; Shef f ield-and Manchester, 97i• ; Barnslty Junction, .4f-; Ditto,• Half Shires, 2 ;' Belfast, Bally mena, and Carricfergus, 3 7-16 ; Birkenhead,' Manches ter, and Cheshire Junction ; 6 ; Cambridge and ti nco l n, 1112 2/..75.; Churnet Valley, 3 7461 ;.LondOri and ;York, 4 ; Trent - Tilley, 8 15-16 9; West Yorkshire, ..-6i. • nion - Bank of Manchester, 9 9.L6., ' • . • • CLOSING PRICES. BRITISII FUNDS, .. gait 810 ck........,............. - Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ya . pm. 3 per Cent. Red..... ........ 100}4 I Ditto under £l,o o e . 75 pm, 3 per Cent. Cons - South Sea Stock ..... ..... - per Cent. 'Red ... .. - Ditt o Old Annuitioi ... .... New 34 per Cent 105% Ditto New Annuities ... -. New 5 per Cent - Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 1%d.,. 64 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 . lam 1660............... - 12% 1.16 . /Mao Small 65 pm Oct. 1859 - Bank Stock for Acct.... IMO Jan. 1860......... • - -Commis for Opg. ......... 1004 Indian Btock ~............ - . India Stockier Acct.... 256 • • FOREIGN. FUNDS. . Austria*, 5 per Cent......... -- Russian 5 per Cent....„..,... _ Belgian, sper Cent.. ... ....... - Ditto, Meta11ic....,,.,.,... .. -.,. Braaillan. Bonds ......,..... - Spanish, 5 per Cent., 16407.. 26% Buenos Ayres, 6 per C ent.,. 37% . Ditto, 1841..«,,,,.....,....... ...- Cuba Bonds, 6 'per Cent...." -.. Ditto, 1842..................... Chllian ; 6 - per Cent ..."........ - Ditto, 1843........ ....... ....... .... Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 14% Ditto,-1844 ................•...• .....- . Danish; 3 per ,Cent .. ........ 854 Ditto, 3 per Cent 354 Greek, 18'45. 5 per Cent."... ... Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct - 'Mexican, 5 per Cent ......... .... French, 5 per Cent.,...... -t - c .Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct... - F renc h , 3 per C0nt....-. -L ..-c. Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent - Exchange ...,. ....... ..... --f. -c. ;•Peruriaa:Bonals, '6 per Ct... 29% tch. 2% per Cent ,Poktisguese Bonds, 5 per Ct . -... M0.:5 per Cent. ,,...,.,, . • SHA RDS.. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 93 Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian (5 paid) - 36 Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid... .. . ..... Churnet Valley,,2 paid .... ..... ................... Direct Northe r n, 2% paid .... ..... , ... , . Dublin and' Belfast Junction, 2% paid 4 Dublin and Galway, 2% paid ................ ...... 3 Eastern Counties (25 paid) .........,.................. 14%. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid ..............- ..... 62 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid ... 114 Great North of England, 100 paid ... :. ...... ....... 126% great Western (75 paid) Ditto .Half Shares, 50 paid .... Ditto Fifths, 12 paid . ....... ..... . 2856.. Hull and Selby. SI/paid 5..•.. .......... ..•• 70 London and Birmingham (Stock) -;230 Ditto Quarters ( 2 paid) ...... ... . ........ 27% - London and Blackwall (161. I3s. 4d.) 6% Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) ....... ............. Ditto Loan Notes, 10 p a id . 11% ~.' London and Gre enw i c h ( 12 1. 15s . 441 paid) 5% ~ • London and South. Western (411.65. 10d. paid) London and Croydon ............ ...... ....4 1 6%; I Ditto Guaranteed. 5 per Cent.,. 2 paid 2% London and York, 2% paid 4% . Lynn and Ely, 14 paid Midland (100 paid) .............. .....,....... ..... - - Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 24 paid • North British, 7% paid 7% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) .., ' . 5 8 Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35 Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid' Pitto, New Shares, 1 paid... 3 Richmond and West End guriction, timid - 1 5 4 Rugby, I imicr..».:: .... ~...., ; ... -. ... .. . - South Eastern and D over (3.3 Us 4d paid) 35 Ditto New Shares (4 p a id) Trent Valley, 2 paid ll West Cornwall, IL Ss 2% 4 1' York anti North Midland (50 paid)........ ...... ....... - • Ditto ScArboro' Branch, 10 paid - • Ditto, Selby: Scrip. 20 paid ..... ...... ..... •••«114••••• 66% IBinlogn, and Antiena, 2 paid • - ••••••••••••••1111.•••••••• 54 Orleans and Baordeaux, 2 paid ..... ................... 6% Paris and Lyons, al paid ..,.... ...... ........ ...... .......... 3 % Pans and .Orleans (20 paid) •......•.....•..... ...« 44 Paris and Rouen. 20 paki . ........... ~.................... 42 . Strasbourg and Bale (14. paid) • 13% . . • .. . <From The * Sun of Saturday vening.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool continued firm Yes• terdaY,'but the sales were only 3,500 bales American, all to speculators.—Shares were rather dull. Bristol and Gloucester, 361 ; Grand Junction, 223 ; Great Western, Fifths, 271 ; London and Birmingham, 227 ; Ditto and South-Western, 84 ; Ditto and York, 4 • Great South ern and Western of Ireland, 91. ; Manchester and Bir- Mingham, 521 ; Midland Counties, 1121 ; North Union, 471 'Trent Valley, 91 ; Buie ttt,Ronen, 40 '' • Stras burg and -Bale, 12i1 - - Orleans, Tours , - and Bordeaux, - 71 ; Boulogne and A miens, 3. W'o_,liave.aecounts-thia.morning from the colony of Port Philip some days liter than those more . pre kwionsly received. We do - not find that any pdlitical news of interest is in the letters or . papers by the Arab, the vessel that . has just entered port. • - The receipts of the revenue - were on the increase, and trade remained .in snuck the' same state'as it, had been fo r Some time pre, viously. ~.. -; : --- . - • . - - - - :Tile show 'of Meat at Leadenhall Market, this being the gratidfiv, before Christmas, is really a most splendid sight; 'The 14Toplyof..Qame and Poultry - is, we are told, unpreeeilently large, but . still , not • by - any means cheap, cold _weather. having most -opportunely for the venders set in with-extreme severity ...-.' The markets all this morning have been eteeisively crew* with buyers, and tiff inereased - amount Of bilsmeis'is new doing in al inostall-:descriptionit'ef'prorisiens. There have - hot ba n . iny.Continental arrivals of im. pcfrtance - thiKloornine. ~ ~ , •, , • 'The accounts relative to the amo unt' of promissory nOtea. lsined in - BCotltuad - and Ireland, 'in the month closing on the 7th of. December, give* the following general ,results, .vic.--an . increase '01318,6974 or from 10;013,442/. t 010,332,1391. '•• .• .' ahe weekly. return of - .,the affai rs of the Bank of England -gives .the following results as ' compared with the previens - statement:The ' circulation is more by 136,2001, .the - Bank - depoints hive decreased 4,183/., the public' deposit* 'hive 'been" increased by . - 590,0824, and othee,depoiiitithy . 4l,62/ 7 In the seven days' bill th e re has been asmall.increase„and also'in the Stock of bullion of 199 3214 ' , P . ...... • . . . . A goOd deal of. business has been done in the money market this morning, - - and -the-price* hafe been extremely .firm..! The•Premiumupon-ExCheqiier bills has, in fact, -risen rapidly, front . s6s.; - the 'opening 'value' of yesterday, t 0 1645.- which - is the - price juit 116 W. " India Bonds have 'adianied from - 745. - 'o'7Bl. p remium, Consols for the Account have` 'fluctuated . only from -100-1-40 - 1001 ; the 'Three per Cents. Reduced have been sold as - high ad 100/, and the New "Piregland-L-Quarter per Cents. at 1031, but each.,nra- scarcely now so firm. • In the -Foreign Funds-there has been also an improve ment. ... We May quote Spani s h Th ree -p er C ents. at 381 k ; the ,Consols at 2511 for Account ; the Portu gueseColZrerted at 69-ler - the,AccOunt ; the Dutch Four perCirnti.. it 97/ ; Danish at 891 ; Mexican at 36k 1 ; Peruvian at 291 ; - and liiienos Ayres at 37i. . Aniznmense - amount of businesi: his been effected in the RailwaY„Shares,. and chiefly at rising prices, as our official list- below given shows. . -- . - kitic.E4 OF BRITtSII SUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. • • • - - - ~ ,IFAI'm tke.o2lcial List,) . • . • 3yei Cent.. neauced Annuities 'l l B O%N% _Kew 3% per Cent, Annuities -103%34 % Long Annultiee; Expire sth Jaw. 1162 111% 1-16 : India 80nd5,1.00.: • ••••••••••••111.00•••••i• • •••••;•••••i• 7s . • • Consol , for Opening - :.. ~.- ........:.» 100% %% India Stock for Account ........... ... Etches* Bills. . l4is. . . 1%.1 - 1.4. ..i......:.............. -- ............ 62 14 pm. 5004. 1 .. ::......i.... - , ..... 62 64 pm. . Ditto anu ' d . r.. .. --• ••••••••••••• 44 45 . pm. Ditto AdveraeZ... " ..... " .. - ............ -•-• . -: ' PRICES OF 'FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CI,OCK Buenos Ayres Bonds. Ryer Cent 3734' • . . Danish Bonds, 11125; Xper.Cent....» .NM Mexican Bonds. 15111, &, per Cont.* - Dittolor the Acc0unt........ • . . Peruvian Bond s; 6 per Cents 23% Portuguese _Bon / do 5 per Cent ............... Ditto C0 n v erted.....,.......• 5113 - Ditto ......... for the Aceonnt • • . 58 , Spanish Bonds; Five per Cent 'lB4O 2 534% • . DittO for the Account.... ............. ' 25%1i % Ditto Passir egonds -- ..........,...................... 0 % . , Ditto Deferred.. .. . .... ... ..... '• ' . ... Ditto Three-perZid. •................... • - - Dittoler the' Acciunt..........i............" Dutch 2% . per Cents -:...'..:... .. . .... ;.:•.....'..." 4f% . Ditto 4 per. Cent. certificates... 4.. .. .. ........:: •97% • PRICES OF SHARES AT-ONE O'Ci.oo/ft. ' , - Raii.waya.- .. • Pats. Pun Shaer. „ ' Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 .. . 113:....... to - ' Cambridge and Lanigan ..... ..... .1%......... 2;04%4 to - ‘antrtiet Valley ..... ........:....: 2 - DlrettNorthern ~ ...... ......... .. 2 - ...... to - Dublin and Belfast J - unction....... 2 .. 4% '......10 - Dublin and.fialway ...............4 2 ..........- itii ...... to a ' Eastern 'Counties ..................... 25 ... H ....14A % ~..--to - Edinburgh and Glasgow . ..,.... so - Yireat• Sotithern and W e st e rn / - (Ireland) • 5 ....«..1036 ...,... to I 13( .. Great NortlanfEnglantL......ii:.: 100 ......... /25%...... to - Great Western ...,..................... 75- .........7151 .... to -„ Ditto % Shares ••••••••••••••••••••• 50 ....•.... 90% to - Ditto Fifthi........................... 12 ......... 28 co - Hull and Selby London sad Birmingham London and 81ackwa11.......„ London and Brighton .......... 12% .. ..... 12% ..... to - London and Green w i c h .•„.„.„ 12 % ....... 9% ...... to -. London and South Western ..« N 41 % 75% % ~. to 16 London and Croydon - London and Y0rk........... Midland - 4%34 %- to -I- Newcastle and Dir . lingtOnJunct, 24: ...........61 4 . ..... to 41 N to North - Britiih.;..... ....... - Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip ............,...... 25 .... ..... 35 ...... to - Notwiela and . Braddon ' II 'l2 ..... to 13% Ditto New .., . .. • ,,.... , ...... .. I 3 ...... to Richmondand West . End ........ I Rugby - South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 334 ...... 39% - Ditto New ..... ........ ........ ........ 4 ..... ... 13% : Trent Va11eyi........................... 2 ....„.. 9%......„ -to 1034% West Cornwall IX ........ 2% ..... to York - and —.- North Midland .; ' 50 .... 1 ... ....... to Ditto Scarboro* Branch Ditto Selby Scrip ................ 20 ........ 06 .; t. ..... Boulogne and Amiea5............... 2 ..... ...- 5% 1 4 to - Orleans and Bourdeaux ... . . .... 25 «N..« 5 7% ~ to 5 s.. Paris and Lyon 5..• •• .....«.......... 2 ......... Illitii to .... Nail and Orleans ... ... ........ 20 ......... 44 ...... to 44 Parisand Rouen, .... ..«............... 20 ......... 41 50... tO 42 Strasburg and Bale .... N........: 14 •.. _ _ to ._ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.---Yesterday the Queen, accom panied by the Princess Royal, walked on the Terrace and the grounds adjacent to the Castle in the morning. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert promenaded in the walks in the Park and the grounds around the Castle for some time. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to shoot in the royal Preserves yesterday morning, attended by Mr. Anson, and returned early in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken for their accustomed airings yesterday. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked out for soma time. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the Domestic House. hold, attended Divine Service in the afternoon in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice were taken an airing this forenoon. The bac& of the Royal . Regiment of Horse Guards attended on Thursday at the Castle, and perforMed the following selection duringr dinner : Overture, "Egmont"--Beethoven. introduction, 1 1 Mountain Sylph"—Barnett. bistoral Symphony—Beethoven. Overture, " Ali Baba"—Cherubini. Their Royal Flighnesses the Duke and Duchess Cambridge and the Ilireditary Grand Puke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloudester on Saturday at Gloucester. House. The Lord Bishop of Londog held an Ordination yesterday morning at, eight o'clock, in the Chapel Royal,_St. James'i, ;at which thirty gentlemen were adMitted Deacons. The Rev. Dr. 'Wesley and the Rev. Dr. Dakins assisted at the service. 'The Bishop' of London afterwards ordained four teen'gentlemen to the office of,Priests. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached the ser- Mon yesterday, in the. daily service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley,• the Lessons by •the 'Rev. Dr. Knapp, and; the C9mmuuion Service hy the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Anthem was—" Prepare ye the way of the Lord" (West). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Earl of Erroll, Lords 'Campbell and Calthorpe, the Dowager Lady 'Abinger, and Lady Campbell, Were among the nobility present.: The Earl of Aberdeen had an interview with Sir James Graham on Saturday at the Home-office. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord. President of- the Council, returned to' town on Saturday, from a visit to Lord Francis F f iteAin; at iritchfOrd. Sir Jamea Graham left town on Saturtiay afternoon fpr prishton. • _ ROYAL-POLYTECHNte'INSTITU , - TION . MR. HORN'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS. Mr. C. E. Horn gave a Musical entertainment of a Somewhat- novel character;in the Lecture-room of this InStitution, on Saturday evening s . Instead of the somewhat deiultory . series: of songs w hi c h h ave , with few exceptions, hitherto forined - the staple of these entertainments,- Mr. Horn selects a subject for Musical illustration,' and both the songs and the inci dents are strictly illtiatrative of the subject. Thi s _ . imparts More of a . dramatic. character to the per formances, which, intheir arrangethent, bear a nearer relation to the-character of =the dratorio than of any other known musical - entertainnient. The songs and' the Music were entirely iie;v, andthe latter, entirely the composition of Mi.. C. Horn, was thoroughly dramatic, and !roved that Mr.-I - fern's talent Sis a composer are yet in their zenith. The' first . part consisted of mu sical' illustrations • of Shakspeate's: seven ages, each age • being illustrated by ~an , appropriate melody. These Melodies were sung by the vocalists of the; establishment, accompanied by the band, Mr. Horn' himself presiding at the piano -forte. i The song of the . School-boy- was - sung 'with great spirit by a yoUng lad, and was'much 'applauded. , The accompaniment to this song is admirably characteristic ; it must be come a favourite. The song of the Justice is extel lent,4nd was deservedly encored: Mr. 'Horn himself sing 'the song- of the 'slippeted Pantaloon, and infused into it some deli Cate touches of exquisitely charac teristic expreslion. • '.He' was much :applauded. This part;which concluded with the•Hyinn of'the ShadoWs and . the Apotheosis of ' the .Spirit- . --the words of the firsepart are by Mr. GeOrge Soane, who has exe cuted a task of some difAculty with good taste and sound judgment.: The second part is a• cantata, entitled, " The Christmas 8e115,7 is frem the 'pen of the Rev. J.. W . Brown, and app roac h e S b y i ts subject to the sublimity of the oratorio: Horn has set 'Mr. Brown's poem admirably ;hi rises-with his subject, and shows that he if_s capable °coven the highest flights of sacred composition. Why-does 'he not give us an oratorio ? He could compose one. worthy Of 'the performance even of the Sacred Harmonic Society ; 'The scene opens with daybreak on a ChriStinai morning, and the belll are heard ringing in the distance. We have then a series of , ;airs, solos,_quartettes, and -choruses, illustrative of the season, and then c on i es th e car e} , " How gr i nd and how .- bright," - which was - beautifully given by a lady, 'and Much: applauded. . Christmas-day pro gresses, and..we find ourselves.at church: The organ bursts out in, a fine voluntary ) and there is a beautiful quartette, t 4 Angelic- voices --soft and low;" then follows , the- double chant, ," Gloria Patric Venite ;" then 4 solo alto, with' response, " Now faint yet clear f a ; plaintive . strain ;."... : after which comes the double choir-and chorus,-."-Blessed , is the Lord God of Jsrael r e followed by the - "Benedictus" and anthem, colicldding with an - organ- volthitary and' chorus. The organ i - ac4ompanimeiiis throughout this sublime ser vice were exceedingly.fine, anci.twere raoeVeffectiVely gi /en .on . Meyer's..2Eolophon. organ. The , can tata con cludes, after leaving the - church, with the merry Christina a bells, - which again peal forth their cheerful sounds. 'The entertainment was 'exceedingly well attOnded,, and this cantata-of the Ghristmas bells, so appropriate to.the-season, which , has been treated so admirably both-by poet and ; composer, and which is executed Co- efficiently by . all - Otiggicetl in its pro duOtio?), cannot - fail: to attract numerous audiences thOughont the approichfcg Christmas season. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. RUINOUS BUILDINGS: In the new „Metropolitan :Buildings' Act, whioh takes effect from the Ist proximo, there art se veral provisions framed to prevent a recurrence of accidents arising from dangerous buildings being per mitted to remain until they have fallen down. The object of the 40th and three following sections is to compel. the owners of dangerous buildings to repair or to pull them 'down, and in case of default the City- Of London Cif the property be in the City) or the parisl to put ',up a hoard for the protection of the public, and to repair or pull down the ruinous houses. The mode of proc 3eding is a simple one. A surveyor under this Act, and the overseers of the parish, on receiving no tice of any building being in a ruinous and dan gerous condition," they are forthwith to apply to the official referee, to direct. the surveyor to make survey, and upon the receipt of the survey a copy is to be transmitted to the City of London or parish. Notice is to he given to the owners, and if the repairs or de molition are not began in fourteen days, then the authorities mentioned are to repair or pull down the buildings. The materials are to be sold, and in case of deficiency, a claim is to be made on the owner, and if he pefuses a distress warrant is to be issued. It is fur ther.provided; that in case the owner refuses to pay or has 'w goods for. distraint, "then it shall be lawful for the person who shall at any time thereafter occupy, any such building or the g r oun d w h ere th e same stood, and he is hereby authorised and required to pay and deduct the same out of the rent thereof, and that if he neglect or refuse to pay such deficiency then it shall be lawful for the said Lord Mayor, or two or more such justices of the peace, and they are hereby authorised and required .to cause the same to be levied by distress, and sale of the goods and chattels of, any occupier of the premises, together with the costs of every such distress and sale." By the 44th 'section; any damage to adjoining buildings or to furniture, &c., from ruinous buildings, is to be made goad, and can be enforced under the Act. OXSORD..-.-It is currently reported, and generally believed, that the Rector of Exeter, who is one of the chaplains to Prince Albert, will rote in Convocation for Mr. Ward, and consequently against the charges brought against that gentleman fur the attacks on Protestantism contained in hii Ideal Church. The Rector of Exeter against Dr. - Hampd en . PiczwatAittszt.—A. few nights ago, a large cow house, containing a q uan tity o f reed and straw, situate at Great Elm, near Frorae, the property of the Rev. Dr. lriffiths, was entirely consumed by fire; and there is no doubt it was the vile act of an incendiary, as the build ing was at a considerable distance from any other pre mises.— Wiltshire Independent. TILE CONDEMNED CnimirisLs.—We understand that the execution of William Potter and William Ken drew, the former for setting fire to the dwelling house of William Neville, at Wistow, near Selby, and the latter for the murder of Mr. William luchbald, at Low Duns forth, near Boroughbridge,will take place (should no re prieve be received) on Saturday week, the 28th instant. William Potter d 'es not betray the same indifference which he exhibited on r, ceiving his sentence, but, we hear, has become much softened. William Kendrew, however, still maintains a dogged sullenness, and seems not properly to understand the. awful position in which he i s placed.—Doncaster Gazette. irvfn,i> MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.. (From the Limerick Ch ron i c l e of Dec.-18-) , a ,. 0 - ' Three hundred and fifty rack and file from'lhig v - 1 ; son and T. Inplernore are to be ~distrihnteds at on 'grand], o"Brien'S . Bridge, ' CliPpaghinore, ; % le vi r; ,ToOrneyari„ BOrrisokane,Borrisolergh,, arid *Silverls!%,, . Troops are ordered to occupy- the follOieing sta ti s vix.:7--10"Brien's Bridge, Newpo r t, Castle C o nnell, 1, .risokane, Money gall, Silver m i nt s , C appag h more, Cl°lcfre, jordn, and Bo r ri so l e igh ; also Alotaill and B a llinsol,,, corrity Leitrim, to assist the civil power in reprew.' disturbancei at these stations. to Celonel Penriefather shortly returns from Dub re o command his gallant re gi ment , t h e ' 22 d , aga ii prde e d service in . Siride: He is not yet perfectly ree9f er from Ms' wounds. .The head-quarter division of the 67th 'under e° l ' ilei 13unbury, arrived this day . in Dublin. ': • .' ' , t y Sit Edwary Blakeney has. not yet. filled up the ni7,7, - ,;, on his staff:of A.D. C., caused by the'proraetion of Bain Foreetea.. .. The steam-vessel . Rhadam an th us arr i ve d et Kil too' ig s from Liverpool, with the fi rst drvilion, five comp a n y and 1 -- field officer, of the 67th Regiment. Streng folk:m:3 i-13 officera, 375 non-commissioned °f6ce ,"i drummers, and pri va t es ; 24 women, 51 children, -1) . il proceeded by railway t o D u bli n , where the,' op Richmond barracks.. . ..:Brevet Major Ho o pe r ' s company ,' 69t h , b ass r enet s4 "-- Captain O'llalloran's company at Cashel. 1,04 Royal Marine Artillery —Head quarters, Spike T ", - ,0 give of Cork ; a det ac h ment o f two sergeants WI '", 0 1, gunners are under orders to embark, per steate* Y :.h , for the forts pa` - the lower Shannon ; a simila r' 0 , meet of the same corps is ' ordered to join 'Seed cl u '"i„ to ail The Spanish Government offer to pay four fer i ce p , - r ti , the Anglo-Spanish legionary claimants, who hO lll . ficates of service: - ' - '' • The new' barracks at Newport, South. Wales, pall ~,• l lic i 'be'taken up by , the 75th'until next spring. . • A n fOCe r CaCaptain Stewart, of the 92d, is appointed stall - Of • loners' of Roseotrnol. ' ' _I t tb" . ..etit. Shakspear , 2d European Infantry, kill ed 4 ,,, of ~ . ii „ 14ure of Samangluir, in the 3 1ahrattas , was b op Capt. Shakspear, formerly of the.loth Hussars. .'. NAVAL INTEL LAGENCE• lee! PORTSMOUTH,,DECI. 19.—ThecOMIRiSSI o f l 9 i Olt g e men-of-war—Superb, 80 ; A c t aeon , 26 ; Ra Persian,-16; Acorn, 16; and Rangerifs; at ,DsY r ° ° l l ol; the Eagle, 50 ; Co mus , 18 ; and Fantome, 16, st Cna' the A 1719400, 26, at. Sh eerness; an d the Lily,-ivioy Portsmouth—is evidence th a t th e Admiralty dc„ffed tend to allow the f orce o f t h e navy to be APPP sot future so daegerously 'as it has been hitherto; ri g whilst we gi v e the m every cred i t for thus endearlitilif to sustain a -, souud f eature i n - t h e well-being ° cointry, wecaneot help pointing. out acts of the'g r t ° o e injustice on the one laand, and the most evide ° ' tiality on the- other, towards individual por tL bure* -tolerably well known that Admiral Sir George Coc" 1 Sit first acting Lord of the Admirality, and Ad wir „, 3 o oo4 Charles Rowley,- Commander.-in-Chief at F0r", ; 7 0 are both rejected candidates for the representalitee Portsmouth in Parliament ; hence, it-is said, 0 0 _ 4 0 animosity which has ever been manifested to; this, unfortunate borough since the accession to or t o the, two Admirals_ above -named ; one is Iner e l; o o', double of the other, so that between the two, of mouth shares but little _in . the distributle°o4 .prises from • the Aebnirality.• A more ' Di re illustration of the feeling--which is believed r veil, could not - b e well. imagined than. Ike c stance.-of .commissioning a squadron ,of , ships s t the port, .and only one small brig of 16 guns at'linob le “efe chief naval depot in th e wor ld, at a t i me too wbe° used are plenty of seamen knocking about the. k r f'botir plenty of - ships of almo s t every c l ass i n the 1 '1;104 ready-for the penda n t. E ver s i nce Si r Char le s appointment to the chief command of this "port 'it eV inhabitants suffered most bitterly f or th e i r f a ith T ag i. the performance - of their p rom i ses towar d s that 7,i01; He will not buy an ar ti c l e f or t h e personal eocs' im Aott', of himself and household in or near the spot wher e 0 , his flag; but ,sends his tender. to ? Jersey, Guernsro' the London markets f or p rov i s i o n s f or h i s ta bl e se ly to bliahment. This is a f ac t so g l ar i ng as searedofie insure belief, but it ne ver th e l ess is a pu bli c f ac t, the.truth of which every week; nay, almost eref.' t SI furnishes fresh illustrations of. It is said 0 1 0 0, George declared that the people of Port:4lol l th toi a el rup the day they returned him to his own seat int o , hi‘ a seat in the House Of Commons, and dearly m, f the anticipation . been. performed. The commission u to the Lily brig seems conferred as a sop in the pat ,`fie hungiy people of Portsmouth, and as if in very llt or forthe degradations heaped upon them. The 0' pears more rem ar k a bl e w h en we consider * 0 , 1 '4, not present mome n t - there is not a craft at Sp/IF'!" one in the harbour with gum' on board, exceptil•, tory with her saluti ng comp l ement, and t h e w ale ' (dismantling prior t o paying off); and not alrar,ti oo oni , in the 'port I S uc h i s t h e manner i n wh i c h is Areated by the Admiralty COt ° i" The Dwarf, steam tender to the Royal yacht' SO' mender Chamberlain, left the harbour yeste r li steamed out to Southsea Castle and back scree figare. to try her rate of speed. She went without head. - • . h 113 043 1 6° C The Lily, 16; was brought down from h e r b e uoc among the ordinary, on Tuesday, alongside yard,_for commission, by Commander C. J. •'"' (1838). The Emerald, tender, returned to-day from the o r f ei tb ° of, the wind-bound merchantmen in tlai Chops Channel. Ram or. Davonponr, Dec. - 19 .- The Actason, 26,be. 18, Acorn, 16,. Persian 16, and Ranger, 6, 13 3 /' . brought. alongside the jetty for docking, prior t°.. c o l mission by the following officers George 7 1 ;20 (1840), to the Actzeon ; Commander (I Ra e' `i), to the Saceltorse ; Comminder H. Coryton 184 to t he the Persian ; Command er J. E. Bingham (184_11,0gr• Acorn; ; Commander J. And e r son (1841), toe ' r el ore These vessels, together with the Superb , 7 A 1,400 men tofman them. . • IA forwar d The WelleMey,.72, is ordered to be.brOg as an.advance-ship. . ; yea The Savage, 10, C omman d er Bowker,•reoentilrotorf from Gibralta r, is in nonwhite dismantling: Prep to-being-piedalus,aid-off. • o da/ The D 20, Captain M'Quh ae sailed on Su -for New Zealand. The - Tartarus steam-vessel, C a pt a in Wolfe , 119 p aid e ier advance yesterd a y, an d sa iled' f or C or k, 'ld n ano surveying operati ons . 19, Pr e l' The Cruiser, .16, Commander Finshawe- 05,,,,„, 6 0der Commander. Patten ; and Espiegle, 12 , Co tt .o n . Thompson, are fitting for service on the China 4 5 041 1 , 8 The. Firebrand steam.frigate, Captain nerd+ ti fr°' Waterwitch, B i. Commander Birch, Were doCken ° - [• nesday to refit. the arrived fr y fi 'The Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, arri „as- t "' Tagus on Monday: She is ordered intnharbO r. ";jbe r *lt.ia expected she will be put out of cominissiott,'",loste crew transferred to another line-of-battle ship ; j 'A ig en , tria! sailing with therSt. Vincent, Caledoniao gl " havingpreved her to be almost useless in a 114 ,16 : burig her rolli ng propensities preventing her lower dec* . D . being of any service. • • cloake d' ° L i The Paring, 12; 'Commander Matson, Friday,.when 'the cause of her leaking was &acer b % heo arise from a plank - on the starboard side, near for Ward, hav ing split. f fsf Woox.wxca, DEC. 20.--The Rattler stesin-resssisig commissioned• last 'week by Conimarider Henry 11 0 0 (b),. and the following. appointments have bee! so made for service in that vessel :—Lieutenant Fe s o b' (1844), Lieutenant William Robertson 08401 _6i; s c ribe' sequently Lieutenant H. •D. Blanckley (1844); rh, ° 'Gres° whose appointment has been cancelled; W. IL, 1 '; to be (1844), to be master ; R. J. B... Chambers (18 4 1P i pec surgeon ; and J. I). Cronin, to .be acting assifir,.. son geon ; J. R. Tate, to be purser and parnalt`"d subsequently, Frederick Mundy, to be purser ac ea r mister, vice Tate,: whose. appointment hoe b c _lstr; celled ; Richard B r o wn , bo atsw ai n ; Robert bal"-0•1I• • M i nter; Thomas Johnson, gunner (acting); mad F' P.a . v, master's assistant. - 124 I°l l The Scourge, 'first-Class' steam-sloop, •of 1,- o boe built - at Portsmouth,- vas. brought round to I %;; ec inee' on Saturday last, and taken into the basin On _ y e bl day, to be fitted with engines of 420-hOrse po^ - Messrs. Maudslity and Field. dct ,The. Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Comu' ro an° Prettyman, left Woolwich yesterday, having coseLaata, with the Scour ge , an d t owe d a t an k -vesse l .40 CZ,4.01 Dockyard, and at, the same tithe conveyed * F7teilr boiler-mak ers t o r i vet t h e w h eels of the Jsullfi vessel. • • cie - s , The Black Eagle st eam - vesse l, Mast.. r-Corrinlinvittliii' B. Cook, returned to Wool w i c h yesterday fr01 i1 ,..00 e having land e d sa f e l y ' t h e i r Royal Highnesses g"" tr ienr and Duch ess . o f Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, sod ,,, bers of their suite. P °rsl l Lieutenants Davis' and Sprott ; 1 sergeant, 2 o f 1 drummer, and 50Lpritates of the.Woolwicb dives W the Royal Morales,. proceed to Chatham to-niort;;;er join the detachment from that division:selected vice in the Superb, -80-gim ship, commissioned I"' mouth by Captain Corry, C.D. • .i.fis/° . One corporal and 18 privates of the Woolwich a' fee - are - te - embark - at - Woolwich Dockyard to-ine•• • service is the Rattler steam-vessel. • b a ring One sergeant, 1 corp or il, an d 10 privates, t in • knowledge .of : mechanical trades, are to embar k transport-v e s se l at D ept f or d to-morrow, f or 4 5 4 where they are to be stationed. - • h en has. CHATHAM, Dec. 20.—The Pantome, 16 Wee' her masts put in place, and was commissioned.( 4 ! nesday, the 4,Bth _instant, by Commander' Sir , Nicholson. •- m - W ed °er The Co %20 uns, was commissioned on . 5 00. day, th e 18 t h instan g t, by Commander T. S. Thoht . b e The Comm, and Fantome will be taken into dock, l' f ir cleansed f rom the vegetable matter adhering to bottoms owing to their lying so long in the rive' fitting The Eagle,. 50 guns,. C apta i n G. B. M ar tin, /s tc k. for sea ; s h e i s expected to be put out of dock c °l . pfia The Queen., no guns, at Sh eernes s, after hem l 4 o off, is to be taken into dock, to undergo same alte ri F7iis The, Janu s , s t eam - vessel is i n dock ; t h e engineer , on board,..Ongaged.fitting her engines. • ( isto Lieutenant Henry Eden, wh ose com mission bes t's le; the 15th of February, .1827, is appointed to the 1 in„,. 0 and Lieuten an t T. E.. L.. Moore, whose commission date the 4th of October, 1843 , is appointed to the C app Mr. W. Baker, who was for many years clerk hr _ die d M aster - Attendant's office, in Chatham •Dockya rd t yesterday, at the adianced age of seventy-eight. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 20.-- O II° r I. 1 1 sugar :narket must st ill b e cons id ere d very dull, fwftss't though reet,sti the refi ners h ave ta k about 400 hhds. of Indi a , s i nce our last, to carry them over t h e Christ ra A s, yet the grocers are doing nothing whatever , appear to hold f a i r s t oc k s , which they find a diffica7. in sellin g , an d consequently are not disposed to inc re ld, In Ma ur i t i us and Bengals no transactions are rePo r d and the d eman d f or rum con ti nue d very dull. --- B rig Meren.