The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-25 00:00:00

VEWSPAPER .~~ `f 4 1 v 'N~~ •~ ` /'l^ Z .' i ANEWborough IIOWITT'S NOVEL At. THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. A NOVEL, EDITED 'BY MARY HOWITT. L; now ready at all the Libraries. in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready. in 2 vols., Svo., with numerous Illustrations, A HISTORY OF N E W SOUTH WALES FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1844. By THOMAS HENRY BRAIM, Esq., Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Principal of Sydney College. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRT-LANE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Char' es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cresar De Baum, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, w,ll be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarf's. Hare prin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. PROLONGATION OF THE SERIES. SIGNOR SIVORI FOR TWO NIGIITS. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that the arrangements for opening the Theatre Royal, Covent garden, at Christmas for Dra matic Performances, not having been brought to a conclusion, the Proprietors have in the most handsome manner offered him the use of their establishment for a further limited period. M. JULLIEN there fore begs most respectiblly to inform those 1 adies and gentlemen who have been disappointed In obtaining boxes for the past week, as weil as the public generally, that this Series of Concerts will be prolonged for One Month after Christmas. TO-MORRO W EVENING The Series will be continued, and a Grand Concert, embracing Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, a Solo by Herr Koenig, a Solo by M. Baumann, a New Quadrille, &c. Also a Solo on the Violin by Signor Sivori, who has made arrangements to remain In London until the end of the present week, and will perform both to morrow and Saturday,_ GRAND BAL MASQUE. The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly on Mon day evening last, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque, which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846. rithwricr, tcov AL, HAYMARKET. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART. ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson .Frank Outland, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessy Outland, Min Julia Bennett. 't'o ,e followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yaraold ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. . To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. 'Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS OF THE NoRrH, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbourg. Alexis Romanonski, Mr. Webster; Triptolemus Kront, Mr. Wright; Eliza beth, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with an entirely Now and Original Christmas Pan tamhne, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEIVANG ELME EDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG; or, The King of the Cannibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Fl. ming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. 3fitchesson. II F. kTRE RoVA I, LYCEUM. TO-MORROW EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. - - The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Fourth A ppearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which will be produced a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz Schah 01 Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs, Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes• dames lie:ley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, Sec. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, TIIE RAIL ROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plash, Mr. Compton. . - To which will be added THE BRIGAND. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF TILE KINGDOM ; or, HAR EQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harhiquin, Mr. W. II llarvey ; Columbine, Miss Pullm ; Clown. Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of Fo ahwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, ,Cowell. Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, and Daly. 'f er ^ h . & , a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Columbine, Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Anderson ; Spr te, Mr. Stilt. ASTIA , T'S ROYAL AMPHITkit,ATR.E OF ARTS. FIt.)PR lETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing hole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of# e Circle, combining the talent of the French and 1 Lghsh Artistes. Atter which will be produced a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA ; or, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea of Teboso, with new Scenery, Dresses, Mechanical Changes, &c. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, DEC. 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30; Highest, 40; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND, N.N.W., fine. :11Gri WATER Al' ! ON1)ON-E141DGE TIIIS DAY. Y.-rr.lnr .. 13 minutes alter 10 I Evening • 48 minutes after 10. , i r ar . ''''..:i 4,,V, ~....1 . W . , i ti l t - 'I, 7 - , .4b , !^' , '.0 , 44.,. 0 A , r.i .- \ - h efic '0.4 I( , I': :g --* , -.. til, r , _ . „ A s o ,- I c., ~.: . ,..,.4 - 04,,„Atai l io ,it , .....,-,.. 3, 0". - ;,--...,,; D , ..;.. r.. ,{..'1,2',..".. vuefilt 74i.:._ , . , tit , ..„,, '-`l, Jj ~matiatt AVM LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1845. It cannot be denied that a very general feeling of satisfaction is evinced throughout the country at the return of Sir ROBERT PEEL to office, and it is a cu rious circumstance, among the many strange events hich have occurred within the last fifteen days, that this satisfaction is by no means so manifest among the Conservatives and Tories, as among the different sections which exerted themselves at the last election to keep him still in the ranks of the Opposition. No common observer can he surprised at the result. A change of Ministry at the present time would have been attended with vast inconvenience—nay. it would have led to ruinous effects on trade and commerce. Business, for many months, would have been paralysed—no great commercial enterprise could have been undertaken with security, because the measures of a Whig Government were uncertain, their power was untried, and the most de termined opposition to their policy, however honour able to themselves or beneficial to their country, might have been expected from a certain portion of the Commons and by the great majority of the Peers. There success in carrying a repeal of the corn-laws in the former assembly was at the very best doubtful —in the latter it was considered impossible, without a TIVW election, and even the effect of that would have been inoperative without a general commotion, and that " pressure from without" which triumphantly carried the Reform Bill. But a social earthquake like that (if we may be alloWed the expression) cannot be got up every ten years, or every fifty years, and indeed, for the good of the country, should be avoided, except in extreme cases, such as when the lay Peers as well as the spiritual Peers forget their real position in society, look only to their own selfish interests, despise the great body of the people as serfs, fit only to obey their commands and minister to their wants, and obstinately refuse all just concessions till constrained by terror and force. Such a general rising at the pre sent time very few men would consider desirable, and all persons engaged in trade, all subscribers to rail ways, all who take an interest in our foreign rela tions, and indeed in the general welfare of the country, at home and abroad, are infinitely better pleased that the storm has blown over, and that Sir ROBERT PEEL, who has already done wonders, should be allowed to take the refractory Peers under his management, and make the at tempt to carry out to the utmost those principles of free trade of which he is the un doubted, and perhaps the most able, advocate. Lord JOHN RUSSEL L and his party have, to their honour, for the last f our years, rendered h i m invaluable .assistance in this great work; they sacrificed their own immediate interests, both personal and political, in the cause of e qua l j ustice to men of all religious persuasions ; they acted as a body like true patriots, and their refusal to take office at this conjuncture, with such doubtful prospects of success and such certain derangement of vast commercial relations and gigantic internal enterprises, only furnishes another proof that they prefer the good of their country to the ephemeral enjoyment of place and the allurements of patronage and pensions. It is a matter of regret, however, to many, that Sir PEEL has not re constructed his Cabinet in a different manner, and that he still retains many colleagues with which both he and the public could well dispense. Lord STANLEY, it is true, is gone, but that is his own work. He and the Premier never cordially coalesced in office:; he was hardly allowed liberty of speech in the Commons, and sending him to the Lords was only a gentle method of laying him en the shelf. He possibly has been offended at last by the treatment, and seized the pre- Sent opportunity as the most appropriate for making his secession. By this resolve the country is benefited ; for the Go vernment o f t h e C o l on i es a b solutely required modification, and w hil e t h a t aristocratic stud obstinate Minister ruled the Colonial Department any material reform was utterly hopeless. Mr. GLABSTONE will be more pliable. F rom hi s natural habits and his peculiar education he can find excuses THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAV IVIORNING, DECEMBER 25. 1845. for change such as that he exhibited in reference to the sugar question ; and a short ruse cation, , too, has its effect on statesmen as well as on conceited and refractory scholars. The Earl of ST. GERMANS will also be a useful acquisition to the Cabinet. He is moderate in his political opinions ; he conducted himself with impartiality and kindness towards the Irish nation, and, from all accounts, is a practical man of business, who can think for him self while he is not so bigoted to his opinions as to make their fulfilment, like some statesmen, the only condition in which he can remain in office. Excepting, therefore, Sir JAMBS GRAHAM and Lord ABERDEEN, there is scarcely one Minister that the public care much about. The Earl of LINCOLN de serves great credit, considering his family ties and position in society, for adhering to free-trade principles, and, above all, for consenting to a repeal of the corn-laws, which nearly all his " order " regard with so much horror. But, as for RIPON, and HADDINGTON, and GouL BURN, the sooner they are out of office the better. Whatever they may have been formerly, they are now of no use. The Minister and the public anxiously desire that their places should be filled with better men. In the meantime, however, all eyes are turned to Sir ROBERT PEEL. He represents the whole Cabinet—he has it, we presume, entirely under his control, and on the manner in which he extricates himself from present difficulties, and reconciles con tending interests for the good of the nation, will depend his future fame, and his character as a statesman. Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera is the wisest of political maxims, and upon this maxim the Anti-Corn-law League have acted, are acting, and will continue to act. A meeting was held at Manchester on Tuesday, in the Town-hall, for the purpose of commencing the subscription towards the Great League Fund of a Quarter of a Million, and before the meeting sepa rated, 59,1601.—ye5, FIFTY-TINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS sterling, were sub scribed towards the Great Quarter of a Million Fund. This is a demonstration which, in the words of , Mr. BROTHERTON, ig well calculated to inspire the free-traders with hope, and the monopolists with alarm. What will the "curry-powder Dukes" say to this ? Do they imagine that " the miserable monopolising minority," which they claim to represent, could raise the sinews of war thus easily ? Let them read also Mr. COBDEN'S promise, and they know full well that Mr. COBDEN never yet made a promise but he fulfilled it to the letter. "In less than three years from this time," said Mr. COBDEN, " I will undertake to unseat a hundred county mono polist Members, and place in their stead men who will vote in accordance with the interests of the people." We doubt not but that this demonstration will produce its effect upon Sir R. PEEL. The Right Hon. Baronet is a shrewd judge of "the signs of the times," and he must see clearly that the game is up with the protectionists. Should we unfortunately be involved in war, the development of our manufacturing industry can alone enable the country to bear the heavy burden of additional taxation which must be laid upon us. Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot forget the magnificent present which his father was enabled to make to the country during the last war. Does he imagine that it would have been in his father's power to have done this had he been robbed of the fruits of his industry by an ini quitous corn -law ? The late Sir R. PEEL certainly was not of that opinion himself, for he, high Tory as he was, vehemently protested against the enactment of the corn-law of 1815, and foresaw and foretold the fatal results of that highwayman piece of legis lation. The wealth, the talent, the industry, the numbers of the country, are now with the League and Sir R. PEEL, who perfectly understands that, since the Reform Act, every Minister who wishes to retain power must adapt his mea sures to the interests of the people, and vaio, moreover, bath always entertained a wholesome horror of powerful bodies like the League, will not hesitate, if he possess the shrewdness and caution for which every one gives him credit, at once to throw the monopolists overboard, and by a total and imme diate repeal of the corn-laws dissolve the formidable League into its primitive elements. If he pursue this course he will have the firm and unflinching support of the League to assist him in his good work. " This meeting," says Mr. COBDEN, " gives me great pleasure, because from the first ,com mencement of it, not a word has been said about the changes of the Ministry that are going on every day. It will show every Minister what sup port he will receive from the country, and on behalf of this meeting I may say, with perfect safety, that Sir R. PEEL will have the support of the people of Lancashire if he will but come out and do his duty as a man and a Minister." To secure this support, however, it must be clearly understood by Sir R. PEEL that there must be no shuffling—no vanishing duty —no patching up of scales —no shift ing of taxation under pretence of compensation. The repeal—the simple, total, sad immediate repeal of the corn-laws—is the measure which alone can secure to him the support of the League. On those laws the judgment that has been passed, and must be executed, is La mort—sans phrase. If Sir R. PEEL, as the executive Minister, will content himself with carrying that judgment into effect, the League—and the League is now the nation—will support him, and enable him to triumph over all opposition. If he hesitate, " the watchman" will be there, and he will keep his eye on all suspicious characters. " I beg to inform my friends," said Mr. COBDEN, " that it is not the intention of Mr. BRIGHT and myself again to attend public meetings, as we did last summer, be cause I believe we can be more useful in our places in the House of Commons." Owing to the very boisterous weather which pre vailed on Tuesday, we have not received the French papers of Monday, nor any continental intelligence whatever. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEc. 23. Anglo-Belgian — ;Madrid and Valcncia... Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 ~i !Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran ;North Jamaica Bordeaux and Toulouse ;Orleans and Vicrzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) ;Orleans and Bordeaux 10,j Do. (Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel ....... Callao, Lima, and I'a- Paris& Lyons (Lailitte) 2 citic Coast Central of Spain .. Ditto (Caloa's).... .. 2 1 ,4 Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley ' ..... Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 7 3 4 Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Jana. (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L'Est) East Indian ....- ........ Do. (Aymard's) - - Fampoux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin — Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre 273/ Constituted l5 Do. Pepin le Hallow — Great Paris and Lyons 2% Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S Mid. Junction Do. North Midland ~, Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg ... 214 Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse — Strasburg and Bale 10 Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Ilasselt — Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) ..... Do. (Lefebvre's) — Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona an 4 Ancona — West Flanders THE QUARTER A MILLION FUND. MANCHESTER, DEC. 23, Eight, p.m. Total amount of subscription this day to the League Fund of a Quarter of a Million : £61,844 14s. 6D. MEETIN G OF PARLIAMENT. -A proclamation was issued yesterday summoning Parliament to meet for the dispatch of public business on the 22d of Ja nu ry next. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. It was generally rumoured in the clubs at the west end yesterday morning that overtures have been made to Lord El lenborough to join Sir Robert Peers Administration. The Duke of Buccleuch has left town for Sctithind, The Duke of Buccleuch left town on Tuesday evening for Dalkeith Palace, where the Noble Duke and Duchess are expected to remain until after Christmas. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a fair business transacted in Cotton at Liver pool yesterday at firm and steady prices. Sales, 4,000 bale', all to the trade. The Share Market was very firm, with a good demand for Grand Junctions. Yesterday's sale, by Messrs. Lan - tend and Co., went off at better prices, and much more business was done. In fact, there were decided signs of improvement : Description. Paid Chepstow and Forest of Dean ... 42s Ditto ditto ... Madrid and Valentia 9 Ditto ditto ... Italian and Austrian 3 Buckinghamshire .. 425 Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltenham 2 East Dereham and Norwich ... 1 Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ... 2% Northampton,Banbury, and Chelt'ham. 2 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s Ditto ditto Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 Ditto ditto ... Sheffield, Buxton. and Leek Potteries 1% London and Manchester (Remington's) 2% Ditto ditto Over Yssel „.. Sold for. 1 6 6 1 6 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 19 6 2 2 0 2 3 0 O 3 0 2 2 0 2 2 6 O 18 6 0 18 6 0 10 0 O 9 6 0 14 6 1 14 0 1 14 6 2 3 6 ••• ..... ... 83s 4d Manchester, Midlands, and G. Grimsby I% 1 9 6 Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, &c. ... 2% 3 0 0 Manchester, Southampton, and Poole 2% 015 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 0 Ditto ditto ... 0 18 0 Leicester and Birmingham ... ... ... 224 019 0 Manchest. and Rugby—via Macclesfield 42s 1 2 0 Surrey Grand Junction ... ... 1% 010 0 010 0 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke ... 105 s 217 0 Somersetshire Midland ... ... 2% 115 0 1 13 6 Chester and Manchester ... ... ... 42.4 1 3 0 Ditto ..• •• ••• ••• 1 2 6 South Staffordshire ... ... ... ... 2% 3 0 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• —• 3 0 0 Essex and Suffolk ... ... ... ... 1% 017 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• 0 17 0 Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby ... 42. 1 3 0 Direct Northern ... ... ... ._ ... 2% 115 0 Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham ... 1% 017 0 Northampton. Bedford, and Cambridge 42. 1 3 0 N. Staffordshire, Churnet,and Potteries 42s 5 1 0 Ditto ditto ... 5 2 0 Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, 2% 1 9 6 Ditto ditto ... 1 9 6 Ditto ditto ... 1 10 0 Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 0 10 0 Ditto ditto ... 0 9 6 North Staffordsh., Churnet & Potteries 42. 5 1 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 0 Surrey Grand Junction ... ... ... 1% 0 9 6 Chester and Manchester ... ~.. ... 42s 1 2 6 Ditto 1 3 0 Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction 2 3 4 115 0 Essex and Suffolk ... ... ... ... 1% 016 6 Irish North Midland ... ... ... ... IN 015 6 Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford 42s 1 0 0 Isle of Anholme, Gainaboro' & G001e... 2% 1 19 0 South and Midlands Junction .. ... 42. 1 4 0 Ditto ditto ... 1 4 0 East Dereham and Norwich ... ... 1 0 4 0 Great Grimsby, Louth. and Horncastle. 42s 110 6 Nottingham, V. of Belvoir, & Granthm. 1% 1 11 0 0 13 0 Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ... ... 2% 2 2 6 Worcester, Herefd, Ross, and Gloucest. 42. 1 9 6 Lincoln & Wainfleet Haven and Boston 2% 1 8 0 Ditto ditto ... 1 7 6 London and York Extension ... ... 2% 215 0 Louvain and Jemappes ... .. ... 4 119 0 1 19 0 London and Manchester (Rem.) ... 2 3 4 114 6 Ditto ditto ... ... ... _ 1 14 6 Shropshire Mineral ... ... ... ... 42s 1 8 0 N. Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries 42s 5 2 0 Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junct. 42s 2 1 0 Ditto ditto ... 2 1 0 Manchester and Rugby Direct ... 42s 1 7 0 Ditto ditto ... ... ... 1 7 0 Great Western of Bengal ... ... ... 1 4 0 10 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point ... 7s 0 8 6 Ditto ditto ... 0 8 0 Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cette— Mackenzie 2 116 0 Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester ... 42s 1 3 0 London and York ... .. ... ... ... 2% 318 0 3 18 0 Dendre Valley ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 5 6 York and Lancaster ... ... ... ... 2% 112 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• 1 12 0 Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .. 42s 1 4 0 Mauritius ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 12 0 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries... 1% 015 0 Direct London and Exeter ... ... ... 1% 0 5 0 Shropshire Union and Canal ... ... 42s 112 .0 Somersetshire Midland ... ... ... 2% 112 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 017 6 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries 1% 015 6 Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil ... ... 42s 015 6 Shro u hire Minerals ... ... ... 42s 110 0 1 9 0 East Indian 1 1 0 Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• 1 1 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 22s 017 6 Ditto ditto ... 0 17 6 Cambridge and Lincoln ... . . ... 1% 3 0 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• 3 0 0 Newry and Enniskillen ... ... ... 2% 013 0 Dudley. Madely, Brosley, and I. Bridge 2% 2 0 6 Direct Norwich ... ... ... ... ... ,1 0 5 0 Ditto ... .•• ••• ••• •. --- 0 5 0 Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42s 1 4 0 Exeter, Dorchester, and Weym•Coast... 42s 019 6 Ditto ditto ... 0 19 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock ... ... 2 1 5 0 Ditto ditto ... ... ... ... 1 5 0 Trent Valley. Midland, and Grand Juno. 42s 2 2 0 Ditto ditto ... 2 2 0 Manchester & Rugby—via Macclesfield 423 1 7 6 Ditto ditto ••• 1 7 6 Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester ... 42s 1 3 0 South Union and Manchester Potteries 42s 1 7 0 Ditto ditto ••• 1 7 6 South and Midland ... ... ... ... 42, 1 4 6 1 5 0 Chester and Manchester ... ... ... 42. 1 3 6 Birkenhead, Mold, and Rhuabon, &c. 2% 1 9 6 Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• --- 1 9 6 Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 0 10 0 Cambridge and Lincoln Extension ... 42s 1 2 6 Ditto ditto ... ... ... 1 2 6 After very mature consideration of the Message of the President of the United States, especially as respects the re commendations of a modification in the tariff, in mercantile circles the opinion is held that vast benefits must accrue to the British trade with America if the proposed changes are made. There is little or no dispute, that as respects the Oregon dispute, the way is paved by the President for its adjustment, by throwing the onus directly upon the Legislature. And thus he will keep friends with those who brought him into power, and be enabled to plead a fair excuse for not going the " whole hog" in recommending war with Great Britain. Thus delicately does the President Polk shift the respon sibility as to the question of hostilities upon the shoulders of Congress. It is worth while to bring this para graph prominently to notice. After recommending that the twelve months? notice should be given to England for the termination of the treaty of 1827, President Polk says:— " The recommendations which I have made as to the bast manner of securing our rights in Oregon are submitted to Congress with great deference. Should they in their wisdom devise any other mode better calculated to accomplish the same object, it shall meet with my hearty concurrence." That there are very remote ideas entertained of a war with the United States is pretty apparent from the fact that there is not a particle of speculation in saltpetre and other warlike stores. At a large sale of saltpetre held this day, there were no hiders, all (about 3,000 bags) having been bought in. The accounts received in town to-day from the colonies are not of the least interest. The state of the markets for the Public Securities has been very satisfactory this morning, an advance having occurred of full 1 per cent., as compared with the lowest rates of yesterday. Consols for the Account opened at 94 1 4, and they have since advanced to 94% buyers, which is the price at the present writing. Bank Stock has advanced 4 per cent. on the lowest rate of yesterday; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 1% per cent. ; and Exchequer -bills from 21s. to 235. premium. A considerable increase of business is to be noticed in the Foreign Funds this morning, and at advanced prices. Spanish Consols have reached 30 ; Portuguese Converted, 61 for the Account ; the Mexican, 31% ' • the Deferred, 18 ; Pe ruvian, 41; the Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 40%; the Chilian at 96; and Grenada Bonds at 21%. Altogether the demand is good. Great Western Railway Shares have advanced from 152 to 160, the Hull and Selby from 100 1 4 to 102 and 103, and all the other investments of this description, in which bargains have been made to-day, are firm. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICF.S. Hank Stock ••. .. .... . .... 203 202 204 202% ; per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 4 per Cents. 96 1 / 2N NI 97 96% iongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 9-16 10 9-16 Ditto 30 years,Oct. 10,1E59 ... 10 5-16 10 5-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- — 35 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 ,4 d 23 21 pm. 23 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small CLOSING FRICES 03fE O'CLOCK k'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Chi Han Bonds 6 per Cent.....—• 96 Ditto Deferred 5 3 1 /4 53 1 / Granada Bonds, 1 per Ceat. 21% 21 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred 17% 18 18 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4l Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 60 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account . 29% 30 30 Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 41 1 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 60c. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cont. — 95% Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94! 4 933 PRICES OP PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING B A TI.W 4.1' SHARES AT ONE O'CLuCK. I' ICE-. Aberdeen Aberdeen,Benff, 86 Elgin 2 , ,4 — Armagh, Coleraine, and I'ortrush l%, Aylesbury and Thome.. Belfast & County Down 2 1 ,4 .... Bideford andTavistock... 1,6 - Birniin and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New 1 7 1,i — Birmingham and Ox f)rd Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. Boston, &anvil, & Birm. 225. — Bridgewater& Ilinehead 425. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New 7!‘i Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver, June . Buckinghamshire ...... 425. Caledonian Ditto Extension ... 3 Cambrian & Grand June 42s ...... Cambriclg.:, and Lincoln 1 1 1...... 3 1 4,1; ••• 00. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1N - ...: Canterbury and Dover.. lAi - ... Central Kent 2% •• • Chelmsford and Bury... 1%.• - .... Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ..... . 2% Clydesdale Juncti0n..... 5 Cork • Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester 14...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe — ...... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby 1%..,... - Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 / 4 -- 331 4 Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh l34— , Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broselev ••• Dundalk 'Sr Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 204% 14 21 ... 2 _ Ditto New 6/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.. ..... 6/. 13s. 4d — -- Ditto ditto, No. 2.. 4/. 13s. 4d... 14 p .. . y i p EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... 34% 3 4 1/ Ditto, Quarter Shares 3% Ditto Extension - ........ • Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 /., — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / T t — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%..... • Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 71 1 / Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — ... ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 1% Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 ,4 — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / Glouc.,Abetystwith,and Central of \Vales 1 % ..... Goole and Doncaster .. 425....... Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union _ ___ 1% — ... ~.. 14 3 4 23A I•• T. ,o Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field ' Great South. and West. 71% 11% (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 12% — Great Munster 2l Great North of Scotland 2 %...... 'reat North of England..loo Ditto New 5 Do. New .... .. ........ 2 Great Western BO ......151 160 l6O Ditto % Shares 5O — Ditto 1 ,4 Shares 2% l7 /6% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ..... Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto 1-4 Shares Do _ . Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 ..«. Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% — Isle ofAxholme Killarney Junctions l l% Kendal and Windermere 1 1 4 L•mcaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lvmena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. — ...... 16 1 ,4 35 % P Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 2 1% l% Lpool., Mncbstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingnmloo Da. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 1V London and Blackwall. 16/. 132.4 d Do. New Ditto Extension Lludou and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ... .. Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 21% 3 4 ... 22 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. ... 8 Lon., Owl., 0x.,G10., and Hereford - ••• London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — Londcn Hounslow, and Western - •—• • •.. Lon/I. & S.Western 4116 s 10d 7 4 1/ 76 Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 23 / 4 — London and York 2% 4%% 41 London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... ...... 2% — ••• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... -••••••••-. 2%...... .... Le donderry&Coleraine 5 .•• •- ..... Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 - Lynn and Ely 5 — Lynn and Dereham 5 - Manchester and Leeds - 76 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 1 . .... 12%... ........... Do. Sixteenths ... 54 Manchester and Birmin. 40 — 64% 16 1 ,4 . - 581, 12 3 / 4 Do. Quarters 4 •• e• • • ..... Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 428. Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. ... ...... Manchester and Rugby Direct - .... • — Manchest. &Southampt. 2 —... 2% 2% Midland... .......... .. ...... 100 .....155 152 152 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby 100 ll6 I'2l l2l Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... —. Midland Great Western (Irish) .... ..... •••• ,': Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 ... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..... 551/,, 55 57 ...... 5 7 Do. New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlis1e...100 Newport& Abergavenny 2% ..-•• 2_ - 3/ ......................... 2:3 New Ross an C ar l o w.. 22s ..... ___ Newry and Enniskillen 2%..•••• .............. Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. .. ........ 2% — ......... ... .. Norfolk E x t ens i on — North British Do. Half Sha res i 4 Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1%...... 2% ............... 2 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 ...... ............... Ditto ditto ...... 6 ............ ... G North Devon 2 .. ... ...... ... ..... North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern... 45 - Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% ..... -.!e 4•• • .-... .”: t North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3 4':8 1 j i 1 4 1 3 ••• 3 3 ,.i p North Wales 3 l North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 ...... 61 4 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and B os t on 1% Nottingin., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester... 1% — •" Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worceiter, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness ... 21% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ~... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3: 1 — Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares ..... ... 2% — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester ... 2% — Rugby and H unt i ng d on 2 Rugby, Leamington, asid Warwick Rugby, W arw i c k . and Worcester__ ...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. Extension Sheffield & M anc h ester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrew bury and liirm... 2%... • 33 4 'A ..... ••. Shropshire Mineral 425... ••• ............ Shropshire U n i on - s ............... '•hrewsbury & Hereford 2% — ............ *** Shrew'., Wolverhamp., &S. Stafford,h. Jane. 2 1 /, S S o li i g n i er ' s li e l t ' s t 1 8 ii h re all Zd il l3 Midland 2 % .-- •••• • ••• .... South Devon... 23 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 42s — ••• South Statibrdsh ire J Line. 2 1 4 — :.outh Eastern & Dover 33128 41... Do., No. 1 l2 1)o., N.. 2. Do~ No. 3 Do., No. 4 13N ..... 1% 3 14 3p Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425....... Hatfield, an cl , Hertford Junction ... Staines andilichniond... 1 Statfordsh. & Shropshire, 23f — ..... ..... s,,ati , Al. a!rs ... ~ 2i.: : ... Taw Vale Extension ... Tean and Dove. Valley 13 i - — irent Valley • _ 2 ..... . 17 1 17 ....., Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Trine:, Reading, and Liasingsteke Ulverstone - and Furness 2% ...... Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Warwick & Cheltenham IN, lii Warwick and Worcester 425. Watertord and Kilkenny 3 ...... Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrel,Wicklw, and Dublin \V aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 - West End and Southern Counties .. l% — Nexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 425....... .. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow ...... 2% Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union .... 1%..... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick,and Rugby . 42s. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 York and Lancaster 2% York and N4ntli Midland 50 Ditt,t, 1 / 2 Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. '25 Do. Selby 2O Do. Extension ...... .. 5 . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian .... 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens-. 10 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cettt (Mackenzie's)..: 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• ••• •. 000000000 Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 ... . .. Dendre Valley 2 Dkjon and Mulhouse ... 2 ... .. Dutch Rhenish' East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 - Fampoux & Hazebroak 2 Great North. of France Constituted 5 ......15 14 3 / 4 16 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada.- 3 1 , Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jerneppe... 4 ... . 2 1 / 2 Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... ......... .. 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius 1 Naniur and Liege North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 11 . 31 12 .. Over Yssel 4r3s 4d . 2 dis. Paris &Lyons( Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Caton's) 2 Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Parts and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Coinpe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre ...... 18 oyal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) --...... ..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) ••• Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 West Flanders .. 4 MINES. Real duel Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BAN KS. Commercial of London 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 THE PARKS, ETC. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I claim a small space in your valuable journal to ask the following question:—Why is the pri vilege of walking in the Kensington-gard,ns and in the St. James's Park denied unto livery servants? To me it seems one of the most absurd regulations that can pos sibly be, the more so, as they are allowed to go in with their employers, surely there can be no possible reason why they should not he allowed to go there by them selves. The soldier and the sailor are allowed tin re; do thry conduct themselves with more propriety? I think not. Why is the livery servant to be longer degraded by these restrictions, unworthy of the age in which we live? Rest assured the removal of them (by which they might mingle with their fellow-creatures on a little more social terms of equality) would not make them any worse servants; it surely would be better than driving them to the public-house, to which the present system tends. Much has been said and done with a view of raising the moral condition or the black slave; might not a little be usefully applied in behalf of his brother, the white one? I feel convinced that one stroke of your powerful pen is alone needed to set something in motion in their behalf.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. B. London, Dec. 24, 1845. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—1 t Las blown a trolls gale with violent squalls, from N.N.W., throughout the night, and continues with unabated violence. The shipping in port (about 100 sail) ride without accident. The Welcome Re turn, has commenced discharging. LIVERPOOI DEC. 23.—1 t blew a heavy gal e l as t n i g ht a t W.N.W., with violent squalls. The Howard, for Savannah, at anchor, mouth of the Dee, was driven up the river with loss of mainmast, &c. Th e Rose, for Charleston, which put back yesterday, is leaky. REDcan, DEc. 22.—The Commerce, Lister, of Stockton, foundered off this place yesterday ; crew drowned. 23. It is blowing a heavy gale from the northward. lIARTEErooE, DEc. 23.—A' boat, marked outside, " Do rothy, of Blyth," and inside, "Balton, Stafford," came on shore near this port on the 21st inst. MARYPORT, DEC. 22.—The Triton, Little, from Belfast, is on shore outside the North Pier, and has been scuttled. The Eliza, Beattie, from Kirkcudbright, is on shore near the North Pier, with boats stove. 1 61 2 % The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at War, left Carlton-gardens on Tuesday-, for Wilton-house, the seat of the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, near Salis bury, where a family circle is about to assemble for the en suing holiday's. The Right Hon. Gentleman, owing to the pressure of public business, is expectod to return to town on Friday next. a Cards of invitation hive been issued to several noble and distinguished personages for a grand banquet, which will be given by her Majesty on New Year's Day. CHRISTMAS PROVISIONS.—On Tuesday the various metropolitan markets exhibited a most extraordinary and abundant supply , of all descriptions of provisions which have been imported from the country for the entertainment of those who have the means to enjoy themselves at this season of festivity. At no previous Christmas have Leadenhall and Nuwgate markets presented so fine a show of poultry, the fowls in general being in the best possible condition. Many of the trains had with them between five hundred and six hundred parcels; and one, the Norfolk train, which came in in the early part of the morning, had eight hundred parcels. Several wholesale doalera have forwarded between two thousand and three thousand geese, the supply being required in consequence of the numerous geese clubs in the metropolis, in some of which there are above live hundred members. Turkeys fetched from 3s. to 255. each ; geese frogs 3i. 6d. to 12s. each ; fowls, from 2s. 6d. to 13s. 6(1. per pair; porkers, from 6s. to 16s. and 18s. each; hares, from 2s. 6d. to ss. each. The Marchioness of Wellesley, who has been stay ing soms time on a visit to the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard at Paris, has retulned to town, and has since left fn. Cortessy Hall, the seat of Lord Stafford, where a small party is about to assemble. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTHS AND EXTREME POVERTY. —Oa Tuesday last, a poor woman named Guest, living at No. 4, Foreman's-buildings, Wilson-street, Fin,bury, was delivered of three children, viz., two girls and one boy, by the parish doet,r, a Mr. Hall, of Paul-street. It seems the husband is a shoemaker out of employment, and, having parted with most of his furniture, they have not a bedstead, bed, or any decent article for use. Some of their poor neigh bours are aiding them by their pittances, but their state requires more enlarged aid in this critical period. Mr. Loosely, butcher, Long-alley, will be glad to receive subscrip tions. Edward Cane, Esq., has been appointed Special Commissioner of the property-tax in the room of Charles Ross, Esq., appointed to the death-vacancy of a Commissioner of Customs. LONDON, DEC. 24.—Wind N., moderate breeze and fine. DEAL, Dix. 22.—Arrd. Louisa Monro, Watson, Ceylon ; Elizabeth, Mauritius; Castor, Iversen, Bahia; Cumberland Lass, Leggett, ditto; Harlequin, Pitcairn, Pernambuco ; Clio, Mules, New Orleans; Jessie, Coyst, Newfoundland. Arrived from the River and sailed,:Gilbert, Given, Matanzas. Sld. Diana, South Seas; Elizabeth Wood, Barbadoes. Put back, London, Gibson, for Sidney. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Arrd. John, Warlack, Madras ; Sul tan, Mauritius; Haidee, Saule, New Orleans. Off port, R. Anderson, New York. LONIGHOPE, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Dolphin, Wanless, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—1 t blew a heavy gale all last night and to-day, from N.W. to N.N W., with very heavy squalls, and continues with very little abatement. The Creole, Colford, from London to Dominica, drove last night, and went ashore on Ryde-land, but was assisted off without apparent damage. The Wendland, Vorrath, bound to Venice, struck on Ryde sand this morning, and has knocked off her rudder. COURT CIRCULAR. WIND3OI3, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen, att.. nded by the etuktes , 4 of Dysart, walketi in the private gr , unds th , ! prl•inc!x; tor some tore this mornim4. Price Ailx‘rt ent cut to hunt with hi= hfirrii-:Ts this m , n - nii2. The moil was at Cannon', Farm, !lour Bray. jor-Gen,ral Sir Edward .flowitt,r, Major-Geurr , l Wemps, awl Mr. H. Ormsby Gore, were in attendance on his R , yttl Highmss. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales. Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Al:ce, were taken their early morning airing and exercise. The Ri.Jtt Hon. Sir Robert Peel lett the Castle this morning. Sir Henry Wheatley was prevented leaving the Castle yesterday afttlncion, and took his departure this mowing, In the afternoon her Msj. , sty rode out in a pony phaeton, Prirce Albert driving. In another carriage followed the Countess of Desarc and the lion. Misses Dr.vereux and Napier; and Aliijor-General Wemyss and Msjor• General Sir Edward Bowater attended on horse• back The royal dinner party included her R!,yal HighriPss the Drchess of Kenr, Lady Fanny Howard, the Barones3 de Speth, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Rev. Frederic and the lion. M,s. Anson, Col. Sir George Cooper, and the Ht,n. rand Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenoy. Her iNfajesty's private ban,i, with some additional per formers from London, attended at the Castle after dinner this evening, and, under the direction of Mr. An derson. performed the following pieces : Historical S) mphony (MS )—Spohr. First Movement (Bach and Handf.l)—Perind 1720. Larghett' (Haydn and 31 ,, zart)—Period 1780. Scherzo (Beethoven)—Period 1810. Finale—Period 1840. Military Movement (Sinfimia, No. 12)—Haydn. Hochseit's Marsch—Mendelssohn. Overture, "Euryanthu"—C. Al. Von Weber. Her Majesty's royal charities to upwards o'" one thou sand poor and aged people were distributed in White• hall on Monday and Tuesday last, by Joseph Hanby, Esq.. Secretary and Yeoman, under the immediate orders of his Grace the Venerable Lord Archbishop of York, Lord High Almmer. The royal charities consisted of small donaticns of five shillings and of thirteen shillings to each person, who had been previously selected from recommendations of the clergy, nobility, and gentry. The number of applications from blind and disabled per sons exceeded all farmer precedent. Sir Robert Peel returned to his residence in White hall-gardens yesterday- morning, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. 29% The Earl of Ellenborough arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Gloucestershire, and immediately on his arrival proceeded from the terminus of the Great Wes tern Railway, at Paddington, to the residence of Sir Robert PeeLi ;The Noble Earl remained upwards of an hour with the Right Hon. Baronet. The Earl of St. Germans has arrived in town from his seat, Port Eliot, Cornwall. The Earl of Dalhousie visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall-gar dens yesterday afternoon, for his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Before his departure, the Earl of Aber deen had an interview with the Right lion. Baronet. Mr. Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. 14 , ,rd Stanley left town yesterday for Knowsley Hal Lincolnshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for Cambridge, The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone left town yesterday for Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, the seat of Sir St phen Gly nue. 11% 2 dis 2% 3% 2A 21/4 ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF COM MON COUNCIL CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. The election of Common Councilmen for the ward of Cripphgate Within was closed at two o'clock yesterday, when the result of the 13, , i1 wt.s announced as under:— Hoole I Brown Smith ll3 I Barnard 9B Lart Mr. Wilson, the Cr mervative candidate, polling only 79. was of course ousted, his place being supplied by Mr. Bennoch, who is in favour of a total abolition of the corn-laws. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS rose, and announced that the election had fallen upon the eight free-traders—(Cheers) —that Mr. Wilson, an old representative, and much re spected, had given place to another gentleman, equally respected, but whose opinions seemed to be more in unison with those of the Ward of Cripplegate Within. The necessary formula having been gone through, Messrs. Smith, Brown, boole, Cash, Brass, and Barn'rd, tendered their thanks. Mr. LART rose, and while returning his obligations to those electors who had supported him, at the same time begged to disabuse the minds of the electors upon certain facts that Mr. Bennoch had taken as foregranted in his first address, that nothing but abuse existed in the Common Council. While he agreed entirely with Mr. Bennoch in the necessity of curtailing the expenditure of the City of London, still he could not refrain from placing the following facts before them. Ile then went on to show that the City School had been establ,shed— that another was in contemplation of equal extent—and that Mr. Bennech would find, upon experience, that the Corporation funds were not expended so extravagantly as he seemed to imagine. He considered it his duty to call Mr. Bennoch's attention to these facts, while at the same time he cordially assented to the principles pro mulgated by Mr. Bennoch. Mr. BENNOCH, on rising, felt it his duty to thank, in the first instance, his friend Mr. Hutchinson (the father of the ward), for having adopted so hopeful a son; in the second place, he thanked Mr. Liggins for seconding his nomination; while, in the third place, he thanked the electors generally for their cordial support in placing him in a position upon the poll not only honourable in itself, but doubly honourable, from the fact that it placed the contest not between one free-trader and another, but between two old representatives who claimed their suffrages upon different principles—" Free trade " and " Monopoly." Mr. Lart had endeavoured to disabuse their minds, and show that, instead of much abuse existing in the Corporation, much credit was due to it for what it had done. He (Mr. Bennoch) dissented from such a doctrine. The City, as had been clearly stated by Mr. Lart, had done much, but it had not done all. He was fully aware of the excellence of the City school, but what was it, with its 500 pupils, superintended by its un surpassed masters, even with its other promised school of equal extent, when compared with the necessities of London, with its 2,000,000 inhabitants ? He therefore clung to his first impression, and he believed that, spent properly, there were funds already in the City of London amply sufficient to ensure a sound education to every one within its walls and liberties. Now, for the ward. He had been told, that if he hoped for success in his elec tion, he must attend the public-houses in the ward, and give- brandy and water and cigars to all elect: rs. He could with all sincerity disabuse the public mind (.4 dis abusing seemed the fashion), by proving that he had come forward upon entirely public grounds, and although he stood (for a new candidate) most honour ably on the poll, he had not visited a tavern during the election. Having settled, as he hoped, the question of education, he now came to the question of " Free trade." Since Monday they had had the message of the Presi dent of America; most warlike—most independent. He believed in his conscience, that had free trade existed in this country, instead of the corn crops being consumed upon the ground for lack of customers, and the reaping. hooks of Ohio beaten into spears and implements of war, we should have had them shining in defence of peace. Talking of free trade, he (Mr. Bennoch) was much struck, on passing the Exchange to-day, over the portico of that magnificent building was seen in bold, relief the combined: representation of commerce and agricu , ture, with the motto, " The earth is the Lord's with the fulness thereof." This was the broad principle of agriculture and commerce acting in harmony. What did it mean, but that the earth was the Lord's, and its fulness, given equally to the children of men ! But how contrasted this with what seemed to be the prin ciple of monopoly ? He felt that if a temple, gorgeous in design, and exquisite in elaboration, had been pro posed for the genius of agriculture, at which the wishes of a " Buckingham," " Richmond," or " Norfolk" should . preside, then he might expect a golden calf, fat enough for the Baker-street Bazaar, set up for the object of worship, with this motto. " The Earth is the landlords', and the fulness thereof;" which he, with submission, would change to this: "The corn laws are the landlords', and the foolish ness thereof."—(Deafening cheers.) He (Mr. B.) had meant to make a thorough tree trade and anti-corn-law speech, but the worthy Alderman had stept 'twixt time and his intentions, and declared that instead of raising the question of the anti-corn law resolution now, he would give the electors an opportunity for discuss. ing it in lull on a future day. Mr. Bennoch having thus declared his principles, sat down amidst the plaudits of' the assembly. The resolution to be discussed at a future meeting is— " That being deeply impressed with the idea that most of our present difficulties abroad, and all our threatened distress at home, is attributable to the pernicious opera tion of the present corn-law, which in principle is most unsound, in operation most injurious; alike unjust to the manufacturer, deceptive to the agriculturist, and oppressive to the poor ; this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate means to have it immediately abro gated." 21 1 4 451/2 The second week in January was suggested as the best time for discussing this subject. and after thanks to the Aldermal the meeting separated. Their Highnesses Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy have joined the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle inentina Villiers at Middleton-park, Oxon, from Wakefield lodge, where they had been staying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of ?rafton. The Duke 417)(ivonshire has left Devonshire house, for Won;ley-hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, who are surrounded by a distinguished circle at that splendid c - motry-seat. The Marquis anti Marchioness of Worse-,ter hAve arrived at Gopsall-hall, Leice-tershire, to pass the Christmas with the Earl and Countess Howe and timilv, from visiting the E•irl and Countess of Cardigan, at lieene-park, near Kettering. PEDESTRIANISM.—On Tuesday the race between Patterson, of Lond , n ' and Hartshorn, came off near the Roade station of the Birmingham Railway. The distance was over 130 yards, and the stakes were 2 / as;de. At the start Patterson took the lead, which he maintained but a short distance, when his opponent challenged him for the goal. Both men struggled for the victory, which Hartshorn btained, winning by a yard. 61 60.34 82 3 % 71% 3./_j LITERATURE. THE CRICKET aN THE PLAhTH ; a Fail Ta'e f 11,4;4!. B Cha-let. tickeys. Winer has 14 (V fairle arrived—die frost ;4.1 . ,(1 !•now have conimeeced, and the face (e in tune is bleak art desolate, yet all is not cheeriess : as the etf: '+aid vvorld grows more gloomy, the inward tiecsires more bright. The other day the suoe, Let 4 as. lut now we have Christmas ! It wsis a kind • Previ' deuce that fixed that day in the dr, ar an l dt solace season ; it conies amid the frosts of winter with its warm sympathies aid kindly feelings, cheering as a! ) oasis in the desert. All things announce that this glad season is at hand. We have already noticed those gorgeous volumes, the annuals, par exce lence destined as gifts of friendship and afts_tioe ; now pre must speak of another annual, truly Chriv'mas it' i fs character, that tells of home and domestic enjoymen t ' and the fond delights of the fireside—" The Cricket on the Hearth." Two winters have passed since the ar pearance of "The Christmas Carol," the first ef Dickens's annuals ; its success was undisputed.—i! wes received with that i nstan t aneous an d usqualifi'° applause ever accorded to boi ks that echo the feeling s ot the multitude. It was a tale most appropriate to the season, showing the mighty power of Christmas assonia" tions even upon the most stern and cold. The characte r of Scrooge seemed ill suited to a Christmas carol; stern and repulsive in demeanour, cold to his relatives' harsh to his inferiors, without a single Christy . ° attribute, his very description chilled all s 3 rnpotbl; we could expect from him nothing to interest LI . amuse. This was a fitting subject to show 1111. ' Dickens's power : like a potent wizard he can throw a charm round all he touches, his power lies in l td knowledge of the heart ; h e s h owe d us t h at ev en thi s , wretched man posse s sed h uman sympat h y , a nd tht there he was assailable. His thoughts we re led ba ck to the Christmas of the p as t, h e reca ll e d the brigh t scenes of his youth ; the d a y s o f hi s h appy childh°, tassed before him, and the stern man was subdutd heir memory ; then his thoughts were turned towar id a future Christmas when h e s h ou ld s l eep i n the o '. grave, the prospect inspired an awful apprehensi e T fear and memory alike combined to change his hea l and with new and happier f ee li ngs h e prepare d to ~..," the " Christmas present." Such was the tale of the power of Christmas, its truth was owned and ° P; plauded by all. Next year appeared "The Chimed'o very different in construction, yet, evidently wri tt ,„ e with the same intention of ca lli ng f ort h ki n dly pathies. 'I he theme was Very dissimilar; it en . d 3l4c it a wider field, and told of the sorrows of the poor•„ir showed us their m an if o ld woes an d su ff er ings, t'''' o ll misery and oppression, yet it told how, through . . o their dreary path of lit e , th e s t ream o f l ov e ran pu re and deep, fertilising all around. " Men may differ, but affection Dwells in rich and per the same."• a nd The dreadful priv a ti o n s o f th e true.-hearted Met. her fond enduring aff ec ti on, to ld t h rouls h the tut 0 . /010 0 of her father's dream, s p o k e to the 4)earts of all the powerful language of nature. The third which has just appeared, is unlike either of its pr7 to cessors, except in the same constant endeavouro, awaken Christmas feelings. The tale is very si ni P oo s hut the moral is all-powerful—its object is to inc re eo s domestic happiness, an d t o s h ow t h e m i g hty in flue of the fireside. Lik e th e bli t h e li tt l e crea ture Wi f name it beats, it is li ve l y , c h eer f u l, anitn a tet i. and amusing ; yet on e p assage i s o f mor e than Iris nary power, full of deep and earnest feeling• ye d to when the poor ca r r i er f anc i es hi s w if e h a s be belief' him ; and, appare n tly, h e h as goo d reason f o r theof Ills enemy is b enea th hi s roof—a: 4lots the revenge and murder fill his soul—wh en ,oses voice of the crick e t, c hi rp i ng on t h e h ear th, dok the memory ot his domestic bliss, and chases tkef shadows from his h ear t. The ft ' llowing is brle tract from this powerful scene : by " Though the power o t O mn i potence h a d besndisise f wield at that moment, he had too much of its ej 0 0 properly of mercy in his breast, to have tu ll o oo l feather's weight o f it aga i nst h er. B ut b e c ould n be ta b e to see her crouchi ng wn upon the little seat vl io or had ult. n looked cn her, with love and prides 1 5 010 1 1 cent and gay; and wh e n a l, e rose and le 1 1; °' as she west, he felt it a relief to have the vac a ;: es ee'', beside him rather than her so l ong c h er ished P.„i s elise l I his in itself w as anguish keener than all: r v r e f ree him how desolate he was become, and bow im , bond of his life w as rent asunder. be i° The more he felt this, and the more be kne w re j c have better borne to see her lying prelvat ti " t " before him with their little child upon her br. ° e po de higher and the stronger rose his wrath against bi g t He looked about hi m f or a weapon. tool‘ t i l s There was a gun hanging on the wall- *o r of 0 down, and moved a pace or two towards the 0 0 perfidious stranger's room. He knew . 11 1 P to bio loaded. Some shadowy idea that it was ,lu st IP ! ei this man like a wild beast, seized him; and (I „"" co tat n e d mpoisnedesusinothil ofit ghrimew, icnatsotiangmoonusttarilluassmtdiineldmzenron:l::::;tl set. i tir ): g a ti p p h i r l s u e nd is iv ,, id; o d hg e „m p N i roe . t tro d thoughts, but artfully transforming ibein them into scourges to drive him on. Te . rina& into blood, love into hate, gentleness into blind r ob' Her image sorrowing, humbled, Lut still plesding er left teaderness and mercy with resistless power, ve l dooft his mind; but staying there, it urged him to the raised the w e apon to his shoulder; .fitted and "._ bed sit his finger to the trigger; and cried, Kill him! D' He reversed the gun to beatthe 4e already held it lifted in the design w ee i n hi s t hroughts of calling out to him toff' s a t i o r c ; k upon some indistinctrhe d for God's sake, by the window—. light; and the Crick et whole chimney with a glow of- When, suddenly, the struing fire illumi.nekdeta; the Hearth began to chirp! No sound he could have beard; no human v.oicl: even her's; could so ha ve mo ved and softened buu. o s s f o r artless word s i n w hi c h s h e h a d told him of her.l 7 bet this same Cri c k e t, were once more freshly quaf n ig ein trembling, earnest manner at the moment , "' a 0) 0 before him ; h er p l easant vo i ce — o h what at the it was, for ma ki ng; household music d i brosgb fireside of an honest maul—thrill e d through cti . his better n a t ure , an d awo k e i t i nto lif e a nd sew i n big He recoil e d f rom th e d oor , l i k e a ma.. wal ki A n gnat the sleep, aw a k e n e d f rom a f r i g h t f u l d ream ;an t hen gun aside. Claspi ng hi s h an d s b e f ore his face , o tro g. sat down again b esi d e t h e fi re , and found rerlef i ! ro otth The Cricket on th e H eat h came out into the se and teod in fairy shape before him. " I love it," said the fairy voice, repeating " herd w.li remembered, "for the many times I ha" b rill° it, and the many thoughts its harmless music hes me." "She said 5.,!" cried the carrier. " True r IV ° “This has been a happy home, John an d the Cricket for its sak! car rier " I C t r has been, Heaven knows," returned th e " She made it happy, always—until novv." ;dra b " So gracefully sweet-tempered; eet- tempered ; so domesti c, busy, and light heartull" said the voice. diaf Otherwise I never could have loved her as returned the carrier. , 11 0 The voice, correct i ng hi m, sa id " d o. " The carrier repeated "as I did." But not firn'l. in falterin g tongue resist, d his control, and would apes its on wa, for itself and. m. bed The figur y e, in au attitude hi uf invocation, raise d its and said: Upon your own hearth"— rei er i " The hearth she has blighted," interposed the 50`i " The hearth she has—how often !—blessed 11° ' brightened," said the Cricket: " the hearth whi-r',oo' for her, were only a few stones and 'icks al lu t f oot bars, but whi c h h as b een, t h rough her, t h e altar °,, v 'ettY home; on w hi c h y ou h ave n i ghtly sacr ifi ce d s° l ' 3 ,; T isg e 4-)v passion, s e lfi s h ness, or care, and offered u p the " r floe of a tranq u il m i n d , a trust i ng nature, and an ! . iin rief ing heart ; s o th a t t h e smo k e from this p o or e"; ie bet has gene upward with a better fragrance than th e .1 the incense that is burnt before the riche st shrines gaudy temples of thi s wor ld!—U pon your own ',l e ie' in its quiet sanctuary; surrounded by its g e , n- Pe a i r fluences and associati o n s ; h ear h er ! h e ar Me' b everything th a t s p ea k s t h e l anguage of you r heart h home!" " And pleads for her?" inquired the carrier. betoth " All things that speak the language of and home must plead for her!" returned the Cr For they speak the truth." oc lf, And while the carrier, with his head upon his ,. b psev e° continued to sit meditating in his chair, the Pi- o . e n stood beside him; suggesting hi, reflections by i , T tu rio and presenting them before him, as in a glass or l''' to rle , It was not a solitary presence. From the hear from e chimney; from the clock, the pipe, the 11 % 0 ,1 and the cradle; from the floor, the walls, the boar d the stairs; from the cart without, and the et l P i i,4 within, and the household implements; from ever} and evk ry place with which she had ever been flig' l 0 ,0 and with which she bad ever entwined one recon ec ,..nie your of herself in her unhappy husband's mind ; fairie 6 L „ . 710t tr , oping forth. Not to staed beside him as the Cr ' did, but to busy al d bestir themselves. To do allh'n to to her image. To pull him by the skirts, and P 0 , 0,4 it when it appe are d. 'Co c l uster roun d i t , a nd " 3 ' ) 0 1 O it, and strew fl owers f or i t to trea d on. T o try t° Cbri its fair head with th e i r t in y h an d s. T o s h o w that I , , r e were fond of it an d h ee d i t; an d t h at there was I fi r t a e ugly, wicked, or accusatory creature to c l a i m kilo of it—none but their playful and approving seives' 0 .1) His thoughts were co ns t an t t o h er i mag e. '" always there. 6° 5 No writer possesses more po wer over the e ol° than "Buz." When w e r ea d hi s pages we surren"e,,e dominion of our f ee li ngs ; smiles and tears are a lto his disposal. His pages are bright and sP lr ' i .,*e full of warmth a nd merr i men t ; the must common"r,, e ll affairs interest and a muse w h en grace d b y his 'lift! fancy, yet ever anda non , am id a ll t hi s wi t a nd Pio , comes some passage of deep and touching iii such choly, some heart-sorro w , pourtraved w ith "or mournful beauty, such earnest taithrulnes , , tha t . smiles all vanish, and uncontrolled emoti,n at te ! t. th° truth and po Nen Such ehan..tes are frequent 10 0 e, page of " Boz ''The few who know him, but by o a d may speak of hi m as an aut h or f orme d f or wit "Itf liveliness, but those who are familiar with hi' wilt own th a t hi s v i v id fancy andlively ' l, illustrst i4 o are only second to the deep feeling that pervad' s e r writings, to the touching pictures, his pen is e e tii ful pourtray,—the extremes of wit and feeling!: united on his page—this, indeed, is the secret 0 : ,I r e power. Let it not he supposed from this that Cricket" is a melancholy story—far from it; it 17P cheerful, pleasant narrative, as a tale of home show ~i N)1 4 1 , bpi; , Area avid ori th at 4,6 i