The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FAIDAT" EVENING, DECEMBER 27. 1844'. CONSUMPTION ; its Curability established by reference to numerous cases; being a Letter addressed to the Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty's Household, Physician Extra ordinary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Senior Consulting Physician to the Consumptive Hospital, Chelsea—Patron, her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. By Dr. CRONIN, Physician to the Strand Dispensary for Consumption, &c. Price Is. To be had at Forsyth's, 455, West Strand ; Byrne's, 94, St. Mar tin's-lane ; at the Dispensary, 113, Strand ; and at the author's resi dence, Craven-street, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Dec. 26,wi1l be performed Belle's grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be produced the Grand Christmas Harlequlnade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ; Puck (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. Payee. 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 ; h .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 which Crusoe was wrecked, with the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, &c, wide awake in tke fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. 11. Payne. liow Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck; his private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de termirnes 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 a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Parramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con 'owned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending ierself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley— how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into the Ere, i.e., the water. SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in hopes of his turning out "a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How Pariboo and Hankipanki 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—awl how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— how Pariboo and his warriors, to the time of " Follow, follow over mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost in 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. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion within is suddenly interrupted by-the Indians from without ;in short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the hut, and then to the changcl, of L the 014 Wreck to the Jolly Young Watennan and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arnie and Legs Manufactory ; Duet, in two flats, tune, ". Here we go up, up, up, here we 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 8 and 9. Curriersand FancyLetAer-dressers,and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hl4e yourself to avoid hiding by another— whole skin is better than a skin in holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison; Remember the poor Debtors ; Knockers and bells versus thieves ; Somebody's coming; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors; the tebles sud denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes; " Ladles of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young 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 a n d L o d g i ng -house ; " Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for Harlequin ;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting Chandelier. BAROMETER, N.E. tiECOND EDITION. " 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 Commerce lend their assistance to produce SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more extraordinary one, viz., SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her Mgenythristening the Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corners, Mr. Barran' ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr, W. Harrison; Catarina Lornaro, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequin.ide, call PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEOUIN AND isOBIN:,(tN CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. ii. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown , Mr. I'. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. Cho Box-ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six SI the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr, B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket S,rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe”s ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr, W. larren ; The Countess of t 6orpion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthor,, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a Orana MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PICTORIA L TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. To conclude with a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET, King Uxorious Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciesa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'. Merton; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. 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, tr3na ran till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated (by special permission of Charle s Dickens. ng.) a New Drama. entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bolls that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. O. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son ; Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, bliss Fortescue ; M rs . Chlckenstalktr, 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 Fitzwilliara. 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. Sanrlers. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, sir. Pitt; Leader of th e Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STHEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton; Olivier ' Mr. Allen; All a rd, M r. C . Horn , Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks ; • Iron, Mr. Leiner ; Hermine, Isfdlle. Helen Conde!! ; Gertrud e , Mrs. Fosbroke. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE .NiILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoff Mr. Compton ; Lothair , Mr. Oxberry ; K e l mar, Mr. Granby Riber, Mr. Corti, .Gol o t z , Mr. Walton ; Cl au di ne, Miss E. Stan ley; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallo la. Half-price at Nine e'clock—Dress Circle , 2.5. Rd. ; Boxes, 21. ; Pit, le.; Gallery, N. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guin eas an d a- H alf. Doors to be opened at Halt. put Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Ail:111=10145 for the Season to be had at the Theatre. Aki IHE ROYAL LYCEUM, LA 114 ENGLISH OrEitA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Nrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic, Pannummical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE A Ni) 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. Neeley. PKICES GE ADM coxes. 43., Upper Boxes, :let.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 29 ; Upper Boxes, Is. AS.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the 11, ,CALty Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second [tier (Molding eight persons), One Guinea and a. Half. Private Boxes on the Pit tier (Molding six persons), One Guinea, e Box...mtice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three.. ties of Mr. Grigan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening —Squire Batty's Hounds meet this Evening, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY, THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Hor.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled Natioval Fetes. Peal Fox-chase on the Stage end in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. natty et Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Kosom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship, To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Thick Watch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantalorm, Mr. Bradbury. Acung and stap,..ruanager, Mr. W. D. Brener/sot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by sir. Ft smith Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in complimce with numerous requests from the country, and by spacial desire, he has formed arraneements to pre sew, during the Christmas Ho'idays, a S ries of EQUESTRIAN IuORNING FETES and FASHIO NABLE ' DAY PERFORM. ANCE, to commence at Half-past Ono, and terminate at Half-past Three : consisting of Batty's Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. 'Ma first Three Morning Performances will take place on Monday, Dec. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2, and Friday, Jan. 4. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENIN , +, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corti (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, M rs. R . H onner, Mrs. Lewis, rs. W. M Daly, and Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, ,HILIANGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, NIT'. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places a .1 Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. Ogler, from Eleven to Four. -- ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be performed an Interesting Drama, entitled POVERTY; Or, A Tale of Slrrow. Squire Graham, Mr. Watkins; Fredtrick, Mr. T. H. Higgie; Leonard, Mr. Henry Howard ; Mary Graham, Mrs. W. Rignold ; Patty Parrot, Mis E. Terrey Atter which, THE ROAD-SIDE INN. Captain Rambleton, Mr. . H Iliggie; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Ellen, Miss E. Terray. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ' • or, The Little Old Wom an an d the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. BlanClaard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle, Le Vite. RAISING TIIE WlND.—During the bustle which prevailed at Alnwick fair, Northumberland, lately, a fellow had the courage to try the temper of the multi tude by a new stratagem for raising the wind. His show board was inscribed with the following intimation: —" Wonderfully curiosities of neature ; you may see alive beer, the most wonderfullest cheiree-coloured car, from Shropshire, and the stipenduous rose-coloured pigeon, from the West of England. Also secrets worth noing, by the proprietor. All for twopence." Such prodigies, and at such a price, could not fail of attract ing a crowd of spectators, who, on their admittance, were gravely shown a black cat and a white pigeon; they then very naturally stared at each other, when the ex hibitor, trusting to their good-humour, very confidently addressed the—" Naow, ladies and gemmen, I have perform'd my promise we' oe—for you must ne as haow, there be black cherries and white rooases, and such be the colours of my cat and my pigen. I havP shown you, moreover, a whole tent full o' people not half so wise as they think for, but wiser naow.than when they came in; and naow (pulling off his hat) I hopes you will keep my secret, and notmake other folks outside'as wise as your sel, until they ha' paid for it, is yott.c .Now, my secret is, that you have relieved a poor felloer at a trifling cost, that must ha' gone to bed supperless, with his woife and children, if you had not ; and I' m sure you are too good natured to be angry . me for that." Honest John Bull and his family did not disappoint him, for each suc cessive company went away in good-humour, leaving others to enjoy the wonder at the same expense, a n d keep ',he secret in turn for their Own sakes. Now ready, /11 . 111 E EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXIII., COLONEL MAXWELL'S ADVENTURES. I will be published on Wednesday next, janwary 1, 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portalts, CONTENTS : Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. i I. LORD BROUGHAM'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. 11. TOOKE'S EDITION of CHURCHILL'S POETICAL WORKS. 111. PROGRESS and PROSPECTS .f SCIENTIFIC AGRICUL TURE. IV. LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON and the CHANCES:of the BIR. V. THE CHIMES ; a GOBLIN STORY, by CHARLES DICKENS. VI. LIFE and CORRESPONDEXCE of DR. ARNOLD. VII. MEDICAL REFOM. Loudon : Longman and Co. Edinburgh': A. and C. Black. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, DEC. 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 32, Nom—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 ca 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. Nferrileg 21 minuted after I I Evening 40 minutes after `7. during the course of the civil war which so long dis tracted Spain are so extraordinary as to appear al most fabulous. General JauarGur particularly distinguished himself during the civil war in the Basque Provinces from the death of FEEDINAND VII., in 1833, to the Convention of Bergara, in August, 1839. FPT7.7:CTE. M. DoNozo CORTES has withdrawn his resignation of the office of QUEEN'S Secretary. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 20.—Three per Cents. 32 cash, 32a at 60 days, thirty-nine millions done; Five per Cents. 221 at 60 days, fifty millions done; Float ing Debt, 77 at 30 days; Coupons, 26 at 60 days ; Passive, 6/ at 60 days, with a premium. The French papers of Wednesday and Thursday have been received. The Chambers were opened on Thursday, by the KING in person. The Royal speech on the occasion will be found in another column. The Opposition papers are full of bitter attacks on M. GUIZOT and his policy. The Constitutionnel not only attacks him, but foretells the manner in which he will defend himself. It says— " We have stated that in the approaching session the Ministry intended to make a great use of silence. Accord ing to the reports which were in circulation in the Salle des Conferences, the following is tie manner in which this system is to be applied to the principal political ques tions:—lf interrogated on the right of search, M. Guizot will reply once more that he negotiates. The affirma tion will be deemed but little likely, for how can it be believed that what has not been obtained after conver sations at Windsor, can be accorded on an exchange of simple notes ? Besides, the English Cabinet may be questioned on its side, and the replies agreed on be tween Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot may undergo such changes from the discussion in one of the two Parlia ments, that the truth shall appear with a superfluous eclat. However, whilst waiting for such incidents, M. Guizot hopes to get out of the business by declaring that the question is pendent, and that he cannot state any thing until the conclusion, more or less remote. On the question of secondary instruction, it is difficult to be completely silent. M. Guizot will allow M. Villemain and M. Martin (du Nord) to act in contrary senses at their own risk and peril. For himself he will assume the part of a philosophical speaker, or will even refrain completely, retrenching himself behind the excuse of his being a Protestant. The Pritchard indemnity will ne cessarily call for explanations, However it has been arranged that the affair shall not be directly submitted to the votes of the Chamber. Admirals Hamelin and Seymour are charged with the task of settling the matter on the spot. Until their return, it will be de clared, that although the principle of the indemnity is admitted, yet the justice and the nature of the reparation cannot be really appreciated until after the statement on both sides of the damage done, and the Chamber will be informed that it will have to pronounce on the question anew when a credit shall be demanded. The difficulty will be attempted to be evaded by this postponement, with the design of pretending, at a later period, that approbation was given in principle to the conduct of the Ministry. To such persons as shall speak of the treaty of Tangiers, they will reply by the word Isly, and they will ascend to the capitol on the shoulders of Marshal Bugeaud. It is expected that the majority will lend itself to this system of tactics, and thus the session will offer us the spectacle of Ministers eluding discussions before a complaisant as sem bl y ; t h at would be, in M. Guizot's opinion, the perfection of representative go vernment. But can such perfection be attained?" M. GUIZOT held his first levee on Tuesday. It was numerously attended by the newly-arrived Conserva tive Deputies ; but it was remarked that neither M. DUPIN nor M. SAUZET, the two candidates for the Presidency, were among the number. Lord COWLEY did not attend, on account of the death of Lady A. CULLING SMITH. The other Ambassadors and Minis ters resident in Paris wore almost all present. The Opposition party are also preparing for the strife, on Wednesday there were no less than three meetings of Deputies, to consider the question of the Presidency. The Ministerialists, the centre gauche, or THIERS party, and the gauche or ODILLON BARROT party, all held meetings. It is now said that the centre gauche has some idea of starting M. Onii.Lox BARROT, but it is not probable that he will become seriously a candidate. " You are, Gentlemen, witnesses of the prosperous state of France. You see our national activity pro tected by wise laws display itself over every part of our territory and reaping by the protection of order the fruits of its labours. The improvement in na tional credit and the equilibrium established between our annual receipts and our expenses bear testimony to the happy influence of this situation over the general affairs of the State, as well as over the we!_ fare of all. " The financial laws will shortly he presented to you. Bills for the improvement of our roads, of our ports, of our internal navigation, for the finishing of our railroads, and for various objects of general utility, will also be submitted to your deliberations. " Amidst the prosperity of the country, Heaven has bl,ssed the interior of my family ; it has increased the number of my children, and the marriage of my beloved son (the Duke d'Aumale), with a Princess already connected with us by so many ties, has been to me and to all mine a source of lively satisfaction. " Gentlemen,—Providence has imposed upon me great labours and sorrowful trials. I hnve accepted the burden, I have devoted myself—l have devoted my family—to the service of my country. To Ibund, for a long time to come, their union and their happi . ness, such has been for fourteen years past the aim of my constant efforts. I have the confidence that, with your loyal co- operwtion, the Almighty will enable me to attain it, and that; the gratitude of free and happy France will be the reward of our mutual devotedness, and the glory of my reign." The fog was so dense, and the distance at which the public was kept by the troops was so great, that it was impossible to catch a glimpse of the royal cortege as it passed along the quays, from the Tuilleries to the Palace of the Cba mber of Deputies. A consider able military force be d been called out on the occasion, and twelve battalions of National Guards, with an equal number of troops, lined the quays on the passage of their MLtjesties. The election of M. SAUZET to the Presidency of the Chambers is considered as certain. On Christmas-day at TORTONI'S very little business was done. The French Three per Cents. were at 85f. 55c. to 85f. 60c. A good deal was done in the Spanish Funds : Actives, 27k, Three per Cents. 381, Coupons, 26fr to 4. A letter from Bologna says that a report is cur rent there that M. CAPACCINI will be made a Car dinal in the Consistory, which is to be held next month, and appointed Secretary of State, in the place of Cardinal LAMBRUSCHINI. IMPORTANT FROM THE RIVER PLATE. SEIZURE OF THY, ARGENTINE SQUADRON BY THE AMERICAN COMMODORE. The following lett3r was posted in the Liverpool Underwriters' Room this day, Dee. 26 : "Busertos AIRES, OCT. 2, 1844. " Circumstances of an extraordinary nature took place at Monte Video on Sunday, the 29th ult., being nothing less than the seizure by the American Com modore, commanding the United States frigate Con gress, of the whole of the Argentine squadron. " We recal to your recollection the fact that since the departure of Commodore Purvis, the fishing boats of Monte Video are seized by the Argentines whenever they can catch them. On Sunday, one of these boats was pursued by an armed schooner, having the Buenos Ayrean flag, and the latter having the best of the race, the boat ran under the lee of an American barque for security, upon which the armed schooner, without hailing or other usual notice, fixed shotted guns into the barque, doing some damage, being at the same time, too, within the range of the Congress's guns. The Ame rican commodore mediately sent an armed boat to take possession of the aggressive schooner, and then of the whole Argentine squadron in detail, lowering the flag of each viessel in succession. Commodore Grenfell, commanding the Brazilian force at Monte Video, sent a message to Captain Phippin, stating that he considered the blockade to be void, as the blockading naval fort! e had ceased to exist. Iler Bri tannic Majesty's brig Philomel arrived here to-day, dispatched by Mr. Turner with letters to Air. Man deville—and there the affair stands at present. "We may add, t bat the armed schooner did not strictly belong to ti '2e squadron, but is one of the small craft fitted out. by Oribe, and manned by the lowest class of foreigners, chiefly Italians, who re ceive no fixed pay, but remunerate themselves by prize -money. She cair ried no papers of any kind, and the American Comm odore retains her as a ' piratical craft' " I have detailed th is affair to you because the con sequences are likely ti a be serious. " On the same day a sortie was made from Monte Video, under the con imand of Flores, who succeeded in surprising a party of Oribe's men, slew about 60 of them, and carried c .ff a quantity of cattle and horses, which were driven is to the town." A ROMANTIC STO ay.--A Swiss journal furnishes us with the followie g romantic tale of real lifo:—A married couple, who. had for several years lived in a state of anti.conjup il-harmony, determined to part, and made an appoi e .tinent with each other to meet at a notiry's to sip, n the deed of separation. To arrive at the office of the man of law they had to cross a lake, and, a s it happened, they both em barked in the same boat. On their passage a storm arose, and the boat was upset. The husband, being a good swimmer, soot 1 reached the shore in safety; on looking around him see the fate of his fellow-pas sengers, he discovered his wife still struggling for her life, but in imminent d Luger. A feeling of his early af fection returned to him, and, plunging again into the water, he swam to her, and succeeded in rescuing her. When she recovered heir senses, and learnt to whom she owed her life, she threw herself into his arms. He em braced her with equal cordiality, and they vowed an oblivion of all their duff mences, and that they would live and die together. AWFUL COLLIERY di tCCIDENT.---EIQUT LIVES LOST. —One of the most alai: suing accidents, and attended, we are sorry to say, with b ierious loss of life, occurred on Monday last, at the colliery of Messrs. Mathews and Dudley, at Co thy n's 11, nil, near Dudley. The circum stances are briefly these -„:—About six o'clock on Monday last, as six boys and two men were descending the shalt of the pit in a skip, when a few yards from the top, the chain to which ti us skip •was attached broke, and preci pitated them into the " s,ump," and they were all killed. The " sump" is a . kind .of reservoir, sunk some feet below the level of he pit, immediately under the shaft, to receive the wate r in the pit. In the present instance there were about si !Yen feet or water in the " sump," so that if they ha d eseaped being crushed to death in , their fall they wou Id most likely have been drowned. The two men were tit: arried, but we have not been able to ascertain whether ' or not they have left any family. An inquest was to 6:t held yesterday (Thursday) beim° the coroner, T. M. 1!?1 haps. Esq., the result of which will be given in our ; next week's paper.—Ten Tvwni Whilst the railrosi ' from Vienna to Trieste is &d wanting i n completion. nearer the sea, the new Custom-- house at Vienna also, . draws towards completion. The Customs' duty at V i tt Ina already amounts to 300,0001. annually. A milli on and a half quintals enter that capital by waggons an d horses, which will all come by the railroad now.-- •Auetrik Lloyd's. t SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE S NI avid " Ari F ii 9 E Yesterday (Thursday) the French Chambers were opened with the usual ceremonies. At one o'clock his Majesty left the Tuileries, and upon arriving at the Chamber of Deputies ascended the Throne, ac companied by their Royal Highnesses the Due de Ne mours, Prince de Joinville, Duc d'Aumale, and Due de Montpensier. The Queen and Princesses occupied the usual places. His Majesty having taken his seat, delivered the following most gracious speech : " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies, " At the moment your last session closed, compli cations, which might have become serious, were the object of my solicitude. " The necessity for protecting our possessions in Africa from reiterated and hostile incursions had obliged U 3 to carry the war into the empire of Mo rocco. Our brave land and sea armies, worthily com manded, have attained with glory, and in a few days, the object designated to their courage. Peace has been as prompt as victory, and Algeira, where three of my sons have this year had the honour of serving their country, has received a double pledge of secu rity,' for we at the same time proved our power and our moderation. " My Government was engaged with that of the Queen of Great Britain in discussions which might have given rise to apprehensions of the relations be tween the two States being weakened. A mutual spirit of goodwill and equity has, however, maintained between France and England that happy accord which guarantees the repose of the world. " In the visit I have paid :to the Queen of Great Britain, in order to testify to her the value which I set upon the intimacy which unites us, and of the reciprocal friendship of which she has given me so many marks, I have been surrounded with manifes tations the most satisfactory to France and to me. I have gathered in the feelings which have been ex pressed to me fresh pledges for the long duration of that general peace which secures to our country abroad a position dignified and strong, and at home a prosperity ever increasing and the quiet enjoyment o its constitutional liberties. "My relations with all the foreign powers con• tinue pacific and amicable. AN 41Jubitr tnto it. " Who runs may read." @fi~P~'.~Ei.S+~ ~~: . On Monday evening;, their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the President of the Coun cil of Ministers, the Minister of Commerce, the Pope's Nuncio, Vice-Admiral Jacob, Generals Bougenel, Pail loux, and Hecquet, the Marquis de Lavalette, Counts Mold, de Bondy, d'Haubersaert, and de Montesquiou, and the Barons de Vandceuvre and de Brigode. The Peers assembled on Tuesday in one of the com mittee-rooms of their Chamber to draw by lot for the grand deputatio❑ to receive the King on his coming on Thursday to open the Parliamentary session. Lieut.-Gen. Baron Vincent, Grand Cross of the Le gion of Honour, died on Monday evening in the rue Tronchet, aged 69. M. Dupoty, the liberated ex-editor of a Republican paper, has very discreetly declined accepting a "fra ternal banquet" offi.Ted to him by his political friends. We read in the Ret•ue de Paris—" Letters from Gen. Lamorich)re, and which are corroborated by positive facts, announce that Abd-el-Kader is in a small town of Morocco, under the surveillance of the troops of the Emperor, who appears up to the present moment to have faithfully executed the clauses of his treaty with France. Ile has several times given an account of the measures adopted by him to watch the Emir, and lately informed the French authorities that Abd-el-Kader had sent emissaries to the environs of Fez, but that ,the people had remained deaf to his voice." M. Cortena and M. Cantero, ex-Ministers of Spain, and M. Pascual Madoz, one of the most influential speakers in the Cortes last year, have established their residence in Paris for the winter. Pierre Monguiere, one of the veterans of the armies of the Republic and Empire, died at the Hotel des In valides of Paris on Monday. He had received 23 bullet wounds, and 15 stabs and cuts inflicted with the bayonet, lance, or sabre. The paper manufactory belonging to Messrs. Brice and Co., situate at La Villette, near Paris, was reduced to ashes on Monday night. The young woman through whose imprudence the fire originated perished in the flames, and a corporal and a soldier of the 74th Regi ment died victims of their zeal whilst endeavouring to extinguish the fire. They fell in the canal, and were drowned. The frost had returned suddenly and with much intensity in Paris. Letters from Madrid state that the motive for the sud den return of M. Gonzalez Bravo to Lisbon is the re ceipt of intelligence from that city, stating that the Spanish refugees in Portugal are seriously preparing fur an attempt at counter-revolution in Spain. Whilst or ders are being sent to the authorities on the frontier to be on their guard against such an attempt, M. Gonzalez Bravo is to return to his post, in order that he may be able to defeat the intrigues of the refugees in Portugal. It is reported that a serious difference has arisen be tween M. Donoso Cortes, Secretary to the Queen of Spain, and General Narvaez, on the occasion of the peti tion of the journalists in favour of Colonel Rengifo. We are not told exactly how the Queen's Secretary has offended the President of the Council ; but we are left to infer that the former, either from motives of humanity or a desire to popularise the Queen by an act of clemency, supported the petition of the journalists, and presented it to the Queen, without first receiving the assent of Gene. ral Narvaez. Be this as it may, it is certain that Gene ral Narvaez has expressed so much anger towards M. Donoso Cortes, that he has placed his resignation in the bands of her Niajesty ; but it has not yet been accepted. A letter from Dresden, Dec. 16, in the Wayne Ga zette, states that the Saxon Government is on the point of contracting a new loan with the house of Rothschild. A Vienna letter says that, as the railroad between. that capital and Trieste approaches towards the sea, the nee. buildings for the Custom -house at Vienna are drawing towards a completion. To give an idea of the immense extent of this establishment, the writer states that, in the course of the present year, 1,500,000 quintals (the quintal is 221ilbs. English) of merchandise arrived by land, and 170,000 quintals by water, besides 122,000 quintals in transit. The Westphalian Mercurti states, under its Berlin head, that Tsahech constantly refused to apply fir pardon, declaring, that as a man of birth and education, ho could not support the punishment of being shut up in a house of correction. On the day of the execution the King sent him word that he and the Queen forgave him what he had done. Tachech had intended address• ing the persons around him, but a police agent prevented him. He therefore only cried out, "Liberty, truth, and justice for ever." These were his last words. The late capture in the Rue du Rempart has led to the arrest of about twenty more delinquents, in consequence of numerous informations having been laid before the police. One is by a high functionary, from whom a sum of money had been extorted by threats of charging him with infamous practices, by two men who accosted him one dark rainy night in the environs of the church of the Madeleine. A slight accident happened on Saturday afternoon last upon the railway, between Quievrain and Valenciennes. near Annaing. An axletree broke, and the waggons continued to be dragged on, before they could be stopped, for about a thousand yards. But fortunately no passenger, nor any one of the men employed on the train, was hurt, nor was any considerable damage done. 31.&177 AND POLIO'. There was not a single charge of drunkenness made at the Mansion-house on the day after Christmas-day. Edward Downes Boucher, a clerk at the Castle and Falcon Inn, Aldersgate-street, charged with obtaining money by false pretences from Mrs. Lee, a saleswoman in Newgate-market, was fully committed from Guild hall. The prisoner was in the habit of overcharging for the carriage of parcels, and of pocketing the difference between the amount charged and the amount entered on the waybill. At Queen-square Richard Smith, a determined-look ing fellow, was yesterday charged with violently assault ing Mary Higgleton, cutting her dress off her person, and demolishing the whole of her furniture. He was also charged with making a furious attack upon a policeman. The prisoner had first seduced and then de serted her, but afterwards finding that she had, by her industry, earned sufficient to purchase a room full of furniture and live comfortably, he sought to renew the intimacy. On Christmas-day they dined together, the prisoner got drunk and attacked her with a knife, and destroyed the furniture. He was only secured after a desperate resistance. Mr. Burrell committed him fur one month to hard labour (without imposing any fine) for the assault on the constable, ordered him to pay a penalty of 51., or be imprisoned for two months, for the unmanly attack upon the female, and to find bail to keep the peace for the next six months. Robert Woodgate, a returned transport, was com mitted from Lambeth-street, for one month to the House of Correction, for cutting the guard and attempting to steal a valuable silver watch, the property of Thomas Wilson, at a coffee-shop, in Whiteehapee At the Thames Poliee-court, when the magistrate, Mr. Ballantine, took his seat on the bench, it was announced that there were only five night charges which had occurred at the various station-houses of the district, containing a population, including sailors, of over 150.000 persons. Of these only three were charged with drunkenness, and, as they had not behaved disorderiy, they were discharged. V 0121 4 , 2 - • ?ABB XV 731 li.lll - 4 The Dowager Countess of Buckingham, who has been on a visit ty the Es.rl and Countess of Chichester, at Stanmere Park, has arrived at Eastcomb House, near Blackheath. The Countess of Hillsborough and her infant son are, we are happy to say, going On favourably. The Count and Countess de Jarnac have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from the Earl of Tankerville's villa, Mount Felix, Walton-upon-Thames. Lady Mary Leslie, after a sojourn of near two months at Brighton, has left ;for Shrub-hill, the seat of the Dowager Lady of Rothes. Lady Rolle, who had been on a tour of visits in Ire land. has returned to Bicton House, her Ladyship's seat in Devonshire. The Hon. Lady Mary Cocks, Hon. Mrs. C. Hely Hut chinson, and the Hon. Craven Berkeley, M.P., have ar rived at Cheltenham. Sir William and Lady Chatterton have arrived in Berkeley-square from the Continent. Mr. E. Hodgson, M.P., and Mrs. Hodgson, have ar rived in Carlton-gardens from Brussels. Mr. Charles Cochrane has arrived in Devonshire-place from Madrid. iIeISOZZLA77IIIOI7III. Prince Albert's Scotch ox, admired at the late Christ mas show of the Smithfield Club, and admitted by every judge who had seen him to be the finest specimen of his breed ever seen in England, is of the Angus breed, and was bred and reared by Hugh Watson, Esq., at Keillor, county of Forfar. About a year ago Mr. Wat son sold it to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, for a goodly sum. It is the same ox which was shown by Mr. Watson at the Highland Society's show at Dundee, and at the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland's show in Belfast, in 1843, when he was recommended by the judges as the most perfect animal of his kind they had ever seen in a show-yard. On Christmas morning, at nine o'clock, according to the annual custom of the Duke of Northumberland, his Grace gave the following munificent donations to eight hundred of the respectable poor of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, which was distributed at the rectory, by the Rev. Sir Henry Duckinfield, Bart., viz., a half crown piece, fifteen pounds of the best potatoes, a four-pound loaf, and one hundred weight of the best coals, to each recipient. The state apartments at Windsor Castle, which had been closed since the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Glousester, are now open to the public, by command of her Majesty. On Christmas-day, six poor women and a similar number of aged men, constant attendants at Somers Chapel, Seymour-street, St. Pancras, were regaled with a handsome repast, by a gentleman named Rowe, hold ing sittings in the same chapel, and residing at No. 79, high-street, Camden -town. The poor creatures were selected by the Rev. C. Phillips, the curate, and were ordered to attend at Mr. Rowe's. That genth man presided over the festive board ; the viands consisting of roast pig, boiled rabbit, and pickled pork, roast beef, plumb pudding, mince pies, &e. During the repast, the gues t s were en li vene d b y mus i c and singing, Mr. H. Home presiding. at the harp, and Miss Rowe and another young: lady at the piano-forte. To make the scene more enchanting, the drtok ing-room was decorated with bunches of holly and mistletoe, from which were suspended bundles of Portugal grapes, orang(s and lemons. An excellent dessert, with Port and Sherry, ad libituni, was also put upon the table. 4,94° • ti •;, " 44 .; - .aultP , V : 0 3 „ ; 4 49,4 , • ,md-wrs_Ale, blOlllll -Atit LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1844, The Charge of the Bishop of WORCESTER which he delivered on Monday last to the candidates for ordination at their final examination, is a document which it is impossible to peruse without the most un feigned satisfaction, breathing, as it does in every sen tence, a spirit of the sincerest piety, and sedulously keeping within the pale of judgment and common sense. The Right Reverend Prelate is strenuously opposed to the sayings and doings of the Tractarian heretics, which, he is persuaded, are calculated to alienate the affections of the clergy from the laity, and thus to inflict a deadly blow on the Church, which necessarily depends, not only for its usefulness, but for its very security, on its power to retain unim paired its hold on the affections of the people. Alluding to the state of the Establishment previously to the publication of the notorious Oxford Tracts, the Bishop remarks that it is scarcely possible to point out a period when the prosperity and efficiency of the Church were more signally conspicuous. An in creased degree of zeal, he says, and a more entire de votion to their sacred functions were manifest among the clergy ; and not only did the most perfect har mony exist between them and the laity, but the lat ter evinced their sincere reverence for the spi ritual and temporal interests of the Establish ment by contributing in a most munificent, unhesitating, and ungrudging spirit to the erection of new churches and the endowment of various religious institutions. " Divine service," adds the Bishop, " was performed in strict accordance with the general directions of the Rubric ; schools were multiplied ; the great truths of the everlasting Gospel were more distinctly and generally preached; and such was the impression gradually made on those who had separated from us, by such in creased zeal and activity, on the part of our clergy, that in several dioceses, not only Dissenting ministers, but whole congregations of Dissenters joined our communion." Such was the con dition of the Church immediately previous to the issuing of the mischievous Oxford Tracts. But such is its condition no longer. The Tractarian schisma tics have succeeded in scattering far and wide the seeds of dissension, and in throwing not a few of the laity into the arms of Disient, who—but for the pre valence of such heresy among many of the clergy— would never have dreamed of quitting the church of their forefathers. But the dawn of a more auspicious day is at hand. The clouds are slowly breaking away in the East, and we trust, ere long, that the full, undimmed meridian sun of peace and prosperity will again shine on the Establishment. Tractarianism—not withstanding the exertions in its favour made by Doctor Putia.poyrs, and the trimming evasive conduct of CHARLES JAMES LONDON, who would be a Tractarian if he dared—is manifestly verging to its decline. It has been too cunning for its own interests. It has be trayed the cloven foot too soon. In a word, it has overshot its mark ; and the consequence is, that all the more prudent ministers of the Church and the laity have begun to take the alarm, and to speak out in bold, indignant disapproval of the heresy. The Bishop of WORCESTER'S Charge is the last, but not the least effective, blow that has been inflicted on it, and we trust it will be speedily followed up by other Church dignitaries. Doctor PEPYS is decidedly hostile to the innovations recommended by Doctor PHILLPOTTS in his Pastoral Letter ; and in reference to the surplice question, which has of late created such a ferment throughout the diocese of Exeter, he justly observes that what is in itself insignificant acquires itnpertance when it s considered as the badge of a party, and when on this account it becomes a stumbling-block and an offence to others. On this ground, the Right Rev. Prelate advises his clergy to continue the practice which has so long prevailed, of preaching in their academical habit, even though by so doing they de viate from the precise directions of the Rubric. His Lordship then proceeds to give his reasons for this advice, which, to our thinking, are perfectly conclu sive and unanswerable. But it is scarcely neces sary to enlarge further on the subject of the surplice, for Dr. PHILLPOTTS—as our readers are aware—has already withdrawn his ordinance on the question. But seven brief days since, and who more firm or dogmatic than he was in insisting on the promptest and fullest obedience being paid to his sovereign will and pleasure in this respect. Now, he himself is the first to acknowledge— indirectly, indeed, for it is hardly to be expected that lie would directly condemn himself—that he may have been a little too precipitate ; and graciously per mits his clergy, in deference to public opi nion, to abandon the wear of the ob noxious surplice during the sermon ! Having confessedly been rash in issuing this particular order, should not the ghostly Bishop suspect that he may have been equally rash in . issuing his other rubrical ordinances, and doubt the wisdom and the policy of his persisting in their enforcement ? We suspect that it will not be very long ere he finds himself compelled to retract the majority, if not the varole, of the pre posterous injunctions as regards obsolete usages— obsolete, because worthless—contained in his " Pas toral Letter!" Madrid papers, of the 19th and 20th, have arrived. On the 19th the Chamber of Deputies passed the first article of the Bill relative to the conversion of the claims of the contractistas into Three per Cent. Stock by a majority of 132 against 9. That article was to the following effect : " The House approves the conversion into titles of the Consolidated Three per Cent. Debt of the credits and claims accruing from contracts, of advances of funds, 'treasury bills, inscriptions of the Floating Debt, cen tralized, and of bills on the Treasury of the Havannah, also proceeding from contracts, in the terms and ac cording to the rate fixed in the royal decrees of the 26th of June, 13th of September, and 9th of October, in the present year." An amendment had been moved by the Marquis DE MONTEVIRGEN and three other Deputies to the second article, tending to establish the claims to in demnity of the lay-owners of tithes, who had been deprived of their rights by the suppression of that tax. The Minister of Finance admitted the justice of the demand, but observed, that it would be the object of a special project of law, which he intended to pre sent to the Chamber in the course of the session. On this assurance M. DE MONTEVIRGEN consented to withdraw the amendment; but those who had signed it with him insisting on its being put from the chair, it was lost by only one voice, 52 voting against it, and 51 in its favour. The Bill passed on the 20th. In the Senate the debate on the " Reform Bill" commenced, but nothing of any consequence occurred in the course of the debate. The settlement of the question respecting an hereditary peerage is the one looked forward to with any interest. A letter from Victoria states that General Jau- REGUY, celebrated as "El Pastor," has just died in that town. He was one of the most celebrated of those guerilla chiefs whose perils and adventures MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY ARRIVALS. Wheat. Earley. I Oats. Flout English ...... .... 2,470 qn. 1,920 qra- 1,490 gra. 2,360 1ri5h......... ..... - --- T'...• F0reign.......... - - Malt, 3,520 arc --- aabava,..a. - a - asa - AJ674X11. This being a holiday market, the supply of beasts offering was very limited, but fully equal to meet the wants of the butchers. In prices we have no variation to notice from those obtained on Monday. The numbers of Sheep were small, yet the sale for them was in a sluggish state, at unaltered figures. Prime small Calves sold freely, t t very low prices ; but, in other kinds of Veal, next to nothing was doing. The Pork trade was firm, and the currencies were supported without diffi culty. Mulch Cows sold slowly at from 161 to 191 each. Per Blbs. to sink the offaL s. d, to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts ..... 2_ 8 210 Second qualityditto.. 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 310 4 0 Prime large Oxen 3 8 :3 10 Southdown Wether E 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs Prime small ditto 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers 9 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 030 Quarter oldPigs,eachl6 020 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. J Calves. I Pigs. 633 2,100 54 287 Itg*ZI7,OIS.TIM AA TD isZ.A.II7GIVIEEALL., The supplies of Meat on sale were by no means large, yet the trade was in a very sluggish state, and prices were barely supported. At per atone, loy tne Carcase. a. d.tos.d. a. d. to a. Beef, inferior 2 6 210 Mutton, inferior ...... 8 210 midtling 3 0 3 2 - middling 9 0 3 4 - prime large 3 4 3 6 - prime ..... 3 6 3 -- prime wall 3 6 3 i t B Fork, large 2 Y 3 4 Veal ........» ..... 3 4 4 4 ...... 3 6 4 0 ZOROUGLI HOP 14.8.3t1L15T. Notwithstanding the supply of Ilops on offer is ,but limited, the demand continnes extremely inactive, at almost nominal figures.—Sussex pockets, 71 to 81 ss; Wealds, 61 18s to Si ; Mid Kent, 81 to 101 15s ; East Kent, 71 7s to SI ; Choice, 101 to 121; Farnhams, 101 to lot 10s. COLONTAL The produce markets being closed for the holidays, we have but little to report. COTTON.—There has been a fair business doing, at full rates, about 5,000 bales having been sold. TEA.—The market. is steady. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 40s.' 3d. to 40s. 6d. per cwt. on the spot. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS. DEC. 24 —The average price of Wheat last week was 17f., and that of Rye 10f. 62c. per hectolitre. The Belgian Consul at Sincapore has visited, by order of his Government, the ports of Chine, open to European commerce. The Government has just received from the Consul a detailed and very interesting report on the general commerce of the Chinese empire, and especially on the several articles of import anti export, the condi tion of sale, &c. A selection of patterns has not yet ar rived. The report will, however, be sent to the Chamber of Commerce, which is directed to communicate it to the merchants and manufacturers of the kingdom. Between seven and eight hundred compositors and printers of Brussels met yesterday, ou the invitation of the Provincial Committee of the printers, issued some days ago, in consequence of tho reports concerning the suppression of literary piracy in Belgium. This impor taut meeting was conducted with the greatest decorum and propriety. A permanent Committee of five mem bers was chosen by a great majority, after which the meeting dispersed in the most orderly manner. BREDA, DEc. 20.—For some time past a great plan for the advantage of our trade has been in contemplation. This is the snaking of a canal from this city to the Dloerdyk, which, it is expected, will revive our declining commerce and manufactures. There have been several meetings on the subject, and we learn that a petition has been presented to his Majesty for the formation of a Chamber of Commerce. It is proposed that the canal shall be navigable by steam-boat, and other vessels, to Oosterhout and Gertrindenberg. HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCE CONSORT'S NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.—WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—The distribution of the Queen's and his Royal Highness Prince Albert's annual gifts to the poor and needy families of Windsor and of that part of the parish of Clewer which is withi❑ the borough, which will be dispensed through the medium of the Lord Steward of her Majesty's household, assisted by the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay (the Queen's do mestic chaplain), agreeably to the recommendation of Mr. John Clode, jun., and the other churchwardens of the parish, will take place on New Year's eve, in the riding.school at the new royal mews in the Home-park. It is expected that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the members of the royal household, will be present to be witnesses of the grati fying scene. One hundred and eighty pairs of ten quarter blankets will be given to that number of families, agreeably to the recommendation of the parochial au thoritirs. Nearly two hundred families, averaging five children in each, will also be supplied (the quantity being regulated according to the number of children), at the same time with beef, plum-pudding, bread, po tatoes, and ale, and also one hundred weight of coals to each family. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—There is at present a man at work on the Hungerford-bridge who, as a boy, witnessed the laying of its first stone. He is in possession of all his 1 aeulties.—Puneh's Almanack. RESPITE OF WILLIAM POTTER.—On Wednesday morning Mr. Noble, the Governor of York Castle, re ceived a respite from the sentence of death, in the case of William Potter, convicted at the late Yorkshire As sizes of arson, at Wistow, near Selby, " until the f ur th er signification of her Majesty's pleastiro.'',,,boncaster Gazette, At seven o'clock in the evening, the happy party hrnk, up, Mr, Rowe havin businn7:s which cane him into the country. E.T.-re is a young mita, 27 yeal'b of age. A further decided advance towards the completion of the lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands, has been made, the height to which it is now brought above high-water mark being sixteen feet. By New Year's day an eleva. thin of thirty-four feet above high-water mark is ex pected to be attained, when the workmen will be regaled on the sands near its site. On Christmas-day the lending library at the Green wich Union• house was opened for the use of the in mates. Upwards of 200 volumes were distributed, and the effect was so signally beneficial that the master, Mr. Ellis, had not, last evening (Thursday), a single case of insubordination to report to the board of guardians, which had arisen after the festivities of Christmas-day. THIS DA Y'S NEWS UNION-HALL. —(THIS DAY.) John Elston was charged before Mr. Traill with caus ing a disturbance in the Queen's Bench prison, and as saulting Caldwell, the turnkey. On the preceding night, when the clock struck nine, the time for the departure of all strangers, the defendant, who was there, refused to quit, saying that his wife was there, and that he would be d—d if he would stir out of the place. Remonstrances were of no avail ; and when the turnkey took the defendant by the arm to eject him from the prison, he turned upon him, and gave him a severe blow in the eye, and knocked him down. In the course of the examination, it was stated that no man could have acted with greater violence, and four men were employed in taking him to the station-house. The prisoner pleaded " Christmas time" in his de defence, but Mr. Traill fined him 3/.; and in default he was committed. Thomas Warnall and Mary Ann Tyler, two young persons, were charged with being concerned in the fol lowing alleged'outrage:— A Mr. Hubbard said that as he and his friend were walking along Kent-street the preceding night he re ceived a severe blow from some person behind. He turned round and was struck again, knocked down, and surrounded by six or seven persons, who kicked him while he was lying on the ground, and he lost his hat and a gold pin out of his shirt. He added that the female prisoner scratched his face while he was on the ground. His friend was also assaulted, but they both admitted they were not sober at the time. The prisoners denied the Charge, and said they were assaulted in the first instance, and as some doubts were entertained by the magistrate that the complainants were mistaken in the identity of the parties, he ordered them to be detained until inquiries were made. LLOYD'S SHIPPIING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 27.—Wind Northerly, moderate breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Pandora, Manilla ; Thomas Lee, and Asiatic, Woof, Calcutta ; Brooke, Camphine, Ichaboe, for Grangemouth. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hen drik, Hudson, New York. OFF SALCOMBE, DEC. 25.—Thunder, Ili° Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Dor drecht, Dutch transport, Surinam, for Amsterdam. Rtutioura, DEC. 26.—Wind E., moderate—Arrd. Esmeralda, Lancelot, Gambia for Rouen, with rudder damaged, sailed Oct. :30 ; Hebe, Billingsley, Quebec, 24th ult. ; Queen of the Isles, London, for Buenos Ayres, leaky, having struck the ground on leaving the Downs. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 23.—Salem, Gilbert, New Orleans. 24. Windhound, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. CORK, DEC. 24.—The Heywood, for Africa, which got on the bank near the Spit Buoy 12th inst., and the Vanguard schooner, which got ashore near Roche's Point 14th inst., came off this morning. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.— Arrd. Culdee, Campbell, Sueir, Hoskell, and Princess Royal, Hoodless, Calcu , ta ; Boston, Stunner, ditto, and Cape of Good Hope; Isabella, Thorpe, and Parker, Reid, Demerara ; Bombay, Reid, New Orleans ; Alabama, Augustus' Head, Higginson, and Harriet, Rockwell, Charleston ; Swordfish, Green, Mirarnichi ; William Fisher, Montreal. Sld. Alexander and Prince Albert, Bombay ; Liffey, Barbadoes ; Ellen, German, Berbice; Severn, Havannab. Off, Constellation, Angra Pequina. ICHABOE.—Arrd. Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Cape of Good Hope, to relieve her Majesty's ship Isis. - - - Owing to the thick weather and contrary winds, we continue to be very scantily supplied with all descrip tions of Grain, consequently very little business is doing in any article. Scarcely any English Wheat was on show, and the few sales effected in it were at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. In fine Foreign Wheat a fair business was doing, at late rates. There was a few runs of Barley on sale, by land-car riage samples, and which were held at full prices. The trade, however, was by no means brisk. Scarcely any Oats at market; these, as well as Beans and Peas, were unaltered in value. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —The Prince Albert, at tended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr. Anson, and Sir Edward Bowater, went to shoot in the royal preserves this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince walked for some time in the grounds around the Castle. The Hon. J. D. Bloomfield arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Lord Haddo, and Lord Wriothesley Russell. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band attended in the even ing, and the Messrs. Distin had the honour off per forming for the second time before the Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal party, in the course of their performance introducing Priere and Air, " Robert toi que j'aime," "Robert le Diable" (deyerbeer). Mr. 0. M. Coleman (from America) had also the honour of submitting his newly-invented .zEolian attachment to the grand pianoforte, on which Mr. Benedict performed a fantasia. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were graciously pleased to express their approbation of the instrument. Th' Mill" _ ilitary Secretary, Lord Fitzroy Sotnerset, accompanied by the Adjutant-General, Sir John Mac donald, visited Captain Siborn's new mod el of Waterloo, at the Egyptian Hall, yesterday, at id ex pressed much pleasure while examining the details. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mau ri tius, and also f rom th e G overnor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. F 'ASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN CE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Devonshire, at Devonshire Housie, from a visit to the Earl and Countess Granville, Est Kemp Town, en route to Chatsworth ; the Rev. Lord a;ad Lady F. Beauclerk, in Lower Grosvenor -street ; Mr. , Cecil C. Marlyn, in Whitehall-gardens, from Brighton ; near, Esq.f and Mrs. Kinnear, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square, from Yorkshire ; Cas apbell, Esq., and Mrs. Campbell, at the Cavendish Hotql, Jer myn-street ; F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Hodg son, in Charlton-gardens, from Brussels ; Charle s Coch rane, Esq., in Devonshire place, from Madrid ; iir Wil liam and Lady Chatterton, in Berkeley -square, 1 iora the Continent. DEPARTURES. Major-General Hodgson and family, for Chelt Benham ; Mrs. George Wombwell, from George-street, ',allover square, for the Steyne Hotel, at Brighton ; e lion, \lrs. Greville, from Lower Belgrave- street, for BJ igh ton ; Mr. Brinsley Sheridan, for the Victoria Hotel, Leo nard's-on-Sea ; F. W. Hastings, Esq., from the 1J V.aterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, St. James's. on a tour. CHANGES. The Rev. Lord and Lady John Beresford, in )I.D a visit to the Archdeacon of Ardagh, and Mrs. Bere:Cord, for the Palace, Armagh ; the Hon. G. S. S. Smytlk e, M.P., at Brighton, from a tour ; Lady Mary Leslie, at Shrub Hall, Dorking, from Brighton ; Mr. J. You ag, M.P., and Mrs. Young, at Ballyborough, County Ca ran, from the Archdeacon. of Ardagh's ; the Dowager C ountess of Buckinghamshire, at her villa, Blackheath, fkom Lord Chichester's, Stanmore Park, Sussex. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—On Mond.g Ti . y morn g the sum o f 25L, b equeathed by the late Erai of Liver pool, to be given annually to five poor deserving families of the town of Kingston-on-Thames, was distributed to persons who were considered by the commits ee to be entitled to it, by Mr. How, the Mayor of Kingstsin. The names of the parties were—Francis Howell, Matthew Waters, Mary IV ellbeloved, Thomas Haines, an d William Millis ; and the Mayor, after making some al spropriate remarks, handed to each the sum of 5/., at the same time expressing a hope that it would be the means 'of making them and their families happy at this festive so; tson. On the same day the sum of 221., the result of a suloseription among the tradesmen of Kingston, was dist! Muted to f%ourteen poor deserving persons belonging to the town. The first mentioned gilt of 251., in accordanc e with the will of the late Noble Earl, has now been giro n for up wards of twenty years. VANGUARD STEAMER.—We are happy to be able to announce that there is a fair prospect of getting the above steamer out of her perilous situation. Through the skilful and persevering exertions of Ca pti tin White, J.P., and of the Company's agents, steam teas got up on yesterday to aid in having the water pumped ( Put of her hold. These efforts succeeded to a certain extent in removing a quantity of water that had accumuluted pre vious to the getting one of the leaks permanently stop ped, and it is now confidently anticipated that the other means about to be resorted to will have the effect of to tally removing this beautiful vessel from where she is now embedded. Mr. Asle (Secretary tea the Dublin Un derwriting Club) is at pr esen t i n C or k . He tuts applied to Mr. Pike for the use of the Victory steamer to assist in floating the V anguar d ; Mr. Pike, with his usual courtesy, at once granted his steamer, and offered any other assistance in his power that might be required. The Victory is provided eith wedges, blocks, pales, and beams, and we hope that our next announoemeizi will be , that the Vanguard steamer is herself again. 11 1 MON 7 1- ;2:Y AND colrif - r, ii ~,,, AL .N t!' t CT: r, QTT , lii:'.7;l re) TH - RrA",, The Cotton market remained firm at Liverpool Y e i, terday ; sales 8,000 bales, including 1,500 taken D 4 speculators, viz., 1,500 Surat, at 2A-d. to 31d.; I , oo ° A l. rAam, at sd. to 51d.; 200 Egyptian, at sd. to 61tl. t en".;„ rest American.—The Share market was closed ag ate yesterday for the holidays. There are no ship arrivals to-day with late news il l any quarter, and th e C on ti nenta l ma i ls do not offer Ints, of interest, the speech of t h e Ki ng of the F re nch, of course, excepted, and which is looked upon as favour able. tbe The news from th e Ri o Pl ate, of the se i z i ng of d Argentine squadron, excites much interest here, s later account s w ill now b e l ooked for with considerablel anxiety, as there h ave b een rumours for some t i m e It of an intend e d i nter f erence b y England and France 1 favour of Monte Video. The Funds have been very firm this morning, Cor so n having realis e d f rom 100 4 to 1001 for the Account, SD the Reduced Th ree per C ents. 101, but the latter tsr: now at a fracti on l ower. B an k Stock is up to 2 1 4,, b 1 New Three-and-a-Q uar t er p er Cents. are to 1 "" 0 Exchequer Bills ar e at 62 5 . to 645., and India B on ds at 78s. premium. The speech of the King of the French on the opal"' of the Chambers has produced a favourable impressi on in the City. The Scrip of the new French Loan his ad ' vanced to 21 per cent. premium, and the Belgian Scr i A to 11 premi u m. All t h e F oreign Funds have been ""- the rise thi s morn i ng. Th e Spanish Three per Cop ts' , have been at 38i- :and i ; the Five p er C en t s . a t WA ; the Dutch Five per Cents. at 99 994 ; the Four-e0°, 1 ,1 Half per C en t s . at 102 ; the Brazilian at 851 ; w Mexican at 36t ; and the Port uguese at 6 11 1 for the Converted Stoc . The market for the Railway Shares is scarcely top lie firm as it was yest er d a y. A t the same time, it 112014 noticed, that a good amount o f b us i ness bas been- .. 1 The London a n d W estm i nster Bank Shares are st ' premium. . BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2lOl 3 per Cent. Reduced A'nnuities lOl 1001 New 3* per Cent. Annuties India Bonds 1,000/. ... pin• Ditto under 1,0001 7B pro. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. lid. 1,0001. 500/. ... ........ .. ..... ... — pm. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... ~. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY A T ONE o'CLOCI6 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36i Ditto for the A ccoun t 36 i Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 291 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted ... 6l* Ditto for the Account 6ll Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 2Bk Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 6l ~. Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 3sitr Dutch 21 per Cent s Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent..... 991 9 9 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE 0' C L OC K RAILWAYS. PAID, PER Slaß l6 Bristol and Exeter - Bristol and Gloucester....... 30 Cambridge and Lincoln - Direct Northern 2l - Dublin and Galway 2l ...... 2 ...... to --- Eastern Counties Great Western - London and Birmingham ...100 227 Ditto New Thirds London and Brighton. 5O ...... 51/ - London and Croydon - London and Y0rk......... ...... ,2/ 4.... 5h - Lynn and Ely - Manchester and Leeds 7O 1 i ....., to --- Ditto h Shares , ‘. t° Manchester and Birmingham 40 ' -"--- ,v... w Ditto Quarters - . Newcastle &Darlingt I on June. 24 ...... 62 Portsmouth Direct South -Eastern and Dover... 331 - Trent Valley.. York and N ort h Midland... 50 ......103 1021 t o Ditto, Half Sh ares ... 25 .. . to 51 1 Boulogne and Amien s 2 ...... to -- The MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 26' hoe market continues firm, and a fair amount of business been done. Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112;,"e, chester and Birmingham, 521 ; Ditto, Quarter __,"i ern . 5 3-16 -4 1 ; Midland, 401. Sbares,sl9s. 6d.; South-rie; Ao . 40. i; Blackburn and Pre lon 8•, Ditto, urnley, 5 . 0 1 pa crington, 3L 2s. 6d.; Churnet ' Valley, 31; Iluddersfi 7,,,,a Manchester Rail and Canal, 41; Manchester, Bla s i, Rossendale, 8; Shef fi ed and Lincoln, 195.; Trent 4 44 I 104; West Yorkshire, 6 1-16 ; Paris an Orleanet ' Paris and Strasburg, 3 1-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 34 per Cent ................ 103 g Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1id.... 64, Fan- Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 62 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent..lB40. Dutch, 2i per Cent 64. SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid .. 97 Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 6Blr • Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Direct Northern, 2i paid Dublin and Galway, 2i paid ... Eastern Counties, 25 paid... Eastern Union, 10 paid.. ...... ..... ... •••• Great North of Engla n d, 10 0 pai d . , .. Ditto, New Shares, 5 pa.id ......................... „T i t . Great Western, 75 paid ............................. 9 'or Ditto Half Share s , 50 paid. ....................... 227 ° London and Birmingham (Stock) ...... 27 Ditto Quarters, 2 ..... . ......... ... ............ London and Blackwa paid 11, 16 8 ........................ 7 London and South Western, 41 paid ............ 75 London and York, 21 2 paid ........................... 1 : Nerwich and Brandon, 8 paid Portsmouth Direct, 1 paid 2 Richmond and West E n d J unct i on, 1 pa id .....• Rugby, 1 paid ................................. 2 ; Yarmouth and N orw i c h , 20 paid . ... ...... 73 / Orleans and Bo ur d eaux , 2 paid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 12i Strasbourg and Bal e , 14 paid • oc k SERIOU S A FFRAY .—L ast night, about twelve oc' a serious encounter took place in Sussex-street, Totte n' ham -court-road, between a party of Irishmen and EcE lishmen. It appeared that the cause of the quarrelf e r; ginated with w h o was the winner of some gargle IV, were playi ng i n t h e Br i tish Queen public-house, above-nam e d street. The Irishmen challenged t heir Opponents to fight, and several of them immediSle, commenced an at t ac k , armed with bludgeons. greatest consternation prevailed in the neighbourh vu se • and we are sorry to add that one of the parties, wh ose name is William Tomlinson, residing in Chenies-rae% To ttenham -court-road, received such severe injuries e t 3 ., the head, it being literally cut Open, that he was imn 3 ere , diately taken to the London University Hospital, wher e he now lies without any hope of recovery. Four or of the offending parties were immediately taken into custody by several policemen of the E division. STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE TRA."— . The general condition of the cotton hosiery m a nufacture s ; r is ab-ut the sa me as reported previously. In t he wrought hose li ne , t h e s i tuat i on of the workmen is r mentable, as t h ey are, in general, neither employed 10c! discharg e d, v ib rat i ng between both, having to attri day aft er d ay for even a very scanty allowance. ~,, cotton glove trade, though dull, is in a better state tha n` any other branch of the cotton hosiery manufactur e ; but the d rawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch has n et been in a worse condition for years. The silk hosier.'„ trade in all its branches has not improved. The bobbt e , net lace t ra d e i s much the same. Nets are a drill!, in the market with many houses, who see m t o b e lesselli itig their esta bli shments. In despite ,of this untowl° state of things, we think there will be a reaction for till better. G reater attention is now paid to the ground 01 net, and as the Brussels ground has, and can he made 13 ' machinery, we h ope , ere l ong, to have to announce tha t it has bee n completed. The warp lace trade is in much the same s i tuat i on it has been in for some weeks past, e tatting branch having to a slight extent superseded to some articles, the bobbin-net manufacture. Th e lap an d " press is still i n a very fair condition ; but the silk blond' is in a dep ressed state, having a serious rival in the ` Y es " of England silk bobbin - nets.—Nottingha m Review. THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLBPI A portion of these apartments, which had been closed since the death of her late Royal Highness the Princes s Sophia of Gloucester, is now open to the public by CO °. mand of he r M a j esty. This portion includes the V -913. dyck Room, the Audience Chamber, the Presence Cham ber, the Guard Chamber, St. George's Hall, the B Room, and t h e Waterloo Gallery. The following stat e`,l rooms still rema i n closed :—The Throne Room, t' - '" small Vestibule, the Rubens' Room, the Council Che f ': her, the Kings's Cl ose t, t h e Queen ' s Closet, and. . 01 " Zuccharelli Room. While the Court is at Windsor' th e apartments will be closed on Tuesdays and Fride-ye • COMMITTAL OF GREEN, THE RECEIVER 01? Sri PROPERTY.O n Mond ay l ast, at the Police-office, ein"; Green, the notorious receiver of stolen property, *li e % apprehe ns i on we described in our last publication, °- committed for trial at the March assizes, on two s e ar t° counts. Th e fi rst count, on the oath s o f Mrs. W 11500? landlady of the Rana Hotel, and Ann Spencer, he r see vent, charged the prisoner with sterling a large nt tray' r of spoons, a punch-ladle, and a foik, all silver, th., P re i party of Mr. Lewis Wilson. Inspector Raynor prov e n the findi ng o f the property in the prisoner's house, whcpu en the latter sa id they were his own. The second charged Green with stealing five silver teaspoons and other articles, belonging to Mr. Wadsworth, att orneY; Elizabeth D awner, servant to the prosecutor, ide ntifiew and swore to the property, and Superintendent Fi6h° proved it s di scovery in the prisoner's house. Mr. , r 6;0 0- 1 )e ' appeared on behalf of the prisoner, azia A t a h tt e o m rn a ey g i strates to order 301. of the money found in hiS house to he given u p, to prov id e for h i s defence . Tme Mayor said he wou!d hold a consultation as to the Pro priety of granting this request.—Nottinglient Rev, jar. PENALTIES UNDER TUE NEW METROPOLITIS BUy.DINQS ACT. —Ail pentaties under the new 3letrt• politan Building s Act must be sued for wit an six month! after the p ena l ty or fortbiture shall have been in curred They may be recovered by any party, and if the penally be n o t otherwise specifically approp ria t e d, th en ( bY the 10;cth secti on ) th e person so su i ng or proceedirg aha ll F e entitled to rece i ve one h a lf t h ereof for his own benefit, and the Qtlictr halt shall be raid to her Majesty's u ae• ~;~ ....., Pb tel f. r: 44 4