The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

C ° l , Lg.'4E AND UNIVERSITY LIFE. On Saturday r - mct will be published, post Bvo., 10s. 6d. cloth, THE Ce JLLEGIAN'S GUIDE ; or, Recollect u tations of m s '.,f College Days : setting forth the Advantages and Temp lege, r :a - a University Ed uca ti on. B y --, 31. A., - Col esserwr jbrd. --= - 1` London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. THIS EVENING will be performed Balfe's grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinaoe, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Cnisee. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, HoWell, and Miss Carson. SCENE t, An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ; "tick (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas fun for "Children all, both great and small," Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances ; I,w Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCENE 2. Coast of the island on whicliCrusoe was wrecked, with the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, W. H. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; is private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonisiwd by an unceremonious visit-from the Caribee Indians, and how he ck. , - termines in his turn to astonish them. SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matrilews; Ilankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace . :bearcr to the Right H.ll. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howe'', ; prince I arramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's ye;ung brother, and old rival, con demned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; rincess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending ierself for his brother), Mr, Johnson. How, preparations being made for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crnsoe, fired with indignation„ fires a volley— how Pariboo and Ilankipanki jump out of the fryin f -pan into the 211 re. i.e., the waken SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. Sak . Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacifle Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in 'hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longsvvallow. How Pariboo and liankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two Insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson Crlasoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— New Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over - mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost an fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box office, from ten till six. llow Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and tier little brothers—how he gives Friday Ids Brat lesson ir, " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion withir, is stenenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in short, ho-.v the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of hut, ar.xl then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly lung Wat.exman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. `SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Manufactory - ; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, le re Ire go down, down, down;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to play on itself grand discord. SCENES S and 9. Curriers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne- roe in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another— a whole skin is better than a skin in holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison; Remember the poor Debtors; Knockers ant bells versus thieves ; Somebody's , c "ning V0.,0r debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables sud uenlY tr:cried by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to 6(7.e:NE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes ; - Ladies of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling Clone tere ; Arrival Of " the trades of London, with their respective yonng ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner; Husbands go to bath; Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm, and general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house; 11 ' Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Ha-le 'min everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for Harlequin;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting Chandelier. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13, A Stone Quarry; A monster meeting, with a tail and without one ; how to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art and Cor.dmerce lend their assistance to produce SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more exiraordinary one, viz., SCENE 15, Grand emblematical and national tableau cf her lifajesty christening the Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathei s s Toni Coke ',Hr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Ph' , pion. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthori. Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia i , ennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Gracicsa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.' Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. ' To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR IN S WITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, tinm Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, • Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Eickens, Est.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Berms that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, CAr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilk in. son ; Sr Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby ,• Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chie.kenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons_ dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanoers. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, 'dr . Pitt ; Leader of the M Band, Mr. M ellon . — Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST R E ET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, Will be repeated an Engli.h Version of the celebrated Oprra Etifia, in Two Acts, called I'HE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. Ih e Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corti ; Lindor, Mr. Al:cn Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattacks ; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss Brentnall. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravag inza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. GI indoffl Mr. Compton; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Kelmar, Mr. Granby ; Riber, Mr, Corn , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. L Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradvrelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ,• Pit, 25.; Galle Is. Half- price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas 2nd One Guinea and a-Half ,• Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-HalE Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massinglizon. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. __ _ Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner. and Ke e l e y ; Mi ss W a l cot t , Mi ss A r d e Miss rove, and lklrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO M ARR Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker Mss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historic.], Romantic, Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley, PRICES OF A DMlSSlo4.—Balcony boxes, 4a.; Upper Boxes, 35 .; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Bd. Second Price—Balcony Bes, ; tipper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Kaie:any Fler (holding eight person), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Secopd Pier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private B ax es on the ;It Tier (holding six persons), One Ouirea. T :e Box-odice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at ASTLEY'S Itoii AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTI. Proprietor ar.d Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, Will he repeated a New Spe:tacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race- Hor,e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; Introducing unequalled National Fetes. Beal Fox-chase on the Stage end in the Circle by living Fo, and real Pac:: of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the uircle, and entire change in the Feats of Hors:- Inansh ip.. . To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c• Bed HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting aria stage-mmager, Mr. W D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. IC Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to a-quaint the Nobility, Gentry, and h's Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the country, and by special desire, he has formed arraneements to pre sent, during the Christmas Ho'idays, a S ries of EQUESTRI A N MORNING FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. ANCEi, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-pant Three : consisting of Batty's Solend id Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. The Next Morning Performances will take place lb-morrow, Jac I, and FrAay, Jan. 3. DAVIDGE's ROYAL SURREY I'HEATRE As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season ! A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, and Delight !!! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New!!!! THIS EVENING. DECEMBER 31, Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters bY Mr. Henry Corri (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Honner, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs, W. Daly, aed Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places arid Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE Extraordinary Success of the New Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, Wlll be produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Su - - ported by Mr. o,baldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, T. Niggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E, Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Chri, , tmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT COD (ANS ; or, The Little Old 'Wonsan and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin° ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdll, Le Vite. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot insert th;leiier;igne , l:isl;ella Lloyd," as it contains explrle statements in relation to a matter which may be again brought before a court of justice. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 46 ; Noon, 35. BAROMETER, 30.08.-WIND, N. Nor.—The figures which follow the words " 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 LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ig 4 rnirtg 44 minutes after 5 I Evening... 5 minutes after 6. 4..;6 1 9'1 I • ric,41,4 orintj'.• . 4 ,, mos DAO anin LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1844. The Caledonia, which effected her rapid passage from Boston in thirteen days, arrived, yesterday afternoon, in the Mersey, bringing, among her other important papers, including intelligence from Mexico and from Canada, the penultimate " Message " of the President, Mr. TYLER. In an early period of the month of March next the Presidential plumage of this gentleman will disappear. It is no wonder, therefore, if he ruffles it somewhat, and makes a great show, previously to " moulting." The old Roman poets had a fancy that the dying swan, prescient of her approaching dissolution, always sings her own requiem, by au instinct of anticipation. Whether a flickering President, just about to go out, can sing as harmoniously as a mori bund swan, we will not undertake to pronounce ; but if the song of the expiring bird be half as long as the " Message" of the departing Chief Magistrate, a swan must amply make up in articulo mortis for half a century of taciturn existence. We have heard, in England, of Governments, Cabinets, and Ministers being de'cribed as composed of "squeezable mate rials," which, flow little promising so ever before they are subjected to the "gentle violence" of a pertinacious badgering in Parliament, are found to yield abundantly on the application of adequate pressure. In the United States the chief officers of the Government must possess a contrasted power—that of expan sibility. It must have required a very high pressure to raise the steam from the few ideas which Mr. TYLER has collected in the shape of pabulum for the combustion of his Message to the Senate, into a volume of bulk enough to fill four columns and a half of our largest London newspapers. In point of fact, even for a document of its class, this " Message" is unusually wordy, un reasonably " lengthy." But it does touch some topics of high interest to countries on this side of the At lantic. Mr. TYLER adroitly felicitates " the Senate and the House of Representatives" on the peaceful and orderly conduct of the United States' population in the various stages of the late election of a Presi dent, throughout all the districts in which the votes of the vast Electoral College of that country were recorded. We do not detect any over zealous tendency to congratulate his fellow-citizens on the fact of not having re-elected himself; or any self-denying admissions that they have done well in choosing one more worthy than himself far his suc cessor to the great office. He expatiates on the ex cellency of a political confederacy composed of many States, each of them supreme as to the direction and arbitriment of all matters within its own peculiar jurisdiction, but entering with other States into a vo luntary compact to submit the general government of the whole to the direction of the majority of all their citizens, as the sense of that majority is to be collected from the Legislative body organised by the Federal Constitution. In a further section of his Message one perceives all the bearing of the pro minent position which the "Election" occupies in his exordium. On the subject of the foreign rela tions of the United States, he observes, in that quaint phraseology which is naturalised nowhere else, that at no former period were the apparent guarantees of peace among the various Powers " of that en lightened and important portion of the globe, Europe," more firmly established. Mr. President TYLER then directs the earnest attention of Congress to the pend ing negotiations for the occupation of the Oregon Territory, the value and importance whereof he warmly dilates upon, recurring at the same time to certain of his former messages, in which he had urgently recommended the establishment of a succes sion of military posts, to be occupied by soldiers in the United States' service, on " the long line of land travel," for the double purpose of facilitating and protecting emigration thither. This point is touched upon with some show of malicious indulgence, as if it would prove toCongresa at large a question the more agreeable in the ratio of the disapproval with which it might probably be regarded in this country. That such an idea did pass through the PRESIDENT'S mind, we may infer from the circumstance that, without having specifically noticed the fact of the proposed Oregon occupation having been already a matter of disagree ment between the United States' Government and ours, he unconsciously proceeds to notice, in the very next paragraph, " other matters in difference between" them. As to one of these, the seizure of American vessels on the coast of Africa by British cruisers, the officers of which had acted under the mistaken impression of such vessels having been en gaged in the slave trade, he is pleased to assume that former consessions of the Bri tish Government have already proved that it admits its responsibility to make good the damage occasioned by such seizures—under one of the arti cles of the Washington Treaty. With all submission, this is a little too far and too fast. We must have the argument before, and judgment pronounced by, our High Court of Admiralty on each of such cases, before we can encourage Mr. TILER to expect that sort of conclusion to these affairs which he affects to look forward to. It is also possible that these cases may become, in the ensuing session, the subject of some inquiry by the British Parliament. The tone of the other passages of this Message, except those which regard the improving condition of the public treasury, are rather lachrymose and petulant. He regrets that the running of the boun dary line between the territories of the United States and the territories of Great Britain in North America, —a work of such signal importance to both Powers— has been seriously retarded, owing to the failure of Congress to make a timely appropriation, before the conclusion of its last session, for the expenses of the United States' Commissioner. Then, the enlightened policy of the Emperor NICHOLAS in advancing Russia in her career of civilization and improvement (!) is spoken of in terms of equal panegyric with the sagacious policy of " the wise Monarch" who governs France. Belgium and Brazil are eulogised, too, for the commercial treaties into which they have respectively entered with the United States. But as to Prussia, and the commercial treaty which the American Minister had successfully ne- gotiated at Berlin with the Zollverein, on terms which would have been so essentially advantageous to the trade and manufactures of the United States ;—again the Congress had spoiled all. Their failure to take this treaty into consideration within a certain prescribed term, had carried the matter over that day, which was the utmost limit allowed for its ratification. The PRESIDENT, how ever, infers that Congress would have sanctioned it and his darling scheme of a Tariff, had they gone into the'', matter : so he has directed the negotiations to be renewed; but he speaks coldly of the chances of ultimate success. Then all the negotiations of the American Ministers severally accredited to the Go, vernments of Mexico, New Grenada, Chili, Peru, and to the Congress of Venezuela, for the satisfaction c.f claims preferred against them for compensation due to American citizens, either still hang fire, or have utterly failed hitherto. On the annexation of Texas, Mr. TYLER speaks out. There is no chance of mis taking his notions of political independence—in the weak ; of political power—in the strong. The doc trine he proclaims is of a public morality which might put 111AcutAvEL to the blush, quite as much for its wholesale treachery to the rights of nations as for its absurdity. He admits that — Mexico had for mally notified to the United States her intention of reducing Texas, as a revolted member of her empire, to its obedience, and that again and again she had pro tested against the scheme of its annexation, to the United States. He admits that not only did the A merican Executive secretly encourage that scheme, but that they negotiated a treaty foi effect ing it! And then he desires to show, first, that Mexico was not wronged by this conduct, of which he is compelled to allow the Senate and the House of Re presentatives have as yet no legal cognizance; and, - . - - secondly, that Mexico will be benefited by the dis nemberment of Texas. What would the old Flo- rentine we have named have said to reasoning like ;his : "Mexico has no right to jeopardise the peace of the world by urging any longer a useless and fruitless con test. Such a condition of things would not be tolerated on the European continent. Why should it be on this ? A war of desolation, such as is now threatened by Mexico, cannot be waged without involving our peace and tranquility. ground of displeasure against this Government or people for negotiating the treaty. What interest of hers was effected by the treaty ? She was de spoiled of nothing, since Texas was for ever lost to her. The independence of Texas was recog nised by several of - the leading powers of the earth The interests of 'Mexico, therefore, could in nothing be better consulted than in a peace with her neighbours, which would result in the establishment of a permanent boundary. Upon the ratification of the treaty, the Executive was prepared to treat with her on the most li beral basis. Hence the boundaries of Texas were left undefined by the treaty: The Executive proposed to settle these upon terms that all the world - sho - uld have pronounced just and reasonable." But the best is to come. Feeling that he had con- fessed too much, in owning that the annexation scheme was not yet sanctioned by Congress, the PRESIDENT has what we must call the assurance to say that the favourable decision of the whole American people has been abundantly manifested by the result of the late Election ! An admirable contrivance, these Elec tions, for superseding the rights of nations and the useless forms of diplomatic discussion ! But we do not imagine for a moment, that the American people are to be caught by clap-traps so palpable as this. In considering the progress of the Tractarian heresy, which just now engrosses so much of public attention, nothing is more remarkable than the gradual, stealthy manner in which it worked its way, and the tact with which it kept out of sight every dogma that might come like a shock on the un prepared mind of the community. Nothing could well be more modest, and apparently more harmless, than the pretensions of its advocates, when they first entered the field of theological controversy. Their gentle infancy gave no promise of the bigoted, un compromising manhood, that has since distinguished them. They merely wished, they said, to roue the lukewarm spirit of the Church ; to set an example of zeal to all the working clergy ; and impress on them a more earnest and active sense of their responsibility. They did not desire—not they I—to make any in sidious or dangerous innovations on Protestantism. They had no intention to do otherwise than keep strictly within the pale of orthodoxy, as determined by the usages of nearly three centuries. Nothing was further from their thoughts than the idea of giving a new interpretation to some of the more stringent Articles of the Established Faith. As for entertaining any sympathies with the Church of Rome, or regarding certain of its tenets and cere monial observances with an eye of partial fondness, they repudiated the notio❑ with indignation. To re store the Church to its state of original efficiency by fully awakening the zeal of its members, was the Alpha and the Omega of their ambition. By this jesuitical mode of proceeding—by adroitly keeping in the back-ground the real objects which they had at heart until the public mind should be prepared for their development, the Tractarians succeeded in winning over to their ranks no inconsiderable portion of the younger clergy, to say nothing of certain ecclesiastical dignitaries who saw—or imagined they saw—that their exertions had no other aim than to increase the temporal and spiritual authority of the Protestant Establishment. But gradually as they felt their way, the Tractarian heretics began to adopt a bolder course of conduct. The meekness and apostolic simplicity that had at first distinguished them slowly disappeared. They assumed a loftier— a more decided—a more imperious tone. What was at first mere zeal became downright fanaticism, as their successive Tracts abundantly manifested, each of which was of a more bigoted character than its predecessor. Still, however, they forebore from dis playing the cloven hoof, or outraging public opinion in too marked a manner; and it was not until the appearance of the furious Tract, No. 90, when they fancied that the pear was at length ripe, that they boldly threw off the mask and displayed themselves in their true colours. From that time to the present, their course has been one continuous, systematic out rage on common sense and the great principle of re ligious toleration. They have endeavoured to degrade the naked, straightforward, majestic simplicity of the Reformed Faith, by engrafting on it a variety of superstitious mummeries and showy ceremonial ob servances avowedly borrowed from Rome; and what is far worse, they have recommended the revolting practice of Auricular Confession, the worship of the Virgin and the Saints, and similar Popish usages, the attempt to enforce which cost JAMXS the SECOND the loss of three kingdoms. They no longer deem it necessary to conceal their real sentiments. Not a few of them have already gone over to the Church of Rome; and those who still keep within the pale of the Establishment, sharing in its emoluments while they disavow its tenets, several are constantly oc cupying themselves in sounding the praises of the antagonist Religion, and boldly proclaiming in their Tracts, pamphlets, sermons, and reviews, that the further we have wandered from Rome, the more have we been mistaken in our estimate of the true Faith. When these Tractarian heretics first began to awaken public attention, we thought—in common, no doubt, with the majority of our readers—that they vs ere a set of mere recluse, simple-minded, unworldly theo logians, who meant well, and whose very excess of zeal sprung out of the simplicity and integrity of their character. But we no longer entertain this favourable opinion of them. We have watched their progress, and the gradual, artful development of their intrigues, with some attention, and are at no loss to recognise in the whole course of their pro ceedings the presence of a subtle, jesuitical intellect, essentially worldly in its character, well acquainted with the springs of human action, and skilful and ready in availing themselves of some of those weak nesses to which all humanity is more or less subject. With scarcely one single exception, all the moves of the Tractarians have been made with the judgment and dexterity of accomplished chess-players. We learn from the Helvetie of the 24th inst., that the Government of Lucerne has issued a decree order ing the re-organization of the landsturm, " to protect persons and property against the attack of foreign hordes of brigands." All men able to carry arms were to be incorporated with the landsturm, and to assemble in the chief town of their respective districts at the first sound of the tocsin, and " march to destroy the invaders." Dr. STEIGER, one of the prisoners taken during the last revolt, had been permitted to visit his patients, accompanied by two gendarmes and eight soldiers. The authorities of Lucerne had seized a sum of 80,000 f. in specie, deposited by M. Juxxs SALZ MANN in the bands of a banker of that city. Colonel GUGGENBUITLER had died at Lenzbourg in the arms of his wife and sister. Confined by illness during the whole summer, he left his bed to defend the cause of liberty, and the fatigues he experienced in the out break of the Bth inst. had completely exhausted his strength. Accounts have been received by the Levant Mail from Constantinople to the 9th instant, and from Alexandria to the 7th. At Constantinople, on the 9th, one of the Sultanas was confined of a Princess, to whoin the name of MUNIRE (Brilliant) was given. The birth of the Princess MUNIRE was celebrated with public rejoicings. The postal treaty between the Pacha of EGYPT and England had not yet been arranged, but hopes were entertained that it would be speedily settled. The new dry dock at Alexandria had been opened, but its efficiency could not be judged of. The PACHA has left Alexandria for Cairo, where he will remain for some months. The Madrid papers of the 20th and 22d have been received. On the 21st, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Finance, in reply to a question of M. ORENSE, stated that if the conversion of the Five per Cents. had given rise to any stock jobbing transac tions, the Government was perfectly unconnected with them. On the same day a scene occurred in the Chamber between M. MoN and the Marquis 1 7 4- r.umA, in which the former, after making a violent ittack on the latter, was at length obliged to apolo 4se. Notwithstanding the apology, however, El Tiempo, of the 22d instant, announces that the Marquis DE VILUMA, the Duke D'ADRANTES, and M. EGUIZADAL, had resigned their functions as Members •,f the Chamber of Deputies, in consequence of some expressions used by the Minister of Finance during the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the pre ceding day. El Clamor Publico of the 22d instant states, that notwithstanding the efforts made to pre vent a Ministerial crisis, such an event is inevitable, and that -it will take place at the moment of the de hate on the Clergy Bill. It would appear, that in consequence of the resig. nation of M. DONOZO CORTES not having been ac cepted, General NARVAEZ had resigned his office of President of the Council ; but, at the request of the QUEEN-MOTHER and the members of the Cabinet, had consented to withdraw his resignation. It was generally believed that a treaty with Great Britain, for the suppression of the slave trade, would be shortly laid before the Chambers. The Paris papers of Friday and of Saturday have been received. The only business of importance transacted in the Chamber of Peers was the election of Secretaries, and the nomination of Members to draw up the address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. The Chamber. proceeded to the election of the per- manent Secretaries, and Count D'AUDIFFRET, Presi dent BOULLET, Viscount CAVAIGNAC, and Count DE COLBERT, having obtained the greatest number of votes, were declared duly elected. The Marquis DE LA PLACE, Count PORTALIS, M. MERILHOU, Baron GIROD DE LAIN, Count ROY, Count BEUGNOT, and M. BARTHE, were nominated to draw up the address. In the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, the order of the day was the election of President of the Cham ber. The number of votes was 331, giving the re quired majority at 166. M. SAUZET obtained 164 votes, M. DUPIN 95, M. 0. BARROT 63, M. DU.. PONT (de l'Eure) 3, M. de SALVANDY 3, and MM. BERRYER and HERNOUX I each. None of the candi dates having obtained a requisite number of votes, a second ballot was proceeded to, in which the number of voters was 323, and the Absolute majority 162. M. SAUZET received 177 votes, M. DUPIN 129, M. 0. BARROT 15, and MM. BERRYER and M. DUPONT (de I'Eure) 1 each. Consequently M. SAUZET was proclaimed President. The smallness of the majority by which M. SAUZET, the Ministerial candidate for the Presidency, has succeeded, is considered by the Opposition press as an indication of Ministerial weak. ness. In the organisation of the bureaux, the success of the Ministry was complete. Of the nine Presidents chosen, eight are Ministerial, and only one of the Opposition party. Of the Secretaries, six are Minis terial, and three belong to the Opposition. On Saturday the election of the four Vice- Presidents took place. The following is the result of the first ballot : Number of votes, 303—Absolute majority, 152. M. BIGNON M. DE SALVANDY M. DUFAURE M. DE BELLEYME M. BILLAULT M. LEPELLATIER D'AULNAY ll3 The first three candidates having more than an ab solute majority, were elected. A second ballot took place for the fourth Vice-President, when neither candidate having an absolute majority, the election was adjourned till Monday. Of the three chosen, two are considered Conservatives, and one is of the Opposition. THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, DEC. 28. Tint Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Frond, Five per Cents .. l2O 75 .. 120 75 .. 120 GO .. 120 60 Four-and-a-Half 113 113 .. 113 .. 113 Fours..•• ••••.•••.• 104 .. 104 .. 104 .. 104 Three per Cents.— 85 45 .. 85 50 .. 85 45 .. 85 50 New Loan B6 75 .. 86 80 -. 86 70 86 75 Bank of Franco • 3200 ..3200 ••3200 "3200 Lailltte Bank, I,ooof. Bhareslo9s ..1e96 • • 1090 .. 1090 5,000 f. Bharesso7s ..hlOO ..5075 ..5101 Belgian 8ank....•. 1841.... Belgitua Fives, 1840 • 1842 ••• • • • Threes •• •• ...... •• 79 80 .. 79 80 .. 79 80 • . 79 80 Two-and-a-Half.• .• 62 40 62 40 .. 62 30 62 30 Spanish Threes ••• 39 39 .. 381 .. 381 Active •••••• • • • • • • 361 • • 37 .. 361 • • 37 Passive .• 61 61 .. 61 • • 61 Portuguese Five per Cents • . 611 .. fili .. 61/ • • 611 Roman ••••• • • 1041 1041 .. 1041 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ..... • • ........1027 50 ..1027 50 ..1027 50 ..1027 SO Versailles,R.B. L.B.•••••• •..... 390 .. 390 .. 375 .. 381 25 Rouen•••••••• •• ••••••••••1060 . 1061 25 ..1060 ..1060 .; 822 50 .. 825 Rotten to Havre•• • • • • •• •• 822 50 825 Orleans . . .....1140 ..1143 75 ..1140 ..1143 75 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 310 .. 310 . 308 75 .. 308 75 Avignon to Marseilles-- 932 50 .. 935 .. 932 50 .. 93.5 :RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT. JAN. 3. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8...... ..... 495 .. 500 .. 493 .. 500 L.B. .. 390 .. 390 .. 375 .. 380 Rouen ..1065 .-1065 .dO6O ..1061 25 Rouen to Havre ~. 822 50 .. 825 .. 822 50 .. 825 Orleans ...... Strasburg to Bale . 310 .. 310 .. 307 50 .. 308 75 Avignon to Marseilles-- 932 50 .. 935 . 932 SO 935 THE Foc.—On Sunday morning, a few minutes be fore 12 o'clock. the metropolis and its environs were visited with so dense a fog that, though mid-day, it had the appearance of night. At many of the churches and chapels it was necessary to have the lamps lighted to enable the clergymen to proceed with the seem, The steamers and other vessels proceeding up and down the river dropped their anchors, it being totally impossi ble to discern objects ten yards distant. About two o'clock the wind shifted, when rain commenced, and the fog dis persed. THE OFFERTORY AT HURST.—We are authorized to state, that the steps taken by Mr. Cameron " in giving up the use of the proper concluding portion of the morning service, has, though not directed by the Bishop, since received his Lordship's full sanction and approval, in consideration of the extreme evils to be apprehended in the parish if another course were persisted is."-- Berkshire Chronicle. PIGEON FLYING MATCH BY NIGHT.—On Monday night last the following unusual and extraordinary pigeon flying match came off between two gentlemen for the purpose of deciding a wager :—lt appears that some doubt existed as to the power of the pigeon travelling through the air by night, consequently the above match arose to test the fact. The night was somewhat cloudy, but, notwithstanding, the match took place, attended by a vast crowd of persons who had been attracted to the spot. The bird was to fly a mile between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock at night. The pigeon having been marked in the usual way, si as tossed at the door of the George public- house, Gravel-lane, Southwark, where the match was made, but was soon out of sight, reaching its home in a few seconds in apparent ease. The bird passed through the bolting wire of the trap into the pigeon -loft, where it was secured by the owner, who pro duced the bird at the house where the match was made under ten minutes, to the great astonishment of a large assemblage of pigeon fanciers and others. The pigeon alluded to is the property of Mr. T. Braddock, of Win chester-place, Southwarh. The same bird has flown from Windsor Hampton Court, Gravesend, and many of the principrl race-courses in England in extraordinary quick time. REFUSAL OF A CHURCH-RATE AT HELSTON.—On Friday last, a meeting took place at Helston for the purpose of making a church-rate, when a rate of a penny in the pound was proposed and seconded ; after which an adjournment for six months was carried by a large ma jority.— West Briton. OPENING OF THE EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, AND AIRDRIE RAILWAY.—This spirited undertaking, which makes a direct communication between the town of Airdrie and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Kirkintilloch, was opened by the Directors, on an experi mental trip, on Wednesday last. The twain left Airdrie at half-past twelve o'clock, and arrived at the terminus in Queen-street, Glasgow, exactly at a quarter past one, thus performing the trip in three-quarters of an hour. It is expected that this railway will be a great advantage to the inhabitants of Airdrie. The Directors of the Railway very handsomely invited the magistrates and council of Airdrie to accompany them on their experi mental trip, and to lunch with them at the Glasgow terminus. The railway was opened to the public on Thursday last.—Glaseow Saturday Post. The wcrks of the Lewes and Hastings Railway are advancing very rapidly ; and greater progress has been made in them than, we believ e , is generally thought. Although only commenced a few weeks ago, above a mile is completed, and temporary rails laid down, between Brighton and Falmer, and a much greater distance is nearly finished. On going over the works, we were surprised to find deep cuttings and high embankments made where but now the only indica tion of a rail way was a flag-staff. At Falmer, where the largest tunnel—half a mile —occurs, the main shaft is nearly bricked ; the bore is being made in both , directions from the shaft, and will be met by the opera , tions from each extremity —so that four movements are proceeding in the process of disembowelling the earth and letting daylight into it. On the Brighton side, about one hundred yards of tunnelling have been per formed ; and the whole work is expected to be finished by this time next year. As yet everything has pro ceeded smoothly and rapidly, under the direction of the contractor, Mr. Withes, and of the engineer of the line, G. Meredith, Esq. The soil (chalk) is admirably adapted for works of this kind, and not a single accident has occurred.—Brighton Herald. INIQUITOUS INJUSTICE OF THE INCOME-TAX.---FOF example :-3001. per annum arising from capital invested in the Three per Cents., is at the present moment worth 10,0001. The income of a clerk is unsaleable ; it depends upon personal services, for w hi c h h e m ay be incapaci tated at any moment ; and if he die, his family are beggars. Yet the clerk is called upon to contribute the same amount to the revenue as a rich man with 10,0001. in the funds ! A system of fiscal policy more cruelly unjust it would be difficult to conceive, one in which the injustice is more clear and self-apparent ; but the majority of the House of Commons, when the ta x was thus unequally impos e d, s h u t their eyes to its iniquity ; and they will do so again, if the public let them. The principle is the same, if we compare the case of a tradesman with an income of 1,0001. derived from the profits of his business and a nobleman of 1,0001. per annum derived from landed estates. The value of the latter at only twenty-five years' purchase is 25,0001.; the good-will of a business, dependent upon the innumerable accidents of trade, will rarely sell for more than five years' purchase. The relative position, therefore, of the tradesman and the no bl eman , i n t h e case supposed, is as one to five, and the operation of the present income-tax is as five to one in favour of the nobleman. At the end of three years, each will have paid 90/. to the revenue— the one out of a property worth 5,0001. at the time the tax was imposed, the other out of a property worth 25,0001. at the same period.—Westminster Review. Fritz IN GORBALS.—Between six and seven o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the cotton factory of Messrs. M'Aslan, in Muirhead.street, Gorbals, shortly after the work had been set on, which for a time threat ened not only the destruction of the entire building, but the loss of a number of lives. It originated in the pick ing -room, and speedily enveloped the whole of the lower flat. By the timely arrival of the Gorbals fire-engines, its farther progress was checked, and the upper flats of the building saved ; a considerable amount of property, however, was destroyed. When the fire was first ob served, the workers in the lower flat made their escape as quickly as possibly ; but those in the other parts of the building, espe c i a ll y in the upper flat, got through the smoke with difficulty. We are happy to say that no person was injured, and that the flames were coini.!; , tel3r got under by nine o'clock. The West of England en gine, we may remark, was in attendance, as well as the Gorbals brigade.--Glasgow Saturday Post. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. There was no improvement in the English Market, Consols closing at 100* ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 103.1 i ; Reduced Three per Cents. at 1001 ; and Exchequer Bills at 625. to 645. premium. The Spanish Market, however, rallied, the Five per Cents. being 27i i ; and the Three per Cents., 38* 4. Mexican continued flat at 35* I. Portuguese Converted were 604 ; and Colombian, 14i. Dutch Four per Cents. were 978 to 8. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester, 13 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, II to -1 ; Chester and Holyhead, Eastern Union, 4 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 118 ; Hull and Selby, 20 ; South-Western, New, 8 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 23 ; North Kent, I ; Norwich and Brandon, sj; Rugby, 8 ; South Eastern, 71 ; West Cornwall, ; S-lby Extension, 12 ; Lyons and Avignon, ; and Orleans and Bordeaux, 51 premium. Birmingham and Gloucester were par to premium. Eastern Counties, 9i ; West London, Old Shares, 15 ; and Strasbourg and Bale, 11 to 1 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 68 p:emium. (Frot. - The Sun of Last Night.) There was a steady demand for Coins; at Liverpeol on Saturday, and prices were firm, but not higher. Sales, 7,000 bales, including 2,000 bales on specu!ation. In general, the Message of the President of the United States on the opening of Congress, is held to he satis factory ; but there is one point upon which it is deemed to be not favourable to the claimants upon the repu diating States. Not a word is, in fact, said upon the dishonesty of the repudiating States—not a word of admonition to them to pursue in future a more honest course, by which the honour of the whole Union would be relieved from the stain that has been cast upon it. In the Message there is a paragraph which ought to tell on our Prime Minister. The American President thinks, and with truth too, that the reduction of taxation ought to be the main point to be considered when there is a surplus revenue. On this side of the Atlantic there are thou sands of persona who think that it would be better to reduce direct taxation, rather than by laying out any of the surplus receipts of the kingdom over expenditure, in taking out of circulation driblets of the National Debt. Sir Robert Peel should look to this subject. If carried out to the full extent possible, it will give satisfaction to the " millions." The speech of Sir Charles Metcalfe on the open ing of the Session of the United Colonial Le gislature has been well spoken of in the course of trade this morning. The election of Sir A. M'Nab to the Speakership is considered a favourable feature, as it is thought to demonstrate that there will be less of party spirit in the discussions that were to come on in the Le gislature. The weather was rather mild than otherwise. The navigation of the lakes and portions of the St. Law rence was partially closed. Information has been communicated to us this morn ing corroboratory of the advantages of the fruit trade taking Southampton as their point of arrival and depar ture. The Elenor sailed for Fayal on the 24th Novem ber; reached there, took in her cargo, and returned on the 28th December. The Styx steamer departed from Southampton for the same port, and reached Southamp ton yesterday with a full cargo. The market for the public securities has been some what heavy to-day, a few speculative sales of Consols having been made. The price for the Account has receded from 1001 to look ; the Reduced Three per Cents. from 1004 to 1001; and the New Three-and -a-Quarter per Cents. from 1038 to 1031 Among the speculators on the Stock Exchange the President's Message caused little remark. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is steady at 625.; Bank Stock for the Account is at 211. In anticipation of the, settlement in the Foreign. Market, which is fixed for to-morrow, there has been a very good amount of business transacted to-day. Mexican Bonds have fallen from 364, the last price of Saturday, to 35e Portuguese Converted have declined to 60, but are now 4 per cent. better. Spanish Consols ar down to 27 ; and the Three per Cents, to 37k. Dutch, Brazilian, and Chilian are rather lower also. The Shares of the thief Railway Companies are on the rise. London and Birmingham have been sold at 129 premium ; the Birmingham and Gloucester at 1 dis count ; the Bristol and Gloucester at 1191 to 14 premium; and the Great Western to 76 premium. There were no quotations fur Banking Shares this morning. PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2104 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 34 per Cent Annuties Consols for Opening Bank Stock for Account. India Stock 2874 Exchequer Bills. lid. 14d. 1,0001. 500/. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... — pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 35444 Ditto for the Account ... 36 354 Ditto Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 291 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B6 Ditto Converted 6Ol Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 274 27 Ditto Passive Bonds 634 Ditto 3 per Cent 3B 37/ Dutch 24 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent 99 PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 - Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian 5 444 to Chumet Valley Dublin and Belfast Junction 24 ... ~. 44 - Eastern Counties - Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Great Western London and Birmingham ...100 2264 to 229 London and Blackwell London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 514/ to London and South Western.. 411 ...... - Ditto New — London and Croydon London and Y0rk........ 24 .. Manchester and Leeds 7O 1214 Ditto 4 Shares Midland 100 Birmingham and Derby lOO B5 to Newcastle and Berwick South-Eastern and Dover... 334 Yarmouth and Norwich ..... 20 York and North Midland... 50 lO 3 Ditto Scarboro' Branch lO 314 Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 674 Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons - to DUTCH FUNDS.—Ammaeam, Dec. 27. Money. 8111 s. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent..................... 64 $4% Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent N. 7B 79 Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent. Data. aitto 5 per cent. A nun t Syndic, 4% per cent 19% Ino Pato, ditto, 3% per cent ......... Commercial Company. 41i per cent ..... 147% 148% Loan 1837, 4% per cent. ..... Exchange on London, Onemonth Two months l2 15 At sight. l2 20 Dutch Papers, Dec. 28 BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussime. Dec. 27. Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., ....... ....... .. ....... ....... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .. . . .... ............. . Lean of Thirty Millions, Feur per Cent 99% Three per Cent........... ---- Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ... ......... .... 78 ( 1 840).......... ..... 103% Loan of City, 1843, Four per Fent...... .......... ...... 103 7 1832 ............ . .......... . ..... ..... -- Society of Cornerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belpum, Five per Cent. 5B Issue of _B rume ", * Papers. Dec. 287 HAMBUEGH BORSENHALLE, Dec. 20. Sills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ................... .............. 113 Bank Shares ..... ... Anglo-Russian Lean ........ ..... ..... Russian 5 per Cent., lit series, Certifirate....,, 105 1 10 5 % Inscription, let series Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series ..... .. ....... —...... ........ .................. 90% Ditto in Certificates ......... ....... .. .• _... 99% New 4 per Cent. (1810). ... ....... ....... ........... 91% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% . per Cent ..... .......... 63% 63 Ditto 5 per Cent, _ Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 87% lag Spanish. New 5 per Cents. Polish Bonds ••..... ....... .... New Tickets Exchange on London. Hasaburgh, One month — Two m0nth5,...,.,,, 13 8 CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock IsT 3 e p w er 3 C i e p n e t r . C R e e n d t uc . e . d . .......... ... 110301 Bank Stock for Account Consols Indian Stock 2B7i Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., lid. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Columbian Bonds 6 aer Cent l4i Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 3 per Cent. 3B} Dutch, 2i per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent 9Bi SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 6B Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, li paid . 2 Chester and Holyhead, 5 p a id 5 Eastern Counties, 25 paid. 151 Eastern Union, 10 paid..... lOl Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid 6li Hull and Selby, 50 paid London and South Western, 41i paid — Ditto New Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid North Kent, 2i paid ... Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid l 3* Rugby, 1 paid li South Eastern and Dover, 33i paid 4oi West London, Old Shares, 20 paid , 5 West Cornwall, li paid York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid 314 Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid Ditto Extension l2 Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 paid 7l Strasbourg and Bale, 14 paid The Earl of Cardigan has given away seven oxen this season to the necessitous in the vill.iges of Deene, Deonethorpe, Wasbthorp, Stangon and Corby. The Countess has also made a liberal distribution of warm clothing and other necessaries to the _poor of the district origrounding his Lordship's estate in Northamptonshire. CHRISTMAS SON G of the POOR MAN BY ELIZA COOK. (From the Dispatch.) " A merry Christmas, Gentlemen," 'Tis thus the ancient ditty runs, But minstrels chime no hailing rhyme, For Poverty's low, haggard sons. A merry Christmas to ye all, Who sit beneath the green-twin'A roof, To mark how fast the snow flakes fall, Or listen to the ringing hoof. A pleasant tune the north wind hums, When that's without, and ye within; But like a serpent's fang it comes Upon the poor man's naked skin. A merry Christmas to ye all, Who fold warm robes o'er limb and brass', Who sleep enclosed by cur tain'd wall, With blankets on your couch of rest. But I—the poor man—what shall be The merry Christmas tide to me? I've seen men hew the log trunk through, I've seen them hear the holly by. To pile upon the sparkling hearth, And graeo the ox smoki , i; high. The oak-r,,,i is a mighty thing, And beauteous the brrry red, Bat ttollmv is the joy tiny bring, To eyes that dimly look for bread. The poor man's fire!--pshsw! how should he Feel such a strange. luxurious want? The poor man's meal I—..h, let it be Some scrap, utigarnish'd, cold and scant. " A merry Christmas, Gentlemen," 'Tis thus the ancient ditty runs; But nought we hear of welcome cheer, For Poverty's low, haggard sons, Nor malt, nor meat, nor fruit, nor wine, Oh, a merry Christmas will be mine. A rapid ding-dong swelleth round, The giant steeples shake with glee, And mistletoe is gaily bound With branches from the laurel tree. The midnight gloom is deep—but, hark! The tones of kindly custom flow, Sweet music cometh in the dark, With voices greeting, as they go, " A merry Christmas, Gentlemen." Aye, great ones, it is all your own, The hour is sung, the harp is strung, Where Plenty flings her treasures down: What has the poor man got to do With bells and bay-wreaths, songs and mirth? Let me creep on with Misery's crew, 'Twixt piercing sky and frozen earth; Nor malt, nor meat, nor fruit, nor wine, Oh, a merry Christmas tide is mine. The rich man's boy laughs loud to find Thick ice upon the streamlet's tide; His round cheeks freshen in the wind, His warm feet bound along the slide. But little loves the poor man's heir Upon the stagnant rill to look; He crouches from the biting air, His thin blood curdles with the brook. The well-born daughter smiles to think How gay the lighted room will seem • When friends shall meet to dance and drink, And all be glad as fairy dream. The poor man's girl shall only care To hug her tatter'd garment tight, To wring the hoar frost from her hair, And pray that sleep may come with night. Pale children of a pauper slave, Rare Christmas gambols ye will have. " A merry Christmas, Gentlemen," Fill, fill your glasses high and fast; The north wind's shriek is fiercely bleak, What matter! let it rattle past. " A merry Christmas, Gentlemen," Feast on and chaunt a hlythesome strain, The cutting chill grows bleaker still, What matter! till the glass again, Stir up the blaze—rejoice and feed, Shout and be happy as ye can, — My groan arrests ye! take no heed, 'Tis but a hungry fellow-man." " A merry Christmas, Gentlemen," 'Tis thus the ancient ditty runs, No tongue shall sing, no bells shall ring, For Poverty's low, haggard sons; Nor malt, nor meat, nor fruit, nor wine, Oh, a merry Christmas tide is mine! LLO 1 - I)'S SHIPPIN LONDoN, Dwc. 30. —Wind Northerly, moderate breeze, and cloudy. FOLEY, DEC. 27. ---The Fair Maid of Perth, from London to the North, came ashore near here this morn ing, but got off again without damage. GALWAY, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Superb, Liverpool, much strained, and with loss of bulwarks, &c. Orr FRASERBERG, DEC. 22.—Waterwitch, St. John's, New Brunswick. DEAL, I )Ec. 28.—W in d S. S. W., light.—Arrd. Bland, Callan, Calcutta ; Camillus, Mules, Demerara ; Riga, New Orleans ; Britannia, Quebec ; Mary Bannatyne, China; Zuid Holland, Lendman, Batavia for Rotterdam; Royal Sovereign, Freers, Coquimbo ; Arcadia, Hood, Quenec for Hull ; Bumhopeside, Roby, ditto. 10 P.M., thick fog_. OFF PORTLAND, DEC. 26.—Constantine, New Or leans for Havre. PORTSMOITTII, DEC. 28 AND 29.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Hamlet, Fergus, Trinidad. CLYDE, DEC. 27.—Arrd. Acadian, Auld. Charleston; Gaitsherrie, Houston, Quebec. 26. Sld. Catherine Isa bella, Madeira and Cape of Good Hope. 27. Clydesdale, Trinidad. LOCHINDAL, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Londonderry, Hattrick, St. John's, New Brunswick. COULTORSAY, DEC. 24.—Fragments of wreck are coming ashore in different parts of the island, supposed from some vessel lost on the coast. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 22.—The Affiance, Spencer, from London to Shields (reported as a brig belonging to Cowes), ran on the rocks off Flamborough Head, but was assisted off the following tide, arter throwing part of her cargo overboard, and proceeded without apparent da mage. WATERFORD, DEC. 27.—Sid. Ann Kenny, Charleston. CORE, DEC. 26.—Arrd. Hope, Carver, Ichaboe; Ca lista, Meyer, Honduras; Velocity, M`Grath, St. John's, New Brunswick, with loss of sails, &c. 27. Ben Brace, Park Colony, Jainaison, Ferris, Butterfield, and Albion, Martin, Ichaboe. Sid. Perseverance, St. John's, New Brunswick. CROOKRAVEN, DEC. 25.—Arrd. Lacy Ann, Tripp, Ichaboe (Oct. 14), crew sick, pumps choked, and part of the cargo thrown overboard. BELFAST. DEC. 27.—Arrd. Constitution, Miramichi. WEXFORD, DEC. 28.—The Jaeger, Redington, which went ashore to the north of this place, is expected to go to pieces every tide, the weather being very bad-306 bales and cases discharged. LIVERPOOL. DEC. 28.—The Thomas H. Perkins, from New Orleans, ashore on Burbo yesterday, has been got off, and in here, leaky ; the Independence nd Southerner, both for New York, are putting back, leaky. Arrd. Gemini, Calcutta; Edward Harewood, Madras; Diamond, Smith, Valparaiso; Hudson, Page, Savannah; Pursuit, Miramichi ; Asenath, Rockshire, and Royal William, Quebec. 29. Nancy, Quebec. 27. Sld. Eliza beth, New Orleans; Idare, Belize. 28. Emily, Africa; Asia, Maranham ; Stephen, Cuba; Sir Henry Pottinger, Charleston ; Virginian, New York. 29. Cambridge, Charleston. Off, Leghalem, China; Catharine, Ichaboe; Susan (supp.`, Ichaboe; Ambassador, MONTROSE. DEC. 25.—Sid. North Esk, Ichaboe. SCARBOROUGH, i)EC. 28.—Arrd. Palemon, London, with stern-post and rudder damaged, having been ashore at Filey; Reaper, Cockenzie, for Lynn, with part of cargo thrown overboard, having been ashore to the North of Filey Brig. Hinz, l)Ec. 28 —Arrd. Trident, Smit, St. Thomas for Ham burgh ; Huntf.r, St. John's, New Bruns•vick ; Theodore, Cole, Quebec. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Mary Bannatyne, Picken, from China, in the Downs, sailed July 9, St. Helena Nov. 10 ; Earl o f Flarewood, Atkin, from Madras, at Liverpool, sailed Sept. 2 ; Maggie, Spence. from Mauritius, at Cowes, sailed Sept. 18, St. Helena Oct. 26 ; Eclipse, Smith, from Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed Sept. 30, St. Helena Nov. 9 ; Saghalien, Brown, from China, off Liverpool. sailed Aug. 3 ; Diadem, Harland, from Bengal, off Portland, sailed July 17, Mauritius Sept. 14, St. Helena Oct. 24 ; Sons of Commerce, Williams, from Singapore, off Fal mouth, sailed Aug. 5 ; Vindicator, Robinson, from Ma nilla, in the St. Katharine's Dock, sailed July 15, St. Helena Oct. 29. Arrivals at St. Helena—Gem, Nov. 6, and Sarah, Fleming, from West Coast of AfriCa ; Mary and Hille gonda, 7th, from Batavia ; Euclii, Bth, from coast of Africa ; Favourite, from Batavia ; H.M.S. Ringdove, from Benguela ; Batavia, from Batavia ; Eclipse, from Mauritius ; Henrietta, 9th, from Calcutta; Elizabeth and Ocean, from Ichaboe. Arrivals at Ichaboe—New Forest, from London, and was loading. Arrival at Pernambuco—Clifton, Cox, Nov. 12, from Bristol, and sailed, 13th, to Calcutta. Earl Fitzwilliam dispensed bk usual bounty among the workpeople on the Wentworth estate on St. Thomas's day. Tee number of persons who received his Lordship's bounty amounted to 1,030, and the quan tity of beef distributed amounted to 503 stone. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland, previous to her departure from Newton House for Raby Castle, dis tributed a liberal supply of beef, clothing, blankets, coal, and money to all the poor inhabitants of the villages of Exelby, Leeming, and Newton. TRAGICAL EVENTS AT YORK.—Considerable ex citement has been occasioned in York by the awful deaths of two persons of the name of Coultate, a mother and her son. The son was a young man, in the situa- Von of a groom, and it was suspected th4t he had been poisoned by a person of the name of Emmerson, who was supposed to have mixed a large quantity of laudanum with his ale, in a low public-house in Walmgate. From the evidence of the medical men, however, it appeared that the deceased had di e d f rom th e effects of a severe injury on the head, which might have been of two or three days standing, and no trace of laudanum was dis covered in his stomach. The same night that the de- I 110 to ceased was taken home, the mother, who was 70 years I Th e D u k e o f B eau f ort i s, we are happy der of age, was so much sh oc k e d by the death of her son. gra d ua l ly recovering from the attac k o f gout tal from poison, ar 4'ho upposcd, that iu about an hour fr4.):a which his Grace his been suffering during the Pr o , that tine, She herHeff expired. The jury returned a w ee k. Th e N o bl e D u k e st ill rrtnairfs at , 11 " 12)P a verdict that she had " Died from excessive grief, and Court but we believe tte fitfully will leave that pr, the shock occasioned by the melancholy death of her son, f or B a d m i nton in the event o f his Grace's health P er John Coultate.—.Leeds Timer. milting it. ROYAL MARINES. Second Lieutenant E. A. Wylde, to be first, lice ' T L. Braimer, to half pay. - - COAST GUARD- Lieut. W. Coles (1838), to command a stat ion ; 13 T. B. Glover, removed from Sutton to Saltfieet stailoot vice Brouncker, R.N., to Staiths. Eos( Uor kilo fran OeN the the to al to a Spai Rua] tuldi too( ar e 4 ,00 uoui L Vic] Orel *eel T (1., 3 btu the NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. I MALTA, DFc. 18.—The French steamer from t he Levant, due here on the 14th instant, has not yet n3eu e her appearance. The mails will be closed this e vening 1 for the continent by the Pericles, which will leave t° - morrow morning. having waited the prescribed time. The European mail by the French steamer, via lqaPl eg ' &c., from Marseilles, due yest e rd a y, has also be ep ' delayed. The Neapolitan mail of the 12th did not come in, t hi d 3 i Mongibello having fouled a vessel from the Levant, an is ordered to perform a long quarantine at Oita Vecchia. The Alecto, with the India mails, duly arrived hereon the 15th. She bad a very rough passage • b u t the re port of her being d amage d was un t rue . 'The Oriente,' put to sea on that night. A court-martial sit on the 9th and 10th inst., on ho sr i d : of her Majesty's ship Formid a bl e , to try James Nie l° son, boatswain of the Snake, on charges of quarrelling and fighting. Sir Lucius Curtis presided, with CePta ins Rich, of the Formidable, and Lie) d C. Paget, o f th e Aigle ; Commanders Carpent e r, o f th e G e y se r, and Ca th e the non, of the Orestes, as member s . M r . Milner. 0. Geyser, ooffioiat , • d as Judge- Advocate. This t 'ewe woe ordered by the Baird of Admira lt y on application from a Mr. Streathfield, father of ss n "e whe was formerly a midshipman or Loatil. r ' feclewing, are the facts of the ease whi c h may be re lied 1111 : Some months age Mr. Nichol, on being unwell, fir into the cabin of the surgeon of the ship some medmine. Finding him labouring under iw ia serious indisposition, the surgeon asked him e " take a glass," whi c h he acc e pt e d. Mr. Smith field was pres e nt, and made s om e very fil:le''' . went remarks as to the right that Nicholson had to be, in the cabin ; replies w, re given and a wordy ensued, Nicholson winding up by saying to Streathfie. „ "Your father's a soldier, but you're six feet of bad staff. The next morning Streathfield, smarting under the ill• salt he had received, and which he had brought on WS self, told the prisoner he had in s ulted him and want al< to fight. Prisoner refusing him, the midshipman grin' him several times, whereupon a fight ensued. On i7 it coming to the ears of the officer on duty he waa,F b, under arrest, and a court of inquiry was held, whit though it exonerated the prisoner from the blame ofeo' mencing the quarrel, resulted in his being sent out ofw ship and in the middy leaving the service. The case having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced to be severely reprimanded, and to be P ut at the bottom of the list for twelve menthe. A ,, c t Excellent testimonials of character and good oon" - i ls were produced, and Capt. Devereux, of the Snaket ser giving evidence, said, " I never had a better clan tat e , my command, and nothing would g i ve m e more plettelo than to have him on board again." Her. Majesty's steamer Heels returned to port en ti le :, Ilth inst. She did not bring Lady Hardinge, fc r ,t e s t Ladyship having been on board, suffered so severely she pit back, and defers her departure till another sion. The Hecla left us yesterday for Alexandria, h 8 1 of on board Mr. Hardinge, son of the Governor-Gen Ors India, and some other passengers. The Formidable arrived here on the 7th instant. f oc i a °Pl Naples, whither she had been sent with the 1, ... 30 steamer, in compliment to his Royal Highness the V" d'Aumale, on his recent marriage. whic h A mnst extraordinary circumstance occurred wee e e iso created much surprise and disappoi n t men t on board r . Duke had sent invitations to the Captain of the ,4 midable and his officers f o r th e we ddi ng c eremony , ar iv , seats were reserved. The captain did not give t he oip vitations, and, consequently, not an officer of tbe eis t walpresent. Those of the Heels attended. An n o s inquiry took pl ace th roug h our A m b assa d o r, wad " t he all I can learn, the only explanation was, that bes so . captain, had forgotten th e m. Th e French AD" 00 sador gave a splendid ball, and every offieer. te j board, including even the midshipmen, was in / s l i e r personally and separat e ly, a thi ng , perhaps, pee d he a rd o f. N o thi ng cou ld equa l t h e a ttention Fa te by the Neapolitans to the British. The navy of ee . former gave a splendid dinner to the officers of the limo ship, which was prepared by the King's cooks, on. oo , service of gold sent from the pal ace for the ocel‘a . ,, n l . The English officers re•urned the compliment. Du` — te the stay of the For m id a bl e th e T on d o was opeev",„4, them, San Carlo for two nights. and every public Pr t i s j ) Carriages a lso w e r e a t th eir comman d, a nd the 13 % ia0 uniform was a passport to every kindness and att er " that could be shown. 114 Her Majesty's ship the Tyne ; from Beyrout, here on the 4th inst., and is now performing queran-co The French steamer the Rainier left port on the 1" inst. for Toulon ; she did not carry a mail. i sle i sle i , The Acheron left pert on the same day for the lon • n . On the 16th th e S n ak e l e ft t h e harbour fur T o Caeliari, and Genoa, taking mails. of The Ariadne ya c ht r e t ur n e d to p o rt o n the evening As the 14th. an d h av i ng re p nted that she had tallen in vo.7t: a Greek b r i g , w i t h l oss o f ru dd er , t h e Admiral sent 57, the Acheron to look for her and tow her in, whi ch accomplished. The vessel was called Aglaia. The barque Sus a n has put back from her P as s D to Alexandria, a t a di s t a nce of 250 miles frn ui sst • the She sprang a le a k a nd made so much water t",:down pumps w ou ld no t k ee p h er c lear. On being bo o e d fi s h, she was di sc o vere d t o h ave b ee n pierced by a swor .ider a portion of whose spear was taken' ut by a ship'hul of this place, 9 fo r Her Majesty's steamer Volcano, with dispatch e the Admiral, arrived here yesterday from Englod dispatche s Gibraltar. The Sydenham has returned from Athens and : is Pe r forming quarantine. The Medea is ordered home from Corfu. The Geyser will be reported ready fur sea on the l ' st of January. In Port.—French—Steamers Perieles and Mentor, he° under orders for sea. English—The Formidable, the Ceylon , ship the Orestes, the Tyne, and the Beacon surveY i d i li s eto Steamers—Geyser, Sydenham, Volcano, 1 03 Scotia, trading steamer. Gibraltar, On Foreign Service—Bonetta, surve ying • ee d e e ; Scout and Flamer ; Pirmus, Belvidera ; Smyrna, Warspite ; Constantinople, Devastation. . real' En route to diff eren t P or t s —P o lyph e mus, to Gib ; tar ; Hecla, to Al exan d r i a ; Vi rago , t o Constantin o p k Snake, to Tunis, Cagliari, and Genoa. . beets The Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay, hall -„s. her docked and had her copper cleaned, embarked marines on Tuesday. The Seagull, 6, is ordered to be fitted for Pn elCe service, tennis In Harb our —Th e C a l e d on i a , S ar i Josef, A'". o , Superb, A ctaeon , Fi re b ran d, R ace h orse , Acorn, re F ly ., Cruiser, Ranger, Daring, Espiegle, Mutine, OspreY , eloo e ing Fish, Waterwitch, ...Pantaloon, Sylph, Snipe, s t, fiance, Ad ven t ure t rans p or t, an d R oc hester, C ila3- Devon, Tortoise, and Hamoaze lighters. In the Sound—The Dordrecht, Dutch Store -Sbir! wind bound. PROMOTIONS. e Lieutenant—J. V. Williams (1840), late first of til Nimrod, to the rank of Commander. Mates —J. F. Tottenham, for gallant conduct ; W. Amphlett. of the Excellent, to the rank of Lieutelp. Second M as t ers —lt. S. R un dl e (1837), J. L. 1, of ki nson (1842), J. E. Petley (1839), to the ra n ' Masters. Clerks —F. Gransmore (1839) and W. P. O'Br ieli (1829), to the rank of Paymaster and Purser. APPOINTMENTS. Vice -Admirals Sir Francis W. Austen, . (1838), to th o chief command on the West Ind' 11-`lalle;., North American station, vice Sir Charles Adam, IL 9 . his period o f serv i ce exp i re d ; Si r F ranc i s will hoist sir flag (white at the fore) on board the Vindictive, 5 0 ' f j,e William Parker, G.C.8., to the chief command in fitlo Mediterranean, vice Sir E. W. C. R. Owen; Sir he will hoist his flag (blue at the fore) on boar d Monarch, 84. Commanders—W. F. Austen, to the Vindictive' Simpso n (1840), to the Rolla. Lieutenants—H. Eden, 1837, from the Eagle to mand the Locust ; W. F. B irnett, 1838, to the Ear vice Rio) ; L. P. Bartell, 1840, to the Amazon ; f BraDeh : utu i 11. M. I')lden, to the Lily ; L. B. Mtlei‘ii, non, 1842. t o t h e S uper b ; W. J. A. H eat h, additierjcb to the ; C. M'Kenzle, 1799, to t_ireenn o , Hospital ; W. Amohlc tt. to the Actaeon ; C. J. W 11 " - ,si to the Ex ce ll en t ; H. A us t en (t o i e fl ag to V ice - Aoe'j, Sir F. W. Austen, his father), to the Vindicti ve ' 0, Stephen, 1815. reappointed to the Raven cutter Morris, 1823, re-appointed to the Skylark ; Cooper, 1841, to the Flying Fish. AO; Masters—G. M o or e , 1844, to the Daring, vice St . - - f. J. 1 1 , berts, 1813, additional, to the Royal S o v e reige; the A. Nibl et t, 1 842, to t h e Fantome_; R. S. Rundle O f Comas; J. L. Wilki nson , to th e D ev ast a tion ; and ' d' Petley, to the Styx. R D. Surgeons —J. Vaughan, 1841, to the Fantome; ' 0; Mason, t o the Actaeon ; W. H. Baynes, to the Persia 1, J. Steill, to the Lily ; J. Atchison, to the Ranger ; B. Chambers, to the Rattler , H. H. Hammond, to Racehorse. Paymasters and Pursers—J. Marten, to the Cool:, J. W. Madd oc k, t o th e P ers i an ; F . Mundy, to Rattler, vice Tait ; C. J. J. Brown, to the Ranger; Ricketts, to the Waterwitch. Assistant-Surgeons —C. Tait, 1837, James Efellf . : and C. Crandell, to the Superb ; W. WDermott, 0 0 ; 1840, to the Actaeon ;J. Acton, to the Persian ; 1 7 , land, to the Racehorse • J. Irwin, to the Lily ; Cook, to th e Ocean ; Hayward, to the Locust ; 0 * ov , Anderso n (acting), to the Persian ; G. G Si ra P s t he (acting), to the Fantome '• P. Wolridge (acting) , t ° ; Cruizer, vi ce T a it ; J. Wade (b), to Hasler Hospltto J. D. Cronnin, to the Rattler; C. G. A. M'Culloch, t ° Acorn ; J. Forbes (d), to the Comus. Second M as t ers —R. Walk e r, to the Firebrand , vice Thomas, to the Superb ; C. Grigg. to the Locust. cu . Mates—A. M`N ag ht e n a nd F. W. Smith, to th e Ji be perb • F. B. Quin, to the Osprey ; C. Cerjat• Firebrand. c 1.0 Clerks—C. Lyne (in c harge), to the Locust ;S. d ; Wright, to the Rattl e r ; J. Retallick, to the Firebr sn st, H. B. Retallick, to the Amazon ; J. Jones, to the Vincent, vice Ly ne ; J. B ur l ace , t o the Port Adm it*/ ir office, Portsmouth. Naval Instructor—T. Eastman (1836), to the SuPe TFIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3i 1844. 4......